Chapter 50 p1
In the end, Ji Yang was also brought down by the government officials with a rope.
She had accidentally played too much. Not only had the stairs cracked, but they had also become very fragile. A few steps could cause a piece of broken brick to fall, and if it fell, it could directly hit the steps of the next floor, which would definitely break an arm or a leg.
Fortunately, with the government’s intervention, everything went smoothly.
The people who deserved to die were all dead, but most of them were still alive. They were all squatting in the corridor with their hands on their heads, waiting to be taken away by the government officials.
This group of people was just bullies at home. When they had hostages, they were extremely arrogant. They were not afraid of the government and even dared to provoke them. But when they really saw the government officials coming with weapons, their legs went weak. Few of them resisted. They just wanted to run for their lives. Many of those who died had fallen into the water and drowned.
Even the big boss, as ruthless as he was, was now crying his eyes out, saying that he had been muddle-headed for a moment and would never do it again, begging for forgiveness.
To this, the government’s answer was—handcuffs, and dig canals!
The big boss had both handcuffs and leg cuffs. He was taken onto the boat with a face ashen. Suddenly, as if he had been awakened, he grabbed a government official and asked, “Where’s my younger brother? Where’s my younger brother?!”
A kind person said, “Your younger brother, he was counter-killed while robbing someone. It really wasn’t the government who did it.”
The big boss: ?
He looked at this person’s rather wronged expression, and he was both angry and anxious. He held his head and let out a painful roar, “Ah, ah, ah, ah!”
But no matter how miserable he looked, no one sympathized with him.
Guo Yao noticed the commotion over there and was surprised. “Is he crazy?”
The official: …
In the middle of it, the few of them also saw Zheng Youning being carried away like a dead dog.
Guo Yao and Xue Yuanyang, who were leaning weakly on the government personnel, stiffened. When they had gone out before, they had also seen him, but at that time, the two of them were busy escaping. How could they have the time to care about this person?
But now that they were safe, when they saw him again, hatred welled up.
Guo Yao didn’t know where he got the strength from. He rushed over in anger and shook him. “Wake up! Wake up for me! I was so good to you, and you actually harmed me! Do you have a conscience—”
Xue Yuanyang’s eyes were also red, but he was not so impulsive. He said helplessly, “He’s still in a coma. He can’t hear you even if you say it.”
Seeing this, the official also comforted him, “Don’t worry. His end will definitely not be good. We are short of manpower for digging canals now. This group of people will work until they die!”
As for eating their fill?
That’s impossible.
Ordinary workers could eat coarse grains to their fill, and occasionally they could have some meat. But it was impossible for prisoners. They also had to do hard labor, and the amount of labor was one and a half times more than ordinary workers. It could be said that it was a life worse than death.
It was also this kind of iron-fisted method that had made many people who had tried to get free prison meals through crime give up this idea. They would rather find some odd jobs in the base.
Guo Yao kicked him in frustration and then continued to get on the boat.
Xue Yuanyang followed. After walking two steps, he saw that Ji Yang was not moving and was strange. “You’re not getting on the boat?”
Ji Yang took out a key. “I have my own transportation. You guys go.” Then she went to the water surface on the twelfth floor to wait. Soon, an oval-shaped thing appeared on the water surface.
Xue Yuanyang and the others were curious. Seeing this, they also got off the boat and went over to see. They saw that after the thing had appeared, it immediately approached Ji Yang.
Then, the hatch on the top opened.
Ji Yang sat up in front of the few of them, waved at the people who were looking at her, and suddenly remembered something. She said, “By the way, please remind the Guo family that all the rewards should be exchanged for jade for me. I like this thing. The better the quality, the more I like it. I don’t want anything else.”
With that, she closed the hatch and quickly submerged.
She disappeared from their sight.
The few people who were watching: “???”
The official was in his forties. He had been a soldier in his early years and had later transferred to a civilian post. He was not young, but he usually considered himself to be well-informed. He couldn’t help but ask, “Has technology developed to this extent now? A submarine is so small?”
He had still underestimated the power of technology. He must report back to the higher-ups. He had to get more high-tech things to use. It could save a lot of trouble!
Guo Yao, who had specially come over to see, was more knowledgeable about this. He shook his head and said, “This is not a submarine. This is a submersible. But there are also very small submarines, and there are also many unmanned submersibles and the like. This size is okay. It doesn’t seem to be expensive. It’s just that it’s rarely seen in our inland city.”
“…Amazing,” the official murmured.
He was wrong.
Ji Yang was not just bold and fearless. She was well-equipped + bold and fearless! The key was that she was also lucky. To be able to go in and out with such a thing, and not be caught by this group of people!
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The Next Day
She had been on a mission in the middle of the night and had only gotten home at two or three in the morning.
So, Ji Yang had slept until noon the next day and had only been awakened by hunger. If she hadn’t been hungry, she felt that she could have continued to sleep.
However, when she woke up, she saw the extra cockroaches by her bed, in the bathroom, and in other places. She shivered and was completely awake.
Even after disinfecting and killing the insects once, she still couldn’t stop the continuous stream of all kinds of insects. Cockroaches were the main force. Their reproduction speed was fast. It had only been a little over a month since the end of the extreme cold, and they had already developed to this extent.
