After saying that, he stood on tiptoe and looked up along the rows of heads towards the base gate, but he did not see the supermarket.
Because of the ten-meter-high wall, he happened to be standing right below it and could not see the buildings inside the base at all. He could only see the noisy crowd queuing in front of him.
"Teacher, I... I am not dreaming!"
A boy who had already checked himself and entered the base gate asked the female teacher while pinching his face and looking up at the supermarket in front of him.
Handing him some water, the volunteer lady laughed heartily, "Hahaha, look how happy you are, kid. This isn't a dream. We really have a supermarket at our base."
"Come on, drink some water to moisten your throat."
"You're a teacher, right? You must have worked so hard bringing so many children to our base. Come on, have a drink of water."
"Girls can drink too. We have one bottle of mineral water per person. It's guaranteed to be enough. If it's not enough, I'll use my points to buy you a bottle."
"No, no, no, no thanks. One bottle is enough. Thank you, Auntie."
The girls collectively waved their hands in refusal.
Everyone is having difficulties nowadays. How can they expect others to buy them water?
People outside may not even have a sip of water for a whole day.
Although the boys behind me were very thirsty, they were reluctant to drink the water all at once. They only drank a small half and then tightened the lid carefully.
They patted their chests and said to the girls, "You drink yours, we'll drink half and leave the other half for you. Once we get inside the base, we'll immediately find work to do. You won't go hungry."
"Yes, we have plenty of energy. We can earn points to buy food for you at the supermarket."
The female squad leader said, "What nonsense are you talking about? We have hands and feet, and we can work."
"Yes, we can work too."
The girls echoed with firm eyes.
The boys have helped them a lot along the way, and now it's their turn to rest.
The aunt interrupted, "You just arrived at the base and there's no need for you to do any work. Just having the crystal core will be good enough so you won't go hungry."
"See that vending machine over there? It sells food and drinks. Ordinary crystal cores can be exchanged for 100 points, which is enough to feed all of you guys."
The aunt pointed to an open space not far away.
The confused boys looked in the direction the old lady pointed, and what caught their eyes were the survivors who had lined up before them and were sitting in the open space, eating their meals in big mouthfuls.
They ate voraciously, even grabbing the rice in their lunch boxes with their hands and stuffing it into their mouths. They would cough violently and feel nauseous, but they would still stiffen their necks and pound their chests to swallow. Each one ate more clumsily than the other.
"I'm going to go for white rice. It's white rice, teacher."
The boys ran towards the vending machine with their backpacks.
My legs are no longer sore or weak, and I can run faster than a rabbit.
There was a soldier holding a weapon standing on each side of the three vending machines.
When they saw the boys rushing over, they didn't stop them. Instead, they told them, "Just put the crystal core into this place and you can buy it directly."
"That's the breakfast vending machine over there, this is the lunch vending machine, and the one in the middle is the beverage and mineral water vending machine."
"Okay, thank you, brother soldier."
The boys bowed their heads to thank the soldiers, then waved their hands towards the female teachers who were struggling to trot towards them and shouted, "Teachers, come quickly! We really have food to sell, lots of delicious food."
When the boy shouted, another boy wearing glasses had already taken out two crystal cores from his backpack and put them into the breakfast vending machine. He bought enough meat buns and steamed buns for the number of people and handed them to the boy next to him.
After receiving the hot meat buns, the boy kept swallowing his saliva but did not take a bite. Instead, he waited for the female teacher and the girls to run to them breathlessly. Only then did he distribute the food according to the number of people and could not wait to eat his portion.
The moment the juicy pork and cabbage stuffed meat bun burst in his mouth, he was completely overwhelmed by the fragrance. He lowered his head and ate it in big mouthfuls without caring about his image.
"Oh my god, this meat bun is so delicious."
The female teacher and the other girls who had already eaten the meat buns opened their eyes wide in disbelief and stuffed the meat buns into their mouths quickly.
"The auntie really didn't lie to us. There really is a vending machine over there. Hurry up, hurry up, everyone, follow us."
After checking their bodies, another group of survivors rushed towards the female teacher and the others like hungry wolves.
The boys who were eating meat buns with big mouthfuls immediately protected the girls and female teachers behind them and watched the group of people rushing towards the vending machine.
They looked like they were in the same gang and wanted to rob as soon as they went up.
Only when the soldiers pointed their weapons at their heads did they line up obediently and put on a smile.
The other survivors who were squatting nearby eating their lunch boxes had no time to look at them and continued to concentrate on eating.
"Burp... I'm so full."
The boys burped and touched their round bellies.
The girls were also very full and were happily drinking water in small sips.
They hadn't eaten so much in a long time. Even if they were full, they didn't feel uncomfortable, but rather felt more satisfied than ever before.
New survivors entered the base one after another, all running towards the vending machines with shining eyes, excitedly saying, "We really came to the right base. Not only does it have a supermarket, but it also has vending machines, and they're so cheap."
A group of young volunteers, aged eleven or twelve, were collecting their lunch boxes from the ground. They giggled at the older men and said, "There's a surprise for you when you get inside the base!"
The uncle, the others, and the female teacher didn't know what the surprise was.
It was not until they rode a large truck from the base into the shantytown and saw small houses with people queuing for water, well-organized sheds and clean streets that they were all shocked.
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