49: Jiang Fei sets up a stall for the second time

Jiang Fei truly didn't understand this time: "What happened to Lin Bo?"

Xu Qianyao explained: "A few days ago, someone unknown threw a pile of snakes and insects into Lin Bo's house. He was scared sick and also bitten a few times."

"Lin Bo found the officials and suspected you were retaliating against him. Coincidentally, I'm in charge of this area, so I came to ask you."

Jiang Fei answered frankly: "I didn't do it."

"I also think this has nothing to do with you, but according to the rules, we still have to ask."

"It's strange, though. Our people went to Lin Bo's house and saw no signs of the doors or windows being damaged or pried open. The pipe openings were also sealed with foam glue. Unless that person can walk through walls, how could they throw the snakes and insects in?"

Jiang Fei found the key point: "It's the pipe openings."

"Foam glue can be softened with alcohol, then gently poked with a small stick, and it can be opened."

"That person probably went to the floor above Lin Bo's house, threw the snakes and insects down the pipe opening, and then refilled it with new foam glue."

Lu Yu, standing at the back, felt a bit of cold sweat.

Without noticing Lu Yu's abnormality, Xu Qianyao suddenly realized: "So that's how it is! No wonder we couldn't find any clues."

"However, the residents on the floor above Lin Bo's house have already died in the insect plague, and there's no surveillance, so this matter will probably remain unresolved."

"The temperature has been dropping abnormally recently. Try not to go out and keep warm."

After giving his instructions, Xu Qianyao left the 22nd floor.

Xiao Chuxia couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked Jiang Fei: "Miss, they searched all of 2202 just now and didn't find any guns or flamethrowers. Where did you hide the dangerous items?"

"In the outdoor air conditioning unit," Jiang Fei said casually, then added: "Shouldn't you be doing push-ups?"

Xiao Chuxia: "..."

Xiao Chuxia immediately lost the mood to chat, sighing as she walked into 2203, where Ling Zhaorui guided her movements.

Jiang Fei was still supervising the count nearby when something suddenly brushed against her ankle.

She looked down.

Lu Yu had let Da Huang out of the cat villa.

Da Huang was affectionately rubbing its head against Jiang Fei.

"Da Huang was bored staying inside. Please play with him for a while." Lu Yu found a cat wand and handed it to Jiang Fei, keeping his eyes downcast and avoiding her gaze, feeling guilty the whole time.

Lin Bo knew there was a gun on the 22nd floor and would very likely report it to the officials.

He had originally planned to use snakes and insects to resolve this danger, but he didn't expect the other party to be so lucky and survive, almost implicating his neighbor.

Besides Da Huang and Golden, he couldn't think of anything else to compensate his neighbor.

Unaware that this was Lu Yu's "compensation," Jiang Fei expressionlessly waved the cat wand, but was secretly overjoyed.

Kitty is so cute!

I want to bury my face in its belly and sniff it to my heart's content!

When Da Huang got tired of playing, Jiang Fei, still wanting more, carried it back to the cat villa to sleep.

Xiao Chuxia's training was not yet over; she was diligently doing frog jumps, and Lu Yu was also sparring with Ling Zhaorui.

Jiang Fei didn't disturb the three of them, quietly left, and prepared to go back for a nap.

But as she reached her door, she heard footsteps from outside the electric door.

It sounded like someone was lingering in the stairwell.

Jiang Fei habitually pulled out her short knife, hid it behind her back, walked over, and opened the electric door.

It was Old Mrs. Xu, carrying two large bags.

Jiang Fei immediately put the knife into her Supermarket warehouse.

"Grandma Xu, why are you here?"

"Little Jiang, I'm sorry about today. I almost harmed you. You must accept these things."

Without giving Jiang Fei a chance to speak, Old Mrs. Xu forcefully pushed the bags into her hands, then hurried down the stairs, saying as she went,

"If you chase me, I'll get scared and fall down the stairs."

Jiang Fei reluctantly stopped, and suddenly glimpsed a splash of red in the bag.

The two bags contained instant food, and on top of the items in one of the bags was a hand-knitted scarf.

There were two scarves in total, both in festive bright red.

At the corners of the scarves, two small characters were embroidered with yellow thread — Peace.

A note was tucked inside the scarf.

"You and Chu Xia each get one. Don't dislike Grandma's handiwork."

