The superiors finally agreed to Qi Yang's proposal, because Lieutenant General Lu was still the top decision-maker after all, and Major General Li could only obey the order in the end.
However, Lieutenant General Lu also took a step back and only allowed survivors to participate in material production and the construction of survivor living areas, and was temporarily not allowed to participate in more in-depth base operations.
Qi Yang took people to the survivors' living area early in the morning to deliver the notice.
To be honest, Qi Yang was actually a little uneasy. After all, the most popular phrases before the end of the world were "lie down", "someone will take care of me" and other popular phrases.
People nowadays seem more willing to stay where they are and wait for others to help them than to fight on their own.
Therefore, he was not sure that these survivors would give up waiting for the army to bring food and choose to work on their own.
When he read the notice from the base aloud, the survivors in the entire base fell silent.
They gathered together, looking up at Qi Yang on the high platform with their lifeless eyes, without any reaction.
Silence, silence for a long time, so quiet that Qi Yang began to wonder if he had said nothing just now.
Standing at a high place, you can see everyone's faces, which are dull, lifeless, and numb...
Such expressions and eyes made Qi Yang's heart tremble. He didn't look like a living Chinese citizen, but more like a captured war criminal! !
They are like pebbles in the water. Their edges have long been smoothed by a life full of blood and violence. They accept it and go with the flow.
Let alone rebuilding their homes after the disaster, whether such people can survive is a question.
Qi Yang took a deep breath and suddenly realized how important what Lin Wu said was.
He secretly decided:
"Even if these people still choose to go back and live in poverty later, he can't just let them rot and die."
Time passed by, Qi Yang looked at those lifeless eyes, his heart became heavier and heavier...
At this moment, a hesitant voice suddenly came from behind the crowd:
"I...I heard that there seems to be a breeding fish pond in the base. My family used to be a fishing ground. I don't know if I can..."
These words were like a sharp knife, instantly tearing apart the thick and stagnant air! !
Everyone turned around and saw a man in his thirties holding up his hands, with a hint of shrinkage on his face. He gradually shrank under the gaze of everyone, and slowly began to lower his hands.
How could Qi Yang give up this opportunity, jump off the high platform, and stride towards that person!
The man was startled and subconsciously took a step back. Then his hand that had been half-placed was grabbed by Qi Yang and raised again! !
"Very good, the base will not let people work in vain, your efforts will be rewarded, as long as the fishery production increases, you can get a fish!!"
This sounded like Zhou Papi, who was openly deceiving others into working for nothing, but the middle-aged man's eyes lit up and he quickly agreed:
"good!!"
Food is so scarce now. You don’t know how much you can exchange for a fish. Even if you can’t exchange it, you haven’t eaten meat for such a long time. Even just a bite of meat is tempting enough!
With the leader in place, the rest are ready to take action.
Perhaps because the military's credibility is still there, or because it has never squeezed the people from the end of the world to the present, surprisingly, no one suspects that the military is promising empty promises.
With the first person, there will be the second person:
"I...I used to do construction projects. I don't know if there is anything I can do..."
"I'm an electrician!!"
“I used to be a mover, so I have a lot of strength!!”
More and more people:
"I'm a lawyer..."
"Pull him down, the lawyers now are useless, get out of the way and don't block me!!"
"Who says it's useless? I can organize the information..."
…
Qi Yang and the soldiers were dumbfounded. They had thought that these survivors would sneer at them, and they had thought that there might be one or two people willing to stand up and work, but they never thought that so many people were unwilling to live in poverty.
It seems that even if the edges of the stone in the water are smoothed, it will never change the hard heart inside.
"...I am a doctor, this is my lover, we are workers at the Maternal and Child Health Hospital..."
Such a sentence came faintly from the crowd.
"Wait!" Qi Yang quickly stopped, but everyone still pushed and tried to come forward. Qi Yang could only shout loudly: "Quiet!!"
The noisy crowd gradually subsided, and people looked at each other, all looking at the officer in confusion.
Qi Yang squeezed into the crowd and finally stopped in front of a middle-aged couple:
"Are you doctors from the Women's and Children's Hospital?"
The two looked at each other, and the middle-aged man wearing glasses shook his head:
"No, I, my lover is a doctor."
Qi Yang nodded and then asked:
"and you?"
The middle-aged man lowered his head slightly, his expression a little shy, and he spoke after two seconds, his voice a little awkward:
"I am...my lover's head nurse."
These two people looked definitely no less than forty years old, and they were still leaning on each other. They held hands tightly, and it was obvious that they were very affectionate.
The woman quickly said:
"My husband is an excellent nurse and you will never be disappointed with his professionalism."
Then both of them looked at Qi Yang eagerly, looking very much looking forward to this job.
A flash of surprise flashed in Qi Yang's eyes. He originally guessed that the man was a doctor, but he didn't expect that the identities were reversed. However, he quickly adjusted his attitude:
"That's great. There is a pregnant woman in the base who is not in very good condition. She needs help from two of you."
