As the few of them were talking along the way, more and more people came forward. Many of them were dragging wood on boards and forming a long queue to receive food. Although it was only morning, there were so many people here. Even though they were divided into small factions for management, each small faction was responsible for thousands of people. It would take time to exchange food for so many people, so many people staggered their time and exchanged the wood they had chopped the day before for the next day.
However, Tian Ming brought everyone here to register, and the queue was not here. He took a lot of effort to clear a path for Li Mu and his companions in front, and they followed him in.
"Sister Zhou Lin, the wooden house in front is the registration place." Tian Ming pointed to a small wooden building in front and said to everyone.
Compared to the room where they exchanged food, this place was much quieter. The door was closed, and there were only a dozen tired-looking people standing in line outside the room, who also looked like refugees from other places. Two guards were leaning against the wall of the wooden house, chatting, and occasionally glancing at the refugees in line with a mocking expression.
"Two brothers, do you remember me? I came here to register yesterday." Tian Ming trotted up to the two guards and said.
"I've seen so many people in a day, who are you? Since you've already registered, stop hanging around here and looking for trouble. Go chop wood!" A guard said disdainfully. What level? You're trying to get close to him!
Tian Ming scratched his head, but still said, "This is our sister Zhou Lin and her son Tian Tian from the same village. The others are our friends. I brought them here to register."
"Oh, you can register, just line up." The two of them didn't even raise their heads and continued chatting, not caring at all about who Tian Ming brought.
"Hey~ Sister Zhou Lin, don't get me wrong, these two people are just non-staff members. The real people in the Urban Management Team are very nice and polite to others." Tian Ming explained in a low voice to Li Mu and the others. After all, he had just vowed to Li Mu and the others that the people in the Urban Management Team were very nice. Now that such a slap in the face had happened, he naturally had to explain it clearly to them, so that people would not think that he was pushing everyone into the fire pit.
"Little Fatty, what did you say? I gave you face, right?" The guard heard Tian Ming talking about them and got furious. Although they were definitely not members of the Urban Management Team, how could those guys in the Urban Management Team be willing to stand outside in the cold wind?
However, as non-staff members, they are much better off than ordinary people. After all, they don't have to chop trees. They only need to stand guard to get food every day. They can also use the heating in the house. Therefore, they feel superior to others from the bottom of their hearts and always look down on those peasants who need to chop trees in exchange for food.
"I've said it, what can you do to me? Your work attitude is too bad. I'm going to tell the urban management brothers and ask them to fire you two!" Tian Ming didn't want to lose face in front of Li Mu and the others, so he took a tough attitude.
The guard said jokingly: "Fatty, you..."
"Qiangzi, look at them." Another guard interrupted him.
Qiangzi was a little suspicious. He pushed Tian Ming aside, looked at Li Mu and the others, and then laughed: "Haha~, it's okay, boy, you did a good job."
Then he said to Li Mu and the others, "You four, come in with me."
Xu Ling pointed at himself and asked in confusion: "Are you talking about us?"
"Well, the one who takes care of the baby should wait outside first." Qiangzi said.
"Why? We were here first!"
"You just think they are pretty! Does being pretty give you privileges?"
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The few people who were queuing earlier were fed up and started shouting.
Tian Ming was even more confused. Could it be that his words were so intimidating?
"Shut up! If you want to queue, queue up. If you don't want to queue, get out! A group of refugees don't know their own status?" Qiangzi shouted.
Those who were shouting suddenly stopped talking. After all, when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. They were almost starving to death, so how could they have the capital to shout at others?
"Haha, please come in, everyone!" Qiangzi's expression suddenly changed when he faced Li Mu and others.
"Brother Li..." Zhou Lin looked nervous. The refugees didn't know the trick here, but she and Li Mu and others had heard from others that it was definitely not a good thing for the guard to be so attentive to Li Mu and his three companions.
Jia Qian shook her head at Zhou Lin, signaling her not to worry. They were just a few minions. Not to mention Li Mu, the three of them could handle them. After all, they had hot weapons in their hands.
Qiangzi pushed open the door and led Li Mu and others inside. There was a fireplace inside the house with a blazing fire, making the house very warm, probably several degrees above zero.
In order to prevent the hot air from escaping, Qiangzi quickly closed the door and went upstairs to call for help.
Not long after, Qiangzi ran down again, walked to the door of a room downstairs and knocked.
Soon, an impatient voice came from inside the house: "Who is it?"
"It's me, Xiaoqiang." Qiangzi said respectfully.
"Are you fucking sick? Why are you knocking so early? Can't I sleep?" the person in the room shouted angrily.
"Brothers, there is good news. Master Liang asked me to wake you up." Qiangzi explained.
"Wait!" Although the person in the room sounded a little resentful, there was still a rustling sound of someone dressing.
Soon, the door opened and four men in urban management uniforms walked out of the house, looking at Qiangzi with dissatisfaction.
Qiangzi just smiled apologetically and nodded and bowed to a few people.
When they saw Li Mu and his companions, their eyes lit up.
"Haha, I haven't seen such good stuff in a long time, especially this pretty boy. Wow~ We brothers are going to get rich!" a man laughed.
The other three were also excited. The refugee registration office didn't make much money, and selecting handsome men and beautiful women for the three giants was their main extra income. How could they not be excited?
"Cough~" A light cough was heard from the stairs.
"Master Qiang!"
"Brother Qiang!"
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This man's name is Cao Qiang, and he is the head of the Urban Management Group's Refugee Registration Office.
"Haha, welcome to our Shennong Mountain. Thank you for your hard work along the way." Cao Qiang said to Li Mu and the other three with a smile.
"Stop pretending. We heard about it on the way. Aren't you going to use us to claim the reward? Hurry up! Everyone's time is precious!" Xu Ling said impatiently.
"Uh..." This confused Cao Qiang. He hadn't even started using the words he had prepared, but these people were so impatient?
Yes, in this end times, nothing is more important than having enough food. Maybe these people think that using their bodies to fill their stomachs is easier than chopping wood?
Shaking his head, Cao Qiang stopped thinking about it. Who cares? Since these people understood all this, there was no need for him to waste his words on it.
In the past, he had to spend a lot of effort to do ideological work on those handsome men and beautiful women. He would not kidnap anyone by force unless it was absolutely necessary. After all, the reward for kidnapping someone was much lower.
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