Although there are quite a few shops, you can tell from the clothes and appearance of these passersby that the people in the Starsea Base are not necessarily living much better than those in the First Base.
Fang Qingxun also laughed.
"Where do we go now?"
The others didn't know where to go either, but since they were in a new place, they had to find a place to stay first.
Gu Jin drove slowly forward, while Jiang Li kept an eye on the various shops on both sides of the road. After turning a corner, they indeed saw a store with a hotel sign.
"Why don't we go ask over there?" Jiang Li suggested.
Gu Jin nodded in agreement and parked the car on the side of the road.
I was stunned by the overall appearance of the base when I looked at it from the outside, but now that I'm inside, I realize that the building is actually quite simple.
The house has brick walls and a cement roof; everything is in its original, unprocessed state.
A light tube was hanging from the cement slab, and it was quite bright.
There was only one counter in the room, and a little boy was sleeping soundly on it. He hadn't noticed Jiang Li and the others had been inside for quite a while.
Waiting idly wouldn't do, so Gu Jin walked to the counter and gently tapped on it.
The little boy seemed startled and sat up straight immediately.
"you......"
After saying just those two words, the little boy's previously somewhat confused eyes became bright and alert.
"Are you here to stay?"
Gu Jin neither said yes nor no, she simply asked.
How much does accommodation cost?
"With so many of you, how many rooms do you need?"
"Four rooms."
"For four rooms, we provide 4 jin of grain per day, but food and drink are not included."
They could accept the price, even though it was a bit more expensive than what they had at Wang Qingli's base. Seeing that the little boy wasn't asking for an exorbitant price, Jiang Li said.
"Could you show us the rooms first?"
"sure!"
The little boy held the key and shouted inside.
"Mom, we have guests. Come out quickly and show them the rooms."
"They're here!"
A middle-aged woman's voice came from behind, and a moment later, someone ran out of the back door.
Upon seeing Jiang Li and Gu Jin, the woman's eyes were filled with amazement, and she froze in place. She had never seen a group of people who were all so good-looking before, but she quickly came to her senses.
The woman took the key from the little boy, smiled apologetically at Jiang Li and the others, and then said.
"Excuse me, please come with me. I'll show you the rooms right away."
The group followed the woman out the back door and saw a fairly large courtyard with a row of houses on each of the three sides.
The woman led them into a few rooms on the east side. As she turned on the room lights, a small room of less than ten square meters was completely revealed to Jiang Li and the others.
The style of this house is no different from the exterior facade.
There was a 1.5-meter-wide wooden bed in the room, with sheets and blankets on it, but they didn't look very clean. There was also a bedside table next to the bed, but nothing else. The room had no windows and was only lit by the door and the light in the room.
There's no other word to describe it except "simple," and Jiang Li could tell at a glance that this was a house built after the apocalypse.
Given the limited resources, it's already quite impressive that such a separate room could be built.
Seeing that Jiang Li and the others hadn't spoken, the woman looked at the two of them with nervousness in her eyes.
"This room is a bit simple..."
Hearing the woman's voice, which was barely audible, the group exchanged glances for a moment before Gu Jin spoke.
"It's fine, it's all good. We'll stay for a couple of days."
"Okay, okay."
The woman said excitedly when she heard that the group had decided to stay there.
"Our car is parked on the side of the road outside your store, it should be fine, right?"
Jiang asked aloud.
"It's okay, it's okay!"
The woman shook her head repeatedly.
"You can park your car anywhere; there are no traffic police around now."
Jiang Li's smile was initially just polite, but after hearing the woman's words, his smile became much more genuine.
"That's good. I was worried that my car would get towed away if it was parked outside!"
"I'll go pay the room fee!"
Shi Yuan said, turned around and walked out. The things they had prepared were still in the car.
Jiang Li then looked at the woman.
"Is this your business?"
The woman nodded and answered softly.
"yes."
The woman spoke somewhat awkwardly, her voice soft, clearly nervous. She looked up at them.
Is this your first time at the base?
Gu Jin nodded.
"yes."
"Then why did you come to the base?"
"because......"
Jiang Li thought about it carefully before giving his answer.
"Because I wanted to broaden my horizons."
The woman was clearly surprised to hear Jiang Li's words.
The woman pursed her lips and whispered.
"You guys can still afford a car, so you must be doing pretty well in the small base. You really don't need to come to the Starsea Base. There's nothing special about this place."
When the group heard what the woman said, they exchanged glances. They had been wondering how to ask her about the base, but they didn't expect that she would start talking before they even asked.
Jiang Li immediately humbly sought his advice.
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