Chapter 51 p1
Seeing that Ji Yang liked it, Mother Guo was relieved. “This is a collection of an old friend of Old Guo’s. He had never decided what to make of it, and then the disaster came, and the old master was gone, so it has been kept in the warehouse. I heard that you like jade, so Old Guo went to ask for it early yesterday morning. And these…”
She also revealed the boxes of jewelry that were placed next to it. “These are all jadeite jewelry made by famous masters. We didn’t even take the ones with poor quality.”
Ji Yang looked at them one by one. They were all of top-grade quality.
The Guo family’s sincerity was really high. This mission was really not a loss.
Mother Guo’s tone changed, and she was a little embarrassed. “Before, A-Yao came back and said that you only wanted jade, but the points and supplies we prepared have only been exchanged for two-thirds at most. Why don’t you wait for another two days? I’m afraid there’s not enough time.”
The supplies they had taken out as a bounty, when converted into points, could be exchanged for about a hundred thousand points. They had so much because the supplies they had sent to the White Tiger Base had been returned by the government. But it was really difficult to make a transaction in a short period of time. So many were still exchanged with the help of the government.
Ji Yang withdrew her gaze from the emerald. When she heard that there was still a third left, she was completely shocked. The Guo family was really sincere. But she shook her head. “No, let’s just leave it at that. The remaining one-third, you can give it to the few people you invited last time. They must have been in dire need of points to have agreed to take on the mission. But that Su Hankun’s character is not good. You can’t give it to him.”
This was enough. She had really not expected the Guo family to have spent so much on the bounty. It was beyond her expectations. So, she would just do a good deed for the rest. The main reason was that she didn’t want to endure another day of sharing a room with cockroaches and rats. She couldn’t even rest well!
And the top-grade jade would be more and more difficult to collect in the future. The remaining one-third might still need two or three days. It was not necessary. She couldn’t wrong herself even if she had to wrong her wallet. And the rest of the Guo family’s, plus the Xue family’s, even if they couldn’t max out the pond, it wouldn’t be much different.
She would do a good deed for the rest. She would just slip away. It was estimated that they would not see each other again in the future, and it would not affect her in any way.
“Ah?” Mother Guo was stunned. “Just give it away like this?”
“Yes,” Ji Yang shrugged. “Anyway, I can’t take that much with me.”
Mother Guo was speechless, but she still nodded. “Okay, I’ll tell Old Guo when he comes back.”
Then, Mother Guo went to pack some dog food and dog snacks. Xixi immediately realized what it was and happily went over to wag its tail. Mother Guo couldn’t help but tentatively reach out to pet it.
This big dog looked fierce, but it seemed to be very friendly and didn’t reject her touch at all.
She didn’t stay long. After Ji Yang had arranged the delivery location, she took the current goods and left.
The temperature was the highest at noon. Ji Yang was wearing a large straw hat with cloth on both sides to block the view of the people around her. After she had driven out of the base, she immediately took out a popsicle to eat.
The cold green bean popsicle in her mouth immediately relieved the stuffiness in the air. It was a little too cold. If it were iced green bean soup, it would definitely be more refreshing.
Ji Yang thought of the many green beans she still had in her space. She could try to make some when she got back. These should not be a problem according to the recipe. If she really ruined it, she would just see if Xixi would eat it.
After wandering outside for a while, she stored the jade in her space.
The huge emerald, the energy it brought seemed not small. In addition, with the other jade, the pond directly increased by eight hundred square meters!
It was originally 7350 square meters, and now it had reached 8150 square meters.
It was less than two thousand square meters away from the maximum level!
Ji Yang was in a cheerful mood. She felt that the heat in the air seemed to have dropped a lot. After wandering outside for a while, she felt that it was about time. She took out the jet ski. The assault boat was not put away, but two more rubber boats were added.
It should be enough to fit.
Ji Yang tied these three to the jet ski. Xixi sat on the assault boat. She and Xixi were both wearing full-body raincoats. It could be said that they were fully armed. When they had come before, it had just rained a long and heavy rain, and the water quality was not that terrible. She had also driven slowly.
