Chapter 223 Official Survival Base Newcomers New Place
"Ms. Jin Zhen, your bunk is here."
The clerk who assigned accommodation led Jin Zhen to an eight-person dormitory and pointed to the remaining beds inside.
Rongzhen had already arrived at the nearest official survival base on a military card and had just completed a simple identity registration. Because she was just an ordinary person and did not hand over a large amount of supplies, she was unable to enjoy better treatment.
The eight-person room was a benefit given to her because she had some knowledge of herbal medicine. Afterwards, she would need to report to the Medical Department to earn points and find a reasonable source of income for her life here.
These conditions were much worse than when she was with Zhu Yan. The worst dormitory she had ever lived in during her first life was a four-person room.
If it weren't for the sake of avoiding suspicion and her own life, she really didn't want to be separated from him.
After all, it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. If you can live a good life, who would seek hardship? We are not fools.
Alas, for now I can only make do with it temporarily, take it one step at a time, and take it slow.
Although the conditions were poor, they were not the worst in the base. At least she had a bed of her own. By drawing the curtain, she could have her own personal space, unlike the dormitory bed where she had no privacy at all.
So Rongzhen didn't show any disdain after reading it. She even thanked the clerk and said, "Thank you for your trouble."
The clerk's face looked much better, and he thought to himself that finally there was someone who was sensible and not making trouble.
The rules and regulations regarding accommodation at their base were explained clearly to these people when they were brought in. If you want good treatment, you can't get it with just a few words or a fuss. You must contribute to the base, whether it's material contributions or other contributions such as talent and technology. You can get benefits and treatment of the corresponding level. Other than that, there is no room for negotiation.
There is no order without rules. How can we manage such a large base and allow them to do whatever they want?
None of them have any brains.
The clerk thought Rong Zhen's reaction was intelligent and reasonable, and that she also had certain survival skills, making her the most welcome and stable member of their base.
Therefore, she didn't mind giving a few more instructions, "Lunchtime is coming soon. Remember to go to the Logistics Department to exchange some food coupons, otherwise you won't be able to get food at the cafeteria window. Everyone in your dormitory is still working, so take this opportunity to pack up and familiarize yourself with the environment as soon as possible. Remember to report to the Medical Department this afternoon."
"Thank you, I understand." Rongzhen thanked him again and looked around at her new residence after seeing the clerk off.
In the compartment of about ten square meters, there are two bunk beds on each side, a long table in the middle, and four stools on each side, corresponding to the four people on each side.
The long table faced the door and window at both ends. The door was an ordinary wooden door, and the window was not big. There were peeling and cracks on it, but it was not broken. It was firmly stuck with tape, cutting off the sunlight that came in.
Rongzhen walked around in the mottled light, and was quite satisfied with the way the other seven roommates placed their things in a military-style manner, as well as her own upper bunk at the back, next to the window.
I'm not afraid of having rules, I'm afraid of having no rules.
From what she saw, the dormitory she was staying in was okay. As long as her roommates were not too difficult to get along with, she planned to spend the upcoming high temperature disaster here.
She didn't plan to change dormitories and attract attention until she had accumulated enough points in public.
Since you live with others anyway, there is actually not much difference between an eight-person room, a six-person room, or a four-person room.
Given Rongzhen's current contributions and value, she has no chance of living in a double room or a single room, so forget it. So what's the problem with living in an eight-person room?
After observing the whole place, Rongzhen put down her things and found the small cabinet for personal belongings mentioned in the check-in instructions. Under the long table, there was only one cabinet with a key still inserted, which was obviously reserved for the owner of the last bed.
Now it belonged to her.
Rongzhen opened the cabinet door, put most of the things that were on display inside, locked it with the key, and then went out with the bag and the few supplies inside to exchange them for food coupons at the logistics department mentioned by the clerk.
This is a commercial area with many high-rise buildings, and many skyscrapers and high-rise residential buildings have been built around it. After the cold wave, the government took a fancy to it and built a survival base. All the people who were taken in were placed on the floors exposed to the sea ice, and survival resources were collected and distributed in a unified manner. The base was able to survive the previous low temperature period relatively smoothly.
However, because the temperature was so low at the time, it was beyond the imagination of the base's top management, so they were not prepared enough, resulting in some people not being able to survive the cold wave.
Rong Zhen and his group are here to supplement the base. Once the base is saturated with personnel again, they will not easily bring in more people like they did this time.
Unless the other party can bring a large amount of supplies and make a huge contribution to the base.
These are not within Rongzhen's consideration. She just needs to take care of herself now.
