Chapter 036 Running Too Far

Xinmajia's health was really not good. Tang Yuan originally wanted to take a bath to feel more comfortable, but she didn't expect that as soon as she sat down in the boiler room, spread out the book and returned to Xinmajia's body, she felt even weaker than before.

Not only did I not have the strength to climb out of the bathtub.

I even felt like I was going to pass out at any moment.

She had no choice but to let "Xiaofang" come out, open the bathroom door, take the new vest out, and send it to the "lounge" that came with the new vest to recover.

At this time, she discovered that the health value of the new vest had dropped from 3 to 2, and the hunger and energy values ​​had decreased to varying degrees. No wonder she couldn't get out of the bathtub.

Fortunately, she has many vests, otherwise she would be trapped in the new vest body and would not know how to climb out of the bathtub.

The "Rest Room" can restore the status of the vest. In addition to the hunger value, the health value and energy value can be improved by resting.

The bacon porridge is already cooked, but the new vest is obviously not in a good condition to eat now, so I can only leave it in the pot until the new vest recovers a little before eating it.

While waiting, she went to look at the panel that opened the new vest.

Although they are both vests, Xiaofang's body cannot go to the new vest's living world, but it cannot be said that she cannot go there at all, unless she goes out through the "temporary residence" and then uses various means of transportation to reach the new vest's living environment in person.

Just like "Xiaofang" can actually meet Tang Yuan, but they need to meet offline.

"Xiaofang" cannot go to the new vest's environment, and the new vest cannot pass through "Xiaofang's" temporary residence and appear outside the machinery factory.

She didn't know how long it had been, but when she looked at the data of the new vest again, her hunger value had decreased, but her health value had returned to 3, and her energy value had also increased.

This shows that the "lounge" can indeed give the vests a rest.

…

In the evening, it was Tang Yuan's turn to eat. She walked out of the stove room wearing a loose cotton coat and felt the temperature outside. It was obvious that the temperature had dropped a bit today.

"Xiao Yuan, are you okay with taking the night shift now?"

"I can do it," Tang Yuan nodded. "It's okay after get off work, and I live in the factory."

She usually doesn't talk much, but she has no problem communicating with others. After Tang Jianguo and others left for a while, she learned more and more dialects and is gradually showing signs of being able to communicate normally with others.

No one suspected anything, after all, she was still silent most of the time.

As for her ability to communicate normally, everyone believes that it is because she has not been stimulated during this period, so her condition is getting better and better.

"Yes, luckily we live in the factory, so we don't have to worry about safety issues," Aunt Qian went with her to the rice steaming area, "but you have to keep warm, don't be reluctant to use coal briquettes, and you have to light the fire when it's necessary. I heard that sometimes when I run into you at noon, your room is freezing cold."

"I used it," Tang Yuan said, and let Aunt Qian touch her clothes again, "It's not cold, it's thick."

The cotton coat she was wearing was really very warm. Firstly, the coat was new and the brand new cotton was very warm. Secondly, she was wearing a thin coat underneath it.

In addition, her cotton coat was long and covered her entire body, so the cold air couldn't get in and the warmth couldn't dissipate, so naturally she didn't feel cold.

"Your cotton coat is indeed thick," Aunt Qian touched the coat. Just then, the two of them came to the steamed rice area. She helped Tang Yuan take out the lunch box and held it directly in her hand. "Don't stretch your hand out. It will be cool if you let the heat out."

The two walked into the cafeteria together.

There was a coal stove burning in the cafeteria, and people were coming and going, so the temperature inside was not low at the moment. After sitting down, Tang Yuan reached out, took the lunch box from Aunt Qian, and held it in his hand to keep warm.

After a while, open the lunch box.

As soon as I opened the lunch box, I saw a layer of pickled vegetables on top and a few slices of bacon underneath.

She and Aunt Qian eat a lot, so sometimes they would steam a whole box of rice and eat it in two or three meals. This way, when they steam rice in the future, they only need one lunch box and don't have to worry about rice and vegetables getting mixed together or the rice not being cooked through.

She stuck her chopsticks into the lunch box and scooped a large amount of rice directly into her mouth.

Aunt Qian was eating her meal. After a while, she looked up and whispered to her, "Xiaoyuan, tell me the truth, is there another way to buy meat?"

Tang Yuan shook the chopsticks in her hand, pushing away the salted vegetables on the noodles, revealing several slices of bacon underneath, and then she quickly reached out her chopsticks to cover them.

"I just said that you've been eating a lot of bacon recently," Aunt Qian no longer needed Tang Yuan's answer, "Let's make a deal. You ask if there's any left. If there is, I'll pay for it."

"She doesn't let me talk about it." Tang Yuan whispered.

"There should be one," Aunt Qian said decisively, "or is it the girl who sold you cloth last time?"

Tang Yuan looked up and looked at her in surprise.

Aunt Qian: "It must be her, right? I thought you don't talk to people very often, how could you know so many people? It's not surprising that it was that person. She is very capable, so she must have more. Please ask for me, even if it's a little more expensive."

