usatvline Chapter 440 Everyone is on alert
Chapter 440 Everyone is on alert
"I told you it's okay," Ah Ling forced a smile and waved to the two children. "You see, it's not just mom who's sick. Everyone is like this. Don't be afraid. I'll be able to get out of bed in a little while."
The two children nestled in her arms, quietly wiping their tears and nodding.
"You have a good rest. I'll go see how your aunts are doing."
Seeing with her own eyes that A Ling was fine, grandma felt a little relieved, but she was still worried about her old sister. After a few words, she asked An Jiu to support her, and the two of them walked out together.
The corridor that seemed very short before now takes twice as long.
Before we even got to the door, grandma started calling out our names one by one.
"How are you guys? Is everything ok? Are you awake now?"
Fortunately, responses came from behind the iron gate one after another.
Grandma counted on her fingers, her heart lifted high, and finally landed safely with the groaning of the last old sister.
"Okay, I'm glad you're all okay. I was worried about this. If I didn't come and see you in person, I wouldn't be able to rest easy!"
"…It's okay, go back and have some rest. When you're better tomorrow, we'll go digging fruits together!"
Grandma responded and called Anjiu to go home.
In the morning and at noon, he just ate a quick bite. For dinner, Anjiu took advantage of his good mood and cooked a pot of instant noodles.
Hot soup, hot noodles, two sausages and two braised eggs, the perfect solution.
Anjiu did not add more coal to the stove, as he was worried that the remaining toxins in his body had not been eliminated. He slept too deeply at night and could not wake up. It would be a waste if he got carbon monoxide poisoning.
I was also afraid that it would be cold at night, so I got four hot water bottles and stuffed them into the quilt to keep warm.
Before going to bed, Anjiu poured water on the flames, and only went to bed peacefully after the fire was completely extinguished.
"It should be all right tomorrow, right?" Grandma asked anxiously.
"It will be fine." Anjiu pushed the quilt down between the two of them and said softly, "Go to sleep. We still have to go dig fruits tomorrow."
But maybe it was because they slept too well last night. Although they fell asleep, they were being chased in their dreams. They were hiding here and there, worried and frightened. When they woke up, they were so tired all over.
Anjiu rubbed his throbbing temples and cursed inwardly that the toxicity of this fruit was so disgusting.
The two men's mental states seemed to be worse than yesterday. They even had no appetite. After a quick meal, they boiled some hot water and took a few steamed buns as their meal.
I carried my cloth bag and went out, and made an appointment with A Ling and the others to go to the platform together.
Every person I saw while walking on the road looked listless, but they were carrying more bags than last time, and it was obvious that they were going to bring back more harvests this time.
Administrator Yang Xuezhen did not even show up this time, leaving full responsibility to his subordinates.
After the portal is installed, everyone enters in order.
I don’t know if it’s the aftereffect of eating the fruit, but I always feel that today’s wind is particularly cold, and gusts of it blow straight into the bones.
Anjiu tightened his collar, lowered his head and chest, and followed the person in front of him towards the direction of the truck.
Get in the car and find a sheltered position, and the car will set off immediately.
Anjiu leaned against her grandmother, buried her face in her collar to keep warm, and was quiet all the way.
When we arrived at the destination, everyone got off the bus one after another and were dumbfounded by the scene in front of them.
"No way, it's snowing here too?"
"It's such a thick layer. Is it the amount that fell yesterday?"
Everyone looked at the vast snowy land, but couldn't find the land where the fruits were growing.
The driver jumped out of the car with a handful of red flags in his hand. After searching around, he inserted the flags in a certain area.
"It's right here, come and dig!"
After he said that, he crossed his arms and quickly walked back to the car.
Everyone walked over with tools and tried their best to dig snow around the small flag.
Anjiu dug in with a shovel, but the soft feeling she had imagined of the shovel inserted into the snow did not appear. Instead, the hard rebound numbed her palm.
"It turns out that it only looks thick, but there is actually only a thin layer." Grandma wiped away the snow under her feet with her hands. Under the one or two centimeters of snow was the charred soil.
That's much easier.
Anjiu rubbed his hands, cleared the snow aside, made sure the land had not been dug by anyone, stretched his shoulders and started working.
The sound of shoveling earth could be heard one after another on the land.
Even though the fruit is poisonous, it tastes better than lumps of soil. It’s just that I like to sleep, so it’s not a big problem.
As he sweated while working, Anjiu felt his mental state improved and his body fully recovered.
As the thin layer of clouds in the sky dissipated and the sun came out, the temperature in the air slowly rose and the snow underfoot began to melt.
When you step on it, the white snow quickly turns into a black mess.
Just when everyone was working hard, a car door not far away slammed shut and someone approached them quickly with hurried footsteps.
After catching a glimpse of something unusual in the air, everyone looked up and saw the driver and the co-pilot running towards them with frowns on their faces and weapons in their hands.
They looked past the crowd and into the distance, as if they were facing a great enemy.
Everyone was puzzled and turned around, only to see five or six similar large trucks coming towards them.
——Why is there someone coming again?
"Everyone on alert!"
After a loud shout, the drivers went into a state of high alert.
"No one is allowed to step back! This land is first come first served, you have priority, now, continue to dig the fruit!"
Everyone looked at each other, not understanding what was happening.
But under such urging, they subconsciously picked up the tools, dug the soil, and looked up at the oncoming trucks.
They were worried and had a rough guess in their minds.
Grandma squatted beside Anjiu, groping in the soil with one hand and grabbing the mouth of the bag with the other, as if she was ready to grab the bag and run away if anything happened.
A Ling and the others also quietly approached, and the atmosphere at the scene began to become tense.
These cars are from Tingbai Group, Anjiu is sure of that.
According to the driver, these lands are ownerless and belong to whoever occupies them.
But it also depends on whether the other party has the reason, especially when the two groups are hostile to each other.
Anjiu glanced at his grandmother.
If a conflict really occurs, in a critical moment, I will abandon some of the supplies and put my grandma into the space...
As the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, the driver's face in the car could be clearly seen, and everyone's emotions were tense to the limit.
A long braking sound sounded.
They finally stopped.
The citizens in the carriage filed out.
When everyone saw the clothes of the other citizens and the tools in their hands, they realized that they were not of high level either and were also here to dig fruit.
This turned the pressure from internal into external.
——We can’t let them dig up all the fruits!
Without the driver's urging, the people on Anjiu's side started digging the soil and spontaneously expanded the territory they occupied.