In a certain neighborhood, Lin Weini hadn't fallen asleep yet. In fact, she had just come back from outside, and her clothes and hair were still stained with the smell of cigarettes and alcohol. She didn't turn on the light after she came in. After carefully washing up, she opened the second bedroom, but saw that the quilt inside was flat, and it was obvious that her brother hadn't come back yet. She frowned, and no longer moved carefully, and stepped back to her room with her shoes off.
Her father is still working overtime, and her grandparents who have always been critical of her died in acid rain. Now she is not afraid of disturbing anyone even if she speaks louder.
Lin Weini sat on the bed, her clean-cut face looking cold and decadent in the darkness.
She was so tired, too tired. After her mother passed away, she felt like she had lost her support. She still had her father, so why did she feel so insecure? When her mother was around, even though her father was always busy with his career, she didn't think there was anything wrong with the family, and she didn't think much about why her mother, who was also busy with work, never lacked her motherly love and care. It was not until her mother passed away suddenly that she realized that her life had changed dramatically. This change was not the change in life, materials, and environment in the past few years since the natural disaster, but another kind of change that made her feel creepy but unable to express it.
This home seemed to have suddenly become cold.
The younger brother always loved to play, but with the discipline of his mother, he was usually well-behaved. But after losing his mother, the younger brother was sad at first, but then he seemed to have discovered a new world and became more and more indulgent every day. Grandpa and grandma had always spoiled the younger brother, and since then, it has become even worse. Her discipline was completely ineffective, and she even saw disgust on the faces of the grandpa and grandma - disgust? At that moment, she was struck by lightning.
The father was often not at home, and when he came home, he looked gloomy and tired. He would only scold the younger brother who got into trouble, which made him even more rebellious. Then he would scold her for not disciplining her brother as a sister, and for being unfilial to her grandparents, etc. Then he would push the bowl away and go back to his room to sleep.
It was so strange, everything was so strange. Lin Weini was unprepared for this and could not adapt. When her grandparents disappeared in the acid rain while taking a walk, the pain of being despised was still deeply engraved in her heart.
It was not until two years later that she gradually saw and understood how important her mother played in this family, or how important she was to her.
But it was too late, and everything was irreversible. Lin Weini could only plan for herself. She continued to work hard along the route her mother had planned for her, but she felt a little resentful in her heart and wanted to cling to more powerful men. She felt that the ones her mother had chosen before were still not enough.
Although the goal has not yet been achieved, she has gained some results after two years of hard work.
At least, if she wanted to trip up her cheap sister a little to have some fun and relax, she could still do it.
This is what Lin Weini thought and did. She never thought she would fail!
Thinking of the news she heard when she was dating one of the backup guys tonight, Lin Weini pulled the sheets hard, her pretty face twisted in resentment in the darkness.
"Nini, I really asked my cousin to cross out her and her husband's names. I don't know why they were still on the final list. Don't be angry!"
idiot!
Lin Weini was angry, but she still had to coax this idiot. She felt that she was no different from an idiot because she was coaxing an idiot. She was very angry.
After thinking for a long time, Lin Weini still didn't know what the problem was. She felt aggrieved after being depressed, and she shed tears because of the grievance. She just wanted to make herself happy. Her life was already so hard, and such a small wish could not come true. If her mother was here...
Qiao Qingqing was completely unaware of Lin Weini's tears in the dark. Survival was difficult these days, and destroying someone's livelihood was equivalent to murder. If Qiao Qingqing knew that Lin Weini was taking out her frustrations on her, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, she would definitely not let her off easily. She would inevitably find an opportunity to ambush her, put a sack on her and slap her a few times in response, and then kill her to eliminate future troubles - the influence of the neighbors who came to cause trouble before, the combined influence of the whole family was not even one percent of Lin Weini's, and she would not leave such a source that could pry open powerful people to do bad things to her.
Unlike Lin Weini who was trapped in self-pity and unable to sleep all night, Qiao Qingqing slept very well that night. She woke up naturally before dawn the next morning. She got up first to wash and make breakfast, and then Shao Shengan also got up. The two of them had breakfast first, leaving three breakfasts covered with vegetable covers.
"Are you ready?" Qiao Qingqing asked. The two of them had already put on protective clothing and were ready to go out on duty.
Shao Shengan nodded, and the two of them opened the door and went out.
There were a few crows in the corridor. After smelling the human flesh, they gave up attacking the gate and flew towards them instead. Qiao Qingqing stared at the front, and shot an arrow before the crow flew over, killing it. Then they killed three more of them, and everyone got something. They threw the crow bodies into the sack.
The two continued to go downstairs. When they walked out of the corridor of Building 20, another small group of crows swooped down. The two cooperated to kill them all, and then began patrolling. During this time, they met ten other colleagues and greeted each other. This was the first day of work, and everyone was full of fighting spirit. The more crows they killed, the higher the points, and the more things they could exchange for. Everyone would calculate this account.
