The place was a complete mess, reeking of foul odors. Flies, mosquitoes, rats, maggots—you name it. There were also rotting animal carcasses on the ground.
This is a mixed wholesale market, with stalls selling vegetables and meat, as well as hardware and general merchandise shops. The locks on the grain shops had been broken open. They were empty.
Nobody wants hardware and general merchandise.
Jian Ning walked over and, in a simple and direct manner, pulled the door open and yanked it away. After searching inside for a while, she finally saw bundles of window screens at the back.
There were also bowls, chopsticks, plates, a large basin, plastic stools, a mop, a spatula, a thermos, and various other household items. Of course, things like drain pipes, nails, a hammer, and light bulbs were also provided.
Jian Ning first cast a cleaning spell on the room to disinfect and sterilize it before storing all these things in her space.
"Xiao Ning, look, this is a baking oven, right? How about we take one home and bake some flatbread and sweet potatoes at home?"
Jian Anping found a rather large object and called over to Jian Ning to put it away.
“Okay, there’s a seed shop over there. Let’s buy them all and see if we can plant them when we get back.” Jian Ning put away the stove and looked up to find a seed shop.
This is good stuff. Upon closer inspection, most of the seeds inside were in sealed bags, meaning they would still be perfectly usable even after being soaked in water; they weren't wet at all.
Moreover, they have all kinds of seeds: wheat, rice, corn, and sorghum. If the base can grow these grains, then there will be no need to worry about food and drink.
Jian Ning put them all away, leaving not a single packet behind. She had no intention of keeping them all for herself.
When we get back to the base, we'll give some to Company Commander Huang so he can find someone who knows how to farm and grow some vegetables to eat. It's better than eating compressed biscuits every day, isn't it?
When I drove back home, I saw that the yard wall had been raised quite a bit. Those guys were really fast.
Jian Ning took out five or six large carp from her spatial storage and asked Aunt Li to stew them for lunch. She wanted to improve their meals. Then, she filled a woven bag with seeds and went to find Company Commander Huang.
He was scratching his head while looking at a stack of documents in his office when he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Jian Ning, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
"Comrade Jian, is there something you need?"
"These are the grain seeds I found today, Huang Lianchang. I think that while building infrastructure, we shouldn't neglect production. The weather here is just right right now."
We should put agricultural production on the agenda as soon as possible; we can't afford to sit around and waste our resources.
Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow, especially if logistical support suddenly breaks down. We, the hundreds of people at this base, can't afford to be caught off guard; we must plan ahead.
"Comrade Jian, you're right. We haven't had time to consider planting since we arrived. The main problem is that the soldiers are all busy building the base, and we simply don't have enough manpower available."
Company Commander Huang was quite helpless; he only had about two hundred men under his command, and they were all spinning like tops every day. He really couldn't spare any time for this.
"I estimate that the people who are moving here should arrive by tomorrow at the latest, and then there will be someone to use it. We will find people who know how to grow crops from among the people who are coming."
We're hiring them; we can't let them come here and freeload. They have to put in the effort to survive, right?
"That's right, I figured they'd be here soon, so we've been working late into the night. Comrade Jian, how's your accommodation? If there's anything you're having trouble finding, please let me know."
We'll take stock of these seeds later, and we'll keep a record of them for you. We'll add them to your contribution points later.
"Okay, there are no problems for now. I will try my best to overcome them on my own."
"Company Commander Huang, I'll head back now. You're busy."
Jian Ning was very satisfied with Company Commander Huang's attitude.
That's right. The resources she can allocate later can be used to exchange for points. In the original owner's memories, these points are quite useful. It won't hurt to save up more.
Back home, she rolled up her sleeves and helped carry cement and move bricks. She was strong and in good physical condition, so this kind of work wasn't tiring at all. She treated it as exercise.
With Jian Ning and Jian Anping joining in, the courtyard wall was basically completed before dark. It's over two meters high. Tomorrow, they'll work on the top of the wall and install the electric fence.
Unless someone can fly, it will be very difficult for them to get in by scaling the wall. Even those octopus monsters outside are probably afraid of electricity, so we'll just electrocute them all.
This is just Jian Ning thinking too far ahead. This place is far from the sea, it's inland, so the main thing to prevent is mosquitoes, flies, rats and the like that that carry viruses.
The mutated sea monsters shouldn't be able to get here anytime soon. And the government will definitely have corresponding countermeasures; they can't just let it go unchecked.
After dinner, Uncle Li asked Jian Anping to help him install the toilet and sink in the house. This made going to the toilet much more convenient.
Li Mengyao is still living with her child in the "turtle shell" (a type of mosquito enclosure) because it's safer there and there are no mosquitoes. Today, Dazhuang got bitten by a mosquito while working outside, and a huge, itchy welt appeared.
He scratched himself so badly that he was covered in bloody welts. It wasn't until Jian Ning came back and disinfected and applied medicine that he started to feel better. So this serves as a reminder to everyone that even if it's very hot outside, you shouldn't wear short sleeves.
Today, after Uncle Li finished building the courtyard wall, he also built a fairly large doghouse for Bawang in the yard. Huang Fugui found it novel and decided to live with it outside, which conveniently provided a guard dog for the house.
So Jian Ning returned to the third floor and went straight into the Immortal Abode. She needed to hurry up and learn the Burning Heaven Technique as soon as possible; the more strength she had, the more protection she would have.
He remained out of sight for three days during his cultivation session. Fortunately, everyone had gotten used to it, except for Cao Xue, who worriedly asked Jian Anping several times. He always assured her that everything was fine.
Cao Xue guessed that there must be some secret that was not suitable for her to know, so she did not ask any further questions.
On the second day of Jian Ning's seclusion, the first group of migrants who had trekked over mountains and valleys finally arrived at the base. They had suffered a lot during these days, and their feet were covered in blisters.
Before the apocalypse, people traveled by car, subway, and airplane. When had they ever measured the land on foot, let alone crossed mountains?
They've almost lost their lives on this journey, and almost everyone who's made it through has a listless look in their eyes.
He was pale and thin, with blisters on his lips, and his steps were unsteady. He looked like a refugee fleeing a war, a stark contrast to when Jian Ning first arrived.
Some people collapsed on the ground, unable to get up, before even reaching the base's main gate. They had endured immense hardship along the way, and they probably wouldn't agree to do it again.
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