Night falls.
Big camphor tree base.
The first outer city is in a residential building.
The third uncle came here carrying food and three kilograms of rice wine.
As the current core member of the base's external operations, he has some rights, and he is also Li Yu's third uncle.
After just talking to Li Yu, Li Yu took the initiative to bring two bottles of the collected Maotai-flavor liquor to his third uncle and the others.
Li Yu can also understand that Uncle San has three comrades who he has not seen for many years.
It’s human nature to celebrate.
However, instead of accepting the white wine, the third uncle drank three kilograms of rice wine.
According to Third Uncle's original words, he was worried that it wouldn't be appropriate to get drunk.
Three kilograms of white wine, if five people drink it, the average is just over half a kilogram, which is enough to get a little tipsy.
In addition to the food, I also brought a plate of fried peanuts.
Soon, the third uncle arrived at the first outer city residential building.
Jackal and others were already in the larger room, using several wooden benches with a bed board on top to serve as a table.
After the third uncle came in, Lao Zhou took the initiative to take down the food with a smile on his face, and then placed it on the temporary table.
The third uncle turned around and closed the door. After Xiaoyong and Jackal washed themselves in the bathroom, their faces changed greatly.
The jackal also cut his long hair into a short length and trimmed all his beard, making him look radiant.
After the food was completely placed, Xiaoyong looked straight at the braised pork head on the table. The red pork head was shiny with oil.
A tangy aroma.
Gudong!
Xiaoyong swallowed, but he didn't dare to reach out and eat it.
Seeing everyone looking at him, he lowered his head in embarrassment.
After the third uncle saw Xiaoyong like this, he sighed inwardly. After all, he was just a seven or eight-year-old child.
So he said gently: "Just start eating. Xiaoyong, eat!"
Xiaoyong did not reach out to pick it up directly, but looked at his father Xu Chengcai.
The jackal smiled and said, "Eat."
Xiaoyong stretched out his chopsticks and was about to pick them up, but suddenly he remembered something and looked straight at his third uncle.
The third uncle was stunned when he saw him looking at him.
I sighed, in the end of the world, a child who has been hungry for so long can hold back his desires and understand etiquette. It can be seen that the jackal has educated his son very well.
So I picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of vegetable, and put it in my mouth.
Then he said to everyone: "Why are you still standing there? Do you want me to feed you?"
The third uncle's words were not polite, but they knew that this was a kind gesture.
So they all started to eat.
A plate of pork head, a plate of peanuts, two small green vegetables, and a scrambled egg with chopped green onion. A big bag of steamed buns.
Lao Zhou put the cup in front of him and took the initiative to pour the wine.
After pouring, stand up and place it in front of everyone.
The third uncle leaned forward and said to Lao Zhou: "Old Zhou, don't go to so much trouble, just do it by yourself, don't worry about us, just eat by yourself."
Lao Qin also said: "Yes, don't be so formal. You are my brother, they are also my brothers, we are all brothers."
The third uncle raised his glass, toasted to everyone, and said: "Today, I am very happy. In this apocalyptic world, I can still meet you, and it is rare to get together again. Come on, let's do it!"
These words struck a chord in the hearts of Lao Qin and the others.
So they all raised their glasses and said, "Done!"
Xiaoyong looked at them, picked up his own bottle of water, and said, "It's done."
"Hahahahaha."
All the old men were amused by his appearance.
There are a lot of steamed buns, so I'm full.
Jackal and Xiaoyong had not eaten this kind of food for a long time, and they devoured it hungrily.
The jackal was okay, he could control it, but Xiaoyong ate more completely.
Lao Qin and the others all knew that the life they lived before entering the Da Zhangshu Base was simply not a human life.
The third uncle looked at Xiaoyong and suddenly said to Jackal: "Jackal, what are your plans for Xiaoyong in the future?"
The jackal thought for a moment and said, "I see there aren't many children here in the outer city. He has been following me, so take him with me."
Lao Qin explained on the side: "Actually, no, there are actually many children in the outer city, but every week, from Monday to Friday, they study in the inner city, and they only come out on Saturdays and Sundays. .”
Originally, among the inner and outer cities, there were teachers only in the inner city.
There was Lai Xiyue before, and later there was Teacher Liu, plus other teachers in the inner city such as Bai Jie, Anya, and Ma Di, who all had relatively high academic qualifications, and they taught them knowledge.
