Chapter 197 Return to the End of the World 25
There weren't many more brothers, but there were indeed two more people in the family.
With the help of Yuan Yuan, Chen Luo and Chen Lan settled down in Chen Qian's house smoothly. The two families discussed that they would just get by like this this winter, and when the snow melts next spring, they would demolish the yard behind the farm, leaving some land in the middle to grow fruits and vegetables, and build three small bungalows on the other side of the land - two bedrooms and a kitchen. A bathroom would be separated by bricks in the kitchen - this would be enough.
Winter comes and goes quickly. From one day on, the sun hanging in the sky emits an increasingly hot temperature, and the ice and snow on the eaves and corridors melt.
Chen Luo and Lin Xing picked up hoes from the kitchen and went to the fields in front of the door. The thick snow on the ground turned into icy water that overflowed the ditches around the fields. They had to dig open the ditches at the edge of the field to prevent the snow water from soaking the roots of the winter beans and causing them to rot in the fields before they were harvested.
Looking from the edge of the field, you can see rows of black winter beans growing in neat patches in the fields, with half-full bean pods hanging between the flat leaves. After a few days of exposure to the sun, these seemingly malnourished bean pods will become plump and round.
Yuan Yuan was organizing the laborers from various households in their district to release water to the fields in an orderly manner. When she looked up, she saw Chen Luo and Lin Xing, so she walked over and greeted them with a smile: "You are here."
With the arrival of spring came news of the redivision of land and farms, and both were grateful to the district chief who had helped them resolve their concerns early on.
Chen Luo straightened up and leaned on the hoe: "District Chief Yuan."
Lin Xing also called out and looked around. As expected, many people looked up quietly. It was a well-known secret that Yuan Yuan cared for and favored pregnant families. Some people raised objections, but under the general policy of preferential treatment for pregnant women, no one could say anything wrong.
It was just that the idea that pregnant women and young children were a burden in the previous decade or so was hard to get over for a while, but when they saw the obvious benefits that the Chen and Wang families had gained, quite a few people were still jealous, and their enthusiasm for pregnancy increased immediately.
Yuan Yuan walked across the muddy field ridge in her rain boots and laughed, "You can call me District Chief Yuan or Sister Yuan or Aunt Yuan." Then she asked about Chen Qian's health and said, "I think the due date is coming soon. If you have any difficulties, just call me and I'll go with you."
After giving some detailed instructions and listening to the residents' pricked ears, he smiled inwardly. The higher-ups had issued pregnancy targets to each district chief, requiring that the pregnancy rate in each district should not be lower than 40%. However, these new immigrants who had joined the base were very uneasy. When they heard about the requirement to get pregnant, they readily agreed. However, a winter had passed, and except for Chen Qian and Wang Yan who had good news, there was no news from the rest of the people.
Since taking office, she has visited each household one by one to talk to them about the base's reward and subsidy policies for pregnant women, and also pretended to be particularly fond of children, but with little success.
Especially after the giant bird attack, residents outside the city were like frightened birds, afraid that they had just escaped from the wolf's den of zombies and fell into the tiger's den of strange birds again. Some even maliciously speculated whether they were baited by the base in the wild to distract the giant beast.
Lacking a stable environment, women would say nothing about getting pregnant. After all, once they get pregnant, their fighting power for the next ten months will be reduced by more than half. Not to mention that newborn cubs cry day and night, making them obvious targets in the wild where giant beasts are kept.
Although the base made very tempting promises, the women who had been exiled for many years were not so naive. If they encountered another beast attack, they would have nowhere to run while pregnant.
Therefore, although many people are excited, they are also maintaining a wait-and-see attitude.
Yuan Yuan's attitude was very earnest. As a female soldier who had been fighting in the army, she was assigned here for personal reasons as well as the considerations above. The so-called election was just a face-saving show for everyone. Most of the farm district chiefs near the base were retired veterans from the base city guards. Their main task was to ease the conflicts between local residents and outsiders, and to increase crop production on the farms for the coming year, as well as to pick out the troublemakers hidden in the crowd.
After draining the water from the fields, she called Chen Luo and said, "Brother Chen, aren't you going to rebuild a few huts? The urban construction team will come to deliver construction materials to our district this afternoon. Send someone to my house to register and prepare bricks, tiles, cement and other materials. After a few days, when the ground is sun-dried and solidified, you can start construction."
Chen Luo was overjoyed and said, "That's great! We were just wondering where to buy the materials."
Lin Xing also came over: "Aunt Yuan, is there any wood among the materials shipped this time? Well, I want to buy two pieces and find someone to help make two strollers... I'm going to be a father soon, so I want to prepare everything in advance."
Yuan Yuan glanced at him and said with a smile, "You are still too young. At least leave some things for people to give as gifts. Forget about anything else. Your brothers in the mercenary team, are they afraid of lacking two cars when the baby is born?"
"The most important thing now is to take good care of the three of you at home. The due date is approaching, and you must not make mistakes while on business trips, understand?" Her tone became heavier, and then she smiled mysteriously: "Wait, I will give you a big gift when your baby is born tomorrow."
Having said that, he waved goodbye and walked away.
The remaining two looked at each other, and Chen Luo handed the hoe over and clapped his hands again: "Captain Lin, why don't you go back first, I'll go register the materials first."
He had some ideas about the shops in the city. Not to mention buying a store in the inner city, renting a stall in the outer city would also be a good idea. You know, no matter what year it is, selling raw materials is hard-earned money, and once processed into products for sale, the profit will not only increase tenfold, but it will be no problem to make three or four times the net profit.
The base is now in a transition period from chaos to stability. Various rules and regulations have not yet taken shape, and there is a lot of room for maneuver.
When he thought of this, a feeling of restlessness flowed through his blood vessels and throughout his body, making his mouth dry and his tongue parched.
Lin Xing didn't think much about it. He carried two hoes and went home. He first stepped on the hay mat at the door to clean the mud on the soles of his shoes. The yard was also covered with a layer of dry and yellow hay. He leaned the hoe against the kitchen door along the hay path, scooped a bucket of water from the jar and rinsed his hands. After making sure that there was no trace of mud, he knocked on the wooden door connecting the kitchen and the living room.
The low whispers in the room stopped for a moment, followed by a burst of rustling movement. Knowing that the two people inside were unable to move, he quickly pushed open the door.
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