Chapter 051 Chapter 51
Seeing that Ji Yang liked it, Guo's mother was relieved: "This is a collection of a friend of Lao Guo. He never thought of what to make it into. As a result, a natural disaster occurred and the master craftsman was killed. He has kept it in the warehouse. I heard that you like jade, so Lao Guo went to get it early yesterday morning, and there are these..."
She also showed the boxes of jewelry placed next to her: "They are all jade jewelry made by famous artists. We don't want those with lower quality."
Ji Yang looked at them one by one, and they were all top-notch.
The Guo family was really sincere, and this mission was completed with great success.
Mother Guo changed the subject and said a little embarrassedly: "Ayao said before that you only wanted jade, but we have only exchanged two-thirds of the points and materials we prepared. How about you wait for two more days? I'm afraid there won't be enough time."
They exchanged the materials used as bounties for points, and were able to exchange for about 100,000 points. This was because the materials that had been sent to the White Tiger Base were returned by the authorities. However, it was difficult to complete the transaction in a short period of time, so the authorities still helped with the exchange of so many points.
Ji Yang withdrew her gaze from the emerald. When she heard that there was still one third left, she was completely shocked. Guo Jiake was really honest, but she shook her head: "No, let's just leave it at that. You can give the remaining one third to the people we invited last time. They must have agreed to take the task because they were really short of points. But Su Hankun is not a good person, so we can't give it to him."
These were enough. She really didn't expect the Guo family to spend so much money on the bounty. It was beyond her expectations, so she would just do the rest as a good deed. The main reason was that she didn't want to endure living in the same room with cockroaches and rats for another day. She couldn't even get a good rest!
Moreover, top-grade jade becomes increasingly difficult to collect as time goes by. The remaining one-third might take two or three days. There is no need to do that. She could rather let her wallet down than herself. Moreover, with the remaining jade from the Guo family and that from the Xue family, even if they cannot upgrade the pond to the maximum level, it will be almost enough.
As for the rest, she just left in a flash, and I probably won't see her again in the future, so it won't affect her at all.
"Ah?" Guo's mother was surprised: "Just give it away like this?"
"Yes." Ji Yang shrugged: "I can't take that much with me anyway."
Mother Guo was speechless, but still nodded: "Okay, I'll tell him when Old Guo comes back."
Then Guo's mother went to pack some dog food and dog snacks. Xixi immediately realized what it was and happily came over to wag its tail. Guo's mother couldn't help but tentatively reach out to touch it.
The big dog looked ferocious, but seemed very friendly and did not reject her touch at all.
Without staying long, Ji Yang instructed the delivery location and left with the goods.
The temperature was highest at noon. Ji Yang wore a big hat with cloth on both sides to block the view of people around her. After leaving the base, she immediately took out a popsicle to eat.
The cool mung bean popsicles instantly relieved the stuffiness in the air. They were a bit too cold, and iced mung bean soup would definitely be more refreshing.
Ji Yang remembered that there were still a lot of mung beans in his space, so he could try to cook it when he got back. There shouldn’t be any problems following the recipe. If it was ruined, it would depend on whether Xixi would eat it.
After walking around outside, he put the jade into the space.
The huge emerald jade seemed to bring considerable energy. Combined with other jades, the pond directly expanded to an area of 800 square meters!
It was originally 7,350 square meters, and now it has reached 8,150 square meters.
Less than 2,000 square meters away from the maximum level!
Ji Yang was in a good mood and felt that the temperature of the air seemed to have dropped a lot. He walked outside for a while and felt that the time was about up, so he took out the motorboat, put away the speedboat, but added two rubber boats.
That should be enough.
Ji Yang tied the three of them to the motorboat, and Xixi sat on the speedboat. She and Xixi each put on a full-body raincoat, so they were fully armed. It had just been a long and heavy rain when they came here, so the water quality was not that terrible, and she drove slowly.
But now I have to carry two piles of cargo, which are not light in weight. I have to step on the accelerator to the maximum, and the dirty water that splashes... My scalp tingles just thinking about it.
In addition to the body, the face should also be protected. It may be a bit hot, but it is safer.
