Chapter 168 Why Ask
Lin Qi went to the planting area and got out five baskets of mice in total. The mice had their necks twisted off and were stacked in the baskets. The scene was a bit uncomfortable.
However, people of this era have extraordinary tolerance, and no one even frowned.
"Have you dug all the sweet potatoes?" Lin Qi asked Feng Zhen and others, looking at the bags at their feet, each of which was full.
"We've dug it up. The bags are full, and even our stomachs are full." Feng Zhen smiled embarrassedly. The eyes of the members of the Anliang Brigade almost pierced through them.
"I heard that you only allow the members of your team to dig two sweet potatoes?" Luo An asked. If they dug so many, would it make Lin Qi unhappy?
"They are not as destitute as you are." Lin Qi said calmly.
People present: “…”
Asked a self-deprecating question.
Lin Qi did not leave any food for them. At noon, more than eighty people from the "five black categories" left the Anliang Brigade, carrying the sweet potatoes they had dug and five baskets of rats.
Lu Huazhang came back and looked at Lin Qi, hesitant to speak, with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Yesterday, we delivered a truckload of food to Badong Farm. Your grandfather is fine and in good health." Lin Qi took the initiative to say.
Lu Huazhang breathed a sigh of relief, his shoulders drooping. "I've been worried about grandpa, and I feel relieved when you say this. Lin Qi, just wait, our family has been working hard, and I believe that it won't be long before my grandpa will be able to return. When the time comes, we will definitely repay the favor today."
Lin Qi nodded, "Okay."
Seeing that she agreed so readily, Lu Huazhang smiled, "You are pure, direct, and reliable, Lin Qi. I am very glad to know you."
As soon as Lu Huazhang left, Xu Hexiao grabbed Lin Qi's lips and bit her lips as if as a punishment.
Lin Qi blinked and looked at Xu Hexiao in confusion. Why did he suddenly go crazy?
Xu Hexiao closed his eyes, ignored her doubts, and deepened the kiss. Soon, Lin Qi had no time to think about anything else——
The two kissed for a long time. When they separated, Lin Qi's limbs were soft and her eyes were blurry. Xu Hexiao's big hands held her waist, barely allowing her to stand steady.
"After what happened today, I'm afraid more people will come to you for help tomorrow." Xu Hexiao said.
"I know." She had thought about the consequences when she did this.
"Is there any way to deal with it? If not, we can hide in the mountains." Xu Hexiao said. It is winter now, and the team has nothing else to do. Just tell the team leader.
"We need to hide. But I'll be the only one hiding, and you stay to deal with them." Lin Qi said.
"Okay." Xu Hexiao agreed without thinking.
Lin Qi continued, "I will help the sweet potatoes in those two acres of land to grow every day. For every person who comes to ask for help, you can ask them to dig a sweet potato. But they can only dig one a day, and they can't come every day. They have to come every other day at least."
"This way you will be exposed." Xu Hexiao disagreed.
"She was exposed in the first place. When I was supplying Brother Tan with food continuously, I was exposed." We are not fools. Brother Tan's car drove towards Anliang Brigade every day. Combined with the abnormality of Anliang Brigade's food, it was only a matter of time before she was exposed. It's just that the situation is chaotic now, and everyone doesn't want to get into trouble. It's better to have less trouble than more.
Xu Hexiao's heart tightened and he couldn't help but hug Lin Qi tighter.
"Don't worry. They can't find out anything about such vague things. Just let them do it." Lin Qi didn't care. As long as she didn't show her abilities in front of others, she would deny whatever they said about her.
She only hoped that Mr. Lu would be more powerful and be reinstated as soon as possible, so that she would have someone to rely on.
The next morning, Lin Qi went to the mountains and brought out two sheep.
"I forgot to tell you that I promised the commune that I would send them two sheep." Lin Qi said.
"Have breakfast first. After breakfast, I will go with you to deliver it." Xu Hexiao said.
Lin Qi hummed, "Let's go together."
After breakfast, the two men rode their bicycles, each carrying two sheep, towards the commune.
Unfortunately, when they passed the village entrance, they ran into the team leader who was out for a walk early in the morning.
"Don't you want to explain?" The captain said with a smile.
"We only got two from the mountains." Lin Qi said calmly.
"Didn't you say that all the animals went to the mountains?" the captain asked.
"I went to look for it in the deep mountains." Lin Qi was very calm.
"Can't we get two for the team as well?" The team leader looked directly into Lin Qi's eyes.
"Give it to me if I meet him. If I don't, there's nothing I can do." She is already conspicuous enough now, and she doesn't plan to get prey for the team members in the near future.
"Just hearing you say this is enough. I know you still care about our team in your heart," said the captain.
Lin Qi's mouth twitched. She suspected that the captain was blackmailing her morally.
Is it because of the five baskets of rats yesterday?
The two rode for half an hour to reach the commune.
Seeing Xu Hexiao coming with Lin Qi, everyone in the commune showed an expression of "as expected".
