The base doesn't provide lunch, and with over a hundred people, it's impossible to manage everyone, so they all have to go home.
Grandma Wu and Li Jingjing heated up the meat buns they had made earlier and also made some wild vegetable soup. They did physical labor and needed to eat some meat, but eating meat every day could easily attract trouble, so they took out the meat buns they had stored earlier. The temperature was high at noon, and they would easily spoil if they didn't eat them soon.
Each person had two meat buns, and after eating, they took a short nap before going back to work.
To prevent people from slacking off, the base implemented a work point system. Everyone's completed work can be exchanged for work points, which can be used to exchange for jobs or supplies once the base stabilizes.
GDP was boosted just like that, and everyone's enthusiasm for work soared. Even a rich girl like Xie Yao, who could get in through connections, was working like a man possessed, busy weaving baskets.
Of course, gossip wasn't overlooked either.
She and Xu Lin found a place away from the crowd but not remote, and she told Xu Lin the gossip about the group of people who later joined them.
"They are from the Southwest Province. Because of their geographical location, although they were affected at the beginning of the apocalypse, they were not wiped out and their lives were still relatively good."
"Then what?"
"Later, people from the most severely affected areas fled to their area, and they took them in, which led to the story of the farmer and the snake."
"Then what?"
"Then they were driven out. There were supplies in that area, and since they had elderly people and children who could no longer travel long distances, they settled there temporarily."
"oh."
“When they heard we were going there, they wanted to come back to our hometown with us. Don’t be fooled by their high level of vigilance; they’ve been scammed before. I could tell at a glance that they haven’t turned bad at heart.”
How did you figure that out?
“A ruthless team would not allow so many old people to exist.”
Although Xie Yao is not very old, her perspective and thinking are far beyond what most twenty-year-old girls can have, thanks to the influence of her family.
"You're right. Let's go, call us to deliver the goods."
Just as Xie Yao finished speaking, they were notified to hand over all the baskets and prepare to finish work. Xu Lin had just finished weaving her sixth basket, while Xie Yao had woven five. Practice makes perfect, and their efficiency improved considerably in the afternoon.
Zhou Pin and Minister Sun also finished work and went back together. Dinner was already prepared, a Northeastern stew with chicken, cabbage, bean sprouts, potatoes, and wild vegetables.
"Today's cabbage, bean sprouts, potatoes, and wild vegetables were all obtained by exchanging goat milk. This goat has made a great contribution," said Grandma Wu.
After washing their hands, the group sat down to eat. Steamed buns, soaked in broth, were placed on top of the dishes. With each bite of a steamed bun and a bite of vegetables, the fatigue of the day dissipated.
"I'm planning to get a haircut tomorrow, it's too long, do you want me to cut yours?" Xu Lin said.
"Yes, yes, I'll wash my hair after the haircut, I feel like my hair smells terrible," Li Jingjing quickly said.
"Let's all get haircuts together. I see there's a lot of groundwater over there. Let's go get some water, heat it up, and wash our hair. Everyone should wash their hair," said Grandma Wu.
“Okay, let’s clean everything up. This weather is getting more and more erratic, and we don’t know when we’ll be able to wash again. Wasn’t the groundwater flow over there quite weak before?” Minister Sun said.
"It's possible that a landslide caused the underground river to change course. There should be a lot of groundwater here, so we don't need to worry about water sources for the time being," Sun Wei said.
“Although we are now far from the eastern sea, we are closer to the South China Sea. We don’t know if the seawater pollution has affected the South China Sea,” Li Jingjing sighed.
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