There were only three of them eating at noon, and someone came over while they were eating.
"Is there anything wrong?" Qiao Qingqing put down the bowl and asked coldly.
The visitors were a man and a woman, very unfamiliar. They looked around rudely, wishing to open the tent to see what was inside. Qiao Qingqing was always cold to outsiders. If outsiders were polite, she would respond politely. Otherwise, she would be even colder.
The man's eyes fell on her, with a look of surprise.
The woman smiled and said, "Hello, sister. We just arrived yesterday. I didn't expect there would be such a good place here! My name is Han Shan, and you, sister?"
Shao's father and the others stopped eating. Qiao Songzhi began to touch the back of his waist, where the knife was.
Qiao Qingqing stood up and didn't say anything in response to the other party's greetings, just looked at them.
Han Shan's smile froze, and he tried to find a topic to talk about. During this time, the man's eyes were still glued to Qiao Qingqing, which made Shao's father very angry. He quickly walked to the chopping board next to him, picked up the knife for chopping fish paste, and pointed at the man: "What are you looking at! If you have something to say, say it, otherwise get out!"
The man's expression changed, and he started to curse: "What are you talking about, old man!"
Qiao Qingqing frowned, grabbed the chopsticks on the table and threw them away.
The chopsticks were not sharp, but Qiao Qingqing threw them like the flying needles on TV. Seeing the chopsticks stabbing at him, the man quickly stepped aside.
Squeak.
The man looked down and saw the tip of the chopstick stuck in the ground. He felt a chill in his heart. If this wasn't a chopstick but a real knife -
When he looked up again, he saw Qiao Qingqing had already grabbed the crossbow and was aiming at him.
"Did you hear what my dad said? Get out." Qiao Qingqing said.
Such a sudden change happened in just a few seconds. Han Shan could no longer hold back the smile on his face and quickly pulled the man away.
After returning to their camp, the man touched his forehead and found a layer of sweat on it. He didn't know if it was caused by the sun or cold sweat from fear.
"You went to investigate, how was it?"
The one who spoke was their boss, who was tall and thin, with a very shrewd look in his eyes.
"He's not easy to mess with, he'll explode at any moment." The man no longer had the lecherous look he had just now. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it all in one gulp, letting out a satisfied breath. This is a really good place, with plenty of water to drink!
"Two young men went out to fish in the morning, leaving only two old women, one old man and one young woman. I didn't expect that they were both so stubborn." He deliberately pretended to be lustful. This trick was simple and rough. If the other party pretended not to see it, it meant that the other party had no confidence, in other words, it was easy to control. If the other party was unhappy, then this "unhappiness" also had several degrees. Like today, it was a hard persimmon that could not be squeezed.
The boss looked at Han Shan.
Han Shan immediately added some details, including Shao's father touching a kitchen knife, Qiao Songzhi suspected of touching his waist to get a weapon, and Qiao Qingqing using chopsticks as a hidden weapon, with a bow and crossbow, and finally added the situation of the camp.
"They seem to be living a comfortable life. They eat rice for lunch." Her tone was somewhat regretful. They had enough supplies and the means to protect themselves. It was impossible for them to be recruited by the boss. Moreover, they looked like a family, so it was even more impossible for them to accept outsiders to join.
The eldest brother felt a little pity, but he soon came to terms with it. Most of the people who are still alive and well are not easy to mess with. They were lucky to be accepted by a small group last time. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer innocent saints.
"Forget it, change another one."
The three of them waited for a while, and then another man and woman came back.
There were not many people in the camp, only five in total including Han Shan and the other two, three men and two women, all of whom were ruthless.
The man and woman who just came back went to Liu Zhen's camp to investigate.
When the two saw the boss, they shook their heads and said, "It's easy to cheat people, but you can't get anything out of them. There's nothing interesting to chew on. By the way, they have a good relationship with the family in the camp over there."
The woman shook her head: "The one who made the decision went out. He said he was a soldier. Those two soldiers might not be so easy to fool."
The eldest brother frowned. Neither of them is good enough. Could it be that - he looked at the camp further away. Are they going there? If they can get in, they will have everything.
"Prepare a plan, we're going to the convoy camp over there!"
In the camp, Qiao Qingqing took the chopsticks back.
Father Shao was very angry: "When Sheng An comes back, I will tell him how there could be such a bad person!"
"That's right, it's so bad!"
Qiao Qingqing told them not to be too angry, as anger is bad for the body. There are all kinds of people these days, so just get used to it.
"We have the ability to protect ourselves and are not afraid of them doing bad things."
They continued to make fish balls in the afternoon. When Shao Shengan and the others came back, they had already used up all the fish meat. The four of them were so tired that their hands were cramping. Qiao Qingqing didn't want to cook for dinner, so she took the rice from the space, poured in the shredded seaweed and fried salted peanuts, mixed it and ate it simply.
After dinner, Shao's mother asked Qiao Qingqing to get some dried watermelon rinds to boil in water, saying that she would give it to Shao Sheng'an and his brother to drink to cool them down when they came back.
"We will grow our own watermelons to eat in the future," said Qiao Qingqing with a smile.
Mother Shao thought of the watermelons they had grown before, shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Maybe it was because of the bad soil or the bad weather. The ones they grew before were not very sweet, and the flesh was all pink and white. Feifei was so sad, he treasured those watermelon seedlings."
Qiao Songzhi laughed when he heard this: "It doesn't matter if it's not sweet, it just feels refreshing when you eat it."
