"Sure, but we need to pay for food for lodging at our base. How many of you are there?"
The man scratched his head sheepishly and said...
Six people.
"Then you only need to pay three catties of grain. Any kind of grain will do. We won't be picky."
Three catties of grain for six people isn't much. Gu Jin glanced at Jiang Li, and after Jiang Li nodded, Gu Jin said to the man.
"Can."
The man smiled even more broadly when he heard that Gu Jin and the others had agreed to stay at his place.
"Then come in. I'll show you the way."
After the man went inside, he drove a small donkey and led the way, leading them into the yard, and finally stopping next to a row of cars.
As soon as Jiang Li and Gu Jin got out of the car, the man walked up to them with a smile.
"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Wu Lixin, you can just call me Lao Wu."
You must be tired from your journey. Let me show you the rooms.
Jiang Li and Gu Jin nodded, and the group took their backpacks from the car and carried them on their backs before following Wu Lixin to see the room.
“Our base used to be a seafood processing plant, and then it became a base. People come here to work.”
As Wu Lixin walked forward, he introduced the group to everyone.
As Jiang Li walked along the road, he felt that this seafood processing plant was quite large.
Wu Lixin quickly led them to a four-story building and took Jiang Li and the others up to the second floor.
"This used to be staff dormitory, so the room is still quite clean."
Now that it's been converted into a hotel, we've all moved to other places. We have double rooms, four-person rooms, six-person rooms, and eight-person rooms available. Which type would you like to stay in?
Gu Jin glanced at the others and said.
"Let's have a six-person room."
It's better to stay together with a few people when you're out, so you can look out for each other.
"Okay."
Wu Lixin didn't ask any more questions and led Jiang Li and the others to the easternmost room.
As soon as Wu Lixin entered the room, he turned on the switch on the wall. With the lights on, everything in the room was clearly visible.
Jiang Li raised an eyebrow, quite surprised. He had originally thought that such a small base would not have electricity.
"Do you have electricity?"
Wu Lixin smiled憨厚ly, "Yes! After all, both the wind power station and the hydroelectric power station are in operation, so the small base can get electricity if it wants."
Although the connection process consumed a lot of resources, it has truly made daily life much more convenient.
Upon hearing Wu Lixin's explanation, Jiang Li instantly understood what was going on.
S City is located by the sea, making wind and hydropower generation very convenient, so having electricity is not surprising.
From this perspective, a superior geographical location is indeed a very important thing, no wonder the Starsea Base was built here.
"We only provide accommodation, not meals, but we have a cafeteria that opens in the evening. Do you need it? If so, I'll have the cafeteria prepare your portion as well."
"I'm sorry, but we rarely have anyone coming here. The people at the base are all permanent residents, so the amount is also fixed. Food is scarce right now, and we're afraid of wasting it if we burn too much."
Jiang Li and the others expressed their understanding. After discussing it, they decided to go to the base's canteen.
Once it was confirmed that several people were going to the cafeteria, Wu Lixin didn't linger any longer.
"Then you two get some rest, I won't disturb you any longer!"
After seeing Wu Lixin off, the group returned to their own rooms.
Gu Jin closed the door. The curtains in the room were drawn, and after closing the door, Gu Jin turned off the lights.
The group first checked the room for any surveillance or eavesdropping devices. After confirming that there were no problems, they turned the lights back on.
The room wasn't big; there were three bunk beds against the wall, two tables, and nothing else.
The bed was just a bare wooden plank bed; there wasn't even a straw mat, let alone bedding.
Jiang Li almost laughed. It's only because it's the apocalypse now. If this were before the apocalypse, a hotel that dared to open like this would definitely go bankrupt in no time.
This bed is the same as the bunk beds in the school dormitory, about 1.2 meters wide.
Jiang Li searched in the space for a while before finding a few 1.2-meter mattresses, which were the perfect size after being laid out.
"If even such a small base has electricity, I think the situation at Xinghai Base must be even better than at the First Base."
Not only Shi Yuan thought so, but Jiang Li also thought so.
"That's good, at least many people won't have to live too hard a life."
Fu Xiaxia said.
Although Jiang Li, Wu Lixin, and the others were a bit too thin, they still looked quite well.
It seems that the survivors in S City are indeed living much better lives than those in H City.
When it was time for dinner, Wu Lixin knocked on their door. Gu Jin opened the door, and Wu Lixin didn't intend to come in but just said something from the doorway.
"The cafeteria will be opening soon, and everyone has gone over there. I was worried you might not know the way, so I came to ask if you need directions?"
"Okay, wait a moment."
Jiang Li and the others heard Wu Lixin speak, and by then everyone was already standing at the door with their backpacks on.
"Okay, let's go now."
Gu Jin picked up the backpack Jiang Li handed her, closed the door, and said to Wu Lixin.
"Okay, everyone, please follow me."
Jiang Li and the others followed Wu Lixin to the canteen at their base. This canteen used to be the canteen of the seafood processing plant, which they had put to use.
Upon entering the canteen, Jiang Li glanced around and roughly estimated the number of people to be around two hundred. If this was all the people in the base, then the base was indeed not very large.
When Wu Lixin led Jiang Li and Gu Jin in, they quickly attracted the attention of others, but they only glanced at them before looking away.
At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the open space near the food serving window, where some boxes were placed and there were water stains on the ground around them.
Standing next to those boxes was a young woman, who looked to be no more than thirty years old.
The woman's appearance was not particularly outstanding, but her features were very clean and delicate.
While Jiang Li was sizing up the woman, Wu Lixin had already led them to her.
"Base Commander, these are the guests staying at our base today."
Upon hearing this, the woman looked towards Jiang Li and Gu Jin, and before she could speak, a smile appeared on her face.
"Hello, I am the base manager of this base, my name is Wang Qingli."
"I took some men out to sea today and brought back quite a catch. You should try our local cuisine; it can't compare to what we have at Xinghai Base, but it's definitely not bad either."
She wasn't very old, but there were already deep lines around her eyes, probably from laughing a lot. When Wang Qingli spoke, Jiang Li could only feel peace from her.
Jiang Li felt the same way about Wu Lixin. So, does this mean that the base members are just like the base leader?
However, upon hearing her say that, Jiang Li knew that Wang Qingli had misunderstood them.
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