Ma Mengxiang and the others did bring a lot of things, but if they were really distributed to everyone, it would still not be enough. To them, the most important thing was that they brought new hope to the base and to the people who were living on the brink of collapse at the end of the world.
Their presence and actions told everyone that food can be regenerated if it is gone, but if people are gone, it is really nothing.
The spark of hope can awaken people's desire for life and can make most ordinary people feel at ease much more easily than having powerful and advanced technology.
In the evening, Ma Mengxiang organized a big pot dinner at the base where everyone could attend.
Everyone brought out a lot of food and invited everyone to eat for free.
A huge pot taller than a person was stuck in the middle of the base. It was only after everyone rushed to make room for it. The entire base was underground and the space was not wide to begin with. Everyone squeezed together and finally squeezed out a slightly wider aisle and a round cooking table.
Ma Mengxiang wielded a meter-long spatula, stirring the ingredients vigorously. She was sweating profusely from the heat, but she was still shouting at the top of her lungs, "Brother Yingzi! Help me get that big bowl of potatoes and purple radishes! Put them in quickly, or the texture won't be tender."
Shadow: "Here we go, move aside."
He picked up the big basin of ingredients and poured them into the pot.
Ma Mengxiang said beside him: "Brother Yingzi, why do your arms feel a little thicker? It seems that you have been exercising a lot every day to help everyone with their work recently, and you are getting stronger and stronger."
Shadow: "I'll be happy to help."
"Then eat more meat."
"...Yeah, tsu."
"Help me get those green onions over there, quick, quick, the other side is ready to be served..."
"Here I come. Be careful and let me do it."
"Then be careful too, don't get burned."
Hearing the two of them slurring their words beside him as if no one was around, Pei Xiqing couldn't help but look back.
She and Aunt Huang were washing vegetables together. Seeing her movements, Aunt Huang smiled and said, "Oh, come to think of it, Master Shadow has helped us a lot during this period. There are many elderly people left in the village, and many of them have difficulty walking. If he hadn't come in time, everyone would have been drowned by the flood. Also, we wouldn't be able to grow so much food, and it would be too late to come here."
Pei Xiqing asked, "The previous village was flooded, right? Where did you move to later?"
"On the top of the mountain, Lord Shadow helped build a drainage system. Otherwise, the top of the mountain would have been flooded. We were lucky. After the drainage system was cleared, there was no danger. Except for the top of the mountain, the whole place was almost entirely filled with water. Some of the water was even dark. It felt like there were strange creatures swimming in it. It was quite scary to watch."
Aunt Huang still looks frightened when she talks about it now.
Pei Xiqing comforted: "It's all over."
"Of course not." She couldn't help laughing. "It will definitely get more and more abundant in the future, and we will always have enough food. If it's not enough, we can continue to go back and plant. No matter what difficulties we encounter, we will always be able to get through it."
Pei Xiqing nodded and washed the vegetables carefully.
The water in the base is filtered from above.
The skin will peel off easily after being touched for a long time.
No wonder Brother Duan went to find clean water for her.
Aunt Huang smiled again and said, "That Shadow Master seems to be quite obedient to you. I'd like to ask for Mengxiang... what his background is. Is he an official at the headquarters, or does he have some other identity?"
As she spoke, she added, "You should have heard what happened just now. Mengxiang, this girl, has helped us many times during this period. She was the only young person who stayed with us when everyone was about to leave the base. And Shadow-sama has been spending a lot of time with her during this period. It's been so... "
"Aunt Huang, I understand what you mean."
Aunt Huang looked at her expectantly.
Even the person who was cooking behind him couldn't help but prick up his ears and move closer to listen to the noise.
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