Then she drove the motorboat to the north gate of the base. It was noon at this time and there were very few people at the north gate. The vendors would choose to close their stalls and go home at this time, otherwise the fish and shrimp would die and stink in a short time after being caught.
Therefore, the two groups of people waiting at the door were very obvious.
When Ji Yang saw them, he paid special attention to the amount of supplies the two groups brought, and nodded secretly. They were all pretty good. The Guo family had already been taken away by her, and now they still had a rubber boat's worth of goods. Xue Jianping wanted a little more. Part of the goods in the two rubber boats were packaged in valuables, and part of them were in jewelry boxes and packed in sacks. If the boxes were not needed, the weight would be much less, but with the boxes, it would be a bit too much.
"Yangyang, are you leaving directly?" Xue Jianping couldn't help but ask when he saw her bringing the dog.
Ji Yang nodded: "Yes, it's getting late. If we don't leave now, it will be too late."
Xue Jianping wanted to say something but stopped himself, but Ji Yang's attitude was cold and he was busy moving things with Guo's father, so he kept silent. He also guessed that Ji Yang was really leaving this time, so before coming, he specifically asked his wife if she wanted to come with him.
Rejected by his wife.
She seemed to be in a bad mood after meeting Ji Yang yesterday. She hid in her room all day and did not come out. She never mentioned letting the two children meet each other again. He reminded her that they might never see each other again, and she refused with a complicated expression.
Xue Jianping could only sigh silently.
Most of the Qiao family members came, only a few who were reluctant to ask for leave did not come, and they also helped with the moving. Qiao's grandparents looked at Ji Yang and were reluctant to let her go. In the end, they could only give her a few more words of advice, asking her to be careful, not to trust others foolishly, to do less risky things, and to store more food.
Soon after the Guo family finished moving, Xue Jianping also moved his side and asked, "I still have one-third of my side left to move. I heard that you asked to share it with those three people. Can I share my side with them as well?"
Ji Yang shook his head: "No, this much should be enough. If you really want to give it away, just give it to the official."
Xue Jianping was slightly startled, then smiled and said, "Okay..."
After moving all the things, Ji Yang's three delivery men almost couldn't fit them all in, so they could only tie them up with ropes and stack them a little higher to make do.
After everything was done, she tied Xixi to her chest and checked that both the man and the dog were wrapped tightly so that they would not be splashed by the stagnant water. Then she waved to them and said, "Grandpa and grandma, go home early."
"Hey, you should be careful on the road too." Qiao's grandparents also smiled and waved.
Ji Yang withdrew his hand, turned the throttle, and the motorboat hummed twice, immediately galloping on the water, quickly moving away from Hu City.
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Lake City
Wu Miaoyan looked at her mother, who looked even weaker than yesterday, with a grim expression on her face.
She and her mother depended on each other for survival. She had a very difficult life when she was a child. The situation did not improve until Wu Miaoyan went to college. Later, she worked part-time at a water park and discovered her talent. It seemed that she was born to be good at swimming and holding her breath.
Later, she tried to learn scuba diving. The coaches said she had a good talent, so she was hired as an assistant right after she finished learning. Then step by step, she became a coach, and the mother and daughter lived a good life for a few years.
She finally had money to learn some hobbies.
Since she was a child, she always wanted to learn martial arts because her father liked to beat people when drunk. Fortunately, her father died in a car accident after drinking, so she no longer had to worry about him. Her desire to learn martial arts has never faded, and when she had money, she signed up for martial arts as soon as she could.
However, when the natural disaster occurred, Wu Miaoyan's life fell to the bottom again overnight. What made her even more uncomfortable was that her mother's wound became infected due to touching dirty water at this time.
She had spent all her savings and had no money left to support her mother's treatment.
Just then she received a message saying that there was a task that could earn a lot of points, which was to dive in dirty water. She agreed without hesitation, but she didn't expect to not get the task.
No other job can earn so many points.
Wu Miaoyan was in despair.
The natural disaster was so horrible that she could only watch her mother die.
At this time, the intercom rang. It was the person in charge who had told her about the task before: "Come to the office. Before leaving, Miss Ji said that the remaining rewards will be divided equally among the three of you. It is about 10,000 points. Of course, you can also choose supplies."
