The battle lasted for several hours before it ended. Qiao Qingqing heard the whistle signal and packed up her things and went downstairs. She first recovered the crossbow arrows that could be recovered, and then dragged the bodies to one side and piled them up. Shao Shengan finished his work and came to meet her and said, "I saw Ye Changtian."
"Ye Changtian? I haven't seen him for a long time." Qiao Qingqing said casually. Smelling the various messy smells in the air, she frowned slightly, "Let's go and gather at the truck."
The follow-up of the operation is still a long way to go. People are being escorted here in handcuffs one after another. Qiao Qingqing sits by the side waiting for the return trip. When she came here, she couldn't get any details of the mission at all. Only now that the mission is coming to an end, sporadic news has been leaked.
"Didn't many evil cults emerge during the acid rain? The most vicious one among them was Holy Bath, which was absolutely heartless. That sect has never been caught, and it seems that they have colluded with groups in the wild, making things so bloody and inhumane. Otherwise, why do you think we were given a kill order this time? This kind of kill order is rare, so those people must have committed many evil deeds to be treated like this by the higher-ups..."
"I went over to take a look, and they were all blown up. Ye Shan really put in a lot of effort this time..."
"Shh, the mayor is here too!"
Qiao Qingqing looked up. Under the bright headlights, Mayor Luo and other municipal staff passed by them. Ye Changtian was in the guard team beside them. Ye Changtian, who was alert to his surroundings, saw Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan and nodded slightly.
An hour later, the security team that Qiao Qingqing was in received a notice to retreat, and they escorted a group of captured cultists back to the base first.
In the days that followed, Qiao Qingqing's work remained quite busy, as her superiors said that someone had escaped and might be active in the wild, and they hoped that the patrol team could catch the one who had escaped.
The last ten busy days came to an end, and Qiao Qingqing was still assigned to work in the field for the new month, while Shao Shengan was transferred elsewhere.
During the two months of working in the field, Qiao Qingqing became familiar with the surrounding situation. In the last few days of this month, Qiao Qingqing submitted her resignation.
After a month, she and Shao Shengan took their last salary and went home.
The next day, Shao's father also resigned and returned.
The whole family resigned and returned home, which directly cut off all formal sources of income. It also made Qiao Songzhi realize that a major earthquake was approaching.
Shao's father and mother didn't know about Qiao Qingqing's rebirth. They had been conducting earthquake drills for the past few months, but everything was fine until now. During the drills two days ago, many people in the community didn't cooperate. If Qiao Songzhi hadn't pulled her, Shao's mother wouldn't have wanted to go. In order to better escape in the future, Qiao Songzhi also took Shao's mother and Shao Shengfei to exercise every day.
"There is no warning before the disaster, so we can't let our guard down." Shao Shengan persuaded his parents. No one knows when the big earthquake will come, and before the disaster strikes, every day they spend together is precious.
Shao's father was not willing to resign at all, and Shao Shengan spent more time persuading him. Fortunately, they raised chickens at home, so at least there was some work for Shao's father to do. After getting through the boring days at the beginning, Shao's father got used to the life of raising chickens at home.
"I plan to sell the house, let's move." Qiao Qingqing discussed with Shao Shengan, "It would be better to move to the first floor, but the buildings here are too dense, we'd better move away from Ping'an Community. I've already checked, there is a village outside the base, there are some survivors living there, they are all people who are afraid of a big earthquake and moved out in advance to avoid the disaster. The houses there are relatively shabby and low, and there are large areas of abandoned flat land nearby. It happens to be on the patrol route of the patrol team, so it is relatively safe."
There are those who are passive about earthquake warnings or lazy about drills, and there are also those who are tense and well prepared. In the past few years, natural disasters have forced many people to become survival experts.
Shao Shengan didn't expect that his wife would think so far ahead. It turned out that she had already decided on a disaster shelter when they patrolled to that place.
"Okay, I'll tell my parents."
While Qiao Qingqing's family was busy preparing for the move, Ye Changtian found two familiar names missing when he was arranging the rotation list. When the crossbow team was established, he was in charge of several teams. Later, due to his outstanding work results, he was naturally in charge of all the crossbow teams. After the crossbowmen were incorporated into the security team's rotation, he randomly listed the list of shifts every month to ensure that no one would tamper with it and it was fair and just.
"Why did both of them resign? Did something happen?" He thought about it and realized that he had just seen the couple during the large-scale encirclement and suppression operation in the wild last month.
It just so happened that Village Chief Ye’s back pain came back, so Ye Changtian sent his father to see Qiao Qingqing for treatment.
Qiao Qingqing was giving acupuncture to the village chief. Shao Shengan and Ye Changtian were chatting in the living room. He asked directly, "I thought you were injured. Why did you suddenly resign? You have completed your work very well and are veterans. I heard the mayor say that he wants to continue to recruit more crossbow teams. At that time, he will select team leaders from the veterans. You two have a great chance."
These few words were equivalent to explicit instructions. Ye Changtian was in charge of the crossbow team, so he would definitely be in charge of selecting the team leader. As a close acquaintance, Ye Changtian would spare no effort to support his own people. It's not that there were no people from Qiuye Village who entered the crossbow team, but none of them could match the performance of Qiao Qingqing and his wife.
