Chapter 21 p2
Ji Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry and put it on. Actually, she hadn’t planned on taking the little dog. It was great when the little dog pulled the cart, but with an extra two hundred jin of fruit, making it pull the cart would be abuse.
She planned to find a place to take out her snowmobile. If she drove the motorcycle, the little dog would have no place to sit. The space would be taken up by the fruit.
But since the little dog was so diligent, she would let it pull. At worst… she would let it run alongside the motorcycle.
She still went out fully armed with a hiking backpack. Just as she opened the door, the Li family of three also happened to be going out. Seeing her, Li Yi immediately smiled and greeted her.
Ji Yang nodded and went downstairs quickly.
Passing by the eleventh floor, she glanced inside. Jiang Jing was also just going out. She had her child strapped to her chest, wrapped up very tightly. She was holding a Tang sword in her right hand and carrying a bag on her back.
It was a heartbreaking sight.
But Jiang Jing’s expression was indifferent, with a faint hint of killing intent, as if she had been reborn from the fire and didn’t care about her difficult situation at all.
However, when she saw Ji Yang, she subconsciously showed a smile. “Miss Ji.”
There was an inexplicable hint of respect in her voice.
A trace of surprise flashed in Ji Yang’s eyes. It seemed she hadn’t expected her to bring her daughter out. But the two were not familiar, so she just nodded as usual and went downstairs quickly.
Jiang Jing also smiled and went down slowly. It was very difficult, and she was also wronging her daughter, but the door of her house was not as strong as Ji Yang’s. If it were hit with a hammer a few times, it could be opened.
If her daughter were to stay at home alone, not to mention what would happen if the charcoal basin suddenly went out, just the thought of someone breaking in was unbearable for her.
She would rather her daughter die with her.
Because she was carrying her daughter, Jiang Jing did not walk fast and was soon overtaken by the Li family. The Li family had gone out to look for supplies yesterday. When they came back, they found that the corridor of the eleventh floor was full of bloodstains and realized that something was wrong.
Mrs. Li had asked someone and found out some of the situation.
Just at this moment, seeing Jiang Jing like this, she felt both sympathy and admiration. Li Yi knew very well that if she had encountered such a thing, she would definitely not have been able to be so strong so quickly.
Not to mention going out to look for supplies with a daughter who was less than a year old.
The cold wind outside was biting. Just as they reached the bottom of the corridor, the baby started to cry uncomfortably. Jiang Jing looked at her daughter. No matter how much she was wrapped up, the cold was still everywhere, and she couldn’t bear it.
But Jiang Jing still didn’t stop.
Instead, it was Li Yi who couldn’t stand it and ran over to shout, “Wait!”
Jiang Jing immediately gripped the Tang sword in her hand and looked at her warily.
Li Yi didn’t dare to go over, but her eyes lit up when she saw the Tang sword. “Did Ji Yang give it to you?”
Jiang Jing’s expression relaxed a little. “Yes.”
Li Yi secretly thought that Ji Yang was really cold on the outside and warm on the inside. Her smile became even brighter. “That… I wanted to say that if it’s not convenient for you to leave your child at home, you can leave her at my place. My grandparents are always at home. Of course, it’s not free. Three jin of grain a month, how about it?”
At this time, if she said it was free, people would definitely not believe it.
Sure enough, when she said she would charge, Jiang Jing’s eyes moved, and she finally showed a hint of life.
Li Yi said with a bitter face, “My family has many people, so we have to get more grain. Don’t worry, I have two old people at home, they will definitely take good care of her.”
It just so happened that her grandparents didn’t dare to go out recently and had nothing to do. Without water, electricity, gas, and not much food to cook, it was a good idea to find something for them to do.
To prevent them from looking haggard.
Jiang Jing was indeed not very convinced, but this family had weaknesses, and she actually knew about the household across from Ji Yang. In this situation, she naturally had to know as much as possible. They had not participated in the alliance and only paid protection fees every month. Relatively speaking, they were indeed someone she could cooperate with a little.
“Okay…” she nodded, her voice still hoarse, with a hint of a sob.
Li Yi immediately smiled. “Okay, then let’s go back and put the child down first. We can also collect supplies together. There is strength in numbers.”
Jiang Jing turned her head and quickly wiped the moisture from the corner of her eye.
At the most desperate time, she had met kind people one after another. In fact, this world was not that bad.
She couldn’t bear to let her daughter die with her.
What if she and her daughter survived the disaster?
—
Ji Yang had Xixi pull her to a remote place.
Then, she found a hidden corner and quickly changed her equipment. She tied three burlap sacks of fruit to the snowmobile and then discussed with Xixi, “Do you want to run, or do you want to run?”
“Woof!” Xixi made its choice and happily ran out.
Very good.
Ji Yang started the motorcycle. After a roaring sound, a burst of snow splashed up, and it quickly rushed out. Xixi immediately followed.
