Chapter 352 Earthquake. Haha, boring comparison.
At the foot of Thumb Mountain, avoiding the dangerous area of landslides, there are more than 20 tents connected together on a hillside, some new and some old, and wisps of smoke are already rising.
Li Qing and his companions were exhausted when they walked out of the mountains. The only usable cars left were an off-road vehicle with a high chassis and a modified van. All other cars were scrapped while trying to avoid the mudslides.
Fortunately, their team suffered no casualties, but they were running low on equipment and dry food. In the forest, many people were squeezed into one tent, so they ate as little as possible.
When they reunited with Yue Qianshan and Xia Yaoyin's team, they found that the other side's equipment and supplies were not much less, just a few people were missing. Everyone tacitly agreed to continue on their way.
The three groups of people had their own thoughts since they set out on the journey. Yue Qianshan looked down on Li Qing, and Li Qing did the same, so there were many frictions between the two sides. Just before the mudslide, Quan Duan also had a conflict with Liu Zishuo.
As for Xia Yaoyin, Li Qing and Yue Qianshan were a little unsure. She usually spoke politely, but there was always a sense of arrogance in her eyes, which made people feel uncomfortable.
For lunch today, Yue Qianshan cooked a pot of beef and Xia Yaoyin stewed fish. The aroma could drift two miles away.
Li Qing took a bite of the whole grain vegetable cake, looked at the wild vegetable soup in the pot, and silently chanted the Heart Cleansing Mantra in his heart.
Jinli smiled and said, "Brother Qing, even if we didn't lose our luggage, we still can't eat as well as they do. Don't be angry. I have a can of beef here. I'll give it to you."
Li Qing took another bite of the vegetable cake fiercely, "Keep it for yourself to nourish your body. Your brother Qing likes to eat whole grains, which are healthy."
Da Piaoliang who came with her said with a smile, "I added some mushrooms to this wild vegetable soup, it tastes pretty good, let's use it as a health-preserving soup."
He Xun came over and handed over the bowl very politely, "Auntie Han, give me a bowl."
Old Man Wei tapped his tobacco-free pipe and warned, "Be careful when drinking, don't get poisoned."
Da Piaoliang rolled her eyes at him and said, "My hometown is Yun Province. Can't I tell whether it's poisonous or not?"
Old man Wei neither argued nor moved forward. He leaned against a big rock, dangling his feet and closing his eyes to rest.
Twenty-one people came with Li Qing this time, including Jinli, Huabi, He Xun, Quanduan, Dabao, Wei Laotou, Da Piaoliang, Ji Xiaolu and others.
Gangzi and Jiang Tuo stayed in City C to take care of Duoduo and Su Ye. Before Chu An left, he asked Gu Ye to leave them a lot of things, which they could use when needed and sell when needed.
Before the acid rain, there should be only three aftershocks, which won't be too dangerous.
Because Li Qing and Yue Qianshan disliked each other, Anying separated Xia Yaoyin in between. This caused Lucy to be very close to Xia Yaoyin. She was hostile to all beautiful women out of instinct.
If Li Qing and Yue Qianshan were fighting openly, the two women were fighting secretly. Even if they had fled to this point, they still had to go back to the tent to wipe their bodies, change clothes, and put on lipstick.
Lucy's character has always been wearing a mask, and it is not easy to take it off. Even if she puts on lipstick, no one can tell. She changed her clothes, found the best position to sit down in front of the beef pot, and pushed Yue Qianshan, "Don't look at it, let's stew fish tonight, I still have two grass carps."
When Yue Qianshan withdrew his gaze, Xia Yaoyin blinked at him.
Li Fu couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he filled a bowl of beef soup and prepared to send it to Li Qing.
"Uncle Fu, what are you doing?" Lucy asked in surprise, "You're not trying to please that woman, are you?"
Yue Qianshan coughed lightly and pretended not to hear.
"I'll send some to Li Qing. We are all on the same side now, so it's better to maintain good relations. You should also stop being so hard on Mr. Xia."
"I..." Lucy gave him a resentful look, "Am I competing with her? She was the one who seduced me."
