132: Neighbors always have something to surprise you

“The corridor is hot; let’s talk inside.”

Jiang Fei took out the key and opened the door to room 302.

Dahuang habitually ran to Jiang Fei’s feet, affectionately rubbing his head against her leg, when he suddenly noticed Lu Yu following behind him.

He seemed a little familiar.

Sniff, sniff.

Oh, wow! It was his owner!

Dahuang immediately abandoned Jiang Fei and climbed up Lu Yu’s leg into his arms.

Lu Yu carried Dahuang in one arm as he entered the room.

When he saw the three chirping chicks on the balcony, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

“Does the Safety Shelter have a place that sells live chickens?”

“No, I hatched them from fertilized eggs a while ago,” Jiang Fei proudly introduced to Lu Yu.

“The fattest one is called Boss, the one with less fur is called Second, and the smallest is called Third.”

“...They’re quite nice names,” Lu Yu praised against his conscience.

His neighbor always managed to create surprises.

“I’m on vacation starting today, a month-long break.”

“I heard from above that the temperature will break 60 degrees Celsius recently, and in a few days, the officials will arrange for people to put special insulation film on every household.”

Lu Yu kindly reminded, “It’s most likely the Rescue Team’s job.”

Jiang Fei: “...”

It was fine; she was already used to being called away for work at any time.

After helping Lu Yu move all the cat supplies back to 301, Jiang Fei didn’t close the small doorway in the living room, so Dahuang could still run over for extra snacks.

Lu Yu, having nothing to do on vacation, started following Su Liuyuan to the store to help out.

Jiang Fei continued to eat dinner at the Ping An Branch every day, while during the day she stayed at home, entering the Supermarket to plant new herbs.

For those that couldn't be propagated by rhizomes, she used cuttings.

The camphor grass was too scarce now; once there was more, she would dry it for Dahuang to play with.

She also propagated another batch of previously planted herbs by rhizomes.

Before she knew it, the day to deliver the meat to Director Ning had arrived.

High-quality fresh meat was hard to explain, so Jiang Fei chose ordinary beef and mutton, 500 catties of each.

One hundred whole fresh chickens, fresh ducks, fresh geese, and fresh rabbits of each.

Plus 700 catties of ordinary pork, 500 catties of donkey meat, and 500 catties of venison.

There were also the 10 headless crocodiles she had collected from the diving equipment store in Lincheng.

All were packed into large iron boxes collected from Taisong City.

Then, she used the ice from the Supermarket’s second floor to fill each box, preserving the meat.

After two days of work, Jiang Fei packed 30 large iron boxes.

Each box basically had half ice, ensuring the meat inside would not be affected by the high temperature.

Exiting the Supermarket, Jiang Fei planned to contact Xu Qianyao today to pick up the goods, but she saw Dahuang on the living room sofa, pawing at the TV remote control.

Thinking she hadn’t put it away, Jiang Fei took the remote control and put it in a drawer, then took out a portion of tuna puree to feed Dahuang.

The green shrimp in the small pond needed meat puree for feeding, and Dahuang also loved it; she had made tens of thousands of bags before and stored them in the Supermarket warehouse.

With delicious food, Dahuang didn't bother to act cute with Jiang Fei, burying his head in his meal, his eyes sparkling.

Owner’s stuff = fish puree.

He would go get a few more for the fragrant two-legged beast later!

Unaware of Dahuang’s thoughts, Jiang Fei went out to the back gate of the community.

There was no one around at night, so Jiang Fei took out 5 old cargo trucks from the Supermarket warehouse, loaded all the iron boxes, locked the compartments, and tuned her walkie-talkie to Xu Qianyao’s channel.

After calling four times, Xu Qianyao finally responded.

“What’s wrong?”

“I’ve retrieved all the meat. The herbs will take another week. Can you come to the back gate of the community to pick up the goods now?”

Xu Qianyao: “I’m still at work. It’ll probably be over in about an hour. Why don’t you go home first, and I’ll come find you for the keys after I’m done?”