Shao Shengan shook his head: "Qingqing and I don't have that kind of idea. The purpose of joining the crossbow team is to earn supplies. Now that the supplies are almost enough, it's time to go home and be with my family."
"..." Ye Changtian really couldn't understand why Shao Shengan and Qiao Qingqing were so "homesick". You have to know that when he came out to work, wasn't there only his old father and mother and his daughter who was less than ten years old at home? There were many people like him in the entire base. For the sake of life, who could stick with their family all the time? Even if Qiao Qingqing didn't go, Shao Shengan didn't have to resign with her. Would the whole family stay at home and eat the northwest wind?
Facing Ye Changtian's disappointed look, Shao Shengan shook his head: "We have already made the decision. Thank you for your concern."
Mr. Shao came down from upstairs, carrying a suitcase in his hand.
"Everything has been packed, Sheng'an. You can go to the housing authority to sell your house in the next two days," he said.
Ye Changtian was confused: "You want to sell the house?" After getting Shao's father's answer, he frowned, "Did you offend anyone?"
This is so similar to the scenes on TV where someone sells their house, quits their job and runs away after getting into trouble.
Shao Shengan waved his hand: "No, after discussing it with our family, we felt that the sixth and seventh floors were not suitable for living, so we wanted to live on a lower floor."
Ye Changtian was inspired: "Are you preparing for a major earthquake?"
Seeing Shao Shengan nod, he understood a little. This is indeed a problem. In fact, his work in the past six months has been related to major earthquakes. Mayor Luo and his colleagues trust the experts' predictions very much and seem to be very sure that a major earthquake will occur in the future, so they are frantically preparing for it. As far as he knows, the mines on Ye Mountain will be closed this month and will no longer be mined. This is still an open move. In private, who knows how many resource points have been moved to flatter locations...
His house is on the second floor, otherwise he would have to move to a house on a lower floor.
"It seems that your resignation is also related to the earthquake." Ye Changtian understood completely. "Well, I don't want to keep talking about the same topic and annoy you. We have known each other for a long time, and I have persuaded you. If you want to return to the crossbow team in the future, come to me."
"Thank you." Shao Shengan said seriously.
After the acupuncture was over, Ye Changtian took his father away.
On the way, the father and son talked about Qiao Qingqing and his wife. Village Chief Ye agreed: "This is called preparing for a rainy day. Changtian, why don't you quit? I'm old, and your mother's health is getting worse. If an earthquake comes, the two of us can't run fast with Xiaoyue. We almost couldn't keep up with the earthquake drills these few times."
Ye Changtian was silent: "But if I quit, how will our family live?" His job is to support his parents and daughter. Now he is being valued and has unlimited possibilities in the future. How can he change his job? How can he get such a good salary and status? His job is also a signboard, so that others dare not bully his family.
But earthquakes are indeed a problem. Who knows when and when they will come? Before they come, should my family just stop doing anything and stay together?
No.
Ye Changtian shook his head and continued riding his bike. After a while, he said, "Dad, I'll apply to the higher-ups, and then you can all live in my dormitory. It's a bit crowded, but if something really happens... I can rush over there immediately. It's an administrative area, and there are military guards there, so it's safer."
"Oh, okay. OK."
The next day, Shao Shengan and Qiao Qingqing went to the Housing Management Office to sell their houses. They sold both houses and settled all the accounts with gold. The house price had increased, and after selling the two houses, they received a total of 1,510 grams of gold. Qiao Qingqing gave half of it to the space, and the other half was changed into something else. They went to the market to exchange for medicine and food, and then stored all of it in the space.
"Potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, wheat flour... pork!" Qiao Qingqing counted them and felt very satisfied when she saw the ten slaughtered pigs in the space.
Ten pigs would cost five hundred grams of gold. High-quality meat is so expensive nowadays.
Seeing the glowing expression on his wife's face, Shao Shengan also smiled happily: "Is it sorted out?"
"Okay, I'll put the pig's entrails in a separate bucket and take them out when I need them later."
"Don't worry, pig. Dad and I will cut it up when the time comes."
"I can cut it, too. There are all kinds of knives in this space."
With this arrangement, the amount of things on display at their house when they move won't be too exaggerated. Otherwise, if they directly exchange the supplies from the housing management office, it would be too conspicuous.
The move was divided into two trips. Qiao Qingqing's mother and daughter and Shao Shengan sent one group over first, and then Shao Shengan and Qiao Songzhi stayed there to look after the luggage and clean. Qiao Qingqing then came to pick up Shao's father and others for the last move.
Qiao Qingqing handed the house key to the staff from the Housing Management Office who came to take over, and waved to Chi Yuxiu at the door of 702.
"goodbye."
Chi Yuxiu waved and said sadly: "Goodbye, I wish you... peace and happiness." Her husband's application for a family dormitory was finally approved, and she and her mother-in-law will move in a few days. The few years she lived here were like a dream.
The tricycle was piled high with luggage. Shao Shengfei was riding a bicycle with his mother sitting on the back seat. Shao's father was riding a tricycle. Qiao Qingqing was riding a bicycle alone, but there were a lot of luggage tied to the back seat of her bicycle, so it felt heavy to ride.
There were lights tied to the cars, which led them from the late night of Huacheng to Xicheng. At this moment, they would also illuminate the road for them to leave the center of the base and go to the outskirts of the base.
The lights were swaying, but Qiao Qingqing's heart was extremely calm.
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