"It's not inconvenient." The old Taoist priest said with a smile, holding his hands. "There are many official bases. The closest one is the official base rebuilt from the Hang Lung Building. If you want to enter the base, pack your luggage, but don't bring too much, because after you get there, everyone can only get one bed, and the things you can put in are limited. In addition, you have to pay a certain amount of fuel every day. Families with three or less people have to pay 50 kilograms of firewood every day. They don't want anything else.

Every time the number of people doubles, the amount of firewood to be paid every day will also double accordingly, and there is nothing else to worry about."

Li Chuang had been listening carefully. After a while, he slowly asked, "I remember that the Hang Lung Building has dozens of floors. Even if 20 to 30 floors were submerged, there are still 20 to 30 floors exposed above. There are many bases, so why is the space allocated to each person so small?"

The old Taoist priest smiled. "The building is very tall and the place is very large, but do you know how much manpower and resources are needed to renovate the heating system of such a large place? Even if it can be renovated, how much fuel is needed to provide heating every day?"

Every word the old Taoist asked was heart-wrenching, and Li Chuang even felt embarrassed.

"You are right, I took it for granted. Thank you for telling me this news.

Taoist priest, you guys want to pull something up, right? How about I help you pull it up together?"

The old Taoist shook his head. "No, it's just something I said casually. Don't take it to heart. Even if I don't tell you today, people from the official base will come here. It will probably happen in the next two days."

The Henglong Base has been renovated and put into use. It will require a lot of manpower and material resources to maintain it. It cannot be maintained by the survivors and official staff who currently live there.

It is for this reason that official people are running around, spreading the news about the base and allowing more people to live there.

When the internet and power are cut off, if you want to spread the news, you can only rely on walking and shouting.

Although the old Taoist priest said so, Li Chuang still looked grateful, "That's not the truth. Taoist priest, you told me the news in advance, so I have more time to prepare than others, which can give me an advantage."

The old Taoist priest laughed and said, "If you really want to think so, it's not impossible."

Everything that needed to be said had been said, and the old Taoist priest didn't need Li Chuang's help to move things, so Li Chuang didn't stay any longer. After thanking the two men again, he returned to 3201.

Nan Ci followed the old Taoist priest to room 3202. When he reached the window, he let the rope lock down.

While pulling things, neither of them spoke.

Only after all the things were pulled up did the two of them walk over to the sofa and sit down.

As soon as he sat down, the old Taoist priest spoke, "When I saw Qianqian go down just now, her face was full of sorrow. You must have told her that you would not go to the base, right?"

There was nothing to hide, so Nan Ci admitted it directly, "Yes, I told her. Is the Taoist priest going to the base?"

The old Taoist threw himself into the sofa and adjusted himself into a comfortable position before looking at Nan Ci and answering her question.

"Yes, I won't go!"

The old Taoist priest looked around and said, "Although my place is not big, as the saying goes, a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse, I still want to stay in my doghouse.

The heating may not be that good, but it is big, has a lot of supplies, and most importantly, is quiet.”

Having known the old Taoist priest for such a long time, Nan Ci has a certain understanding of his temper and personality. It is not surprising at all that the old Taoist priest would say such words.

"What about them two?" Nan Ci asked again.

The old Taoist priest shook his head. "They didn't say anything, so I don't know. Let them choose!"

Although they are partners and live under the same roof, each of them is an independent individual with his or her own ideas and choices, and no one can force anyone else.

As the two were talking, there was a knock on the door. Without asking, they knew it must be Mu Qianqian and Zhou Ziyang coming up.

When the old Taoist priest was curled up in the sofa, he looked lazy.

But when he heard the knock on the door, he stood up and walked quickly towards the door.

After a while, three people and a turtle walked in.

Mu Qianqian's eyes lit up when she saw Nan Ci.

She and Zhou Ziyang are a couple, they can talk about anything and spend the most time together.

The old Taoist priest is humorous and knowledgeable, and I get along well with him.

But whether it is Zhou Ziyang or the old Taoist priest, they are both men, and sometimes the feeling of getting along with them is not as good as Nan Ci.

Even though Nan Ci's personality is not very outgoing and he likes to divide everything clearly, this does not affect Mu Qianqian's liking for Nan Ci at all.

As soon as she got close to the sofa, Mu Qianqian sat down next to Nan Ci, "Nan Ci, thank you so much, it's a blessing to have your help, otherwise we wouldn't be able to finish it even if we worked for another half an hour."

"It's not a big deal, I just helped out." Nan Ci said, "Where did you meet the people from the official base?"

"Near the Hang Lung Building, many people were already packing up and preparing to move to the base." Mu Qianqian said.

Hearing this, Nan Ci didn't find it strange at all.

Not everyone has the same level of food and drink as them, with plenty of fuel and a big stove for heating and cooking.

With no food, no water and no fuel, living at home is just a helpless act, but also a struggle to survive.

Although moving into the base is definitely not as good as at home in terms of mobility and space, and one even has to go out to find fuel and turn it in every day, but as long as one lives there, one will get a certain degree of security.

At least you don’t have to worry about falling asleep and never waking up and dying because the weather is too cold.

There are gains and losses in many things in this world. Comparing the two, as long as they can accept the gains and losses, moving into the base is also a good choice.

Before Nan Ci could continue to ask, Mu Qianqian had already sighed, "Just now when we were downstairs, Zi Yang and I had a careful discussion, and we also decided not to go to the base."

The old Taoist priest had already laid back down on the sofa. He just raised his eyebrows after hearing this. "We can wait and see. If the base is really good and can be developed, we can move there after a while."

Mu Qianqian nodded repeatedly after hearing this, "Yeah, I understand."

Seeing that they had finished the discussion, Nan Ci looked at the flower pots leaning against the wall.

Those flower pots are big and small, cylindrical, cube and rectangular.

All together, there are about 10 to 20 of them.

It’s not a lot, but it’s not a little either.

At least it was more than enough for the three of them to grow vegetables.