Chapter 74
Ji Yang was a little puzzled. District 1 was a residential area, and people entering and leaving had to be registered in advance by the owners, otherwise the security guards would not let them in. But would any owner help register unfamiliar vegetable vendors?
People here have no shortage of points. If they need food, they ask the officials to deliver it regularly, or their servants go out to buy it, or the security team helps bring it for them.
She has always been very vigilant. If she saw someone buying it at the night market, she wouldn't mind buying some. But this time, she ignored them altogether and even stopped Xixi and Wangwang who wanted to shout.
Let the middle-aged man knock on the gate again.
The gate to the courtyard was not an iron fence, but a thick large iron gate. The surrounding wall was also widened and raised, making the large iron gate even more solid. One could not see inside from the outside. The middle-aged man knocked for a long time, faster and faster, but still heard no response, so he gave up. The footsteps sounded again and moved away.
After a while, the sound of hawking was heard again from the house next to Ji Yang.
This family had lived here before Ji Yang. After she moved in, she didn't think about getting to know the neighbors, so she only heard Xie Muchi talk about them. The family's surname was Chen, and their conditions were relatively not as good as other families. They lived here in exchange for the heavy industry before the natural disaster.
The share was not very large, barely enough to exchange for the right to live in a villa, but other miscellaneous items were sold for a lot of points, but they were just points.
Those things are not basic survival supplies, but if you want to buy basic survival supplies at the base, you need tickets, and the quota is limited. Therefore, in addition to going to the official supermarket to buy things, they often buy slightly more expensive food from ordinary survivors, or do business with trader.
For convenience, Xie Muchi's men often deal with the wealthy people in District 1.
In this case, they wouldn't really want to trade, right?
Just when Ji Yang was doubtful, he heard a hawker's voice from the opposite door, and immediately a middle-aged woman's voice rang out: "Hey, what dish can I see?!"
The middle-aged man who was hawking the vegetables suddenly spoke in a more cheerful tone: "Little white cabbage, look, it's so juicy!"
This house happened to have an iron gate. The middle-aged woman came over to take a look and seemed satisfied. She asked again, "What's the price?"
"Twelve points per pound, there are five pounds in total, I'll give them all if you want them." The middle-aged man smiled innocently, "Other families have bought several pounds, this is the last bit."
The woman hesitated, as if she was choosing, and then said, "Then give me a discount, fifty points, I'll take them all."
The middle-aged man hesitated: "This is too little, I'll give you all 55 points!"
"Look, this isn't fresh!" The woman said disdainfully, "You're still talking about freshness, but look at the leaves turning yellow."
The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "In this weather, how can there be real water spirits? This is already very good. I didn't dare to take out more. Okay, okay, fifty points!"
Once the two sides have reached an agreement, the woman will take it.
The middle-aged man reached out his hand and silently moved the things back a little. The woman subconsciously stretched her hand farther. Her vigilance was reduced a lot because of the iron fence. But when her hand went out of a certain range, the food in front of her fell to the ground with a thud, and then her arm was grabbed.
The middle-aged man's simple and honest face became distorted, and his body trembled slightly with excitement: "Haha, I caught it!"
The woman was horrified and tried to withdraw her hand, but her arm was rubbed against the iron fence and it hurt: "What are you doing?! Let go! Mom and Dad, help--"
Before he could even utter a cry for help, he suddenly felt a pain in his abdomen.
A knife had already penetrated her stomach.
The Shen family member who ran out later saw this scene and was immediately frightened to death. He rushed over with a stick and beat the man outside: "Ahhh, let go!"
"Are you going to die?!"
But the middle-aged man seemed to feel no pain, grinning and pulling out the knife: "You rich people will die anyway if you are stabbed, right? Hahaha, what's so great about that? Just die--"
"don't want!"
"I'll give you whatever you want. We have points..."
The Shen family members were also sweating profusely, fearing that the man would stab again. They hit him on the head with the sticks in their hands, saying nice things. Even though his head was bleeding, they still held the woman's outstretched arm tightly and were about to stab out with the bloody knife they had just pulled out.
Suddenly there was a "bang!"
A flash of blood exploded before everyone's eyes.