But now she had to carry two piles of goods, and the weight was not light. The throttle had to be twisted to the maximum. The dirty water that splashed… just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.
Besides her body, her face was also well-protected. It was a little hot, but it was safe.
Then, she drove the jet ski to the north gate of the base. At this time, it was noon, and there were very few people at the north gate. The vendors would also choose to close their stalls and go home at this time. Otherwise, the fish and shrimp they had caught would die and stink in a short while.
Therefore, the two groups of people waiting at the entrance were very obvious.
When Ji Yang saw them, she focused on observing the weight of the supplies that these two groups were carrying and nodded secretly. They were all quite good. Because she had already taken away a wave from the Guo family, there was still a rubber boat of goods. Xue Jianping’s side had a little more, two rubber boats of goods. A portion was packed in valuable packaging, and a portion in the jewelry box was packed in a burlap sack. If you didn’t want the box, the weight would be much less, but if you wanted the box, it would be a bit much.
“Yangyang, are you leaving directly?” Seeing that she was with a dog, Xue Jianping couldn’t help but ask.
Ji Yang nodded. “Yes, it’s getting late. If I don’t leave now, it will be too late.”
Xue Jianping hesitated, but Ji Yang’s attitude was cold, and she was already busy moving with Father Guo. He silently shut up. He himself had also guessed that Ji Yang was really leaving this time, so he had specially asked his wife if she wanted to come along before he came.
He was rejected by his wife.
She seemed to have been in a bad mood since she had seen Ji Yang yesterday. She had been hiding in her room for a whole day and had not come out. She no longer mentioned letting the two children meet. He had reminded her that they might never see each other again in the future, but she had also refused with a complicated expression.
Xue Jianping could only sigh silently.
More than half of the Qiao family had come. Only a few who were not good at asking for leave had not come. They also helped to move. Grandpa and Grandma Qiao looked at Ji Yang, very reluctant to part with her. In the end, they could only give a few more instructions, telling her to be careful and not to foolishly believe others, and to do less risky things, and to hoard more grain.
Soon, the Guo family had finished moving. Xue Jianping also went over to move his side and also asked, “I still have a third left that I haven’t exchanged. I heard that you let them be divided among those three people. Should I also divide my side among them?”
Ji Yang shook her head. “No need. That much should be enough. If you really want to give it away, then give it to the government.”
Xue Jianping was slightly stunned and then said with a smile, “Okay.”
After the things were moved, Ji Yang’s three cargo carriers were almost full, so they could only be tied with ropes and stacked a little higher, which was also manageable.
After everything was done, she tied Xixi to her chest, checked that the human and the dog were all wrapped up tightly and would not be splashed by the accumulated water, and only then did she wave at them. “Grandpa, Grandma, go back early.”
“Hey, you be careful on the road too,” Grandpa and Grandma Qiao also waved with a smile.
Ji Yang withdrew her hand, twisted the throttle, and the jet ski let out two “woo woo” sounds, and immediately galloped on the water surface, quickly moving away from Hu City.
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Hu City
Wu Miaoyan looked at her mother, who was a little weaker than yesterday, and her face was ugly.
She and her mother depended on each other. Their life was very bad when she was a child. This situation only improved a little after Wu Miaoyan had gone to university. Later, she had worked part-time in a water park and had discovered her talent. It seemed that she was naturally good at swimming and holding her breath.
Later, she had tried to learn to dive. The coach had even said that she had a good talent. After she had finished learning, she had been directly hired as an assistant. Later, step by step, she had become a coach, and the mother and daughter had only then lived a few good years.
She finally had the money to learn some hobbies.
Since she was a child, because her father liked to get drunk and beat people, she had always wanted to learn martial arts. Later, fortunately, her father had died in a car accident after drinking. She didn’t have to worry about being afraid, and her desire to learn martial arts had never faded. With money, she was the first to sign up for martial arts.
But when the disaster came, Wu Miaoyan’s life had once again fallen to the bottom overnight. What made her even more sad was that her mother had happened to have an infected wound from touching the dirty water at this time.
She had spent all her savings, but she still couldn’t support her mother’s treatment.
