Following the direction indicated by the little boy in the water, Xu Lai secretly glanced in that direction and indeed saw several shirtless men standing about fifty meters away, glancing at her from time to time.
Xu Lai has guns and bullets in her space, and having experienced many gunfights, she is not afraid of those men trying to force themselves on her.
However, she didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
"How are you and your sister Xiaoyou doing? Is your uncle's family bullying you again?"
Xu Lai remembered that she had given the brother and sister two extendable stun guns for self-defense because the brother and sister had an uncle and his family who bullied and exploited them.
"Six months ago, my uncle tried to kidnap my sister and sell her. I stunned him with an electric baton and then killed him. After that, the rest of his family didn't dare to bully my sister and me anymore!"
After the boy finished speaking, he smiled proudly, revealing a set of white teeth.
Suddenly, Xu Lai felt a great admiration for the little boy.
If she and her brother had been half as brave as this boy in their past life, they wouldn't have been harmed so badly by their uncle's family.
When natural disasters strike and the world is in chaos, what's wrong with killing an enemy to protect yourself and your family?
"You did the right thing. You protected your sister and you're a great brother!"
Xu Lai reached out and made a stern gesture to the boy who was still submerged in the water.
When the little boy saw that the older sister was praising him, his sun-darkened face beamed even brighter.
Influenced by the little boy, Xu Lai's mood improved.
She walked to the tricycle, using it as cover, and took out a heart-shaped box of chocolates from her spatial storage.
Then she wrapped it in a plastic bag, pretended to squat down by the water to wash her hands, and handed it to the boy.
"These are chocolates for you and Xiaoyou. I hope you two siblings will have a wonderful future together!"
After telling the boy to quickly and secretly leave with the chocolate, Xu Lai immediately went to the three old men and told them what the little boy had said.
The four then hurriedly packed up their tools, placed their belongings in the back of the electric tricycle, and three of them nimbly got on the vehicle.
Xu Lai started his electric tricycle and drove away with the group.
Upon seeing this, the group of men not far away grabbed hoes, shovels and other farm tools and chased after them.
"Quick, they're catching up!"
After the three old men got into the car, their eyes were fixed on the group of men who were trying to take advantage of them.
"Hold on tight, I'm about to accelerate!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lai glanced at the rearview mirror and immediately turned the electric tricycle up to its maximum speed.
After speeding for more than ten minutes, leaving the group of men far behind, the tricycle gradually slowed down.
The boy by the reservoir took off his shirt, which was already soaked by the water, put the chocolate wrapped in a plastic bag inside the shirt, and then hugged the shirt tightly to his chest.
The little boy, still clutching the chocolate, stared intently at the group of men carrying farm tools who were chasing after the kind woman.
Only after the group of bad guys returned, cursing and swearing, did he put the clothes wrapped with chocolate into the water and swim towards his sister.
Today's catch was so-so. Xu Lai drove to a secluded spot, and the group divided the fish they had caught. Each of the three families received over fifty kilograms of fish and a full basin of river delicacies such as shrimp, crabs, and snails.
"Lai Lai, could you take this old man to the community government supermarket with your electric tricycle? I want to sell these bigger fish there, see if they'll buy them?"
After Xu Lai brought the electric tricycle into the Jinxiu Community area, Grandpa Lu said to Xu Lai somewhat embarrassedly.
"No problem, it's just around the corner!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lai immediately turned his electric tricycle around and headed towards the community government supermarket.
When we arrived at the supermarket, there was still a long queue of people holding their work point cards to buy things.
"Grandpa Xiao, do you need to exchange all these fish for work points?"
After parking the car, Xu Lai asked for Grandpa Xiao's opinion.
After all, the weather is so hot now, and there's no electricity. If these fish aren't processed quickly, they'll go bad.
"We plan to dry these fish into dried fish and stop selling them!"
Dried fish is easy to store and carry, and is rich in nutrients that can quickly replenish energy.
In the event of another uncontrollable natural disaster or man-made catastrophe, they can take this item with them immediately.
"Then the old squad leader and I will stay here to watch the cars and fish. Lai Lai, you take Brother Lu to the supermarket!"
These electric tricycles and fish are treasures now; we can't let anyone steal them.
Grandpa Xu urged his granddaughter to hurry up and take care of important matters, as it was already past lunchtime and they hadn't had lunch yet after being busy all this time.
Having learned from her experience selling sweet potatoes and vines here yesterday, Xu Lai took Grandpa Lu and the fish directly into the supermarket to find the staff this time.
Yesterday, after receiving the sweet potatoes and sweet potato vines that the Academy of Agricultural Sciences had given special attention to from Xu Lai, Director Han of the supermarket, after discussing with his superiors, just happened to introduce a policy that allowed people to exchange their surplus produce for work points at the supermarket.
First, the government can obtain more useful information from the people.
Secondly, the extra items in your home may be needed by other households. Doing so will also facilitate the circulation of more goods in the supermarket and better solve the supply and demand problem among people.
"Trade fish for work points? That's possible, but our staff will need to inspect your fish."
When Grandpa Lu heard the staff say that fish could be exchanged for work points, his wrinkled eyes lit up instantly.
"Both buckets are full. These fish were just caught from the reservoir and they're very fresh!"
After saying that, he deliberately tilted the fish in the bucket towards the staff.
The staff member reached into the bucket and stirred it a couple of times, noticing that the fish's mouths were still opening and closing.
This proves that the fish is indeed fresh.
"Sir, if you're exchanging these fish for work points, it's based on the grain price: five work points for one pound of fish!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Lai realized that the price was the same as that of rice and flour!
The staff member noticed the doubt in Xu Lai's eyes and patiently explained, "Such fresh fish is indeed a good thing, but most people are lucky if they can fill their stomachs these days. There probably aren't many people who are willing to use their hard-earned work points to buy fish!"
After the staff explained it this way, even Grandpa Lu, who had lived in the countryside for over sixty years, understood the reasoning.
However, his expectations were not high to begin with. He was already quite satisfied that the government supermarket was willing to buy the fish and that it would cost five work points to exchange for one pound of fish.
At least he can sell the fish and earn work points for his family, which will ease the burden on his family, right?
"Yes, yes, this work point is acceptable!" Old Master Lu exclaimed excitedly.
After weighing the two buckets of fish, the staff deducted the weight of the buckets and announced, "The total is 65.5 jin!"
"One jin can be exchanged for five work points, so you can get a total of 327.5 work points!"
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