Chapter 183 Leaving
Xu Hexiao took Brother Tan and Director Song to the planting area. According to the average person's walking speed, it would take about three hours. However, Xu Hexiao and the other two were all tall. Xu Hexiao himself was 1.92 meters tall, while Brother Tan and Director Song were 1.80 meters tall. The legs of the three were so long that one step of them was equivalent to two steps of others.
Especially Xu Hexiao and Director Song, both of them were in good physical condition and fast. Brother Tan gritted his teeth and tried hard to keep up, and finally arrived at the thorny shrub belt outside the planting area in two hours.
Brother Tan and Director Song looked at the lush, dense thorns and bushes. Their eyes fell on the long spikes and they frowned. "No way out?"
"The road is here." Xu Hexiao walked towards a stone covered with weeds, grabbed a thorny vine from the side of the stone, and slowly pulled it apart. In front of him appeared a road that was only wide enough for one person to pass. He walked along, pulling away the vines along the way, and finally after walking two meters, a small road appeared in front of him.
The path was winding and they had to pull aside a few vines along the way. After walking for about ten minutes, their eyes suddenly lit up. Wherever they looked, there were abundant fruits filling the house.
They saw corn with three fruits on one stalk, pumpkins as big as buckets, and oranges that bent the branches... There were grains, fruits and vegetables growing everywhere, and wild boars, pheasants, rabbits, goats and other animals eating them at will.
Brother Tan and Director Song felt their hearts throb with pain, "This is such a waste!"
Xu Hexiao, on the other hand, had a numb expression on his face. He had seen it so many times that he was used to it.
Brother Tan made a decision and would bring people to kill the animals that needed to be killed and move those that needed to be moved to other places.
"We will take away sixteen pigs and twenty sheep tomorrow." Xu Hexiao reminded Brother Tan.
"This number is not small." Director Song felt even more heartbroken.
Xu Hexiao glanced at him and said, "What we took away is only a fraction of the total number here. In addition, we will capture three more deer tomorrow."
Director Song waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, you have the final say."
Xu Hexiao snorted coldly. These were all Qiqi's hard work, but now they were going to be given away. He suppressed his anger. No matter how big the house in the capital was, how much money could it be worth? But this planting area was constantly generating benefits. The value of those animals alone was worth at least 200,000, if not 300,000.
Xu Hexiao took them to see the beehives, the bamboo forest where bamboo rats lived, the deer, the big fish in the two-acre pond, and the rice by the pond.
The rice is golden now, and it is time to harvest.
Looking at the sturdy plants and the long, unusually full ears of rice, Brother Tan said, "The rice yield per mu must be over a thousand kilograms, right?"
"Five thousand kilograms." Xu Hexiao said.
Brother Tan gasped.
Director Song's eyes suddenly widened.
The yield per mu is 5,000 kilograms. I guess they heard it right.
"Send people to harvest tomorrow and you will know the weight yourself."
After looking at the rice, Xu Hexiao took them to the cave. The daily necessities in the cave, such as knives, tableware and bedding, had been taken back home by Lin Qi. Now all that was left were food, wine, honey, jujube honey, dried fruits and jams.
Looking at the cave that was packed to the brim, Director Song was amazed and couldn't help but ask, "Is everything here?"
"Yes, it's all here." Xu Hexiao was telling the truth. The wine in the other cave was also moved here. But before moving here, most of it was sold. In the past few days, in addition to two boxes of jewelry and ten golden unicorns, they also received 10,000 yuan and countless bills.
Director Song nodded and said, "I'll have someone take the things here away tonight."
Xu Hexiao did not comment. Since it had been handed over, he would not care about it anymore.
On the other side, Lin Qi was packing her things at home when Jian Tongyi came to her door with a package.
"What is this?" Lin Qi raised her eyebrows.
"Gifts for my nephews and nieces." Jian Yitong said. He went to the supply and marketing cooperative and the black market yesterday and barely bought gifts that he liked.
Lin Qi took the package and asked, "Open it now?"
"Okay." Jane nodded, feeling satisfied with her gift.
Lin Qi opened the package and found four furry cloaks inside. She touched the fur and the fabric of the cloaks and frowned, "This is not cheap."
Jian Yi snorted twice, "I've spent all my savings, what do you think?"
"I paid for it, so it's considered as my purchase." Lin Qi said seriously. The cloak is very good and it's just right for the children to use on the way to the capital.
"Lin Qi, you are looking down on me!" Jian Tongyi was angry.
"I'm just worried that you won't have any money." Lin Qi said innocently.
"That's not the case." Actually, there really was no more. Jane said stubbornly, but she didn't regret it at all. Those children were so cute, they deserved to wear such cute cloaks.
Lin Qi raised her eyebrows, "Really?"
"It couldn't be more true." Jane Tongyi said as he went to tease the four children.
Lin Qi ignored him and continued packing.
Jane Tong teased the child for a while, and then stole a glance at Lin Qi, just a brief glance, restrained yet unbridled.
In the end, he didn't dare to stay any longer and was ready to leave after sitting for a while.