The middle-aged man's grim smile froze on his face, and there was a bloody hole on the left side of his head where the temples should be, with blood splattered all over the faces of several people.
"ah!!!"
“Someone’s dead! Someone’s dead!!!”
The Shen family watched a man being shot in the head and died in front of them. Their legs went weak and they fell to the ground. As the middle-aged man died, the woman who was clamped also got rid of her comfort. She sat on the ground, holding the wound on her stomach, and said weakly: "Quick, hospital--"
"Oh, yes, let's go to the hospital!"
"I'll drive!"
Soon, the sound of a car starting was heard, and the Shen family hurriedly sent the person to the hospital. Ji Yang also put away the gun and came down from the second floor.
When the woman screamed, she was sure that the man was wrong. Her original position was not convenient for shooting, so she had to run to the second-floor balcony, where she could just see the family's front door on her left.
A shot to the head, Ji Yang's palm moved slightly, and the gun disappeared from his hand.
She went downstairs, Xixi followed closely. Wangwang seemed accustomed to these things and was lying in the nest playing with the stuffed ball.
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When the Shen family left in a hurry, another scream was heard outside, but the sound seemed to be far away from Ji Yang.
Soon everything stopped.
It's quiet all around.
Although there are often people walking around District 1 most of the time, once something happens, everyone's first reaction is to run home, or to hide temporarily in the home of the nearest neighbor.
No one would come out specially to watch the fun.
Ji Yang didn't go out either, as it was too hot outside. About half an hour later, official people came to deal with the body at the door of the Shen family. After asking about what happened, they took the body away.
Ji Yang thought that since they saw the gun, they would at least come and question her, but they didn't.
Speaking of which, guns are becoming more and more common nowadays. Although the crackdown has not been relaxed openly, it is difficult to detect them in private.
Around five in the morning, there was finally movement from the Shen family next door.
The male host came back and brought gifts to thank Ji Yang.
Ji Yang did not open the door, but politely declined his gift through the gate of the courtyard. At this moment, if there was anything precious, it would probably be food, and fresh food at that.
Frozen pork, once jokingly called aged pork, is now a rare delicacy.
These are the gifts, plus some medicines and the like.
She didn't need these.
Being rejected by her, the male host could only leave disappointed.
Ji Yang returned to the basement and checked the time. It was just past one in the morning and there were still several hours before Xie Muchi came back. He replaced the two buckets of ice, filled the humidifier with water, took out his yoga mat and started exercising.
It has been too hot recently. Even with ice and air conditioning to cool down, Ji Yang has not had much desire to exercise. He has become a little lazy and no longer exercises every day. Basically, he only exercises once every two or three days, and each time for only two hours.
His body maintained sufficient physical strength and flexibility as always, but now that he was being targeted while living here, Ji Yang was somewhat dissatisfied with his previous laziness.
Still have to persevere.
Who knows when you'll be targeted?
Danger is always hard to guard against.
Two hours later, Ji Yang was wet all over. She didn't exercise to her limit like before. The weather now was not only hot but also dry. Even if she had a humidifier, it was not enough. Just like during the flood before, she still felt wet even with a dehumidifier.
However, the extremely refreshing exercise still made her body relax a lot.
Then he slipped into the space again, washed his hair and took a shower, rubbed his whole body clean, came out, took out the massage chair, plugged it in, and started massaging.
After exercise, she would set aside fifteen minutes to stretch and relax her muscles, but there were many places that could not be massaged properly, and Xie Muchi was not there, so she could only use a massage chair.
Just when Ji Yang was drowsy, he heard the door open.
She quickly opened her eyes, put the massage chair back into the space, and lay back on the bed. After waiting for a while, Xie Muchi appeared at the entrance of the basement. Ji Yang immediately smiled and waved: "Come over and give me a massage."
Xie Muzhi quickened his pace and asked, "Where should I press first?"
"My shoulder." Ji Yang lay down.
Xie Muzhi hummed, pulled her hair aside, and pressed his big, bony hands on her shoulders and neck. He applied a little force and saw Ji Yang humming in comfort. He smiled and thought of the business: "Someone came to attack, why didn't you tell me?"
