Chapter 585: Brother's Chasing Xia Qing?

"Sixty jin of high-grade hardness Evolved Green Lantern python meat—I got it through trade too." Xia Qing repeated, then said with a smile, "500 points per jin, Sister Juan, don't forget to give me the points. I still haven't scraped together enough points to buy fertilizer for the spring planting."

On November 19th last year, the Head Wolf had brought over a high-grade Evolved Green Lantern giant python and asked Xia Qing to make snake-skin protective suits for it and its capable subordinates.

Xia Qing skinned the snake, kept 560 jin of meat for herself, traded 250 jin to the Green Dragon Squad, 100 jin to Xin Yu, 40 jin to Beard Feng's team, 20 jin to the Inspection Team, 5 jin to each territory of the Lord Alliance, 30 jin to Huo Lei, 8 jin to Zhong Tao and Zheng Kui, and gave the rest, organs and all, to the Idols.

According to the ration the Idols gave, Xia Qing could eat 150 jin. Then she set aside 100 jin for the Sick Wolf, leaving 310 jin in hand.

Over these past two months, Xia Qing had traded quite a lot of supplies for the snake meat.

She used 28 jin of snake meat to trade with Yang Jin for a color printer and a laptop, and another 20 jin to pay the commission for Yang Jin leading his team to blockade Territory Nine on the day she dealt with the Blaze Beast Hunters; she used 80 jin of snake meat to trade with Huo Zhun for a personal flight device; 20 jin to pay Yan Long's special training fee; she gave Tan Qi 40 jin of snake meat, and Tan Junjie paid her with Green Lantern corn, Yellow Lantern wheat, and Green Lantern garlic.

Later, Zhong Tao and Zheng Kui traded another 10 jin with Xia Qing. After the beast tide, Xia Qing gave 10 jin to Yuan Rui who was recovering from injuries, 10 jin to Zhu Li and Kuang Qingwei, and after giving Xu Juan another 60 jin now, she still has 32 jin left.

The 60 jin given to Xu Juan was something Xia Qing had planned long ago.

When she formed teams to go out as an unaffiliated logistics member, she often joined Luo Pei and Xu Juan's small squad. Not because they would give her special treatment, but because they didn't use her as a shield when danger came, and they would fairly and impartially distribute points according to her mission contribution—which in these years of natural disaster was already a kindness.

If it weren't for the points earned from doing missions, relying only on the points Xia Qing earned selling her labor on the construction team, her life would have been even harder.

So, when she learned that Luo Pei had been poisoned by a synthetic toxin and needed uncontaminated spring water for the antidote, Xia Qing was willing to risk helping him. After acquiring several hundred jin of high-quality food, she was also willing to set aside a share for Xu Juan to help her level up.

The Idols had said that when this kind of snake meat is frozen for more than three months, the nutrients and Yi elements in the meat would rapidly dissipate. It had already been two months, and Xia Qing had originally planned to hand the meat over to Xu Juan by the end of the lunar twelfth month.

Xu Juan wiped away her tears and said with a smile, "I'll have Captain Zhong and the others bring your points card over next time. I won't say any words of gratitude—anything I say now would sound hollow. We'll see how things go from here on out."

Xia Qing wasn't expecting any repayment from Xu Juan either. "Just keep it secret for me, Sister Juan. You can eat these sixty jin of snake meat yourself, or eat forty jin and trade the other twenty. Because after eating forty jin, your body's absorption of the energy in the snake meat will weaken."

"Don't worry about that, I absolutely won't say a word. If I take ten jin of this snake meat out, I can definitely extract myself from the mess that is the Dongyang Squad. The rest I won't give to anyone—I'll eat it all myself. Who knows, I might even trade it for a gold badge!"

A gold badge is the color of the identity tag worn by high-grade Evolvers in the Safe Zone.

