Chapter 125: No Need To Be Polite With A Fish
Lu Qiaoge and Director Hu, along with Sister Qiao Huang Juan and others, went to the meeting room.
Lu Qiaoge suddenly remembered that she needed to call Wei Qiang.
Besides, she wasn’t planning to attend this meeting; Old Hu and them could discuss it.
As long as they didn’t ask for too much.
Besides, if it was really too much, she would also fight for benefits for the volunteers.
She hoped there wouldn’t be any disputes; after all, the entire handicraft group in the food factory was a motley crew.
She was just taking advantage of a loophole.
Wait until the food factory actually made revenue, then think of a method to separate it out.
So Lu Qiaoge said: “I need to call Wei Qiang. Last week I went to the scrap workshop to custom-make a wheelchair for Zhang Quan, and it was supposed to be delivered tomorrow, but today I can go early to check; I’ll remind Wei Qiang not to forget.”
Old Hu nodded, thought for a moment, and also called Cadre Liu from the public security office to join the meeting.
Sister Qiao asked Lu Qiaoge at the doorway: “What’s that thing you put in front of your bicycle? It looks like a basket.”
Lu Qiaoge: “It’s just a bicycle basket. Pretty, right?”
Sister Qiao: “Pretty. Where did you buy it?”
Lu Qiaoge: “Older Brother Chang Chang An from the service station wove it. If you want one, I can tell him to weave one for you.”
Sister Qiao: “Good, I want one.” Then she added: “Whether exchanging for things or using money, either is fine.”
As a public servant, she couldn’t openly take this advantage.
Lu Qiaoge nodded in agreement.
Then she ran off to call Wei Qiang. Wei Qiang hadn’t gone to the mine and was at the work unit. He said he had just contacted the scrap workshop, and it was already done; he would go pick it up soon.
Wei Qiang’s voice was much gentler, feeling like he had changed a lot compared to before.
He thanked Lu Qiaoge over the phone, and Lu Qiaoge was polite in return, exhorting him to come to the neighborhood committee to find the organization if he had any difficulties.
After hanging up, Lu Qiaoge breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Quan’s matter was settled, which resolved one of her worries.
Zhang Quan was a smart woman; whether she divorced Wei Qiang or not, she could live well.
Thinking of this, Lu Qiaoge felt she should go to the lakeside to find the old turtle. The white water bamboo matter made her feel that life had infinite possibilities.
Xiao Si no longer needed to eat white water bamboo now.
His body couldn’t be said to be healthy, but it was already much better than before.
A few days ago, she took him to the old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner’s home. The old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who raised pigeons was now secretly treating people.
It was the kind where civilians don’t report and officials don’t investigate, but he had real skill. The medicine he prescribed for Xiao Si was expensive and bitter, but the effect was very good.
Otherwise, whether Xiao Si could live to now was uncertain.
The old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner took Xiao Si’s pulse and was quite shocked at the time, saying that Xiao Si’s problem of weak constitution had mostly improved.
No need to take medicine anymore; just eat well from now on. He exhorted to eat more nutritious food, and by adulthood, there would basically be no problem.
The old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner also asked if he had eaten something recently. Meng Xia knew a little about this, but she and Xiao Si naturally couldn’t say.
She knew what was more important.
However, Lu Qiaoge also wondered if there were more such medicinal herbs at the bottom of Hongxing Lake. After eating them, paralyzed people could stand up, and those whose brains were stimulated could restore their senses?
That evening, Lu Qiaoge really went to the lakeside. Asking about this was just incidental. The main thing was to give these little things a message: stay put peacefully for now; Hongxing Lake wouldn’t be handed over to the local authorities temporarily.
After Lu Qiaoge shared this news, it should spread from one to ten to a hundred. Soon, she heard cheers coming from this body of water.
Soon, a huge creature swam toward her under the cover of night.
The originally calm lakeside, because of the big pike’s arrival, had waves slowly pushing layer after layer toward the shore.
The big pike opened its mouth and gave Lu Qiaoge a dripping wet wooden box.
This was the oldest pike by age.
Its inner voice carried a heavy aura, indescribable, sounding very distant, but different from the big carp and the swallow.
The pike and the old turtle were in the same league.
The pike was really huge. Lu Qiaoge even thought that if it were caught, it would have to be chopped into pieces to eat. With a big freezer, it could last half a year.
Of course, this dark thought just flashed by.
Lu Qiaoge greeted it with a beaming smile.
“Hello. Thank you for the gold jewelry you brought me.”
【No problem. No need for thanks. Those things weren’t mine originally; it was just that the ship capsized back then, and the things on it happened to fall into my territory.】
Lu Qiaoge’s heart stirred: “What happened to the ship and the people on it?”
【That day there was a storm, just like the storm a while ago. That ship wasn’t sturdy, so the two boatmen and two guards fell in, and then there were five boxes, mostly filled with gold and silver jewelry and such. Oh, right, one box was full of silver dollars.】
It was Lu Qiaoge’s first time directly facing these treasures.
She looked around to both sides. The old turtle hurriedly said: 【Don’t worry, there’s no one nearby.】
The calico cat stood on a stone, staring fixedly at the big pike, not even noticing that it seemed to be drooling.
But seeing Lu Qiaoge’s vigilant look, it immediately arched its back, raised its tail, and said proudly: 【Little master, don’t worry. If there’s someone, I can scare them off too.】
It even let out a few deliberately eerie meow meow meows.
And it had to be said, late at night, Hua Hua making that sound did sound creepy.
There was no moonlight tonight; the surroundings were pitch black.
Qin Hengzhi had a temporary task and called her in the afternoon, saying he had already told Old Lin, and tomorrow they just needed to be ready to receive him; nothing else to worry about.
Speaking of which, she had to mention Old Hu and Huang Juan. It was almost time to get off work when Lu Qiaoge took Qin Hengzhi’s call, and she casually told Old Hu and Huang Juan that Old Lin might meet Chang An tomorrow. Whether they were family or not, there wouldn’t be a result tomorrow, because Old Lin would investigate discreetly first.
So the two directors just needed to know about it.
To avoid lacking psychological preparation at the time.
At this moment, Lu Qiaoge opened the dripping wet wooden box.
The wooden box should have been black, with a lock plate on it but no lock.
But her action paused for a moment.
The material of this wooden box didn’t seem to be ordinary wood.
Because it was too wet, the scent was masked, but Lu Qiaoge still smelled a faint sandalwood fragrance.
Similar to the scent of grandfather’s beloved rosewood tooled armchair.
Lu Qiaoge opened the box. Her extraordinary eyesight allowed her to see inside five lustrous jade bracelets and six jade pendants that seemed like a pool of green waves.
Lu Qiaoge frowned. The things the big pike brought were getting more precious.
Although it was night, she could see very clearly. Inevitably, these jade ornaments had some minor damage, but because the box had good sealing, it wasn’t too severe.
She felt the energy in her palm could handle these flaws.
She had no need to be polite with a fish, so she unceremoniously accepted them.
She even said to the pike with a beaming smile: “Within five years, there shouldn’t be any problem. But if there’s a change after five years, I’ll find you all a suitable body of water that even in a hundred years no one will go to, so you can live peacefully.”
A hundred years. She hoped this world wouldn’t have doomsday!
