Chapter 32: Looking for Wood
The people on the 15th floor kill without blinking an eye, and almost everyone who lives in this building knows it.
But perhaps the day when people on the 15th floor went on a killing spree was also the day their lives were saved, so the people in the building are both afraid and respectful of the 15th floor.
Subconsciously, they have regarded the 15th floor as the leader of the building.
If a family who doesn't follow the rules appears in the building, the leader has the right and should drive the family away to maintain peace in the building.
As soon as Wen Jianfeng and his team returned, they were harassed by the people in the building, who demanded that Wen Jianfeng drive away the unruly people. Several young people even clamored to join the 15th floor to maintain law and order in the building.
Wen Jianfeng was soft-hearted, and these people didn't do anything excessive, they just kept nagging him, so he couldn't just chase them away. After explaining several times, they didn't listen, so he had to pretend to be dumb and deaf and carry the supplies back on his own.
Xia Xiaoman understood what had happened and saw at a glance that these people wanted the people on the 15th floor to be the first to take action and become their thugs and security guards for free.
"Su Ran, are there any supplies downstairs that haven't been moved up yet?" Xia Xiaoman asked in a low voice.
"There are also more than twenty windows and a dozen PVC pipes."
Xia Xiaoman nodded and cleared his throat. "Okay, I know what you want. You just want us to drive that family away and get back your stolen supplies."
The people in the hallway echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, it would be best if that family compensates us with some of the supplies, so that they know that we in Building 3 are not to be trifled with."
The sound of the abacus can be heard from two streets away.
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "No problem, this is not too much to ask. However, we still have a lot of supplies to move. By the time we move them up, we probably won't have enough strength. How about we wait until tomorrow when we have recovered our strength?"
How can this work? One day later, there will be less supplies. What if I change my mind and don’t want to go to the 15th floor tomorrow?
Strike while the iron is hot. Someone immediately offered, "Don't bother. We'll help move it. It'll be done in two or three steps."
"How can I feel embarrassed?" He said sorry, but his hands did not stop moving. He kept pushing Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran, asking them to quickly take a group of free laborers to move the supplies.
Su Ran reacted, took Wen Jianfeng's arm and led them downstairs.
There is strength in numbers. After two trips, all the window pipes were carried to the corridor, and Xia Xiaoman then moved the supplies into the hallway.
The people in the building waited obediently for Xia Xiaoman to move the supplies. After she moved the last water pipe, the fire door was closed with a snap. With another snap, the second iron door was also closed.
The group of people outside the door were dumbfounded and banged on the door frantically, "Hey, what's going on? Why did you close the door? Aren't you going to chase people away?"
"Open the door! Are you kidding us? Open the door quickly!" The voice became increasingly angry.
The next second, the door opened and a spear gun appeared in front of them.
Xia Xiaoman raised his spear gun and aimed at them. "You really think we are your fools. Just by saying a few nice words, you want us to work for you and help you chase people away? Who do you think you are?"
"I'll give you five seconds. If you still stay here after five seconds, don't blame me for being rude!"
The faces of the group of people in the corridor turned pale and blue.
Damn, the 15th floor is such a scoundrel. If they don't want to help, then don't help. What's the point of playing with them? They tricked them into doing free labor, and now they're threatening them with a spear gun. They're simply beasts worse than pigs and dogs! No wonder they kill without blinking an eye!
He cursed in his heart, but did not dare to delay going down the stairs, for fear that he would be shot by the spear gun if he was a step slower.
In less than five seconds, the corridor was cleared. Xiao Zheyu gave a thumbs up and said, "Sister Xiaoman, you are awesome! This time, you have offended everyone in the entire building."
Sun Qing laughed and said, "Your sister Xiaoman is very good at offending people. When we lived in Jiangshan Garden before, she offended everyone in the entire building by herself."
Xia Xiaoman glanced at them and asked, "Would you rather offend someone or be the one being taken advantage of?"
Wen Jianfeng shook his head with amusement, "It doesn't matter whether we offend people or not. Everyone in the building knows that we have a lot of supplies on the 15th floor. Even if we don't offend them, they won't expect us to have an easy life."
Everyone who had gone out came back, had lunch and rested for a while, and then everyone gathered in the corridor to make traps together.
There is nothing wrong with Xia Xiaoman's idea, but the shelf board does not have enough gravity, and if it hits someone, it can only cause minor injuries at most.
Wen Jianfeng improved the shelf board by gluing a dozen bottles of rainwater on the back to increase the weight, ensuring that the nails on the wooden board would pierce people when they fell.
After setting up the trap, several people installed the windows that had been brought up. Before salvaging the windows, Su Ran had already measured the dimensions so that each window could be installed.
Soon, there were only a bunch of water pipes left in the corridor.
"What are you going to do with these water pipes?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Su Ran explained: "It has many uses. It can be made into a raft, used to collect rainwater, or cut up and put together to make a bed."
It would be a waste to bury these things in the water. It would be better to take them home and use them yourself. They don’t take up much weight anyway.
"By the way, Sister Xiaoman, let's discuss with Uncle Wen and go out to find some wood tomorrow. Do you want to go?"
Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Go ahead! My gas is almost gone, so it's okay to stock up on some wood. Aren't you going to get other supplies?"
Xiao Zheyu's face fell, "No, everything underwater was washed away. We fished for a long time today and didn't find anything useful, so we went to get these building materials."
Since we can’t salvage any supplies, we might as well just salvage wood.
Nowadays, everyone's attention is on finding food, and relatively few people are looking for wood.
Wen Jianfeng knew a factory that specialized in making wardrobes. When he got married, he selected the materials for his wardrobe in this factory.
The next day, Ye Xiaojie stayed at home to look after the twins and Zhou Qiuyang, while the others set out to look for wood.
As they left the residential area, a speedboat sped past, splashing water and soaking Xia Xiaoman and the others.
Xiao Zheyu wiped the water off his face and cursed, "Who the hell are these people? They are so arrogant. Sister Xiaoman, go ahead and kill them!"
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
"You keep nagging me, I'm going to kill you first!"
Under Xia Xiaoman's deathly gaze, Xiao Zheyu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and put his hand to his mouth and made a zipper motion.
Sun Qing stared at the speedboat that disappeared at the end of the street and said, "Xiao Man, are those guys new? The speedboat was moving so fast, so they probably had a lot of good stuff."
Xia Xiaoman understood immediately, "There are quite a few good things, but they were spotted before I even came to the community."
Sun Qing said meaningfully: "Then you can wait and see, maybe you can find a bargain."
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