Changfeng Base is located on the road between the rear and the front lines. The entire base is nothing but factories. Since the apocalypse, in order to maximize productivity, each base has its own mission.
Those who produce grain only care about producing grain, and those who engage in industrial production only care about production.
In order to maintain price stability, uniform prices are maintained regardless of the place of origin or other bases.
There is a shortage of labor, so the working hours are ten hours a day.
This does not include overtime.
However, the workers only have stable jobs, but their living conditions are not good. In order to ensure that the monthly tasks can be completed, the number of machines in a factory often exceeds the limit, and the same goes for the number of workers.
Over time, the smell in the factory will become extremely unpleasant.
Male and female workers were mixed together, and the smell of sweat, body odor and other odors was everywhere.
Even though strict disinfection is required when entering and leaving the factory, there is no way to remove the odor produced by the human body.
"Qian Lan! Here's your package!" The manager stood at the factory door and shouted at the female worker who was sweating on the assembly line.
The female worker responded loudly: "Got it, I'll take it away when I get off work!"
"This must be something your husband sent you." The lady next to him said wearing a mask, "Your husband is pretty good. He's at the Luoyang base. I heard there's nothing there. The zombie tide has only been gone for two days. He probably saved his own food."
Qian Lan smiled and said, "The child is still here. If he doesn't do anything, I will remarry with the child."
The aunt thought: "Yes, as a father, he should do something."
The work done by Qian Lan and her colleagues is not difficult. They check for defective products at the last step of the assembly line and pick out any defective products. Although this job is not difficult, it is very tiring. They have to stand all day long, and even if their hands stop, their eyes cannot stop.
The salary is not as high as that of other positions.
It was already dark when Qian Lan got off work. After passing the inspection, she carried her bag, went to the security room to pick up the package, and then walked onto the street alone.
The street lights were turned off, and workers leaving get off work could only use flashlights.
Qian Lan had no money to buy a flashlight, and she had two children to feed. Even though her husband would ask a convoy to send her food and tickets, the adults could go hungry, but the children could not.
Since giving birth, Qian Lan feels like she has never had a full meal.
She was always concerned about whether the children had enough to eat, and would rather go hungry herself than let the children eat more.
“Gu——”
Qian Lan subconsciously looked around and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that no one heard it.
She was hungry, always hungry. She would drink water when she woke up from hunger in the middle of the night. It seemed that her stomach was always full of water. She could hear the sound of water sloshing when she walked.
I don’t know what Chen Gang sent over, it’s so heavy.
Qian Lan dragged the package weighing dozens of kilograms with difficulty, walking and stopping, and finally reached the downstairs of her house and breathed a sigh of relief.
Power supply is important for factories, and there is basically no one living above the tenth floor in residential areas.
The elevator can't open because it has no electricity.
Qian Lan was thinking about the fact that she had two children at home, so she applied for the first floor. At this moment, she was extremely glad that she had made the decision. Anyway, she didn't want to take any more steps now.
She took out her key and opened the door.
As soon as Qian Lan walked in, she saw candlelight in the living room.
The two children were snuggled together on the sofa, still asleep, with a thin blanket covering them, their heads resting against each other, cheap toys in their hands, and a few pieces of paper on the floor - with their doodles on them.
Qian Lan was heartbroken.
She walked over to wake up the two children, and shouted with red eyes: "How many times have I told you! You must blow out the candles before going to bed! Do you know it is dangerous? What if there is a fire?! I am busy until this time every day and can only come back at this time! What if something happens in the middle of the journey?!"
The child just woke up and was frightened by Qian Lan and started crying.
Qian Lan herself also shed tears.
She raises the child alone and sleeps less than six hours a day. She is too busy and too tired.
Chen Gang takes care of both sets of parents at Luoyang Base, and she works at Changfeng Base with her children.
Sometimes she even wanted to fall asleep and never wake up again.
So Qian Lan opened her arms, took the two children into her arms, and the three of them, mother and daughter, burst into tears.
After crying for an unknown amount of time, Qian Lan finally stood up. She lit another candle, wiped the dried tears from her face, and said to the children, "Your father sent something over. Do you want to see it?"
The child's emotions came and went quickly. After his attention was diverted, he even forgot to cry and watched Qian Lan curiously drag the package in.
The package was packed very tightly, using several layers of snakeskin bags and wrapped with tape on the outside.
Qian Lan took out a pair of scissors from the cabinet and cut the tape under the watchful eyes of the children.
Layer after layer, until the last layer.
Qian Lan smiled and said, "It's so heavy, it might be a toy your dad bought for you."
The toy was not valuable, and Qian Lan couldn't imagine what such a heavy thing could be.
Food is impossible. Changfeng is so close to several grain-producing bases, and the amount of food it can get is fixed. Workers like them have stable wages, and the food coupons they receive every month are also stable. It won't be less, but it will definitely not be more.
