Chapter 192
Xu Ming has not started working yet. He originally saw that everything here was well established and there were schools from primary school to university, so he wanted to see if there were conditions to study medicine again. Veterinarians cannot switch to human medicine because the learning systems are completely different, so when he joined the medical team, he could only be responsible for some aspects such as wound cleaning.
But now, the major he studied has been restricted by reality. His major can only develop in the field of farms. People themselves are struggling to survive, so how can they have the conditions to keep pets?
Although working on the farm is also busy and fulfilling, the feeling is different, especially after going through so much over the years, whether it is rescue or subsequent work, I still haven't had a good break.
After arriving at the dungeon, I don’t know if it’s because the system here is so perfect that it’s almost the same as before the apocalypse, or because of the repeated changes in environment, but physical fatigue can be relieved by a good rest, but mental fatigue is not so easy to relieve.
Therefore, Xu Ming thought about changing his career and studying again. No matter what career he would pursue in the future, at least he could study and rest at the same time for a few years.
This is the good thing about living alone. You can make any decision that makes you comfortable, without having to consider others. Anyway, with the money he saved from working in Kangyun, plus the supplies stored in Qinhuai, it is no problem for him to eat comfortably for a few years.
However, now that Yu Feng is here, it seems that this journey has not been easy. One person has become two, so he has to re-plan his previous plan. Even if he has to study medicine again and take the exam, he must also have an income that can make money. It just so happens that Jian Chu has been looking at a shop during this period, so maybe he can invest in it.
Xu Ming always makes decisions and plans on his own. He doesn't need to discuss with anyone, he just needs to think it through on his own.
So Yu Feng didn't know how Xu Ming had planned for the future before, nor did he know how Xu Ming changed his original plans because of his arrival.
But Yu Feng himself is a man who looks careless and rough, but is actually a very observant person. Xu Ming has been in this underground city for several months but has not gone to work. It is obvious that he is taking a rest. But now that he is here, Xu Ming has become busy. He checks some school information every day and helps neighbors to find references to shops. Not to mention that he goes out early and comes back late, but being so busy does not really fit his character, which seems to be full of elite airs but is actually lazy and casual by nature.
So one morning when Xu Ming was about to go out with the documents, Yu Feng blocked him at the door: "Are you hiding from me?"
Xu Ming didn't understand and looked at him in confusion: "Why should I hide from you?"
Yu Feng smiled and said, "You're not hiding from me, then why do you become busy when I come? I see, is it because I eat your food, drink your food, and live in your house that your expenses are high, so you have to go out and make money?"
Xu Ming raised his eyebrows and asked, "What else?"
Yu Feng lowered his head slightly, and suddenly moved closer to Xu Ming, so close that they could even feel the heat of each other's breath. "Otherwise, you can let me be self-reliant. I have hands and feet. I am such a big adult, how can I starve to death? Xu Ming, have you never thought about this? Since I said I was penniless and asked for shelter, you only thought about how to make money to support the living expenses of two people. From the beginning, you only thought about how to support me, instead of helping me find a job, so that I can make money and move out earlier?"
Xu Ming suddenly didn't know what to say, because it seemed to be just as Yu Feng said. These days, he was thinking about how to balance his studies and making money, but he never thought about asking Yu Feng to find a job and move out as soon as possible.
After being reminded by Yu Feng, Xu Ming suddenly came to his senses, so he simply put down the information, stepped onto the steps at the door, and slightly distanced himself from Yu Feng, looking down at him with his arms folded across his chest: "Thank you for reminding me that you are also an adult man, so how long do you plan to rest? When will you go out to find a job? If you think that the cost of renting a house alone is a bit high, I don’t mind sharing the house with you. Anyway, Jian Chu and I also shared a house in Kangyun before, and we are used to it. It’s just that you have seen the layout of this house, which has been changed. If you share a house, you can only choose the study upstairs. Other rules for sharing a house must be listed in detail in advance..."
Yu Feng interrupted him directly: "Or you can support me, I don't want to work hard anymore."
Xu Ming was so angry at his shameless and self-righteous attitude that he laughed: "You are not my cat or dog, why should I raise you?"
Yu Feng: "Do you like cats or dogs? I can change my name, Yu Amao, Yu Amao, which one do you like?"
Xu Ming felt that he and Yu Feng had absolutely no way to communicate. She had finally begun to like him a little over the past two days, but now that they lived so close and saw him every day, she suddenly disliked him even more. It turned out that distance creates beauty.
Not wanting to argue any more with him, Xu Ming turned around and left.
Yu Feng was quick and stepped on Xu Ming's slippers. Xu Ming didn't expect Yu Feng's move and his foot was blocked, but the inertia of the step made it impossible for him to stop immediately. He tried hard to keep his balance and not fall, but Yu Feng did something behind him and suddenly he cried out, and Xu Ming felt that he was pushed by Yu Feng.
Xu Ming, who had already lost his balance and was leaning forward due to inertia, was pushed again. He was ready to prostrate himself, but at the moment of falling, an arm was wrapped around his waist, and he fell on a warm but hard body, his nose hitting his nose, and his mouth hitting his mouth.
