This is definitely not a case of these women siding with the garrison at the Xiangcheng base simply because they received generous supplies and rewards.
The psychological gap between them and reality is quite large.
Everyone thought they were walking on the edge of danger, with one foot in the grave, and they had their children with them. If they died, they would die with their children.
If there were no other options, who would be willing to do this job here?
Those who came here to build the city walls were all risking their lives.
To be honest, they were all prepared to die.
To their surprise, the place was safer than they had imagined.
A woman whispered,
"You say this place is so safe, why don't those people come and repair the city walls? The wages are so high now, and we've been given a lot of supplies. There are almost no zombies that will harm us; the garrison has taken care of them all."
The woman next to him shrugged, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
"They were probably terrified by the zombies to the south, and for the men, there might be a better way out, unlike us, who have no other option but to fight to the death on the construction site."
Putting aside others, let's just talk about herself. She had one child on her back and another child by the hand.
There is a bedridden mother-in-law at home, but the man left the Xiangcheng base and went to E City.
They call it "going to create a better future."
In reality, there's no hope that they'll ever come back.
After all, when her husband left, he didn't consider at all the needs of this large family, from the elderly to the young.
He's gone. Who will support his family?
So, can women survive if they don't go out to do manual labor?
Many people left the Xiangcheng base and chose to go to the safer E City.
Through word of mouth, City E is now a place that is like a paradise on earth.
Although it's not as well-developed as the Xiangcheng base, it's very safe there.
Unlike the Xiangcheng base, which is about to be overwhelmed by the zombie horde.
Therefore, in the past few days, a large number of survivors have been leaving from the east to seek refuge in City E.
Of course, it's not that these women on the construction site don't want to leave, but rather that they simply can't move.
If the men don't take them with them, they won't have the physical strength or resources to support their long journey to City E.
Furthermore, they are also traveling with a child. If they encounter someone with ill intentions along the way, not only will the woman suffer, but the child will also suffer.
Staying in Xiangcheng, at least here it is strictly forbidden to bully the elderly, weak, women and children.
Women in Xiangcheng feel very safe.
They didn't want to leave this place, and there was no one to support them at home, so they had no other choice.
It was precisely because they had no other choice that they were able to find such an easy, safe, and well-resourced job.
How lucky, hallelujah! Thank God, thank the men who left, for allowing women to discover a new world.
Soon it was afternoon, and several more women came to the construction site in groups looking for work.
Some brought their children, while others did not.
After the first batch of women completed the project with high quality and quantity, the contractor readily agreed to help other women move bricks whenever they came looking for work.
They are very meticulous in their work. After finishing their work, they conscientiously clean up all the garbage on the construction site and put it in the roadside trash can.
Huo Jing had emphasized the rule of cleaning up trash as soon as possible to the workers on the construction site countless times.
However, very few people will take the trash from the construction site with them and properly put it in the trash can.
It's always at the very end that the robot vacuum comes and sweeps away all the trash on the floor.
The women ate very quietly.
They cherished this opportunity to work, and as soon as they finished eating, they didn't need Huo Jing or the foreman to urge them to go back to work.
They would consciously take their positions and continue repairing the city wall.
This work progress is not much worse than that of men working.
And they don't have as many problems as men.
A day later, both the foreman and Huo Jing were very satisfied with these women.
When it was time to settle accounts for the supplies, the foreman and Huo Jing packed the supplies into plastic bags and distributed them to each woman.
Every woman's face showed a relieved expression.
In fact, doing housework and taking care of the whole family is not much easier than carrying bricks on a construction site.
Even today's workload is less than the workload they experience when serving their entire family.
A woman, carrying a large bag full of supplies, said to her female companion with a look of relief,
“When I’m at home, I’m always busy and never have a moment to rest. I don’t even have time to drink water at the end of the day, and I don’t get paid. My husband always says that I don’t do anything at home and that I have to rely on him to support me.”
"I never thought that moving bricks on a construction site would be so easy."
"We really have to thank those men who left, because that freed up job opportunities for us."
The other woman's face was full of wrinkles from smiling.
"Isn't this more profitable than standing on the street? You might not earn this much in a month of standing on the street."
She weighed the large bag of supplies she was carrying in her arms.
The construction site provides them with three meals and two snacks a day, and the supplies are an extra allowance.
If you work for a full month, you can earn 200,000 yuan.
In this apocalypse, where can you find such a good job? With such good pay, who would still stay home doing housework?
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