Wu Miaoyan widened her eyes, unable to believe what she heard.
Ten thousand points!
No, the three of them deserve 30,000, and she got 10,000 for free. You have to know that she is working hard to get supplies, and occasionally goes on a mission, and can earn 2,000 to 3,000 a month.
The unexpected surprise came so suddenly that she couldn't react. It took her a while before she screamed, "Okay, come right away!!!"
*
In the base hospital ward
There are many sick people and there is a severe shortage of wards.
Xue Yuanyang and Guo Yao's families could only get a four-person room.
It was quite unexpected. There were three people rescued in total. When they were sent to the hospital, they were admitted to the same ward. Two of them had infection and fever due to broken fingers, and one had a broken leg. Overall, they were of similar types.
Every noon, someone comes to deliver food.
Xue Yuanyang felt sorry for his friend who was in trouble with him, so he asked his family to bring an extra portion so that the man would have something to eat.
The lunch delivery was delayed by an hour today.
It was already past one in the afternoon when it was delivered.
The one who came to deliver the meal was a little girl from the Qiao family. The adults were either at work or had their own things to do, and the two old people were too old to walk around, so she had to come.
Guo's mother also happened to be there at this time, and the two met and sent the food up together. The little girl said, "My cousin just left. Grandpa and grandma went to see someone off, and they just came back for dinner. They are late."
"Leaving now?!" Xue Yuanyang and Guo Yao asked at the same time.
Guo Yao was anxious: "Mom, are you really gone? I haven't repaid you yet!"
Guo's mother slapped his head in anger and said, "Repay a favor? How do you repay it? It's not us, your parents, who should repay it."
Guo Yao's mind cleared up after being beaten, and he said awkwardly: "Yeah, but she left too fast, right? I wanted to treat her to a meal."
"He's capable, so he must be busy." Mother Guo didn't even raise her head and told him to eat: "Okay, take good care of yourself, and don't make any more trouble."
Fortunately, he came back alive, fortunately there is Ji Yang, and fortunately the official helped them to get back the part that had been given out, so that they could take out 100,000 points as rewards and not go unable to make ends meet. Now she is too lazy to urge her son to get married, as long as he can be safe and sound, it is a blessing.
Xue Yuanyang actually wanted to ask this question, but Guo Yao asked it first. Hearing this, he sighed softly. Well, she is so powerful and must be very busy. There is no point in asking. Anyway, after this time, he is sure that Ji Yang looks down on him and his stepmother's idea cannot be realized.
At this time, the young man who was in trouble in the bed opposite suddenly asked: "Where did she go?"
Xue Yuanyang said in a gloomy tone: "She is from Changnan Base. She came here just to do something."
The young man's eyes flickered: "Thank you, I understand."
Seeing that he took the initiative to talk, Xue Yuanyang also became interested and asked curiously: "Hey, how did you get caught?"
The young man said expressionlessly, "I'm a scientific researcher, and I happened to have something they needed, so they arrested me. When they arrested me, all my research data was destroyed. They also asked me to continue working on this thing, but I had no materials or tools. They were a bunch of illiterate people and brought me a bunch of beakers and reagents and asked me to do it. When they saw that I didn't do it, they thought I was deliberately delaying, so they broke my legs..."
Others: “???”
The young man curled his lips and said, "It's outrageous, right? I think so too."
However, we must believe that there is nothing strange in this world.
He thought he was dead, but unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the better. The young man silently memorized the two key words, Changnan Base and Ji Yang.
*
Ji Yang was able to identify the direction back fairly easily.
When she reached a deserted place, she put the three cargo ships behind her into the cargo space and untied the ropes with her consciousness, leaving only a speedboat and a rubber boat, which she took out and continued to tie to the motorboat.
It was not until they were almost at the border of Changnan City that she filled the speedboat and rubber boat with medicinal herbs. She also wrapped them with plastic wrap to prevent the dirty water splashed by the motorboat from touching the herbs.
It’s the best of both worlds.
Her space thus increased by another 1,400 square meters, reaching 9,550 square meters! It was not at the maximum level, but it was no different from the maximum level. The jades obtained by the Guo family and Xue Jianping were all top-grade and good stuff.
