#439 - Chapter 439 Harvesting the First Batch of Food
June 8th.
It has been a week since the airship returned to base.
Everyone has digested the ripples caused by this event, and no one frequently discusses the new things the base obtained.
The personnel of Green Source Base have once again plunged into tense and busy work.
It is worth mentioning that the construction of the walls around the 20 small residential areas has been completed during this time!
They are not too high, only about twelve meters.
But it is entirely enough for the Level 1 personnel living inside to happily start a new life!
No more worrying at night, isn't that great!
Unlike the outer areas of New Green Source Base, some zombies still wander around at night, after all, the aura generated by dozens of people gathering is not a small matter.
But all personnel above Level 1 will be free from zombie harassment, and can sleep soundly day and night!
The moment the walls were initially capped the day before yesterday, many Level 1 personnel cried with excitement.
They finally live in a safe place.
Starting today, half of the people will stay in the small residential areas to finish the remaining work on the walls, as well as some defensive arrangements within the small residential areas. In the future, they will need to arrange their own shifts to be on duty during the day and night.
The on-duty personnel also need the Level 1 personnel in the small residential areas to hand in food subsidies themselves.
Just like the property management fees in the old residential areas.
They will rotate shifts with the consent of the base every once in a while.
Green Source Base will not directly provide food and supplies to subsidize them.
They need to find their own solutions, and the base only provides certain work and assistance.
Of course, everyone is willing to do so. They can allocate a small portion of the grain they obtain from building the life belt to these defense personnel on duty.
It's like choosing between fish and bear's paw.
Safety and a full stomach are not something they can have at their level.
Main Base.
Today is a special day.
After Qin Jin woke up in the morning and completed his daily routine, he did not go to the office, but came to another place.
The main base's planting greenhouse!
Today is the harvest time he selected for the grain crops. He will lead the core personnel to personally complete the first batch of grain harvest at Green Source Base!
Standing in the greenhouse, Qin Jin looked at the large golden rice fields in front of him, feeling an unspeakable sense of satisfaction in his heart.
These are the foundation of survival that they have personally planted!
"Today is the first time our base has harvested grain with our own hands! I am very grateful to Captain Yuan and all the planting department personnel for their hard work, which allows us to have the capital to survive in this apocalypse!"
"Everyone here, I won't say too much nonsense. Pick up your sickles and harvest this grain that is more precious than gold!!"
Clap clap clap clap——!
A burst of applause rang out in the greenhouse. Today, except for some core personnel on business trips and some necessary positions that require manpower, almost all the other less busy personnel have come!
There are as many as seventy or eighty people!
Including the elderly and children in the base!
"Daddy! It's also my first time harvesting rice~~~ I'm so happy~~~"
Xia Yan's daughter, Xia Zimiao, was wearing shorts and short sleeves today, revealing her jade-white arms and calves, holding a small sickle in her hand, looking eager to try at the rice waves in front of her.
Xia Yan also looked at his daughter with a face full of doting.
Today is a big day for the base, and he naturally came to harvest rice.
Moreover, it is all manual harvesting, without the use of large tools.
One reason is that the inside of the greenhouse is not suitable.
The planting area inside is not large, and using large tools can easily damage the greenhouse.
Another reason is that using tools can easily cause a certain amount of waste.
Overripe rice grains will fall out if they are subjected to excessive force. If too many fall into the soil and are crushed by the harvester, a lot will be lost.
Of course, this is harmless in peacetime. This loss is not at all comparable to the value of manual labor and time.
But now it is the apocalypse.
In this world where every grain of rice should have a name, even Green Source dare not waste it like this.
When harvesting rice manually, the movements must be as gentle and careful as possible to avoid the rice ears from falling off.
Even if they accidentally fall into the field, there will be personnel with small baskets following behind to carefully pick them up.
It is almost to the point where not a single grain of rice can be missed.
"Come on, come on! The competition begins! Let's see who can harvest the most without damaging the rice grains. I'll personally take out my treasured TV series and music! Whoever wins can take them all! Those who lose will obediently hand over their treasures!"
Zhong Yu shouted excitedly from the side, his hands and feet were not slow, and he quickly bent down and waved his sickle to harvest the rice.
"Captain Zhong, you're still eyeing our treasures?! If this continues, we'll be cleaned out by you!"
A member of the combat department on the side laughed and exposed a certain captain's hidden purpose.
Many team members couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.
Their treasures have been won by Captain Zhong using various means.
"What do you mean by eyeing? That's willing to bet and admit defeat, okay?! The victor can of course demand from the loser~~!"
Zhong Yu's skin was extremely thick, and he was not ashamed but proud.
The thousands of boutique films he had previously hoarded were all destroyed in the geomagnetic variation, and he felt dead for a while.
Later, his good brother Qin Jin borrowed a film to "revive" him.
Now, the outer layer of the hard drive he uses has been protected by layers of protection, and it will never be affected and lose the girl inside.
Moreover, after Old Zhong's hobby was known in the main base last time, he stopped pretending.
Many team members in the main base who still had treasures suffered his misfortune.
This is just a small episode.
The grain harvest continued, and Qin Jin also personally went on the field.
He was also wearing shorts and short sleeves, with a pious heart, bending over and waving his sickle at the strong rice stalks. Later, team members would pick up the cut crops and take them to the designated location for threshing.
Next to him was an elderly old woman.
She also bent over, carefully harvesting the rice.
It was his grandmother.
As the oldest person in the base, and a direct relative of the leader, normally she would not have to go to the field to work.
Now, helping to harvest rice in the field was her own strong request.
While harvesting himself, Qin Jin also placed some of his attention on his grandmother. Once he found that she was physically exhausted or something unexpected happened, he would flash over to help as quickly as possible.
"Grandma, are you tired? Why don't you go to the field to rest for a while and let us young people do it!"
Qin Jin kindly dissuaded her, he was really a little worried about his grandmother's health.
She is already 76 years old.
If something happens at this age, it will be a big trouble.
"A Jin, don't worry, I'm fine! Grandma, I used to do this before, planting fields and vegetables for so many years. I'm a little unaccustomed to being idle for a while."
"Seeing you working so hard every day, I also want to help. I have a sense of proportion and will be careful myself. This kind of work can be done by 80-year-olds in the countryside. Don't underestimate us old people."
"Besides, I feel happy when I look at these rice."
"This was planted by my grandson and his people."
The wrinkled face of the grandmother was filled with a bright smile, looking at Qin Jin with pride and doting.
This is her grandson.
(End of this chapter)
