Chapter 52 p1
Normally, after a meeting, a certain someone would immediately change out of his formal wear, saying it was a constraint.
Look at this today…
Luo Laosan was laughing wildly in his heart, but on his face, he was enthusiastically waving. “Boss!”
The assault boat came over and stopped steadily, without splashing a single drop of dirty water. The man, who was a little tanner, raised a smile and directly ignored the enthusiastic Luo Laosan and the others. His gaze was fixed on the person sitting on the boat opposite him. He reached out his hand, his voice full of a smile and anticipation. “Come over?”
Ji Yang withdrew her gaze from his abs and nodded seriously. “Okay.”
She got up, put her hand on Xie Muzhi’s, and carefully crossed over. Xixi, seeing this, quickly followed. Luo Laosan immediately held it. “Be good. Come back with us.”
“Woof woof woof!!!” Xixi immediately roared in anger.
Luo Laosan, who had been sprayed with a mouthful of saliva, let go with a sheepish expression.
And he saw Xixi nimbly jump over, size up the situation on the boat, and sniff Xie Muzhi’s body with its dog nose. When it didn’t smell any food, Xixi took two steps back in disgust and turned to complain to Ji Yang. “Woof woof woof!”
Xie Muzhi: I don’t understand, but I feel that the dog dislikes me very much.
Ji Yang didn’t understand either, but after getting along for so long, she could always grasp a little of the meaning. Combined with Xixi’s past sizing up and sniffing, it must be looking for food. In order to raise a dog, she had also done a little homework. She knew that cats and dogs would treat humans going out as going hunting, especially dogs, who would be particularly worried about their owners who were out hunting, for fear that they would not come back.
Therefore, every time she came back, even if it had only been a dozen minutes, some dogs would be very excited, which was to be happy that their owner had returned safely from hunting.
Of course, that was only limited to the owner.
To a subordinate, it was another attitude.
Ji Yang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She took out a piece of meat from her bag and gave it to Xixi to play with on its own. Xixi rubbed against Ji Yang, took the meat, and found a place to lie down. Just as Ji Yang had withdrawn her gaze, her other hand was held.
Xie Muzhi’s voice, filled with resentment, was in her ear. “It’s been ten days!”
Ji Yang: …
She held back a laugh and turned her head, only to see Xie Muzhi’s dark eyes staring at her.
“The rain delayed me,” Ji Yang honestly admitted her mistake. “If it hadn’t rained, I would have been back a few days ago!”
Xie Muzhi sighed. However, this damn weather was indeed so changeable and dangerous. “Let’s go back first.”
Ji Yang smiled and squeezed his palm. “Mm, I’m so hungry. I want to eat your cooking.”
Xie Muzhi’s lips curled up. “Okay, I’ve already had someone go and buy vegetables when I came out. There are all kinds of fresh vegetables now, and a lot of mushrooms. I’ll make a fried mushroom then, sprinkled with salt and pepper. The taste is very good.”
Ji Yang nodded repeatedly. Although she was not very greedy for vegetables now, she still liked them. And fried mushrooms, she was even more greedy for. She had originally just been coaxing him, but now she was really hungry.
Seeing this, a hint of relief also appeared in Xie Muzhi’s eyes.
He had been out for ten days without any news, and he was really worried, especially after the piranhas had appeared. He hadn’t been able to sleep well for the past two nights. It was just that Ji Yang had her own arrangements, and he could only wait at the base.
Fortunately, she had returned safely.
Xie Muzhi let go of her hand, started the engine again, turned around, and headed towards the base.
Knowing that she was hungry, he naturally drove faster.
Before long, he saw the main gate of the base. In fact, Luo Laosan had also walked a certain distance with her, and there were only a few kilometers left. And the base was also tall enough. It was just that after they got close to the base, what surprised her was that the base had not been submerged!
Perhaps the terrain was much higher than on the Hu City side. The current water level of the base was about two meters away from the base’s horizontal line. A few steps of the stairs were exposed. As the surrounding boats approached, layers of waves were produced, hitting the nearest step.
A thick layer of green moss had already formed in the shade.
However, the dirt and stench were still there.
But the clean ground on the steps still made people happy.
Soon, the assault boat stopped. A dedicated person helped to tie the rope, gave a hand to the people who were coming ashore, and asked if they wanted to store it.
Xie Muzhi replied and explained to Ji Yang, “The government has a dedicated parking place. It’s one point per hour, with a daily cap of 10 points. Of course, most people choose to carry their assault boats away.”
Ji Yang nodded. “Then I’ll just leave my jet ski and the like here. I’ll just drive them away when I leave later.”