There are also other combat courses, which are given to them by Li Yu, Third Uncle, Lao Lu, Uncle and others in turn.
The second uncle and Ding Jiu will also give them some ideological lessons, mainly to instill in them the sense of honor of the Da Zhangshu Base and let them put the protection of the Da Zhangshu Base as the first priority.
Although there is no personality cult, there is still a core role model, and that is Li Yu.
Tell about how Li Yu established the base and then how to protect everyone, etc.
Later, as the population in the outer city increased, a small room was built in the outer city as a classroom and a few people were found to teach them.
Later, Li Yu felt that this would not work.
In addition, there are currently not many children in the outer city, so these children are brought into the inner city for centralized accommodation and teaching.
You can only go out until the weekly field courses, or on Saturdays and Sundays.
This is also a good thing for those in the outer city.
For parents, the most important thing is to care about their children's education. Now that the Da Zhangshu Base has helped them solve the education problem, they have more time to devote to the construction and protection of the Da Zhangshu Base.
After Lao Qin explained, the third uncle said: "Yes, there are specialized teachers in the inner city who can teach some necessary knowledge. In the early stage, they will also learn combat lessons. In the later stage, you can choose Majors, practical learning in corresponding majors will be arranged at that time.
Now there are majors such as combat, agriculture, medicine, and construction. In the future, more majors will definitely be added as the population increases. "
Although the ant came in earlier than the jackal, he had never entered the inner city, so he didn't know this.
After hearing this, I was a little surprised.
Has Da Zhangshu Base achieved this step now?
Jackal listened attentively and carefully to Third Uncle's story. As he listened to what Third Uncle said, the expression on his face became more and more joyful.
He has always been worried that his children will not have childhood if they are not exposed to peers. He is even more worried that his own limited knowledge in teaching Xiaoyong will not allow Xiaoyong to develop more comprehensively.
At this time, I heard that there was actually this in the inner city.
He immediately said: "Can Xiaoyong go too?"
The third uncle nodded and said, "I can make the decision on this matter. No problem."
Xiaoyong, who was immersed in eating, stopped at this time, pulled his father's sleeve and said: "Dad, I don't want to be separated from you, I want to be with you all the time."
When Jackal was about to persuade him, the third uncle said with a smile: "It's okay, don't worry, in a few days, those children will come back to the outer city, and then let Xiaoyong get to know them, and Xiaoyong will naturally want to study. .”
He still remembered that He Chao's daughter, He Xiaoya, was reluctant to let go of He Chao. However, in just a few days, she met a group of friends of the same age there. Now she is probably not willing to go.
When the jackal heard this, he felt that what the third uncle said was reasonable, so he nodded.
Then he poured a glass of wine for his third uncle, then poured a full glass for himself, toasted to his third uncle and said, "Captain, even if you don't say thank you, it's all in the wine."
Bang!
Finished a glass of water and wine in one gulp.
The third uncle smiled and finished the wine in the glass.
Everyone ate and drank in the room, and occasionally talked about the past, which aroused everyone's reminiscence.
In the inner city.
After Li Yu finished dinner, he came to the basement.
Basement second floor.
After checking that no one was here, he opened the door to the ashram.
Close it again and lock it.
Then open the door to the secret room again.
After walking down a dozen steps, we arrived at the secret room.
There was a heavy rain two months ago, and the water below the cliff was submerged.
He didn't come over to check the situation in the secret room. At this time, the secret room was still the same as when he left it, with no water entering.
Then he opened a secret door, passed through a hole of dozens of meters, and came to the edge of the cliff, looking at the iron fence that was still intact.
After checking, I saw that the water level of the lake under the cliff had dropped to an extremely low position. It was estimated that the water below was only two meters deep.
No problem was found, so he returned to the secret room and sealed the sealed steel secret door.
Then he went up the steps, closed the door to the secret room, stayed in the ashram, and sat quietly on the futon.
A lot of things had happened recently, and he needed to calm down and think about them one by one.
The first is the Western League. After solving the Orange Island Head, he once thought about whether to lead the team there and directly solve this problem.
But he knew clearly that a distance of two thousand kilometers was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it also required carrying a large number of manpower.
Because the news about the Western Alliance we now know was from Hai Chao and Gao Ru a few months ago.
There had been no heavy rains or floods at that time.
I just don’t know what’s going on over there.
