Chapter 173 Children's Welfare
The law of survival in the end times is the survival of the fittest. The elderly and frail, as well as children, are naturally the most likely to be eliminated.
In my previous life, starting from the third or fourth year of the apocalypse, it was almost impossible to see old people and children outside, especially children under the age of ten, who either died of illness or starvation, or were stolen.
As for what happens after it's stolen, you don't have to think about it to know.
A world without children is hopeless and despairing.
She didn't want her base to be a lifeless place.
Touching the child's dry and yellow hair, Xu Sichen thought of the barrels of milk stored in the space. It seemed that they had not been opened since he entered the space.
She rarely drinks milk, and if she does, it's in small bottles collected from supermarkets.
The main reason is that she doesn't like drinking milk and is a little lactose intolerant. If she has no choice, she will rarely drink it on her own initiative.
As for why I don't like to drink, but still store so much in my space...
It's almost the end of the world, who cares whether people like it or not? They will naturally stockpile everything they can. Anyway, they won't go bad no matter how long they are kept in the space. What if they need it one day?
But now it’s different, she can still raise cows on her island.
The milk in the space is just sitting there anyway, so why not give it to these little brats?
Soon, in the bustling base, the sound of the base broadcast suddenly rang out, startling those who were concentrating on the work at hand.
"Attention everyone, everyone, please register at the service hall for all children under the age of sixteen in the base. All minors, including newborns."
After that, there was no sound on the radio.
The people left in the base looked at each other in confusion.
"What's going on? Why do we have to go to the service hall to register our children?"
"Yeah, none of them are adults yet, even children who can't walk are going there. What are they trying to do?"
A middle-aged woman seemed to have thought of something, and said with horror: "I, I heard that there are people stealing children outside. Could it be..."
"What nonsense are you thinking? The base provides us with food and jobs, how could we possibly have such thoughts?" A young woman holding a baby objected. "If the base really had such thoughts, why would they have to work so hard?"
After saying that, she carried the child and walked towards the service hall.
However, the woman's words still made many people take them to heart, and they were hesitant for a while.
A middle-aged woman watched her mother-in-law pulling her two children out of the house and quickly reached out to pull them back: "Mom, let's wait a little longer."
The old lady was stunned for a moment, then said dissatisfiedly: "What are you waiting for? Don't forget that it was the base commander who saved our lives."
They were the original inhabitants of Central Garden. They were almost killed by the mob, and it was Xu Sichen who saved them.
From then on, the old man and the old woman regarded Xu Sichen as their savior and worshipped his words as if they were God.
When Xu Sichen said he wanted to take over the house, they were the first to raise their hands in agreement and handed over the keys to the house, allowing them to move from a big house to a small tent without any complaints.
Now let alone such a small matter as registration.
The two children she was holding also stood firmly by their grandmother's side, even looking expectantly: "Grandma, the base commander asked us to register. Will she also arrange jobs for us? Just like what happened with Grandpa and Dad."
The old lady was amused when she heard this: "You guys want to work, it's very tiring!"
The child said seriously, "You can earn points by working, and you can exchange the points for delicious food."
After hearing what the two children said, the old lady felt sad and relieved.
The children who knew nothing a few months ago and even needed to be coaxed to eat now know how to work and earn money.
The middle-aged woman looked at the back of her mother-in-law with her two children, sighed helplessly, and then quickly followed.
A few people came to the service hall and were stunned when they saw the children who had come to register before them, each holding a bowl of milk and drinking it happily.
What is going on?
"Auntie, please hurry up and get in line!" The young woman holding the child greeted the old lady with a smile. "The base's latest policy is that all minors can receive 200ml of milk per day. Those under two years old can also use formula instead of milk."
The old lady couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my God, there are so many children in the base. They drink milk every day. How much milk does it consume?"
The people around him sighed and said, "That's right. The base commander is really our living Bodhisattva. If it weren't for him, my Niuniu might not be able to survive."
As she spoke, the woman's eyes turned red.
Because they arrived early and the line was not long, it was soon the old lady's turn.
The old lady pushed the two children in front of her and excitedly introduced them to the staff in front of her: "These are my two granddaughters. The older one is eight years old, and the younger one is five years old..."
After the information was registered, the two children each received a bowl of milk.
Staff: "Auntie, next time you come to collect it, you can bring your own container so that you can take it home and drink it."
After all, the base’s supplies are not abundant, and these bowls and cups are all borrowed from the cafeteria.
The people in the cafeteria were very distressed at that time, and they repeatedly reminded them to take all the children back.
There is no place to produce these things now. They are non-renewable resources for them. The base commander handed so many things to them in one breath, so they must live up to the base commander's trust.
Back in the room, the base director Xu Sichen was leisurely cleaning up the space supplies: the bowls that appeared in the mall for exchange for old ones were only 8 gold coins. Hey, there are too many sets of bowls and chopsticks in the space. Once the cafeteria is built, I should send them all over.
Soon, the news that minors had to register to receive milk spread throughout the base. Those who had been worried that the base had some bad intentions suddenly felt hot in the face, and when they took their children there, they were afraid to look up and face people.
Wei Mingliang hid in the crowd and heard everything these people were thinking. He was especially angry when he heard their suspicions about Xu Sichen.
So when he collected the daily shipment data from the cafeteria and the canteen and handed it to Xu Sichen, he couldn't help but say it out loud.
Finally, he said angrily, "Sister, those people are really ungrateful! You shouldn't be so nice to them."
Xu Sichen laughed when he heard this, "Haha, do you really think I'm the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary? I provide the supplies, they provide the labor, we are trading on equal terms."
"What I need is a group of obedient people, absolutely loyal people. As long as they don't betray me in action, I don't care what they think in their hearts."
A good humanistic ecology requires people of all kinds!
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