"Wait a minute." Lin Qi called him, took a basket to the study to fill it with oranges, honey and wine, and went to the warehouse to move out a sack of rice, "Take it back and eat."
Jian Tongyi knew that she didn't need these things, so he didn't hesitate, "This backpack weighs over a hundred kilograms, and a sack of rice weighs over a hundred kilograms. Do you think I'm you? I can carry over two hundred kilograms at once."
"You can transport it back by bicycle." Lin Qi said.
"Okay." Jian Yitong went to the corner to get his bicycle. "Just take care of your own business and leave me alone."
"Okay." Lin Qi agreed and continued packing.
Xu Hexiao didn't come back until noon. He was carrying a basket on his back. In the basket were more than a dozen fruit saplings and more than three hundred eggs.
The fruit tree seedlings were to be taken to the capital, and the eggs were for the three old Yis. In addition to the eggs, they had sent a lot of food, chickens and rabbits to the three old Yis over the past few days.
Originally, they wanted to leave Lin Qi's house to Lao Yi and the other two, but considering their status, they didn't give it to them in the end. Lin Qi's house was too good. It was young, had a large yard, and had a well. It was one of the best in Anliang Brigade. Giving it to Lao Yi and the other two would only bring them trouble. In the end, they only left Xu Hexiao's house to the three of them.
Before dawn on the sixth day, Lin Qi went to the planting area to get a batch of meat and piled them in the yard.
"Please trouble you and the other team members to process and pickle them, and then distribute them to everyone in a few days." Lin Qi said to the captain.
The captain nodded and said, "Leave it to me."
At this time, Brother Tan drove the truck over. Xu Hexiao saw the changes on the train at a glance. The bare cargo box before now had a canopy on top.
"I added it specially for you." Brother Tan smiled, obviously very satisfied with his masterpiece, "This way, no matter if it's windy or rainy, you don't have to worry."
Xu Hexiao patted Brother Tan on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your kindness. We really need such a shed."
The co-pilot seat of a truck can only accommodate one person, and the other three have to sit in the cargo bed. Now a canopy has been installed to block the wind and rain, which is very necessary for winter travel.
"It's a pity that iron is too expensive, otherwise I would get one." Brother Tan said.
"That's enough." Put on more clothes and wrap yourself in a blanket, and you won't be afraid of snow.
Everyone helped to move the things into the car.
Lin Qi didn't bring much food, all the food added up to only one sack. But even so, they had a lot of stuff, two bicycles, a few iron and aluminum pots, a few quilts and blankets, clothes for a family of six, and some odds and ends, and finally five deer and a few chickens and rabbits.
The things were packed before daybreak.
Lin Qi got on the bus carrying her four children. The captain, Lao Yi and others looked reluctant to let her go.
"Write back when you arrive," the captain urged.
Lin Qi hummed, "Got it."
"Be careful on the road, many places are not safe." Lao Yi said.
"Don't sleep too deeply at night, be careful of sneak attacks." Old Fu looked worried, as if he was looking at his children who were going on a long journey. After a few years of getting along, he had already regarded Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi as his own children. His own children abandoned him as a father, but Xu Hexiao and Lin Qi had always helped them, the old men, and now that they were leaving, they did not forget to leave them a room full of food and enough money for them to spend for several years.
Not biological children, but very similar to them.
"Take good care of the children and don't let them out of your sight." Lao Bi was worried. These four children were so adorable, he must not let them be stolen.
Under everyone's earnest instructions, the car started and slowly drove away into the distance.
When passing by Jiang Wanwan's house, Lin Qi saw a slender figure in the darkness and saw the uneasiness and loss on the other person's face.
Lin Qi did not analyze the expression on Jiang Wanwan's face or the meaning behind it. She quickly retracted her gaze and let the fourth child lie on her chest, the eldest child lie on her legs, and the third and fourth children were on her left and behind.
The four children clung to Lin Qi, smelling the familiar scent, and soon fell asleep again.
After the children fell asleep, Lin Qi seemed to be infected and fell asleep soon.
Except for some close people, no one knew that Lin Qi and his family had left Anliang Brigade and Yao County.
When it was daybreak, the captain called more than ten people to come and deal with the meat in the yard. When these ten people heard that Lin Qi's family had left for the capital, they stayed where they were.
On the day of the Hundred Days Party, there were two to three thousand people who had gone to the Revolutionary Committee building that day. Only a very small number of people had not gone and were not invited, but had sneaked in.
However, no one pursued the matter at this time because everyone was confused. They didn't expect that they had come up empty-handed and Lin Qi was gone.
Why did you leave?
Everyone felt very sorry. If Lin Qiruo were still alive, they wouldn't have to worry about drought and floods. Although they would go hungry, they would always be able to survive.
But now Lin Qi is gone——
"Lin Qi said that everyone who comes here can get five kilograms of rice, two kilograms of meat and two kilograms of oranges." The team leader said loudly.
"In addition to receiving things, you can also drink sweet syrup and eat sweet dried fruits." The deputy captain added.
When they heard that they could get food, meat, fruit, sugar water and dried fruits, everyone who was immersed in loss suddenly became energetic.
Lin Qi is so nice. She sent them gifts even after they left!
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