Escalation of conflict
Wang Gao raised his eyes to look at everyone, and then his gaze fell on Jiang Miao, who was wearing a black sportswear in front of him: "Xiao Jiang, is the Immortal Master coming out of seclusion soon?"
Acid rain caused considerable damage to the base, so Wang Gao still wanted to ask for help again so that he could be prepared in advance in case of any disaster.
"I've come out of retreat." Jiang Miao responded politely, "But the Taoist priest has made it clear that he won't tell fortunes recently, which may disappoint Grandpa Wang."
Wang Gao had come from a very difficult time, and he could understand that some talented people had their own tempers. He then asked, "Is the Immortal Master free tonight? I have prepared a table in my humble abode, please come over for a drink."
Jiang Miao also refused: "The Taoist priest never eats out, so I'm letting Grandpa Wang down."
There was no other way. Wang Gao asked again whether the immortal had been disturbed this morning, and then asked about the daily supplies in Villa No. 58. Finally, he reminded everyone present, intentionally or unintentionally, not to make a loud noise in front of the door, for fear of disturbing the immortal's meditation. Then he took his granddaughter and left.
On the way, Wang Rong pouted and looked unhappy.
She had always liked the immortal's face, and she was even more impressed when she learned that he was not a fraud but a man of real ability.
But who knew that Baozhu could not hide it and it was difficult to meet her now, let alone chat with her or marry her into the family. I really regretted why I went to have my fortune told. Otherwise, with her grandfather's status in the base, even if he snatched her away and detained her at home, who would dare to say anything?
The base commander left, and the others were still standing at the door of No. 58, looking at each other.
Kang Weiguo's face turned blue and red, and then white. Only then did he realize that the person living in Villa No. 58 was the owner of the red paper he saw before the acid rain.
"Sir..." Li Zhicheng was secretly delighted, but he tried his best to save face. "I also heard from Shilan that what happened this morning was just a misunderstanding. I am also responsible for your son getting splashed with water. I will bring my daughter here to apologize tomorrow! Please be magnanimous and don't bother with a child."
Now that Villa No. 58 was registered in front of his old leader, what else could Kang Weiguo do? He couldn't really fall out with him and leave a bad reputation with his old leader, right?
You know, the entire base's armaments are still controlled by the base commander's cronies.
Kang Weiguo had no choice but to go down the stairs. He said kind words but couldn't help showing viciousness in his eyes: "Hahahaha, my son has been confined in the house since he was young. After the doomsday came, he was not allowed to go out for four or five months. He got so pent up that he liked to come out for a stroll and watch the fun. It's his bad luck to run into you bastards."
"It's just a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." Li Zhicheng accompanied Kang Weiguo and his personal guards for more than fifty meters, saw off the giant Buddha, wiped the sweat off his face and returned.
During this time, the eldest aunt and the second uncle surrounded Jiang Miao and asked, "What is your relationship with the head of the base? Why do you call him Grandpa Wang?"
Look, isn’t this person’s brain quite active?
Jiang Miao said truthfully: "When Grandpa joined the army, he was Grandpa Wang's old squad leader."
After getting the accurate news, the eldest aunt and the second uncle were very excited. When they looked at each other, they could see the strong calculation in each other's eyes. They were afraid that they would be overtaken by the other party, so they decided to visit the relatives as soon as possible!
After Li Zhicheng came back, he said to the rest of the people, "Jiang Lao Er, they always say that the family should not be divided while the parents are still alive. Now, Grandpa Jiang and Madam Jiang have passed away for many years, and even Brother Jiang has been gone for four or five years. How dare you come and force an orphan girl to share the supplies?"
Jiang Lao Er snorted coldly: "I am now the head of the Jiang family, and the family tree is in my hands! If this unfilial girl dares to drive her uncle out of the house, I will expel her from the family tree!"
"Oh, then you go ahead." Jiang Miao folded his arms and leaned against the door, watching how he would make his move with a calm and indifferent attitude.
Jiang Lao Er obviously didn't expect that someone wouldn't even care about being expelled from the family tree! He was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick: "You evil girl! Do you really want to abandon your ancestors and be a disloyal and unfilial person?"
