Volume 1: Days Moving Bricks at the Construction Site
Pork
Plastic brotherly bond?
What is the driver so afraid of?
Sh*t, it’s really hard without hearing, otherwise, I could ask the driver what’s exactly going on.
Whenever she thinks of herself as a future deaf person, she feels a twinge in her nose.
Forget it, better to live miserably than die well.
The construction site’s main gate opened for her, yet Shen Maomao still felt a bit breathless, probably due to that random side effect. This side effect is really quite serious, causing difficulty in breathing, weakness in limbs, and if you encounter a ghost, you can’t even run away, basically on the verge of being eliminated.
The small birds on the wall chirped chaotically and, upon seeing Shen Maomao, all at once flapped their wings and flew away. The dark clouds at the edge of the sky were very thick and hadn’t dispersed since morning; it seemed there would be another heavy rain tonight.
She dragged a sack of meat and laboriously walked through the construction site gate. Fortunately, the construction site was overall a flat rectangle, so she didn’t need to walk too far.
The ground was unbearably muddy, and since the meat was for eating, Shen Maomao preferred to carry the sack, walking a while and resting a while, rather than let the meat roll around in the muddy water.
The dark clouds pressed lower and lower, and a strong wind whipped up a burst of sand, filling Shen Maomao’s mouth.
In front of the canteen door not far away, the foreman and Yan Nan stood there, expressionless, watching her struggle to move, not intending to extend a helping hand.
Finally, reaching the front of the canteen, Shen Maomao plopped down on the ground and couldn’t get up.
The foreman looked at the watch inside the room, said something, and then kept staring at her, seemingly waiting for her response.
Shen Maomao yelled, “I can’t hear! Do you have paper and pen? I’m already a little deaf person!”
The foreman then took out his phone and typed to show her: 【How did you get in?】
Shen Maomao, puzzled, said, “I walked in, how else? Fly in?”
Foreman: 【Speak a bit softer, we can hear you!】
Shen Maomao: “…” It’s not her fault, she was afraid her voice was too soft for others to hear.
The foreman typed: 【I originally planned to open the door for you after four o’clock.】
Shen Maomao, puzzled, said, “Then who let me in? Could it be haunted?”
The foreman’s expression changed, and he reached into his pocket to feel around, then let out a relieved breath: “Alright, let me see the meat you bought back.”
Shen Maomao didn’t hear this sentence, but when she saw the foreman put away his phone, she understood that it didn’t matter whether she heard the next words or not.
The foreman dragged Shen Maomao’s sack into the canteen and placed the bag on an extra platform scale in the middle. It displayed 24.15kg; she had brought back 48 jin of meat, not even half of the task amount.
The foreman pointed at Yan Nan, purposely opened his mouth wide, and said word by word: “She! 140 jin!” While speaking, he gestured with his hand a one four zero.
Shen Maomao nodded in understanding. It seemed Yan Nan was afraid she might die outside or return without success, so she had obtained all the meat herself.
— Ding Hou’s meat.
The foreman typed again: 【Since she did better, you handle this meat then.】
Shen Maomao: “! What the f*ck?” How is she supposed to handle this??!
Foreman: 【Blanch it with boiling water, then marinate with salt, do I still need to teach you this?】
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Shen Maomao: “…” It doesn’t need teaching, but she certainly doesn’t want to handle human meat!!
Foreman: 【Today you must process at least 100 jin, if you don’t finish, then don’t sleep.】
Yan Nan showed her a proud expression and leisurely walked into the kitchen to prepare today’s dinner.
The kitchen had two additional large water tanks, making the already cramped kitchen even more narrow.
The foreman pointed at the water tanks.
Shen Maomao asked, “Are you asking me to put the prepared meat inside?”
The foreman nodded.
The two water tanks were both sealed with wooden lids on top. Shen Maomao summoned her courage and fiercely pulled open the one on the left, finding it empty with only a fly buzzing out.
Then… the tank on the right must be the one filled with Ding Hou…
The water tank wasn’t even as tall as a person. Shen Maomao believed she would have difficulty squeezing in, let alone fitting someone of Ding Hou’s size inside.
However, by volume calculation, it seemed to be just right.
It seemed Ding Hou’s corpse had already been dismembered…
She didn’t dare to open the other water tank again and silently ran over to wash the vegetables.
After the sky darkened, several people from the small building also returned to the canteen.
The atmosphere among the group was somewhat strange: Luo Xingbang and Wei Gu looked listless and sat down without a word; Beidou, contrary to usual, did not walk with Yun Shengjin but instead sat next to Leng Bingbing; as for Brother Long and Binzi, these two never got along with Yun Shengjin from the start, and now they looked even more displeased.
Finally, there were Xiaolou and Golden Retriever. Xiaolou had a serious expression, while Golden Retriever seemed absent-minded.
What happened during the time she was away?
She placed Yan Nan’s stir-fried vegetables on the table. Golden Retriever’s eyes lit up upon seeing her and he opened his mouth to say something. Xiaolou also had a look of relief and opened her mouth to speak as well.
Shen Maomao: “…” Really so annoying.
She said: “I’ve gone deaf! Whatever you say, I can’t hear it!”
Everyone at the two tables looked at her. She belatedly realized that her voice was too loud and quickly apologized to the people around her: “Sorry! I can’t hear my own voice!”