Compared to Changnan City, which may have been plundered by her, the inventory is still a little more than Changnan City, but it's a pity that it is too troublesome to go out.
The increase in space was a pleasant surprise. More importantly, there were now enough species of fish, shrimp, crabs, eels, loaches, freshwater shellfish, etc. By the way, the crayfish and hairy crabs that were once popular on the summer tables in Lake City were also available.
Finally, I can use this trip as an excuse to take out some of the medicinal herbs in the space.
After all, how can you go on a long journey without gaining something?
However, with so many medicinal herbs, Ji Yang couldn't just go back, so he went directly to the base. When he was about thirty kilometers away, he began to meet survivors one after another.
The weather was hot, and the survivors, both men and women, were basically wearing very little. Women were fine, as they were concerned about those who were thinking about their lower bodies, so they just wore short-sleeved shirts and shorts. The men wanted to take off all their clothes, and most of them shaved their heads, revealing their thin and dark bodies. They wore straw hats and stared at the water, and would immediately cast their nets if they heard any movement.
At 20 kilometers, more and more people were gathering in the nearby waters.
Maybe it’s because the weather is hot now, the water quality is worse, and there are fewer fish, so everyone can only try to walk as far away as possible to catch fish.
When there are more people, there will be many people who like to have evil ideas. She was a rich person from the beginning. She rode a motorboat with two piles of goods tied to the back and a fat and strong dog tied to her chest. She must be valuable, so many greedy eyes fell on Ji Yang.
Medicinal materials cannot come into contact with water. Ji Yang didn't want to go through the trouble. If he went any further, he would only encounter more survivors, which would cause more trouble. So he simply stopped, took out his crossbow and waved it around a few times, and most of them would retreat on their own.
Only a few people were unwilling to give up and were calling people with walkie-talkies.
Ji Yang also took out the walkie-talkie and tried to contact Xie Muchi first.
I just called twice, but no response.
Probably because he was busy, he called Luo Lao San instead. This time he got a quick response and soon the other side yelled, "Miss Ji, you're finally back!!!"
Ji Yang was so excited that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Why? So excited?"
"Tsk, didn't you say you'd be back in a few days? It's been ten days already, the boss is so anxious that he wants to go out and look for you." Luo Laosan laughed and felt relieved: "By the way, the boss just went to a meeting and forgot to bring the intercom. Is Miss Ji coming here? Where is she? I'll pick you up."
Ji Yang originally thought so, so he nodded: "Well, I'm in the direction of the east gate of the base, about 20 kilometers away. You can bring two more people, and I will get a batch of medicinal materials."
Luo Laosan was excited again: "Right away!"
Putting the walkie-talkie back into the bag, Ji Yang rubbed Xixi's dog head. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was not as bright as at noon, but it was still hot. Dogs' heat dissipation was not as good as humans, and they were already sticking out their tongues.
She protected the dog's head and stuffed two ice cubes into its mouth.
Xixi's tail immediately started wagging, and she squinted her eyes happily while holding the ice cube in her mouth.
Twenty kilometers is not far, but not close either. More and more people gather near Ji Yang, but no one dares to really approach her. They just hang around, as if evaluating her strength.
Bows and crossbows are quite intimidating, but you have to know how to use them.
It is not impossible for one person and one dog to win as long as they can get close quickly.
Finally, a group of helpers gathered first. There were more than ten people in the group. When they saw Ji Yang, their eyes lit up. After discussing in a low voice for a while, everyone got on two speedboats in batches. When the motor sounded, the two speedboats rushed towards Ji Yang from two directions respectively.
When one team took action, the others were even more excited, and each of them tried to go over and get a piece of the pie.
However, as the person being attacked, Ji Yang did not sit there and wait to die. Instead, she quickly raised the crossbow in her hand, aimed at them, and fired. The speed was so fast that the group of people could not see the direction she was aiming at, and the arrow was already close at hand.
“Puff——”
The sound of the arrow entering the body was very small, but it was so obvious to the ears of the companions that almost immediately, the direction of the speedboat suddenly shook and flew out.
"Ah! Hit?!"
"Fuck!" someone screamed, "Brother Zhang! Are you okay?"
