Qiu Ling carefully put the mirror case into the pocket of her clothes before speaking, "Sister Lu is such a strong woman. Her child was stillborn, and the aunt who helped her pick up her sister didn't dare let her see the baby. Sister Lu lost a lot of blood at the time, but thankfully she pulled through. As for the little girls who followed her, they're all healthy and have been given jobs at the base. Otherwise, they would have starved to death while Sister Lu was recovering."
They're so shameless! They're clearly in much better health than Sister Lu, yet they always try to take advantage of her past favors from her family. Fortunately, Sister Lu has become much more clear-headed now and made it clear to them that if they want to be together, they all have to work together. If they just want to lie low, then no one can carry the other on their backs.
After learning all this, Li Ke knew that Lu Qing hadn't caused any trouble, so he didn't say anything more.
Although she once hated this woman intensely in her previous life, if it weren't for her sneak attack from behind, she wouldn't have had her physical abilities crippled, and would have ultimately chosen to perish together with Zhao Ming.
In this life, when Li Ke met Lu Qing again, the timeline was much earlier. The moment he saw her heavily pregnant, he abandoned his murderous intent. And now, it seems that he no longer cares about Lu Qing.
"Sister Lu is very pretty, and many men in the team like her, which annoys her. Recently, she's been dating a squad leader, and I feel like Sister Lu's good news is just around the corner," Qiu Ling said with a hint of gossip.
Li Ke hummed in agreement, then said casually, "Then you should take good care of her lately, make sure she's not bullied, and also make sure she doesn't bully others."
Qiu Ling frowned upon hearing this, then suddenly leaned close to Li Ke's face and asked, "Big brother, do you like Sister Lu?"
Li Ke pushed her head away: "No, don't talk nonsense."
Qiu Ling always trusted Li Ke's words, and upon hearing them, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I said I would be your wife when I grow up. Big brother, please wait for me for another year, and I can marry you."
Li Ke frowned. She didn't find these words cute at all: "I won't like you, I won't like anyone, and I won't start a family with anyone. If you say such things again, or have such thoughts again, then don't come near me. Because I'll find it annoying and disgusting. If you still want to call me big brother, then you'd better get back to your little sister's position."
Qiu Ling seemed hurt by Li Ke's cold and heartless words, and lowered her head in distress. Li Ke pretended not to see it and ignored her.
At this moment, Qiu Shisan walked over. When Qiu Ling saw Qiu Shisan approaching, she immediately stood up and ran away without even saying hello. It seems that she was quite shocked.
Qiu Shisan didn't think much of it and replied to Li Ke with the results of his recruitment, and everyone agreed.
These people were just trying to make a living on the road, and now that they saw the convoy that Li Ke brought and heard the job offer he was giving them, they felt that it couldn't be better.
Many people were worried that they would get separated from Qiu Shisan's group. Since it was their first time traveling this route and they were traveling with their families, they might starve to death on the way.
Upon hearing Qiu Shisan's reply, Li Ke simply said it was good, and that he would take charge of the rest.
Qiu Shisan's face showed difficulty again: "I have already had people load the luggage onto the vehicles first. I roughly calculated that even if we squeeze these things in, they will take up two vehicles, and that's just our own stuff. There's another vehicle with the gasoline and daily necessities you brought. That means there are only 47 empty vehicles left. I just counted, and we have a total of 6,837 people. It might not be enough to take all of them and the goods with us."
Li Ke roughly calculated that, considering only people, a car could carry 146 people, which was very crowded, but it was still manageable. As for the luggage of the pedestrians...
Li Ke thought for a moment and said, "Isn't there a bicycle team? Let them carry some things and travel on their own. Our motorcycle team can also help carry some things. The rest of the things can be tied to a flatbed cart and towed behind it. As long as they want to get on the cart, they can definitely figure out a way."
Qiu Shisan thought the same thing, but he still raised the issue. Firstly, he wanted to see if Li Ke would lose some people because of this, and secondly, it would be a good opportunity for him to learn more about Li Ke's style of doing things.
The convoy, now full of people and goods, slowed down considerably. When Li Ke and his men were almost at the safe zone, Li Ke left behind the more than 3,000 people he had recruited, and also assigned half of the logistics personnel to prepare three meals a day for these workers.
Among these support staff were Lu Qing and Qiu Ling. Lu Qing's boyfriend, Li Ke, kindly stayed outside to help Qiu Shisan.
Qiu Ling has recently visited Li Ke several times. It seems she has completely come to terms with it. Well, she is just a young girl, and her feelings for Li Ke are more of a blind worship.
Li Ke assigned Qiu Ling to a minor logistics role as a way to boost her morale, let her know he wasn't angry with her, and also to give her some experience in handling tasks.
Li Ke took Qiu Shisan to the logistics park and gave him twenty dump trucks, as well as some excavators, cranes and other auxiliary machinery.
Along with the supplies, a large quantity of provisions were also given out, which served as food for the workers.
After arranging these matters, Li Ke led his three thousand men toward the safe zone. Halfway there, Li Ke saw a base construction project that was in full swing.
This location is outside the Ninth Ring Road; it's only close to the safe zone, but not actually part of it.
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