Su Keke received a satellite call from Chen Li in the afternoon, saying that his father Chen Da was working at the official base of Arashiyama. He only had one day off a month and lived in a tent at the foot of Arashiyama the rest of the time.
Su Keke was nearby, so if anything happened, she hoped she could take care of him. She said her mother, Lu Mei, was worried about her father, but she was too embarrassed to call Su Keke and the others.
After Su Keke agreed, she and Grandma Qiao planned to go and check it out in the evening. If Uncle Chen was not used to living there, they could let him come and live in the villa.
Then I will go cook now and bring it to Chen Da later. The food at the construction site must be steamed buns and pickles.
These things are fine for one or two days, but if you eat them for several months, you will definitely not be able to bear them. However, this is not because the government is stingy. It is true that natural disaster supplies are limited, and now we have to build a base. The government has no choice but to save as much as possible.
While Grandma Qiao was preparing dinner, Su Keke took out 100 2-jin packages and 100 5-jin packages of military rations from the space.
These military rations were purchased by Su Keke from Cheese Kingdom for 10 yuan. At the beginning, she and Grandma Qiao each tasted a box, and she gave some to Uncle Lei and the others. There were still a lot left.
These military rations have a reasonable nutritional balance and are high in calories. They should be a good addition to the meals for people working at the official base.
Grandma Qiao prepared three dishes, one soup and a big box of rice for Chen Da: honey-glazed chicken legs, fried celery with shrimp, shredded pork with fish sauce and corn and pork ribs soup.
After both of them were ready, Su Keke drove Grandma Qiao to the official base below the Lanshan Villa District.
In order to avoid attracting attention, Su Keke did not drive the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, but instead drove out the ordinary SUV that Stationmaster Lu had just repaired.
The official base is very close, and Su Keke can drive there in less than ten minutes.
But it was getting late, and the base should have finished work. Chen Li said they were staying in a tent at the foot of Arashiyama Mountain at night. It would take about 20 minutes to drive from the Arashiyama Villa District to the foot of the mountain.
At the foot of Mount Arashiyama, the authorities set up more than a dozen tents on a flat ground. Each tent had four camp beds, which meant that four people had to live in one tent.
Chen Da was busy at the construction site all day, carrying sand, mixing cement, moving bricks, and doing all kinds of work. He was so tired after the day that he didn't even want to talk.
Over the years, he has been following Lu Mei in the clothing business. At most, he would move a few bags of packaged clothes when receiving goods. The rest of the time he basically stays in the store, drinking tea and doing business.
Even if a natural disaster struck, he did not get the job at the breeding base, so he stayed at home doing logistics, such as washing clothes, cooking, and growing some vegetables.
He really couldn't handle such a lot of physical labor. But since he was here, there was no reason to go home halfway, so he thought that if he worked a few more days, he might be able to adapt.
When leaving the construction site, many people like Chen Da had to walk down the mountain to the tents at the foot of the mountain. Only a few leaders in the base had cars, and they had already gone down the mountain.
Chen Da silently followed a few workers he had just met down the mountain. They were all in good spirits, chatting and laughing along the way and didn't seem tired. It really is good to be young!
"What do you think we're going to have for dinner? We only had two steamed buns and a bag of pickled mustard tuber for lunch. I'm already hungry now."
"I want to eat rice tonight. Southerners really can't get used to eating steamed buns."
"I don't know if there is meat to eat. My family hasn't eaten meat for several months. This time I came to the construction site to work, I really just wanted to get a bite of meat."
"I want to, too! Let's go down the mountain quickly and see what we'll have for dinner."
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, Manager Zhou was assigning tents to everyone for sleeping that night.
Chen Da, Lao Li and two other young men were assigned to a tent.
In addition to four camp beds in the tent, there was only a washbasin and a towel for each person.
"No toothpaste or toothbrush?" Chen Da frowned and looked around the tent, but found nothing.
The luggage he brought with him only contained a few sets of clothes and he forgot to bring toothpaste and a toothbrush."
"It's the end of the world now, how can we still have these? I just rinse my mouth with water, we don't need to be so particular."
Old Li randomly picked a camp bed and stuffed his small bag under the bed. He was one or two years older than Chen Da. He had a son and a daughter, both in their twenties, and had no proper jobs after the natural disaster.
The family depended on his wife's salary from the breeding farm. When he heard that a base was being built here and recruiting people, he came here in a hurry.
Food and accommodation are provided, and he can make a net profit of 600 points a month. It doesn’t matter if the accommodation conditions are worse, he is not that picky.
The other two young men looked about the same age, around 30 years old.
One of them was called Wang Gang, who was strong and in good physical condition. Chen Da saw that he could finish a day's work without even taking a breath.
There is another one called Xiaojun, who is also big and strong. But he likes to be lazy when working, and often stops to rest secretly when there is no administrator around.
After the four of them had chosen their beds, they all took their lunch boxes and went out to get their meals. Each of them had an iron lunch box and a pair of chopsticks, which were distributed during lunch.
The food tent was a bit far away, about ten tents away from them. When the four of them arrived, there was already a long queue.
It is said that the first batch of construction workers consisted of forty or fifty people!
"Ah! Why are we still eating steamed buns and pickled mustard greens for dinner?"
"This food is too bad. How can we have the energy to work if we keep eating this?"
When the people in the front of the line saw that they had the same steamed buns and pickled mustard tuber for dinner as they had for lunch, they all started complaining.
"Eat or not, don't block others from eating if you don't eat the next one!"
The chef at the construction site completely ignored those people who complained that the steamed buns and pickled mustard were not tasty. In the apocalypse, it was good enough to have something to eat. They were still so picky. It seemed that they were not hungry yet!
"Oh my god! It's really the same as at noon. Where's my meat? I want to eat meat so much!"
Xiaojun, who had been thinking about getting some meat at the base, suddenly saw his hopes dashed and muttered that his meat was gone.
Chen Da was fine. It was just a steamed bun. He just wanted to finish eating it quickly and go back to lie down early.
The line for food slowly moved forward. After the few people who were shouting just now were scolded by the chef, the people behind them didn't dare to speak anymore!
After Chen Da and a few others received the steamed buns and pickles, they went back to their tents to eat.
At this moment, Su Keke's off-road vehicle had already arrived at the foot of Arashiyama Mountain.
Seeing the rows of military tents, Su Keke and Grandma Qiao thought that Chen Da should live here!
Su Keke carried a big bag to bring things to Chen Da. As soon as the two of them came in, someone came up to ask what they were doing?
After Su Keke explained their purpose, a manager named Zhou took them to the tent where Chen Da lived.
"Chen Da! Someone is looking for you, please come out!"
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