Ji Yang said with a smile: "Don't you know it now?"
Xie Muzhi narrowed his eyes slightly and tickled her.
Ji Yang immediately twisted her body to avoid it: "Okay, I'll tell you next time." Xie Muzhi stopped, and she twisted her body until tears welled up in her eyes. She said helplessly: "I just thought it was no big deal. When others come to see me, I don't open the door. Under normal circumstances, they can't break the defense of the house."
"Then you could have told me." Xie Muchi began massaging her properly again, with helplessness in his tone.
She is too rational.
She felt that the incident did not cause any impact, so even if it was actually a very dangerous situation, she would not call him to tell him, because she believed that calling him would not change anything. They were so far apart, and in an emergency, he would not have time to run over. She could handle it herself, and once it was handled, the matter would be over. There was no need to call him specifically to tell him.
Xie Muzhi pursed his lips slightly, a hint of loss flashing in his eyes.
Originally they thought that with a cell phone, it would be easier to communicate, and since it was no longer a public channel, they could contact each other more often. However, Ji Yang seldom used his cell phone to make calls unless there was something important.
Ji Yang also knew about his own problem. In short, it was caused by not trusting others.
No one can be trusted as much as herself.
Moreover, with the space, she has a lot to rely on, which means that many things are not actually a problem for her. It is a bit disturbing to make a phone call specifically for such a small matter.
However, after hearing what Xie Muchi said, Ji Yang probably understood that Xie Muchi was not afraid of being disturbed, and even hoped that he would disturb him.
In this case, she would be bored at home anyway. Since she was in a relationship, she couldn't just enjoy the emotional and physical value that the other person gave her. She had to give it out as well. So she decisively squeezed the big hand that was massaging her and said, "I didn't think it through. I won't do that again."
Xie Muzhi's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he coughed lightly: "I'm not asking you, it's just..."
Ji Yang smiled and said, "You just miss me, I understand."
Xie Muzhi: ...
His increasingly dark face showed a hint of dark red, and the corners of his straight lips curled up secretly. After a while, he started talking seriously about other topics: "By the way, I heard that three attackers were caught in District 1. One was killed by you, and the other two were caught by the security team."
Ji Yang was so comfortable being massaged that he was drowsy. Hearing this, he perked up a little: "Three? How did they get in?"
Xie Muzhi explained: "He jumped in from the courtyard wall. There were people outside helping him, but when the security guards rushed over, everyone over there had already run away."
Ji Yang was shocked.
The wall of the community is about three meters high, which is just a little lower than her wall, at the height of a floor, and there are a lot of broken glass on it, leaving no place to get started. If you want to walk from this side, you have to jump down directly, otherwise you will definitely be covered in blood.
But the height was three meters, and he jumped from that side and fell to the ground, so you can imagine how painful it was.
They would rather pay such a high price to take revenge on others.
Ji Yang didn't know what to say.
She could only strengthen her defenses and not leave the community when she went out for a walk at night. She always brought her dog with her. Many people in the base knew that she was a wealthy family. If she went out and met these people, she would definitely be the first to be targeted.
After Xie Muchi massaged her shoulders and neck, he moved on to her limbs.
However, Ji Yang didn't let him press for too long. After all, he had just returned from work outside, so after enjoying it for a while, he let him quickly get something to eat. The sun had been out for a while, but this meal was considered their dinner.
Therefore, the meals are always quite hearty.
What happened in the early morning did not affect her. This kind of situation was too common. She even helped. The situation was much better than before, so she ate with gusto.
After eating and drinking, the two fed the cat and dog, then fell asleep in each other's arms.
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By the time night fell again, the neighborhood had returned to peace.
Except for the injured Shen family and two other unlucky families, the security team added eight more people, the patrol frequency was increased, and everyone else's life returned to normal.
Just as Ji Yang thought, he chose not to go out of the community even for a walk.
Nine o'clock in the evening is about the time to move around.
The human body has gradually adapted to long-term high temperatures. Even though the temperature at night is now over 50 degrees, the maximum temperature difference from the daytime is only 10 degrees. If the temperature jumps from normal to this, something bad would have happened because the body could not adjust.
