Chapter 86 Winter Solstice Shopping

The mountains in the distance that connected to the sky were covered in white snow. Warm light filtered through the gaps in the clouds and fell on every corner of the land. On the branches covered with rustling white snow hung small fiery red lanterns, and the red tassels hanging down were blown up by the wind and then fell down.

The alley was bustling with noise, hawking sounds could be heard one after another, and the dazzling array of goods was dazzling. A closer look revealed that the vendors' stalls had some other goods, such as glutinous rice balls, rice wine...

Children in new clothes, holding up snowballs and playing with their playmates. Tang Yizhao turned sideways to avoid a large snowball that was coming towards him. The girl with two little tits said timidly, "I'm sorry."

Tang Yizhao smiled widely, "It's okay, go have fun."

"It's very lively today."

He put his hands on his hips, stretched his neck, looked left and right, and seemed to be infected by the festive atmosphere. His eyes were full of ease and joy.

"No, big brother, can you check the calendar if you have nothing to do?" Xu Huili rolled his eyes. "Everyone, Jixue, knows that today is the winter solstice, but you are just like an idiot and don't know anything."

"Wow, how did I know that the winter solstice would be so lively?" Tang Yichao retorted.

Jixue, who was walking in front, was concentrating on looking at the shopping list in his hand. It was obvious that he was used to the quarrels between the two.

"Sorry... sorry."

Jixue walked in a hurry, and did not look up at the road. She accidentally bumped into someone. She immediately stepped back half a step and bowed to apologize.

"Will saying sorry be enough?"

The person who spoke had a rough voice. He was a strong adult male with a serious face and a bad tone, which made people feel timid.

"What's wrong?"

The two men behind him stopped their childish bickering, stepped forward and stood in front of Jixue.

Tang Yichao frowned and looked up at the two-meter-tall strong man in front of him .

"Tsk, you two bastards, your teeth haven't even grown yet, what are you learning to be a hero and save the beauty." The strong man crossed his arms and looked Tang Yichao up and down, his attitude was so bad that it was unbelievable.

Xu Huili pulled Jixue who was about to step forward to argue and shook his head at her.

"What do you mean? My sister has already apologized, and I just apologized to you. You don't have to accept it, but aren't your words a bit too much?"

They had just arrived in the Imperial Capital two days ago, so they couldn't be too high-profile in what they said or did. They were only going out to purchase supplies today, and they didn't want to cause any more trouble. So although Tang Yizhao was angry, he still slowed down his tone and explained in a kind voice.

However, the strong man in front of him seemed to be missing a brain. Not only did he rely on his big body and loud voice to swear at Tang Yizhao, he even wanted to fight.

When the fist came over, Tang Yizhao quickly stepped back. He was stunned: "You dare to fight here? Aren't you afraid of the patrol team?"

He couldn't help but wonder, did this man not read the "Ten Orders" written on the bulletin board?

The first item is: No private fighting.

The strong man sneered, looked around, and said arrogantly: "So what? Do you think I'm afraid?"

Tang Yizhao clenched his hands, suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "What do you want?"

"I think your sister is pretty." Zhuanghan's lustful eyes fell on Jixue's azure eyes. Because of Tang Yizhao's repeated tolerance, he was sure that the people in front of him would not dare to refuse, "Then hand over your sister!"

However, things did not go as he wished. When he turned his attention to Jixue, Tang Yizhao could no longer bear it. A small hurricane condensed in the palms of his hands behind his back. When Zhuanghan was about to reach out and forcibly pull Jixue's hand away, the hurricane swept through the air and swept under Zhuanghan's feet. Zhuanghan was not aware of it for a moment, felt pain, and fell to the ground.

"You are a high-level wind-type esper!"

The strong man suddenly raised his eyes, took a look at the empty coat on Tang Yichao's left chest, and shouted in astonishment. If he had known that this man was an esper, he would not have dared to take advantage of his power. It's all the fault of

this pretty boy. Why did he hide his esper? The nameplate is not for display!

The crowd that had been dispersing gradually gathered again, curious, contemptuous, disdainful... all kinds of eyes looked at the strong man one by one, his face full of flesh became more and more gloomy, and the anger and embarrassment in his eyes intertwined with each other, until the raging anger devoured his precarious reason.

Without saying a word, the strong man quickly pulled out a pistol hidden in his waist, pointed at Tang Yizhao's back, pressed the trigger, and a gunshot rang out. The bullets cut through the air, and there were shouts of surprise from the crowd. Some curious children were covered by their parents' eyes.

"Xiao Tang! Be careful!"

Before Tang Yizhao could use the hurricane to interrupt the attack of the bullets, a water ball quickly intercepted the bullets, followed by a breathless and pleading rebuke: "No guns in the base! Who allowed you to shoot!"

After seeing the failure of the sneak attack, the strong man took the opportunity to run, but was captured by a team in black and blue uniforms.

"Who are you? Why did you arrest me? Let me go!" The strong man wanted to fight back, but was kicked down by the leader with a buzz cut. A black shoe print immediately appeared on his clothes.

"Shut up, you bastard!"

Tang Yizhao was slightly surprised. This leader with a buzz cut was a woman, and this was the first time he had seen one.

"Sister Qin Rou, thank you!"

"Thank you, this is my job." Qin Rou had candy in her mouth and spoke a little vaguely, "Those are your friends, right?"

