Chapter 178 Jinjiang Exclusive
In the wind and snow, a suspended bus slowly stopped at the entrance of Yunlu Village.
As the car door opened, dozens of men and women filed out.
"It's so cold!" The oncoming wind, snow and low temperature made the victims shiver.
"It seems to be colder than the past few days."
"Luckily I put on a heating pad, otherwise I wouldn't dare go out in this kind of weather."
"This way!" The women who had been waiting at the station in advance waved at them, and several female workers who were still shivering in the crowd immediately went over.
"Why did you come out in such heavy snow? We'll just go to your house and look for you," said the female workers.
The village ladies laughed and said, "We just got out of here too. The bus schedule is fixed every day, and there's not much snow. Let's go to the grocery store."
"Have you decided what you want to change today?"
"I'm going to switch to some more nutritional supplements. This one is the most affordable."
The aunts nodded in agreement: "We have plenty of food and drink, so we can always stock up on this stuff, and the price is reasonable."
Another female worker said, "I'm going to buy more salt to pickle the fish I'm given."
"I want to buy some more candy for my son. The candy in the grocery store is much cheaper than before the famine started."
"The weather's getting colder, and I was thinking of getting a new biosuit, but you guys said the upgraded model is better. I'm going to save up a bit more and buy the upgraded model right after my next winter hunt, so it'll be more cost-effective."
"Great idea! With the upgraded biosuit, we won't have to worry if the temperature drops another 20 degrees next month."
"Are they really going to drop that much? That's horrible."
Behind them, the men were also walking towards the grocery store in groups of three or four, chatting about what they were going to buy later.
Nutrients, salt, sugar, and charcoal are essential, in addition to meat, mushrooms, braised food, fruit wine, etc.
Compared to the female workers who make long-term plans, the men not only stock up on food but also choose a lot of food that can satisfy their immediate appetite.
After buying the drinks, I didn't rush back. I went home with the villagers I had become familiar with, and had some wine with snacks in the air-conditioned safe house. The day was so beautiful that I almost forgot the cold outside.
The reason for this change in the disaster victims was that after the winter fishing, the Huo family army no longer continued to eat from the same pot, and the fish caught were distributed per person.
With more supplies in hand, in addition to survival needs, further needs naturally emerge again.
The Huo family army could not meet this demand internally, so they had to find Yunlu Village to exchange it.
To this end, Huo Tiankuo and Lu Xuan discussed it and came up with the floating bus that runs between the two sides every day to facilitate travel between the two sides.
It is mainly to make it convenient for people from the Huo family army to come to Yunlu Village.
In addition to those who come to exchange supplies, there are also regular helpers who come to look for work.
For example, the Lu family has so many fish waiting to be processed that there is always someone busy in the processing shed.
It is too troublesome to travel back and forth every day, so the helpers have basically settled down in tents to sleep outside.
After enjoying the ease of hiring people, other families in the village also became addicted.
Washing and cleaning every day in the winter is tiring enough, so it’s better to hire someone to clean up a few pounds of supplies and enjoy the feeling of being a master.
Including the snow removal work in the greenhouse, Li Tie hired a large number of young and strong disaster victims with public supplies to take charge, allowing the village hunting team to completely get rid of the work.
As more and more helpers were hired, the village became more and more lively, and all kinds of gossip floated out like snowflakes.
The first is the village chief’s house.
Everyone knows that the youngest son of the Li family is not married yet, and the village chief is the richest and most influential family in the village except for the Lu family. If possible, who wouldn't want to become the daughter-in-law of the Li family and live a luxurious life in the future?
Therefore, most of the people who volunteered to find work were unmarried young women.
Miao Jinfeng couldn't find a suitable daughter-in-law in the village and wanted to look for one, so she took the opportunity to keep everyone.
Thus, the fun in the Li family began.
In order to achieve their wish, the young female workers who were successfully hired tried various ways to win Li Tuo's heart.
The temptation of beauty, the temptation of delicious food, and the attempt to arouse Li Tuo's desire to protect her by being pitiful, in short, all kinds of tricks are used.
These are all relatively decent and aboveboard.
The same is true of beauty temptation. Some are simply confident in their appearance and show it off in front of Li Tuo, while others want to seduce with their body and use some vulgar means.
Some people did not understand the Li family's plan to buy a house, and thought that Li Tuo, the youngest son, would not get the majority of the family property, and instead set their sights on Li Jing, a married man;
Then there are those who only care about pleasing Li Tuo and don't do their work properly;
Miao Jinfeng: ??? I’m in need of a daughter-in-law, not a troublemaker. Understand?