The man in the middle happened to be the one at the helm. The severe pain made him suddenly lose his strength and the direction was shaking. The others hurried to control the direction. The other two pulled him away and saw an arrow with only the tail left on his chest!
Everyone was shocked.
This is so accurate, isn't it? !
However, Ji Yang did not stop. After shooting one person, he immediately reloaded his arrow and aimed at the man who was boating in the other direction. With the experience learned from the previous incident, the man who was boating suddenly got his hair standing on end and immediately pulled the person next to him over to block the attack.
"Puff"
Another sound.
"Ah!" The man screamed and covered his stomach.
The boatman widened his eyes in horror and turned around and ran away without thinking, not caring about any precious supplies, fat dogs, or beautiful women. This was fucking fatal!
Don't kill anyone else, just kill the person who drives the boat.
Too cruel!
After losing two people in a row, the other scattered people who rushed over also changed their faces and quickly dodged to the side.
In particular, some boat drivers were so scared that they let go and hid behind: "I'm going to die, I won't drive anymore! You guys come!"
Who dares to open this?!
The survivor who was pushed to the front row: “!”
He is afraid too!
For a moment, the vacuum zone that already existed around Ji Yang became even larger, and everyone wished they could stay eight hundred meters away from Ji Yang and out of the range of bows and crossbows.
——
When Luo Laosan brought his men over, this was the scene he saw.
Ji Yang was alone in the middle of the water, with no survivors around him, so many fish with a strong sense of crisis ran towards this side. The survivors looked at him with envy, but did not dare to get close.
"Oh, sister, what have you done?" Luo Laosan teased with a smile.
Ji Yang: "I didn't do anything, I just killed two people."
Luo Laosan: ...
The corners of his mouth twitched, but he soon noticed the two piles of things behind Ji Yang. Knowing Ji Yang's nature, he always used sacks to pack medicinal materials. He took a deep breath and said, "Fuck, fuck!!!"
The people who came with him were also shocked: "Miss Ji, this, this can't be all..."
Ji Yang smiled and nodded: "Yes, all of them, how about it, this trip is not a loss, right?"
"Not a loss!" several people said in unison.
This is more than just a good deal, with so many medicinal herbs, it's really awesome. I got so much in just ten days.
Miss Ji is so awesome!
Everyone looked at her with admiration.
Thinking of the eldest brother complaining that Miss Ji said she would be back in a few days, but it had been ten days and there was still no sign of her, they secretly despised her in their hearts, thinking that the eldest brother's love-brain was really holding him back.
Miss Ji, this is a serious matter!
Mr. Xie, who had no idea what was going on: ...?
After marveling at the medicinal herbs, Luo Laosan and the others stared at Ji Yang's motorboat and drooled again. Wow, she is worthy of being Miss Ji, all the equipments are luxurious.
There are snowmobiles in extremely cold times, jet skis in flood times, and when it comes to extremely hot times, are there modified land motorcycles?
When Ji Yang saw people coming, he exchanged a few words of greeting and then couldn't wait to ask if anyone could drive a jet ski. When he learned that there was someone who could, he immediately gave up his seat and went to sit on the empty rubber boat.
Although the jet ski is very fast, it is still quite tiring to drive it yourself.
Especially since she was carrying a heavy load and wearing a raincoat, when she got on the rubber boat, she immediately took off her raincoat and handed it to the person driving the motorboat, asking him to be careful and protect himself.
Xixi also found relief and lay down comfortably in the boat, rubbing her tail against her master.
Luo Laosan rubbed his hands regretfully. He didn't know how to drive a motorboat, so he could only watch helplessly, and then warned: "Be careful, don't overturn the boat. There are so many herbs, even if you sell yourself, you can't afford it!"
The man riding the motorboat nodded solemnly: "Brother, don't worry!"
The survivors who had been watching this place from a distance saw this and felt completely hopeless. They continued to fish with grief in their hearts.
The fishing net in his hand moved, and the man was delighted. He quickly picked up the net bag, hoping that it was a big fat fish. Now the fish that could be caught were getting fewer and fewer, and the fishing net had not felt such a big movement for a long time.
