Chapter 35 Snowstorm [VIP]
Tan Tan was so anxious that he was spinning in circles: "Why hasn't the master given the order yet? His teeth are itching!"
The security guard raised his hand and swung his baton straight at him, even holding it high as if he was going to hit him.
Tang Tian also quickly pulled out the knife he was carrying and blocked the attack.
The security guard's pupils dilated - this knife was obviously more powerful than his own weapon!
He withdrew his hand flexibly and wanted to take out the walkie-talkie from his waist to call someone, but Tang Tian and Tang Yi would never give him this opportunity.
Two knives, one chopped at his wrist, and the other chopped at his chest!
“Ahhh!——”
The security guard couldn't stop howling and the walkie-talkie fell to the snow.
At Tang Tian's command, Tan Tan, who couldn't wait any longer, rushed forward like a cannonball and bit the former's ankle.
But the injury wasn't fatal. The young, strong security guard's adrenaline surged, and he kicked Tan Tan away, half-rolling, half-crawling, fleeing in panic. His speed didn't seem like that of a wounded soldier.
Alas, it was because of the extreme cold that I was wearing too many clothes and couldn’t cause the maximum damage!
Tang Tian felt a little sorry. Tang Yi picked up Tan Tan and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that it was fine.
This little guy is still too small. Maybe he will be better when he grows up a little.
Tantan is quite thick-skinned and wagged his tail heartlessly without feeling anything. He seemed to be completely unaware of his owner's worries and had an inexplicable look of pride on his face.
Without further ado, the two decided to go home first.
The two people and the dog returned to the window. At this moment, Tang Yi grabbed Tang Tian and pointed at the snow.
It turns out that there are only footprints in front of this building. If the security department came here to seek revenge, wouldn't they just come directly to the door?
Although Tang Tian was not afraid of them coming to her house, it was still a hassle, so they stayed for a while longer, leaving footprints of varying depths on the snow before going upstairs.
But when they reached the 14th floor, they met two people coming down from upstairs.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi didn't want to pay attention at first, but the latter seemed to recognize them and said:
"Please wait a moment!"
Tang Tian frowned and asked:
"What's up?"
"Hello, I'm the resident of Room 1802. My name is Qi Chang, and this is my husband Chen Youlin."
The two introduced themselves, and Tang Tian and Tang Yi felt a little familiar.
This seems to be the case with the teacher's family who had a large collection of books but had their books stolen in the end.
After most of his spiritual food was taken away, Chen Youlin cried and harassed his neighbors for a long time, but no one paid any attention to him. Some of them even burned books in front of him as fuel.
Later, his wife pulled him back and controlled him to prevent any further trouble. It was said that as the temperature continued to drop, they had to start burning the remaining books to keep warm, and Chen Youlin completely shut up.
But after that, he was always in a daze, and his wife Qi Chang took the lead in the family.
Qi Chang and Chen Youlin also put on all the clothes they could wear, but they still looked much thinner and listless.
In the previous life, although 1802 did not help, they did not cause trouble either, otherwise Tang Tian would have ignored them.
"I heard I can trade jewelry for supplies with you? I have some too, can I?"
Qi Chang's eyes were full of hope, and he was really hoping to hear a positive answer from Tang Tian.
With Qian Peng as the premise, other people in the building will know about this sooner or later.
Tang Tian paused, nodded and said:
"Yes, I accept gold, jade, and jewelry, and I charge for supplies based on weight."
Qi Chang's eyes lit up.
"Yes, yes, I have gold jewelry and jade bracelets. I'll get them now!"
However, Chen Youlin quickly pulled her back upon hearing this and spoke anxiously:
"No! Xiao Qi, that jade bracelet...that jade bracelet is our token of love, we can't just give it away for no reason!"
Tang Tian rolled her eyes. He was almost freezing to death and starving to death, but he still regarded his collection of books and the so-called token of love as more important. She didn't expect that in this century, there would still be such pedantic people?
Qi Chang immediately gave him a big fight in return.
This reminded Tang Tian of the last time a group of people gathered in the building to loot supplies. Qi Chang also slapped Chen Youlin, as if only this could make the latter sober up.
"Can you please think about your son and daughter, who are almost starving to death? Why do you still care about those jewelry?"
Qi Chang looked at her useless husband with disappointment. Ever since the last incident of hiding the books, she had become more and more disgusted with him. She decided to just make the decision, otherwise their family would be wiped out sooner or later.
Chen Youlin covered his face with his hands, wanting to cry but unable to, and dared not answer. Qi Chang said something to Tang Tian and hurried upstairs to get the jewelry.
Tang Tian, Tang Yi and Tan Tan returned home and as soon as they opened the door, they saw Wei Mingxia busying around with a tall piece of wood beside her.
"Mom, are you out?" Tang Tian asked curiously.
As for Wei Mingxia, although she has good energy, it's a pity that her wood attribute level is not high enough.
There are some, and it can really practice knife skills.
It was meal time, and the people in the building were trying to save as much food as possible, for fear of losing calories.
The Tang family is different. They take out the ingredients and use
Wei Mingxia had prepared the dishes long ago. Today they had shredded cabbage, green peppers and eggs, roasted chicken wings with mushrooms and chestnuts, and a big bowl of pea and tofu soup.
Although they have a food system, it does not currently cover all kinds of food, so it is better to make what you want to eat.
Wei Mingxia and Tang Yi went to the kitchen to busy themselves. After Tang Tian had been rubbing the charcoal for a while, she heard a knock on the door. It must be Qi Chang.