Xu Ming immediately covered his mouth and backed away. It wasn't because of anything else, but because it hurt so much that he felt his teeth were about to break and his head was buzzing. Before he could recover, he heard Yu Feng's exaggerated scream. He looked at him as if he had lost his virginity and accused him, "My first kiss! I have guarded my first kiss for more than 30 years!"
Xu Ming looked up at him, his expression already quite threatening.
Yu Feng was still there, seriously asking for death: "Mom said that boys should protect themselves when they are outside. The first kiss is the most important chastity for boys, and it can only be given to one person in a lifetime. You took my first kiss, so you have to be responsible for me!"
“Yu Feng!!!!”
Mu Nan, who lived next door to Xu Ming and had just woken up, was standing in the yard and stretching. This underground city was great, there was no wind or rain, and it was sunny every day. I don’t know what kind of high-tech equipment was there, but looking up, it really felt like I was looking at the clear sky.
There are also green plants planted in the yard. I don't know how the indoor photosynthesis works, but he has watered them every day in the past few months. These flowers and plants are growing very well and have not withered at all due to lack of sunlight.
So he liked to take a stroll in the yard every morning. Although he knew that it was underground and the so-called fresh air was circulated by a technological system, the smell of flowers and plants also made him feel comfortable.
But today, when I was watering the flowers and plants, I was frightened by Xu Ming's thunderous roar and my hands shook. I couldn't hold the watering can firmly and almost hit my feet.
Mu Nan tiptoed and tried to look into the next house over the wall made of short trees. Unfortunately, the privacy of this small courtyard was too good. Unless he moved a stool and climbed up to look over, the short trees would block the view on both sides and he would not be able to see what was going on in the next house at all.
After listening for a while, there was no sound from the next room again. Mu Nan sighed while watering the flowers, plants and trees, saying that since Yu Feng came, the quiet and cold Xu Ming had become lively, which was great.
It turns out that life is more lively when all good friends live together.
After watering the flowers and plants in the yard, Mu Nan turned and went into the house. He had already eaten breakfast before Qin Huai went to work, but after breakfast, Qin Huai went out to work, so he crawled into bed and continued to take a nap. Now that he was taking a nap, he was not hungry, but just greedy, so Mu Nan pulled down the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the backyard on the first floor. They were not the thick ones that blocked the sun, but white lining curtains that let in light but not privacy.
After covering everything, Mu Nan put the notebook on the wooden dining table, turned to the TV series that he had not finished watching last night, took a plate of cut fruit from the space, and continued watching the series while eating the fruit.
At the same time, I was thinking about what to do next. After lunch, I would clean the house. Fortunately, there was almost no dust underneath, so the house was very clean. But even so, the wooden floor still needed to be mopped and washed regularly, otherwise any fallen hair and dirt would be particularly obvious.
After finishing the cleaning, Mu Nan planned to take a nap until Qin Huai got off work. If Qin Huai didn't work overtime today, they could go out for a walk in the evening.
From the psychological discomfort they felt when they first moved in, to now they increasingly feel that this place cannot be considered a refuge city at all. Perhaps it is a new city where humans will continue to reproduce and survive in the future, so the people above have done their best to adjust the living environment to the best, and even though it is underground, it is not depressing at all.
Although the road is not very wide, the residential area is designed and planned around work areas, so bicycles are enough for commuting. It is estimated that there are unlikely to be cars here as the exhaust emissions are too restricted.
There is a subway below in the distance. The buildings are not high, but the sky is very realistic. The light is very sufficient during the day. There may not be many people coming here now. Most of them have jobs, and those who don’t have jobs are working hard to make a living, so the streets are empty and quiet during the day.
The whole place gives people a feeling of a peaceful and slow-paced quiet town, so Mu Nan likes to stroll outside hand in hand with Qin Huai after dinner, to look at the newly opened shops around and the flowers and plants on the street. There is still construction in front, and it seems that they are preparing to build an artificial lake. Then they will have another place to stroll and digest food at night.
The community here has been almost planned, but the existing materials are limited. It is definitely impossible to return to the previous living conditions in the blink of an eye. There are no large shopping malls and supermarkets, and there are few shops. But Mu Nan is very satisfied as it is now.
One thing that makes the system in the underground city more complete than the previous residential areas is that everyone's ID card is bound to two accounts, one account for money and the other for food. Just like when you are outside, here the food purchase quota is also distributed per person every month, but you don't have to buy it all at once. The quota can be stored and accumulated.
So after getting to know the environment here, Qin Huai bought two wristbands. Whether buying things or taking the subway, it is more convenient to just swipe the wristbands.
Mu Nan didn't need to go out to work, and continued to do his old job of online comics. He also found a platform here to republish a work he had completed before in Kangyun. The new comic was still in the process of being conceived. He wanted to draw a sweet little love story in a quiet seaside town, about a pair of childhood sweethearts who went from school uniforms to wedding dresses.
