Wealthy Beauty in the 60s
Chapter 65 - 64 Thief (four updates for monthly ticket)

Chapter 65: Chapter 64 Thief (four updates for monthly ticket)

"The money for two rabbits." As soon as Jiaxing finished speaking, Xia Xiao widened her eyes in astonishment. "Brother Gao, did I hear that wrong? You said it’s the money for two rabbits, how could it be so much?"

She sold two pheasants for only six yuan and fifty cents, but two rabbits were surprisingly priced at twenty yuan now? That seemed excessively high.

"That’s not an expensive price, you just haven’t seen high prices yet. Nowadays, a single radish sells for one yuan. Those two plump rabbits weigh a total of ten kilograms; it’s normal to sell at this price. How can you compare it with normal times?"

Holding two ten-yuan notes, she felt a certain heaviness in these papers.

"Brother Gao, usually two rabbits wouldn’t sell for this much." Xia Xiao spoke softly, noting that a ten-yuan note usually bought thirteen kilograms of pork or eighty kilograms of rice. These two ten-yuan notes could buy one hundred and sixty kilograms of rice.

Jiaxing also fell silent for a moment, then said, "Why think so much? This is already a conscientious price. Some people can afford it, what are you afraid of? Besides, these are rabbits you hunted yourself, you neither stole nor robbed, what do you have to feel guilty about?"

"Brother Gao, this one note is for you." Xia Xiao wanted to share some of the profits with Jiaxing, but she couldn’t use her spare change, so she could only give him one ten-yuan note.

Jiaxing waved his hand, "No need to give me. I don’t want your money. I’m not a thief."

"Brother Gao is certainly not a thief. If it weren’t for you, the rabbits wouldn’t have sold for this much. This is for your hard work. I could hunt the rabbits thanks to the good training from Brother Gao, so don’t be modest with me, I’ll still need your help in the future." Xia Xiao insisted; she would rely on Jiaxing in the times to come.

"Just keep it, the days ahead won’t be so good." Jiaxing’s expression grew somber.

"Brother Gao, what do you mean?" Xia Xiao asked.

"The East Wind Production Team was raided by thieves, many people died, and all the grain was stolen. Now many of the injured are in the hospital fighting for their lives."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xiao’s heart shuddered violently. It was too terrifying.

It was the first time she heard about people dying, and it was close to home.

The East Wind, Red Star, and Guangming Production Teams were all from the same county. The East Wind team was next to the Red Star team, which meant it was separated from the Guangming team by the Red Star team.

There are many production teams in a county. With larger villages, there’s a team per village; smaller villages join together to form one team.

"Brother Gao, when did this happen?" Xia Xiao inquired.

"Last night. The news is out already. My dad has gone to the county for a meeting, and I guess we’ll be discussing it when he returns." After saying this, Jiaxing told Xia Xiao, "Right now, there are many hungry people, and many thieves too. When people are starving to death, there’s nothing they wouldn’t do. Don’t think I’m scaring you, but it’s better to visit the mountains less; it’s not safe where there are few people."

Jiaxing gave many examples to Xia Xiao, which left her shaken and feeling sick to her stomach.

"You’re just trying to scare me, right?" Xia Xiao still found it hard to believe.

Hearing this, Xia Xiao sighed and looked at Jiaxing, "Brother Gao, what about our production team, what if thieves come?"

After all, the Guangming Production Team had better harvests than other places.

What if thieves targeted them? The mere thought of everyone being in danger was intolerable for Xia Xiao.

"We’ll know once my dad comes back from the meeting. Our village has been robbed before too, but the thieves were driven away, so there aren’t many coming to our area."

Having said that, Xia Xiao nodded and then heard Zheng Xianghong shouting from outside, "You’re back so soon."

"My dad’s back." Jiaxing said and went out.

Xia Xiao pocketed the money and followed out, seeing Gao Guoqiang had returned. He told Zheng Xianghong, "Get me some water to drink, I need to go to the team soon, and you should come too."

"What happened, why the rush? Look how tired you are. Rest a bit first." Zheng Xianghong poured a glass of water for Gao Guoqiang and said.

"Big trouble. The East Wind Production Team was raided by thieves, people died, and many others are injured. The hospital is crowded with them, all these are our team’s labor force. It’s going to be even harder for the East Wind team from now on."

As soon as Gao Guoqiang finished speaking, Zheng Xianghong said, "Damn those thieves, they’re utterly conscienceless, robbing and killing so many. Aren’t they afraid of divine punishment?"

"Let’s hurry to the team meeting, discuss with everyone what to do. We also need to prepare, otherwise, if the thieves come here, we’ll be in trouble."

On hearing this, Xia Xiao’s heart tightened. Thieves were desperate, wielding real knives and real guns. There probably weren’t many guns in the Guangming Production Team.

Xia Xiao knew Gao Guoqiang had one gun, and He Hongjun probably had another, but she wasn’t sure about the rest. What would they do if thieves came? Even with knives, they couldn’t beat guns.

Following Gao Guoqiang and a few others, Xia Xiao arrived at the production team. Soon, Gao Guoqiang had someone use the loudspeaker to gather all the people from the various production teams.

Everyone was shocked to hear that the East Wind Production Team had been raided by thieves with many dead and injured.

"Captain, what do we do? Thieves nowadays aren’t like those from the past. If they really come here, what will we do?" The concerns started rising among the people.

Gao Guoqiang said, "Let’s discuss together a plan on how to handle these thieves."