Lettuce delivery event

As night fell, Jiang Lin returned to her small home. The lettuce in the indoor insulated greenhouse was growing full. The outer leaves were a little old, and she didn't really want to eat them.

Today's dinner has been delivered. Jiang Lin opened it and saw shrimp and two pieces of grilled eel. The aroma instantly filled the entire living room.

It’s just that vegetables are indeed in short supply. After all, most of the land in the base is reserved for staple foods, and not many vegetables, which are the icing on the cake, are grown.

Jiang Lin looked at the lettuce in the greenhouse and fell into deep thought. Maybe he could let the people at the base grow some lettuce at home.

Now she has no shortage of purification fluids, and lettuce is easy to grow.

So she sat down at the computer at her desk and started writing a notice:

【Lettuce delivery activity:

On April 26, base members can collect soil in various containers and line up at the entrance of the Planting Research Institute to receive soil purification agents and lettuce seeds. The first person to arrive will receive a head of already grown lettuce.

Jiang Linliu, director of the Planting Research Institute!

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After editing, Jiang Lin clicked send, and the post instantly spread to everyone's smart brain and wristband important notifications.

Wen Tingjun was the first to see Jiang Lin's message. He smiled and raised the priority of this information. He also immediately sent someone to post this message on the paper notice board at the base.

In the end times, people are less active and are happy to gather in the notification bar to read old notifications over and over again, and chat with people around them.

It was the time for the mass dismissal, and the staff walked to the notice board with beautiful posters.

The pedestrians who were walking on the road with their heads down were instantly attracted and spontaneously made way for the staff. They stopped moving and watched quietly from the side.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was also an ordinary person who was not noticed in the crowd. She stopped curiously. The base had not issued any new notices for a long time. She wondered what news there was this time.

The beautiful colorful poster was posted on the slightly dusty bulletin board, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

The people in front were crowded together. Zhou Xiaoxiao was quite tall, so although she couldn't see the content of the poster clearly, she could vaguely see a beautifully painted small potted plant.

The thing in the pot looks like lettuce?

Just as she was about to take a closer look, the staff member's voice rang out: "Everyone, please don't crowd. The notification content has been sent to your mailbox at the same time! You can check your mailbox yourself."

Zhou Xiaoxiao opened her bracelet, which indeed showed an unread email from Jiang Lin from the Planting Research Institute.

She had an impression of Jiang Lin. Jiang Lin's voice was heard in all the major events that happened at the base. This unknown woman had become the director of the Planting Research Institute and also served as the head of the Construction Department in just a few months at the First Base.

The transfer notice alone is enough to recognize this remarkable woman.

But Zhou Xiaoxiao didn't have any feelings for these ministers and directors. No matter who was in charge, it had nothing to do with them. It was already difficult for ordinary people to survive in the apocalypse.

People like Jiang Lin have extraordinary abilities and capabilities that are beyond the reach of others, and are beyond their reach.

"Is this true? Lettuce pots! We can grow plants ourselves..." The surprised voice of a girl next to her reached Zhou Xiaoxiao's ears.

Breaking her train of thought, she looked closely. Tomorrow, April 16th, she could go to the Planting Research Institute with a container filled with soil to receive purification fluid and lettuce seeds. Those who arrived quickly could even receive already grown seeds!

Zhou Xiaoxiao couldn't believe her eyes.

Humans have accepted the fact that the land cannot be used for cultivation for a long time. Although Jiang Lin brought purifiers to the base, the purifiers have only been provided to the research institute and the base's official plantations.

As an ordinary person, Zhou Xiaoxiao never thought that one day she would also have a small pot of soil for planting.

"It can't be fake."

"I'm worried too, but you see it has the official certification from the base commander, and it has a higher priority than the red notice document, so it shouldn't be fake."

After the shock, everyone's first feeling was disbelief, including Zhou Xiaoxiao.

"Don't worry, Director Jiang always keeps his word. Hurry up and line up with your flower pots tomorrow. Maybe you can get some planted lettuce!" There was a security guard from the Planting Research Institute who was off duty next to him.

They had obtained real living soil before, and they firmly believed that since Jiang Lin dared to say it, he would be able to do it.

More and more people gathered around, so the patrol team had to send another team to maintain order. Zhou Xiaoxiao didn't stay any longer, she quickly went home.

She searched her house thoroughly but couldn't find a decent container. Not to mention the apocalypse, even before the apocalypse, few people had flower pots.

The lower class people survive by eating unpalatable food or nutrient solution.

Nothing can be grown on the land outside, so agricultural majors have been massively cut.

Zhou Xiaoxiao's eyes drifted to a beautiful glass jar in the storage room. This was the most valuable thing in the house. She took out the glass jar. She remembered that there was a hole under the flower pot.

Although she was reluctant, she still used tools to drill a hole at the bottom of the glass jar, and then went outside to fill it with soil. However, the contaminated soil leaked out from the small hole at the bottom in no time, just like sand.

Zhou Xiaoxiao had no choice but to put them all in the bag first.

"Xiaoxiao, you're still digging the soil. If I were you, I'd say it can't be grown. It's all a trick up the sleeves of the higher-ups. We ordinary people shouldn't get involved."

"If you have to wait in line, you might as well do some work and earn some extra points."