Focusing on the present, she looked at the accommodation instructions distributed when entering the base. It listed the route from the accommodation area to the logistics department. Even if there was no one to lead the way, the newcomers would not be completely lost.
Rongzhen looked at the map to find the way, and then groped his way through the patrolling guards and the busy crowds on the road, and successfully arrived at his destination.
There were quite a few people lined up in front of the window for the yellow grain coupons. They were all new members who had just joined the base today. Some looked familiar to Rong Zhen, while others were unfamiliar. It seemed that the base was not only accepting survivors from the Dibiao Building.
Rongzhen was at the back of the line. When it was her turn, the clerk asked her whether she wanted to exchange supplies or buy on credit and record it in the points book first.
"Any kind of supplies will do?" Rong Zhen inquired carefully.
The clerk took out a material exchange form and gave it to her. "Only if it's useful to us."
Food and medicine are given priority, followed by some tools, equipment, means of production, etc., all of which can be exchanged for food coupons, and even information about some resource points can be exchanged.
Rongzhen took out two small bottles of Erguotou and a box of cigarettes from her backpack and pushed them to the clerk.
The clerk's eyes lit up, and he was a little disappointed to see that her open backpack was empty, with nothing else except these three things.
But it’s not bad to have this little bit, at least it’s better than the messy things others brought.
The clerk quickly exchanged the food coupons for her, fearing that she would change her mind and take the items back.
Rongzhen put the food coupons he had exchanged into his backpack, put it on his back and left as if nothing had happened. He came out and followed the crowd to the base cafeteria.
When we got there, there was still a long line, with security guards on duty watching us closely. Everyone lined up obediently and waited for their meals.
"What's the dish today? After the extremely low temperature, my nose is blind and I can't smell anything." The person in front of Rong Zhen stretched his neck to sniff the air, but in the end he smelled nothing, so he had no choice but to ask his friend in front of him.
His friend then did the same thing and replied in surprise, "It seems there's braised pork and potatoes. I heard before that there was a cold storage with a lot of frozen meat. It turns out it's true."
"Great, finally some meat. I used to eat compressed biscuits and paste every day, which made me constipated and my teeth ached."
"It's good to have something to eat. Many people out there would fight tooth and nail for a bite to eat or a little firewood to keep warm. We're lucky to have been recruited so early on."
Rongzhen listened to their discussions from behind, while at the same time paying attention to the topics of the people around him, collecting real information about this base.
Generally speaking, ordinary people here live a good life. As long as they are willing to obey orders and work honestly, they will get a share of the food from above. The casualties are much lower than outside.
This kind of environment is quite suitable for people who want to survive.
Rong Zhen has now become one of them. She is inconspicuous among them and is at most a little silent. This is a common problem for newcomers and she did not attract anyone's attention.
There was indeed braised pork and stewed potatoes in the meal, but Rongzhen herself couldn't smell it. She must have been blind.
She didn't care about this. Living in an eight-person dormitory, it would be a pain if you had a very good nose. It would be just right if your nose was blind so you couldn't smell anything.
Two food coupons were exchanged for a spoonful of braised pork with potatoes and a spoonful of carrot cubes stewed with tofu. The staple food was a bowl of mixed grain rice provided free of charge with side dishes. If you didn't buy vegetables, you wouldn't get rice. If you wanted more, you had to give more food coupons.
Rongzhen saw that the dishes and rice were cooked until they were soft, and she knew that the ingredients were probably dug out from under the ice. It must have been difficult for the chef to make them like this.
But the taste is still good. The ingredients are just frozen and the flavor has not lost much.
A meal of this size was enough to fill her stomach without having to use up her own stock.
The natural disasters that followed were one after another, and she didn't know if she would have another chance to collect supplies. The things in the gray space had to be used less and less, so she needed to save them as much as possible.
Thinking of this, Rongzhen not only thought of the things on the shelves in the courtyard.
Before she transferred the authority to Zhu Yan, she made a great effort not to take action against them, otherwise she would not have to be so careful now.
It's a pity that she has such a bright conscience.
I don’t know what he was doing at this time, or whether he was furious about her leaving.
I don't think so. They don't have a very good relationship. They are just roommates who have been together for a few days. He has already got what he wanted, and she didn't steal his house before leaving. There is nothing worth him missing.
It’s better not to worry about it. She doesn’t want to know what he means by dealing with it.
The person she was thinking about was picking on Boss Gu expressionlessly at this moment.
It was Boss Gu's fault for not managing his own people well, allowing that psychopath to come up to him and say nonsense, ruining his clean reputation!
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