Chapter 325: Urban Card Drawing System (31)

Soothed by the father and daughter, Song Xi soon calmed down. He let out a deep breath and said to Xie Yang, "Little Yang, let me drive. You aren't familiar with the road."

Xie Yang glanced at him through the rearview mirror. Seeing he insisted on driving himself, she didn't say anything more, pulled over, and let him take the wheel.

However, while switching seats, she fished a pickled sour plum she had made herself from her bag and handed it to him; this stuff was sour enough to be very refreshing:

"Second Brother, my life and Dad's are in your hands, you must stay calm!"

"..."

Xie's father saw the transparent package of crispy green plums and twitched his mouth: "You still haven't finished eating these?"

He remembered this batch of plums was a gift from the abbot of Yunqi Temple. He heard from his daughter that she had soaked two jars of plum wine, and the rest were pickled into sour plums, which she also said were refreshing and appetizing.

He had tasted one; he didn't find it appetizing, but it was true that the sourness was incredibly refreshing.

Whether it was because of Xie Yang's words or the refreshing effect of the sour plum, in any case, for the rest of the trip, Song Xi drove both fast and steadily.

In just over an hour, they arrived at the Song family's mining base.

The area around the collapsed mine shaft was marked with safety tape; no one except the rescue team was allowed to enter, to avoid causing a secondary collapse.

Even Song Bokang was waiting for news in the safe zone.

Xie Yang tried 【Strongest Eye】, only to find it was beyond the scope of use and had no place to be applied.

"Lao Xie, why did you two come here? Look at me, I even said I wanted to host you properly, it's really just bad timing..."

Xie's father waved his hand: "What kind of relationship do we have? Don't say such polite things. How is the situation? I just contacted a rescue team in the city on the way, though it will take them some time to get here, I've already told them to hurry."

"The manpower is sufficient. We have a resident rescue team at the mine, and the leader is a rescue expert who just returned from advanced studies in Shoudu. He happens to have an Ultra-sensitive Life Detector that is still in the testing phase, just newly developed by the Academy of Sciences, not yet officially on the market. It doesn't matter how much money it costs, as long as they are all safe..."

Listening to the conversation between Uncle Song and her father, Xie Yang had a guess:

Could this be the effect of the 【Good Fortune】 card?

The mine collapse was a destined tribulation for Uncle Song, one that even a Good Fortune card couldn't avoid? But it could help him meet a noble person and turn danger into safety?

Sure enough, after the group waited anxiously in the safe zone for over an hour, the walkie-talkie in Song Bokang's hand rang, transmitting the excited voice of the rescue team leader:

"Boss Song, we've detected the location of the trapped personnel, and they all still have vital signs! Our people are preparing to go down to rescue them..."

The trapped miners were rescued without incident, taking no more than six hours in total.

Aside from being mentally exhausted and physically weak, the miners had no other major issues.

But Song Bokang still called an ambulance to take them to the hospital for a detailed full-body checkup, gave them an extra-long paid leave to let them recuperate properly, told them to come back to work after the New Year, and gave each miner a six-figure consolation payment.

The participating rescue team members were also very hardworking, so he generously gave each of them a large red envelope and donated five million to the rescue team.

This time, it was all thanks to the lead rescue expert.

If he hadn't returned from his studies in Shoudu, or if he had returned but hadn't brought this newly developed Ultra-sensitive Life Detector, Song Mining Industry would likely have had to bear the weight of over a dozen lives in this accident.

"Lao Xie! I finally understand how you feel now."

After this incident, Song Bokang had a new understanding and realization of life. He held his old friend's hand and said earnestly:

"In the future, whenever you go to a temple to offer incense, remember to let me know, I'll go with you."

Xie's father twitched his mouth and defended himself: "I'm not as superstitious as you say. I only visit temples to pray when I go hiking throughout the year."

"Yes, yes, yes! Then remember to call me next time you go hiking. I'll go with you. Don't look at how far apart we are; actually, it only takes half a day by plane. If you make an appointment with me in advance, I'll fly over, we'll hike and have a meal together, and then I'll come back. It won't delay work."

Xie's father: "..."

You really are the most driven, Lao Song!

Song Bokang felt that it was rare for his old friend and his daughter to come to the grasslands to play, and as a result, a whole day was wasted because of his affairs. He insisted on fulfilling his duties as a host for the next two days and arranged the itinerary for the following two days in a thoughtful and thorough manner.

Winter on the grasslands is quite cold, so Song Bokang first took them to a town of hot springs to soak and eat a whole-lamb banquet.

On the way, they encountered a traveler shivering in the cold, waving for a ride. The traveler said their car had broken down and wouldn't start, and the temperature inside the car was as low as outside. Seeing that it was getting dark, they were afraid they would freeze to death there if they didn't meet anyone.

Song Bokang hurriedly let the person into the car. Once inside, he discovered that the other party was actually the Copper industry CEO with whom he had discussed cooperation several times at the dinner table without reaching an agreement.

With this life-saving grace, the other party readily agreed to the joint development project with the Song family.

Song Bokang was so happy that he sent Xie Yang a super-large red envelope.

If the father and daughter hadn't come here to play, he would never have left the mining area at this time, and he would have missed out on this big deal.

Xie Yang accepted the red envelope with a smile, thinking to herself: 【Good Fortune】 really can pick up luck wherever one goes!

She didn't regret using it for Uncle Song; after all, it was sixteen lives!

The Buddha says: Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda; she could consider this as accumulating merit for herself.

Perhaps when she Ascends to the Immortal Realm in the future, she could use this merit to exchange for a better retirement home.

The Main System, which heard its Host's inner thoughts as soon as it returned to the channel: 【...】

Its Host really never forgets the great cause of retirement in the Immortal World no matter where she goes!

After New Year's Day, the father and daughter bid farewell to the Song family, returned to Jiangcheng with bags of grassland specialties, and threw themselves into their busy work.

Busy until the twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month, Xie Yang gave her company employees a half-month New Year holiday and went home for the New Year herself; one always has to leave a few days to prepare New Year's goods.

In the original world, one of them had a car accident after the New Year, and the other jumped off a building before the Little New Year; neither of them survived that New Year's Eve.

This time, they had to have a good New Year and clear away the bad luck.

While she was at home writing couplets and pasting "Fu" characters, Wu Jie took the opportunity to inspect the apartment building and brought back good news: "The community's newly built talent apartments are recruiting property management, and they want to invite us to move in."

Xie Yang thought for a moment and said: "This is a good thing! It shows that our property management company has a good reputation."

"Then we'll have to recruit people after the New Year."

"Recruit away! Recruit more. Especially security guards, the more the better."

Galaxy Entertainment's security wasn't very good either; she planned to replace them, and she had to use her own property management staff to feel at ease!

In fact, they couldn't wait until after the New Year; they had to recruit people before the New Year, and once recruited, they had to undergo unified training. Pre-job training would take at least ten days or half a month.

This resulted in her being as busy as a spinning top during this Spring Festival, spinning around in circles.