Chapter 041 Self-Defense

While waiting for the clothes to be made, she took out the old newspapers and picked out some duplicate newspapers. She also brought a bowl of cooked glutinous rice, returned to the small shabby house in Xiangjiang, turned on the light, and pasted the newspapers one by one.

When the shabby house was pitch black, it didn't matter whether the walls were black or newspaper-colored, but when the lights were turned on, she always hoped that the walls could be brighter.

In addition to the walls, she also laid newspapers on the ceiling and the floor, and as for the bed, she put a straw mat.

The "temporary residence" connecting the game space is on the bed. You have to pass through the bed every time you move. Although you won't stay there too often, it's better to keep it clean than dirty.

She didn't have any acquaintances here, and there was a certain distance between the people in the building. No one would push the door and come in. Apart from the straw mat, she didn't need to buy anything else.

However, she still spread out a few large newspapers and taped them on the ceiling to avoid the sight of people outside looking in when the door was occasionally opened.

After doing all this, a foul smell came faintly from outside. When I heard cursing from upstairs, I immediately returned to the game space.

This is the advantage of the "sense of distance" that exists in Hong Kong today. Even if she doesn't show up for a long time, as long as she pays the rent on time and there is no bad smell coming from the house, no one will ask any questions.

In the same situation, if she didn't show up in the machinery factory, even for just half a day, it would attract everyone's attention. They would think something had happened to her and would try their best to knock on her door to find her.

It was because the weather had been cold recently and no one wanted to go out, so if she occasionally closed the door and kept quiet, no one would think anything of it.

The bacon that had been drying in the game space felt almost done, so she took it out, wrapped it in oil paper, and went to the "cloakroom" to take out the floral dress she had just made.

This floral dress is just an ordinary dress. Because the fabric is old, even though it is new, it still looks like an old dress.

There was still some time before work, so she used the coal stove to heat water in the house, mixed it with cold water to wash the floral dress and underwear, wrung them out as dry as possible, and then tied a rope directly in the house to hang them up before going out.

After closing the door, the residual heat in the room can dry the clothes. If there is sunshine, you can take them outside and they will always be dry.

However, you can only wash inner clothes, and you cannot wash large cotton-padded jackets. Not to mention that washing cotton-padded jackets will affect the cotton inside the clothes, if it rains or snows in the winter, the clothes may be frozen into ice cubes.

After closing the door, she put the hand holding the bacon into her sleeve, pulled the scarf over her mouth with her other hand, and slowly walked towards the stove room.

The temperature has been low these days, but fortunately it has not snowed. The snow on the roadside has been cleared to both sides and is gradually melting.

But the weather is gloomy today and it looks like it might rain at any moment.

It's going to rain in this weather, and the perceived temperature will drop again.

When she reached the door of the boiler room, she instantly felt the temperature inside. She quickly opened the door and went in, pulling down her scarf and exhaling a breath of cold air. Fortunately, she worked in the boiler room. If she worked somewhere else, she would be frozen to death at the end of the day.

After standing still to feel the temperature, she walked towards Aunt Qian and gently touched her shoulder.

Aunt Qian turned around and found a rope stuffed in her hand.

She held the rope tightly, brought the thing to her nose, sniffed it hard, and smelled the thing inside through the layer of oil paper. Her eyes lit up instantly: "How much?"

Tang Yuan struggled to dig his hand out from his wide cotton coat and stretched out three fingers towards her.

"Not bad, this is quite filling. I'll pay you later," Aunt Qian whispered in Tang Yuan's ear, then patted her on the shoulder, "Go sit down first."

Tang Yuan nodded and returned to her seat.

Aunt Qian quietly left the stove room and returned home.

At this time, the lunch break had not yet completely passed, and Aunt Qian's husband was still at home. When he saw her come back, he curiously asked, "Why are you back at this time?"

"Look what this is?" Aunt Qian put the thing in her hand on the table, loosened the rope, opened it, and revealed a large bag of bacon inside.

Three pounds of bacon, one pound per package. After opening it, the portion is quite large. After packaging, it is stacked from top to bottom into a bag. It looks like a package of Chinese medicine. If you don’t look carefully, no one will know what is inside.

"That's great, where did you get it from?"

"It's none of your business. Anyway, I have the channels. There are three pounds of bacon here. We can give you a snack from time to time before the New Year." Aunt Qian wrapped up the bacon again. "We can make a meal in the evening. Take out two taels of it and we can satisfy our hunger. The rest can be put in the cupboard."

"Then I'm looking forward to this dinner tonight."

Aunt Qian smiled, looking forward to it in her heart. She wrapped the bacon and put it in the cupboard. Then she went to the bedroom to get the money and hurried back to the stove room.

Her home was also inside the machinery factory, so the return trip didn't take much effort, and no one noticed her actions. Once she handed the money to Tang Yuan, the transaction was complete.

Tang Yuan took the money and put it into the wide pocket of his cotton coat, then put his hands in his pockets and watched the fire.