But at this time there are still many children who can run and jump.
The parents all hold a big kettle in their hands and call the children over to drink some water from time to time.
Ji Yang waited until after one in the morning and came out for a walk after lunch. Wangwang didn't like to go out, and he also had the burden of catching mice, so he stayed at home. Xixi was determined to go wherever his owner went.
A man and a dog were walking on a familiar road, nothing different from usual.
As she was walking, a few younger women saw her, looked at each other, and immediately approached her: "Miss Ji, do you want to come over and sit for a while?"
The person who spoke pointed to a small pavilion in the community and asked with a smile.
In the pavilion, some people are playing mahjong.
There were a lot of people watching around.
Ji Yang showed a look of surprise and hesitated for a moment without saying anything.
Seeing this, the woman came over directly, but she was afraid of Xixi beside her and did not get close. "Miss Ji, you are very courageous. We just found out that there is a sharpshooter living in the community. Many people admire Miss Ji. Your shooting skills are amazing. I heard that you didn't even go out and shot him in the head on the second floor. It's just that you were not familiar with him before and were embarrassed to speak, so you sent me to be the representative. Miss Ji, come over and sit for a while?"
Following her words, Ji Yang looked behind them and saw many people standing and sitting in the pavilion. The four people who were playing cards also stopped playing and looked over here.
This has never happened before.
Even though Ji Yang had just moved in and was driving that doomsday chariot, attracting countless eyes, he was not treated so warmly by them. Of course, they were not like the villains in novels, who were all arrogant and self-centered. They were just not enthusiastic.
The purpose of the enthusiasm is also obvious at this time.
She has weapons and marksmanship, so she can protect this community.
It would be safer to be on good terms with her.
But Ji Yang is not someone who would go out of her way to protect others. She is willing to give back to the base because it was under the protection of the base that she was able to survive for five years in her previous life. Apart from that, unless it happened right in front of her, and sometimes it was really in front of her, she would not bother to pay attention.
There are too many people in this world who need to be saved, and she has never been a savior. Even the space she accidentally possesses is limited. Ten thousand square meters is the limit, and it cannot accommodate many people.
She had realized this since her previous life and had long since learned to treat it with a normal attitude.
At this moment, facing the hidden expectations behind this neighbor's friendship, Ji Yang could only apologize: "Sorry, I have to take a walk, so I won't go over and sit. I've been sitting at home for a long time."
The woman in front of him froze in laughter, looking a little surprised.
It seemed as if he didn't expect Ji Yang to reject him so ruthlessly.
Ji Yang didn't give her any extra time to react. He nodded to the person who was looking at him, and continued walking forward with Xixi, leaving the people behind him looking at each other in bewilderment.
"She just left like that?"
"You don't care at all?!"
One person said, "She lives with Xie Muchi now, so she doesn't need our supplies, right? After all, if we want something good, we have to start with her."
Speaking of this, several people suddenly felt embarrassed.
There's really nothing attractive about them.
No wonder Ji Yang wasn’t enthusiastic.
But that doesn't mean they give up.
It would have been fine if she didn't know before, but now that she knows there is such a big guy in the community, she doesn't have to be wishful thinking about making her a patrol security guard, but she needs his contact information so that she can help if there is any danger. That way, her life security will be greatly improved.
If they were treated like this before the natural disaster, they might grit their teeth and decide not to make any noise.
But after a natural disaster, this is about life.
Therefore, after that day, people came to her house every now and then, trying to make friends with her and ask her to keep them as their friend, which was a promise that if there was a similar situation again, they could call her and ask her to come over for help.
Ji Yang declined twice, and the third time they came, there were two handsome young men.
He looks fair and clean. I heard he is a distant relative of two families.
Ji Yang was silenced by this group of people.
Just at this time, because of Xie Muchi's previous words, she had nothing to do, so she called over. She wore headphones and the person on the other end didn't know. As soon as they saw Ji Yang, the two handsome guys began to show their courtesy, and the two middle-aged women also made meaningful hints.
Xie Muchi was furious. He didn't show any anger even over the phone. He turned around and hurried back on his electric scooter, and drove those people away with a sullen face.