However, the new comic has not been started yet. Anyway, Qin Huai can afford to support him, so there is no rush.
Qin Huai's salary is very high now, probably because his department is very important and is responsible for the security and defense system of the entire underground city. Although he is only a participant and not even a core member, he was promoted to an assistant to a very powerful professor, so his welfare benefits have also increased.
After the promotion, they no longer have to pay rent for the house, and they receive subsidies for water and electricity bills every month. In addition, Qin Huai also has a family benefit in his name. As a close family member, he can buy more food every month than ordinary workers.
This underground city has very detailed divisions of various classes and levels. Perhaps it is because the higher-ups cannot guarantee people's future. The work benefits such as the five social insurances and one housing fund before the end of the world are now directly converted into cash. Those who have jobs receive housing subsidies, and those who have jobs can buy a slightly higher amount of food each month. The better the job and the more advanced the skills, the better the benefits they will naturally receive.
Mu Nan felt that this was not a bad idea, as there was gain for every effort, and the underground city was probably still under expansion, so people were needed in all industries. Work motivation could only be driven by the need for survival. After all, there were only a few people who were born workaholics. Who would be willing to work so hard if they could just get by? Therefore, the higher-ups could only find ways to get more people involved in the construction of the underground city.
But no matter what, their days of resettlement have gradually stabilized. Wu Zheng found a job, and Song Jia picked up video editing again to earn traffic rewards.
Yu Zibai has a high degree, but in the field of finance, so he has submitted resumes to many banks, but there is no news yet. Jian Chu plans to open a dessert shop. Compared to selling noodles and cakes, he prefers fragrant and sweet things. In addition, there are no side dishes provided by Mu Nan, so desserts are more marketable.
There is even less to worry about Xu Ming. Now that Yu Feng is here, it seems that the two will live together in the future. I just don't know whether they will share a rent or live together. Mu Nan feels that based on the surprise that Xu Ming instinctively showed when she saw Yu Feng that day, the possibility of living together is greater.
Now they have settled well in the new place, and they only hope that those friends who are still in Kangyun can come over soon.
Kang Yun was not calm at this moment, because there were convoys going back and forth to the capital. The road between their side and the capital had been cleared long ago, and the traffic had been open for many years. Some people felt that life in the capital was more secure, so they gave up everything in Kang Yun and went there.
The convoy that came from the capital not long ago brought news about the latest refuge city, and even went so far as to say that the refuge city was underground in Tibet. However, they had limited information about its specific location. But what they did know was that a refuge city was actually being built to avoid the rising sea water that would come in a few years. Although they could not imagine what the environment of this underground city would be like, if they escaped, this would be their only way to survive in the future.
Cai Jiadanniu and his friends had known for a long time that the city of refuge was in Tibet. After all, Qin Huai had not concealed it from them. He just asked them not to make it public. If they had the chance, they must seize it and rush over. Unfortunately, they have not found the opportunity to leave yet.
But as this news gradually spread, another rumor came out from somewhere, that is, ordinary people will be abandoned, and all those who can go to the refuge city will be elites from all walks of life. Women have the advantage of reproduction and will be qualified to enter the city. Those unemployed vagrants who cannot contribute to society will not be able to enter the refuge city until they die.
Others said that the higher-ups were conducting screening and elimination. Apart from anything else, criminals and those marked as relatives of criminals had already lost their eligibility to enter the city.
The rumors, both true and false, were full of details and some angry people even gathered together and clamored for the government to give an explanation every day.
Kangyun was in turmoil, and other provinces and cities were also in turmoil because of some seemingly true news. The former inland cities, now coastal cities, began to flee in panic because of the sudden tsunami. More and more places were swallowed by the sea, and more and more people were fleeing.
Although many refugees were isolated in the cleaned and rebuilt city center and not moved to their residential areas, as a member of the Self-Defense Force, Daniu was dispatched to maintain order for several days. He had seen a lot and felt it more deeply. After weighing the pros and cons, he found Cai Wentao and said, "I plan to go north. Do you want to go with me?"
It was not easy for Cai Wentao to say the word "leave" when he had a family with him: "Leave by yourself? If they could leave by themselves, Qin Huai and the others would have left by themselves a long time ago."
Daniu also knew that it would be much easier for him to leave alone, but it would definitely not be that easy for Cai Wentao and his family. However, he always felt a little uneasy in the current situation: "I have decided to leave. I will clean up my assets in the next few days. No matter what, I will go north first and then find an opportunity to go to Tibet."
After Daniu finished speaking, he lowered his voice and reminded Cai Wentao: "I was transferred to the city center to help those days, and I saw several people with black spots on their bodies being taken away."
Cai Wentao was shocked: "Infectious disease?"
Daniu shook his head. “I don’t know. If it was an infectious disease, those who had fled here would have been quarantined long ago. But now there are no strong quarantine measures. However, there are indeed more than one person with black spots on their bodies. That’s why I decided to leave early. I have to leave sooner or later anyway.”
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