Hearing this, Jiang Miao deliberately put on a surprised expression, covered his mouth and said in surprise: "Ah? Didn't you insist on doing this, second uncle? Well, you expelled me from the family tree out of anger because you didn't make my family extinct. I have a clear conscience about this. Even in front of the tombstones of my grandparents, parents, I have a clear conscience."
Eat up the whole family.
Li Zhicheng almost laughed out loud. Wasn't it the big families in ancient times who forced orphans to eat their own food?
Jiang Lao Er and Da Gu blushed after hearing Jiang Miao's sarcasm. They were both well-known celebrities before the end of the world. Now, if it wasn't for survival, who would be willing to bear this infamy!
Hard tactics didn’t work, so the eldest aunt tried to be soft again: “Miao Miao, we really didn’t mean that, but now in this time of crisis, shouldn’t we as a family unite as one to help each other? We are blood relatives, and we are your last relatives in this world!”
This is what Jiang Miao thought in her previous life, but the bloody facts told her that they were just a bunch of shameless blood-sucking and bone-eating ghosts.
"Aunt, would blood relatives come to our house to search through boxes and cabinets for the will and assets less than two days after Grandpa's death?"
The eldest aunt was embarrassed and didn't say anything.
"Uncle, would the blood relatives come to our house and rob us less than a week after my parents died, and embarrass me, a child who knows nothing, everywhere in the company?"
The second uncle was still stubborn: "Didn't you say you don't know anything? Of course the company's affairs should be handed over to adults!"
Jiang Miao's face turned cold, and he didn't want to get entangled with these people anymore: "Uncle Li, I won't get involved in your affairs, just clarify the rumors for me. As for these two people, I hope that the security of our community can learn from the previous one and not put any idle personnel in."
Li Zhicheng looked at the three people and realized the seriousness of the problem. They had originally learned from previous experience and not to disturb the social activities of the owners in the villa area too much to avoid more complaints, but now it seems that being too lax is not a good idea.
"If safety issues arise among the inner circle owners at that time, do you think you can bear it if the base manager gets angry?" After saying that, Jiang Miao simply closed the door and left the matter of clearing out to Li Zhicheng.
"Evil daughter! Unfilial daughter!" Jiang Lao Er knocked on the door and wanted to make a scene. Jiang Miao warned coldly from inside the door: "Do you remember what the base commander just said? Don't disturb the Taoist priest's meditation. If you make a loud noise again, I will take you to Grandpa Wang to ask him to judge the matter."
The second uncle was silent for a moment, his hand dropped in the air, afraid to say anything.
"Please come in, all three of you." Li Zhicheng made a gesture to walk away slowly. The uncle-in-law muttered, "I knew there was nothing good to be gained from this trip. Have you forgotten how heartless that girl Jiang Miao was at Jiang's Mansion?"
The eldest aunt looked unhappy and slapped him: "Shut up! Do you have the right to speak here?"
His face felt burning with pain and he dared not say a word anymore.
In fact, he still likes gentle, considerate and dependent women.
Jiang Lao Er was still standing at the door, refusing to leave. It didn't make sense for him to lose face and gain nothing after all the trouble he had to make today, right? Then he turned the gun around and said, "Okay, okay, Mr. Li, you can ask us to leave or leave, but you can't just let it go about sleeping with my daughter, right?"
Times have changed, and Li Zhicheng is no longer afraid of him: "I say, Jiang Lao Er, Yuanyuan and I are in love and we each get what we want. I have already given her what she wants. Do you two really think I am a sucker and want to get two prostitution fees from me?"
Jiang Laoer risked his life: "Okay, you are very nice, Li Zhicheng! Anyway, now you live in a big villa and run a small company. I am barefoot and I am not afraid of those who wear shoes. Let's go to Kang Weiguo and see who will suffer the most losses!"
We are all experienced business people, so how can we not understand the risks involved?
If we were to say who is most afraid of reporting to Kang Weiguo, it would definitely be Li Zhicheng, the young boss who still needs to rely on the base for his livelihood!
