Breakfast was the same as usual: sweet potatoes and white porridge, with an extra layer of small green vegetables.
Vegetable prices in the post-apocalyptic world are not as high as before. Although the base can grow vegetables normally, water scarcity means everything is calculated based on points. Whether to use the hard-earned points for boiling water to grow vegetables or for personal consumption is not a difficult choice.
Although selling vegetables earns you points, the chances of losing money are too high.
Many vegetables were stolen while they were still in the seedling stage.
Shen Jing looked at the breakfast and felt a little strange. "You don't need to prepare one for me."
Yang Muyi, who was still tidying up the buckets, paused, then awkwardly smoothed her bangs. "You've given too much rent, and the rest is enough for three meals a day, so you..."
“Then it will be used as rent.” Shen Jing smiled and continued, “If I bring back vegetables for you to cook, that’s a different story.”
"Vegetables? What vegetables?" Yang Muyi was completely confused.
"You can buy it at the supermarket."
Shen Jing did not give a direct answer.
But Yang Muyi still advised her with concern, "Don't reveal all your assets. Buying the mattress before was too much... If someone sees it, they might try to extort money from you."
"It's always good to go out and earn points properly." Shen Jing planned to go out once a week.
In fact, her plan was to live in a cramped apartment forever.
If you need to go out, then move the supplies in the space back to the base.
A portion of it is used to redeem points.
Aside from doing these things, she had no plans to go out.
Then Shen Jing took out a box of alum from her backpack, "I will also use water, so this can be left in the kitchen."
Yang Muyi was just worrying about the water filtration problem, but Shen Jing solved it in no time.
"Are you Doraemon sent from heaven?" Yang Muyi smiled with relief.
"Meow meow meow! Big sister is meow meow!"
"Sister, let's go to the lake together!"
Shen Jing let Zhou Tong and Zhou Hui take her hands and followed them forward.
Yang Muyi turned around and carefully put away the sweet potatoes and white porridge.
Keep it safe, I plan to eat it again when I get back at noon.
Only then did Shen Jing have time to tour the base.
When I first came here, Yang Muyi stopped me halfway. The next two times I came out, I was in a hurry to go to the service center to redeem my points.
That's when she realized that most of the people at the base were wearing long sleeves and pants, and some were even wearing masks.
In other words, try to cover yourself up as tightly as possible.
“I heard that the mosquitoes at the base can also transmit viruses, so everyone ended up like this.” Yang Muyi noticed Shen Jing’s confusion and explained to her in a low voice, “Don’t be fooled by how comfortable everyone is at the base. They are actually more afraid of dying than the survivors outside.”
Of course, I'm afraid of dying.
And it's the kind of death where you turn into a zombie!
The base has "ice crystals" to control the temperature, but that can't control the mosquitoes flying in from outside, especially those flies that look like fermented black beans. The walls can keep zombies out of the base, but they can't stop the ones flying in the sky.
Flies have no idea how many corpses they've touched.
Having the opportunity to get up close and personal with them is definitely not a pleasant experience.
Shen Jing looked around and indeed heard a "buzzing" sound.
"Can't the base find a way to get rid of the pests?"
"Of course there are! But those potions need to be purchased with points."
Is it expensive?
Shen Jing never expected it to be like this.
In the dream, the western base did not seem to have this problem.
Yang Muyi used a fan to swat away mosquitoes for the two children, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "You can buy the medicine for 10 points and just hang it on your body."
After she finished speaking, she pointed to the people not far away.
That person had an electronic sachet hanging from their waist.
The person who designed this thing probably used to make electric mosquito repellent; it really does look like one.
According to Shen Jing, each point has the purchasing power of one yuan in the past, and she earns about five points a day for going out to work.
Since Yang Muyi is unemployed, she doesn't have any points to make purchases.
Shen Jing was lost in thought.
A commotion coming from not far away immediately brought her back to her senses.
Shen Jing looked in the direction of the bustling activity and saw that there was actually a row of shops around the lake. It must have been part of the original plan for the resort; the shops in the ancient town were all designed to be two stories high, with living quarters upstairs.
However, renting out such shops must be extremely expensive.
Zhou Tong and Zhou Hui walked past the toy store without looking to either side, their only thought being to get to the water store.
These small shops actually sell cheap goods.
The vast majority of them were salvaged from the dead or from piles of zombies.
In other words, "purchasing goods" has zero cost; the bulk of the cost is renting shops.
The two children didn't just guess; they believed Yang Muyi simply didn't have any extra points. Points were directly deposited into personal accounts, so even if Yang Muyi managed to acquire the supplies from those people, they wouldn't have any points left.
Points can be transferred between each other privately.
Shen Jing suspects that the points Yang Muyi has are related to the man who disposed of the corpse.
But she didn't ask any further questions.
As long as it doesn't harm her interests, she doesn't intend to meddle in other people's business.
Yang Muyi will inevitably have to earn points from now on, no wonder she always seems to be struggling financially.
That's why I say that, whether in dreams or now, Yang Muyi's vitality is truly remarkable.
And she is indeed a talented person.
Shen Jing felt that people with strong goals and practical skills should not be reduced to being men's appendages, as they were in her dream!
And it was all for Huang You's sake, he doesn't deserve it at all!
I only learned last night from Yang Muyi that the man she married was named Zhou Lihao, and his current fate is unknown. From what those men said, they implied he had already been thrown outside to be eaten by zombies, and Yang Muyi firmly believed it.
"Have you noticed that the temperature seems to be fluctuating between hot and cold again?"
"There was a period of time like that before, but it's fine now, right?"
"The base commander said in the announcement that everything is fine, so don't worry."
"I hope the base can stay like this forever..."
One of the women said nonchalantly, "As long as the base chief is here, this place will be a paradise."
Upon hearing this, Yang Muyi shook her head and gave a cold laugh.
He noticed Shen Jing's gaze.
She whispered, "A bunch of idiots. I think the base commander is deliberately adjusting the temperature like this."
I don't know how the base commander managed to do it.
However, Yang Muyi believed that only through occasional malfunctions of the temperature control system would the survivors truly submit to him!
Anyone with a bit of experience can see through this; it's just that they're bragging about it.
Seeing that Yang Muyi didn't seem to agree, Shen Jing asked, "You don't think he's a good candidate?"
He was referring to He Qing.
Yang Muyi shook her head after hearing this, "It feels too ruthless, and I always feel that it might not be a good thing for the base to be controlled by one person."
These words reminded Shen Jing of the western base in her dream.
Back then, everyone was caught up in the struggle for power and profit... which wasn't really a good thing!
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