I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 133 Qiao Qingyu, Don’t Play Dumb with Me Here

Chapter 133: Chapter 133 Qiao Qingyu, Don’t Play Dumb with Me Here

After a flurry of activity, the task was completed.

Qiao Qingyu dusted off her hands, having successfully finished the Xiaxi Commune’s assignment; next, she had to take her eldest cousin and Accountant Zhang to the family members’ quarters at the base.

After delivering a thousand pounds of Barley Grass Seeds and potatoes to the family members’ quarters, she had to return to Yushu County.

Lu Ye had already made arrangements for the red flower and gastrodia seeds.

She would then take these seeds back to the family members’ base and into her Breeding Laboratory.

To swap out the seeds in the lab’s space under the guise of screening and processing.

Though there were loopholes, this was the safest way; besides, she had He Xiuyu.

Furthermore, only she had access to the Breeding Laboratory in Zone 5; now that the equipment was in place, it was time to start breeding in earnest.

Upon reflection, she realized she was quite busy.

"Vice Director Qian, please hurry up with the arrangements for planting cabbage and radishes. Although it’s late May, there’s still time. Oh, how is the thousand silk hemp doing?"

"Yes, yes, planting arrangements will be made tomorrow." Mr. Qian paused for a moment, his eyes smiling, "The thousand silk hemp is growing well. A rain a while back solved most of our current problems. We’ve stopped drilling the well since we hit rock, and continuing would be too costly. Fortunately, we only dug about a dozen meters; otherwise, even more money would have been wasted..."

Qiao Quingyu couldn’t do anything about this issue—it was beyond her help—because this area was naturally short of water, and groundwater was scarce. Digging a well in this era was indeed a massive undertaking.

Not just Xiaxi Commune but other communes also lacked wells in their fields.

Mr. Qian’s eyes sparkled with hope, "The members are very enthusiastic right now. Whenever there’s a water shortage, they don’t even need me to speak up. Our members will voluntarily carry water there, pail by pail. The entire commune mobilizing is a formidable force."

Qiao Qingyu smiled, "The members of our Xiaxi Commune are exemplary."

At this moment, Qiao Qingyu was standing at the entrance of the commune.

Qiao Tianbao and Accountant Zhang were in front of the warehouse; they had finished unloading the cargo, and the only items left in the truck belonged to the base.

There seemed to be more people coming and going from the commune entrance than usual.

Qiao Qingyu waited by the door for her eldest cousin’s truck to arrive.

Mr. Qian and Fang Xiaomei stood with her, waiting for Qiao Tianbao.

And it was at this time that an old lady with a yellow, wizened face and bent back, wrapped in a scarf and carrying a basket, walked towards them.

The old lady was quite advanced in age, walking slowly, seemingly fearful of falling.

Dressed typically for people from the Northwest, she wore a scarf on her head, a black button-up shirt, trousers with leggings, and black cloth shoes with a V-shaped opening.

She seemed to have come from the direction of the supply and marketing cooperative—it was evident she had been shopping.

The basket wasn’t large, covered with a cloth, and it was unclear what was inside, but it didn’t seem too heavy. Qiao Qingyu glanced at it before turning her gaze back towards the warehouse area. The commune wasn’t too far from the warehouse, but you had to drive around the back of the commune to get there.

The old lady approached, basket in tow, and Qiao Qingyu instinctively stepped back.

It was a reflexive action.

But what Qiao Qingyu could never have anticipated was that, in the next moment, the old lady tossed her basket at the nearby Mr. Qian and Fang Xiaomei and, amidst a cloud of white ash, she pounced toward Qiao Qingyu with the ferocity of a leopard.

Everything happened too quickly.

In the blink of an eye, there were five or six other people at the commune’s entrance, and Qiao Qingyu and the others had not expected this at all.

For a split second, Qiao Qingyu’s mind went blank.

Then something icy pressed against her lower back, her arms were gripped tightly, and a shrill voice screamed in her ear, "Nobody move, don’t come any closer, or I’ll kill her!"

Qiao Qingyu’s ears rang. This voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Suddenly, Qiao Qingyu turned her head.

Chen Dandan, disguised as an old woman, was actually Chen Dandan!

Instinctively, Qiao Qingyu struggled, but the next second an explosion erupted from no too far away.

Those who tried to rush forward or step back were all knocked to the ground by the blast wave.

Chen Dandan yelled, "Back off, everyone back off, get He Xiuyu here, I want to see him!"

Qiao Qingyu, of course, didn’t dare to move.

Because that was a gun, and her life could end at any moment.

In fact, Qiao Qingyu herself was trembling with fear, but she forced herself to stay calm, for if she didn’t, she would have broken down by now. She didn’t dare to move, not wanting to provoke Chen Dandan.

She took a deep breath, trying to soften her voice as much as possible, pretending not to recognize her, "He Xiuyu will be here soon, what do you want?"

"Qiao Qingyu, don’t play dumb with me here, I am Chen Dandan!"

Qiao Qingyu clenched her teeth, and at this very moment, Chen Dandan had already dragged her to the back wall of a building.

Chen Dandan was about the same height as Qiao Qingyu, but she was unnaturally strong and even with one hand on Qiao Qingyu’s arm, it felt as tight as iron pincers.

Her basket was filled with lime, and the moment she threw it, Mr. Qian and Fang Xiaomei were caught off guard, the lime covering their bodies and faces.

Moreover, with the added impact of the explosion, Fang Xiaomei closed her eyes and passed out.

It was uncertain if lime had gotten into Fang Xiaomei’s eyes, but Mr. Qian started coughing nonstop as he lay on the ground.

He clenched his fists tightly, full of regret. Why hadn’t he been more alert? Director Lin had already notified him in advance that an agent named Chen Dandan had escaped from the base. However, to avoid panic, he had been told to be vigilant for potential dangers.

He had no experience in such matters, and not many people knew about it. He had only privately discussed the general analysis with someone from the Armed Forces Department of the Xiaxi Commune. This woman had long vanished without a trace; how could she still be hiding somewhere so close to the base?

He didn’t expect that she had been hiding out in Xiaxi Commune all this time.

Where had she hidden, and with whom?

But none of this mattered now; what mattered was that Qiao Qingyu had been taken hostage by her.

He got up with a hoarse voice and eyes stinging terribly, treading carefully, "You are Chen Dandan, don’t get agitated, let’s talk slowly, everything can be discussed, we will agree to any condition you put forth..."

And at that time, a gentle breeze blew by, carrying the scents of lime and sulfur in the air, and these strange smells completely calmed Qiao Qingyu down.

She knew she was safe for the moment.

If Chen Dandan wanted her dead, a single shot would have sufficed. There was no need to go through all this trouble.

Qiao Qingyu looked around, but her heart suddenly sank.

She didn’t know when, but more than a dozen people had gathered around.

Among them was Director Lin.