Chapter 158 Departure for the New Base
Those obsessed people made a fuss for five days in a row. After being notified that the damaged road sections had been repaired, Zhang Xiaobai gave them a choice.
You can only choose one between the new base and Base No. 1. Base No. 3 will not go to Base No. 1 no matter what.
To get to Base No. 1, you have to walk by yourself. On the way, you can follow Base No. 3 for half the distance. After arriving in Xiangbei Province, the base will no longer care about them.
Those hundreds of thousands of people were dissatisfied. The base belonged to everyone, so why shouldn't they be responsible for sending them there?
These people thought they had strength in numbers and started making trouble. At first, they tried to talk to the soldiers nicely, but they also beat up innocent soldiers.
However, what greeted them were gun barrels one after another. Zhang Xiaobai really didn't have the patience to argue with these fools. If they continued to make trouble, they would start to rebel, and he could only suppress them by force.
On the tenth day after the earthquake, people from Base No. 3 began to move north, and people from Base No. 2 also began to move south.
All the useful things in the base were moved up. After the vehicles were loaded with these goods, there were no vehicles left to carry people, so most people had to move forward on foot.
There are a few vehicles with people sitting on them, usually the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled who take turns sitting.
Fortunately, Su Qingzhu's medicine was well preserved and sprinkled on the road after dilution, so everyone could walk on the road openly.
The team stretched for dozens of kilometers, operating from 5 to 10 in the morning and from 3 to 12 in the afternoon, with a ten-minute break every hour. It was too cold to sleep at night, so they simply walked a little longer.
There were also people in Pu Zhi's car, Su Qingzhu and her female apprentice, Xiaoyuan.
Originally, her apprentice was arranged to sit in the back seat, but she didn't dare to sit there because Qianli was there, so in the end, her apprentice drove the car and Pu Zhi sat in the back seat.
Su Qingzhu was happily chatting with Pu Zhi when she first got in the car, but she fell asleep while chatting.
"Master has been busy making potions these days. Although it was enough before, there are still many places where it will be used after going to Lian En City. So she has rarely rested these days and has been rushing to make them." Xiao Yuan said softly while driving, afraid to wake up Su Qingzhu, her face full of pity.
Pu Zhi looked at her frowning brows even when she was sleeping and said softly, "Well, she's worked hard."
When Xiaoyuan heard Pu Zhi's reply, she became more excited to chat, and she kept talking in a low voice.
Pu Zhi would reply from time to time to relieve the boredom of the journey.
Soon it was time for lunch break at noon. Everyone used sticks and rags to build a shade, put their belongings on the ground, and fell asleep on it.
Although it was very hot, I had gradually gotten used to it over the years, and after such a long journey, I fell asleep immediately.
On the road, the child lay in his mother's arms and said aggrievedly: "Mom, I'm so hungry."
The woman gently stroked the child's forehead and said, "Be good, let's go to sleep first. We can eat when we wake up."
The woman's words were true. At 2 o'clock, large pots were set up every hundred meters or so on the road. One pot was dedicated to boiling potatoes, and the other pot was filled with potato cubes, some dried vegetables and a pound of minced pork.
Although this little bit of meat is almost invisible in the pot, it is already very good for ordinary people in the base who have not eaten meat for a year. The aroma of the meat makes many people drool.
Everyone took their own bowl and ate it up ravenously, fearing that others would snatch it away.
Pu Zhi's car was in the middle, and soon someone delivered special meals.
Three boiled potatoes, half a tael of rice, dried vegetable and egg soup, and half a spoonful of fried potatoes and pork.
Although it is also very simple, it contains much more meat than ordinary people and tastes good.
Seeing the soldier delivering the food swallowing his saliva, Pu Zhi didn't take it immediately: "What are you eating?"
The soldier pointed to the large pot on the side of the road and said, "It's the same food they eat."
Pu Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "You can take this meal and eat it, but please bring us a pot of hot water."
Xiaoyuan watched quietly. She wanted to say that she wanted to eat, but she didn't know how to say it directly.
At this time, Su Qingzhu slowly woke up, looked at his apprentice who kept winking at him, and chose to ignore him. Pu Zhi must have her own reasons for doing so.
The soldier looked at the food in his hand and couldn't help drooling. Could he really eat it?
After confirming it again and again, the soldier left happily.
Pu Zhi reached out to the trunk connected to the car, pulled open the black cloth, and saw a box full of snacks and some self-heating food.
She looked at the two of them and asked, "What flavor do you want?"
Su Qingzhu had a smile in her eyes and felt warm in her heart. She was not surprised at all that Pu Zhi had so much food. She guessed that Pu Zhi must have something like space because of the pile of clothes that appeared out of thin air.
She is so amazing, she must have stored a lot of things in it.
There are also people with spatial abilities in the base. The space is about 100 cubic meters. This time, when he moved to the new base, his space was filled up.
When Xiaoyuan saw so many things, her mouth opened wide and the surprise in her eyes was about to burst out.
She wrung her hands and said shyly, "Can I have braised beef?"
She hadn't eaten instant noodles in a long time, even though as Su Qingzhu's apprentice she ate pretty much the same as everyone else. But now that she finally had instant noodles, she wanted the oiliest and spiciest version.
Pu Zhi took it out and handed it to her, then looked at Su Qingzhu.
"It's sauerkraut, right?" Su Qingzhu said softly.
Then Pu Zhi took out a pickled pepper for himself, and also took out four sausages and three eggs.
One portion for each person. As soon as Pu Zhi put the things down, the soldier came over with a kettle. Pu Zhi handed him a sausage without giving him a chance to refuse, poured water into the instant noodles for the three people, and returned the kettle to him.
The eggs are boiled in hot water at nearly 100 degrees Celsius and turn into white and yellow egg drops, emitting an enticing aroma.
The soldier took the empty canteen and ran away. It smelled so good that he couldn't stop drooling if he stayed any longer.
If it wasn't so hot, Xiaoyuan would have wanted to drink a sip of the soup that she could only smell in her dreams.
While waiting for the instant noodles, Pu Zhi pulled out three bottles of spring water and some random snacks from the back: "Eat it, it's enough to last until the new base."
Xiaoyuan couldn't suppress the smile on her face. After saying thank you, she carefully picked up a bag of Hailong spicy strips.
The three of them enjoyed the meal very well, especially Xiaoyuan, who had a smile on her face the whole time. She even started crying while eating instant noodles, but the corners of her mouth were always raised.
God knows how happy it is to be able to eat a bucket of instant noodles three years after the apocalypse, and there’s even sausage in it!
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