It just so happened that at this time, she had received news that there was a mission that could earn a large amount of points. It was to dive in the dirty water. She had agreed without a second word, but she had not expected to not get the mission.
None of the other jobs could earn so many points.
Wu Miaoyan was desperate.
The natural disaster was too terrible. She could only watch her mother die.
At this time, the walkie-talkie rang. It was the official who had told her about the mission before. “Come to the office. Miss Ji said before she left that the remaining unpaid reward should be divided equally among the three of you. It’s about ten thousand points. Of course, you can also choose supplies.”
Wu Miaoyan’s eyes widened. She couldn’t believe what she had heard.
Ten thousand points!
No, the three of them would be thirty thousand. She had gotten ten thousand for free. You had to know that she was now working hard to get supplies, and occasionally she would go on a mission, and she could only earn two or three thousand a month.
The unexpected joy came a little too suddenly. She couldn’t even react. It was a long while before she screamed, “Okay, I’ll be right there!!!”
In the hospital ward of the base
There were many sick people, and the wards were severely scarce.
The Xue Yuanyang and Guo Yao families could only get a four-person room.
It was quite unexpected. A total of three people had been rescued, so when they were sent to the hospital, the three of them had entered one ward. Two had severed fingers and were infected with a fever, and one had a broken leg. Overall, they were of a similar type.
At noon every day, someone would come to deliver food.
Xue Yuanyang sympathized with his fellow sufferers and specially asked his family to bring an extra portion so that the person could also have something to eat.
Today, the food delivery was delayed by an hour.
By the time it was delivered, it was already past one in the afternoon.
The one who delivered the food was a little girl from the Qiao family. The adults were either at work or had their own business. The two old people were old and couldn’t walk around much, so she could only come.
Mother Guo also happened to be at this time. The two of them met and delivered it together. The little girl then said, “My cousin just left. Grandpa and Grandma and the others all went to see her off. They just came back to eat, so they’re late.”
“She’s gone?!” Xue Yuanyang and Guo Yao asked at the same time.
Guo Yao was anxious. “Mom, is she really gone? I haven’t even repaid her kindness yet!”
Mother Guo patted his head in annoyance. “Repay her kindness? How can you repay her? It’s still your parents who have to repay her.”
Guo Yao was hit and his head cleared. He was abashed again. “That’s true. It’s just that she left too quickly. I was still thinking of treating her to a meal.”
“She’s capable, so she must be busy,” Mother Guo didn’t even look up and told him to eat. “Alright, just rest well. Don’t cause any more trouble.”
Fortunately, he had come back alive. Fortunately, there was a Ji Yang. Fortunately, the government had stepped in to help them get back the portion they had given away. Only then could they take out a hundred thousand points as a reward and not be unable to get by. Now, she was too lazy to push her son to get married. As long as he was safe and sound, it was a blessing.
Xue Yuanyang had actually wanted to ask this question, but Guo Yao had beaten him to it. Hearing this, he sighed faintly. That was true. She was so formidable, so she must be very busy. It was useless to ask. Anyway, after this, he was sure that Ji Yang was not interested in him, and his stepmother’s idea could not be realized.
At this time, the young man who had been in trouble with them on the opposite bed suddenly spoke, “Where did she go?”
Xue Yuanyang’s tone was listless. “Changnan Base. She’s from there. She just came here for something to do.”
The young man’s eyes flickered. “Thank you, I know.”
Seeing him take the initiative to talk, Xue Yuanyang also became interested and asked curiously, “Hey, how did you get caught?”
The young man said with a blank expression, “I do scientific research. It just so happened that I had something they needed, so they caught me. When they were catching me, all my research data was destroyed by them. They still let me continue to do this thing, but without materials and tools, a group of illiterates got me a pile of beakers and reagents and asked me to do it. Seeing that I didn’t do it, they thought I was deliberately delaying and broke my leg…”
The others: “???”
The young man’s lips twitched. “Isn’t it ridiculous? I think so too.”
However, one had to believe that there were all kinds of strange things in the world.
He had thought he was going to die, but who would have thought that things would take a turn for the better? The young man silently noted down the two keywords: Changnan Base and Ji Yang.
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