Chapter 20: Midnight
Ding Xiaoyi's first night in the old house started in the shade of a tree.
The old-fashioned rocking chair is not known for many years, but looking at the dark brown pulp, it is also an old object.
Tonight's light meal is at hand.
A bowl of mutton soup with a dough cake.
Of course it's takeaway.
After all, his talent as a chef is limited to instant noodles.
I had also seen a book of instant noodles on the Internet before, but unfortunately I didn't buy it at the time, and Ding Xiaoyi felt that this could be developed as a side business.
Although the house is old, the built-in facilities are very modern.
Wireless optical fiber, intelligent butler, night anti-theft system.
In terms of facilities, it is not worse than those upscale communities.
The most surprising thing for him was that the wood used for the beams and corridors here was camphor wood.
There are many kinds of camphor wood, but not many can be formed.
In addition, the Union enacted a natural law very early on, strictly prohibiting the mining of trees in the Union area.
In particular, the centuries-old trees are recorded, and there are nano-level signalers in them.
If someone dares to mine without permission, the Coalition Detectives will bring you a hot cup of coffee the next day, plus a pair of silver glittering handcuffs, and a luxury cell package.
It is for this reason that the price of wooden furniture is now exaggerated and scary.
Just like the golden silk nanmu mentioned earlier, it is only the size of one side.
The price made the old man's flesh hurt for a long time.
Although camphor wood is not as exaggerated as golden silk nanmu, it is also very valuable.
Most of the wood in this old house is made of camphor wood.
While Ding Xiaoyi was pleasantly surprised, he couldn't help but have a new understanding of Mama Zhang's identity and financial resources.
You know, two years ago, when I was still studying outside, I participated in an auction.
A set of camphor wood chairs was auctioned for 600,000 alliance coins.
It was just a set of chairs.
Sure enough, this place in the old city is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger.
Except for the sweeping old man who collects rent and charges ten floors.
It's Mama Zhang, a grandmother who is obsessed, maybe she will pick up a drink bottle next to you or something.
Because of the camphor wood, even in the hot summer, Ding Xiaoyi was not bitten by mosquitoes when he lay in the yard.
Although the wind is still a little warm, I don't know how much better it is compared to the outside, at least lie down and don't need to turn on the air conditioner.
The two dense trees make the sound of the leaves flapping in the wind.
It's a pleasure to listen to.
Ding Xiaoyi held his mobile phone and ordered the Dezhou toolbox he wanted on the professional engineering network.
In addition to the toolbox, there are all kinds of items you need to modify the engine.
Such as inverters, motors, high energy reserve batteries, etc...... There's a lot of mess.
The good thing is that these things are not expensive.
It cost 18,000 Union Coins before and after.
At this time, your high-level credit limit reflects the value.
I used to order various mechanical parts myself.
When it comes to zero-integer ratios, the price of these parts is high.
Every transaction will bring him a lot of credit, and over time he has such a high-level credit limit.
High-tier credit lines come with a lot of privileges, including cash on delivery, and no deposit required.
Although the Ding family is bankrupt and its assets are liquidated, the credit limit of its own online account is not on the liquidation list.
It's an intangible asset.
is also one of the reasons why he is reluctant to be an old man.
After all, a blacklist is enough to clear your credit limit instantly.
All kinds of benefits will be canceled, and there will be restrictions on travel, consumption, and everything.
Basically, in the alliance, after being branded with the word lai, this person basically has to be in a mud pit for the rest of his life.
And that's just the beginning.
Including your children, it will also be very restrictive.
This limit is enough to leave you with no hope of rising for the next three generations.
That's the scariest problem.
So don't think that this kind of thing is just your own business, in the Union Act, this is one of the few punishments in the nature of a joint punishment.
After buying the tools, more equipment needs to be purchased by yourself.
For example, this pumping machine in front of you.
High-power and high-efficiency pumping machine is also a military product.
To put it simply, a pool of water can be drained in five minutes.
But here's the ......... Too expensive.
Looking at the price, Ding Xiaoyi thinks it's okay to take a look.
With such a large sum of money, it is not difficult for him to come up with it, and he has gold.
But if you want to buy it, it will bring a lot of trouble.
Let's start with gold.
Even if he chopped up the gold himself, he scattered it in more than a dozen gold shops in the old city to sell it.
But the sudden output of so much gold in the market is bound to attract all sorts of unwanted attention.
As far as I know, those small gold shops have a relationship network with each other, and there is only one relationship network after all.
People can find out about themselves with only a little exchange of news.
Secondly, this kind of military products, civilians can buy, but they will be monitored and audited.
This is even more troublesome.
Of course, low-power civilian pumping machines are still very cheap.
Place an order and buy a good pumping machine, and today's task is completed.
Stretch a lazy waist.
At this time, a cool breeze blew in the face, and a wave of tiredness suddenly hit like a tide.
It was as if I was sleepy all of a sudden.
Ding Xiaoyi's eyelids struggled a few times, and then they closed again.
As soon as I closed my eyes, half an hour had passed.
Shaking his head, he got up from his chair and prepared to go back to sleep.
He doesn't plan to go back to Huangquan today.
The inside has just experienced the attack of the tide, the bed is still wet, and there is no place to sleep when I go back.
Besides, the old house of 1000 alliance coins for a month, can you not enjoy it?
Ding Xiaoyi did not go to live in the old lady's master bedroom.
Although that room is luxurious.
But after all, people have lived in it for many years, and it always feels uncomfortable to lie in it by yourself.
Pushing open the side room, the room in front of me is also made of wooden furniture.
Mama Zhang had already cleaned up the house and left nothing behind.
But basically, they are all furnished, and they are still in their original appearance.
A table of eight immortals.
Small wooden pouf chairs.
Dresser by the head of the bed.
