Chapter 888: Beard Feng Squad, Full Assembly

In the walkie-talkie chat group of Northern District 1, Territory 1-10, Tang Huai sent a question, "Madman, was that helicopter you guys just bought? Chuanyun? Not bad, you guys have made it big!"

Liu Jing in Territory 2 fumed, "If they hadn't raided our warehouse, Qinglong wouldn't have been able to buy jack!"

Huo Zhun also came online, "Brother Feng, is your helicopter this year's newest Chuanyun Mark III? When it was descending just now, I saw it had low-noise rotors installed. I remember this model also comes with the latest active noise control system, no wonder it's so quiet in flight."

Before the people from Territory 1 could respond, Daya from Territory 7 came online, "The active noise control system Brother Huo mentioned—is it the kind that uses anti-phase sound waves to cancel out the original noise?"

Huo Zhun replied, "Yes, exactly that kind. Looks like the noise reduction is as good as advertised."

Tang Huai came online again, sour as ever, "Madman, everyone's asking you, didn't you hear? Open the gates of Territory 1 and let us in for a couple of test flights."

Everyone...

From the lord walkie-talkie came a warm, steady voice, "My lords, I am the Lord of Territory 1, Luo Pei. I just flew the helicopter back to the territory. If you're interested in the helicopter we just bought, feel free to come over for a look and a test drive."

Hearing Luo Pei had returned, the lord channel immediately exploded. Shi Du was the first to come online, hollering, "Brother Luo, you're finally back!"

Zhu Li chimed in right away, "Brother Luo, welcome back to the territory!"

"Brother Luo, welcome back to the territory." Xia Qing added a line.

Tang Huai sprang into action, "Captain Luo, it's been ages! I'm coming over for a test drive right now!"

"Brother Huai, wait for me, let's go together." Huo Zhun from Territory 11 called out to Tang Huai to hold on.

The big shot from Territory 7 also came online, "Luo Pei, how many days are you staying this time?"

After Qinglong took Sufeng and became the top-ranked squad in Hui-3, they gained more resources but also took on more responsibility, so the three leaders of Qinglong Squad were busier than ever. Although Luo Pei was the lord of Territory 1, he spent very little time there.

Luo Pei answered warmly, "If there's no emergency, I can stay five days. If Third Brother doesn't mind, shall we taste Lan Yi's sorghum wine together tonight?"

Zhang San refused with two words: "Mind."

Everyone...

Xia Qing in Territory 3 laughed out loud. Brother Luo still didn't understand the big shot well enough—Third Brother had a weak stomach, didn't even like spicy food, let alone baijiu.

After Xia Qing Sect taught Daigua Monkey, she got up and went to the western buffer forest to tend the hardness-evolved red-leaf bamboo being dried, when Employee 001 of Territory 3, Little Feimao, came running over with a sunflower seed in his mouth, dropped it into Xia Qing's pocket, and scurried off in a hurry.

Xia Qing felt the single sunflower seed in her pocket, the corners of her mouth curving up.

Employee 001 of Territory 3, Little Feimao, had found a cultivable optimized seed among the yellow-light sunflowers shelled by Employee 002, Daigua Monkey.

She looked back, and the curve at her mouth dropped again.

Damn the freeloaders—one big and two little red squirrels, all perched on the nearby tree waiting to snatch sunflower seeds. If Wolf Lao Er weren't watching from the side, they'd have already started hauling them off.

And then there's the incompetent Employee 002, Daigua Monkey—slow at work is one thing, but he also sneaks bites while working. Dock his pay!

When Xia Qing turned over 294 bamboo poles, picked up Daigua Monkey and the winnowing basket of sunflowers, and headed to Territory 1 to work, the lords were gathered around the helicopter in Territory 1, exclaiming in amazement.

By the time Xia Qing had cut and planted 150 red-flesh sweet potato vines and 150 yellow-flesh sweet potato vines in the terraced field where the garlic had been dug up, and watered them together with Sheep Boss, everyone else had already left Territory 1, leaving only Tang Huai who refused to go.

