Chapter 136 The People Who Are Essential in Pigeon City

Chapter 136 The People Who Are Essential in Pigeon City

Chapter 136 The People Who Are Essential in Pigeon City
The ones queuing up to buy vegetables were Wu Laowai and her eldest son Wu Zhiyi.

"Yes! Aunt Han, but we went there early and lined up at three o'clock."

Li Jiayi deliberately moved the time forward to avoid suspicion.

"What? We're already there at three o'clock. Isn't that midnight?"

At this time, Liao Kai continued, "I have no choice but to go to work. I have to go early! Otherwise, what will happen if the workers can't have food to eat?"

Han Li wanted to say, who doesn't go to work? Her husband Wu Laowai also has to go to work!
Wu Laowai is a level 5 forger at the Second Steel Rolling Mill. He was previously level 4 and was promoted to the next level after taking an assessment some time ago.

In No. 7 Courtyard, it is considered a high-income family, with 61.7 yuan per month, more than enough to support a family of six.

Soon the cart returned to the backyard, unloaded Liao Kai's fifty kilograms first, and then came to the east wing.

"Son, why did you come back so soon?" Li Aimin was shoveling snow in the yard. When he saw them come back, he asked in surprise.

"I've already bought the cabbage, why don't you come back?"

"Uh! All right! I'll open the cellar and you can help me pass it down."

"Dad, please wait a moment, or you can unload the cabbages first. The master still needs to go out and do some work!"

"Yeah."

There were only more than 200 kilograms of cabbage in total, which was not much at all, and it was quickly unloaded onto the ground.

Li Jiayi took out two dimes and handed it over, saying, "Thank you for your hard work."

"No, no, then I'll leave first." Woboer took the money and said.

"Well! Take your time."

Yes, this trip costs only two cents. It may not seem like a lot, but you have to know that it’s very close!

Moreover, no time is wasted whether loading or unloading. If it is like this, he can make dozens of trips a day.

At this time, Li Aimin had already opened the cellar and was ready to put the cabbage into it.

Liao Kai came over at this time and said, "Jia Yi, have you given the money?"

"Yes, Uncle Liao, what's the problem?"

"No problem, it's just that I should pay the money."

"Hey, I was wondering what's going on. It's just a matter of two cents. It doesn't matter who gives it!"

To be honest, Li Jiayi had never thought about this, because to him, two cents was really nothing.

"That's right, Xiaokai. It doesn't matter who gives it to you." Li Aimin said.

"All right!"

"Uncle Liao, have you stored all your cabbages in the cellar?"

"Yes! Put it in." Liao Kai nodded.

Fifty kilograms of cabbage, but less than ten heads, it is not easy to store them in the cellar.

The cellar where Liao Kai stored the cabbages was shared with others. There were two cellars in the backyard, and they were basically used the nearest one.

Only Li Jiayi's family uses one cellar.

There was no cellar in the East Courtyard before, and this cellar was dug by their family themselves.

With Liao Kai's help, their cabbages were soon put into the cellar.

After covering the cellar and washing his hands, Li Aimin said, "You guys are really fast. I thought you wouldn't be back until around ten o'clock."

"Normally, it's around that time." Liao Kai said.

"What do you mean?" Li Aimin asked puzzledly.

Liao Kai glanced at Li Jiayi and said, "We have to thank Jiayi for this. Not only did he let us return early, but he also bought us first-class cabbage. Most importantly, he bought an extra 20 kilograms for each person."

Hearing Liao Kai's words, Li Aimin looked at Li Jiayi in surprise and asked, "What's going on?"

There was no other choice, Li Jiayi could only tell the whole story.

"Hahaha, my son is great." After wiping his hands, Li Aimin patted Li Jiayi on the shoulder and said.

"Dad, you can't say this outside. Even though we bought it with money, it would be bad if others knew about it."

"You little brat, your dad is not stupid, how could I go out and say such nonsense?"

Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "I didn't say you were stupid, I was just telling you something."

"You..." Li Aimin was speechless! He couldn't keep this son anymore, it would be better to give him away.

"Okay, come over and eat quickly. Xiaokai should eat with us! Then we can go to work."

"Thank you, sister-in-law. I won't be polite then." Liao Kai said.

"Don't be polite. It's a bit late for you to cook at this time." Ye Xin said indifferently.

"Ok!"

While eating, Li Jiayi asked, "Mom, it's so cold now, won't your factory give you a holiday?"

Ye Xin works in the publicity department and knows more about the factory than others.

"Don't think about it. We have a lot of work to do right now. I don't even know if we can take a holiday during the Chinese New Year."

"Ah! Sister-in-law, no way?" Liao Kai asked in surprise.

"Why, you want a holiday too?"

Liao Kai scratched his head and said, "Who doesn't want to have a holiday? It's too cold today."

Li Aimin said at this time: "It's not cold at all! The kitchen is so warm!"

This is true. Even if Ye Xin works in the office, it can't compare to the kitchen.