The smile on Xie Muzhi’s face faded. “We haven’t seen each other for ten days. Are you planning to leave after dinner?”
Ji Yang subconsciously wanted to nod, but she suddenly had a bad feeling and immediately raised a brilliant smile. “How could that be? I just don’t know if you have a place for me to stay.”
“It’s been prepared long ago,” Xie Muzhi was satisfied, went down first, and then reached out to help her over.
Soon, Luo Laosan and the others also arrived.
Xie Muzhi had long since noticed the two piles of medicinal herbs, but he hadn’t looked closely. At this moment, watching Luo Laosan and the others move them, he was slightly shocked. This…
The medicinal herbs were all processed and were not heavy, so one rubber boat could hold a lot. At this moment, looking at the more than ten burlap sacks, he took a slight breath. “I feel like I can’t afford this debt.”
Ji Yang patted his shoulder encouragingly. “Take it slow. There’s no hurry.”
Anyway, it’s not him who’s paying, it’s the government. If it really doesn’t work, it’s fine to give her some points.
Xie Muzhi tutted. Seeing that there were not enough people, he went over to help carry two bags. At this time, helpers also came over. An electric scooter with a wheeled frame was just right for pulling goods in the base. It was convenient, practical, and saved money.
Now, as long as it was a sunny day, the power of the sun was not small, and the electricity generated was also sufficient. There was no longer a need to hire people for kinetic power generation. It could easily power several small electric scooters and household electricity.
Therefore, Ji Yang found that the number of small electric scooters in the Changnan Base was not small. Most of the small electric scooters had been modified, with a seat with a sunshade and wheels pulled behind. Just from what she had seen at the entrance, there were many people shouting, “One point, delivered to your door!”
“Help with pulling goods, only 3 points!”
The price was affordable. Those who had some harvest from fishing and were exhausted would choose to go over and ask for the price. If they didn’t have much harvest, they would silently walk away.
Ji Yang looked at it and suddenly remembered… she didn’t seem to have gotten many small electric scooters.
Most of the small electric scooters were parked on the ground. They had long since been covered by the heavy snow, and the later freezing rain had even put a thick shell on top of them. So, when she had gone to collect cars, mobile phones, computers, printers, and the like, she had not remembered this.
Just as she was feeling heartbroken, Xie Muzhi came over. “Want one? I have one.”
Ji Yang quickly shook her head. “No, no.”
When the extreme heat came, the high temperature would directly melt these ordinary tires. Even if you didn’t go out during the day, there would still be problems. All kinds of batteries would also easily explode. But after the extreme heat, when the temperature dropped, they could still be used.
The premise was that they had to be well-protected during this period.
She wouldn’t participate in these things.
After the medicinal herbs were moved, the group went back. Ji Yang’s jet ski was also forcefully lifted onto the frame by Xie Muzhi’s men. The frame was overloaded, and the team member’s heart ached for the frame. He wanted to say something but hesitated. He directly ignored him and still let them drag it away. Luo Laosan’s mouth twitched. “I’m really impressed with this person!”
He was too lazy to even call him boss.
Ji Yang was also very happy. She sat on the back of Xie Muzhi’s small electric scooter, smiling all the way.
After rushing around for dozens of days, she could eat delicious food when she came back. As for these small things, they didn’t affect her, so there was no need to care. Thinking of this, Ji Yang’s mood became even more cheerful, and the arm that was hugging the person in front of her tightened.
After being blown by the wind for so long, the thin shirt had long since dried. The place where her two hands overlapped happened to be the man’s waist and abdomen, so she took the opportunity to feel his abs.
Hmm…
The feel was not bad. It was hard, but the touch was a little soft.
Ji Yang leaned lazily against his back. The air was not very pleasant. Even though there was no accumulated water inside the base, it was already starting to be short of water now. Even though there was a lot of accumulated water, this water was all dirty. It was not certain that all the viruses and bacteria could be eliminated even after heating. Ordinary people did not have the ability to purify the water source.
This accumulated water had also polluted the originally clean water resources at the lower places. At present, it all depended on the government driving a boat to the remote and slightly cleaner places every day to get it back, and then filtering and disinfecting it, before distributing some for free to the ordinary survivors.
But because of this, this water could only guarantee a little more than the daily drinking amount. It would take two or three days to save up enough to wipe one’s body, so many people’s bodies were also smelly.
It was not easy for Xie Muzhi to maintain such a normal cleanliness.
Ji Yang tightened the mask she had been wearing and swept her gaze over the passersby in the base.
It felt that in just a short period of time, everything had a shadow of the former hell on earth. The brief prosperity at the end of the extreme cold was like an illusion.
But it was also a little different.