"Brother Luo, I'm already an intermediate sniper now. Are you taking Xia Qing to practice sniper skills tomorrow? Can you take me along?"

"Little Boss Tang..."

Tang Huai raised a hand to cut him off, "No, no, no, that sounds too formal. We've been neighbors for over a year now. If Brother Luo doesn't mind, just call me by my name."

As for how the two neighboring territories had competed and schemed against each other in the past, that was all water under the bridge—no need to bring it up.

Seeing Chen Cheng beside him frantically signaling with his eyes, Luo Pei declined with a warm smile, "Xia Qing has already mastered all the sniper skills. She doesn't need me to teach her."

After Tang Huai had walked far away, Chen Cheng ran over and said in a low voice, "Brother Luo, Tang Huai has been on Sister Qing's blacklist for almost ten days. No matter how much he howls in the lord channel, Sister Qing barely gives him the time of day."

Luo Pei laughed, "Hasn't Xia Qing always barely given him the time of day?"

"After Sufeng collapsed, the relationship between Territory 2 and Territory 3 got much better, but these past few days it's gone bad again. As for why, Tang Huai won't say, and Sister Qing hasn't mentioned it either." After saying this, Chen Cheng gave a very gossipy wink, "Brother Luo, ask Sister Qing when you see her?"

Luo Pei handed the helicopter key to Beard Feng, and asked Chen Cheng with a smile, "You don't dare ask because you're afraid of getting beaten up?"

Chen Cheng suddenly had a bad feeling...

"Chen Cheng, what was your assessment result last month?"

Chen Cheng answered quietly, "Grade C."

Luo Pei said, "As a level-five evolved main combat team member, you failed the assessment, yet your face has gotten fatter. Looks like life in the territory has been too comfortable for you. Beard Feng Squad, full assembly!"

"Yes!" Beard Feng glared at Chen Cheng, who wished he could curl up into a ball, wishing he could skin him alive.

After dark, Beard Feng scanned his face and brought Luo Pei into Territory 3, then collapsed exhausted in the small hut by the farmland, while Luo Pei was invited by Xia Qing to her home for dinner.

Xia Qing's old house had clean white walls, bright lighting, and was even fitted with an air conditioner—very comfortable.

Luo Pei took off his protective mask and protective suit, and asked with a smile, "You repainted the walls again?"

"Yes, I cook over the fire every day, and last winter I burned the fireplace for three months, so the walls were all smoked black. Brother Luo, sit down and have some tea first, the food will be ready soon."

Xia Qing had worked on a construction crew for several years, so painting the walls of a few supply rooms was a piece of cake for her. This time she used stain-resistant, easy-wash wall paint—even if it gets dirty again, just wipe it down, no need to repaint for three to five years.

Luo Pei sat at the table and finished a cup of tea, and Xia Qing brought the dishes to the table. Corn-braised pork ribs, scrambled eggs with tomato, steamed eggplant, stir-fried pea sprouts, steaming hot white steamed buns, plus mung bean soup.

Having missed out on a meal at Territory 7, Luo Pei received the highest standard of hospitality at Territory 3.

Xia Qing urged Luo Pei not to stand on ceremony, "The corn-braised pork ribs were made by Er Yong, the rest are all my cooking. Brother Luo, try my handiwork."

Luo Pei tasted them and praised, "They're all quite good."

"Mainly because the ingredients are good, and the seasonings are good." Xia Qing had a clear understanding of her own cooking skills—she used all natural green-light ingredients, and most of the seasonings were green-light too, so the taste couldn't be bad.

After the meal, the two chatted for a while about their respective recent situations. After mentioning Yan Long in Hui-5 and the retired Huo Zhun, Xia Qing asked, "Brother Luo, do you know anything about Zheng Chen, whom Red Eleven has stationed at Territory 7?"