There was no heating in the office, only a stove burning honeycomb coal, which was completely useless. "Brother Li, it was so cold on the way! I was freezing from home to the factory, and I couldn't recover even after being in the kitchen for a long time."

"Is it so cold?" Li Aimin felt that Liao Kai's words were a bit exaggerated.

There's nothing we can do, because he has no idea what's going on. If we ask him to take off the down jacket he's wearing, what would he say?

"Of course not. It's over twenty degrees below zero. If Jiayi hadn't found me a coat to wear today, I don't know if I could have made it to dawn."

"Did Jiayi find a coat for you?" Li Aimin asked.

"Yes! The one I just took off." Liao Kai pointed to the military coat hanging on the hanger and said.

At this time, Li Aimin turned his head and looked at Li Jiayi.

"Dad, why are you looking at me? You don't need this thing at all. With the clothes you are wearing, you won't feel cold even if it's minus 30 degrees, let alone minus 20 degrees."

"Uh!" Li Aimin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Son, are you telling the truth?"

Li Jiayi said helplessly: "Have you felt cold at work these days?"

"Not really." Li Aimin shook his head.

"That's it, so you can't use this coat."

Liao Kai asked at this time: "Jia Yi, didn't you borrow this coat from someone else?"

"Uncle Liao is so stupid. Who would lend a coat to others in such a cold day?" Li Jialin said with a smile.

"Uh! Okay! I am indeed quite stupid." Liao Kai admitted helplessly.

Yes! In this kind of weather, who would be stupid enough to lend their coat to others?

"Uncle Liao, you can wear this coat! It was originally prepared for my dad, but he doesn't need it, so you can wear it to get off work."

"Ah! That won't do. This coat is obviously new. I can't accept it." Liao Kai shook his head.

"If you don't want it, no one in our family will wear it! Otherwise, when you are free, help me find some small things."

"A little thing?" Liao Kai put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Wait for me."

After saying that, he walked outside.

Just four or five minutes later, Liao Kai came over again with two things in his hands, one was a jade Guanyin and the other was a cricket jar.

"Here, consider this as payment for the coat, and the cricket jar as what I promised you last time."

"Uh! Uncle Liao, you..."

"Okay, take it! I bought this jade Guanyin at Liulichang on Sunday. It didn't cost me much."

Hearing that it was from Taobao, Li Jiayi stopped being polite and said, "Okay, in that case I'll take it."

"Well! Even so, I still get the advantage." Liao Kai said with a smile.

In fact, he said this on purpose. If you were to say how much money he spent on this thing, you might not be able to buy this coat with that money.

But the true value of this jade Guanyin pendant is definitely much more valuable than the coat.

He knew this himself, so he said so.

However, no matter how valuable the jade Guanyin pendant is, it cannot cover food or clothing, and it is not as practical as a military coat.

The most important thing is that this thing cannot be bought even if you have money. Although it is sold in department stores, they are imitations.

The coat that Li Jiayi gave him was a genuine military coat, and it also had a layer of woolen sheepskin inside.

It's really warm to wear!

"Uncle Liao! Just tell me if you need anything in the future, and I'll get it for you. Just help me find some small things when you're free."

"Hahaha, no problem."

In fact, Liao Kai also likes these little gadgets, otherwise he wouldn’t go shopping for them during his rest time.

But since Li Jiayi likes it, he can buy a few more pieces, which means spending more time for him.

After dinner, my parents went to work and Li Jiayi also ran out of the house.

This is his privilege, and he is the only one in the family who can run around.

Li Jiayi came to the lake near Xizhimen again, to the same place as yesterday. He gathered the snow at the entrance of the cave and went in.

Then the hole was sealed.

Just as he thought, the place where he had put away the ice yesterday was frozen again today.

What made him feel even more strange was that the newly frozen ice was not much different from yesterday's.

Even the position was only slightly lower than yesterday. You have to know that the ice cubes he took away yesterday were thirty or forty centimeters!
Could it be that the water in this lake could grow anything? Otherwise, there was no way to explain it! Anyway, he didn't understand what was going on.

But now is not the time to think about this, Li Jiayi started smashing the ice again.

During this period, he also took out the spiritual spring water and the water from the pond and froze them outside.

In the blink of an eye, November has passed and it is December now. It is not long until the Chinese New Year.

In previous years, students would be in school at this time, but this year they have been at home for more than a month.

There were two days of class time in between, but in just two days, several people in Li Jiayi's class had high fevers.

There was no choice but to suspend classes and go on holiday again.

Li Jiayi is very bored now! It's freezing outside and he can't go out to play.

All he had been doing during this period of time was smashing ice and freezing ice. He didn't even know how much ice there was in the space now, but it was a lot.

But there is good news, that is, Pigeon City will be able to reopen soon. Although it is still snowy outside the city, the area of ​​Pigeon City has been trampled by people.

Look, Li Jiayi is preparing things, how can Pigeon City do without him.

(End of this chapter)