Therefore, we adopted a wait-and-see approach to increase the vigilance of the Da Zhangshu base, and also strengthened the control of Xincheng and Gan cities.
This matter can only wait.
In addition, the second thing is the construction of the third outer city.
At present, the steel materials transported back by Uncle San and the others are enough to build two more third outer cities.
But now that the steel has been discovered, it must be shipped back as soon as possible.
In case there is another change later, it will be difficult to find it then.
Let's wait two days for this matter. When the third uncle leads the team out again, he should be able to transport all the steel back in three more trips.
The third thing is the current personnel changes in the base.
At present, the cooperation staff and non-staff personnel are busy with construction and transportation, and they will wait until they have completely helped build the third outer city.
At that time, some non-staff personnel will inevitably be promoted to outside-city personnel, and correspondingly, the cooperation staff will also promote some people to become non-staff personnel.
In this case, food pressure will increase.
But fortunately, the current greenhouses and indoor cultivation in the inner city and the first and second outer cities can actually be supported.
After the Third Outer City is completed, new planting land can be quickly opened up and greenhouses can be built to produce more food.
This is a positive cycle.
It is to first have the ability to feed a larger population, then expand manpower, and then expand the base area, thus once again increasing the capacity to feed a larger population.
After sorting out these, Li Yu stopped thinking.
Sit quietly and stop thinking about anything.
Focus on your breathing, close your eyes, and imagine that you can see the air flowing through your nose and being sucked into your lungs.
Li Yu has been practicing meditation for a while, so he got into it very quickly.
Soon, he reached a deep meditative state.
The mind goes blank and the focus is on breathing.
The body enters a deep rest.
In meditation, one second is stretched ten times, or even dozens of times.
This meditative state lasted for about half an hour.
Half an hour later, Li Yu felt like he had slept for a long time.
Open your eyes and feel refreshed.
He looked at his watch and saw that only half an hour had passed, but several days had passed.
Stand up, full of strength.
So he returned to the room, picked a book from the bookshelf, and read at will.
When the time reached half past ten, he took a shower and went back to bed to rest.
at the same time.
Chenzhou.
In a betel nut factory, factory building.
A bonfire burns in the center.
Everyone chewed expired betel nut without saying a word.
Hunan is a big province of betel nut, and the locals in Chenzhou also love to eat betel nut.
If you eat too much of betel nut, you will easily get oral diseases.
But this thing is also addictive. Chewing betel nut will make your chest feel tight, but it is very refreshing.
When they came here, they found no food, but they found expired betel nuts in the semi-garage.
Qianlong recalled the hardships along the way and felt a little regretful. Although it was for revenge, more importantly, it was to be able to check that place and see if he could plunder some food or supplies.
However, they walked for eight days on the two thousand kilometers road.
Even when we were in Yongshi, because we couldn't find a station in time in the evening, we were in a hurry and could only find a place to stay for one night.
But who would have thought that there were some problems with this station, and it was not far from the city. In addition, there were more than 300 of them, so zombies were attracted to them in the middle of the night, and they actually broke through the fence.
That night, they lost more than thirty people.
These are the vast majority of the elite members of the Western Conference. Before they can find their enemies, they will reduce their numbers by one-tenth.
Absorbing this lesson, they will look for tonight's garrison point one and a half hours before dark. This temporary search for garrison point will happen again in the province, which will lead to attrition.
tui~
Gan Hu spit out the betel nut in his mouth, and then said to Yao Zuo, who was sitting opposite him: "Yao Zuo, give me a taste of your white wine-popped betel nut. The original flavor is too unpalatable."
Yao Zuo threw the blue packaged betel nut in his hand towards Gan Hu.
Gan Hu took it, took out the betel nut, took a bite, and felt a little better.
There is a faint smell of liquor, but the expired smell is still there.
Qianlong ignored him and turned to Wayne next to him and said: "Captain Wei, we estimate that we will be able to arrive in Gan City tomorrow evening. Do you think we can go directly to Gan City tomorrow evening and capture some people there?" The interrogation said that we should camp near Gan City for one night and wait until the next day to go."
Wayne thought for a moment, looked at Yao Zuo, and said: "It depends on the situation then. According to the plan we made before, we will be divided into three groups, so I think we should arrive first tomorrow. Near Gan City, and then early in the morning the day after tomorrow, disperse to find some people. See if you can find some people to interrogate.