Tang Hanhan looked at Tang Yizhao and the other two and smiled, "Then you go ahead, I'll go say hello to my friends."

"Are you okay? Are you okay?" She trotted a few steps and walked up to them, her eyes full of worry.

"It's okay, he can't hurt me." Tang Yichao is also a white-cut black. He deliberately exposed his back to Zhuanghan. He has a good memory and knows that a small fight will not attract much attention, but if it escalates to malicious injury, even if he doesn't say anything, the onlookers will be scared and secretly run out to report.

Tang Yichao dug a pit and waited for Zhuanghan to jump in, but he didn't expect that this man was so stupid that he dared to shoot. The Imperial Base strictly prohibits survivors from using firearms.

He didn't expect that the person who brought the patrol team would be Tang Hanhan.

The girl's worried and concerned inquiries were beside his ears. He touched his nose and felt a little guilty.

"I haven't asked yet, why are you here?" Tang Yichao cleverly changed the subject.

Tang Hanhan's attention was diverted, and she smiled and said, "Today is the winter solstice, isn't it? I'm making dumplings at home, but I don't have any flour, so I came out to see if I can exchange some flour for it."

"Oh, yes, people in the north eat dumplings on the winter solstice." Tang Yi spread out his left hand and hit the palm of his left hand with his right fist. "Xiaoxue, should we buy glutinous rice balls on the shopping list?"

Jixue took out a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket, spread it out, and nodded: "Well, the only things missing are glutinous rice balls and rice wine."

"Oh, yes, you are all from the south and are used to eating glutinous rice balls. I know where I buy them. I'll take you there!" Tang Hanhan led the way in front. She had not had much exposure to southern customs before, so she asked questions curiously along the way.

Tang Yichao shook his head: "It's different in different places in the south, and not every family eats glutinous rice balls. Sister Wanyue doesn't like it."

"We're here! Boss." Tang Hanhan stopped, bent down, pointed to a small stall, and asked, "How much are the glutinous rice balls?"

The boss opened his eyelids and raised three fingers: "30 crystal cores per pack, no price."

Xu Huili glanced at the freezer on the stall. It was not plugged in, but it was full of ice, which was good for food preservation.

Tang Yichao's eyes widened. 30 crystal cores? ! You can buy a lot of things with that!

He looked around and found that only this stall had two or three packs of glutinous rice balls, and other vendors had sold out.

It seems that everyone thinks it's a bit expensive.

Tang Yichao was about to take out the crystal core when his wrist was grabbed by someone. He looked down and saw Jixue blinking.

"Boss, we want all three bags. Can you give us a discount?" Jixue was young, with some fat on her face. Her watery blue eyes and cute face were enough to make outsiders let down their guard.

The boss' attitude seemed to have softened a little. He still showed three fingers this time, but the gesture was different. He smiled and said, "Sister is cute, but cuteness can't be used to make a living. Fixed price: 80 crystal cores."

Jixue was helpless and pushed Tang Yichao's hand. She had tried her best.

Tang Yichao raised his thumb: "It's okay, it's great!"

He took out a purse from his clothes and poured out the crystal cores: "Boss, count them."

The boss sat on the bench, counted the crystal cores, and said, "Take them yourself. There is a pack with peanut filling. Don't eat it if you are allergic to peanuts. I won't compensate you if you get sick."

Tang Yichao's mouth twitched, as if he had seen his boss cheating him.

"Here? It took me a long time to find him."

Qin Rou walked over slowly, with heroic eyes and a calm expression: "I found out that he was a participant of the Superpower Exchange Association. Considering that he is an outsider, the punishment should not be very severe."

Xu Huili: "What punishment can he receive?"

"Forced to maintain the city wall for three days." Qin Rou shrugged, she was also helpless. This was not someone from their own base, and the punishment could not be excessive.

However, she saw that Tang Yichao seemed a little dissatisfied, and added: "I will try my best to give him a deserved punishment."

Tang Yichao: "Thank you for the trouble."

"Okay, then I'll go." Qin Rou whistled and waved casually.

"Very handsome, right?"

Seeing Jixue staring at Qin Rou's back, Tang Hanhan covered her mouth and laughed: "She is not only handsome, but also an A-level lightning psychic."

Jixue was amazed: "So amazing!"

As a friend, Tang Hanhan was proud to hear someone praising Qin Rou so much: "Of course, her girlfriend is also an A-level water psychic. When the two of them are on a mission, they cooperate well. They are famous on the couple list of the base."

Tang Yichao interrupted and asked: "Is there a couple list?"

"Well, it's a folk ranking. Although it's not an officially recognized list, it also has great reference value."

"The two in your team are also a couple, right?"

"According to the standard of folk ranking, your little couple will definitely win the first place." Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Hanhan chatted for a few more words, waved her hand, and prepared to go back, "Happy Winter Solstice! You should go back early too!"

Xu Huili suddenly lowered his eyes to look at his watch, and said faintly: "It's four o'clock in the afternoon. What time did Gu Bingchen ask us to go back?"

Tang Yichao's smile froze, and he turned his head mechanically: "Three...three o'clock, he asked us to go back at three o'clock."

"Then why are you still standing there? Run!"

Jixue, the little smart one, had already run away with the glutinous rice balls when Tang Yichao changed his face.

When they ran back to their residence, the first thing they saw was a familiar figure standing at the door and ringing the doorbell.

"Lin Yu? Why are you here?"