Miao Jinfeng, realizing that something was amiss, immediately dismissed those responsible and issued a warning to the disaster victims:
"Anyone who dares to disrupt the harmony of my family will be beaten out with sticks and put on a blacklist. Never again will they be allowed to enter the village!"
The somewhat restless atmosphere among the female workers in the house was immediately suppressed, and the atmosphere became unprecedentedly harmonious.
However, the female workers who stayed behind remained enthusiastic about Li Tuo.
Li Tuo, a young boy who had never been so popular before, couldn't resist it at all. After two days, he couldn't stand it anymore and ran to the training room to hide.
It turns out he wasn’t the only one facing the same situation.
Li Tuo looked at Wu Yang, who had just taken off his holographic glasses, in surprise and asked, "Why are you here?"
Zhang Chengming laughed and put his arm around Wu Yang's shoulder, saying, "Of course it's because Wu Yang is favored just like you."
He is different. He comes here purely to watch other people having fun.
Li Tuo blurted out: "Don't you like my sister?"
Wu Yang looked at him and said nothing.
Zhang Chengming groaned, "So it's that someone else has taken a fancy to him, not that he has taken a fancy to someone else."
The Wu family consists of only two people, a father and a son, and no female relatives.
In order to avoid suspicion, the father and son did not hire female workers at the beginning.
But with Wu Yang being such a handsome and capable single man, how could no one have any ideas?
If you can't be close to the person as a helper, then find other ways to create opportunities to meet him.
For example, in addition to going to Lu's grocery store to exchange supplies, the victims would also privately exchange with individuals in the village because the prices offered by individuals were cheaper than those in the grocery store.
Those women who were attracted to Wu Yang would bring supplies to the Wu family and exchange them for charcoal and meat.
Obviously, both the father and the son were at home, but he insisted on exchanging with Wu Yang. It was obvious that he had other intentions.
Liu Chun, who was also watching the fun, asked curiously, "They've been to the village several times. Didn't anyone tell them about Wu Yang and Li Yue?"
Zhang Chengming said: "Of course there is, isn't this a failure?"
It is understandable that those female workers feel that they still have a chance if they are not married.
To take a step back, even if Wu Yang was really moved by one of them, or had come to terms with it and was ready to stop being obsessed with Li Yue, there would be nothing wrong with that.
Who made Li Yue refuse Wu Yang's kindness? You can't let Wu Yang wait forever, right?
Of course, if we think positively, maybe Wu Yang can really get what he wants by taking advantage of this opportunity?
Liu Chun stroked his chin and said, "Come to think of it, Chen Rong seems to be quite popular. I saw a young female worker chatting and laughing with Aunt Chen yesterday. I guess they were thinking that if Aunt Chen was satisfied, they could directly arrange the marriage through the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words."
Zhang Chengming was surprised. "That's a good idea."
As he spoke, he suddenly looked around and exclaimed, "Why don't I see Chen Rong? Could it be that he really has been persuaded by Aunt Chen and is going to cultivate a relationship with someone?"
"Where?" Liu Chun waved his hand and said, "Before I came here, I saw him attending Mr. Ji's class again."
"Mr. Ji is not bad looking and can read. I think neither Chen Rong nor Aunt Chen would be interested in a woman from the Huo family army."
Zhang Chengming nodded and said, "Ms. Ji is the daughter of a successful candidate in the imperial examination. She comes from a family of scholars. Ordinary girls really can't compare to her."
Zhang Chengming sighed, "In the final analysis, it's because we're living too well that the women from the Huo family are trying every possible way to marry into the Huo family."
Wu Yang, who was setting up a new training environment on the control screen, said, "It's not just the women, there are men who are targeting the women in the village too."
"Hmm? Is that true?" Zhang Chengming perked up: "Who's been spotted?"
Li Tuo said: "I know this. The helpers who have recently gone to the Liu family to help with the mill are all young and strong men."
Zhang Chengming immediately understood and turned to look at Liu Chun, "Is this targeting your sister?"
Liu Chun touched his nose and said, "How else can you point it at me?"
He sighed, "When we were in Yangshan County, my mother wanted to find a live-in son-in-law, but unfortunately she didn't find anyone she liked in the end. I don't know if it will work out this time."
