"Hey, it's Xiao Song. Is he going to deliver something to your Aunt Liang again?"
"Well! Good morning, Auntie Zhou!" Song Xuejin was walking down the street carrying a bunch of things. Seeing his neighbor greeting him, he smiled and replied, "Yes, Auntie Liang asked me to finish these chores for him early."
"Okay, okay, good boy, go ahead." Aunt Zhou from next door smiled brightly and kept saying, "This child is really good. He even knows how to help adults with more work."
Student Xiao Song felt a little embarrassed after receiving a compliment from his neighbor.
He is now a frequent visitor in the community. Because he is close to Lu Qin's family, he sometimes even lives in Lu Qin's house. Therefore, all the neighbors know that Lu Qin's family has a new child. Some people even spread rumors that the child is Lu Qin's illegitimate child.
This made Liang Shuyu laugh and cry.
It's too strange to say that such a young boy is Lu Qin's.
But no one with a discerning eye suspected anything.
Xiao Song hangs around the community every day. Since he is still a child, he often helps Liang Shuyu with work and runs around outside. No one cares about his specific whereabouts.
The end of the world has come, and it is not uncommon to see children running around outside, bartering for things, or simply helping to sweep the snow and clean the house to earn some pocket money.
Xiao Song walked along the street, greeting his neighbors one by one. However, he was still thinking about the task Lu Qin had assigned him.
Lu Qin asked him to stay at the foot of the mountain for a few more days to find out what the Liu family was doing.
Lu Qin was baffled. She knew that those who could afford to indulge in meat these days were wealthy, and they also understood the principle of not showing off their wealth. So, eating meat behind closed doors wasn't a big deal. But considering the Liu family's high-profile approach, having even thrown a grand wedding banquet when marrying Lu Qi, why would they worry about others seeing them eating meat every day? Confused, Lu Qin asked Xiao Song to check where they bought their meat.
She had always felt that since the Liu family ate meat every day, it would eventually run out. Furthermore, it was unlikely that this amount of fresh meat could be stockpiled before the apocalypse.
Then they must have a source of meat, so Lu Qin concluded that the Liu family must have a fixed source of meat. She planned to send Xiao Song to keep an eye on the Liu family and see where they bought the meat from.
He always felt that if he could find the source, the problem would be easily solved.
…
That night, Xiao Song had dinner early and went to bed.
He slept at Lu Qin's house. Liang Shuyu simply decorated the small room for him and gave him a small heater, so he slept soundly.
However, not long after he fell asleep, Song Xuejin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the watch Lu Qin gave him.
It was a little after 2 a.m., the coldest time of the day.
But he had no resistance at all. He got up quietly, put on his clothes and sneaked out.
Sister Lu told him that if there was nothing unusual at the Liu family during the day, then the abnormality must be at night.
He had been squatting like this for several nights, but the lights in the Liu family were completely dark at night, and he couldn't see any flaws at all.
However, Xiao Song is not a child who gives up easily. This is his sixth day staying at Liu's house.
The cold wind whistled in the night, covering up the crunching sound of his footsteps on the snow.
He rubbed his hands gently to warm himself up.
The watch hands had passed 3 o'clock. He hid behind a holly tree that had long been frozen to death not far from the Liu family's house, observing the movements of the Liu family from afar.
But the Liu family was still peaceful. Xiao Song yawned and prepared to close his eyes and rest for a while.
Suddenly, a rustling sound woke him up.
Xiao Song was surprised and immediately woke up from his nap, staring in the direction of the Liu family.
Sure enough, one or two faint flickering lights appeared in the darkness. It seemed that two figures emerged from the Liu family's direction.
Song Xuejin widened his eyes, trying to see clearly what was going on. He felt that Sister Lu was simply a divine prophecy. There really was something wrong with this Song family. Otherwise, why would they not sleep and hang around outside in the middle of the night?
With excitement, he tried hard to check with his big eyes with 5.3 vision.
…
At the door of Liu's house.
Liu Zifeng looked around secretly. It was so quiet that he could hear a pin drop.
He breathed a sigh of relief. It was a snowstorm day. Although the snow had not been heavy recently, there were always snowflakes floating in the middle of the night. The temperature was very low, sometimes even as low as minus 40 or 50 degrees Celsius.
On this day, no one would come out in the middle of the night to suffer the severe cold.
Liu Zifeng called the figure in the dark to come forward.
"Boss, this is today's fresh goods! A total of about 20 kilograms, take a look..." Two dark shadows gradually approached the Liu family villa. With the help of a little dim light, Xiao Song finally saw clearly that they were two young men, one tall and one short, who were bending over and approaching the Liu family villa.
The short man was dragging a bag of something heavy on his back. He ran up and took the bag off.
"Stop talking fucking nonsense! When have I ever neglected you guys? What's going on this time? Where's what I want? Do you have it?" Liu Zifeng seemed a little irritable and started to say some unpleasant words.
"Yes, yes, yes. Boss Liu, what else can we do without? We guarantee they're all fresh, picked up from outside the slums, clean and disease-free! Feel free to use them." The tall young man clearly knew Liu Zifeng's personality and said with a flattering smile, "We've worked together so many times, so I should have some credibility with you, Boss?"
After hearing this, the short young man chuckled twice and strongly recommended the sack in his hand.
Liu Zifeng's mood softened slightly after hearing this. He looked inside the sack on the young man's back and seemed very satisfied with what he had found today. There was a hint of excitement in his voice. "I'll have your boss come to settle the bill tomorrow."
"No way, Boss Liu, can't it be done tonight? Let's take advantage of the darkness. My brother Shorty Fang and I can finish it in three minutes. Please don't..." The tall man was a little dissatisfied with what Liu Zifeng said and retorted.
"Are you afraid that I will punish you? Who is responsible for making a noise in the middle of the night? Didn't your boss always treat the money as normal business transactions during the day? Why did you change your mind?" Liu Zifeng scolded angrily, but was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so he deliberately lowered his voice, which sounded quite weird.
"Hey, Boss Liu, it's not that, we're just being bosses. Look, we two brothers braved such strong winds to deliver the goods to you at night, so shouldn't we get some commission?"
After hearing what they said, Liu Zifeng immediately understood their intentions. He turned around and went back. After a while, he came out with another bag of things on his back. He threw it on the ground with a "plop" sound without looking back: "Take it! Nosy! Remember to remove the footprints, don't let anyone find them!"
"Okay! Thank you, boss! Don't you trust us two brothers to do our work? We always do it beautifully and cleanly!"
The two men looked at each other happily when they saw the real thing, and then they carried their things and walked towards a secluded direction. They did not forget to erase the footprints left on the ground.
But it’s okay. It’s around three or four o’clock now, and there are still two hours before dawn. After two hours of snow, the footprints disappeared early in the morning.
Song Xuejin heard it all clearly from behind the tree and was somewhat shocked. What on earth could have made the Liu family brave the cold wind and trade in the middle of the night?
He listened to the sound of Liu Zifeng closing the door, and after confirming that no one was entering or leaving the Liu family, he hid for more than half an hour before carefully coming out of his hiding place. When he came out, he was frozen stiff, but his heart was excited.
For a week, he almost lost confidence in squatting, but unexpectedly, he made a breakthrough tonight.
He has to tell Sister Lu.
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