"Before entering the base, you don't need to hand in any supplies, but once you officially become a resident, you must obey the instructions, not be afraid of hardship or fatigue, and complete all tasks on time and in full.
The base currently has three main tasks: planting, construction, and going out to find supplies.
Every time you complete a task, you will earn corresponding points, which you can use to redeem the supplies you need at the base store."
After a pause, Jiang He continued to ask: "Are the residents here divided into different classes?"
Yu Simiao looked extremely serious. "No, the original intention of establishing our Rose Base was to break down classes, reject all discrimination, and treat all residents equally."
Because he was really interested, Jiang He chatted with her for a few more minutes.
"Miss, were you a resident of the Lotus Base before?"
Upon hearing this, Yu Simiao frowned and a hint of vigilance appeared in his eyes.
"Are you sent by the Lotus Base? What's your purpose? Are you here to cause trouble?"
Jiang He smiled and waved his hand, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not from any base and I'm not a threat to you.
I opened a Shuguang Supermarket and came to do business with you today because I was introduced by Base Director Zhu."
Hearing this long-lost name, Yu Simiao was stunned for a while before he reacted.
She quickly put away her gun and said, "Are you the owner of Shuguang Supermarket? I'm sorry for offending you. I'll report this to the head of Rose Base right away."
About fifteen minutes later, a bright and elegant girl came to the gate of the base in a hurry.
"Boss Jiang, right? Hello, my name is Zhu Meigui."
Jiang He shook her hand, smiling with admiration, "I've heard of your name."
Seeing the confusion on the girl's face, she explained, "From Base Captain Zhu."
Zhu Meigui suppressed her smile and said with a hint of self-mockery, "It's hard for him to still remember a rebellious daughter like me."
Noticing the gazes of Yu Simiao and the others, she suppressed her emotions and smiled warmly again.
"Boss Jiang, please come in. Let's talk while we walk."
When residents heard that Shuguang Supermarket had opened a rose base, they all came to watch.
Jiang He glanced over and saw no less than twenty little girls in the first row. Most of them were only five or six years old and had no parents to take care of them. Basically, all of them were orphans.
Some children were young and ignorant, so they ran over and hugged Zhu Meigui's thighs and acted like a spoiled child:
"Aunt Rose, I'm so cold. When can we get some sunshine?"
Zhu Meigui's eyes were gentle as she touched her cold little hand. "Nuonuo baby, please wait a moment. If you feel cold, try to stay in your room and be careful not to catch a cold."
With the help of the flashlight, Jiang He could vaguely see that the residents around him were all wearing thin clothes.
Yu Simiao scratched his head embarrassedly, "Boss Jiang, our conditions here are average, but we definitely don't abuse children.
There were fewer people at the base before, so we could share some thick clothes and keep the residents from freezing. But as more and more survivors joined, the supplies became scarce.
She sighed softly and lowered her voice, “Many little girls here were actually abandoned by their parents.
Some people outside know that we accept girls here, no matter how young they are, so they just throw them outside the base, without caring whether the children will run around or not, and just leave.
The youngest child at our base was only eight months old. When we found her, she was wrapped in a thin piece of cloth and had nearly frozen to death.
Jiang He patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay. Shuguang Supermarket has a lot of warm supplies, medicines, sanitary napkins and so on. The conditions at your base will definitely get better in the future."
After saying that, she pressed the switch and officially opened the supermarket.
The little girl holding Zhu Rose was stunned and shouted excitedly: "Auntie Rose, that house is so beautiful!"
Zhu Meigui was also deeply shocked, "Nuonuo, that's Shuguang Supermarket, a place where you can buy things.
Tonight, you and your other sisters can sleep under warm blankets."
The little girls all exclaimed in unison, "That's great!"
After knowing the existence of Shuguang Supermarket, Zhu Meigui sent people out to look for gold and silver jewelry every day, and the residents of the base also collected some themselves.
"Xiao Min, please arrange to distribute all the gold and silver jewelry in the warehouse and ensure that every resident can buy clothes and quilts."
"Okay, Base Commander."
…
The first group of girls who entered the store were wearing only a shirt and a vest, and their pants were very thin sweatpants.
I was shivering outside just now, but after entering the supermarket, the coldness was instantly dispelled and I couldn't help but relax.
Seven or eight people walked towards the cashier awkwardly. They were all shy and kept passing the money to each other for a seat at the front of the line.
Jiang He looked at them with amusement, "My dear ladies, I really don't eat people. You don't have to be so afraid of me."
The girl who was pushed to the front stammered, "Boss Jiang, you're a good person. We're not afraid of you. It's just that we haven't interacted with outsiders for a long time, so we're a little uncomfortable."
Jiang He was helping them with their points cards while chatting with them: "Relax, don't be nervous. How did you all join the Rose Base in the first place?"
The girl at the head of the line said softly, "The base our family first stayed at was disbanded, so we walked a long, long way, looking for a base to stay at.
When we were halfway there, my father thought I was wasting food, so he left me and took my brother with him to continue on our journey.
If she hadn't run into someone from the Rose Base, she would have starved to death outside.
After two seconds of silence, a thin girl continued, "I escaped. At that time, three men controlled me and tortured me in various ways.
In order to survive, I took advantage of the time when they were sleeping at night and ran outside as fast as I could.
I met disaster victims from other bases on the way, and they told me that the Rose Base was a very good place and that no matter what kind of girl you were, you would not be bullied there.
Then I teamed up with others and searched for a long time before we found the rose base."
The girl in third place raised her hand, her eyes full of gratitude:
"Boss Jiang, the head of our Rose Base is really nice. If it weren't for this place, I would have been sold to that perverted old man by my mother."
“I don’t know about other places, but in the five bases I’ve been at, there’s sexism, and women have the lowest status.
In the eyes of some men, we are commodities that can be traded, toys that can be insulted and teased at will.
We can obviously work and complete tasks, but the right to speak in the base is firmly in the hands of men, and women who are violated have no place to complain.
Perhaps this is why all five bases eventually went bankrupt.”
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