Finally, Li Zhicheng had no choice but to lower the price to 95 contribution points, and then drove the people out of the community, and asked the security guards to remember their faces and not let them in again! !
Jiang Yuan, who had just returned home after a day's work, was slapped in the face by her father and heard so many obscene and dirty words that it was unbelievable that a father could say to his daughter.
It was not until he said that if she didn't please the deputy base commander and was abandoned, he would send her to a brothel as a tool to make money that Jiang Yuan really panicked and her face turned pale.
It was at this point that she lost all hope in the family.
In the evening, Jiang Fei, my ten-year-old cousin, came in with some steamed buns to see her sister who was not allowed to finish her meal.
Jiang Yuan looked at her sister's finely carved face thoughtfully, then she smiled, snatched the bowl and wolfed down all the steamed corn bread, not even leaving the residue at the bottom of the bowl.
None of the survivors who escaped from the acid rain were rescued in the end.
Mayor Wang Gao and Wen frowned as they held the reply letters from the neighboring city and Beijing City.
It seemed that only in their Ancheng did the temperature of the rain reach 80 or 90 degrees when acid rain fell, and they were the only survivors rescued from the acid rain in Ancheng. All kinds of precious antibiotics were used, but none of them survived.
It's like being cursed.
The next day, Wang Gao and Mayor Wen went to visit the immortal again.
Jiang Miao refused again and again, but now seeing their anxious and tense faces, he couldn't refuse anymore, so he made an appointment for tonight.
"Really tonight?" Wang Gao's face was full of joy. "Okay, okay, I'll prepare some wine at my house tonight, please come and enjoy it, Immortal!"
In ancient times, Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times at his thatched cottage, and now Wang Gao is visiting the immortal three times.
He thought happily that they were all people who valued talented people.
Jiang Miao accepted the gift at the door. It can be seen that Captain Wang really values the Immortal King.
"Well, I'm finally going out." Su Heng came down from the second floor and lay down on the sofa on the first floor. His lazy look was completely different from the way he tried to look dignified when they first met, even though his whole body was aching.
His eyes followed Miaomiao: "I remember you always loved to go out and run around, how come you have changed your personality and become a farmer in this yard now?"
The courtyard is full of lush greenery and vitality, which is a pleasant sight.
Jiang Miao noticed weeds growing in one place and hurried over to pull them out. "Before, the order was chaotic, so I went out to look for some supplies. Now there are troops and discipline outside, so I won't go and get into trouble."
After saying that, he went to the second floor. The hydroponic lettuce was growing very fast, and it looked juicy and pleasing to the eye. Jiang Miao immediately decided to have barbecue at noon!
M9 Wagyu beef, Tomahawk steak, New Orleans grilled wings, marinated pork belly, and grilled oysters, scallops and mantis shrimps. The aroma and freshness are so overwhelming that I can’t even take care of them all with two air purifiers next to me.
While Jiang Miao was skillfully grilling the delicacies, he watched the Immortal King take out two flower snails from his storage ring.
"What is this?" Looking at its huge size and beautiful patterns, a single snail shell can be a very artistic decoration.
“These are two fairy snails I picked up in my early years. The things you put on the charcoal stove are somewhat similar to them.” As he said this, he placed the two fairy snails on the charcoal fire.
The shell could not bear the heat, and the snail meat inside twitched and trembled as if it was cursing.
Jiang Miao looked over curiously and wanted to stuff a spoonful of garlic chili sauce into the snail mouth, but after looking at the plump and white snail meat, she just brushed a thin layer of top-grade olive oil on it and sprinkled some Hawaiian volcanic red salt on it.
Good ingredients should be eaten for their original flavor!
"What a delicious smell!" The rising temperature causes the molecules to move rapidly in the air, and the nasal cavity is instantly filled with the fresh aroma of snail meat. It's the kind of delicious aroma that makes saliva secrete rapidly as soon as you smell it, and even the glands that secrete saliva feel a little tight and sour. It's quickly addictive.
Jiang Miao swallowed his saliva, staring at the snail meat which was gradually stained with a thin layer of burnt color and had a slightly smoky taste. He couldn't help but move his chopsticks left and right, and it was finally done!