Other people: “…” Just say sorry, why so fierce?!
Xiaolou couldn’t help but laugh, and the atmosphere among everyone relaxed a lot.
The foreman strolled in from outside, surveyed the area, and cleared his throat: “Cough, cough. I went to look around, and today we still need to call two people back to work.”
Here it comes, here it comes. After a day off, the foreman is starting to catch unlucky kids again.
He pointed at Binzi and Leng Bingbing: “You two and her stay later for overtime.”
Binzi’s body stiffened, while Leng Bingbing remained expressionless.
Brother Long suddenly stood up: “F*cker! You better choose someone else!”
The foreman furrowed his brows: “What is your opinion?”
Binzi stopped Brother Long: “Brother Long, forget it…”
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Brother Long completely ignored the advice, forcefully shook off Binzi’s arm, walked over, grabbed the foreman’s collar, and single-handedly lifted him up: “You can find anyone else, but not my brother! Either you choose someone else, or I’ll kill you right now! I mean what I say, if you don’t believe me, try it!”
The foreman, who had flaunted his power for several days, had never been treated like this. He was both angry and scared, his feet kicking randomly in mid-air, but he still refused to admit defeat: “You…! It’s him! If you’re really so loyal, then go yourself in his place!”
“If I go, then he doesn’t need to go, right?” Brother Long released his hand, put the foreman down, and even helped straighten his collar a couple of times, “Are you certain?”
“Certain!”
Brother Long clapped his hands: “Alright, if anything happens to my brother, even as a ghost, I won’t let you go!”
Binzi refused, saying: “No, I’ll still go.”
Brother Long directly decided: “If you still consider me your brother, then you must listen to me! I can protect myself, you go back to the dormitory and stay there obediently!”
Binzi opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but Brother Long had already lifted his foot and walked out.
The foreman looked hatefully at his back but didn’t dare to mess with him, so he could only vent his anger on the remaining two people: “What are you looking at? Hurry up and eat, finish eating and hit the road!”
Leng Bingbing was neither hurried nor rushed, leisurely eating what might be his last dinner.
Shen Maomao…
Shen Maomao heard nothing.
After seeing so many plastic brotherly bond, this team’s performance exceeded everyone’s expectations.
The foreman shook his sleeves and left, and Xiaolou, in the palm of the clueless Shen Maomao, wrote: 【The foreman took out his anger on you after being threatened.】
Shen Maomao exploded: “F*ck, what does he mean? Bully me because I can’t hear? If it was when my ears were working, I’d definitely curse him till his mom doesn’t recognize him!” After finishing this long sentence, she leaned back due to lack of oxygen.
Xiaolou grabbed her and wrote in her palm: 【Don’t embarrass yourself.】
Shen Maomao: “…”
Leng Bingbing finished eating, patted his butt, and walked out of the cafeteria, stepping into the vast night.
Golden Retriever always wanted to join Xiaolou and Shen Maomao’s conversation, but as a big man, he couldn’t just hold the little girl’s hand, right? That would be taking advantage of someone!
After finishing the meal, the group of people left one by one.
Binzi, replaced by Brother Long, followed behind Yun Sheng and Jin Beidou, heading in the direction of the dormitory.
Xiaolou glanced that way with unclear intent but quickly withdrew her gaze.
She chased Golden Retriever away and stayed in the cafeteria to wait for Shen Maomao.
Shen Maomao finished washing the dishes and came out, seeing Xiaolou still there, she was so surprised she almost cried: “Sister Lou, save me! I feel like I can’t breathe!”
Xiaolou drew a question mark in the air.
Shen Maomao looked around, not seeing anyone else, and immediately told everything she had experienced.
Including the monster in the supermarket, the side effects of the life-saving tool, and the work the foreman left for her.
Xiaolou pointed to the kitchen, indicating for her to follow her inside.
Shen Maomao was unwilling: “Do I really have to… boil it cooked? I can’t, I just can’t do it…”
Xiaolou wrote: 【You don’t necessarily have to follow his instructions.】
Shen Maomao’s eyes brightened: “…Really?!”
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【Always following the npc’s instructions can actually harm oneself.】
At first, Yun Shengjin used this sentence to trick Ding Hou into staying in the dormitory. When Yun Shengjin said it, it made people feel uneasy about his intentions, but when Xiaolou said it, it was very convincing.
She grabbed Xiaolou’s clothes, shivering, and asked: “Then what do we do?”
【First, go and check the situation.】
The two arrived at the kitchen. Shen Maomao, having mentally prepared herself, didn’t trouble Xiaolou and personally lifted the lid of the vat on the right side.
A fishy smell hit their noses.
The situation was a bit better than she imagined. In her imagination, once the lid was opened, she would see a human head placed on top and Ding Hou’s eyes not closed in death, but in reality, inside were dismantled human body parts, and the head was still not visible.
Shen Maomao couldn’t control her hand from shaking, and already struggling to breathe in this environment, she was almost suffocating.
Xiaolou wrote on her back: 【Pork.】
That’s right… fortunately, she did not collude with that group of heartless fellows and brought a big pile of pork instead.
She put the vat lid back, bowed three times to the water vat: “Injustice has its perpetrator, debt has its owner… Brother Ding Hou… if you have a spirit in heaven, please don’t come to find us…”
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