Chapter 591: Mist. Choosing a location
After Chu An and Gu Ye had a heart-to-heart talk, both of them were obviously much more relaxed, especially Gu Ye, who finally felt at ease.
The two of them went to find Li Qing and took a ride to the shelter. Li Qing was going to pick up Duoduo, and they were going to look at the site. If the location was suitable, directly discussing acceptance and then expanding would be the best outcome.
They drove a car, Jiang Tuo was driving, Li Qing was sitting in the passenger seat, Gu Ye and Chu An were sitting in the back. There were occasional cars passing by on the road in Qing City, so they didn't look out of place on the road.
The shelter is located in the suburbs. It used to be a holiday villa. The location is quite good, surrounded by mountains on two sides and water on one side.
Li Qing took them around to see the surrounding situation.
There are two mountains, one high and one low. Behind the high mountain are hundreds of continuous mountain ranges. No one entered during the heyday, and the government did not develop it. The low mountain is within the planning of the holiday villa, and there are many special hotel rooms and entertainment facilities on it.
Li Qing introduced that "the shelter is divided into two areas. The area on the mountain belongs to the rich area, where people live in the houses of the former mountain villas, and the indoor facilities are relatively complete. The shelter at the foot of the mountain is built later, where ordinary refugees live, and basically two or three families live together, and there are also collective dormitories.
The main living facilities are all at the foot of the mountain, such as the clinic, canteen, material exchange office, etc. Look at that river, although the water is muddy and shallow now, it is also the main source of water for life. "
After Li Qing's introduction, Chu An had a general understanding of the place and was quite satisfied with the natural environment. The two mountains could serve as a natural barrier, and having a river was better than having none.
After walking around, they returned to the main entrance of the shelter and could still see the plaque of the villa.
Because of Li Qing, the group easily passed through the gate guards. Behind the gate was a parking lot, with more than 200 parking spaces, but only 17 or 18 vehicles parked there, all of which were off-road vehicles with relatively high chassis.
The four people parked the car and walked inside. There was a security check inside. There were about ten people queuing up, and each of them was holding a bag. This should be the time when the scavengers returned.
The security check was rather perfunctory, basically just a quick look. I don’t know if they knew everyone in the base or if they were just checking to see if they looked familiar or not.
Chu An and others also accepted the "scanning" of eyes and officially entered the shelter.
The situation inside was not as good as Chu An had imagined. Besides being dirty and messy, there were too many small groups and the atmosphere was quite hostile. The entrance was only 500 meters away from the clinic, and they had already seen four groups arguing.
The most speechless group was because the people next to them spoke a little louder. Chu An happened to pass by at that time and heard the whole process of the "opening".
Li Qing explained that the basic group here is housing, with 2-4 families living in one house. In the dormitory, the kang is the group, and even if there is no place to live, people can still live in groups of three or five according to their zodiac signs, which is unique.
"Can we come in even if we don't have to sleep in a dormitory?" Gu Ye was a little surprised. City C basically accepts refugees based on housing and beds, and does not allow vagrants, which makes it difficult to manage.
Li Qing was also helpless. "In order to collect more supplies, when I first arrived, the shelter was almost unable to operate."
I see.
The four of them quickly walked to the entrance of the clinic. Chu An did not plan to go in. "You go pick up Duoduo first. Gu Ye and I will walk around."
"Okay, let's meet in the parking lot in an hour." Li Qing was not worried about the safety of the two. The people here looked fierce, but they were actually paper tigers. His sister was not afraid of even real tigers.
The four people separated. The situation at the foot of the mountain was easy to observe. The two of them didn't waste too much time and walked towards the wealthy area on the mountain.
There is another checkpoint to enter the rich area, at the foot of the mountain. There are four entrances in total, but only one is open at present, guarded by two guards, who are obviously more diligent than before. One checks the ID card, and the other simply checks the backpack. Only those who have passed can be allowed to enter.
Chu An and Gu Ye didn’t have ID cards, so they could only watch from the outside.
"Xiao An, does that look like crops to you?" Gu Ye asked, pointing to the middle of the mountain.
Chu An looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, he saw sparse corn stalks, only half a person's height, and no ears of corn.
Although the current temperature is not low, it is much better than 60 or 70 degrees. Improved heat-resistant crops can be planted, and now is the best time to plant.
This was also what Chu An was quite puzzled about. Qing City was a big agricultural city, but no one was exchanging seeds for planting. The two of them walked around here and didn't see any greenhouses.
Of course, it is also possible that they did not even get a single seed of a heat-resistant crop to exchange, or... this is the situation she least wants to see, that those who got the seeds have no place to plant them, the soil has changed after the acid rain, or that the place they finally found was destroyed by someone else.
This is a question of human quality. There used to be a term called regional discrimination, and it still exists today. The quality of the first batch of refugees will determine the atmosphere here.
Chu An didn't believe that Qing City was like this in the past. If it was the second type that might lead to people not farming, then someone must have led the trend astray. This person might not be a local and didn't understand the significance of farming.
Just as the two were looking up the mountain, they heard quarreling nearby, but neither of them turned back.
The noise of quarreling was getting closer and closer, as if it was coming towards them. They could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Gu Yexian looked back and saw six or seven people chasing a barefoot old man. There were men and women, young and old, chasing him, like a whole family.
The old man running in front was wearing a hurdle vest, with something in the front pocket, which he held tightly with his dark hands. His legs were not in good working order, and he stumbled as he ran, with a golden thing the size of a fingernail falling from his front pocket from time to time.
Looks like corn kernels!
The old man was running towards the wealthy area, not towards Chu An and Gu Ye. Just a few steps away from the guards, he was knocked down by the young man behind him. The old man would rather hit his head on the ground than let go. He immediately lost one of his front teeth and his face was covered in blood.
Gu Ye looked at the guards, they just raised their eyelids and glanced at him with an expression as if they were used to it.
The old and young people behind him caught up and started to tear at each other. Someone took the opportunity to grab the old man's hand. Gu Ye heard a cracking sound, most likely a finger was broken, but the old man didn't say a word, and curled up as much as possible, trying to use his whole body to resist them.
"Wow, grandpa." A dirty little girl, about eight or nine years old, ran out from somewhere and stood beside him, crying helplessly.
There were more people on the other side, and the old man was quickly defeated. His hands were lifted up and he was dragged to the side, with corn kernels falling out of his arms.
In order to control him, two young men held down his hands and feet tightly, and an old woman pressed his head to the ground, and seeing that he was still struggling, she tried to dig out his eyes.
The others used their hands to collect the corn kernels on the ground and put them together with the soil into their torn bags. When all the corn kernels were collected, the old man suddenly burst into tears, mumbling something indistinctly.
Is it about spending money or the crops?
Even Gu Ye didn't hear it clearly.
The people who stole the corn kernels left quickly. The little girl then moved to the old man and wiped the blood off his face with her sleeve.
The old man suddenly stood up and clasped the little girl's arm with two fingers that could move. The little girl cried again, "Grandpa, I'm hungry... I'm hungry."
The old man's teeth were chattering. He had finally found a handful of seeds that were not moldy and wanted to plant some to try, but why was it so difficult? A handful of seeds could be eaten by several people. Thinking of this, he became overwhelmed with grief, let go of his granddaughter, and buried his head in tears.
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