It was Qiao Qingqing’s first time eating chicken raised at home, and it tasted really good, with tender meat and delicious soup. It was so delicious that she wanted to swallow her tongue.
"If it tastes good, eat more. You've lost weight! Is work tiring?"
Qiao Qingqing shook her head: "It's not very tiring, I just have to walk around and patrol all day. If I encounter people fighting, stealing, cheating, etc., I don't have to worry about it. I only take care of the troubles from above. Occasionally, there are still a few crows that appear to attack, but sometimes I may not see one for several days..."
After dinner, Qiao Qingqing went to wash the dishes. After finishing, she sat in the living room and watched TV absent-mindedly.
Sheng An's workplace is farther away than hers, so he should be home by now, right?
Mother Shao was worried: "Did something happen on the way and delayed him?"
Qiao Qingqing comforted her, "I came back with my colleagues, and Sheng An must have come the same way. Let's wait a little longer. His workplace is quite far away, so he may come back tomorrow. Anyway, we have three days off, so there's no need to rush."
At a certain intersection, Shao Shengan suddenly heard a voice of "Lin Qingqing!" and he slowed down.
Someone behind him called out, "Lin Qingqing!" "Qiao, Qiao Qingqing!"
Shao Shengan finally confirmed that this person was calling him, but perhaps he didn't know his name, so he called Qingqing's name.
He stopped his bike, put one foot on the ground, turned his head to look diagonally behind him where the sound came from, and turned on his other flashlight to shine it over there.
"Who are you?"
A thin figure poked his head out from the alley and looked at him warily: "You are Qiao Qingqing's husband, I remember your face, can you, can you do me a favor, please."
Amid his family's worries, Shao Shengan finally returned.
"It's okay. My colleague invited me to his house. It's a little late. I've eaten at my colleague's house. I'm not hungry." Shao Shengan smiled and greeted his family one by one. Finally, he looked at Qiao Qingqing, and his eyes were full of longing. He opened his arms, and Qiao Qingqing smiled and leaned over, and the two hugged each other.
Shao Shengan, who came home late, was also rushed to take a shower. Qiao Qingqing packed his clothes. All the clothes in his luggage had been washed, but without the sun, there was a smell on the clothes.
She took the clothes out. There was a cloth cabinet in the living room with two ultraviolet lamps in it. The clothes at home were disinfected under the ultraviolet lamps after being dried.
"Qingqing, Sheng An must have encountered something. He smiled in front of us, but looked troubled behind our backs. He didn't tell us because he was afraid that we would worry. You can ask him secretly later." Qiao Songzhi came out with a pot of watermelon rind water and whispered to Qiao Qingqing.
"I know, mom. Don't worry. Is there sugar in the watermelon juice?"
Qiao Songzhi smiled and lined up the cups, pouring water into them: "Yes! I added rock sugar, it's sweet! Feifei, come and drink some watermelon juice!"
Shao Shengfei squatted at the door of the toilet and said loudly: "Wait a minute! I'm waiting for my brother to give me the dirty clothes!"
In the bathroom, Shao Shengan was helpless: "Brother, go play. You don't have to wash my clothes. I'll wash them after I take a shower."
"No, I want to wash it. I am really good at washing clothes now. Brother, please open the door quickly! Brother, please open the door and give me the dirty clothes."
Shao's mother, who was wiping two bicycles, smiled and said, "Sheng An, just give it to him. Your brother likes to do laundry recently."
There was no other choice, so Shao Shengan had to hand over his shirt and pants. Shao Shengfei happily took them, stuffed the clothes into the prepared bucket and began to scrub them.
After Shao Shengan finished taking a shower and changing his underwear, Shao Shengfei also washed and wrung out his clothes, and hung them together with Qiao Qingqing's clothes.
"Watermelon water tastes really good. It's still comfortable at home." Shao Shengan put down the cup and, like Qiao Qingqing, he was concerned about his family's situation over the past month. He felt relieved to know that everything was fine, and asked about Shao's father's situation.
"Your father is doing very well! He said that production has increased this month, and the food in the factory is better than before, and he has gained weight. Here, this is a photo I took." Shao's mother took out her cell phone and showed it to Shao Shengan and Qiao Qingqing.
Shao Shengan also went through the same process that Qiao Qingqing went through when she returned home. She listened to the mothers' questions with a smile, and then listened to her husband's replies, her eyes full of tenderness.
"Okay, Qingqing and Sheng An must be very tired after the journey home, let them rest first. Your beds in the living room have been put away long ago, don't bother taking them out again. You can sleep in my room, and Axia, Feifei and I can just squeeze in." Qiao Songzhi said.
The two men accepted her kindness and slept in the second bedroom that night.
Qiao Qingqing did not ask what Shao Shengan had concealed. The two of them rested comfortably for the night, and their biological clocks made them wake up almost at the same time the next day. Shao Shengan went downstairs to patrol while Qiao Qingqing cooked. After breakfast, Shao Shengan came up with the body of a vulture in his hand.
