Chapter 57 Exchange for Bicycle
The soldiers had seen this kind of tantrum from Old Lady Ma hundreds of times during the floods, and they immediately shouted at her, "Shut up! This is not a vegetable market, and whoever speaks the loudest is not right!"
"Floating City is currently undergoing post-disaster reconstruction. If you want to take your houses back, you can wait until the Internet and electricity are connected to the city, and then go to the relevant departments to check the files to prove that the two houses are yours."
"When the time comes, whether you want to reclaim these two houses or rent them out is up to you."
"But now you don't have evidence to prove that the house is yours, so you can't forcibly reclaim it."
When Mrs. Ma heard this, she was about to throw a tantrum again, but before she could open her mouth, the soldier said, "If you have any objections to this outcome, you can go to the relief center to mediate."
"But if anyone dares to act like a scoundrel, don't blame me for arresting you and sending you to labor camp!"
"Floating City is in need of workers right now. Even an 80-year-old lady can be given a job. If you don't believe me, just try it!"
Even the 80-year-old old lady was not spared, and Mrs. Ma shut up immediately.
After the soldier finished speaking, he waited for a while, and seeing that no one spoke, he left with a cold face.
He is mainly responsible for the progress of sludge excavation in this community. If the man surnamed Ma had not just sworn that someone had robbed his house, he would not have dropped his job and come up to help.
When Xia Xiaoman saw the soldiers had left, he slammed the door shut before the Ma family could react.
As for going to the rescue center for mediation and negotiation...whoever wants to go can go, but she won't go anyway.
If the Ma family could calmly tell her at the beginning that the house was theirs, even without any proof, she would be willing to discuss with the Ma family whether to move out or use supplies to buy a house.
However, the other party's attitude was arrogant and overbearing from the beginning, and everything that was reasonable was turned into unreasonable.
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With no one to help them get the house back, the Ma family moved to the 17th floor, thinking every day about how to get the house back.
Xia Xiaoman and his group had no reaction to their actions.
The soldier said that after the internet and electricity are connected, the Ma family can go to the relevant department to check the files to confirm whether the house is theirs.
The silt in the floating city has not been cleaned up yet, and it is unknown when the internet and electricity can be connected. It is unlikely that the Ma family will be able to get their house back through legitimate means at present.
If they want to use unfair means... everyone on the 15th floor will teach them how to behave.
After staying at home for two days and seeing that the Ma family did not make any big moves, Xia Xiaoman took a large bag of things to the trading point to exchange them for a bicycle.
There are many items worth 100 kilograms of grain, and medicine is one of them.
She sorted out the medicines that she had no use for in her daily life and exchanged them for a bicycle.
For example, Prostate Clearing Capsules, Shuangshi Tonglin Capsules, Budesonide Formoterol Powder Inhalation, Pramipexole Hydrochloride Tablets... These drugs for treating prostate and Parkinson's disease are of no use to her and it is a waste to just leave them lying around.
Take these medicines to the trading point so that people who need these special medicines can get treatment and she can also exchange them for what she wants.
When Xia Xiaoman saw the bicycles carried out by the staff, he suddenly felt that he was still too young.
She thought it was a material exchange. Even if the bicycle was not a mountain bike, it should be an ordinary bicycle for students. She didn't expect it to be a shared bicycle! It was a defective one with a missing basket!
Forget it, just share the bikes! At least it’s better than bus No. 11.
The sludge covered the entire city. Some roads had been cleaned of the sludge, but some roads were still covered with a thick layer of mud.
Xia Xiaoman stopped and carried the bicycle for a while, and then rode the bicycle on the cracked mud.
After returning to the community, he picked up his bicycle and climbed up the stairs one flight at a time.
"Dad, look."
Hearing the voice, Xia Xiaoman looked up and saw that it was Little Ma and Big Ma from the Ma family.
The father and son each carried a large backpack, most likely going to a trading point to exchange things.
When Da Ma and Xiao Ma saw Xia Xiaoman sweating profusely while carrying a bicycle on his back, they looked at each other and rushed towards Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman reflexively smashed the bicycle away, then pulled out a knife and aimed at the other person's head. Just as the tip of the knife was about to pierce Xiao Ma's eyes, she suddenly remembered that there were several soldiers downstairs organizing the digging of sludge.
Xia Xiaoman put away the knife, clenched his fists, and hit the joints of Xiao Ma's body again and again.
"Ahhhh!! Dad! Dad! Save me, ahhh! Save me!"
When Dama saw his son being beaten, he wanted to get up to save him, but Xia Xiaoman stepped on the bicycle and pinned him down with it.
"Bitch! Let my son go! Help! Help! Murder!"
Xia Xiaoman sneered, "You haven't been beaten yet, why are you shouting?" As she said that, she threw the little horse that was beaten like a dead dog aside, moved the bicycle away, and grabbed the big horse's neck and beat him hard.
After stretching his arms and legs, Xia Xiaoman's depression disappeared and he picked up his bicycle and went home.
The two horses lay on the ground groaning for more than ten minutes before they tremblingly got up and went downstairs to complain to the soldiers.
The soldier downstairs had already seen the Ma family's tricks, so he lifted up the shirts of the two Ma brothers, and found no signs of injury on their bodies. He scolded them and drove them away.
The big and small horses looked depressed. They were indeed beaten, and they were beaten badly. Even their bones were still aching, but how come there was no mark on their faces at all?
All this is thanks to Ye Xiaojie. Xia Xiaoman learned the body's acupoints and joints from Ye Xiaojie and knew where to hit the person so that it would hurt but leave no marks.
She had long guessed that the Ma family would file a complaint, so she was particularly careful when she struck, focusing on the joints and blood points without leaving any traces.
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It has been five days since the last time I went out to fetch water. The water at home is almost used up, and the community has cleared a road where two cars can pass side by side.
Xia Xiaoman and his friends plan to go out to transport water again.
The person who stayed behind to look after the house this time was Ye Xiaojie. Wen Jianfeng couldn't do anything to women and the elderly, and Sun Qing was a little better than him, but only a little.
If we leave them two at home, they might not be able to handle it if the Ma family comes to cause trouble.
Ye Xiaojie looked soft and gullible, but in fact she was very hard-hearted and could even harm a child. If she stayed, everyone would feel more at ease.
Among the six people in the water transport operation, Xia Xiaoman had the easiest job.
I rode my bike to a shady place, sat down to rest for a while, waited for Sun Qing and the others to catch up, and then rode to the next shady resting place.
Sun Qing's eyes sparkled with envy, and she thought to herself that when she returned, she would also get a bicycle.
It’s just 100 kilograms of grain worth of supplies, there will always be some in every province.
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