Wu Yang shook his head and said, "Most of the people who go to help are just ordinary disaster victims. Aunt Liu may not look down on them."
"The Huo family's personal soldiers are all capable men, but precisely because of this, they definitely won't marry into the family. If Liu Yu were to marry into the family, she would have to leave the village and become a military household..."
Once you become a military household, your children will also have to join the army.
After hearing this, others suddenly felt that the possibility of the Liu family accomplishing anything good did not seem very high.
Liu Chun also felt it was inappropriate.
Fang Yuan has been in poor health since birth. Even though she has recovered after drinking the evolution liquid, her mother and A Yu would not be willing to let Fang Yuan join the army and suffer.
"Pfft." Li Tuo suddenly laughed.
Others looked at him suspiciously. What was so funny?
Li Tuo waved his hand and said, "I just remembered that a few days ago I saw Lu Miaomiao being stopped by a man and forced to eat a huge fish."
Others: “???”
The expressions of the people present suddenly became very strange.
Not to mention that the Lu family has no shortage of fish to eat, that’s Lu Miaomiao!
Robots can't eat what humans eat, right?
Li Tuo chuckled and said, "I knew someone would be fooled by her appearance."
As long as Lu Miaomiao doesn't take the initiative to reveal her true species, she looks like a lively and playful girl next door, and her age is just the right sixteen or seventeen.
The most important thing is that as a new member of the Lu family, he is the only candidate of the right age and possible relationship.
Who wouldn’t be moved by this?
Liu Chun shook his head. "They don't even think about it. If such a good thing really happened, wouldn't the other bachelors in the village have already taken advantage of it and snatched her away first? They wouldn't have the right to worry about it."
Li Tuo grinned and said, "If it were me, I would let Lu Miaomiao open her head in front of the man who likes her and ask him, will you still marry me even if I am like this?"
Zhang Chengming suddenly choked on his saliva. "Ahem, you're too...if you scare someone into something bad, the Lu family might have to pay compensation."
Although, he also wanted to see that kind of scene.
Who doesn't like to watch fun?
Wu Yang and Liu Chun imagined it and couldn't help laughing.
Zhang Chengming patted Li Tuo's shoulder and said, "Don't just criticize others. What about you? I've seen all the helpers who work for your family, and they're all good-looking. Don't you have any that you like?"
Li Tuo quickly shook his head, "No."
The women of Huo's army had suffered for half a year. Not only did they all look pale and thin, but their hair and skin were also damaged and dry and frizzy. They were really not good-looking.
In contrast, the women in their village have hardly suffered any hardship, and each of them has a rosy complexion.
The more he saw, the higher his standards naturally became.
Looking at the female workers at home, I felt calm and didn't have any special thoughts at all.
Coming to the training room to hide is not so much because I'm shy and at a loss, but more because I don't know how to refuse.
Li Tuo said righteously: "I am still young and in no hurry to get married."
Rather than getting married, he is more interested in improving his supernatural powers.
Unfortunately, while the holographic training equipment can enhance their combat and reaction capabilities, it is of no help in improving their supernatural powers.
It would be nice if there was a way to upgrade quickly.
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At the same time, a group of women from the Lu family were discussing similar topics.
Wu Yinyin ate the freshly fried fish while cursing, "Those female workers knew that my Li Jing already had a wife, yet they still dared to flirt with him in our house. Do they think I'm dead?"
"Even if Li Jing wanted to eat secretly, would he dare to eat secretly at home?!"
"Cough cough cough." Several of the other female relatives sitting around were choked.
Lu Qing said speechlessly: "Don't talk nonsense, Li Jing is not that kind of person."
Wu Yinyin snorted, "Of course I know he's not, I just feel unhappy."
Liu Yu soothed him, "Didn't Aunt Miao already drive them away? It won't affect you two anyway, so don't be angry."
Su Ying looked at Lu Miaomiao, who was sitting obediently next to Lu Qing, and said jokingly, "Come to think of it, I think people who are obsessed with Miaomiao are the most skilled and daring."
The person Liu Chun saw stopping Lu Miaomiao was not the first person to attract her attention.
It can be said that the most popular woman in the village right now is Lu Miaomiao.
Who made Lu Xuan so obviously rich?
All the safe houses in the village belong to him, the grocery stores belong to him, all kinds of treasures belong to him, and he is also the most powerful one.
But Lu Xuan’s intimidation was too great, and none of the victims felt that they could get close to Lu Xuan.
In this way, Lu Miaomiao became the best choice.