She gave one to the Immortal Lord, but the Immortal Lord pushed it away and said, "You eat it."
Even though the food was so delicious, he didn't show the slightest desire to eat it. He is indeed an immortal who is about to become an immortal. He is very different from them mortals.
"I thought you just don't want to eat the food we have here." Jiang Miao used his hands as a fan to quickly cool down the fairy snail, eager to taste the delicacies of this world of immortal cultivation.
Su Heng paused for a moment and sighed softly, "I ate some disgusting things when I was a child, and after I started fasting, I couldn't eat any food anymore."
It was only after he could practice fasting and feed on spiritual energy that his body gradually grew stronger.
The slightly cooled snail meat exudes an oily color, covering the surface, making the entire meat appear exceptionally soft, tender and chewy.
Jiang Miao couldn't wait to pick it out with an iron skewer.
The snail meat she picked out was as big as half a palm, and the fresh and fragrant smell, without the obstruction of the shell, invaded her sense of smell even more unscrupulously!
When you take a bite, the snail meat is tender, crispy and chewy with a mellow and rich taste, not to mention the aroma. The bursting juice instantly fills your entire mouth, making you reluctant to swallow it.
Jiang Miao was born into a wealthy family, after all. What kind of precious and rare food in the world had she not tasted? But the delicacy she was chewing now was something she had never tasted even on the private islands that were rich in rare seafood that she had visited before!
After chewing and swallowing two pieces of conch meat slowly, I looked at the oysters and beef in front of me and felt that they were bland and boring. I didn't want to eat them anymore.
Jiang Miao put the equipment into the space, stood up, straightened his clothes and sprayed some perfume: "Since you can't eat anything, give me a bottle of wine you can drink, and I'll find someone to change it for you."
Su Heng was slightly stunned.
Just now, I saw that her mind and eyes were full of fairy snail meat, and I thought she didn't hear what he said.
The Immortal King immediately obediently took out the last bottle of Zui Hua Yin from his storage ring and handed it to her.
Jiang Miao took it and shook it in his hands.
Fortunately, she had her own space so she had plenty of food and supplies. If it were someone else, the treasures in her storage ring would have been swindled away long ago.
Holding the wine, Jiang Miao went out and saw Su Le and Fang Yang patrolling the neighborhood: "Senior! Where are you going?"
"Go to Building 15 and look for Mr. Li."
"Come on, we'll take you there. We just happened to be patrolling over there."
The three of them are doing a good job here. It's an easy job, working eight hours a day. Usually they just patrol, take walks, and register entry and exit information. It's really a leisurely job.
Su Le and Li Chongyu even found side jobs here, one painting murals for others, and the other custom-making daggers and Tang swords for others.
The people living here can be said to be the richest people in the entire base. The salary offered to those with this kind of demand is not low. If they do some side job on their days off every month, they can catch up with the income from their main job!
Thanks to my senior sister for introducing me to this good job! I was working in a tailor shop or a blacksmith shop with this skill, but I couldn't earn as much as one order here in a month!
Jiang Miao was really happy that his former friends had found their own way to make a living. Su Le glanced at Fang Yang, who wanted to say something but was too embarrassed, and took the initiative to help him save face in front of his senior.
"Xiaoyang is also very good. With his top score in the college entrance examination, he found a tutoring job here, and the salary is very high."
During this period of time, only parents here still pay attention to their children's learning problems.
Jiang Miao said, "I have a little cousin who is about ten years old and is at school age. If you see any textbooks that they don't need anymore, can you buy them for me?"
She bought a lot of books at that time and stockpiled hundreds of thousands of books in the library, but among so many books, the only ones related to children were early childhood enlightenment books or extracurricular books, and there was not a single textbook.
This time the Jiang family has settled down in the base, and Jiang Fei can pick up his books and study hard again.
I don't expect her to become a scientist or artist, but at least she should be able to read and understand basic scientific principles. She can't be an illiterate person.
After all, when the apocalypse first came, the kid dropped out of school in the second grade!
After hearing Jiang Miao's request, Fang Yang agreed even though his face was a little stiff.