"Qingqing, please give me some Chinese cabbage and lettuce seeds. I will soak them in water so that I can plant them tomorrow." said Shao's father.
Qiao Qingqing responded and gave him the two seeds. The growth cycle of these two vegetables is relatively short, and she knew that Shao's father had the same concerns as her, but he still chose to give it a try.
Maybe before the next natural disaster comes, they can eat some newly planted Chinese cabbage and lettuce? Eating a few bites of them would be a blessing.
Shao Shengan and Shao Shengfei arrived home at around seven o'clock. Qiao Qingqing was waiting with a lamp in her hand two hundred meters away from the camp. She stood up when she saw a light swaying approaching in front of her. It was only after four or five minutes that she vaguely recognized it.
"Hey sister! Look brother!"
Shao Shengan stopped, took a breath, smiled at the figure in front of him, and then continued to pedal forward. The tricycle was piled with four buckets, which collided with each other and made a clanging sound as the tricycle moved.
Shao Shengan and his crew brought four buckets when they set out, but brought back six. Four were in the car, and two were carried back by Shao Shengfei using a long stick as a shoulder pole.
"Let me pick one up." After they met, Qiao Qingqing stretched out her hand, but Shao Shengfei dodged: "Sister, get out of the way, I can do it!" Then he strode forward.
"It's okay, let big brother carry it. We just took over and he is new to carrying the pole. Let's go home." Shao Shengan said with a smile. He turned off the headlights in front of the car and Qiao Qingqing walked in front to provide lighting for him.
When Shao Shengfei appeared in the camp with a shoulder pole on his shoulder, his mother and the others were surprised. However, Shao Shengfei said he was not tired at all and asked, "I am hungry. Is there anything to eat, Mother Qiao?"
Qiao Songzhi hurriedly said, "Yes, yes! I saved it for you!" and went to serve the rice.
As they were talking, Qiao Qingqing and her husband came back. Shao's father placed the shoulder pole upright in the corner and moved the two buckets of fish to the stove. When he saw the tricycle coming back, he hurried over to help unload the cargo.
"Oh, it's so heavy! Qingqing, don't do it too hard, or you'll twist your hand. Sheng'an, don't do it either, let's go eat!"
Shao Shengfei picked up the bowl and started eating, calling Shao Shengan: "Brother, come and eat!"
"You should go and eat quickly too. We will take care of these." Qiao Songzhi stuffed the bowl into his hands and pushed him to sit down and eat.
While the Shao brothers were having dinner, Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother divided the fish, and Shao's father slaughtered today's fish under candlelight.
Qiao Qingqing sat next to him, propped up her face and looked at Shao Shengan, asking him if his day was going well.
"It went quite smoothly. Although we walked a long way, there were lots of fish and shrimps." Shao Shengan took a sip of watermelon rind water and motioned Qiao Qingqing to look at the green barrel on the left. The two extra green barrels were picked up on the road. They looked like military style, and the words "Made by Ye Shan" were engraved on the bottom of the barrels.
Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother each handled a bucket, sorting out the big fish for Shao's father to slaughter, and sorting the small fish together, intending to use them to fry crispy fish. The other four buckets had not been touched yet, so Qiao Qingqing pulled a stool and sat down to sort them out. Sure enough, the green bucket was full of shrimps, big and small, jumping in the bucket. Fortunately, there was a fishing net piled on top, so they couldn't jump out no matter how hard they jumped.
"Wild fish and shrimp are so fresh that they can jump around even without water in the bucket." Qiao Songzhi said with a smile.
"Oh, there are still crabs here!" Shao's mother exclaimed, "They are just a little small, do you want some?"
"It's too small and has no meat. I'll collect it and chop it up to feed the ducks."
After hearing what Qiao Songzhi said, Shao's mother picked up the little crab and threw it into the small basin. Gradually, there was half a basin full of little crabs.
"Oh, the new fishing ground is great, there are so many fish! I'll go tomorrow too!" Shao's father was very excited, but Shao's mother stopped him immediately, "Your foot hasn't healed yet, and it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. You'd better wait until it heals before going out, otherwise Sheng An Feifei will have to carry you if you run into danger!"
Mr. Shao immediately became dispirited.
Qiao Qingqing looked at the shrimps in the bucket with a smile, thinking of several ways to eat them.
The small ones can be fried with small fish, the big ones can be steamed, stir-fried or pan-fried, or they can be chopped up and made into shrimp dumplings... My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
She returned to the table and asked Shao Shengan how far away the fishing spot was.
"It's only three or four kilometers away from home. In fact, there are fish one kilometer away from the fishing ground, but the numbers are small and sparse. Brother Song San said to keep going, and sure enough, after walking another two kilometers, the fish began to appear in groups, probably because they were away from the influence of the bait in the big camp over there." Shao Shengan gave a brief introduction. He was also concerned about the situation at home, so Qiao Qingqing told him what happened during the day.
After hearing this, Shao Shengan frowned and said, "It looks like he came here to investigate the situation, and left after seeing that our family is not easy to mess with."
"Yeah, I think so too. Who would go to someone else's house and act like a pervert? If they really have lustful intentions, it's normal to do it secretly." Qiao Qingqing also felt that the two men were treating her and her family as fools. Since they wanted to try, she would force them to do it.
"My brother and I won't go out fishing tomorrow. We'll take a day off at home." Shao Sheng'an's eyes were heavy. If those people dared to come again -
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