The other party didn't realize that these two people were so sticky. One was busy and the other was at home and they both didn't forget to make phone calls. But they also didn't want to offend Xie Muchi. When they were caught, their faces turned pale and they said a lot of nice things.
However, after this incident, fewer people came to disturb Ji Yang.
It also made her feel much calmer.
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But only Ji Yang can have some peace and quiet.
In extremely hot weather, disasters occur almost every once in a while.
At this point, countless people suddenly remembered the extreme cold that they once feared, and they all felt that the extreme cold was really "mild".
The temperature rose to 69 degrees without anyone noticing, with the average temperature at night being 62 or 63 degrees, and the lowest temperature being 58 degrees. With such high temperatures and lack of water, people still died every day even though the base had taken a series of measures.
Housing prices in several other districts continued to fall, and underground summer shelters were packed every day. There had been several stampedes and terrorist attacks in which people mixed in with the crowds and killed people.
District One has become a hot commodity, and not only have housing prices increased, but the people living there have also been targeted. Since that incident, they have been caught several times using various methods to sneak in and target the rich.
The authorities had to send two security guards to watch over here and help screen all the security guards here, for fear that someone suspicious would sneak in.
Of course, the cost is still paid by them.
Now Ji Yang’s monthly expenditure on daily maintenance of the community is 300 points, which is three times more than before!
In addition to problems inside the base, wildfires frequently broke out outside the base due to the extreme heat. The base happened to be in the suburban wilderness, and two consecutive wildfires broke out nearby. The only thing to be thankful for was that at the end of the extreme cold, a large number of survivors moved here, and all the green plants here were cut down. There was no combustible material, so the base would not really burn. However, the fire was so severe that the temperature seemed to spread to the base, causing the temperature, which was about to break through 70 degrees, to reach 73 degrees on the two days of the wildfire.
During this period, Ji Yang drove the water tanker out again.
Compared with the first time, this time there are minefields everywhere. The world is not good, the benefits are not proportional to the cost, and more and more people are "robbers". Many people rush to the vicinity of the base late at night to rob others, and run back to the underground area of the base when it is almost dawn to escape the heat. There is no stagnant water, no ice or snow, and the bare ground is a bit hot, but it is much more convenient to rob than before.
This time, Ji Yangguang relied on the power of the thieves to collect several hundred kilograms of supplies and water resources. When she came back, the space she had reserved for medicinal materials in the back seat was almost gone.
In the end, I had to let Xixi shrink into the corner and reluctantly let her go.
Time has unknowingly come to the end of the year.
During this period, there were two more heavy rains.
The rain was heavier than the first time, but having experienced the first time, the survivors did not dare to underestimate it. They just hurried to take out all the water containers in their homes to collect water. For a while, even the plastic basins and buckets that were almost unsaleable at the base went up in price.
The end of the year is approaching. In my previous life, many people did not have a calendar and had to rely on the base to remind them.
But nowadays many people have mobile phones and internet access, and people will talk about it on the forum after a few days.
And it just so happened that her birthday was around New Year's Day, so Xie Muchi naturally remembered it. So when Xie Muchi specially set aside a day to celebrate her birthday, Ji Yang vaguely realized that it was the end of the year again.
New Year’s Day is over and the New Year is coming soon.
She originally thought that this New Year might pass quietly, but the bandit suppression mission she had been waiting for suddenly appeared on the list.
Official recruitment!
Several major bases joined forces to suppress bandits, and the number of bandits they faced was also a huge number. The officials attacked the boss, and the escaped minions were handed over to the courageous and capable survivors to save soldiers.
In fact, there are not enough soldiers.
The reward was quite high, so as soon as the news was released, it immediately caused widespread discussion. The reason for the mission was not actually stated clearly, but Ji Yang had Xie Muchi, who knew a lot of inside information, so he was able to know the details.
But when he saw her asking about this, Xie Muchi immediately showed a suspicious look: "Are you going out again?"
Ji Yang nodded expectantly: "I plan to go over and see if I can find any bargains."
Xie Muzhi didn't say anything, but began to ponder, and suddenly he said, "Actually, after I sold all the vaccines, I was thinking that I could retire soon."
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