Chapter 247 Chapter 247 Heavy Fog
He Junxia's family made the same choice, and the two children were no exception.
After all, Zong Kangping and Zhang Shuhui are both official employees of the shelter. The consequences of violating the rules and losing their jobs are much more serious than eating some gray mushrooms.
In addition, a large amount of gray mushrooms have been added to the feed of chickens, ducks, fish and pigs in the breeding area, and the planting area is also trying to use mushroom compost for fertilizer.
Gray mushrooms are gradually invading every aspect of human life. It is impossible to avoid them, and if you can't avoid them, you can only accept them.
Fortunately, the addition of gray mushrooms quickly alleviated the most serious food shortage problem in the shelter, and order management also improved accordingly.
After a long period of rest, Master Zong's Physiotherapy Shop is open again.
Due to his good skills, effective treatment and reasonable prices, He Junxia's business is booming. It cannot be said that he makes a fortune, but the daily income is indeed quite good.
After closing for the day, He Junxia handed the two children to Zhang Shuhui, who had just returned home from get off work, and went out carrying Zong Kangping's gray backpack.
Zhang Shuhui didn't ask her father-in-law where he was going, as the family had already reached a tacit understanding.
"Dong Dong Dong"
“Who is it?!”
A vigilant voice came from inside the door.
He Junxia: "It's me, Grandpa Zong."
The small dormitory door was immediately opened, and a group of little kids with bright eyes peeked out.
The shelter did a good thing after all. It gathered together all the children who had lost their loved ones and assigned two people to look after them.
Of course, the word "take care of" should be put in double quotes.
Their existence is simply to tell those with bad intentions that these orphaned children are not ignored.
Two older boys and girls came out through the little kids. They were the eldest among the boys and girls respectively.
He Junxia observed them for half a month before selecting them because they were decisive, courageous, and able to control other children from bullying.
He opened his backpack and took out a bag of flattened steamed buns and handed it to the boy Lu Yushi: "Each of you get half a steamed bun."
The backpack was suddenly half empty.
He Junxia took out a large bag of cooked chicken clavicles and chicken hearts and handed them to the girl Xuan Jun: "Each of you will get one chicken clavicle and three chicken hearts."
The backpack was completely empty.
Although chicken clavicles and chicken hearts are the cheapest parts of a chicken, in the past many people would feed them to dogs instead of eating them themselves.
But food is scarce now, and people are scrambling for even chicken butts, not to mention chicken clavicles and chicken hearts.
Thanks to Zong Kangping's work at the chicken farm, He Junxia used physical therapy to connect with his supervisor and got him a position as a team leader.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to buy raw chicken clavicles and chicken hearts from the supermarket, and the price would be higher.
"Thank you, Grandpa Zong."
He Junxia looked away slightly as she watched the children holding the steamed buns with care, chewing them in small bites, and licking the chicken clavicles that they had eaten clean.
After they finished their food, He Junxia took out two pairs of scissors and a razor from her bag and asked the children with long hair to line up.
The two eldest children, Lu Yushi and Xuan Jun, organized other children who were interested in learning to come and watch in batches.
It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.
He Junxia did not intend to let the children stay in the large dormitory assigned by the shelter and wait for food and drink. That would only harm them. What mattered was that they had the ability to earn points on their own.
Cutting hair with a razor is not difficult, but the difficult part is how to trim the hair into a suitable style according to the customer's requirements and face shape.
However, people who have strong requirements for hair styling will not leave their hair to a few young children, so He Junxia's mediocre skills are barely enough.
At that time, these children will go out to cut people's hair, not seeking to be unsuccessful but to avoid making mistakes. Even if they only collect one point at a time, they can earn some money for themselves, so they don't have to drink only free porridge.
He Junxia first demonstrated how to trim a classic men's hairstyle, and then led the children to learn it step by step.
There was a child who was very quick to learn and was very smart. He understood things very quickly, so he focused on teaching him.
After all, He Junxia couldn't stay with the children for a long time, so having a little teacher to teach other children could speed up their learning progress.