Twelve people guarded 30 buildings in Ping'an Community, and they were able to cope with the situation on the first day. In the evening, the car carrying the crow's body stopped at the entrance of the community. Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan carried two large buckets over, counted them, and handed them over, earning two good points.
"What will happen to these bodies?" Shao Shengan asked.
The officer who was loading the crow carcasses wiped his sweat and said casually, "I heard they are going to be used as feed. After all, it is meat, so we can't waste it."
The teammates' faces suddenly changed.
The man laughed: "What are you afraid of! It won't be eaten by humans. The feed it makes should be supplied to chicken farms or pig farms. Don't worry!"
The teammate touched his nose awkwardly.
"Okay, registration is done. Do you want crossbow arrows? One point for one arrow. Your crossbows should be in good condition, right? They are quite expensive, one crossbow costs one hundred points. You'd better protect them well, otherwise your work will be in vain."
There are two trucks, one for collecting prey carcasses, and the other for supplying bows and arrows to the crossbow team and exchanging points for supplies. When Qiao Qingqing and her team took office, they were only assigned one set of equipment, a crossbow and 20 arrows. If they needed to replenish it later, they had to buy it themselves with their points.
The top management spared no effort to inspire the crossbow team members to work hard and make progress.
Qiao Qingqing nodded: "We don't need it, what about you?"
The ten team members hesitated for a moment, and eight of them decided to exchange for ten more arrows. All twenty arrows had been used up, and although the arrows were pulled out when picking up the corpses, there was still some loss, so replenishing the bows and arrows in advance would not delay the work. After exchanging the bows and arrows, they also used up all the remaining points and exchanged them for some food.
After watching the delivery truck leave, Qiao Qingqing smiled and said to her teammates: "I have a deal to discuss with you. Would you like to listen?"
"Captain, what's the business?"
"The price of the equipment vehicle is one point for one arrow, and ten points can be exchanged for one kilogram of rice. I have a way to make my own crossbow arrows. One kilogram of rice can be exchanged for twelve crossbow arrows. Do you want to make this deal?"
"Can you make your own crossbow arrows? Is the quality good enough?"
"This is the finished product, take a look for yourself."
Shao Shengan took off the quiver for them to check, and introduced it: "The quality is not as good as the crossbows made in the army, but it is definitely of qualified quality. You can try it."
"Well, can I try one? I'll give you an answer tomorrow!"
"Can."
"Then I'll take one too..."
When going upstairs, Qiao Qingqing found that the window in the corridor on the second floor had been repaired. The crows in the corridor came in from here in the morning.
"It should have been repaired by the residents on this floor, but it doesn't seem very solid. I'll bring down some wood to reinforce it later." said Shao Shengan.
After returning home, the two went to the bathroom on the seventh floor to change clothes, wash and disinfect.
"Two more chickens died." Qiao Qingqing checked the chicks and took out two dead bodies.
Shao Shengan fed the other chickens. There were also chickens in the kitchen on the seventh floor. Qiao Qingqing took the dead chickens to the sixth floor to deal with them, putting one in the storage space and using the other as a snack.
"Oh, what a pity! How come two more chickens died? At least 20 chickens have died recently. If we raise them a little longer, they will almost lay eggs. Sigh!" Mother Shao said distressedly, "I'll take care of it. You can go and have a rest!"
He snatched it away and asked Qiao Qingqing to sit in the living room for a while, "We'll be able to eat soon!"
"Your mother-in-law and I will do it. You can go and sit down."
There was no choice but for Qiao Qingqing to go back to the living room and sit down to watch Shao Shengfei loosen the soil in the vegetable pots.
The first day of work went smoothly, and Qiao Songzhi and the others felt relieved to see them return safely.
In the kitchen, Shao's mother warned loudly: "Wear protective clothing. Crows are very dirty and you might get sick if you get dirty."
"Don't worry, mom. Sheng An and I will be careful."
After a while, Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother packed up the two chickens and asked Qiao Qingqing to come and collect them.
There was one left, and Qiao Songzhi asked, "What are you going to do with this chicken? Stew it in soup or make braised chicken?"
"Mom, just decide. It will taste good no matter how you cook it."
"Why don't we just put them away first? Too many chickens have died in the past few days, and I really don't have an appetite to eat them."
Qiao Qingqing put away the two chickens and took out the beef, "Then let's cook the beef."
Dinner consisted of golden beef soup and curry beef stew with potatoes, as well as scrambled eggs and tomatoes made from home-grown tomatoes.
After dinner, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan went downstairs to digest the food and patrolled the entire Ping'an community.
The more crows you kill, the more points you get, and the richer the bonuses you can redeem. This is a good opportunity to make money with a clear price tag. How could Qiao Qingqing miss it?
Before going to bed, they killed a dozen crows.
When it was time to go to bed at night, Qiao Qingqing dreamed that she was always successful in her hunting and became rich by killing crows. She almost woke up laughing with joy.
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