Pei Dong, who finally had some free time after half a month, was so attached to his five close confidants that he finally compromised and brought the five people to Taoyang for a tour.
Since they were bringing outsiders, Pei Dong still called Su Tao.
Su Tao welcomed it very much: "Sure, I trust you. It just so happens that a large terrace has been built recently, and a tenant got a pre-apocalyptic barbecue grill. We plan to have a barbecue camp in the evening. Come and join us."
Pei Dong was stunned when he heard this.
What terrace, what barbecue, it was as if she and Su Tao were from different worlds.
She was still staring at the route of the evolving zombies last night, worried about the future of the base and anxious about the difficult survival of the survivors of the apocalypse.
Today Su Tao told her that they were going to have an open-air barbecue party, so leisurely as if everyone in Taoyang was in the peaceful era before the end of the world.
Ye Xia, who was young and lively, jumped up happily when he heard Su Tao's words on the communicator and answered directly for Pei Dong:
"Okay, okay, we will definitely come, thank you, Boss Su!"
Several other close confidants followed suit and thanked him, their hearts full of longing and expectation.
They had heard that Taoyang was like a paradise on earth, and they happened to come across an open-air gathering.
Barbecue, this is a food pastime before the end of the world, I’m so looking forward to it.
Pei Dong smiled and shook his head, indulging them.
Before the end of the world, they were all young girls in their early twenties, and it was time for them to relax and enjoy themselves.
At eight o'clock that evening, Pei Dong and his group arrived as scheduled, and Su Tao led them in at the door.
Pei Dong saw the completed office building at a glance, was silent for a moment, and said:
"Are you short of people? I have a few people here who can do math and write, and they all have high school educations before the apocalypse—"
Su Tao held her forehead with her hand: "Sister Pei, my office building can only accommodate four people at the moment. Can I come to you if I need anything later?"
Pei Dong nodded, and looked at Su Tao as if to say again - I remember, I must keep my word.
Ye Xiaqing turned around downstairs enviously, and said with a look of pity:
"I was only three years old when the apocalypse began. My family wasn't well off, so we didn't find a teacher or go to school. Even now, I can only write my own name, Sister Pei's name, and the words 'Dongyang Base City Defense Force.'"
Su Tao looked at the envy in her eyes and felt a little uncomfortable.
When she was a child, she had no chance to go to school in the Su family, but when her two brothers went to school, Su Tao would sneak a peek at their books, or when Su Jianming was teaching them, she would do housework and listen attentively.
I did learn a little bit, although I didn't understand as much as Zhuang Wan, but at least I could read and write most of the words and do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
In the end times, not only construction and order are destroyed, but also education and culture.
I hope that Taoyang will have a school in the future so that children born later can receive an education.
Once the seed of this wish was planted, it gradually took root and sprouted in Su Tao's heart.
At this time, more than 30 people had gathered on the terrace. Zhuang Wan was busy asking everyone to move the tables and chairs from the cafeteria to the terrace and connect them to form a large table.
Mother Qian organized everyone to make barbecue skewers.
The sticks were provided by a tenant named Yuan, who worked in a wood processing factory. He got a batch of wooden sticks, which had to be returned after use to be processed and reused. Any resources in the apocalypse are precious.
Most of the ingredients for the skewers are various artificial and synthetic foods provided by the tenants themselves. This is the most common food eaten by people in the apocalypse and the easiest to buy. The price is not high, and although the taste is not good, it can still meet basic food needs.
A small part of it is fresh ingredients that Su Tao took out from the lunch box refrigerator.
Pei Dong was richer and carried two large bags of vegetables with his five confidants.
This made everyone's eyes red.
Ye Xiaqing and the other four people enthusiastically invited everyone to come wash the vegetables and skewers together, and acted as a messenger for the taciturn Pei Dong:
"Our sister Pei said these are vegetables that ripened that day and were purchased from the plantation. Just consider them as our meal expenses."
Mother Qian and her fellow tenants were all embarrassed: "You're so polite."
Due to post-apocalyptic land pollution and degradation, hydroponics is the only option. In addition, the base plantation area is not large, so the output of fresh vegetables is very, very small.
I guess these two big bags were all bought with contribution points.
Su Tao also felt that Pei Dong was too polite, so she asked them to sit down: "You are the VIPs today, wait for your meal."
Smoke curls up and there are laughter and joy.
Fan Chuanhui, who was not far away, couldn't help but smile and raised his camera to capture these countless wonderful and happy moments.
Mr. Mei sat in a wheelchair, watching this scene, he couldn't help but wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes and sighed:
"In my life, the first half was smooth and stable, with a successful career, but the second half was a life of wandering and struggling to survive. I never expected that I could still enjoy this peaceful life at the end of my life. I am satisfied. However, as half of my body is about to be buried, I have concerns again."
Xiao Pan asked, "Is there anything else you're worried about?"
Mei Lao's nose was sore: "I can't let go of this place. I still want to see tall buildings, schools and hospitals built here, and flat and wide roads built, so that the elderly can have a place to rely on and the young can go to school."
See the peaceful and stable world he lived in for the first half of his life.
But, he didn't live long after all.
I clapped my hands on the railings, tears streaming down my face.
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