#65 - Chapter 65 Dongguan Base (Part 2)
The development of the Wan City base was slow.
And so, more than half a month passed in the apocalypse.
The initially three-meter-high walls had only been raised to just over four meters by this point.
Every night, they still had to send out a night patrol team of hundreds of people to patrol and intercept zombies trying to climb over.
The people in the shelter were exhausted, and the survivors were starving.
After Chen Ge blended into the line to receive porridge, he looked back a few times.
Confirming that his cousin hadn't followed, he couldn't help but sigh again.
He was fed up with Gangzi.
This younger cousin had dropped out of school early in peaceful times, unable to continue his studies, and started working after graduating from junior high school.
After a few years of messing around, he hadn't saved a penny, owed a bunch of credit card debt, and had picked up a lot of bad habits.
He was caught and educated at home for half a year, and after he improved a little, he was released, after Chen Ge's uncle pleaded for him to be arranged to work with him.
Although Chen Ge didn't have a high level of education, he relied on his hard work and eagerness to learn, and learned car repair skills from his master.
Through years of working, not only did his skills become more refined, but he also saved some money.
After calculating with his family, he scraped together some money and finally opened his own auto repair shop near his residence a few years ago.
After years of hard work, he could be considered a small success.
Not as good as the best, but better than the worst, at least he could be called Boss Chen.
His uncle wanted his cousin to learn some car repair skills from him, so that he would have a skill to make a living in the future.
Chen Ge couldn't refuse, so he had to accept.
As a result, his cousin's performance in the past six months was still not good. He didn't put his mind to learning seriously. Most of the time, he sat and played on his phone like a boss, giving blind directions.
He also ruined several deals.
Chen Ge was helpless with such a cousin, and he planned to go back to his uncle during the Chinese New Year and ask him to take him back. He was really fed up.
He had not even married a wife yet.
He also planned to work hard for another two years, save some money to buy the apartment he was renting in Fenghe County, and then find a matchmaker in his hometown to find an ugly wife.
But fate didn't go as planned, and the apocalypse came that night.
Later, he and his cousin ended up in this shelter.
It was impossible to go back to Fenghe County. Their car had been requisitioned somewhere.
This shelter couldn't accommodate so many survivors' cars. As a condition for entry, only personal belongings and private food were allowed, and all vehicles had to be handed over to the shelter for unified management.
At most, they would compensate with a tent.
Now, even if they went out to find a car, it would be difficult.
There weren't many good cars left, and even fewer had gas. Without a sturdy car to lead the way, encountering a few more zombies on the road might lead to being stranded and waiting to die.
Now, the shelter's two daily meals of thin porridge were already the only food for many survivors who came here.
It was said that many people didn't have any food at all when they came, and those who brought food had to hide it well, otherwise it would be stolen or robbed.
No wonder he was so harsh on his cousin just now, mainly because there were too many examples of this, and he was scared.
As for the neighbors who came here together.
After arriving here, they saw that reality was too different from their ideals, and they all blamed Chen Ge. Not only did they not have any gratitude, but they also spoke coldly to him. Later, they directly separated and lived in different places, and basically lost contact.
Every time he thought of these things, Chen Ge sighed in his heart.
This world, this people's hearts, it's really uncomfortable.
The line for porridge was very long. Although there were multiple porridge distribution points, divided into nearly ten lines, with thousands of people, Chen Ge waited for nearly half an hour to get to the front.
Finally, a spoonful of watery rice porridge was scooped into the iron basin.
About half a basin.
Roughly equivalent to a little more than a bowl in an ordinary household.
Chen Ge carefully carried the basin and walked contentedly towards his tent.
On the way, many survivors were also carrying porridge back. Those who lined up early and ate quickly had already finished eating and had to continue to stare enviously at those who still had porridge.
Chen Ge saw these eyes, ignored them, and didn't make eye contact with them.
He lowered his head and walked back quickly.
He knew in his heart that the more low-key you were in this world, the better.
It's best not to have unnecessary interactions with others.
Returning to the tent, he gently opened the curtain, quickly flashed inside, and tidied up the curtain to separate the inside from the outside.
Only then did he have time to look at his cousin.
At this sight, his anger couldn't help but rise!
"I f**k your mother! Gangzi, how can you eat so much!! Didn't I say!? Don't eat these things unless it's absolutely necessary!!"
He angrily looked at some snack wrappers on the ground in front of his cousin. It could be judged that these were originally some Snickers bars, and half a bag of compressed biscuits!
This was the food he had hidden away, prepared to take out for life-saving at a critical moment!
Damn it!
He put down the porridge and flipped open the pile of luggage and sundries in the corner of the tent, and found that the several bags of snacks that were originally there were now basically empty!
Only the last small bag of rice wrapped in a plastic bag remained, with less than two pounds, which was their last bit of food.
His eyes were red as he stared at his cousin, his expression seeming like he wanted to eat him!
"Okay, bro, it's just a little bit of food. I only ate some snacks. I didn't eat it all myself. I even left you some rice."
Chen Ge's throat felt like he had swallowed a burning piece of charcoal, and he couldn't say anything.
Only his hands, gripping the rice bag tightly with veins popping out, showed the unease in his heart.
He knew why this bastard cousin had left a little rice!
Wasn't it because rice was difficult to cook!
If it were also snacks, he guaranteed he would have eaten them too!
His cousin patted his full stomach, comfortably narrowed his eyes, and said in a relaxed tone:
"Bro, don't be angry. We'll have a lot of food soon. Your brother is going to join the Snow Wolf Gang and will go out with them to search for food tomorrow. You can take care of the house. Just wait, I'll let you eat and drink well. Maybe after I find good things and offer them to the shelter, we can even move to the gymnasium to live~"
The gymnasium was a large indoor building in the shelter. It was inhabited by some of the earlier survivors, and it was also a better place that the shelter could arrange for outside survivors, besides their own people.
It was a good location that many people yearned for.
Chen Ge's anger didn't subside too much after hearing this, but he controlled himself. Hearing what his cousin said, he just sneered in his heart.
"Do you know what kind of people are in the Snow Wolf Gang? And you dare to join?"
Suppressing his anger, he asked back.
As far as he knew, that group of people was not good, and they were a group of people who had gathered in the outer tent area recently.
It was said that they were dissatisfied with the food and accommodation conditions provided by the shelter, and were recruiting troops to expand their manpower, thinking of going out to search for food and supplies themselves.
"I've inquired with a few friends I know. Now the Snow Wolf Gang already has nearly a hundred people! No problem, with so many people, isn't it just killing zombies when we see them? Who dares to stop us!? We've already planned it. We'll go to a large supermarket outside tomorrow. When we find the supermarket, we can take whatever we want. I definitely won't forget my brother's care and will leave you some good food."
His cousin described their plan with confidence, as if he had already seen the happy scene of finding food and moving into the gymnasium.
Even his eyes were narrowed with laughter, his mouth was wide open, and he was immersed in a beautiful dream.
Tch~
Chen Ge sneered disdainfully.
Even the anger from just now had subsided a little.
He was amused by his cousin's stupidity.
He made a decision in his heart!
(End of chapter)