Even though Ji Yang had put all the food in her space to prevent these things, and even Xixi was in her space, she still couldn’t stop their ‘enthusiasm’.
She sighed and decided to get up, quickly eat something, and pack up to leave.
Wait, she hadn’t gotten the bounty from the Guo family yet.
As Ji Yang was brushing her teeth, she was looking forward to it. I wonder how much jade she can get this time? Each one should be a high-grade product, right?
“Thump, thump, thump—” a knock on the door was heard.
Ji Yang quickly finished brushing her teeth and asked, “Who is it?”
And she heard Grandma Qiao’s voice from outside. “It’s me, Yangyang. The Guo family has already raised a batch of jade. They’re asking how to give it to you. Should they send it here or to another place? And there are too many things. They want to ask if you have enough time. They’re afraid they can’t exchange it all.”
Ji Yang’s eyes lit up. To be rewarded for her labor was the happiest thing.
She immediately said, “Okay, I’ll be right there.”
She casually wiped the bubbles around her mouth, checked the situation in the room, put away the ice basin that had melted into water, and after confirming that there was nothing that could not be seen, she went to open the door. “Grandma, tell them not to send it over for now. I’m leaving tomorrow at noon. Before tomorrow at noon, just give me as much jade as you can get. Just send it to the entrance of the base before I leave.”
Grandma Qiao hesitated, wanting to say that this thing, jade, couldn’t be eaten or drunk, and it was also very heavy. Why did she have to have all of it?
However, she also knew that her status in this child’s heart was definitely not to the point where she could influence her decisions. So, she still smiled. “Okay, your stepfather is also exchanging for jade. It was agreed before that he would give as much as the Guo family gives. Actually, this person is not bad. If you… hey, forget it. I won’t say it.”
With such a stepfather, it wouldn’t be difficult to get along in the future.
But she wasn’t even staying. It was useless to say these things.
Ji Yang smiled in understanding. She had never been repulsed by the Xue family. The only people she had hated since she was a child were Ji Anfeng and his mistresses and illegitimate children.
But regardless of whether she hated or liked them, it was impossible for her to stay because of this.
However, she actually hadn’t thought that Xue Jianping would also give a reward. But since he was going to give it, she would take it. It was better than nothing. With these two families making a move together, her pond might be able to be directly maxed out. She didn’t know if there would be anything new after the pond.
Grandma Qiao understood and smiled helplessly. She didn’t stay long and quickly went upstairs to tell them.
Ji Yang closed the door and continued to wash up. She poured the water from washing her face into her space. Anyway, no matter how much, there would be no accumulated water in her space. After washing her face and putting on skincare products, she could eat lunch.
Xixi ate in the space, and Ji Yang ate outside the space.
Sitting in the living room, she ate while listening to the noise outside.
The house here was even less soundproof, and many things could be heard clearly. It seemed to be raining lightly today, and many people were hawking on the street, with all kinds of fish, shrimp, and vegetables.
The temperature had warmed up, and the people who had been hungry could be said to have tried every means to start planting vegetables. Almost most families had vegetables. Some who had planted more would take them out to sell and exchange for other supplies. But the price of vegetables had not dropped much. At present, it was still around fifteen. Because there were also many people who were hoarding vegetables, when the demand was greater than the supply, the price naturally would not go down.
And this kind of vegetable that was delivered to the building would definitely be a little more expensive than the ones sold in the base. So, after they had bargained for a long time, the final transaction price was sixteen points per jin, and ten jin were sold.
Ji Yang listened with relish.
She didn’t like to be in close contact with too many people, but she liked this kind of atmosphere of life. If she were the only one left in the whole world, what was the point of living?
It was just…
Ji Yang looked at the cockroaches that had appeared again, and her forehead throbbed. She had disinfected twice a day, and it was still not enough. How could these guys’ reproductive ability be so strong?!!!
The key was that they seemed to have grown bigger again.
The first time she had seen them, the cockroaches were only the size of a coin. But now they were directly the size of two coins!
Ji Yang took out an insecticide with a blank expression and sprayed at the cockroach.
The cockroach struggled to run away, but halfway through, its speed slowed down, and finally it stopped completely. It was finally dead.
Ji Yang continued to eat lunch. Today, she had found a portion of he-le noodles from the corner of the cooked food area. It was even with shredded chicken. The taste was very good. The noodles were pressed, not pulled. They were a little thicker than ramen and were chewy to eat.
As she was eating, she suddenly thought of something… chickens eat insects.
Although she mostly fed them feed now, and occasionally fed them some chopped fish and shrimp, most birds ate insects. She didn’t know if they ate cockroaches and all those kinds of insects.
Ji Yang fell into deep thought.
What to do if she was very tempted?
She remembered that in her previous life, a teammate had said that when he was a child, he would dig up insects to feed his chickens and ducks. Earthworms were the most common. The chickens would eat until they were fat, and they would lay eggs very diligently.
If this was possible, she could let the chickens out to clean up once a day and then send them back to her space. She wouldn’t even need to use insecticide!
However, most of the cockroaches here had been contaminated with the insecticide she had sprayed. Ji Yang temporarily gave up on verifying this idea and decided to experiment when she went back.
For the sake of the jade, she would go back tomorrow.
The afternoon was enough for her to rush back to Changnan City.
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