If I could marry her and become Lu Xuan's relative, I would never have to worry about anything in my life.
Li Yue also said: "Among those who want to be my sister-in-law, one of them has a brother at home and even asked me if I could help to match her with Miaomiao."
Su Ying, holding a cup of hot milk tea, sneered, "Are you still preparing for both situations? That's a nice idea. Let Miaomiao take off her head and scare them twice, and they'll behave themselves."
Lu Qing said, "Miao Miao will definitely not marry anyone. Just treat it as a joke."
She glanced at the others, "How about you guys?"
Ye Ping was the first to say, "We don't have any female workers at home, and Cheng Ming doesn't have any unmarried brothers or sisters. There's nothing lively going on."
She looked at Liu Yu with a teasing look on her face, "There must be quite a few people who want to be the Liu family's son-in-law recently."
Liu Yu's expression was a little awkward, but he quickly said, "The conditions of the disaster victims are too poor. I already eat at my mother's house, so how can I bring back someone who eats for free?"
The personal soldiers of the Huo family army were in good condition, but unfortunately she couldn't let her son become a military household with her.
Even if she did not become a military household, she was worried that her remarried husband would mistreat Yuanyuan when she was not paying attention.
She had already made up her mind not to remarry until Fang Yuan grew up enough to protect himself.
Su Ying's fingertips entwined with her hair, a smug look on her face: "My Xiong Mao does have a few crushes on him, and those women thought I couldn't see it. Humph, when it comes to the methods of seducing men, don't I know more than them?"
Lu Qing and others: "..." There's no need to be so proud.
Su Ying said, "My Xiong Mao is not blind. With a wife as beautiful as me, how could he care about other simple porridge and side dishes?"
Although most men can't avoid cheating, she looked radiant after using the medical cabin for beauty treatment, which made her already beautiful face look even more beautiful, making Xiong Mao so attracted that he wanted to stick with her for twelve hours.
Look at other women?
If you are not as good looking as her, not as good in figure as her, and not as good in kung fu as her, then it is not just a simple meal, but a coarse meal.
Men who cheat are also picky, okay?
Su Ying glanced at Li Yue and said, "If you ask me, the one who deserves the most attention is Ah Yue.
Wu Yang is excellent in every aspect, and many people want to marry him. You see other women flirting with him, don't you really have any thoughts at all?"
Li Yue was slightly distracted, "Of course I..."
As soon as he said that, he realized something was wrong. His eyes instantly regained clarity and he glared at Su Ying angrily: "Don't use your ability on me!"
Su Ying, who thought she was going to succeed, curled her lips in disappointment and snorted, "Even if you really said something, it was the truth hidden in your heart. I was just guiding you a little bit."
"I'm just afraid that you'll be so awkward for too long that you'll end up deceiving yourself. If someone really steals your girl away, you'll have to put on a brave face and offer your blessings to Wu Yang and other women at their weddings, while secretly crying in regret in a corner."
Li Yue's expression froze slightly. "Whoever wants to cry, he can get married if he wants. I have no right to interfere."
Su Ying looked meaningful and said, "You'd better really think so."
Lu Qing and the others exchanged knowing glances.
It seems that there is a sense of crisis.
In order to avoid talking too much and provoking Li Yue's rebellious psychology, which would be counterproductive, everyone quickly turned to talking about other men and women who were favored by the disaster victims.
Li Yue seemed to be still listening, but his mind was clearly elsewhere.
It was not until it got dark outside that the women went home reluctantly, intending to find out more about the situation and continue the conversation tomorrow.
Li Yue knew that his brother was most likely still in the training room, so he did not go home directly. Instead, he prepared to go to the training room to take him back.
Halfway through the journey, he saw Wu Yang's familiar figure.
Li Yue paused, hesitating whether to take a detour to avoid him, but before she turned around, she caught a glimpse of Wu Yang's body moving slightly, revealing another pretty woman who had just been blocked by him.
From her perspective, Wu Yang seemed particularly close as he leaned over slightly to talk to the other person.
Li Yue's expression couldn't help but change.
——I’m just afraid that someone will really steal your girl away, and I’ll put on a smile and congratulate you at your wedding, while secretly finding a corner to cry with regret.
Su Ying's slightly mocking words were still ringing in his ears. Li Yue stood there stiffly for a moment, gritted his teeth, quietly moved a few steps closer from the blind spot of the two people's vision, and silently pricked up his ears.
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