Worried about tiring the dog, she didn’t drive very fast, only at a speed of forty yards.
After about twenty minutes, she reached her destination.
In the middle, she encountered several people who coveted her dog meat and supplies, but they couldn’t catch up to the human and the dog and were left far behind, trying to throw stones in frustration.
Of course, not a single one hit.
Ji Yang had come early, so there were few people setting up stalls at this time. Noon was the busiest time because the temperature was the highest.
But as long as there were people, it was fine.
Ji Yang found a stall owner and asked about Luo Laosan. The stall owner immediately asked someone else to watch his stall and went to find him. While waiting, Ji Yang also took a fancy to a few jade jewelry and bought them with potatoes from her hiking backpack.
Potatoes were really a good thing for trading. They had a high yield and were resistant to storage. When she had more land in her space in the future, she must plant more.
Just as she finished buying, Luo Laosan came over with a smile. “Sister, sister! Here!”
Ji Yang pointed to her snowmobile and the little dog watching the things next to the motorcycle. “Come here.”
“Alright.” Luo Laosan bounced the package in his arms and trotted over. When he saw the snowmobile, his eyes lit up. “Sister, you’re amazing. You even got this.”
Ji Yang pretended to be proud. “Of course, I have a lot of good things.”
Luo Laosan nodded as if it were a matter of course and handed over the package. “Here, boss, take a look. So many. Before the snow disaster, these were worth several hundred million!”
Ji Yang was not polite and inspected the goods very carefully. When she opened the package, there were various jadeite ornaments inside: jade bracelets, jade pendants, jade pendants, earrings, necklaces, rings, thumb rings, etc., all piled together.
The bag was also a famous brand from before the disaster, worth four or five hundred thousand.
But now, being placed together like this, Ji Yang felt that it looked a bit like selling vegetables.
She took out the jade one by one and touched them. The quality was indeed not bad. Of course, it was still not comparable to the raw stones she had directly taken from Myanmar back then.
The conditions were limited. The jade that could be obtained here were all made into jewelry. Not to mention that the volume was smaller, the price had also risen.
This had already met Ji Yang’s expectations.
Luo Laosan had not cheated her by giving her some ordinary goods to fool her.
Ji Yang put them directly in her bag. When the heavy jade was put in, she could feel the weight on her shoulder. Luo Laosan, seeing this, immediately rubbed his hands and happily went to move the fruit.
Just as he touched it, a pair of dog paws appeared.
He was so scared that he quickly retreated. “Hey, hey, hey, your owner told me to move it!”
Xixi bared its teeth fiercely. “Roar—”
It’s all my owner’s!
Ji Yang quickly pulled Xixi away. “It’s okay, it’s okay, it’s for him.”
Xixi let out a reluctant “awoo,” rubbed its head against her thigh, and fell silent. Luo Laosan quickly got to work and even called for people to come and help. He untied the three burlap sacks of heavy frozen fruit and checked them.
At this sight, he grinned happily. “They’re all good things, not bad, not bad! If you have such goods in the future, come to me. My goods will definitely be better!”
Of course.
The disaster was getting worse day by day, and the price of these things that couldn’t be eaten or drunk was getting lower day by day.
Ji Yang readily nodded and then said, “Give me back the burlap sacks.”
Luo Laosan: …
Rich people were indeed rich people. They even remembered such small things. She deserved to make money.
He quickly called for people to pack the fruit in boxes and returned the burlap sacks to Ji Yang.
After the transaction was over, more people began to set up stalls. Ji Yang went to the individual vendors’ stalls to see. This time, she found much less than yesterday, and the quality was not very good.
Having just received a batch of high-quality goods, Ji Yang also looked down on these. Just as she was about to leave, another vendor came over, put down the things in his hand, and opened the thick cloth, revealing the white, soft, but exceptionally thin—rabbits?
Ji Yang: !
Oh, right!
My ranch is still missing rabbits!
Changnan City is not a big rabbit-eating province. Rabbits are not a common dish at all, so Ji Yang had completely forgotten about rabbits when she was buying poultry!
Ji Yang immediately went forward. “Boss, how much for this?”
A few minutes later, Ji Yang rode her snowmobile away. After wandering outside for half an hour, she returned to this place, with an extra bag of potatoes.
A total of one hundred jin, in exchange for five rabbits.
Two males and three females, and one of the female rabbits was pregnant.
The person could no longer afford to raise them. The feed at home was almost finished, and the female rabbits gave birth to many. At first, they could be sold, but later it became more and more difficult to sell them.
The ground was frozen. Unless the house was warm enough, it was impossible to grow vegetables. The rabbits had nothing to eat and became thin. The few baby rabbits that were born were directly eaten by the mother rabbit.
Only then did the boss take them out to sell.
As for the dead rabbits, Ji Yang didn’t buy them. She would leave them for others who wanted to eat meat.