"It must have been the one making noises at night these past few days. It's so big." Qiao Songzhi sighed and asked what to do. "After your crossbow team was transferred away, there are no more vehicles coming to pick up the bodies. But I have seen people from the crossbow team. They seem to be on mobile patrol and only come every few days."
"It's okay, put it away first, and we'll hand it over to the unit when Qingqing and I go to work." Shao Shengan put the body into a bucket, sealed it, and asked Qiao Qingqing to put it into the space.
After breakfast, Qiao Qingqing went upstairs to pick up eggs with great interest. The chickens were very strong and had a bad temper. Qiao Songzhi handed her a large Coke bottle with a cut section at the mouth, just enough for her to put her hand in, and the bottle body became a shield for her arm.
"Yes, put it on like this, otherwise the hens will peck you and it will hurt." To be on the safe side, Qiao Songzhi also stuffed a towel into the bottle, saying that it would be safer this way. Even if the bottle was pecked by a chicken, the towel could still act as a cushion.
"Mom, you guys have so much experience in picking eggs." Qiao Qingqing's eyes were filled with smiles.
During the operation, Qiao Qingqing felt the ferocity of the hens, again and again. Even through the plastic bottles and towels, she could feel the force and sharpness. She could imagine that without the bottles blocking, even the bones might be pecked through.
The eggs that were picked up were used to illuminate the lamp, and the unfertilized eggs were put into a basket and brought to the kitchen. The fertilized eggs were put together with the previous batch and put away by Qiao Qingqing. Looking at the space full of fertilized eggs neatly stacked, Qiao Qingqing was very satisfied. The fertilized chicken eggs stored before the end of the world have not been consumed, and the fertilized duck eggs stored have not been used. There are new fertilized eggs here. In the future, their family will definitely not lack eggs and meat. This is really a happy thing.
During the three days at home, Shao Shengan killed the old roosters that Shao's mother mentioned. Qiao Qingqing did not put them into the space and ate one every day. She saw that when she and Shengan were not at home, the family never killed chickens. How could this be possible? The weather was hot, and Qiao Qingqing could not keep too much fresh meat. This time she kept a lot of canned meat products in the space, but eating canned meat alone was not enough. She told her mother: "Kill the chickens when they are almost grown, otherwise it will be a waste of feed to keep them. There is no need to wait until we come back from vacation to eat them. Mom, you should be nicer to yourselves and don't treat yourself badly."
"Silly child, we are not mistreating ourselves. Eating eggs is quite nutritious. Not many people eat eggs every two days like us. Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Don't worry!"
Qiao Qingqing felt helpless listening to her mother's obviously perfunctory words.
During this period, Qiao Qingqing asked Shao Shengan if he encountered any difficulties when he returned home that day.
Shao Shengan was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to tell Qiao Qingqing.
"Something related to me?" Qiao Qingqing asked sharply. She suddenly had an idea. "Is it related to Lin Mingyong?"
The thing that made Sheng An feel embarrassed and unwilling to tell her and made her feel bad could only be related to Lin Mingyong.
"How did you guess so accurately?" Shao Sheng'an smiled bitterly. Seeing that Qiao Qingqing had guessed it, he stopped worrying about it and told her everything.
"I met Lin Mingyong's daughter on my way home. She suddenly called your name, so I stopped my bike and shone my flashlight on her, only to see her hiding at the entrance of an alley. She looked miserable, as if she was fleeing. She begged me to take her home, but I refused. Qingqing, when I mentioned asking her to go home, she objected and there was hatred in her eyes. I guess Lin Mingyong might be going to kill her daughter."
Shao Sheng'an disliked Lin Weini, thinking that this girl was vicious despite her young age, but he disliked Lin Mingyong even more. No, he hated Lin Mingyong.
Qiao Qingqing also thought so. Lin Mingyong might have set his sights on Lin Weini. Lin Weini probably didn't want to follow his wishes so she ran away from home.
She studied her husband's expression: "Anything else?"
"...I, I left two potatoes for her -" Shao Sheng'an lowered his eyes, "and a sharp dagger."
Everything is clear now.
Qiao Qingqing looked into his eyes and said, "Do you think we shouldn't abandon her, or do you think we shouldn't leave her with a dagger?"
His wife could always accurately pierce people's minds. Shao Shengan sighed, "The latter." He couldn't bring her back. He left the dagger not just for Lin Weini to use for self-defense. Shao Shengan had done this kind of thing to calculate people's hearts. When he was working in the company, every business negotiation was actually a game between people's hearts. If you want to get more benefits, you have to calculate people's hearts. But Shao Shengan has never used people's hearts to facilitate a murder.
"Don't think too much. If she didn't have that intention, the dagger would only be used for self-defense or to peel apples. If she had that intention, even if she didn't have a dagger, she would find a way to sharpen the chopsticks, which would also be an excellent weapon to pierce the heart."
Qiao Qingqing's ability to see through people's hearts is first-rate, and her ability to comfort people is also excellent, so Shao Shengan's heart is at peace. He couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I am still young and weak." That's why he was so uneasy about such a small matter.
"No, you are the most powerful in my heart."
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