Chapter 68: Rumors
Just as Qi Nian was hesitating about how to refuse, someone suddenly patted his shoulder.
"I'm just teasing you! Don't take it seriously!" Mu Jiu put his hand on Qi Nian's shoulder.
Qi Nian was shocked just now. He never knew that a young girl's palm could be so heavy. It almost knocked him down!
"However, your team is large, and a small temple or Taoist temple may not be able to accommodate them all. But if..."
Mu Jiu suddenly stopped talking here.
"But what if?" Qi Nian listened carefully and couldn't help asking.
“Nothing…but there are a lot of women in your team, so you have to be careful when choosing!
That’s all I have to say today.
Boss Qi, you are the backbone of your team. Listening too much to other people's opinions will easily affect your judgment.
It’s better for your team to go back and study it themselves.
We are planning to rest now as we have to get up early to work tomorrow. Goodbye, Boss Qi!"
After seeing Qi Nian off, Xiao Huang and the others came forward and couldn't help but say:
"What a shame! Mr. Qi is a good man, but he is dragged down by such a large group of people."
Mu Jiu glanced at him and said, "Everyone has their own aspirations. If he refuses to come, I will still respect him as a man."
"Why?"
"His team would have been wiped out quickly without him. With him around, at least they could have kept everyone stable and saved their lives."
In the end times, being alive is more important than anything else.
“Then Boss, what was that half-sentence you just said to Boss Qi?
"The small temple can't accommodate his people, but what if...what if?" Xiao Huang asked inquiringly.
Aiwen patted Xiao Huang's arm and said, "Why, you also want to lead the team alone?"
"How could that be! I only want to follow my master in this life!" Xiao Huang spoke quickly and his ears turned red after he finished speaking.
But Mu Jiu's attention was not on their jokes. He glanced in Qi Nian's direction and said slowly:
"If you have enough ability, you can consider occupying a temple and developing your own base."
After Mu Jiu finished speaking, he saw that Xiao Huang and the others were silent, so he smiled and added:
"It's because Boss Qi can't do it with his current ability, and I'm afraid he'll do something stupid, so I didn't say it.
You too, just listen to it and don't take it seriously.
This is too difficult. Those temples and Taoist temples are not as clean and simple as you imagine."
In that kind of place, the water is deep and turbid.
The three of them nodded in agreement, but Mu Jiu's words just now touched their hearts.
They were even 100% sure that this was the boss's wish!
Otherwise, with the eldest brother's ability, she would not have a bad life even if she was alone.
But training these people with such dedication is just the beginning of building a strong team in the end times!
Then, Mu Jiu took out a piece of paper from his bag and drew lots to prepare the order of the night watch.
Mu Jiu, Aiwen and Ding Dang guarded the first half of the night, while Xiao Huang guarded the second half.
But they couldn't wander around tonight, because the people on Qi Nian's side were tired after a whole day of work and all lay down after dinner.
Some of them snore while sleeping, while others chat quietly while lying down. In short, they can no longer be used as natural sentinels.
After all, when a person is asleep, their defenses are at their weakest. They could die accidentally without even knowing it...
In order to drive away his sleepiness and keep watch easily, Mu Jiu took out his playing cards and started playing.
After dealing with a large number of monsters last night, there were almost no creatures in white around, so there was no movement in the first half of the night, except for the occasional person getting up to go to the bathroom.
Because it was difficult to run out of the barrier, Qi Nian and his gang got a small open-air shed from somewhere and built it on the edge of the barrier to use as a temporary toilet.
A large hole was dug in the ground, similar to the dry toilets in ancient times.
Although the conditions are simple, it's the end of the world now, so having this function is good.
After all, no one dares to run out of the barrier easily and hide in a hidden place to solve the problem, for fear of never coming back.
It was just around midnight and everyone was fast asleep, while Mu Jiu and her friends were playing cards fiercely.
Suddenly, I heard a female voice coming from the other end of the toilet, as if she was whispering complaints to another person.
But in the dead of night when it was so quiet that only the chirping of insects could be heard, even the lightest sound could be heard clearly by Mu Jiu and the other two.
(Woman 1) “These days, it’s really not a life for human beings!
When my husband was at home, he never let me do any heavy work. Now that my husband has just died, they are forcing me to go up the mountain to pick fruit. This is really cruel!"
(Woman 2) "That's right, look at me, I just went to the city and had my nails done a week ago, and I've already chipped the edges!
That’s not all, but they even asked me, a woman, to carry half a bag of apples down the mountain. They must have weighed several kilograms, so heavy that I was exhausted!
Even my heels are rubbed raw!"
(Woman 1) “When you talk about apples, I get mad at you.
Although we only had fruits to eat before, we didn’t have to work hard.
Eating some fruits won’t kill you. Look, when we sisters were losing weight, we ate fruits!
Now, a young girl who is ignorant of the immensity of the world has come and has charmed Brother Qi so much that he listens to her in everything and dares not disobey her.
If she hadn't come, so many of us would have died last night! What bad luck! "
(Woman 2) Another girl hurriedly shushed, "Speak softly, what if those people hear us?
I heard that last night, after we fainted, it was that little girl who drove away a large number of weird creatures."
(Woman 1) "Damn! You, you hear them say that they are all Brother Qi's men, so they naturally side with Brother Qi. How can they tell you the truth?
We all fainted and didn't see anything with our own eyes.
There is only a skinny little girl, whose waist is probably not even as thick as one of our legs. Can she kill all the monsters by herself?
It must have been Brother Qi who killed her, but he wanted to save the pretty little goblin, so he deliberately told us that it was the little girl’s credit.
This is the only way to protect her. Otherwise, those of us who have lost family members will pounce on her and tear her apart.
It's such a pity that Brother Qi, who was so wise all his life, died at the hands of such a scourge!"
(Woman 2) Another voice paused and echoed, “Hearing you put it that way, I think it makes sense.
Now Brother Qi listens to that girl in everything. I’m afraid she would devote herself to Brother Qi in broad daylight, in the greenhouse!
After all, with her pretty face, any man would fall for her skirt!"
(Woman 1) "Yeah, that's disgusting. Maybe it's true. What wouldn't young girls these days do for fame and fortune?
We actually contributed to the fruits we picked for a bitch like that. I really feel sorry for my dead husband!"
(Woman 2) "That's right. It's so unfair. Why should we be led around by a bitch?
Don't be angry about this. We will pretend to be sick as soon as we go up the mountain tomorrow, and Brother Qi won't be able to do anything to us.
As long as that bitch isn't watching me, I can just find a place to hide and sleep.
Wait until the sun sets and then follow the team back! She can't control us!"
(Woman 1) “Good idea, you’re right, we don’t serve bitches!
If she's angry, she can just come and kill us. If she has that ability...
Ah——! Help! Ugh——!”
(Woman 2) “Ah! Ah! Help! Ugh!”
Inside the tent, Alvin and Ding Dang saw Mu Jiu with a nonchalant look on his face as he casually put the talisman paper he had just used back into his pocket.
Then he looked up at them both and said, "Come on, continue playing cards."
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