After getting in the car and fastening his seatbelt, he glanced at the electric tricycle parked next to him, then stuck his head out of the window and said to Xu Lai, "You can't drive two vehicles by yourself. Why don't you have Hei Zi take you home?"
Xu Lai saw a van and an electric tricycle beside her and instantly understood what Brother Chen meant.
As a middleman, this person is actually quite considerate.
Xu Lai smiled and declined, "It's alright, you two go ahead with your work, my dad will be here soon!"
As she spoke, Xu Lai waved her phone at the two people in the car.
"Alright, in that case, we'll be going. If you find anything good in the future, remember to call your Brother Chen!"
As the large truck gradually disappeared from sight, Xu Lai took advantage of the fact that no one was on the road, put the electric tricycle into her spatial storage, and then got into the van.
Fastened her seatbelt, enjoyed the comfortable air conditioning, and sipped a cola while driving home, Xu Lai thoroughly enjoyed the journey.
After arriving at the underground parking lot of the residential area, Xu Lai, since the surveillance cameras inside had already been destroyed by the flood, generously put the van into his spatial storage before leaving the parking lot.
Upon returning home, Xu Lai immediately brought her expectant family into the space so that everyone could see the van.
"I really miss the feeling of driving on the highway!"
Sitting in the driver's seat, Xu Haiguo tried starting the van's engine in the space warehouse and sighed with amazement.
Song Qiu'e was still agonizing over the money she had spent on the van; her family had practically exhausted all their gold and work points on it.
Xu Lai noticed her mother's inner turmoil. She walked over to her mother, took her arm, and comforted her with a smile, "Mom, don't worry. Once we harvest the grain and fruit in this space, we'll earn back the work points and gold, right? Brother Chen, who does business with me, said he'll buy both fruit and grain at high prices!"
Song Qiu'e felt a little better after hearing her daughter's words.
It's no wonder she's like this; with this natural disaster, if something happens to her family, she'll need work points to go out.
Unexpectedly, when the family came out of the space after inspecting the newly purchased van, Xu Lai received a phone call from a man.
"A reward for me? You are..."
Hearing the deep, magnetic male voice on the other end of the phone, Xu Lai felt a sense of familiarity, but couldn't quite place who it was.
"During the firefighting at Wangtai Mountain, you saved five of our brothers, have you forgotten?"
Long Gan listened to the somewhat confused voice on the phone and gave a slightly amused suggestion.
"Ah, I remember now, it's Captain Long!"
Xu Lai finally remembered what happened on Wangtai Mountain that day.
She then said, "I just did what I was supposed to do, why should I be rewarded?"
Long Gan didn't answer Xu Lai's question, but instead asked, "Are you home? Our comrades delivering the rewards have already arrived at your neighborhood!"
With an unexpected reward that was almost at the door, Xu Lai naturally wouldn't refuse: "Yes, yes, we're home!"
After both parties agreed on the specific unit, the other party hung up the phone.
"Second Uncle, Mom and Dad, Xiao Chao, the leaders from the city fire brigade came to give me a reward!"
The rest of the Xu family were unaware that Xu Lai had risked his life to save five soldiers who were fighting a fire when he went to Wangtai Mountain.
Hearing this news, they felt a mixture of pride and anger.
"You silly girl, saving people is a good thing, but what if you get yourself into danger while doing it?"
As a mother and a woman, Song Qiu'e was always more emotional than rational.
Grandpa Xu and Xu Haiguo nodded repeatedly after hearing Song Qiu'e's words: "That's right, your mother is right!"
Xu Chao echoed his second uncle and father.
Despite being criticized by the elders, Xu Lai knew they were doing it for her own good, so she wasn't angry. Instead, she patiently explained, "Second Uncle, Mom and Dad, Xiao Chao, I only went to save those people who were almost swallowed by the fire because they were our People's Liberation Army soldiers. And you've forgotten, I have a spatial ability. If I encounter danger, I can hide in my spatial ability in time!"
If it were anyone else, Xu Lai would definitely hesitate.
But for these soldiers who are always willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the people, no matter when or where, she is willing to save them even in the face of danger.
Long Gan and his two companions made a low-key trip this time, and Xu Lai's family did not announce it to the outside world.
When the family of five came downstairs, they saw three people dressed in military green uniforms getting off a motorcycle.
"Captain Long!"
Upon seeing this, Xu Lai quickly stepped forward to greet them. The rest of the Xu family also came forward to greet the three.
Seeing the three people sweating profusely, Xu Lai quickly took out three bottles of mineral water that she had specially prepared from her handbag and handed them to them.
"It's hot, have some water!"
Bottled water wasn't cheap at this time of year. Long Gan didn't want to accept it, but he couldn't resist the family's enthusiasm, so he nodded to his two subordinates and reached out to take the cool bottled mineral water.
The three of them drank half a bottle of mineral water in one go, and only then did they feel much better from their burning bodies.
"I won't beat around the bush. I'm here to thank Comrade Xu Lai for saving the lives of five of our comrades on Wangtai Mountain last time, despite the danger."
As he spoke, Long Gan glanced at the tall, slender girl in front of him, who looked to be only in her early twenties. He wondered how she had been so courageous during that critical moment when the fire was raging.
Then he opened and untied a bag tied to the back of the motorcycle, and took out a red metal box from the bag in front of Xu Lai.
"This is a stack of work points, totaling five thousand work points!"
"This is a VIP admission ticket to the C City Security Base!"
"VIP admission tickets to the safe base?" Xu Lai and her family exclaimed in unison.
It has been almost a year and five months since the torrential rains and floods began, and they have never heard of the government building a safe base.
Seeing the puzzled looks on the faces of the family, Long Gan lowered his voice and gave a simple explanation.
According to information from the meteorological department, this extreme heat disaster was unlikely to end anytime soon. After discussions between the C city government and the military, it was decided to begin construction of a safe base about 100 miles southeast of C city.
If the extreme weather outside becomes unsuitable for human habitation, at least the survivors will have a safe haven.
"Of course, this security base is only under construction right now. Your family has this VIP admission ticket, which means you are qualified to enter. If you are willing to join sooner, the base will give you priority in being allocated a residence once it is completed!"
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