As soon as I scooped it up, I found that there was only a small black fish the size of a palm in the net bag.
He felt disappointed.
But the black fish suddenly found a gap in the net bag and drilled out. Once freed, it immediately flicked its tail, half flew up and bit him in the face.
"Ahhh!" A loud scream rang out. The man was so scared that he grabbed the fish with both hands and pulled hard. A piece of meat was torn off. However, the fish still had the strength to struggle and slipped away from his hands and fell into the water.
A streak of blood streaked across the dirty water surface, then quickly dissipated and disappeared.
The only one left on the boat was a man covered in blood with a piece of flesh bitten off. He waved his hands, trying to cover his body but not daring to do so: "It hurts! It hurts! It's a piranha!"
The people around witnessed all this and were horrified and moved away from the area.
There are piranhas here, so there are definitely no ordinary fish!
Ji Yang hadn't walked far when he heard the noise over there and was also startled: "Piranha?!"
So early?!
Luo Laosan nodded and glanced at the water surface with some fear: "It was found the day before yesterday. A man thought it was an ordinary fish. He used to be a fisherman and was very good at catching fish. After he caught this fish, not long after, the few fish in the bucket were all bitten, leaving only the fish heads. The man was so angry that he lost his mind and reached out to catch it, and ended up having a piece of meat bitten off his hand."
"His family sent him to the hospital. His wound is now seriously infected. The piranha has also been taken away by the authorities for research. It was announced yesterday that this fish looks similar to a snakehead fish, but is smaller in size and has sharp teeth. It only eats meat and is very sensitive to the smell of blood. It is also stronger than ordinary fish. Wherever it is, ordinary fish are basically gone. Survivors must be careful with it. The only good thing about it is that it can be eaten, but it has a lot of bacteria, similar to rats, and must be cooked for more than 20 minutes."
A person nearby said, "Piranhas are really scary. After this incident, more than a dozen people went to the hospital because of piranha bites. The number was lower after the announcement yesterday, but there were still quite a few. Even if you are careful, you still have to keep fishing. If you are not careful, you will end up like that person. Even worse is that if you fall directly into the water, there is no time to save people and you will be..."
The faces of those who spoke all looked grim. Nothing is easy in the face of a natural disaster.
Life is therefore too fragile. They are lucky that they don’t have to fish themselves as traders, but they are also a human community at this time, so naturally they feel uncomfortable.
Ji Yang was also shocked.
She hadn't heard of this in Lake City yet. She didn't know if it was because there were a lot of fish and shrimp in Lake City and the piranhas had enough to eat so far, so they hadn't been discovered, or if she hadn't noticed that it had been announced.
But she remembered that it shouldn't have been so early in her previous life, right?
At least it didn't appear until two months later.
However, when they appeared, there were already a lot of them, so the survivors who were not aware of the situation at the time were easily bitten when they fished. Piranhas grow in dirty water, and when they bite, countless bacteria and viruses will attach to the wound, so many people died. Some people were bitten in the vital parts and fell into the water, and the blood attracted a large number of piranhas to eat...
The only thing to be thankful for is that piranhas don’t like meat, and they won’t chew on messy things such as rubber boats, otherwise the survivors who go out may not be able to come back.
There's no way to deal with piranhas... Even in the previous life, the authorities couldn't deal with them. They could only send people to salvage them as much as possible. Even though they have sharp teeth, once they are caught, they will be killed immediately. This will provide some food for the survivors. Other than that, there's no way to poison them. They can grow rapidly in such harsh water that is comparable to poison, and their vitality is terrifyingly tenacious.
She was immersed in her thoughts and didn't notice that Luo Laosan and his men had stopped attacking the piranhas at some point.
After a while she realized there was no sound, but what caught her attention first was the sound of an engine getting closer and closer. She immediately looked alertly and saw a speedboat approaching quickly not far away.
On the speedboat, a familiar figure was wearing a white shirt, without a tie, with his collar open, revealing his fair and beautiful collarbone. Because of the fast speed, his clothes were blown up, and sweat soaked the thin shirt, revealing his strong and sturdy waist and abdominal muscles.
Luo Laosan was winking at his brothers.
Look!
The boss arrives in his flashy clothes!
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