Wait until the evening of the day after tomorrow, no matter whether we have harvested or not, we will all go back then. "
Qianlong nodded slightly, then raised his head and asked Yao Zuo, who was sitting diagonally across from him: "Yao Zuo, what do you think?"
Yao Zuo said: "I think this idea proposed by Captain Wei is good. Spreading it out in this way can maximize the use of our manpower."
Qian Long nodded, glanced at Gan Hu and said, "Second brother, follow me when the time comes. Don't run around."
He was afraid that once Gan Hu got together with Yao Zuo or Wayne, he was afraid that he would do something impulsively and cause irreversible consequences.
After all, neither of them can control Gan Hu, and only he can control him a little here.
When Gan Hu heard this, he naturally knew his eldest brother's plan.
According to his original thoughts, he wouldn't care what Qianlong and the others thought.
No matter how many people there are or how powerful they are, he will take revenge on the person who killed his third brother.
Even if it costs his life, he will not hesitate.
After a long time, he looked directly at Qianlong and said: "Brother, the third brother's revenge must be avenged!"
Qianlong's eyebrows twitched. Damn it, his third brother was killed. Of course he was also very angry, but if he wanted to take revenge, he would put everyone here.
Their Gan family is doomed.
Most of the elite members of the Western Alliance are here. What to do with the headquarters behind them?
He tends to be rational. No matter how angry he is, he will still put the overall situation first.
So, with a serious expression on his face, he said solemnly, "Second brother, I know how you feel. Third brother is also a member of my family.
Don’t I want revenge?
But, before we came out, my father told us not to confront others head-on, but to be careful. The first priority is stability."
Gan Hu curled his lips when he heard what he said, his expression full of disdain.
His family members were all killed, yet he still pursues stability.
In his opinion, both his eldest brother and his father were a little cold-blooded.
Seeing his expression, Yao Zuo and Wayne looked at each other with some worry in their eyes.
Qianlong even said to him angrily: "Anyway, you must listen to me. You must obey my command in all actions. We must not act rashly before we understand the strength of the force in Gan City." .
This is on someone else's territory, and we must be careful. Once we find that they are powerful, we will withdraw.
If we find out that they have granaries, we will find a way to rob the grains first, and then kill them.
You need to understand the key points, do you understand? "
"Oh." Gan Hu said calmly.
When Qian Long saw his attitude, he was even more angry. He stood up suddenly, pointed at Gan Hu and said, "Promise me that you will definitely obey orders. Do you hear me?"
Gan Hu saw his elder brother being so angry, and he probably would have been beaten if his attitude had been worse.
So he pretended to be serious and said: "Okay, I will definitely obey your command and follow your orders. Don't worry, I am not an impulsive person."
When Yao Zuo heard this, he choked on the betel nut saliva, and his whole face turned red instantly.
Pooh!
He spat the betel nut onto the ground with difficulty and almost choked to death.
He didn't believe a word of what Gan Hu just said.
No, not a single punctuation mark can be trusted.
Although Gan Hu is not stupid, his fighting ability is actually quite strong.
However, he is really wanton and impulsive.
Sometimes my brain suddenly twitches and I make a decision directly. The key is to have a stubborn temper that even a cow can't bring back.
well.
Thinking about the time when he and Gan Hu went to Chengzizhou together, he was in tears just thinking about it.
There were dozens of people there. Although there were heavy rains and floods, there were only a few people there when we returned.
The key is, I still walked back on the way back in the end.
He never wanted to go through that miserable experience again.
On the other side, Qianlong received his assurance, but based on his understanding of the second brother, he felt that the second brother's answer was unreliable.
But he had no choice. He chased him many times along the way and refused to leave.
It's impossible to kill him.
That's his biological brother.
Alas, Qianlong sighed again.
The only thing we can do is to let Gan Hu follow him and watch him closely along the way, hoping that nothing will happen.
The night is quiet.
The nightingale is singing.
At this time, Deng Ben was resting at the temporary station between Xincheng and Ganshi. He looked at the moonlight outside the window and thought of his daughter in the inner city.
With a smile on his face, he lay on the bed and fell asleep.
With his daughter in the inner city, he already feels complete.
My daughter's smiles have been increasing recently.
"When my overseas stay ends this week, I can go back to see my daughter."
Deng Ben slowly fell asleep with expectation on his face.
(End of chapter)
