The scale and management system of military bases are many times better than those of local official bases. Perhaps this is the gap between local and national levels.
No one was taken to choose or view houses that night, and it was already late at night. After being highly concentrated all day, the three of them and the dog were all very tired.
Jiang Ning asked, "Staying in a hotel or sleeping in the car?"
Huo Yishen said with caution: "We can just stay in the car for one night. There's no need to go to a hotel."
I've just arrived and I don't know if the base is really absolutely safe. Moving my belongings around in the car would easily attract attention, but what if they get stolen if I don't take them with me?
Jiang Ning had no objection and just wanted to spend the night in the car.
Get in the car and close the door.
He asked Huo Yishen to take out four pork trotter rice dishes from his backpack, which were all packaged and stored in the space before.
The rice grains are fragrant and green, and the pig's feet are soft and chewy.
After dinner, I drank a glass of juice to relieve the greasiness, chatted about random things, and then adjusted my chair to sleep.
The off-road vehicle has spacious space and it is not crowded to lie down and sleep.
Although he was at the base, he fell asleep quickly after being tired for several days. The dog was very alert and would occasionally open his eyes, but he didn't notice anything unusual and continued to sleep.
I slept until dawn and was awakened by a loud and heart-piercing bugle call. The army was on a march.
Jiang Ning opened his heavy eyelids, raised his wrist to look at the watch, it was four o'clock in the morning.
It's not daybreak yet.
I turned over and continued to sleep.
Huo Yishen was very sober. He covered her and Doudou with a blanket, put on his coat and got out of the car to move around.
Jiang Ning woke up at around six o'clock, and he had already returned from a round of exercise.
Breakfast consisted of soy milk and steamed buns. After eating, we got off the bus to relax. Considering that the staff in the center hall had not yet come to work, the three of us and the dog started walking around nearby.
The base is very large, stretching for dozens of kilometers, with no end in sight.
Jiang Ning even prepared a telescope. The neatly-lined buildings in the distance were dormitories for the survivors. Each building had 12 floors. Unlike the official new towns in various places, there was no haphazard construction or clothes flying everywhere in the residential areas.
Neat, uniform, standard military living.
This is true for ordinary survivors, let alone real soldiers.
Countless survivors walked out of the dormitories one after another and ran to their workplaces quickly and orderly.
Jiang Ning followed their direction and saw endless plantations, food processing plants, power plants, smelters, hardware processing plants...
Strictly speaking, this is a small county town, which is small but has everything.
The military zone was farther away, beyond the reach of the telescope, but their residential area was only a few kilometers away.
After the morning training, the troops dispersed in an orderly manner, with tall figures and young and handsome faces.
As time went by, some of the scavengers who had gone out came back one after another, with their rusty and dilapidated cars and deflated tires, as if they would fall apart at any time.
Four or five people got out of the car, each with a weather-beaten face, but the supplies they picked up were not much. They carried them to the trading hall to sort and weigh them in exchange for points.
Anyone who chooses to be a scavenger, or even persists in doing so until now, is definitely a bohemian and freedom-loving person.
Three years before the end of the world, they were able to find a large amount of supplies with their extraordinary skills and courage, and they lived a very carefree life.
But it has been nine years since the end of the world, and everything that can be searched in the nearby cities has been searched countless times. Don't even think about finding a bargain. Not even a piece of scrap metal can be found.
Sometimes, even if you travel hundreds of kilometers, not only will you waste fuel and effort, but you won’t gain anything.
They don’t know what to do in the future. They just know that it’s impossible for them to work, not in their entire life.
I would rather die than work!
When it was time to go to work, Jiang Ning went to the housing rental and sales area in the central hall for consultation.
It is unlikely that you can rent an apartment building with two cats. You can smell the soup from the neighboring room when you drink it. Besides, most of the people living there are scavengers or the families of survivors, which is a place where troubles are prone to occur.
So, she decisively chose an independent courtyard.
We don’t know when the plate collision will come, so enjoy it as long as you can and just keep a low profile in normal times.
However, the independent courtyard is not cheap. In addition to the monthly rent of 50 kilograms, it must be rented for at least half a year.
In other words, Jiang Ning had to hand over 300 kilograms of grain.
We just delivered 150 kilograms of grain yesterday, and it is really eye-catching to take out another 300 kilograms.
She pondered, "Can I use tea, cigarettes and alcohol to offset it?"
“Yes, but it depends on the quality.”
The quality is definitely not bad, but it can’t be too good.
In fact, this is not a big deal. Jiang Ning has been taking out supplies from the space over the past two years just to create traces of time on them.
Jiang Ning asked, "Can we see the house first?"
The staff agreed and asked their assistant to take them to see the house.
The assistant was probably a military family member, and seemed to live a more comfortable life. Seeing that Jiang Ning and Huo Yishen were both beautiful and handsome, she was willing to talk. "There are only three empty apartments in the independent courtyard. You are lucky. If you come earlier or later, there will be no more."
She spoke with kindness.
But Jiang Ning heard that even the military base could not withstand the successive natural disasters. Whether it was smog, acid rain, sandstorms or mudslides, there were casualties among the survivors.
The assistant rode a bicycle, but the independent courtyard was several kilometers away, so Jiang Ning decided to give her a ride for efficiency reasons.
If you move forward in the direction of the assistant's finger, you can see traces of acid rain everywhere.
However, the base had protected the house in advance, so even if there was corrosion on the outside, there was no problem with the structure inside.
The independent courtyard is divided into two areas, A and B. Area A is where base officers and their families live, while area B is available for rent and sale to the outside.
The entrances and exits of the two areas are close to each other, but there is a separation zone in the middle.
After about 20 minutes, the car slowly drove into Area B.
Through the car window, I saw several military vehicles driving out of Area A, and there were soldiers standing guard at the door.
Living next door, I guess you feel very safe.
However, this sense of security did not make Jiang Ning or Huo Yishen feel really safe, so they just had to keep a low profile.
There are 200 independent courtyards in Area B, and the assistants took us to see the houses one by one.
The courtyard had no walls and there were signs that someone had lived there, but it was very clean.
The layout was the same. After looking at all three sets, Jiang Ning chose the cleanest one.
On the way back, she chatted with her assistant, "We plan to be scavengers, but we are new here and have no experience. What should we pay attention to?"
The assistant was surprised. "Why don't you choose to join the army? If you fail the assessment, the base can arrange a job for you."
Jiang Ning pretended to be confused, "Is it dangerous to be a scavenger?"
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