Chapter 32 Only the dead are the most honest
Lu Xingtang frowned. She probably knew what had happened when she came back, but neither Su Cheng nor Ji Yanmo told her. Now it seemed that a bloody battle broke out on the 19th floor after she left that day.
Wu Jin and the others were so frightened that they couldn't speak clearly. "Su, Officer Su, you've seen it too. We in the Wu family are old, young, incompetent, sick, and even if our entire family came out, we wouldn't be a match for the people downstairs! So, just consider our incompetence and let us go! We promise that no matter what happens on the 19th floor, we will never hide at home and be protected by you, okay?"
"For the first time, only you, the Wu family, have spoken so confidently about your incompetence." Lu Xingtang looked at them coldly, "Alright, stop wasting each other's time. We're prying open your Wu family's door just to notify you to move out of the 19th floor immediately! If you don't move out, you'll be shot."
"Move away? No! No! We can't move away!" Wu Jin was no longer afraid. "If we move away, we'll have no way to survive! Lu Xingtang, please be kind and let us stay. We promise that no matter what happens on the 19th floor in the future, we on 1904 will never wait for you to protect us. I swear on my life that I will rush out as soon as possible! Please be kind!"
Besides, they had worked hard to buy this house, so why should they move out? The government wouldn't let them move out. Why should the three of them?
But Lu Xingtang and his men had guns and had killed people before, so Wu Jin didn't dare say this out loud.
Ji Yanmo pulled the trigger with a cold face and pointed at Wu Jin: "Your voice was a little soft, I didn't hear you clearly, say it again!"
Wu Jin collapsed to the ground in fear. Facing the evil forces, he did not have the courage to continue fighting.
Seeing this scene, Wu Zihao cursed Lu Xingtang, Ji Yanmo, and Su Cheng in his heart, and said with a pale face, "I'm sorry, we really didn't mean it. It was my uncle, Wu Ge, who told us not to open the door and not to join you in dealing with the people downstairs. If you want to blame someone, blame my uncle. Take him away and do whatever you want. Please give our Wu family a chance to survive!"
Lu Xingtang looked at Wu Zihao with disdain. He was a little smart, but not much. "Don't think that throwing Wu Ge out can calm our anger! Wu Ge is just a worthless life!"
Wu Zihao also knew that abandoning Wu Ge would not let them off easily. His mind kept turning and turning, and finally he came up with a solution: "How about this? We pay protection money! The three of you protected our Wu family, and we are willing to pay the protection money. We only ask that you let us go for the sake of the protection money!"
Protection money? That's exactly what they want.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Lu Xingtang smiled and said, "Protection money? Let me ask you, considering your family's current situation, how much protection money should you pay to prevent them from leaving the 19th floor?"
Wu Zihao was stunned by the question. He knew that a natural disaster had come and all the supermarkets and shopping malls outside were closed. Even if he had money, he couldn't buy supplies. At this time, supplies were very important.
After the typhoon passed, Dad took Mom, him and his sister out several times and brought back a lot of supplies. However, with seven mouths to feed, the supplies were consumed very quickly. It was still unknown whether they could survive the storm.
"Our lives are worthless, and we don't have much supplies at home. We don't know how much supplies are appropriate to give us. You can propose them. If it is appropriate, we will go out to find supplies and bring them back to you!" After thinking about it, Wu Zihao threw the ball to Su Cheng.
Su Cheng deliberately said loudly, "In that case, I'll give each of you ten kilograms of food. For the seven of you, that's 70 kilograms of food. Take it out!"
"70 kilograms?" Wu Zihao was dumbfounded: "No..." Even if he had it, he couldn't take it out: "Our family can't take out 70 kilograms of food, it's too much..."
Lu Xingtang hadn't expected Su Cheng to ask for 70 kilograms. He cooperated with Su Cheng and immediately pulled the trigger and fired a shot at the coffee table in the living room. The gunshot shattered the coffee table, and the Wu family screamed in fear, deafening: "If you don't give it to me, you will die!"
"Give it! We'll give it!" The person who spoke was not Wu Zihao, but Wu Zhaohai. "We agreed to pay the protection fee, but 70 kilograms of food is too much. Our whole family has been saving and frugally eating for a month. Can you give less?"
"Mr. Wu, your grandson has said that your lives are worthless! We tried our best and used five bullets to calm things down. You don't think the bullets were washed in by the flood, do you?" Su Cheng said sternly.
Ji Yanmo fired five shots to intimidate the people downstairs, and all five shots hit the target. Three shots hit the forehead, and the other two hit the thigh.
If it weren't for Ji Yanmo, he wouldn't be able to defend the 19th floor even if he risked his life. Not to mention the three of them, he couldn't even defend 1904.
Wu Zhaohai gritted his teeth and said, "But, that's too much! How about this? We each contribute three kilograms of food, three military coats, and three boxes of cold medicine in exchange. Is that okay?"
Seeing that Lu Xingtang and the other two were silent, Wu Zhaohai continued, "You often go out to look for supplies, and when you come home, you don't have a hot shower. Your military coat can keep you warm, and if you catch a cold, the cold medicine will come in handy. If that doesn't work, can you add three more bottles of mineral water?"
Lu Xingtang stared at Wu Zhaohai dimly. "What if we take your protection money and you tell the people downstairs to rob us while we're away?"
"No! We will never tip off anyone!" Wu Zhaohai said repeatedly. "If we do, you'll kick our entire family out and won't let us take any supplies!"
Lu Xingtang looked at Su Cheng and Ji Yanmo and saw them nod. "You'd better remember this lesson. Remember, only the dead are the most honest!"
Lu Xingtang and the other two took away 1904's protection fee, divided it equally among themselves and went back home.
Ji Yanmo returned Lu Xingtang's gas welding tool to her. Since two anti-theft doors were installed in the corridor, security was increased, so Su Cheng and Ji Yanmo went to rest with peace of mind.
Lu Xingtang returned home with the supplies and entered the space. As soon as she entered the space, Lu Xingtang started to get busy. She first went to the black soil and saw that the planted vegetables had already broken through the soil and were growing very well. It wouldn't be long before she would achieve vegetable freedom.
Lu Xingtang did not leave the black soil. Instead, she used her consciousness to move the tractor from the warehouse to the black soil, and then sent corn seeds, potatoes, and sweet potatoes to the black soil. There were 72 pigs and 6 sows in the space. Now that she had pigs, she had to grow more food, otherwise the pigs would starve.
Consciousness plus myself, Lu Xingtang spent five hours in the space and planted 50 acres of land, 20 acres of corn, 10 acres of potatoes, and 20 acres of sweet potatoes.
After finishing the planting, Lu Xingtang found five stoves and five large iron pots. He bought the large iron pots at the hardware wholesale market at that time. He didn't expect to use them so soon, and even use them on pigs.
Hey everyone, I revised some chapters last night because the heroine's character was a bit broken, she wasn't decisive enough in handling things, and her shortcomings were exposed. I have already made the right changes. Hey everyone, remember to start from Chapter 26~
Because it was extensively revised starting from Chapter 26, a lot of new content was added later, so you won’t be able to follow the context if you don’t look back. Thank you all for your hard work, muah.
Thanks to: Fruit Candy, Ugly Duckling, and Zhen, who love to eat braised rice. Book friend 2022120114046009 for their recommendation votes. Also, the Qidian readers Leng Xueyan, Wallacelee, Lapalmaca, and Partner Life for their recommendation votes. And the Xiaoxiang votes from Xiaoxiang reader A Lazy Cat. Thank you all, muah.
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