Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

Chapter 398 Arriving at the Farm, Preparing for a Prison Break

Baoding, Qinghe Farm.

Lou Bancheng slept on a large communal bed with Ninth Master. Their cell was a mud-brick house, a small mud-brick house of more than 40 square meters, housing more than 30 people. On average, each person had less than 1.5 square meters of space, so it was a very crowded place.

However, thanks to the connections Lou San had made beforehand, he and Ninth Master were assigned to the same land reclamation team and the same cell. As for the others under Ninth Master, he couldn't care less about them.

After all, they were here to serve their sentences, not to enjoy themselves. If they went too far and gathered all of Ninth Master's men together, those men were afraid that too many people would cause trouble, and they dared not take such a big risk.

The fact that Ninth Master was able to be assigned to the same group as him was only possible because he had begged the captain who escorted them for quite some time, and the captain had to coordinate things so that Ninth Master could be assigned to the same group as him.

The second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth brothers under Ninth Master, including Tan Yali, were all assigned to Qinghe Farm. However, they were assigned to different land reclamation teams. As prisoners, even if they were reclaiming land on the same farm, it would be virtually impossible for them to talk to each other.

Lou Bancheng rubbed his sore arms and let out a long sigh.

They were sent to Qinghe Farm this morning, and spent the afternoon clearing land. After working all afternoon, he felt that his arms and waist were no longer his own.

With his physical condition, he probably couldn't even last six months, let alone eighteen years, of such high-intensity labor.

This was all thanks to the two bottles of wine Wang Feng had given him, which cured some of his old ailments. Otherwise, given his previous physical condition, he probably would have died of exhaustion on the way to clear the land in less than a month.

I wonder if Tanya Li can handle it. Even he couldn't stand the high intensity of the work, so I guess it would be even harder for Tanya Li to adapt.

The food we ate at the farm today was really hard to swallow. There wasn't even any cornbread. They were eating wild vegetable dumplings and cornmeal porridge, which was bitter and astringent. Even with that, they weren't full, and there wasn't a drop of oil in the food.

Previously, whether he was in the Public Security Bureau or the detention center, Lou San had taken care of things, so he didn't eat badly. Every meal, the squad leader would call him out and give him special treatment. But now that he's on this farm, he doesn't get any special treatment anymore.

With a sigh, Lou Bancheng felt helpless. The team leader who escorted them to the farm today had already left, and Lou San hadn't made any connections at the farm. Now, he could only hope that what Wang Feng said before was true and that they could be rescued. Otherwise, with this kind of high-intensity labor, he and Tan Yali would definitely die.

Seeing Lou Bancheng sighing, Ninth Master comforted him, "Chairman Lou, try to think positively and go to sleep early. You have to get up early tomorrow to start clearing the land. If you don't sleep well tonight, you won't have the energy to clear the land tomorrow."

Lou Bancheng nodded, closed his eyes and tried to sleep, but he was starving and his arms and back ached terribly, so he couldn't fall asleep at all.

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at the same time.

After running for more than an hour, Wang Feng finally arrived in Baoding.

Wang Feng took out a map that Lou San had prepared in advance, and after just one glance, he memorized the entire route.

He was still more than 40 kilometers away from Qinghe Farm. He put the map into his spatial storage and ran wildly in the direction indicated by the map.

After running for about twenty minutes, Wang Feng arrived near Qinghe Farm, which was less than a kilometer away.

When Wang Feng reached the vicinity of Qinghe Farm, he stopped. He dared not run recklessly here, as there were armed forces stationed here, and it would be troublesome if he were discovered.

He didn't want to directly clash with the armed forces; the best course of action was to sneak into the farm quietly, rescue Lou Bancheng and his wife, and then quickly leave this dangerous place.

It was only a little before nine o'clock at night, and Wang Feng did not take off his night clothes. He was still wearing a black hood and cautiously approached Qinghe Farm.

Wang Feng slowly approached the farm, his movements incredibly light. He wore cloth shoes with multiple layers of soles, so as long as he was careful, he could walk without making a sound.

His eyes, ears, and even his spiritual sense were all intently observing the movements around him.

When Wang Feng was 200 meters away from the farm, he could see the guard tower and the earthen wall.

The guard tower, with its bright lights shining through the earthen walls, was quite conspicuous.

As he entered the sixty-meter range, his spiritual sense detected the situation of the guard tower.

Two armed men were on guard duty at the watchtower, each carrying a Type 38 rifle.

Below the guard tower, there is a 2.5-meter-high earthen wall, which is covered with barbed wire and broken glass.

Inside the walled area was a vast, open meadow. There was no cover whatsoever, not even a single tree. It was so open that the armed personnel standing in the guard tower could see right through it.

Wang Feng didn't need to go to the other three earthen walls to know that there must be guard towers on all four sides of the wall, and the situation would be the same. As soon as he entered the wall, he would be exposed to two armed men, and then the alarm would be sounded. He would soon be riddled with bullets.

Although Wang Feng was not afraid of ordinary firearms, and according to his estimation, the armed forces of such farms generally did not have heavy weapons, his purpose was only to rescue people and he did not want to have a conflict with the armed forces.

Even the most skilled person would find it difficult to rescue someone in such an environment.

If Wang Feng didn't have a safe space, even if he could rescue Lou Bancheng and his wife, it would be difficult for him to avoid being discovered. After all, there were guard towers on all sides, with no blind spots. Two armed men were watching the open space inside the wall, which was very bright and had no cover. As soon as he entered, he would be discovered immediately.

Wang Feng stood sixty meters away, thinking about how to get in and how to find Lou Bancheng and his wife once inside.

Ten minutes passed before he sighed helplessly. After thinking it over and over, he couldn't come up with any feasible solution. At present, the only solution was to put the two armed men in the guard post into the space warehouse and release them after he went in.

With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and cautiously approached the guard tower. When he was only fifty meters away from the guard tower, he used his mind to directly store the two armed men into the space warehouse.

Wang Feng knew that if these two armed men were not at the guard post for an extended period of time, they would soon be discovered by the patrol team.

Wang Feng unleashed his speed and sprinted towards the earthen wall.

In less than a few seconds, Wang Feng reached the foot of the earthen wall, which was 2.5 meters high. With the addition of the barbed wire, it was a full three meters high. Wang Feng leaped over it.

Upon entering the earthen wall, Wang Feng sprinted towards the darkness. When he was more than 60 meters away from the guard tower, he quickly put the two armed personnel in the space warehouse back in their original positions.