The next day, three team members gave their responses and all decided to make a deal with Qiao Qingqing, but it would take a few days for them to accumulate more points.
"It's okay, just come to my house and find me when you need me."
Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother fully supported this small business. When they were free from taking care of the chicken coop, they made crossbows at home. Shao Shengfei also played a big role. He was very strong and did things slowly but carefully. He was able to cooperate well with Qiao Songzhi and the others.
"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. Just make a little profit from the price difference, and it will add up to a lot." Qiao Songzhi said with a smile.
"That's right. It's the same as making money. It doesn't matter if you make less. If you save up, you'll have more." Shao's mother carefully sharpened the arrows, happy that the family had one more way to make a living. It's okay to be a little tired. Who doesn't feel tired these days? As long as there is a way to earn supplies, she is willing to be tired.
There was no need to be on duty at night, so Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan also made crossbows together.
At around nine o'clock, Qiao Songzhi urged them to go to bed: "Go to bed early so that you will have energy tomorrow."
"Let's sleep together. You guys don't do it anymore."
"After finishing this——"
Qiao Qingqing shook her head: "Then let's do it together, and sleep together after that."
Qiao Songzhi had no choice but to ask Shao Shengfei to stop cutting the wood strips, as such a bundle would be enough to last for several days.
Shao Shengfei rubbed his hands, still feeling unsatisfied.
Qiao Qingqing took out the hand cream and everyone applied a little to wipe their hands. Shao Shengan took Shao Shengfei's hand and helped him wipe it, praising him for being so capable: "But, this job is not important, big brother, you take your time and get up to play with your toys after a while. I heard from mom that you have been sitting all day. This is not good, you know?"
"But mom and mom Qiao did the same thing." Shao Shengfei was puzzled.
Shao Shengan and Qiao Qingqing looked at Qiao Songzhi and the others at the same time.
Mother Shao waved her hands quickly: "No, no, I'm resting."
"Exactly. Feifei was just joking. He was so focused that he didn't see us when we were taking a break. Don't worry. Tomorrow, tomorrow, we will definitely take Feifei with us when we take a break."
"Mom..." Qiao Qingqing said helplessly, "If you don't listen to my advice, I will take time to come back for a surprise attack when I am on duty tomorrow. If I catch you making crossbows without taking a break, I will collect all the materials."
"Okay, got it!" Qiao Songzhi rubbed his hands quickly to spread the hand cream evenly, then stood up. "Then let's brush our teeth and go to bed. Let's all go to bed." He did not insist on continuing to work.
Three days later, the total points of Qiao Qingqing and her husband exceeded five hundred. Fifty points could be exchanged for a can of meat. This time they decided to exchange for supplies and exchange all their points for canned meat.
"Don't you want to exchange for crossbow arrows? You submitted such a large number of crow carcasses, are there enough crossbow arrows?" asked the clerk.
"Enough." Qiao Qingqing said briefly without further explanation.
The clerk was confused, but still diligently helped them register and exchange supplies.
Carrying a box of canned meat, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan went home happily.
In the following days, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan submitted a large number of crow corpses every day. Once, they met Ye Changtian who came with the corpse transport vehicle to inspect their work. He smiled and said, "I saw your score record. Your Ping'an Community has the best performance. Among the Ping'an Community Crossbow Team, Doctor Qiao submitted the most crows. If there is an evaluation of the best crow killer in the future, Doctor Qiao deserves it."
Qiao Qingqing thought he was joking, but she didn't expect that a month later, the superiors actually made a monthly summary report on crow extermination and gave her an extra bag of rice as a reward for being the best crow exterminator.
"There really is such an award. Thank you."
The award was presented by Ye Changtian, who also brought verbal encouragement from Mayor Luo.
"Keep up the good work in the future. The demand for crows in the feed factory is quite high, and the supply is far from meeting the demand." After thinking about it, Ye Changtian told Qiao Qingqing about the previous list.
"Did you offend anyone?"
Qiao Qingqing was stunned when she heard this, but she soon understood. In life, there are always some things that don't go as others wish, and it is normal to offend people. However, she no longer thought of anyone who could make trouble in the crossbow team recruitment, except Lin Mingyong's family.
Seeing Qiao Qingqing's expression, Ye Changtian knew that Qiao Qingqing really had an enemy.
"Don't worry, as long as I'm in charge of the crossbow team, there will be no problem with your and Sheng An's places."
Shao Shengan thanked him.
"No need to thank me. I hate this kind of treatment. If someone else was treated like this, I would not let it go."
Afterwards, Shao Shengan said to Qiao Qingqing: "I think the reason why you were not admitted to the crossbow team in your previous life might have been because of Lin Weini or Lin Dejun. They are both bad-hearted."
Qiao Qingqing was also angry, but she suppressed her murderous intent and said, "If this happens again, I won't let them live."
The sun rose. Somewhere outside the base, Wang Jiaxin got up early to count the crossbows. After eating a little, she went out to kill crows. She was not afraid of those things. In her eyes, they were all points and supplies. The acid rain destroyed their house. Fortunately, the establishment of the crossbow team gave her an opportunity. She must seize it and save money to buy a house.
Three kilometers away on the street, Zheng Liangying ran over to pick up the body of the crow, pulled out the arrow and threw the crow into the plastic bucket on her back. She looked up, panting. The sunlight was blinding and sweat was dripping from her forehead, but she was too dirty and she didn't dare to reach out to wipe the sweat. She blinked and lowered her head, squatted on the ground to relax and then stood up, but the next moment she started coughing loudly. She coughed for more than ten minutes before stopping. Zheng Liangying felt pain in her chest and a bloody smell in her throat. She was in great pain. She breathed in and out slowly, and her lungs felt a fine pain as if being pricked by a needle. In this situation, she couldn't go on. The sequelae of the fire have been tormenting her for the past few years. She lost her brother in the fire and her own health. The thick fog made her health worse.
