88: Jiang Fei is a stingy person?

Xu Qianyao immediately understood Jiang Fei’s meaning and said tactfully, “Logically speaking, it’s not allowed.”

“If a Rescue Team member is caught assaulting someone without reason, the punishment will be harsher than for ordinary people. However, they receive preferential treatment in other matters, such as not needing to queue, priority processing for all services, discounts on housing and supplies, legal firearm ownership, and designated transfer personnel, among other things.”

“The benefits for temporary and permanent staff are the same.”

Jiang Fei thought for a moment and then accepted Xu Qianyao’s invitation: “I’ll be a temporary worker and receive 10 points per month.”

It would serve as an extra layer of security.

If the Safety Shelter couldn’t hold out in the future, she, as a member of the Rescue Team, could secure a transfer spot and evacuate with the officials.

Leaning against a big tree provides good shade.

Moreover, opening a store also required a backer.

With the reputation of the Rescue Team, ordinary people wouldn’t dare to cause trouble.

Xu Qianyao immediately brought out the registration form he had prepared earlier: “When the business license is processed, I’ll send you the Rescue Team’s identification documents along with it.”

After filling out the registration form, Jiang Fei told Xu Qianyao the store name she had just thought of, said goodbye to Old Mrs. Xu, and returned to the Mingshang Apartment Complex.

Lu Yu and the others still hadn’t returned.

Jiang Fei tried to contact her teammates using the walkie-talkie and quickly received a reply from Lu Yu.

“What’s wrong?”

“My friend has delivered all the supplies from Yulan Garden. The car is parked at the back gate of the Mingshang Apartment Complex. When will you all be back? We can move them together.”

Lu Yu: “Su Liuyuan and I are almost home. Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui’s situation is still unclear.”

“Then let’s start moving first.”

Turning off the walkie-talkie, Jiang Fei went to the back door to wait.

About 5 minutes later, Lu Yu and Su Liuyuan arrived, and the three began carrying boxes upstairs.

To prevent confusion, Jiang Fei specifically packed each person’s supplies according to the number of trucks, one truck per person.

Halfway through their moving, Xiao Chuxia and Ling Zhaorui also returned, put their things down, and helped with the moving.

Everyone living in the Mingshang Apartment Complex had a job, and it wasn’t quitting time yet, so there was no need to worry about attracting attention.

The room couldn’t hold so many supplies, so everyone picked out the important ones, and the rest were stored in the trucks.

What remained were mostly weapons, which Jiang Fei was responsible for hiding. When the current stock ran out, they could ask her for more.

Jiang Fei drove all the trucks to an empty spot and stored them in the Supermarket warehouse.

As soon as she returned to the 3rd floor, Ling Zhaorui called her to apartment 304 for dinner.

On the table were a gas stove and seven or eight plastic bags.

They contained noodles, sliced chicken, wilted spinach, bean sprouts, dried tofu, 5 cans of herbal tea, and 2 bottles of hotpot dipping sauce.

The pot on the gas stove already had spicy hotpot base in it.

Ling Zhaorui scratched his head sheepishly: “I passed the interview for the Planting Base, and it just so happened that the leader was my former university professor. So I asked him for an advance on my points and bought some vegetables from the official store.”

“Don’t mind that the food isn’t great. Once I save up two months’ worth of points, we’ll have an even better meal.”

Jiang Fei, unusually, teased him: “You’ll be starving for the next month, so I won’t be polite. I’ll enjoy the delicious food first.”

“I have so much to eat, I won’t be starving,” Ling Zhaorui replied with a smile, sitting down and distributing the herbal tea to everyone.

Xiao Chuxia was surprised: “I’ve wanted to drink this for a long time! Thank you, Zhao Rui!”

Lu Yu: “The hotpot base smells delicious. We can buy it often in the future.”

Su Liuyuan: “The water’s boiling, quickly put in the vegetables! I can’t wait!”

Knowing that they wanted him to relax, Ling Zhaorui felt a warmth in his heart.