The more Xu Juan thought about it, the more excited she got. "Too bad I'm a Hearing Evolver. If I were a physical-type high-grade Evolver, I'd form my own squad, not rely on men and not have to give birth, earn enough points on my own ability, and move into the Inner City…"

An hour later, Xia Qing sent off Xu Juan—who had finally calmed down and was pretending to be nonchalant—onto Zhong Tao and Zheng Kui's patrol vehicle, went home, took out the pink fabric Xu Juan had bought for her, then fetched cotton batting and old cloth, quickly cut them to size, threaded a needle, and began sewing the wolf den.

Just thinking about the Head Wolf lying in this den nursing the wolf pups, Xia Qing felt so happy she could bubble over, brimming with motivation.

But Xia Qing's wolf den had been finished for five days, and the Broken-Waist Wolf still hadn't come over to order takeout.

During these five days, the rice seedlings being raised in the Hidden Valley by the Territory Alliance had all sprouted green shoots.

The Hidden Valley, fitted with supplemental lighting, was very suitable for raising rice seedlings. Under the care of Shi Mu and Yuan Yan, who had gone to Territory Seven to learn Evolved rice seedling cultivation techniques, the seedlings changed day by day, keeping the members of the Lord Alliance in a constant state of excitement, bustling about in the Lord Channel every day, enthusiastically discussing how to celebrate the first lunar New Year they would spend together in the territory.

The reason everyone was still chatting in the Lord Channel rather than a phone group chat was that Zhang San and Xin Yu were too lazy to join the group chat.

Without Zhang San around, everyone felt discussions lacked any spark.

Without Xin Yu around, there was less excitement and anticipation.

Tang Huai had been unusually excited these past few days, and was the most enthusiastic participant in the discussions. "We have to set off fireworks—I'll handle the fireworks. When the time comes, we'll set them off together, and after that we'll all grill skewers and drink together! Xia Qing, how about we form a team tomorrow to go hunting in the Evolution Forest? Whatever I bring back, I'll roast it for you—I guarantee you won't be able to stop at just one bite."

Xia Qing, who was cleaning her gun, gestured for Sheep Boss to press the walkie-talkie button, and calmly declined Tang Huai's invitation. "I've already made plans to spend New Year with Brother Feng."

Inside Territory Twelve, Tang Huai was so angry he started cursing.

Beard Feng, who was petting a cat in Territory One, also pressed his button. "Xia Qing, we just killed a few Green Lantern bamboo rats. How about we have a barbecue tonight?"

"Sure."

Everyone…

Tang Huai continued cursing. "Crazy Hu, just you wait—I'll make Xia Qing dump you sooner or later!"

Tang Heng, who was checking the accounts, looked up. "Brother's chasing Xia Qing? No wonder you keep wanting to run over to Territory Three."

"Chase my ass! With that rotten temper of hers, who the hell could stand it? I'm gonna gouge her eyeballs out and wipe them clean, so she can see clearly what a real man looks like!"

Tang Heng…

"Beard Feng, you guys killed bamboo rats?"

Hearing about good food, Zhang San immediately came online.

Beard Feng answered respectfully, "Yes, these bamboo rats of ours were raised on Green Lantern and Yellow Lantern feed, the meat is especially tender and fragrant. The six biggest ones are all reserved for you—shall I send them over now?"

"No need." Zhang San instantly became amiable. "I'll have Ji Li come over to pick them up. Just tell him directly what you want to trade for. Where's Luo Pei?"

Beard Feng answered, "Brother Luo went back to the Safe Zone to attend the New Year banquet."

Every lunar New Year, the Safe Zone holds a New Year banquet. Those who can attend are all prominent figures of Hui-3 Safe Zone, and of course the three heads of the Green Dragon Squad are all on the invitation list.

Luo Pei wasn't the type to enjoy lively gatherings. The reason he made a special trip from Territory One back to the Safe Zone to attend the banquet this year was because there was something very important happening that night.

After finishing cleaning her gun, Xia Qing took half a basket of eggs, a basket of Green Lantern vegetables, four Green Lantern sweet potatoes, and six bright red fresh strawberries to deliver New Year goods to Zhang San.

Seeing such fresh strawberries, Zhang San was in an exceptionally good mood. Xia Qing took the opportunity to show Zhang San a line of text she had typed on her phone, at an angle the camera couldn't capture.