After returning home, Zheng Liangying went to find some water to drink, but heard her mother crying in the room.
She sighed and went into the house: "Dad is back?"
Mrs. Zheng looked up and saw her daughter crying even harder: "He doesn't come home for a few days, and he's mean to me when he comes back. I feel so wronged! I've tried so hard to make crossbows, but my speed can't keep up with the number he wants. My hands, my hands are like this, and he doesn't feel sorry for me at all and even calls me lazy..."
Looking at my mother's rough hands, there were many deep scratches on her fingers, revealing the red flesh inside.
In the past, her mother never had to work so hard. Her mother would wear pretty dresses, do her nails and beauty treatments, and her body would be surrounded by fragrance. When she went to parent-teacher meetings, she was the proudest person in the class. She had the most beautiful and fragrant mother.
Zheng Liangying's eyes turned red: "Mom, you are not lazy, you are not lazy at all." In the past few years, their family of three suffered a lot to survive. After leaving that greenhouse-like home, everyone had to work hard. Although her mother couldn't adapt at first, she has done a good job in the past two years - she thought so, but obviously her father felt that it was not enough. Zheng Liangying felt that her father was too heartless. He used to dote on her mother and had been doting on her for more than ten years. Now his mind changed, but he wanted a woman who had been pampered for twenty years to become hardworking and capable overnight. Isn't that a fantasy?
Mrs. Zheng cried in grievance. She could not learn how to use a crossbow and could only make crossbow arrows for her husband and daughter at home. She worked really hard and her hands were sore. However, her husband still said that she was lazy and the crossbow arrows she made were not enough. She felt wronged and very sad.
"Don't cry, mom. It's okay. I'll do it. We'll do it together."
Zheng Liangying went to the bathroom to change clothes first, and suddenly saw something stuck in the wooden board of the bathroom ceiling. She pulled it out and unfolded the rough paper.
Farther away, a child was wearing a wooden barrel and carefully looking out from a small hole dug out in the wall of the bamboo barrel. She saw a strange big bird spread its wings and flew by. She immediately opened the barrel and shouted loudly with a trembling voice: "Hey! Hey! Come here! Stinky bird, come here!" Her face and arms were covered with blood, emitting a fishy smell.
Vultures circled and swooped down upon hearing the sound.
The child quickly got back into the barrel, but the vulture, with its wings spread, was half a meter long and had an amazing momentum, so it pecked through the barrel in one go. The barrel got stuck in the vulture's beak, and at the same time a hemp rope net was thrown over to catch it.
“Go ahead!”
"Kill it!"
Several children as small as clay dolls rushed out from the shed next door. Some were eight or nine years old, some were eleven or twelve years old. Each of them held a stick in his hand and shouted while beating the vulture in the net.
The vulture was no match for the enemy and was quickly killed.
"Sister Yue, this is really strange, I've never seen it before—"
"Don't worry about it, hurry up!" the leading girl said, and everyone practiced to smear mud on the vulture's body, put it in a bucket and took it away. The girl smeared the bloody mud on the child's face and asked, "Are you scared?"
The child's hands were shaking, but his eyes were shining: "I, I'm not afraid! Not afraid!"
The girl smiled and patted her head: "Okay, let's do it again. If we catch one more, we will have enough to eat today."
"good!"
In the distant sky, a vulture was shot down by a bow and arrow. The crossbowmen who chased after it to look for the body only saw a few drops of blood on the ground.
He helplessly shouted to the people around him: "Hey! Forget about taking the prey's body! Give me back the crossbow arrows! They are very expensive!"
The surrounding buildings were silent and no one paid any attention to him. He turned around and left the area dejectedly. When he walked about 50 or 60 meters away, he heard footsteps behind him, and then the sound of something falling to the ground. He looked back and saw a bloody crossbow arrow on the ground. He quickly stepped forward to pick it up and saw the mark of his name on the arrow.
The sound of flapping wings was heard in the sky, and the man quickly stood up and chased after the group of vultures.
Flocks of vultures flew in from outside and rushed towards the human scent. Soon, a large black mass turned into countless small black dots, which attacked different places separately.
The vulture is several times larger than a crow. When it spreads its wings and flies low over the sky, it creates an incredible amount of airflow, with a stronger impact force. It can shake the windows with just one strike, causing many cries of fear to be heard from the houses.
At the gate of a factory, Yu Jingshen, who had just finished his factory tour and visited the workers, got into the car surrounded by bodyguards and returned to the administrative area. He leaned back in his chair to rest tiredly. The driver's face suddenly changed. A large group of black birds swooped down in front of him.
"Mayor, hold on tight!" the driver yelled.
Yu Jingshen opened his eyes and saw through the windshield the terrifying threat that caused the driver to scream in fear. Before he could say anything, the driver had already turned the steering wheel hard and turned the car around in an attempt to avoid the flock of birds.
Bang bang bang!
The vultures hit the car, causing screams from inside the car. The experienced driver avoided the first wave of attacks from the vultures at the critical moment, but the vultures kept chasing it, and after repeated hits, the car crashed through the guardrail of the bridge and rushed into the river.
The surface of the river was stirred up with waves several meters high. The vultures chased down and were drenched in water. After losing the scent of prey, they circled upwards, crying miserably and continuing to look for raw meat.
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