Jiang Fei gently touched the soft scarf in her hand, a slight smile on her lips.

So warm.

—

Noticing that the temperature hadn't changed for two consecutive days, remaining at around minus 1 degree Celsius, Jiang Fei decided to go out.

She wanted to collect gold at the Central Square one last time before the extreme cold thoroughly arrived.

Jiang Fei didn't call her teammates. She told Xiao Chuxia to train well with Lu Yu, then changed into her warm gear and went downstairs with her inflatable boat.

It wasn't cold on the 22nd floor with the heaters, but downstairs was different.

After the rat and insect plagues, Building A no longer had anything that could be used for heating, relying entirely on the cotton clothes distributed by the officials for warmth.

Some of the corridor windows were broken, letting in cold drafts, forcing people to huddle together in one room for warmth.

When they saw the fully equipped Jiang Fei, some people were restless.

Jiang Fengzi even had a warm mask, which guaranteed she had a lot of warm supplies.

But thinking of the several people who had died tragically before, everyone gave up the idea of asking her for anything.

Now the officials were distributing food and cotton clothes, and the community was going to collect cotton quilts today. They shouldn't look for trouble.

Maybe Yulan Garden would have heating in a few days?

Everyone withdrew their gaze.

Jiang Fei inflated the rubber boat and exited through the French window on the second floor.

The stagnant water was about four meters deep, not completely frozen, but a mixture of ice and water, requiring a paddle to clear obstacles.

Disliking the slow speed of the rubber boat, Jiang Fei found a deserted spot and switched to a speed boat to move forward. There were no longer any water snakes or poisonous mosquitoes in sight.

However, a few centipedes and cockroaches could still be seen, but they posed no threat.

The fountain area of the Central Square was livelier than when Jiang Fei had last visited.

Most people had arrived here in large plastic basins or bathtubs, hoping to exchange the supplies they received from Jixiang Hotel for warm items or things they didn't have.

Jiang Fei chose a conspicuous spot in the middle, took out the curtain fabric she had cut into squares from her backpack, and used a boat paddle as a pole to set it up on the speed boat.

On the off-white curtain fabric, written in large red pen was — [Trade Gold for Goods].

Afterward, Jiang Fei arranged the supplies she had brought.

5 pairs of ordinary cotton gloves, 5 cotton hats, 10 pairs of cotton socks, 10 packs of 5 warm patches, and 10 multi-functional disaster relief thermal blankets.

Less than two minutes later, someone paddled over.

"Little girl, how do you trade these things?"

Jiang Fei: "10 grams of gold for one item, pick whatever you want."

She had a lot of warm items, more than she and her teammates could use, so she might as well lower the price.

The main idea was good quality and low price, accumulating small gains into large ones.

"This necklace of mine is 80 grams. I'll exchange it for 8 items." The man threw the gold necklace he was wearing to Jiang Fei.

There were officials nearby, so he wasn't afraid of the other party cheating him.

Jiang Fei put the gold into her pocket, actually using the Supermarket to scan it.

System: [Ding — Detected gold: 80 grams]

"You can choose now."

The man took one thermal blanket, one pair of cotton gloves, one hat, two pairs of socks, and three packs of warm patches.

"Phew — I finally won't have to freeze."

Some people thought it was a good deal, while others thought Jiang Fei was a scrooge.

"Gold is so expensive per gram, and you only get this much? Are you robbing people?"

"Profiting from disaster, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

"A few items that usually cost less than a hundred yuan, and you dare to ask for 10 grams of gold. You're truly crazy for money."

Jiang Fei ignored them, took off her warm mask, and took out a bag of melon seeds to crack.

Not listening, not listening, the turtle is chanting scriptures.

The people around saw that Jiang Fei didn't react, so they talked for a while and then left, finding it pointless.

Very few people carried gold with them, and they also believed that the disaster would eventually end, so they wanted to keep valuable things, so Jiang Fei only collected 150 grams after setting up her stall for several hours, not counting the first customer's.

She was still a long way from 64,000 grams of gold.

Jiang Fei sadly packed the cloth strip and the remaining supplies into her backpack, planning to go home.

Suddenly, a speed boat with a fierce tiger pattern approached.

"Yo, haven't seen you in a few days, Cousin. How did you end up selling things here?"