Jiang Fei glanced at the time.

Dinner was about to start at the store.

“Then you can come to the Ping An Branch to find me. I’ll save you a portion of dinner, and you can also bring some dried fruits and roasted nuts for Grandma Xu.”

“There’s ice in the iron boxes, which can last three or four hours, so there’s enough time.”

Xu Qianyao: “Alright.”

Turning off the walkie-talkie, Jiang Fei drove the pickup truck to the Ping An Branch.

Yao Jin and Niu Er had already left work, and Zhou Wanqing had finished cooking.

Four meat dishes, three vegetable dishes, and one soup, each dish in large portions.

Jiang Fei brought a bag of disposable lunch boxes and gave them to Zhou Wanqing to pack two portions, leaving them for Xu Qianyao to eat.

She went downstairs herself to get bags for dried fruits and roasted nuts.

Lu Yu also came down to help her.

“Tell me what to pack, and I’ll do it. You sit over there and rest for a bit.”

“There’s air conditioning in the car and the store, so why are you sweating so much?” Lu Yu casually handed Jiang Fei a cooling wet wipe.

“I was outside for a while just now.”

Jiang Fei wiped her forehead and neck with the wet wipe, then suddenly heard footsteps coming downstairs.

“Boss, you go eat. Comrade Lu and I will pack downstairs. We’ll take a little of everything, I promise Grandma Xu will like it.”

Zhou Wanqing said softly, her eyes hiding hostility towards Lu Yu.

He shouldn't even think about being alone with her Benefactor!

Her Benefactor was to be beautiful alone!

Lu Yu keenly caught the fierceness in Zhou Wanqing’s eyes but couldn’t recall where he had offended her.

Zhou Wanqing then looked at Jiang Fei, her gaze as gentle as water.

It was as if the fierceness just now was Lu Yu’s illusion.

Maybe he was overthinking it.

Facts proved that Lu Yu was not overthinking; during dinner, Zhou Wanqing even occupied his seat to Jiang Fei’s right.

Whenever he tried to speak to Jiang Fei, Zhou Wanqing would interrupt by serving food, acting as if she was guarding against a thief.

Lu Yu couldn't help but quietly ask Su Liuyuan, who was eating heartily beside him, “Did I offend Zhou Wanqing at the store?”

“I feel like she’s targeting me a bit.”

“No, not really. Wan Qing has a very good personality,” Su Liuyuan casually served him a piece of beef.

“If you don’t eat, there won’t be any left.”

Lu Yu ate the meat distractedly, intending to try again to see if it was his imagination, when someone suddenly came upstairs.

To dissipate the cooking fumes on the second floor, the door at the stairwell would be open for a while.

After all, the 'Closed' sign was hung outside, so no customers would enter the store.

Seeing that it was Chen Fengping, Jiang Fei and the others all lost their appetites.

Su Liuyuan: “Didn’t you see the ‘No Admittance’ sign on the door? Get out!”

“I’m here to find Jiang Fei.” Chen Fengping suppressed his anger and threw a stack of Hospital examination reports at Jiang Fei’s feet.

“Your Grandma Xu lost her tongue, has severe sunburn all over her body, and is now lying unconscious in the intensive care unit. Your brother had both hands pierced by bullets, and his skin peeled off from sunburn, disfiguring him. And you still have the heart to eat here?!”

Chen Wenwen was too smelly to leave the house, and he didn’t dare send people to arrest Jiang Fei, who was with the Rescue Team, so he could only come himself under the cover of darkness.

Jiang Fei feigned ignorance: “What does that have to do with me?”

The commercial van had been repainted and had its license plate changed by Su Liuyuan, so Chen Fengping wouldn’t recognize it even if it was parked outside.

Without evidence, what could the Bad Dad do to her?

“They got into trouble the day they came looking for you, and the people from the Common sleeping area stole all their clothes. Do you dare say you didn’t do it?!”

“I didn’t expect your mother to teach you to be like this... Ah!!!”

Clatter—!

The empty soup bowl smashed onto Chen Fengping’s face.