When her rabbits were raised, she wouldn’t have to worry about not having rabbit meat to eat!
Wait, how to cook rabbit meat?
Ji Yang fell into deep thought.
She had bought a lot of spicy rabbit heads, hand-shredded rabbit, spicy rabbit legs, and cold-dressed rabbit, but she didn’t know how to make them herself!
I hope I can learn how to cook rabbit before I finish my stock.
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Today was a great harvest, and Ji Yang was in a good mood. Seeing that it was still early, she thought of going to other exchange points in Changnan City to see.
The entire city was very large, so naturally, there wouldn’t be only one exchange point.
However, she didn’t meet a suitable “daoye” this time, but she did buy a lot of jade with very good quality. On the way back, Ji Yang stuffed them all into her space, just to see how much it could expand this time.
After stuffing them in, the jade instantly disappeared.
Only an empty backpack was left.
At the same time, a piece of dark brown, soft land appeared next to the original land. This time, it was directly five hundred and fifty square meters!
As expected, I have to feed it with good quality jade.
It finally has the grandeur of when I was upgrading it before.
Ji Yang sighed, controlling the direction of Xixi pulling the sleigh while also dividing her attention to farm in her space. The five rabbits were put in the area where the pigs were raised. The main reason was that pigs didn’t eat pasture, and the pasture there was growing well, so the rabbits could eat it to avoid waste.
And after observing for so long, even though the chickens, ducks, geese, quails, and button quails had all lived in the same enclosure before, they had not attacked each other. Although there was a hierarchy, every one of them was living well.
These pigs probably wouldn’t attack the little rabbits, right?
She could experiment.
However, this situation was only temporary. Of the extra five hundred square meters, she had planned two hundred square meters for the little rabbits to live in in the future. She gave so much because the rabbits reproduced very quickly, and she was full of confidence in this. If she didn’t give more, she was afraid it wouldn’t be enough in the future.
Therefore, she sowed pasture on these two hundred square meters, watered it a little, and then didn’t have to worry about it.
There were still three hundred square meters left, which would be used to grow vegetables. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and more Chinese cabbage!
After this busy work, Ji Yang found that several chickens, ducks, and geese had started to brood. It seemed that new beer duck, iron pot stewed goose, and honey-glazed roasted chicken would appear soon~
As she thought about it, she became a little greedy.
I’ll have iron pot stewed goose for lunch today.
There were also dishes she had specially packed from the north in her space, but she had to heat them herself. At that time, when she went to the north, the temperature was already minus ten degrees, and the temperature had dropped a lot after a short while of packing.
—
Xixi was dutiful and pulled Ji Yang all the way back to the community.
As soon as she entered the community, she keenly felt a prying gaze on her, which made her very uncomfortable.
She looked up and scanned the community, finally landing on the direction of the fifteenth floor of Building 9. There was an old man waving a piece of red cloth on the balcony. That direction was the direction of the Li family. Ji Yang had a gut feeling that it wasn’t here.
So, were the two old people from the Li family reminding her?
She was being watched?
Ji Yang thought for a moment and could probably guess which group of people it was. Yesterday, the alliance in the building had lost a lot of people. The ones who dared to ambush her today were probably from the neighboring buildings.
Her expression was as usual as she continued to walk the dog.
Xixi stopped at Building 9.
Ji Yang put away her snowboard and went upstairs slowly.
A faint noise came through the empty stairwell. The dog’s ears twitched, and Ji Yang also quickly noticed it. Her consciousness was already changing the magazine of her gun in her space.
All the way up, the building was exceptionally quiet.
It was quiet before, but most families did not have the same soundproofing as Ji Yang. Normally, you could hear some of the noise from inside the houses, but this time, there was no noise all the way up to the eleventh floor.
Even Xixi noticed that something was wrong. Its whole body was tense, as if it was about to bristle.
Ji Yang soothingly stroked the fur on its back and curved her eyes.
***
And at this moment, on the fourteenth floor, the group of people in charge of the ambush were talking in low voices, “Why isn’t she here yet? I’m so anxious!”
“Damn it, could she have noticed something is wrong?”
“Probably not. We have binoculars. How could she have noticed?”
“When you’re about to get home is when you’re most relaxed. Don’t worry, we’ve made full preparations. One hit will be a sure thing—”
The footsteps were getting louder and louder.
Everyone heard it and immediately shut up, not daring to make another sound. They all guarded their own side. All kinds of chili powder, pepper powder, axes, hammers, and even chainsaws were ready. As soon as the target appeared, they would rush up.
They didn’t believe it. A little girl, facing all this, so what if she had a gun?!
Suddenly, something flew over and landed on the ground.
With a “ding,” the few of them were puzzled when a cloud of white smoke appeared. Everyone’s eyes immediately became sore and painful.
“Holy crap! A grenade???”
“How could she have a grenade?!”
“Run! We’ve been discovered—”