Chapter 134 Happy Birthday.
Ji Xin shrank his neck, held the comic book in his arms, and continued to burrow into the pile of books.
"I found it, Commander! 'Processing and Application of Natural Edible Seasonings'."
"I also have a copy of 'Food Technology' here."
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Good news came one after another, and soon a row of books that Shu Lan wanted appeared in front of her.
She flipped through the book roughly and found that it was more comprehensive than she had expected. It not only covered food, but also the processing technology of flowers, cotton and linen. The problems in production line construction were basically solved.
It turns out that people still need to read more books, books are the ladder of human progress!
"That's enough, let's go."
"Okay, Commander."
As the sun sets, the aroma of food gradually arrives, and a call comes from the radio: "Dinner is ready, hurry to the cafeteria and line up."
Shu Lan raised her head and patted Shu Maomao, who was absorbed in reading. "Put these books on the bookshelf in the house and read them tonight."
"Um."
The book in Shu Maomao's hand, as well as the row of popular science books on the ground, were all put into the space.
The rest of the books were still scattered on the ground. Many people were reluctant to leave after searching for them. They sat in the pile of books and turned the pages attentively, not even in a hurry to satisfy their appetite.
Shu Lan originally thought that it would be enough to keep some popular science books as a backup, but after seeing these people, she changed her mind.
She was like this when she was a child. She liked reading books but had no money to buy them. She sat on the floor and read with a thick face, despite the cold stares from the bookstore staff.
In an era without television, mobile phones and the Internet, books are a direct way to enrich the spiritual world.
"Ask Big Mouth if it's going to rain tonight. If not, put these books here first."
"Big Mouth said no, it will be tomorrow night."
"Tomorrow morning we'll go move an empty bookstore from somewhere else and use it as a reading room."
After the reading room was built, it was crowded after work every day. The competition for seats was as fierce as in the cafeteria, and the number of books in it became fewer and fewer every day.
Shu Lan had no choice but to have people go door to door to search for the stolen books. She emphasized on the radio: "You are not allowed to take books back to the dormitory. Books are for reading, not hiding under the covers. If those books appear outside the reading room next time, three days' wages will be deducted."
The salary is the daily food quota that each person can receive. It is distributed in the form of food coupons, collected by the canteen every day, and then distributed as salary by the manager the next day.
If you are not hungry, you can save the food coupons for later use, or you can take them to the warehouse manager to exchange them for other things, making them serve as currency.
Of course, where there is currency, there will be theft or robbery. Every time such bad behavior occurs, the public security department will arrest the person, announce the crime in public, and execute him directly.
The public security department is directly under the charge of Shu Lan, and the executioner is Shu Maomao.
Originally, the candidate for this position was He Sheng, the captain of the superpower team in District 15, which has the largest population. He was a well-known ruthless, quiet, and prestigious leader.
After hearing this, Shu Lan rejected it outright: "It doesn't matter what else it does. No one else can do this job except me, unless He Sheng plans to sleep with his eyes open every night."
He Sheng, who was originally preparing to pack up and accept the appointment, was dismissed without saying a word.
Jing Hongyu, who had never witnessed the severity of her punishment, said cautiously in the silence, "Can the position of sheriff be... so dangerous?"
Ji Lan picked up the notebook and slapped him in the face: "Don't interrupt, Paramecium Brain."
Those who forcibly seized food coupons were pushed onto a temporary execution platform made of soil. Opposite was a trial position that was even higher than the execution platform.
Sitting behind the table, in the center of everyone's sight, Shu Lan's young face was expressionless, his eyes were cold, and his commander's aura was completely radiating outward, shocking the entire audience into silence.
This was a month after all the people from District 15 arrived in District 9. Life in District 9 was even better than expected. Everyone here seemed friendly, spoke gently, followed the rules, and did not fight or compete.
They don't know yet what this beauty is paved with.
It wasn't until Shu Lan picked up the microphone that was connected to the broadcast and announced the verdict in the same calm tone as always. The soft female voice was emotionless and resounded over the entire base, allowing everyone to hear it clearly.
"These seven people who robbed and stole food coupons, and the two who crept through the bathroom window of the women's dormitory at night, destroyed the trust between people. Without trust, we cannot live together. Kill them all as a warning."
"No! Commander, I know I was wrong! I will never do something like that again!"
"I will definitely correct my mistakes in the future. Please spare my life, please."
Shu Lan didn't say anything. Instead, Shu Maomao, who was sitting on the right side of the table, raised his gun. After a crisp gunshot, the begging person on the execution platform turned into a silent corpse, wrapped in the automatically turned soil and sank into the ground.
"From now on, all those who die by disobeying the rules will be buried in this empty space. Before you start causing trouble, come and look at the seniors and decide if you really don't want to live anymore."
The dark clouds in the sky were rolling, and spring thunder was rumbling. My heart was also roaring as I saw this scene for the first time.
Crimes that were barely punishable by imprisonment before the apocalypse are now directly punishable by death here!
District 9...so scary...
Shu Lan looked up at the sky, picked up the microphone, and in a blink of an eye she returned to being the motherly commander.
"It's going to rain. Don't just stand there. Go back and collect your clothes."
Ji Lan walked past Jing Hongyu calmly, and raised her hand to close his jaw.
The sunny day with the highest temperature after the continuous spring rain was Shu Maomao’s sixth birthday.
Shu Lan got up at five in the morning and followed the steps written in the textbook she brought back from the cake shop. She poured the cake batter into the mold, wrapped it with tin foil and put it in the oven.
While baking the cake, she asked Big Mouth to use the food processing function to separate the cream from the milk, add sugar and set it aside, while she began to cut various fruits that Shu Maomao liked.
The cake was in perfect shape and softness when it came out of the oven, which made Shu Lan very proud.
Since she was a child, her teachers have said that she is smart, but she just doesn't like to focus on the right path. In fact, if she studies hard, she can learn things very quickly.
If the virus hadn't suddenly appeared and disrupted her life, Shu Lan would have been a baking master by now.
Shu Maomao, wearing his brown bear pajamas with a few messy tufts of hair on his head, appeared at the kitchen door. He yawned and asked sleepily, "Mommy, why are you up so early to cook downstairs?"
Shu Lan knew her movements would be heard, so she simply showed the cake she had just filled with cream: "Dangdang! Happy sixth birthday, my son!"
A chair flew from the living room into the kitchen. Shu Maomao climbed on it and looked at the somewhat unfamiliar food in front of him that exuded a sweet aroma. He blinked hard, and his eyes became clear again, his voice still soft.
"Birthday cake."
He had seen it in pictures.
Shu Lan filled the cake with cream and then drew a big number "6" on it with jam.
"Yes, a birthday cake. I always cooked longevity noodles for you on your birthday before. This time, I'll make your favorite dessert. People used to eat cake on their birthdays."
“Have you ever eaten before?”
Shu Lan shook her head: "I don't really like sweet things, so my grandma would make me a big savory meat pie as a cake."
Shu Maomao said, "I want the big meat pie, and I want the longevity noodles, too."
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