Tang Yuan nodded, looked down at his lunch box, picked up a small piece of bacon from it, and put it into Aunt Qian's lunch box.

"I feel so embarrassed..." Aunt Qian said as she took a large spoonful of pickled vegetables from her lunch box and put it into Tang Yuan's lunch box, then she picked up the piece of bacon.

Aunt Qian’s dipping sauce is homemade. Tang Yuan felt the crispy and sweet taste as soon as he took a bite.

But before she could taste it carefully, Aunt Qian happily pulled her hand and said, "Don't forget to ask for me. Two catties is not too much, one catty is not too little, three or four catties will also be fine. Isn't the New Year coming soon? We are short of meat at home."

"Then I'll ask," Tang Yuan smiled, "but I don't see her all the time, so it's OK as long as I say hello before the New Year, right?"

"Yes, it's okay to do it earlier. The bacon can be stored for a long time anyway," Aunt Qian said with a smile, "Just tell me, no one else needs to tell me."

"Okay." Tang Yuan nodded in agreement, and she didn't plan to say anything.

Bacon is not like cloth. Cloth can be stockpiled and is easy to transport. It is normal for people who have it to stock up more. But bacon is different. It is harder to find.

The machinery factory is so small that once the news spreads that she can produce bacon, it’s hard to say what will happen next.

But the important thing is that there is not a lot of bacon. Aunt Qian alone asked for three or four pounds, and she only got five pounds of bacon. After deducting the amount she ate herself, it would not be difficult for her to sell the rest of the bacon that Sun Dong would bring her later.

There is still some time until the Chinese New Year.

After talking to Aunt Qian, she didn't rush to take out the bacon, nor did she rush to contact Sun Dong. She spent the next two days taking care of the "new vest"'s health.

After two days of recuperation, the three physical data of the "new vest" have been greatly improved.

Health reached 20, hunger 80, and energy 85.

Although it has not reached the maximum value, compared with the single-digit health value at the beginning, this data has been greatly improved.

However, after reaching this value, the following three values ​​did not fluctuate much, including the hunger value. Even if she felt that she was full, it could only be maintained at 80. If it went down, she could not eat anything.

She guessed that this had a lot to do with the state of her body. Unless her health points increased to 100, her hunger and energy points would probably not reach full value.

She returned to her new body and came to the dark room. It was noon after she went to work in the boiler room using Tang Yuan's body.

The house was still the same small house, but because the weather outside was good, more sunlight came in through the gaps in the windows, allowing her to vaguely see the light bulb above her head.

After the light bulb went out that day, there was no commotion outside the door, which meant that it was not that the power was out in the building, but that her light bulb was broken.

She sat up in bed, and the fragile bed board creaked instantly.

Immediately, there was the sound of conversation outside the door.

"I would say he is definitely still alive."

"There has been no movement for a few days! If he starves to death, the price of this building will drop again."

"It's not easy to die. I don't want to die. This building is dead to begin with. After it died, it had to be moved to the street. I heard that the smell of corpses can't be dissipated."

"It sounds nice to say it, no matter how hard it sounds to die or not, I still want to live a good life."

…

Tang Yuan had never lived in a Cantonese-speaking environment before and after the time travel.

Cantonese is difficult to understand, and Xinmajia's memory is as simple as an outline. She has very little memory about the pronunciation and meaning of Cantonese, which makes it even more difficult for her to understand Cantonese accurately. She can only roughly guess what people outside are saying.

The main topic of discussion was whether she was dead or not. Fortunately, she was not dead, otherwise the house would have smelled even worse.

Finally, a kind-hearted person said, "I hope something good will happen to you, and you won't keep dying."

However, the stench today was lighter than when she first came here two days ago. She didn't know whether the garbage outside the window had been cleared or the weather was cooler today, so the stench outside did not spread out.

The noise outside faded away. She stood up, took out a relatively complete set of clothes from the closet, changed into them, then opened the door and walked out.

As soon as she walked out of the door, she realized that the building was not only narrow inside, but also very narrow outside. The aisles were so small that people who were a little fat would have to lean sideways to pass through.

In addition, some houses have spittoons at their doors, so you have to be extra careful when walking. If you accidentally knock over the spittoon, you will probably become the enemy of the entire building.

However, with her thin body, she was able to walk very smoothly in the narrow aisle, and some people even greeted her.

Call her "Jia Qi".

This also allowed her to dig out the full name from her new mask's memory - Wen Jiaqi.

She smiled at everyone and walked down stairs one after another, finally reaching the first floor. Seeing the situation outside the first floor made her certain that this environment was most likely in Hong Kong.

After all, in the mainland today, there are no bicycles everywhere, nor are there cars passing by on the same narrow roads from time to time.

And the small vendors who push carts or carry baskets and sell their goods everywhere.

After confirming this, her first reaction was that this was too far. She thought the new vest would still be in the Mainland, but she didn't expect it to end up in Hong Kong, which she had not yet returned to.

Freedom is freedom, but Hong Kong is not safe at this time.

Difficult.