"Survivors who always rely on others for protection will not live long in the apocalypse, and may even become a burden to the garrison that protects them."
Hua Mi ate her apple calmly, then said to Qin Zhen,
"Don't worry, I already have a Plan B in mind. If the city wall really can't be finished, I can still protect you guys and the garrison."
Her Lotus Shengxing Supermarket is as big as an entire residential complex, big enough to accommodate everyone around her, as well as those stationed there.
If Xiangcheng falls, they can retreat all the way to the Lianhua Shengxing Supermarket.
Qin Zhen nodded, peeled an apple for Hua Mi, and then hurriedly went out to do the things Hua Mi had asked him to do.
Originally, the construction of the city wall involved three meals of supplies and two snacks a day.
Now, the quantity of supplies has doubled, and the variety of snacks is much richer than before.
If someone actively volunteers to help build the wall during this emergency, they will receive an additional 200,000 yuan per month.
At the Xiangcheng base, the concept of money always exists. This money can be used to buy supplies. A salary of 200,000 can be used to buy a lot of supplies.
This message was sent to the mobile phones of everyone at the Xiangcheng base via mass text messaging.
They spread the word, opinions differed, some even looking at their phones and scoffing.
"Even if you offered us more supplies and money, we wouldn't dare to do something so dangerous."
Everyone knows the current situation at the Xiangcheng base; it's about to be surrounded by a zombie horde, with fighting taking place every single day from the south.
The air was filled with the sounds of gunfire, it was incredibly lively.
There are always zombies that you can't kill no matter how hard you try.
The city wall was also the most crucial point separating the inside and outside of the city.
Building city walls in such a dangerous place is tantamount to putting your head on the line.
Some people know the inside story and know that the workers building the wall had caused a disturbance in the danger zone to the east before.
Some people were extremely gloating upon receiving Qin Zhen's mass text message.
"These base management guys are awful. They can't even afford to issue a few guns, yet they want others to risk their lives building the city walls. Keep dreaming."
Most people who received the mass text message shook their heads.
However, a large number of the women immediately set off for the east side of Xiangcheng.
They chattered around the contractor.
"President Bao, please accept us. We will definitely work hard and never cause any trouble for the Xiangcheng base."
“We’ve come all the way from the north. Mr. Bao, look, my child is crying from hunger. I really need this job.”
Old Bao looked at the woman opposite him, who was carrying a child, with a troubled expression.
He had worked in construction his whole life and had never seen a woman come to the construction site to carry bricks.
Even most of the women who came here today asking to move bricks were carrying children on their backs.
Some carried one on their backs and held another by their hands.
What are they doing here? This is a legitimate construction site.
It's neither a daycare center nor a shelter.
Mr. Bao intended to reject the group of women. Behind him, Huo Jing hurriedly walked over to convey Hua Mi's instructions.
According to Ms. Hua, no matter who comes to the construction site, from an 80-year-old to a child as young as a few years old, as long as they are willing to come to the construction site to move bricks and build the city wall.
Then offer them jobs.
Seeing Mr. Bao hesitate, the woman opposite her cried and said:
"Mr. Bao, please help us! Look, Miss Hua has already said so, please help us!"
“If we don’t come here to work, we’ll starve to death. If we don’t want to starve to death, the only option is to take on jobs that require us to serve others.”
The key issue is that the kind of work where you have to spread your legs and serve people doesn't pay much.
It doesn't even earn as much as a day of manual labor.
That's... really sad.
Several other women thought that Bao always complained that they weren't strong enough.
So the women, carrying one child in each hand, said to the foreman...
“Look, we are quite strong. We do the housework, raise and take care of the children, and look after our paralyzed in-laws. We do everything.”
"Let's see how strong we are!"
The foreman was dumbfounded when he saw the woman carrying a child in each hand.
How come he never knew before that these women were so strong?
Housewives who may seem useless at home are actually capable of doing everything, and their comprehension is no less than that of an adult man.
Because of Miss Hua's instructions, the foreman nodded.
Then he said to the group of women in front of him,
"Try it out for a while first. If it doesn't work out, go home and take care of your children. I'm telling you beforehand, the project is urgent. We must complete the construction of Xiangcheng's city wall in the shortest possible time."
"And as you all know, the situation in the south of Xiangcheng is dire; more and more zombies are coming, and I can't guarantee your safety."
"Besides providing you with ample supplies and wages, you must not ask for anything else, especially not guns."
These things definitely need to be agreed upon beforehand. If anyone mentions wanting a gun again, they've crossed Hua Mi's bottom line.
Construction sites definitely wouldn't want someone like that.
The women nodded. Unlike the men, they had very low expectations; they just wanted a normal job to support themselves and their children.
What gun? What weapon?
For these women, this was something they had never even considered.
In their minds, these women were already quite content as long as they weren't asked to go out and kill zombies.
Everyone readily agreed and began to expedite the repairs according to the contractor and Huo Jing's project plan.
They rolled up their sleeves and got to work.
The children they brought, apart from those who were so young that they could only be carried on someone's back and couldn't even walk, were all very young.
Even the little kids are helping to move bricks.
Following Miss Hua's instructions, the foreman also calculated the working hours for all the children who were carrying bricks.
Regardless of how much they can eat, the amount of supplies given to children is the same as that given to adults.
Women and children have low demands, and they do their work meticulously, making the whole construction site bustling with activity.
The foreman, watching with great satisfaction, secretly pulled Huo Jing aside and said to him:
"I never imagined that one day, women would also be working on construction sites carrying bricks, and that the work they did was no worse than that of men."
Huo Jing watched from the side and nodded in agreement.
At noon, when the food was being distributed, the women, who had been busy all morning, happily lined up with their children to wait.
They discussed it in hushed tones.
"People say this place is dangerous, but I think it's alright. All the zombies around here have been cleared out by the garrison. How can it be that dangerous?"
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