Li Mu explained to the people present, and they all breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone, including Liu Ming, thanked Li Mu again.
"Mr. Li, you have made a huge sacrifice today. We don't have much to give you. Please accept these foods." Zhao Yaqing took out the remaining food in her home from the cupboard and gave most of it to Li Mu.
Although it was a large portion, it was only a pitiful one pound of meat and three pounds of rice. You have to know that there are five people in Liu Yuan's family. How long can the remaining food last?
Seeing that Li Mu didn't answer, Zhao Yaqing said awkwardly: "Mr. Li, I'm really sorry, this is all we have left. Please don't mind."
"What will you do if you give me these foods?" Li Mu asked.
"Don't we have some left? The remaining food is enough for our family to eat for four days. We will always find a way later." Zhao Yaqing said with a smile.
Less than a pound of meat and a little over two pounds of rice for five people for four days? Li Mu smiled bitterly, this family is really frugal.
"No need. When Liu Yuan wakes up, he will need energy to replenish his energy, and he will need a lot of food. You can keep these foods. I am not short of food." Li Mu waved his hand.
Zhao Yaqing and Liu Shengnan wanted to say something but were stopped by Li Mu. After exchanging greetings with them for a while, Li Mu said goodbye to Zhao Yaqing's family and returned to his own home.
The two were speechless. They could still meet someone as enthusiastic as Li Mu at this doomsday. It really is true that natural disasters are cruel but people are kind!
Early the next morning, Liu Yuan, who had recovered, went to Li Mu's home to express his gratitude.
"Mr. Li, I can't repay your kindness to me in this life. Maybe in the next life, I will work like a slave to repay you." Liu Yuan said solemnly.
"Haha, Professor Liu, why does this sentence sound a little bit wrong when it comes out of your mouth?" Li Mu teased.
Liu Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "When people are in despair, they can only place their hopes on monsters and demons."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "For ordinary people, death may not be a kind of relief."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Liu Yuan was shocked and said solemnly: "Mr. Li, people always say that a good death is worse than a miserable life. You must not be depressed. Although it seems hopeless now, there will always be a way out. No matter how difficult it is, there will always be a way!"
"Haha, you think too much. Do you think I look desperate now?" Li Mu said with a smile.
Liu Yuan was stunned when he heard this. Yes, the temperature in Li Mu's home has been like spring for so long, and the snowstorm seemed to have nothing to do with him. If he was desperate, how could others survive?
"I see that the food in your house is almost finished, so what are you going to do next?" Li Mu asked.
Liu Yuan has three old and young people in his family, and both he and his wife are weak scholars. Li Mu really wants to know why he is so confident about the end of the world.
Liu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "In the 1960s, the external situation in Daxia was very bad. In order to deal with emergencies, Haidu University once built a secret passage, which was both an escape passage and an underground civil defense facility. Later, the passage was used as a grain storage warehouse. It was not abandoned until the passage was damaged 30 years ago. However, for some reason, the grain in the passage was not dug out."
"Thirty years of grain would have rotted by now, right?" Li Mu said.
"No, I can guarantee that the food is still edible!" Liu Yuan was a little excited when he said this.
"A few days before the snowstorm, I took out some rice from the soil 23 meters deep when I was surveying the geological conditions near the school. The quality was very good. At first, I was just curious about how the rice got to the depth of 23 meters underground. Then I went back to school to check the information and found out that the place where I took the samples was right above the air defense passage. Later, through testing, I also found out that the grains were produced thirty years ago! Therefore, the grains are definitely edible. I have studied the information carefully in the past few days. At least 2,000 tons of grain are stored in the air defense passage. Even if only half of the grain is edible, there are still 1,000 tons, which can be eaten by 2,000 people for 5 years. Moreover, since the grain in the passage can be stored for such a long time, the sealing of the passage should also be very good. Living in it to withstand the extreme cold weather is not a problem. Five years is enough for humans to find a new way out!"
"2,000 people?" Li Mu shook his head.
Liu Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Li, it's not that I don't want to save more people, but according to the current situation of the snow disaster, the temperature will definitely not rise within two or three years. If the food runs out by then, no one will survive!"
"What I mean is, 2,000 people are too many. I suggest you only let in 1,000 people at most." Li Mu said.
"Ah~? 1,000? Isn't that too little? 2,000 tons of food is enough to feed 1,000 people for ten years!" Liu Yuan smiled bitterly.
Liu Yuan thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you!"
"Then how do you decide on the personnel issue?" Li Mu asked.
"What I mean is that we should first select some people we can absolutely trust. Not many, 30 people are enough. We should clear the entrance to the passage first, and then slowly select the remaining people after entering the passage. We must be absolutely cautious in selecting personnel. Other things are not important. The most important thing is that their ideology and morality must pass the test, so as to avoid the infiltration of extremely treacherous and evil people, who will disintegrate our group from within before our food runs out."
Li Mu nodded and said, "That's a good idea, but have you ever thought about what would happen if the news about the passage leaked out?"
In this doomsday, at least 1,000 tons of food is enough to drive anyone crazy. If other people outside knew about it, how could ordinary people like Liu Yuan possibly protect it?
Liu Yuan smiled bitterly: "Nothing can be absolutely perfect. I can only say that I will do my best."
Liu Yuan had naturally thought about this problem a long time ago. If Li Mu had not saved his life, he would not have revealed this matter to Li Mu. However, it was impossible for him to dig the entrance to the passage by his own strength, and he would not feel guilty about occupying a granary alone.
"It's up to you. But I don't plan to move. If you need help, I can help you." Li Mu said. With his strength, there was really no need to make trouble. He had no worries about food and drink and no one could threaten him.
"How can this be possible? Mr. Li, even if you still have supplies in the short term, you won't be able to survive for a few years! Moreover, order has begun to collapse everywhere. Those vicious people will do anything for a bite to eat! Now no one knows who lives nearby, but we can choose our neighbors in the underground passage." Liu Yuan looked solemn.
"Don't worry about this, I have my own way to deal with it." Li Mu waved his hand.
Seeing that Li Mu didn't seem to be joking, Liu Yuan had no choice but to give up: "Okay, I won't bother you anymore. After I open the passage, the door will be open to you at any time!"
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