And that vintage shelf bed.
There are two hanging baskets in the house, which add a lot of vitality to the whole room.
The furnishings are very simple, but it is not difficult to see the elegant taste of this Mama Zhang.
But plain and elegant, every piece of furniture here is not cheap.
"It's all money."
Ding Xiaoyi's palm slapped on the head of the bed, making a deep muffled sound.
Solid wood furniture is really different.
Speaking of which, these 1,000 alliance coins in a month are no different from those given for nothing compared to such an environment.
Ding Xiaoyi was a little skeptical at this time, how Mama Zhang was willing to rent the house to herself like this.
Aren't you afraid that you will secretly sell all the furniture in the house?
"Forget it, I don't want to, let's go to sleep first......"
The sleepiness is getting stronger and stronger, and Ding Xiaoyi doesn't want to continue to waste his brain cells.
As soon as he lay down on the bed, he fell asleep in a daze.
I don't know how long I slept with my eyes closed, and suddenly ...... "Da!" A crisp sound made Ding Xiaoyi's claustrophobic eyelids beat uneasily.
Then the sound gradually began to become clear.
"Da..."
"Da... Click..."
"Da Da Da ......"
The footsteps are getting faster and faster.
Ding Xiaoyi, who was already asleep, trembled slightly with the sound.
The heart is like being squeezed by an invisible hand.
His eyes opened quietly in the night, and he glanced out the door with a vigilant look.
The tiredness that had been exhausted was suddenly swept away.
"No, it won't."
The familiar voice made Ding Xiaoyi suspect that he was hallucinating.
Could it be that every time I come back from Huangquan, I encounter this kind of thing?
Instead of getting out of bed right away, he slowed his breathing and listened quietly with his ears pricked up.
In the dark room, the only source of light is the faint light falling from the window.
It may be because of the camphor wood, so that on this hot summer day, the cicadas are not heard in the yard.
In the lifeless room, for a moment there was nothing but the sound of his own slow but powerful heartbeat.
All I could do was the sound of my own nasal panting.
"No?"
After waiting for a moment, the sound was no longer audible.
This couldn't help but make Ding Xiaoyi wonder if he was too nervous to hear it wrong.
Or like the previous times, I just had a nightmare.
Just when Ding Xiaoyi was suspicious of the voice he had just heard.
"Squeak......
The wooden door in front of me was quietly pushed open.
With a faint light shining through the crack in the door.
The shadow of a pair of shoes on the ground was elongated.
"I ......"
Suddenly, Ding Xiaoyi's chest breathed, and he had the urge to scold the street.
There's no end to this, isn't it?
The last time we met, forget it, everyone met in Pingshui, regardless of whether you are a psionic creature or not, you were scared enough.
Almost died at the hands of that robber.
Again?
Ding Xiaoyi forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, silently pulled his quilt, and covered his head, leaving a slit to look outside.
He's not a coward.
This time I had too much experience in Huangquan, and I was almost drowned in Huangquan by that woman.
I've seen so many big goods again.
Whether it's the flesh mass of the iron mayfly, or the bronze sword.
That one comes out better than this shoe.
Even if it's a psionic creature, isn't it just a pair of shoes?
This man was either scared to death in extreme fear, or he exploded in fear.
Ding Xiaoyi will obviously belong to the latter, which is also the reason why he has seen a lot in Huangquan.
"Da ......"
At this time, Ding Xiaoyi threw himself through the gap, saw the pair of bright red high heels outside the door, and gently poked into the door.
The bright, mirror-like upper is still very eye-catching in dim light.
As soon as one foot poked through the door, the other followed.
"Da... Da Da..."
Under the gap in the futon, Ding Xiaoyi's eyes were firmly locked on the shoes that were walking towards him.
As the shoes gradually approached, the cold light in Ding Xiaoyi's eyes became more and more cold.
Count the distance between him and his shoes in his heart.
"Five steps... Da... Four Steps... Da ......"
The bright red heels are getting lighter and lighter, as if they are walking on tiptoe.
"Three-step ......"
Gollum ...... Ding Xiaoyi swallowed a mouthful of spit, only to feel a dry mouth in his throat.
It's just that the upper of the shoe in front of him is getting closer and closer, which makes his heart beat involuntarily faster.
His legs shrunk slightly, and his body tightened as if it were a winding spring.
"Two steps..."
At this time, the shoes suddenly stopped in front of Ding Xiaoyi.
"Right now..."
Looking at the moment when the shoes paused, Ding Xiaoyi's tense muscles, like the barrel of a gun, raised the futon in his hand and pounced on it.
A wide futon is head-on over the vamp.
It seems that even this pair of high heels didn't expect that Ding Xiaoyi would take the initiative to pounce on it.
"Puff puff ......"
The futon continued to rise and fall, and the high heels began to struggle violently.
"It's endless, isn't it?" ”
But how could Ding Xiaoyi give it a chance to come out, and grabbed the chair in front of the dresser with both hands.
This chair made of solid wood weighs five or six pounds at least.
was raised above his head by Ding Xiaoyi's hands and smashed down.
Listening to the sound of "bang", the chair was smashed open.
Under the sound of cracking, the futon, which was already noisy, suddenly calmed down.
"Is this the end of it?"
Looking at the bedding that had calmed down in front of him, Ding Xiaoyi felt a little speechless in his heart.
A psionic creature is stoned to death by himself with a bench, which is a bit of a fantasy.
Quietly picking up the corner of the futon, Ding Xiaoyi's eyes swept away.
His face was covered with a thick layer of haze for a while.
Shoe... It's gone!
Escaped? Still is......
When Ding Xiaoyi couldn't figure it out, he suddenly felt a biting coldness on his feet, and looked down.
I saw that I didn't know when I put on those bright red shoes on my feet......