So when she opened the last layer of bags and saw what was inside, she was so shocked that she leaned back, sat down on the ground, and covered her mouth in disbelief.
The two little girls asked curiously: "Mom, what is this?"
“It looks like meat!”
"Mom! I want meat! Eat meat!"
The girls slurped their saliva. All they knew was that they were hungry and wanted to eat.
On the top are plastic-wrapped sausages and bacon.
Qian Lan took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She put the sausages and cured meat on the ground. Instead of making her feel at ease, the following things made her heart rise to her throat again - there were cured chickens and cured ducks, and even packaged salted duck eggs and preserved eggs.
After moving all these things away, there was nothing but rice underneath.
The house is filled with the aroma of white rice.
Qian Lan's tears, which had just stopped, seemed to be about to fall again. Her nose was red. At this moment, she wanted to rush to Luoyang Base to question Chen Gang. Where did he get these things from? Did he steal them or rob them? !
Did he do something illegal?
Will he be shot?
These things can’t be eaten... As long as the stolen goods from Chen Gang’s robbery are still there, he shouldn’t die even if he is caught, right?
Qian Lan wondered in panic why Chen Gang would do such a thing? They clearly hadn't reached that stage yet!
"Mom! Eat meat!" The girls jumped down from the sofa. They hugged Qian Lan's legs from left to right, drooling down their chins. "Mom, I'm hungry. I want to eat meat."
"I haven't eaten meat for a long, long time!"
Qian Lan bit her lip. She hadn't eaten meat for a long time.
How could she buy meat with two children to feed? She exchanged all her tickets and money for tortillas.
Chen Gang would ask the team to bring her tortillas and tickets whenever she had the chance, but they were still short of money.
Sometimes Qian Lan would think that when she found out that the babies were twins, she might abort them.
But they seemed to be moving in her belly, and she always felt that they were moving.
She was reluctant to abort them, and Chen Gang did not try to persuade her. If she stayed, the couple would work together to support them. If she did not stay, he would have no complaints.
Qian Lan hadn't slept for two days, but she still kept the child.
Her children only ate meat a few times throughout the year. They never wore pretty clothes, had no nice toys, and even their crayons came in only one color.
Sometimes she hated them and wanted to stuff them back into her stomach, like just now.
Sometimes she loved them so much that she wanted to put them in her mouth, put them on the tip of her tongue, and take them with her wherever she went.
"Mom will make it for you!" Qian Lan wiped away her tears and stood up on her knees. "We can eat all-you-can-eat meat today!"
She doesn't care! She doesn't care! If Chen Gang is really caught, she will die with him!
She wanted her children to have a full meal for once! All-you-can-eat meat!
There was no natural gas at home, but there was a stove and honeycomb coal. Qian Lan lit the fire and cooked first.
The two children followed Qian Lan like two little followers. They went wherever Qian Lan went and would not cry or make a fuss even if Qian Lan stepped on their feet or bumped into them.
"Mom, what kind of meat is this?" asked the little daughter.
Qian Lan: "Bacon can be stored for a long time and is very fragrant."
The eldest daughter was curious: "Why didn't it exist before?"
Qian Lan: "It didn't exist before, but it does now. Go wash your hands. Mom will call you when you're done."
The girls nodded obediently and went to get water to wash their hands.
Qian Lan opened the lid of the pot and looked at the bubbling white rice porridge. She couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She hadn't eaten rice for a long time. She and her parents had been wandering since she could remember.
At that time, unlike now, the major bases had already stabilized. They were still under construction, and there were all kinds of people among the refugees.
Some people are not very good at dealing with zombies, but are extremely ruthless towards their compatriots.
The last time she ate rice was when she got married.
Chen Gang got a bowl of rice from somewhere and made two bowls of rice.
He couldn't bear to eat it himself, so he gave it all to her.
It was the most delicious meal she had ever eaten in her life.
Qian Lan had a smile on her face. She looked like she had let go of something and felt very relaxed.
It's no big deal.
She wants to be a bad guy.
As long as her daughters can have a good and full meal, she is willing to die with Chen Gang.
I don’t know how Chen Gang is doing now, or whether he has been arrested.
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"Chen Gang?" Ye Zhou looked at the man in front of him who bought 800 kilograms of rice.
Without saying a word, Chen Gang knelt down in front of Ye Zhou with a plop.
Ye Zhou: “…”
As I recall, this is not the Liang Dynasty, so kneeling is not popular here.
Chen Gang took two steps on his knees and tried to hug Ye Zhou's legs, but was stopped by Zou Ming beside him.
He did not insist on hugging his legs. The grown man raised his head and showed Ye Zhou the tears on his face: "Boss! If you let me stay, I can do any dirty, tiring and hard work! I can do it all!"
“I can do it all!”
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