The first time he had hotpot at Yulan Garden, he secretly vowed to treat his friends to it someday.

Today, it finally came true!

When they were mostly done eating, Xiao Chuxia raised her herbal tea: “I have good news to announce! I got the nurse position at the Safety Shelter Hospital!”

Lu Yu also shared his gains for the day: “I passed the interview for the Patrol Team and start work tomorrow.”

Su Liuyuan, who went with Lu Yu, awkwardly lowered his head: “The Patrol Team didn’t want me. They said my skills were too poor…”

Jiang Fei: “Can you distinguish between real and fake gold?”

Su Liuyuan’s confidence instantly returned: “My eyes can tell the authenticity of any jewelry, diamonds, or gold, without needing any instruments at all!”

Lu Yu confirmed: “Besides modifying weapons, that’s all he understands.”

“If you don’t mind, you can be a cashier at my place, and I’ll pay you with supplies.”

Jiang Fei told them about her plans to open a store.

Su Liuyuan openly expressed his happiness: “I have a job too!”

“To our new life, and to Miss’s smooth opening, cheers!”

No sooner had Xiao Chuxia’s words fallen than — bang, bang, bang —

A woman’s voice came from outside the door.

“Girls, please open the door. We’re here to deliver something.”

Recognizing the voice of Aunt Ma, who had visited before, Jiang Fei casually picked up a gun and opened the door.

She was now a person legally allowed to carry a gun!

Aunt Ma and Sister Kong saw Jiang Fei’s gun and involuntarily took a step back in fear.

But smelling the rich, spicy aroma from inside, Aunt Ma mustered her courage and revealed what was in her hand: two sprouted potatoes.

“As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. We were wrong last time. Sister Kong and I are here to apologize today.”

“Oh, are you having hotpot?” Aunt Ma pretended to just notice, and shamelessly said:

“Coincidentally, we just got back and haven’t eaten yet. Why don’t we eat together?”

They lived upstairs. Passing the 3rd floor, they smelled hotpot and found some unwanted potatoes, intending to freeload a meal.

“It’s livelier to eat with more people,” Sister Kong said, trying to enter with Aunt Ma.

The dark muzzle of the gun stopped them.

“Which do you think is faster, the Patrol Team arriving, or my bullet?”

Jiang Fei’s finger rested on the trigger, and killing intent surged in her cold eyes.

Aunt Ma and Sister Kong shivered involuntarily.

“If you don’t want us to eat, then don’t. Who are you trying to scare with a gun? Stingy!”

Despite saying that, Aunt Ma quickly pulled Sister Kong away, running fast.

Xiao Chuxia couldn’t help but complain: “They’re truly shameless. Sprouted potatoes cause food poisoning. They don’t eat them, so they send them to us, and then they want to freeload hotpot. Why didn’t the garbage collectors take them away?”

Su Liuyuan suggested: “Let’s secretly get rid of them tonight.”

Lu Yu’s chopsticks, holding food, paused: “You’re sitting next to someone from the Patrol Team.”

“My bad, I forgot.”

Ling Zhaorui chuckled.

When Sister Jiang threatened Aunt Ma and Sister Kong just now, Brother Lu didn’t even lift an eye.

As soon as Su Liuyuan spoke, he immediately reminded him.

They were hitting it off!

After dinner, everyone returned to their homes to rest.

Jiang Fei had barely been in bed for two minutes when she heard a ding-dong sound from upstairs.

The Mingshang Apartment Complex had poor soundproofing; any loud noise upstairs could be heard clearly downstairs.

Especially now, the people upstairs were deliberately hitting the floor with something, making thumping sounds that made it impossible to sleep well.

Glancing at the alarm clock on the bedside table, which showed 11 o’clock, Jiang Fei put on her jacket and went to the 4th floor.

As soon as she reached 402, she heard the conversation inside.

“Aunt Ma, hit it harder! That dead girl tried to scare us with a gun, so she won’t get any sleep tonight!”

“Don’t just sit there talking, come and hit it with the hammer with me! Let’s make her deaf!”