——The world outside is changing too fast, so it would be better if you could learn how to make money as early as possible.
Of course, He Junxia is more than just a hairdresser. He can also build ships, fish, hunt, repair appliances, do plumbing and carpentry, perform cupping and massage, bake, and even provide postpartum care at a professional level.
There are only a few that can be started quickly to make money, don’t require too many tools, and are suitable for children to make.
Everything must give way to livelihood.
Otherwise, how could these skinny children have the energy to learn the skills that would sustain them for a lifetime? The little food given by kind people alone could not feed dozens of children.
He Junxia stayed in the children's dormitory for more than two hours before leaving with an empty schoolbag. He left behind two pairs of scissors and a razor.
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"Dad, two people just came to see you to make a physical therapy appointment. I asked them to write their information in the notebook."
"Okay, let me take a look."
The appointment book, which is responsible for recording customer information and arrival time, is filled with densely written words.
He Junxia rubbed his eyebrows.
All he could say was that it was human nature to hate work, and he really wanted to pretend not to see it.
I really want to lie down
I really want to eat dishes that are colorful, fragrant and delicious.
I hope the next mission will be easier, whether there are zombies or monsters, but at least I won’t be so stuck with food.
He Junxia's mouth was almost dry.
If you want to eat fatty but not greasy braised pork and drink delicious and salty chicken soup, it would be best to have a can of Coke.
Perhaps God heard his thoughts. Half a month later, on an ordinary day, the inspectors responsible for observing and detecting the external situation were surprised to find that the color of the fog had become lighter.
One day, two days, three days...
The originally blood-red fog has become only a faint pink, and the visible range of the human eye has reached half a meter. It is believed that the fog will completely dissipate in a short time.
This exciting news immediately swept through the shelter, and everyone was looking forward to returning to the world above - they were almost driven crazy by the cramped and crowded shelter.
The world did not disappoint everyone's expectations.
After another half month, the fog on the ground became thinner, with visibility exceeding ten meters, approaching the level of moderate smog.
As we all know, tentacle monsters only appear in foggy days.
After the news spread, people in the shelter were in turmoil, but as an 18th-tier city, Yue City did not have many armed forces.
After a long period of attacks by tentacle monsters and giant birds, as well as the collapse of several ground shelters, they were stretched to the limit.
The shelter's top management thought about it for a long time and finally sent a 20-person advance team consisting of armed police officers, firefighters, police officers and veterans to investigate the situation.
After all, the earth is the territory of mankind.
Unfortunately, the situation on the ground is far from what humans imagined. The once tall buildings are now covered with dense gray mushrooms, and the green trees on the roadside reach the sky, and you can't even see the top when you look up.
Giant insects swaggered by, with no fear of humans in their eyes. There was even a cockroach that stared at the humans for a long time, scaring the advance team members so much that they raised their weapons.
When a cockroach, nearly half a meter long, flies towards you, it causes both physical damage and a severe mental attack.
Fortunately, although this mutant cockroach looked at the human for a long time, it did not take the initiative to attack in the end, and flew away angrily.
Everyone looked at each other.
During the more than half a year that humans have been hiding in underground shelters, the outside world has undergone tremendous changes, and returning to the original era has become an impossible dream.
Because it was the first exploration, the pioneer team of five people did not go far and only moved around near the shelter.
Fortunately, at the end of the five-hour exploration, none of the pioneers were injured.
Those mutated insects don't seem to have included humans in their diet yet, and the two sides are living in peace.
Unfortunately, this situation only lasted for a few days before humans launched the first attack.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles.
If humans want to regain their place in the world above, they must fully understand the enemy, so the pioneer team became the insect-catching team.
Casualties are inevitable.
At first, the shelter tried to conceal the situation from the outside world, but as casualties occurred, the suddenly changing world above ground gradually became known to the residents of the shelter.
High-rise buildings were covered in mushrooms, cement bricks were propped up by thick roots, ghost-faced spiders spun thick webs between streetlights and trees, and dense swarms of cockroaches gnawed at everything in sight, with mutated centipedes waiting in their wake...
The hope of returning to normal life was dashed again.
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