"What's wrong? If you have any difficulties, just tell me. I don't have to do anything."
Fang Yang quickly shook his head: "It's not my sister's problem, it's that the kid is a little too naughty. Maybe there are extra textbooks. I will ask him tonight."
Jiang Miao was curious: "Whose child is this?" After being beaten by the apocalypse for so long, why doesn't he cherish the precious opportunity to study?
"He is the son of the deputy base commander, his name is Kang Jian."
She raised her eyebrows. It turned out to be the kid who acted like a chick that day, standing outside the crowd and fanning the flames. He looked sinister and not a good person.
Speaking of Kang Jian, Fang Yang frowned tightly: "He is overly spoiled by his father and grandmother, so it is very difficult to educate him."
Got it.
It's like a parent who takes his child to the hospital for medical treatment. The parent wants you to give the child an injection to treat the disease, but he doesn't allow you to stick the needle into the child's flesh, for fear of hurting his precious heart.
"You don't have to take this kind of family too seriously." Jiang Miao said calmly, "The root of the problem is rotten. You haven't been to a normal school and you're not a professional teacher. How can you teach him? Just deal with the parents."
Su Le also said, "Yes, I saw that Master Kang catching butterflies on a tree while on patrol. At first I thought he was going to take them home to keep for fun, but he grabbed the wings, threw them to the ground, and started to crush them with his feet!"
It's no surprise that a father who takes the initiative to provoke trouble and even brings his personal guards to fight back after being splashed with water would raise a child like this.
Jiang Miao: "Now it's a butterfly. When he gets better, he'll have kittens and puppies. When small animals can't satisfy his abnormal psychology anymore, the next step will be weaker species."
So scary.
Fang Yang shuddered when he heard this: "I will stop teaching after this year!"
"But this side job of yours is still good. You can go see if there are other residents in the community who need help." Jiang Miao walked to the door of Building 15 and stood still. "I'm here. You can continue patrolling."
"good."
After the two of them left, Jiang Miao knocked on the door of Building 15: "Is Mr. Li here? Yes, then tell him to come to the garden. I'll be waiting for him here."
Everyone in Li's house knew Jiang Miao, so they quickly led him to the small pavilion to sit down and prepared tea for him.
On the second floor, Li Shilan, who knew Jiang Miao had come, was too embarrassed to go down to see her, so she could only stay in the room depressed and once again complained about Zhong Ai, whose eyes were covered with shit!
She already knew from her father that Jiang Miao and him were now partners. She had the strength and background, and now there was an immortal standing behind her who even the base commander was in awe of! It was also with her help that she moved to the second circle to take charge of the security team!
So now the relationship has become strained, which is a huge loss.
Downstairs, Li Zhicheng came hurriedly in his pajamas, apparently having just crawled out of the land of bliss.
He panted and wiped the sweat off his face, and there was even a hint of guilt between his eyebrows: "Miao Miao, lunch is just over and you didn't think about coming earlier, so I could treat you to lunch or something."
"No need." Jiang Miao put Zui Hua Yin on the table, "I'm here today to give you a chance to perform in front of the base commander."
The wine bottle on the table is a narrow-mouthed celadon bottle. It is sky blue in color, soft to the touch, and has faint reliefs. Just from the bottle, you can tell it is not simple.
He was puzzled: "What does this mean?"
Jiang Miao finished explaining the whole story: "...The Immortal King doesn't drink other alcoholic beverages, and can only take a sip of this Zui Hua Yin."
Li Zhicheng suddenly realized that he should take this opportunity to present the bottle of wine. Not only would he be qualified to be seated at the table tonight, but if the immortal was happy drinking it, he could also gain merit from the base commander!
How could he refuse such a good deed? He agreed immediately and smiled happily.
Before leaving, Jiang Miao glanced at the red marks on Mr. Li's neck and kindly reminded him to go to the base commander to get some foundation to cover it up. Unexpectedly, he trembled and looked even more nervous.
Jiang Miao raised his eyebrows and his eyes involuntarily moved to the main building.
Could it be... that the person inside is her cousin?
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