To stop Tan Tan's barking, she got up and went to the entrance to open the door and window.
Qi Chang quickly said yes. He wasn't surprised to feel the warmth inside the house. He simply assumed the Tang family still had fuel to burn. Besides, the kitchen had a sliding door, so even with it closed, there was no smell.
Qi Chang handed over a box. Tang Tian took it and opened it to see that inside was a heavy jade bracelet, as well as some jewelry such as gold earrings and rings.
She picked up the jade bracelet directly and asked the system silently in her heart.
But the next second, she shook her head:
"This bracelet is not good. It's fake and can't be exchanged."
"What?!"
Qi Chang reacted strongly. After thinking for a moment, she immediately pushed Chen Youlin, who was feeling more and more guilty the more he listened.
"I was wondering why you didn't want me to exchange this jade bracelet for food from the beginning. Is it a fake? You were lying to me from the beginning!"
Qi Chang and Chen Youlin were teachers who worked together at the same school, but the latter was a Chinese language teacher while the former was a physical education teacher. There was also an age difference between the two. Most people were not optimistic about this relationship at the time, but Qi Chang remained committed.
The family had lived in peace until now, but they never expected that the end of the world would come, which magnified and exposed all the weaknesses of people. Only then did Qi Chang realize that Chen Youlin was not a good man.
His wife and children at home were almost frozen to death, but he still regarded his collection of books as treasures; it was clear that the gold and silver jewelry could be exchanged for supplies at the beginning, but in the end he refused to allow it.
Fortunately, Qi Chang has a high fighting ability and the latter is a guy who is afraid of tough people, so he was able to snatch the position of head of the family.
This jade bracelet was also given to Qi Chang by Chen Youlin that year. It weighed about 50 to 60 grams. Qi Chang had always been reluctant to wear it and kept it as a treasure. He never thought that it was a fake.
Tang Tian didn't want to see this kind of family dispute, so she cleared her throat and interrupted, asking:
"Apart from the jade bracelet, the rest are: one pound of grain and one pound of meat. Which one do you want?"
It’s a pity about this jade bracelet, otherwise I could have spent tens of thousands of gold coins on it in the system.
Qi Chang pushed Chen Youlin away and gave him a look of disdain. She also understood that this kind of thing was devalued now. After thinking carefully, she replied:
"I'll trade you for a pound of meat, please!"
She was also heartbroken. From Tang Tian's tone, if the jade bracelet was real, she might be able to exchange it for a few more kilograms of food!
Her family had managed to stock up on rice and grains during the Lunar New Year, which was why they had barely managed to survive. However, the two children had turned pale from all the food they had been eating, and she was in urgent need of improvement.
Tang Tian nodded, closed the window, opened it again after a moment, and took out a 500-gram box of frozen pork ribs.
Qi Chang took it with both hands, thanked him repeatedly, then twisted Chen Youlin's ear and left.
Tang Tian directly entered all the jewelry into the system, turned around and went into the house to prepare for dinner.
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The wind and snow were howling. The Tang family was eating steaming hot and delicious meals when a small group suddenly approached downstairs.
In that small group, everyone put on a stab-proof vest over their thick clothes, wore a helmet on their heads, and held tools such as batons, steel forks, and explosion-proof shields in their hands. They came to the row of buildings in a menacing manner.
The middle-aged man in the lead had a stern face and looked twice in the crystal snow light, but before he said anything, he looked down again, his brows twisted into a frown.
They arrived a little too late and the snow had already covered a lot of ground.
Even if they managed to follow the footprints to buildings 11 to 15, there were footprints everywhere outside the broken windows, and they couldn't tell which building the culprit was from.
At that time, they were warming themselves by the fire indoors, but the young security guard who was on duty outside and had stopped Tang Tian and Tang Yi suddenly came back tumbling and crawling.
His coat was torn open and there was a big crack on his wrist. If the blood had not been frozen, it would have gushed out like a tide.
The young security guard endured the pain and reported the situation. The security department, who had been domineering in Hexinyuan, immediately felt extremely humiliated.
It’s not like there have been people who resisted before, but they were all suppressed violently in the end. Who would have thought that someone who is not afraid of death would appear again?
So they got ready and followed the footprints in a mighty procession, but still missed it.
Security captain Zhou Ping gritted his teeth in anger and remained silent.
Before the temperature dropped, the security department of Hexinyuan originally had about twenty people. Due to the extreme cold, five or six people froze to death. The remaining fifteen people had already formed a group and were in control of all weapons and tools.
If we want to survive, we must stick together and not be short of any manpower.
But those two rebels actually chopped off their hands. How could they survive in the heavy snow with their hands disabled? Wasn't this intentional?
The security guards behind Zhou Ping looked at each other, and only one of them stood up and suggested:
"Captain, if we really can't tell which building it is, why don't we just check each house while counting the number of people? Xiao Zhu caught a glimpse of what the man looked like. Anyway, the property management company has been dissolved, and we are the leaders now!"
After hearing this, the security guards became more arrogant.
They were originally managed by the property management company. Hexinyuan was not a new community, and the neighbors all knew each other. There were no major conflicts, and many people just lived off a few thousand yuan a month.
But they didn't expect that with the arrival of extreme cold, the situation in the community suddenly changed. They have all tasted the taste of being in a superior position, so how can they bear to give up again?
Zhou Ping thought for a moment and adopted this suggestion. With just a wink, a team of people consciously entered each building in batches.
He concluded that this person could not be kept alive, so he had to find the culprit and execute him on the spot, which would also be a warning to everyone!
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