"Xiaoxiao, if you don't earn enough points tomorrow and have no money to buy food, you will go hungry." The aunt kindly reminded her.

Ordinary people like Zhou Xiaoxiao who have no special abilities or skills have to use points to buy meals in the cafeteria. If they don’t have enough points, they won’t be able to eat.

"Thank you, auntie, but I still want to give it a try." Zhou Xiaoxiao replied with a smile. Her face looked a little yellow and thin due to long-term malnutrition.

She is not even as good as an ordinary person. She is an orphan and her parents died in the first wave of zombies. Before the end of the world, she worked hard to pass the civil service exam. At the beginning, she was lucky enough to be assigned by the government to the First Base to be responsible for clerical work.

However, there was little demand for clerical work in the apocalypse, and their staff was soon reduced. Later, Zhou Xiaoxiao went to the education college at the base to become a teacher.

However, there were fewer and fewer children born in the apocalypse, and there was no need for so many teachers, so it wasn't long before she was out of work again.

Later, when she was almost starving to death, a neighbor lady introduced her to a canteen as a temporary worker, and she was able to barely survive.

Now she goes to open areas with the aunt to dig batteries in exchange for points. Although she doesn't know what these batteries are used for, the profits from digging batteries are really good.

However, she doesn't know how long she can keep up this job. Anyway, the base currently needs as many batteries as possible.

"Then you won't go with me to dig batteries tomorrow?" The auntie next door looked at her disapprovingly.

"Forget it, it's up to you. I can only give you one biscuit at most, no more." The neighbor aunt is the hardest-mouthed but soft-hearted one.

Zhou Xiaoxiao smiled at her gratefully: "You will definitely get it. I will treat you to some lettuce when the time comes."

The aunt looked at her like she was a fool and said, "Whatever you want, but don't starve yourself to death."

Zhou Xiaoxiao was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night. Before dawn, she ran to the door of the Planting Research Institute.

The place was empty with only a few people holding containers queuing up. Zhou Xiaoxiao was the tenth one to arrive, and she had run all the way here.

Now she couldn't stop gasping for breath. Her health was not very good, and she was reluctant to spend money to take the bus to the base. Fortunately, she caught it.

The people at the research institute had not yet come to work. The first one to arrive was Xu Anan. She had seen Jiang Lin's notice yesterday and planned to come early to organize the purification fluid.

But she also brought a flower pot, which wasn't really a flower pot, it was a DIY one made from other containers, because no one had flower pots in the apocalypse.

Xu Anan's container is a large, chipped bowl.

Her arrival attracted the attention of everyone in the queue. Seeing Xu Anan also holding a pot, someone couldn't help but ask, "Will Director Jiang really give us soil and lettuce seeds to grow?"

Xu Anan was stunned by the question. She had not suffered any hardship since she came to the Planting Research Institute with Jiang Lin. Her parents had good jobs as technical talents and had never lacked food.

Now seeing the pale and skinny faces and rough hands of the people in line, Xu Anan finally understood why Jiang Lin suddenly organized such an event.

Many people cannot eat vegetables, and it is already difficult for them to maintain basic necessities.

"He can definitely lead. Director Jiang is a man who does what he says." Xu Anan spoke confidently for Jiang Lin. She had never seen anything that Jiang Lin couldn't do.

The sun slowly rose. Jiang Lin arrived very early today. There were not many people outside the institute, but there were still many people queuing up.

She was holding a large bowl of lettuce, which she had brought out from her home's greenhouse. She couldn't finish it herself, so she simply gave it away.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was instantly attracted by the rare green color. The next time she looked at Jiang Lin, she was not quite the same as she had imagined. She did not have the arrogance of a superior.

She looks like a strong weed, very resilient, and therefore very attractive.

Seeing them, Jiang Lin smiled reassuringly: "The activity will start soon, don't worry, everyone will have something."

Jiang Lin smiled, and the atmosphere around her was like ice and snow melting, but it was also warm like a spring breeze. Zhou Xiaoxiao's heart trembled, and she looked at her intently.

Xu Anan had already set up a simple table and a huge box of lettuce seeds from the storage room.

People from the research institute came to help, because many people didn't know how to plant seeds. Some researchers stayed up all night yesterday and used water and the laboratory's incubator to develop a batch of germinated seeds.

Jiang Lin sat on the chair behind the table, and Xu Anan stood beside her to maintain order.

"I declare that the lettuce delivery campaign has officially begun!!" Xu Anan's howl almost drove Jiang Lin away from her.

Seeing Jiang Lin's indescribable expression, Xu Anan scratched her head embarrassedly. She was also too excited.

The first person in line was a middle-aged woman. Jiang Lin followed the notice and asked the people in front of her to give her the lettuce she had grown herself.

The aunt's hands were shaking as she took the lettuce: "Thank you, thank you."

Jiang Lin patted her hand soothingly: "Don't be nervous, there will be more vegetable delivery activities in the future." Today's scene made Jiang Lin feel that this activity can be held for a long time.

The old lady walked away excitedly with the lettuce and soil in her arms, and everyone behind her looked at her with envy.

The people in front of Zhou Xiaoxiao all left with their lettuces contentedly. It was her turn next, and her heart couldn't help but start beating wildly.