Chapter 129 The Grand Plan for the Dining Hall
The soup is done.
Ji Zai ate with great relish; the rice mixed with soup was delicious.
Liang Qiyue enjoyed her meal immensely. "I haven't seen you all day. Where have you been?"
Ji Zai explained it once.
Liang Qiyue suddenly realized, "This is a good idea. We can eat at the canteen from now on and we won't have to worry about how much food we have. But we still have so much rice. Won't that be a waste?"
"Probably not," Ji Zai said, chewing his rice. "We can make them into snacks like ice cream and rice crackers; they should taste pretty good."
"Once the canteen is back in operation, temporary workers will be assigned to work on a daily basis."
"Everyone eats the same food, which makes it easier to work."
Too.
From now on, we will definitely focus on farming.
When it comes to farming, the more people the better. Now, the tea gardens and flower fields on the back hill have all become farming areas, and everyone goes to take care of them every day.
Ideally, we should be able to grow a continuous supply of food.
The back hill has now become a complete paradise.
Everyone loves going there.
Perhaps because they had been holding it in for so long, everyone was full of energy.
Some planted flowers, some planted fruit trees, some dug for mushrooms, some picked bamboo shoots, and some picked wild vegetables.
Anyway, we haven't been short of soup lately.
After the soup was distributed, the temporary workers were able to pack up and leave.
They washed the kitchen utensils and placed them in the temporary kitchen on the first floor. Then they washed their hands and began to eat.
It's the same soup mixed with rice.
Everyone gets one spoonful, just the right amount.
There are some vegetables left over, in case the soup isn't enough and we have to cook them again.
It seems that it's no longer needed.
Qing Shuang sipped her soup with a contented expression. "It's so delicious. Although the work is a bit tiring, at least we have food and drink, and we still have time. It's really great."
Although everyone is very busy.
But it's only something that keeps you busy for a while.
Once the planting is complete, watering only requires a few people. After that, everyone is quite bored. In the evenings, we cook soup on time and clean the dormitory area every week. That's about it.
I still have plenty of time to myself.
If temporary workers are like this, imagine how it is for permanent employees.
I'm so bored I'm practically growing mushrooms.
Manman was eating her meal when she glanced at Building 5 across the street and said, "By the way, why haven't they come to get the porridge yet? They're the only ones missing."
No sooner had he finished speaking than he saw the suspicious-looking people from Building 5 next door arrive.
The temporary workers who were eating were all dumbfounded.
Manman was so frightened that she backed away.
Yang Le frowned, looked at them, and asked, "What are you doing? Sneaking around like that, are you planning to steal something?"
Anle looked left and right, then whispered, "Excuse me, is this where I get the porridge?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
Someone asked curiously, "You're getting it here? But you're here to get porridge, right? Why are you doing it so secretly?"
Anle coughed lightly, "We're just living under someone else's roof, and we were afraid you'd make fun of us, so we came when no one was around."
"That's how it's written in melodramatic novels, where guys are mocked because they're down on their luck. We're in the same situation now, so we're just cowards."
Yang Le rolled his eyes. "Get lost, this is reality. We're all college students. Have you ever seen a college student make a sarcastic remark? Even if you do, it's only in melodramatic short dramas. In real life, who cares about you?"
"Hurry up, I need to get off work soon."
Yang Le pointed to the pot and stretched.
Anle looked over as well and, sure enough, saw porridge. Because it had been so long since he had come to get some, all he could see was thin water.
He went over, picked up the ladle used for serving rice, and scooped a spoonful into his own bowl, saying, "One spoonful for everyone?"
“Yes.” Yang Le nodded, then looked at the bowls they were holding. They were small pots, so it seemed that there were small pots in the boys’ dormitory as well.
The auntie does all the dishwashing at Ningda University.
Therefore, very few people buy lunch boxes.
Nowadays, most people use small pots as bowls for eating.
There are so many pots that one can be given to each person.
Soon, the person in Building 5 who had finished getting the porridge returned to the building next door with the porridge.
Because they were unfamiliar with Building 4, or perhaps a little afraid of it, people from Building 5 mostly only dared to watch the movements of Building 4 from their vantage point.
After all, that's the Ning Alliance.
Ningmeng!
There is no force more powerful than Ningmeng in the entire Ning City.
Now that someone is telling them that Ning Meng is actually a classmate of theirs, the sense of distance between them suddenly becomes overwhelming.
This was my first time making porridge.
That's how quick and efficient they were—they grabbed it and ran.
The people in Building 5 are different from those in Building 4. They have witnessed the horror of the apocalypse firsthand, and they have also witnessed their classmates turn into zombies and commit suicide by jumping off buildings.
Although they have been rescued, that brutal experience remains a psychological shadow for them, one that they will not be able to recover from in a short period of time.
Therefore, most people in Building 5 are quiet and reserved.
After Anle got the porridge, she returned to her dormitory. "Qiya, I got some for you too. Eat it while it's still warm."
They are now mostly sharing a dormitory room with one other person.
It's not that I don't want a room by myself.
Rather, they were worried that if they were alone in a room, they might do something drastic.
Therefore, Dr. Cui specially arranged for two people to share a room so that they could take care of each other.
Even though they are still alive, they are terribly thin and have only barely escaped death.
Qi Ya was lying on the bed. Hearing this, he stood up. His hand had not yet recovered, and he could not lift anything. He could only eat with his other hand, which was not injured.
He didn't resist the porridge and started drinking it.
As he drank, he asked, "How did they treat us?"
Anle thought for a moment, "As for strangers, I'm not against them, but I don't particularly like them either. However, Ningmeng isn't as scary as people say. At least they don't kill people randomly."
Qi Ya was silent for a moment, then said, "It's good that you don't reject it."
After he finished speaking, he asked again, "Have Lin Lin and the others woken up?"
Anle shook her head, a hint of sadness in her eyes. "No, Teacher Cui said the injury was too severe. It's a miracle he survived. Whether he wakes up or not depends on fate."
Upon hearing this, Qi Ya suppressed a smile and said, "It's good that you're alive."
Yes, it's good that you're alive.
Having experienced such terrible things, all they felt was that being alive was enough.
Perhaps the damage caused by the apocalypse was too devastating, which is why they are mostly dull and unresponsive.
Aside from Anle, who is considered a normal person.
Almost everyone else looked like Qi Ya.
Living in silence.
The damage was too great.
Once they were sure no one was left, the temporary workers started cleaning up the mess.
However, the group of people cleaned up quickly, and everything was done in less than fifteen minutes.
After finishing a day's work, everyone stretched.
Yang Le took a deep breath. "Finally finished. It's not even six o'clock yet. What should we make tonight?"
Qing Shuang thought for a moment, "Let's go back and watch some melodramatic dramas. I borrowed Hu Lianlian's computer. She has a lot of downloaded TV series and movies on her computer. I haven't had time to watch the ones that aired before."
The proposal was approved by everyone.
Then, the main entrance to Building 4 was closed.
It was another very peaceful and serene day.
For the next few days, Ji Zai stayed in the laboratory building. Only after she had finally finished developing everything did she leave the lab looking dejected.
She found Ouyang Yi, "My condensate generator and small generator are finished. Take them to the cafeteria."
"The plan to build a cafeteria is just around the corner!"
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