Chapter 8 Return to City
Two days later, the "major project" of purchasing the meat was finally complete. The villagers had skinned and cleaned all the meat, washed it thoroughly, and packed it into pure cotton bags. To facilitate storage and transportation, the villagers also took out large water vats that had been used to store water, cleaned them, and placed all the meat in them. The meat alone filled over 600 large vats. Qiao Yu, citing the inconvenience of loading the vats onto trucks, specifically asked the village chief if the vats could be moved along with the meat. The chief agreed without hesitation, believing that every household in the village now had a well and no longer needed the vats.
The stored meat, grain, vegetables, fruits, eggs, mushrooms, etc. were all placed on the mountain. The village chief built a temporary storage warehouse next to the granary and put everything in it. Fortunately, it was winter and the temperature on the mountain was lower, so storing everything was not a big deal.
Only after all the work was completed did the village chief calculate the price, which came to 5,724,600 RMB. Qiao Yu had also carefully calculated the price based on market prices and knew that it was indeed very fair, even much lower than the market price.
Qiao Yu took out the two suitcases he had brought with him and opened them. As he took out the money, he said, "Village Chief, I can't carry all this money. There's one million in each of these two suitcases, and that's all I can take. I'll give you the rest of the money when the convoy arrives tomorrow. But if it's convenient, could you please let me keep the key to the granary for safekeeping?"
The village chief had never seen so much money in his life. His eyes almost popped out. His first reaction was: Oh my god! So much money, and this little girl just brought it in a suitcase like this?
"Village chief?" Seeing the village chief staring at the money in a daze without any response for a long time, Qiao Yu couldn't help but remind him again.
"Ah? Oh oh..." The village chief came back to his senses at Qiao Yu's gentle call. He hurriedly took out the key to the granary from his pocket and handed it to Qiao Yu: "Okay, of course not. There are two keys in total, both for the main door of the granary. I'm afraid that I have to unlock them one by one to deliver the goods tomorrow, which is too troublesome, so I left the small granaries inside unlocked. I was originally going to give this key to you for safekeeping, but I forgot about it in my busy schedule. Don't be angry, Xiao Qiao."
Qiao Yu successfully obtained the key to the granary and breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said, "It's okay, don't worry. I've already contacted our fleet this morning, and they estimate they'll be there tomorrow afternoon."
Upon hearing this, the village chief nodded repeatedly, "Okay, then Xiao Qiao, you take a rest first. I'll go divide the money among everyone first, and I'll give out the rest after the final payment comes in."
"good."
During his time in Luling Village, Qiao Yu had gotten to know the village chief quite well. He was indeed a good man, respected by everyone in the village. It was precisely because of the village chief's presence that Qiao Yu could proceed with his next plan with confidence.
The village chief divided the money given to him by Qiao Yu into proportions for each family, and then announced it on the loudspeaker, organizing each family to send a representative to collect part of the money first, and the other part would be given tomorrow.
Busy from afternoon to evening, the lights in the village chief's office stayed on until nearly ten o'clock. The villagers, having received their money, returned home with smiles on their faces. Qiao Yu showered early, exchanged goodnight with the Yao family, and returned to his room, but he never fell asleep.
After lying in the darkness for a long time, Qiao Yu finally checked the wall clock in the moonlight. The hour hand was already pointing to two. Taking advantage of the silence that enveloped the entire village, Qiao Yu changed into black clothes and silently made his way towards the granary, sticking close to the wall.
She couldn't delay any longer. According to the time in her previous life, the first sign day would be tomorrow, and she had to rush back before the first sign day.
Qiao Yu went to the granary first and opened the door with the key.
At this point, the granary, besides its overflowing granary, was also filled with barrels, sacks, and boxes, leaving barely enough space for a single step. Yet, it was perfectly organized. Qiao Yu started at the entrance and slowly moved in, packing everything away. Thousands of bags of flour, hundreds of barrels of peanut oil, thousands of bags of grain, thousands of boxes of fruits and vegetables... Wherever Qiao Yu passed, everything became empty.
Qiao Yu then came to a temporary warehouse not far away and did the same thing, putting all the more than 600 jars of pork, chicken, beef, mutton and hundreds of boxes of eggs piled up inside into the space.
After confirming nothing was missing, Qiao Yu placed the four black suitcases in the space into the granary. This was the cash Qiao Yu had withdrawn from the bank before arriving in Luling Village. Knowing that Luling Village was isolated and likely wouldn't accept mobile payments, she had prepared ten suitcases, each containing one million. Four suitcases, four million. Consider the extra money her compensation.
Qiao Yu placed the box where he could see it as soon as the door opened, then locked the granary door and quietly walked back to the village. He walked all the way to the village chief's house in the dark, and then Qiao Yu hid in the shadows beside the door and gave birth to the jade seed he had been holding for a long time.
The green vines silently climbed over the roof, hung the key to the granary on the door handle inside the gate, and then left quietly.
Qiao Yu hurried along in the moonlight. The roads in the village were difficult to navigate, so she had to wait until she left Luling Village before she could release the car from the space. The distance was too far, and she had booked a high-speed train at 6 o'clock, so time was a bit tight.
Qiao Yu followed the navigation all the way and drove to the high-speed rail station. It was almost 5:30. The road gradually became more crowded. Qiao Yu found a secluded alley and parked the car. After confirming that there was no one around and no surveillance, he put the car back into the space and quickly ran towards the high-speed rail station.
After successfully boarding the high-speed train for her return trip, Qiao Yu finally had time to carefully organize the supplies she had just collected. The Yushu space was originally divided into four compartments. Qiao Yu had designated the top two compartments as food and water storage areas, while the bottom two compartments were used for clothing and daily necessities, and the other for cars and other consumables. At this point, Qiao Yu's stacking and sorting of the food compartments had already filled up to one-fifth.
Qiao Yu pulled out his phone, opened the chat with Yao Lingling, and typed, "Lingling, I've already left the village. I've taken my belongings with me. The money is in the granary, and the key is with the village chief. Don't ask me, and don't contact me again. If you trust me, don't go back to the city. Have everyone take the stored food back to their homes, and then reinforce their houses as soon as possible, especially the front door."
After typing these words, Qiao Yu's finger hovered over the send button on the right side for a long time, hesitating, and finally pressed it. Then, without caring whether Yao Lingling replied or not, he directly blocked her phone number and chat software account.
After doing all this, Qiao Yu leaned heavily back on the chair as if exhausted.
Although there is no mercy, there is affection.
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