Since that day on, Qu Dongbo seemed to be consciously avoiding Lu Qin.
She subconsciously avoided him every time they met, and even when she went to report on the population census, she was told that he was not there.
Lu Qin was still a little confused.
She always felt that there was some misunderstanding.
But fortunately, the subsequent busyness made everyone have no time to care about it.
January 7, 2134.
In the third month of snowfall, the opening of the underground shelter numbered 042 in Antu County was officially put on the agenda.
This shelter built in Shengshili has good ventilation and drainage, strong disaster resistance, and is divided into three floors with a total usable area of about 12,641 square meters, which can accommodate more than 5,000 victims.
This shelter wasn't really that big, but that was the situation. If it were a temporary refuge, it could accommodate more people, but for daily living, 5,000 people would already be very crowded.
But in fact, the number of residents who applied to stay in the shelter was far more than 5,000.
Heavy snow has been falling for three whole months. High-end residential areas such as her home have not been affected much, but many urban villages and rural areas with poorly built houses have been collapsed by the heavy snow.
Many people are not only starving and freezing, but are also displaced.
The land was covered with heavy snow, and many families could only live in simple sheds made of waste cardboard and furniture.
Sometimes when the snow falls heavily at night, it can collapse the shacks and cause casualties. Therefore, if there is a safe place that is isolated from the wind and snow, everyone will naturally rush to get in.
“Dongdongdong——”
"Come in."
Since the 756th Unit officially settled in Antu County, counted the population and distributed relief supplies, it took over the entire disaster relief work and formally established the Antu County Disaster Relief Committee. The chief leader was of course Qu Dongbo.
Lu Qin was also honored to be hired as a member of the disaster relief office. Furthermore, the activity center of Jinxiu Community was officially requisitioned as a temporary disaster relief office. Now, apart from field work, most of the work is carried out here.
In her mother's words, "It seems our Xiaoqin will have to eat government food."
Well, although the nature is different, it can be said that they are public officials.
But Lu Qin swore that she definitely did not use any backdoor. Although she had a little relationship with Qu Dongbo, in fact, she was officially hired because her work ability was obvious to all in recent days.
In addition to officers of all levels in the military, her colleagues also include several people who, like her, were temporarily hired because of their outstanding work abilities.
As for the former county government officials, Qu Dongbo was of no use to them.
Many officials who were originally directors or bureau chiefs also came to make a fuss, but it did not shake Qu Dongbo's decision at all.
The two people who entered the office were a man and a woman. The woman was of decent appearance. Although her face looked a little haggard, she was still wearing a mink coat. It was obvious that she had been well off in the past.
The man was a little intimidated by the military uniforms in the room, so he took aim at Lu Qin, a young girl who wasn't wearing a uniform, and said with an apologetic smile, "Hello, I'm the manager of XX Company. This is my old business card..."
"Is there something wrong?" Lu Qin didn't answer and asked instead.
Seeing that Lu Qin was adamant, the man could only bite the bullet and say, "Well, I heard the military is going to open a shelter. I'm just asking if there's a spot for us. Oh, of course. As for money, no, no, no, benefits, etc., it's all negotiable. I guarantee everyone here today will have a share."
Lu Qin was helpless and looked at the couple with a half-smile: "Do you want to buy a spot?"
"Yes, no, that's not right. How can that be called buying? It's all up to you to arrange..." The man wiped the sweat off his forehead.
Lu Qin shook her head. "Yeah, I've already said that everything will be arranged by the higher-ups. I can't help you. If you don't have anything else, please go ahead."
The man looked at Lu Qin, then at the people in the room who didn't care, and had to leave embarrassedly.
As soon as he left, a middle-aged officer laughed and said, "Xiao Lu, how many people are you today? Why are all these people targeting you?"
Lu Qin smiled and said, "Maybe you think I'm easy to talk to! Brother Liu, you just watch and don't even say a word for me."
"Well, I think what you said is quite good. No one can get anything out of you."
"These people are really relentless... Every one of them is eyeing the shelter."
This Brother Liu is an old battalion commander under Qu Dongbo. He has a good temper and was sent to handle these matters. According to his own words, it is okay for him to lead troops, but it is really a waste of time to ask him to do such miscellaneous tasks.
