#429 - Chapter 429: The Mine
Coal mine.
The rising sun肆意 exudes the majesty of a star.
At this time, the temperature here has reached a high of over forty degrees, but the people in the coal mine shelter are still working hard.
The coal they dig out is needed to exchange for food and supplies from the Green Source Base.
This is the hope of survival.
As long as this high temperature doesn't kill anyone, it's better than being outside worrying and starving to death without finding food!
Many of them are survivors who recently joined the coal mine shelter.
They are all people who were almost killed by bad guys, or were rescued by someone when facing difficulties.
Compared to the increasingly harsh environment outside, and the increasingly ferocious bad guys, this place is simply a paradise.
It's just that the work is a bit tiring.
"Everyone, take a break! Drink some water and rest for a while, don't get heatstroke and collapse~~~"
Li Hongwen put down the trolley aside and picked up a towel to wipe the sweat from his body.
He, the nominal leader of this shelter, is now taking the lead in working hard in the mine!
No way!
He has already applied to Team Leader Liu to have the Green Source Base accept more coal transactions from them.
The previous transaction quota was acceptable for their original manpower, but now the pressure has increased sharply!
His own shelter has recently taken in more survivors, and without finding ways to increase food and supplies, there is no way to support so many people.
Sigh.
In general, it's still his fault for spoiling his daughter too much.
Although he had thought about expanding his power and developing the coal mine shelter in the past, he was still caught a little off guard when this day really came.
Now he can only bury his head and work hard, find ways to obtain more food and supplies, and enhance the strength of the shelter.
Not far from the excavation site, at the shelter, there are personnel watching the surrounding situation with hand crossbows. Now the area around the excavation site is also surrounded by a circle of barbed wire, so that zombies will not be able to hide in the mine during the day.
And it can also provide some defense during the day.
Even if there are zombies outside, they can be blocked in advance, and the guards can directly shoot them or use machetes to deal with them.
After so long in the apocalypse, every force has its own set of survival methods.
At this time.
Inside this shelter, there is another group of people busy with something.
The inside of the shelter is not big. A shed has been set up in the middle at some point, and some women are bending over and squatting beside it, fiddling with some plants.
From the leaves, it can be roughly judged that there are crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, rapeseed, and soybeans.
"Sister Cai, these crops are so difficult to grow!? Is it because our planting method is wrong, or is there too little water?"
One of the young women, who looks only in her early twenties, complained to a more mature woman beside her.
She is a survivor who recently joined the coal mine shelter, and is now considered a member here.
As for the person next to her, it is naturally Li Cai, the daughter of the shelter leader.
That trip to Yun City had a huge impact on her.
Her worldview was completely subverted.
As a member who grew up in China's peaceful system, she could guess that there would be tragedies in some places after entering the apocalypse.
She just didn't expect it to be so close to her, and so unscrupulous.
That day, she took Sister Fen back to Shanshi, and after settling her down, she thought a lot.
In the end, she decided to kill everyone in that slaughterhouse!
She also executed it later.
With skills far superior to ordinary people, she lurked around the slaughterhouse and scared their people who went out!
In the end, those core members were huddled together and had guns, so she had no choice but to watch them escape to the west.
She tried to chase them for a distance, but she couldn't catch up and kill them by herself.
See if there will be a chance in the future.
In this process, she also rescued several survivors, and after evaluating their character and finding no problems, she brought them back to the coal mine shelter.
After returning, she explained what happened during this period to her parents and was forgiven by her parents.
She knew that this was because she was their daughter that they accepted her willfulness.
Sometimes she would think about whether she was doing the right thing when she was alone at night.
This kind of behavior is very stupid in this world.
After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't tell right from wrong.
She only knew.
She must do this.
Within the scope of what is allowed, save more survivors who should live.
Her father also agreed to her decision.
So the coal mine shelter has been expanding rapidly recently!
There are many more old, weak, women, and children and women with poor survival skills outside, and of course there are also a few men. These people have experienced painful pasts to varying degrees outside.
Their character and character have been evaluated by her and her parents, and they will only be taken in if there are no major problems.
It's not about taking people in without thinking.
They will not welcome survivors who are unreasonable and have bad intentions.
Although it cannot be 100% confirmed, it has also been screened.
At least the new people who have come in recently are willing to work hard together to mine and build up the strength of the shelter.
Now they are planting some crops that they managed to find outside.
"Lanlan, take your time, we people used to living in the city, it's normal that we don't know how to grow things. Later, we'll see if we can meet someone who knows how to plant or find some information outside, and we'll always build our shelter's vegetable garden!"
Li Cai smiled and comforted the new female partner.
This girl named Lanlan was rescued by her from the hands of the slaughterhouse gang in Yun City some time ago.
Maybe because of this, Lanlan has always been very grateful to her, and she always sticks to Li Cai in the shelter, as if she feels safer by her side.
"Yes, yes! Sister Cai, we will definitely be able to grow a lot of food!"
"The soil for these crops was dug from the fields outside, so the nutrients must be fine!"
Lanlan's face was full of energy, and her young age and energetic face seemed to infect everyone present.
Hopefully.
Li Cai also nodded with a smile.
Whenever she doubts herself, looking at the smiles of these people, she will feel that what she is doing is not wrong.
The coal mine shelter has already begun to take shape. Since there is a large river not far away, there is no shortage of water for the time being.
Although the flow of the river has weakened recently, it will always rain and recover, right?
According to Brother Liu, the Green Source Base will most likely accept their application to increase the coal transaction amount.
This means that they will be able to exchange for more food and supplies in the future.
At this time, the shelter is full of hope for survival.
No one knows.
The soil they dug back is not suitable for planting.
And the big river outside will dry up later.
(End of this chapter)