"Xiao Yue hasn't got a family yet, so what's the big deal?"
Lucy was choked, pursed her lips and changed the subject, "Then why did you deliver meat to Li Qing? Have you forgotten how he kicked the three of us out of Changlong Building?"
"That's why I want to send him meat." Li Fu snorted coldly, "This is called open help and hidden sarcasm."
Lucy finally smiled a little, "Uncle Fu is really awesome. We need to put a dent in his prestige. He even wants to rob us of our boat. He's overestimating himself."
Li Fu called one of his men, brought the beef soup, and swaggered towards Li Qing's camp.
Jinli had been watching the movements of the two teams and hurriedly reminded Li Qing that Li Fu was coming.
Li Qing had just swallowed a vegetable pancake and was about to drink some mushroom soup to relieve the choking. When he heard Jinli's words, he had to put down the bowl first, turned his head and looked at him with a playful look, "Hey, what wind brought Uncle Fu here?"
Li Fu smiled and said, "I heard that most of your luggage was lost, so I specially sent you some beef soup. Don't eat those wild vegetables."
Da Piaoliang was instantly unhappy. She knocked on the pot a few times with a spoon and called on He Xun and others to come over and drink the soup.
"Uncle Fu is so powerful that he can offend people with just his mouth." Li Qing didn't want to give him face. He glanced into the beef soup and saw that there were no more than three pieces of beef.
Li Fu was very proud. Why did he like watching others eat coarse food so much?
"Qingzi, we are now sharing weal and woe. Don't take the past to heart. This bowl of beef is just an apology."
Li Qing sneered, "This gift is really valuable. Koi, we'll accept it."
Just give it to me for free. Three pieces of beef are still meat. There’s no point in saving your face.
Li Fu didn't expect that he could accept it. He was a little surprised, but then he smiled and asked his men to take it over.
"As expected, they are the hooligans from the village in the city. They are so shameless." Lucy followed them at some point and stood not far away, pretending to look down the hillside, but actually waiting for them to take the soup and mocked them, "You treat this little thing as a treasure and accept it."
Jinli's hand paused for a moment, and Li Qing hurriedly took it for him, saying nonchalantly, "If there is nothing else, please go back and rest, Uncle Fu. You are old, don't mess around."
Xia Yaoyin was already very close to Li Qing, and an ambiguous smile appeared on her face.
"Brother Li, if you don't mind, I'll give you half of the fish soup."
Her assistant Huang Jue shouted behind her, "Unlike someone else's small share, let's split the fish pot tonight."
Li Qing raised his eyebrows and looked over. Xia Yaoyin nodded with a smile, and Huang Jue bowed to him.
"Brother Qing, these two people are not good people either." Jinli reminded in a low voice.
"I know," Li Qing replied with his lips, and then he shouted back, "Okay, thank you, President Xia."
Li Fu and Lucy looked unhappy. This woman really knows how to take advantage of opportunities. Li Fu waved his hand and said goodbye. Lucy rolled her eyes and Xia Yaoyin followed him back.
After a while, Xia Yaoyin and Huang Jue came over with two of their men, carrying half a pot of fish soup.
Li Qing hurriedly stood up to express his gratitude. He had been either traveling or fleeing these days and had no chance to get to know this woman. This was a good opportunity to test her strengths and weaknesses.
"Thank you for the fish soup, Mr. Xia. I really don't have anything to give back to you."
Xia Yaoyin opened her red lips and said, "I like vegetarian food. Why don't you give me a bowl of mushroom soup, Brother Li?"
"Of course." Li Qing guessed that she wanted to sit down and chat.
Without waiting for instructions, Jinli brought a wooden stool over, but was stopped by Huang Jue, "No need, Mr. Xia needs to sit on a softer chair. Xia Feng, go back and bring a chair over for Mr. Xia."
Jinli and Li Qing looked at each other and quickly ran away. They were both thousand-year-old turtles and ten-thousand-year-old spirits. They could not be provoked.
"I'm sorry to make you laugh. Actually, I'm a very casual person. I can go to a Michelin restaurant or a roadside stall. I'm not so particular. But I recently injured my waist and can't sit on a hard bench."
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