But there is no way, this is the time when we are short of people.
These days, because of the news of the opening of the shelter, there have been quite a few people trying to get close to it, and even openly offering bribes. Everyone has become accustomed to it and often turns a blind eye.
Because Lu Qin looked young and wasn't a real soldier, she became the unlucky one. She encountered all these kinds of things. Later, when strangers came into the office looking for someone, everyone would tacitly say, "Looking for Lu Qin."
Lu Qin shook his head. This wouldn’t work.
The shelter certainly cannot accommodate so many people, and arranging for people to enter is also very difficult.
After thinking about it, she decided to find Qu Dongbo.
......
The second floor of the activity center is originally the offices. Everything is ready, except that the computers cannot be used. Everything seems to be the same as before, with people coming and going.
Qu Dongbo's office is at the innermost part.
"Captain, the statistics department sent a report saying that the number of people applying for admission has reached over 36,000, and the number is still increasing."
The person who reported was Qu Dongbo's bodyguard Zhang Yu. He had been following him around these days and had become much more mature.
Qu Dongbo rubbed his head and asked, "Is there no other place to accommodate the disaster victims?"
"Yes, Captain. The several residential areas and hotels we temporarily arranged for are almost full. We definitely can't accommodate them. It will take several days to clear the new buildings."
Zhang Yu was telling the truth.
The heavy snow not only collapsed buildings, but also various trees, telephone poles, vehicles, etc. It would definitely be extremely difficult to clear a place to accommodate residents.
Many people could not live in the resettlement site, so they simply built shacks around their Jinxiu community.
They probably all felt that the closer they were to the military base, the safer they were, and if there were any problems, they would definitely not stand idly by.
When I heard that a shelter with complete facilities was about to open, those people were even more reluctant to leave. It seemed as if they would not leave unless I was arranged to stay in the shelter.
“Dongdong——”
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Qu Dongbo said casually, "Come in."
It was Lu Qin who came.
Qu Dongbo was still a little surprised, and Zhang Yu happily called out, "Little Sister Lu!"
Lu Qin nodded and smiled, "Adjutant Zhang, I heard you got a promotion! Congratulations."
Zhang Yu scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Commander Qu, the personnel arrangements for Shelter 042 have been roughly outlined. Please take a look..."
"Zhang Yu was just reporting this to me." Qu Dongbo interrupted, "What are your office's opinions?"
"I think that since everyone wants to live here, let's compete fairly."
"What's the fair competition law?"
Lu Qin thought for a moment and briefly explained some of the plans for the future: "I see that many disaster victims are trying to find backdoors and give us all kinds of gifts. Since they all want to live here, we might as well just sell it.
"Sell?" Qu Dongbo narrowed his eyes. He was not a fool. As soon as Lu Qin said that, he immediately understood most of it and considered the feasibility of this proposal.
"Since those people want bribes, it means they have all kinds of supplies, and isn't it supplies that we lack?"
What she said were common practices in later generations. If you want to enter a shelter, you have to pay a certain amount of supplies.
"But what about those who have nothing?" Qu Dongbo asked. "Many disaster victims only have the relief packages distributed a few days ago. Otherwise, they would have died long ago."
"How can there be so much fairness? Even before the disaster, people were divided into different classes." Lu Qin lowered his eyes. "What's more, once things stabilize, there will be various jobs, such as search and rescue. Letting these people work in exchange for supplies, isn't it fair?"
Qu Dongbo looked at Lu Qin.
In reality, his mindset hadn't completely changed. He still held onto the same pre-apocalyptic mentality of defending his country. In his heart, serving the people was his duty. But... this was the apocalypse.
He knew clearly that in the second month after the snow, unrest had begun in various places, and party disputes were even more serious. Not to mention the country, rebellions and killings had already occurred in many places abroad. He had also experienced the unrest within Rongcheng, and it was because of this that he was forced to return to the small place of Antu County.
And now. He sighed, maybe, maybe what Lu Qin said was the best solution.
But what's the difference between him and the "self-help group" that occupied the community and wanted to dominate it? And what's the difference between him and Zhang Jintao?
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