"What is the relationship between you two?" asked the commune leader.
Lin Qi took the sheep off the bicycle with one hand and said slowly, "I told you it's okay but you didn't believe me. If that's the case, why bother asking more questions?"
The leader frowned, "Be more polite when speaking to the leader."
"No problem. Now, please settle the price for me." Lin Qi said.
The leader's mouth twitched, "I feel a little sorry for your captain. You must be a troublemaker and it must be difficult to discipline you."
"I am both red and professional, I have positive thoughts, and I have always been contributing to the collective. It is an honor for our captain to have a team member like me." Lin Qi said seriously.
lead:".........."
The officers present: "........."
I wanted to refute, but Lin Qi was right. Who wouldn't want such a capable team member?
After leaving the commune, Lin Qi and Xu Hexiao took a mountain road.
Not far from the Anliang Brigade, Lin Qi handed the bicycle to Xu Hexiao and said, "I'm going to the planting area. What do you plan to trade with Boss Mo tonight? I'll help you prepare it."
"Boss Mo wants two jars of wine with a higher concentration." Xu Hexiao said.
"A higher concentration? Then get two 50-jin jars of special Lao Baigan?" Lin Qi asked.
"Okay." Xu Hexiao thought for a moment, "I'll go into the mountains to find you this afternoon."
"Pay attention to your back, someone might be following you." Lin Qi reminded.
Xu Hexiao's eyes deepened, "I understand."
When Xu Hexiao returned home, he saw a lot of people gathered outside Lin Qi's house. When they saw Xu Hexiao riding a bicycle with one hand and carrying another bicycle on his shoulder, their eyes were full of disappointment.
Lin Qi didn’t come back?
Hiding from them on purpose?
Xu Hexiao parked the car and swept his dark eyes over the crowd with a hint of pressure. The noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.
"Um, where did Lin Qi go? When will she be back?" someone asked bravely.
"She has something to do. But she guessed that someone would come today, so she told me some things." Xu Hexiao said.
Guess they were coming?
The people present couldn't help but feel their faces getting hot. After all, begging at the door was not so glorious.
"She said you can go to her field to dig sweet potatoes. Each person can only dig one, and you can't come every day. You have to come every other day at least." Xu Hexiao said as he walked towards the two acres of land not far away. "There are limited sweet potatoes and too many people. I hope everyone will consciously abide by the rules. If you can't dig sweet potatoes that day, you can come again the next day."
Just one?
But didn’t those five black categories carry a bag each yesterday?
Xu Hexiao glanced at the expressions on everyone's faces and immediately guessed what they were thinking. He said in a cold tone, "I hope you found this place because you can't survive and you have to come here, not to take advantage. There were only eighty-four people yesterday, but today, there are not just dozens, not even hundreds, but thousands. Lin Qi is willing to contribute sweet potatoes with the intention of saving people. If you are not forced to do so, I hope you don't come!"
Xu Hexiao's words were so powerful that many people present blushed immediately, because they were the ones who had not yet reached the point of being forced to do so.
"Go in, each person can only dig one, and everyone supervises each other."
After Xu Hexiao gave his instructions, he turned around and went back to Lin Qi's house. As soon as he left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Who is he? He looks so scary and majestic."
"His name is Xu Hexiao. He is the eldest grandson of the famous Xu family here. He was later labeled as one of the five black categories. It is said that he is Lin Qi's boyfriend. Now seeing that he can enter and leave Lin Qi's house freely, it must be true."
"An educated youth was dating a man from the "five black categories", and the captain of the Anliang Brigade didn't do anything? No one reported it?"
"Once you understand Lin Qi's position in the Anliang Brigade, you won't say the word 'report' anymore."
"What is her status?"
“Think about whose sweet potatoes you are digging?”
"Uh, Lin Qi's."
"Understand?"
“I don’t quite understand.”
"Wow - what a big sweet potato, it actually weighs more than ten pounds!"
Someone dug out a sweet potato first. Everyone looked at that person with red eyes. There were really more than ten kilograms of sweet potato.
Now, no one talked anymore, and everyone buried their heads in digging.
On this day, just as Xu Hexiao had expected, the number of people who came to Lin Qi was not dozens or hundreds, but more than a thousand.
They left Anliang Brigade, each carrying a sweet potato weighing more than ten pounds, and agreed to come back together the next day.
No one thought about why there were so many sweet potatoes in the two acres of land, no one thought about why the land could grow sweet potatoes continuously, and no one thought about why the sweet potatoes could grow so big...
They didn't think about anything that they couldn't figure out.
I'm almost starving to death, so why would I care about anything else?
If nothing else, at least the sweet potatoes they got were real.
In this way, everyone pretended to be ignorant and did not ask, mention or discuss the matter, fearing that if they said one more word, the sweet potatoes in the field would disappear.
At first, only people from nearby groups came, but later, people from other places that were farther away heard about it and came in groups, some even brought their families with them. After all, the more people who came, the more sweet potatoes they could dig.
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