…

"The weather has cooled down a bit in the past few days, but I can still pick up more than 20 eggs every day. I tried it a few times. Even at the lowest temperature at night, it was still warm inside. I wanted to live inside."

"You can go to Zhao Zhiqiang's place and take a look. He has built a large greenhouse for the pigs. People can also go in. It is indeed very warm, and the heat dissipates very slowly, unlike before, when the heat would dissipate after a short time."

"Really? You're not kidding me?"

"Why should I tease you? He had seen the world before when he followed that Guo Weiqiang. He knew that plastic film is useful, so he bought some more. I've gone to see it, and it's indeed good. The pig looked frozen before, but it's much better in the past two days and has eaten more. It should be able to give birth to piglets smoothly." Sun Dong touched the plastic shed in front of him.

The plastic shed for pigs is different from that for chickens. The one for pigs needs to be bigger and wider, and it also needs to be prepared for people to go in and take care of the piglets after they are born. It is not a problem for several people to fit in that place.

It's different with chickens. They are very low, and as long as tools can get in to pick up eggs and deliver chicken feed, it's fine. In a chicken coop with more than 30 chickens, at most a few more chickens can be put in. People definitely can't get in.

"Then I'll go and take a look." Sun Feng stood up immediately.

"Come down as soon as you can. I'll go down first. I have some work to do."

"Okay!"

…

Sun Dong walked down the mountain for a while and heard some noise not far away. He hid and looked around. When he was sure that it was someone coming, he cursed in his heart, turned around and walked to another direction, deliberately using stones to make some noise on the other side.

He was not afraid that the place where he raised chickens would be discovered. The mountain was very large and there were always some places where it was difficult for small animals to walk. If they walked in a very orderly manner, they would not be able to get through no matter what.

When he got back down the mountain, he immediately went to see the captain and told him about the man's situation.

"You said this just in time. Someone reported to me that he was speculating and profiteering."

"This has nothing to do with me," Sun Dong said quickly. "It was my fault for doing this, so even though I'm not happy that he's staring at me, I can't turn the tables on him."

"I didn't say it was you, so what are you afraid of?" The captain knocked on the table leg. "But you and I both know this. He followed you and made a profit. He doesn't have the courage to do that."

"Then you should fulfill your duties as the captain," Sun Dong said with a smile, "and give him a beating. Seriously, if he continues like this, even if he is not speculating, he may cause trouble. If we really attract the attention of the higher-ups, we will not be in a good situation."

"I need to give you some advice on what you said," the captain took a puff of cigarette and exhaled. "Tell me, how have things been these past two days?"

"Okay, I was just talking to Afeng, there are still more than 20 of them after the temperature drops," Sun Dong said with a smile, "I have been looking for ginseng these two days. When I buy some, I can cook it for my grandmother, and she can live two more years."

"well……"

"Uncle, why are you sighing? This is a good thing. Don't worry, we have money," Sun Dong said, "Besides, if it weren't for your support, we wouldn't be able to do it."

"So we are grasshoppers on a string, is that what you mean?" The captain glanced at him.

Sun Dong smiled and was hit on the back. He immediately stood up and left the captain's room with a smile.

As soon as I walked out, the captain's wife pulled me and asked, "When is the next time?"

"Wait a little longer, there's more, and I'll need you to take care of me when the time comes," Sun Dong knew what she meant, "Let's also come slowly, not too often."

"I understand. I'm always very careful. Go ahead."

"OK."

The next day was the day for the agreed transaction. Sun Dong went up the mountain quietly, carefully put the eggs he had picked out earlier into a basket covered with straw, and carried the basket and took another route down the mountain.

Ever since he discovered someone was following him, he never took the same route. After all, every route led down the mountain, so it didn't matter which one he took.

When he arrived at the shabby house, no one had come yet, so he sat on the wooden board in the corner as he did before, until he heard some noise outside.

"Sister Fang."

Tang Yuan closed the door and went inside. Looking at the eggs in the basket, he knew the approximate number at a glance: "The temperature drop in the past two days has not affected egg laying."

"Yes, Sister Fang is really thoughtful," Sun Dong pulled at the straw, "This time we got a total of 160 eggs. It's cold now, so the eggs can be stored. Can they be delivered later next time?"

"Okay, come in six days," Tang Yuan sat opposite him, "Actually I want to ask, do you have any weapons? I want to use them for self-defense."

She didn't say what kind of situation to protect herself in, and Sun Dong didn't ask. After all, they were in this line of work, and there was always a possibility of encountering danger.

"My uncle has a hunting rifle."

Tang Yuan looked at him: "What then? I'm walking around with a hunting rifle? Are you dissatisfied that we weren't caught fast enough?"

There was no gun ban in those days, and many farmers kept hunting rifles in their homes for hunting. She knew about these, but she had never thought of buying one.

It's okay to keep this thing at home, but if you take it out, it will become a moving target.

"I want a smaller one..." Sun Dong thought for a moment, "I have another pistol."

"Pistol?" Tang Yuan was surprised. "Where are you from?"

“I picked it up.”

"Can you still pick up a pistol?"