Qi Xili looked at Shen Yanming's meaningful smile and nodded: "I think Old Shen is right. The cave is right there, and it can't be run away. There's no need for us to do something useless."
Although the others were somewhat disappointed, they did not oppose him.
However, he tried to persuade him, "Captain Qi, once the others arrive, how about we go look for the treasure?"
Qi Xili nodded: "That's fine!"
"That's great!" The group beamed with joy.
There was no other way; the search process was both interesting and rewarding, and they didn't want to hand over this task to others.
After a short rest, the group headed back. By the time they got back, it was well past midnight.
Wen Mengguan and Jiang Shulian waited anxiously at the entrance of the base, and even Liang Huaxin and the others did not leave.
Upon seeing Qi Xili and his group, they immediately surrounded them and asked, "What happened? Didn't you say it would be twelve o'clock? It's already two or three o'clock and you're still not back! You're not following the rules, and we almost went to look for you!"
Qi Xili chuckled and took out the treasure map he was carrying, shaking it around: "Found it, haha, found it!"
"What? You found it! What's there?"
"Grain, a huge pile of grain!" Before Qi Xili could even speak, the guards behind him couldn't help but boast, "You wouldn't believe it, the cave is full of wheat and rice, overflowing with it. And this is just from two caves; there should be even more in the other caves."
"Really? That's great!" Wen Mengguan and his teammates cheered, and even Liang Zheng, the goalkeeper, was no exception.
"How large is the quantity? How many trucks are needed?" After the cheers subsided, Wen Mengguan asked calmly.
Qi Xili shook his head: "I don't know, but the first two caves were full. The treasure map was marked with about ten stars, which means there were things in those caves. We didn't check the later caves, so we don't know how much grain there was in total."
Wen Chaohui thought for a moment and instructed Liang Huaxin, "Then let's go get ten cars first, and see how it goes."
Liang Huaxin nodded and went to make the arrangements. Su Sibin and Ming Jiakang were also excited and said they wanted to go and see.
Wen Chaohui knew everyone was excited, so he volunteered to stay and keep watch. Jiang Shulian also wanted to go, but after looking at Wen Mengguan, he gave up the idea.
However, mobilizing the trucks would take some time, so Wen Chao waved his hand and told everyone to go back and rest first. See you outside the base at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
Actually, we wouldn't be able to rest for long when we got back, but everyone was freezing and desperately needed to warm up.
Shen Yanming told everyone and then took Qi Xili home. Since it was only a few hours anyway, he figured he could just let him relax in the living room for a while.
Qi Xili followed behind Lao Shen with a cheerful smile, and before long, the two of them returned home.
Bi Qiaoan had returned to the planting area after they set off for Yunling Mountain. She spent the afternoon picking cotton with An'an and Nuannuan, and then left the space after dinner.
The mother and her two children slept outside. Bi Qiaoan hadn't fallen into a deep sleep, and when she heard the sound of the door opening and closing, she knew that her husband, Lao Shen, had come back.
She didn't get up, but lay on the bed for two minutes before Shen Yanming came in, exuding a cold aura.
As soon as he entered the door, he found his wife staring intently at him. He wanted to ask why she wasn't asleep, but thinking of the old man outside, he kept quiet.
I took off my coat, lay down on the bed, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "I'll be waiting for you."
Shen Yanming gently stroked her long hair, said nothing, closed his eyes, and fell asleep instantly. Listening to his even breathing, Bi Qiaoan also slowly drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Shen Yanming got up early. Bi Qiaoan didn't expect him to get up so early. After asking a couple of questions and learning that they had a mission that day, she quickly got up to cook.
Shen Yanming stopped her, saying he could do it himself, but Bi Qiao'an felt sorry for her husband, Shen, who hadn't rested well. Before the two could reach a conclusion, they heard a clattering sound coming from the living room. Shen Yanming went out to check and saw that Lao Qi had already finished cooking.
The couple stopped arguing and hurried over to have breakfast. After breakfast, Shen Yanming and Qi Xili left.
The two left the base discreetly, and about ten trucks were parked neatly two or three kilometers away from the base.
There were hundreds of guards on the vehicle. There was no other way; according to the intelligence we had brought back, the grain had to be carried out of the mountains by manpower. If you really think about it, the workload was quite large.
A large group of people traveled for over an hour into the mountains. When the trucks could no longer proceed, they got out and followed Qi Xili's directions to their destination.
Before long, they saw the first cave. The amount of food inside dazzled everyone.
Qi Xili waved his hand, and a group of people carried grain down the mountain. The rest of the people continued walking into the mountains.
Su Sibin and Ming Jiakang were shocked; they hadn't expected there to be so much food in the very first cave.
But when they reached the second cave, they realized that the first one was nothing compared to the second.
However, the food in the second cave was difficult to get out, so they left more people there and went to find the third one.
The group searched and moved things around, eventually finding more than a dozen caves. However, the mountains were far from the outside world, and they couldn't transport everything in a day.
After discussing it, the two leaders decided to transport some of the grain back that night and deal with the rest tomorrow. Qi Xili and his men stayed in the mountains to guard the grain, while Shen Yanming, seeing that he had nothing more to do, went back with the grain truck.
When he got home, he hugged his wife and cuddled with her for a while before saying, "All done, I can rest for a while now."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and told him to rest, but as she left the bedroom, she said, "My darling and I have been picking cotton these past two days. When we get back, please put some out."
Shen Yanming nodded, hummed in agreement, and then fell asleep.
In the agricultural area, Wen Chaohui watched the returning trucks with a sense of awe. He hadn't expected that the treasure on the treasure map would be such a large amount of grain.
Before the apocalypse, this amount might not have been much. But after the apocalypse, this batch of food is definitely a lifesaver. I wonder who put it there; it's too amazing.
Wen Chaohui thought for a long time about whether to report to the capital. With information not flowing smoothly, even if he kept it a secret, they wouldn't know.
Everyone is struggling right now. If the capital city allocates some grain, plus what was discovered this time, they can at least hold on for another year or two.
But thinking about it again, I felt a pang of conscience. Other cities were probably in even worse shape than theirs. Were the survivors just meant to wait to die?
Wen Chaohui dared not think any further; his heart was pounding uncomfortably. He didn't dare make a decision on his own, deciding to wait until all the grain was stored and the quantity was checked before proceeding. Of course, most importantly, he needed to discuss it with Ming Jiakang and Su Sibin.
There was plenty of grain in the mountains, and Shen Yanming stored it all in large caves. It took three days to transport the last grain of wheat back to the base. Judging from the scene, the level of care taken was such that not a single grain was overlooked.
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