Chapter 270 Happiness
Lu Xingtang looked at the people who came to the base. There were seven of them in total, all adults, no children. "Of course, food and shelter are provided. What did you do before the apocalypse?"
"We had no intention of coming here, but we saw that you provided food and shelter, and we also knew you were building a base, so we came in. We were construction workers before the apocalypse, so we're quite familiar with things on construction sites. After the apocalypse, we joined some forces and built houses to survive. I wouldn't say we're super familiar with infrastructure, but we know a lot of trades, so it depends on what kind of work the Lancheng base assigns us."
When Lu Xingtang heard this, her eyes lit up even more. She was immediately certain that these seven people were not bipeds, so she said, "Welcome to join the construction of the Lancheng base. As long as you work hard, I will definitely not treat you unfairly."
The survivors were very happy. They didn't ask for anything now, just to have a full meal.
Lu Xingtang immediately led them to the wooden house and asked the three teachers to cook for their family of seven. He also asked Su Cheng to clean up the room he shared with the loyal assistant and the fox assistant for their family to live in, with the girls living in the girls' room.
Su Cheng and the other two lived in the same room with three teachers. In fact, at night, the three teachers went into the space to sleep and would not disturb Su Cheng and the other two's rest.
After arranging accommodation, Lu Xingtang carefully questioned their origins. After confirming that there was no problem, he let them familiarize themselves with the surrounding environment. When they came back after getting familiar with the environment, the three teachers had already prepared the meal. For the survivors, a pot of potatoes and sweet potatoes was a luxury. They had been eating Guanyin soil and gnawing on grass roots and tree bark for a long time.
The moment they saw the potatoes and sweet potatoes, their eyes turned red, and they were given such a big pot to eat.
"Thank you! Thank you! We have no way of repaying your kindness. We will definitely use all our life's knowledge to build the base with you! We will definitely not be lazy or cut corners!"
Lu Xingtang told them to eat without worry. Su Cheng and the others were already working. The three teachers had returned to their "rooms" to start writing medical books. The seven of them were being watched by Lu Xingtang.
Looking at them wolfing down the food, Lu Xingtang frowned: "Your stomachs can't handle such a big meal. Eat slowly. If it's not enough, I can cook for you." As long as you work honestly, it'll be fine.
The eyes of the family of seven immediately turned red. These were the most touching words they had heard since the outbreak of the apocalypse, and their eating speed also slowed down.
When they finished their meal, Lu Xingtang found a few wooden signs and wrote down the situation of the people needed for the base construction and the conditions for food and accommodation. He made several more wooden signs and planned to put them at various intersections in Chengguan District to attract more people to come and build the base with them.
It is really difficult to build a base with just 34 people.
After they finished their meal, Lu Xingtang sent them to the construction site. "Our base has just begun construction. As you can see, the foundation has just been built!" He then called out to Su Cheng, "Su Cheng, show them the blueprints of our base."
Su Cheng knew that these seven people were construction workers, so he immediately gave them the base drawings. After the seven people looked at the drawings respectively, they nodded and said, "Base Master, your drawings are designed very perfectly!" The drawings were indeed very perfect, and they could not find any flaws. However, after seeing the depth of the foundation on the drawings, they understood Lu Xingtang and others' ideas and affirmed their achievements.
Then I joined them and worked together.
Lu Xingtang put wooden signs at various intersections near the base, and even went to places far away and wrote routes on the wooden signs so that everyone could follow them.
When she returned after putting up the sign, she saw they were already working on the main structure, setting the foundation ring beam, tying the reinforcement, and pouring the concrete, all the way to the top of the building. Lu Xingtang had always wanted to build an eight-story building, so the topping-out took place on the eighth floor.
During this process, regardless of wind or rain, everyone worked hard at the construction site to build the steel scaffolding, which took half a month.
After completing the main structure, Lu Xingtang gave everyone a short break. The next day, instead of continuing to work on the site, they built a wooden house next to theirs. They wanted to make it bigger, enough to accommodate around a hundred people. If more people joined, they could continue building at that time.
With everyone working together to build the house, the process was very quick. In just three days, they had built a wooden house that could accommodate a hundred people.
Lu Xingtang felt very happy as he watched his base take shape, especially when he saw that the family of seven had put in more effort than Lu Xingtang to stabilize the base, and even slept later than them. They only hoped that Lu Xingtang would let their family stay after the base was built.
Lu Xingtang observed for a while and determined that the family of seven was indeed good, so he let them be the site managers. After all, they were veterans, unlike them, a group of rookies. Under their leadership, they would definitely be able to build the first building of their base faster and with less detours.
The family of seven was so moved that their eyes were red. They had never expected to be entrusted with such an important task. When they worked elsewhere to earn supplies, they were either beaten or scolded, and their supplies were withheld. Now...
"We will definitely live up to the base commander's expectations!" They have also learned that, in addition to their family of seven, everyone else is the base commander's friends and classmates. If they want to integrate into this big family, they must be attentive and treat them sincerely.
Ji Yanmo works on the construction site and is also a supervisor.
Although the base is in the early stages of construction, Lu Xingtang has no time to rest because she has to take care of the vegetables and grains in the fields, grow other vegetables and grains, and take charge of the work of building cellars and warehouses, which are used to store grain.
The wooden house was quite far from the construction site and was blocked by the wooden house, so no one saw Lu Xingtang using mechanized means to dig the cellar.
The construction site was also very busy. After completing the main structure, they had to start building each layer of walls. Eight layers of walls could not be completed in one go. Everyone worked together, one layer a day, and it took them eight days. After the walls were built, they also had to work on the floor.
Pay attention to the waterproof effect. After the waterproofing is completed, a water-tightness test is carried out to ensure that there is no leakage. Then the water pipes and electrical wires are laid. These are inside the concrete structure, so they need to be pre-buried in advance...
Watching the house being built layer by layer, everyone felt happy, "We finally have our own home!"
The family of seven were very touched when they heard this. Lu Xingtang made it clear that he would definitely give them a house. Since they had a large family, he would give them two houses according to the layout of the house so that they could work well. The construction of the base had just begun.
(End of this chapter)
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