Chapter 1517 A different way to make a living, a home furnishing store?

It is about 15 kilometers northwest of Oil City.

Nam Van Lake.

A lake covering a large area.

Surrounded by the surrounding mountains,

The environment is quiet and lush.

The tall tree crowns are reflected in the lake.

Above the mountain col,

Zhang Rufeng and his party came out of the trading market and drove a truck speeding past.

He received orders to take people out to cut down trees and transport the logs back to the Trade Fair Industrial Park.

Open the car window and enjoy the mountain breeze.

Zhang Rufeng was sitting in the passenger seat, holding an automatic rifle in his hand and looking at the lake at the foot of the mountain on the right.

The mood is very pleasant.

Now, he is also the captain of the Eighth Militia Division of the Military Department of Da Zhangshu Base.

Now in the trading market, whoever sees him would not call him Captain Zhang.

When his daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, he can be considered a success.

Thinking of these years of displacement, he felt a little sad.

Four years ago, he was also the eldest son of the Zhang family in the Western Conference.

It wasn't until later that the Zhang family's property was targeted by Gan Xiong, and everyone in the Zhang family was slaughtered. If he hadn't happened to be in the Western Alliance, he probably wouldn't have been able to escape death.

He fled all the way to the mountain village of Sanshan in Yun Province, where he became a live-in son-in-law.

Those days were frustrating and a son-in-law had no dignity.

But after all, I have a child and a wife. I originally thought that when I climbed up to the throne, I could take revenge with the people of the Three Mountains Village.

Later, Zhou Zhisheng and Liu Taishan joined him, which gave him more courage.

However, when he finally gained enough strength to take Liu Taishan and the others back to the Western Alliance, he discovered that the Western Alliance was gone.

He was very happy and thought he could spend his life in peace when he returned to Sanshan Village.

But not long after, a group of lunatics from Southeast Asia broke their tranquility.

The Sanshan Mountain Stronghold collapsed, and his wife Yoamu and their unborn child died.

He took the remaining people from Sanshan Village with him, as well as Zhou Zhisheng, Liu Taishan and others.

Escape all the way.

Until that day they escaped to a helicopter training base on the top of a mountain and met Li Yu and the others.

From that moment on, their fate completely changed.

Trekking all the way from the southwest to the Da Zhangshu base.

There were many people who fled to Da Zhangshu Base from the southwest, and some of them started a rebellion, but Zhang Rufeng did not participate.

He tried every means to increase his presence in front of Li Yu and worked conscientiously on everything he did.

Even when the first batch of people were recruited in Oil City, he immediately led people to sign up.

It turns out that his hard work paid off.

Not only did he lead Guitou and Liu Taishan to become non-staff members, he even became the captain of the eighth team of the Civil Military Brigade.

People, both situations keep bringing back memories of the past.

One is when you get older, and the other is when you achieve certain achievements.

Zhang Rufeng looked at himself in the rearview mirror. He had grown a beard and looked much more mature.

"Captain, there is a cedar forest ahead." said the co-pilot A Diao.

Zhang Rufeng looked at the fir forest in front of him, nodded and said:

"Okay, drive the car over."

Fir is the preferred material for making bed frames, and there happens to be a large fir forest near Xinyang.

The advantages of fir include durability, toughness, low oiliness, and will not stain bedding.

Moreover, it has good flexibility and anti-corrosion properties, it is not easy to get damp and deformed, and it can maintain its original texture and beauty even if it is used for a long time. In addition, fir wood also has a natural fragrance, which helps relax the body and mind and improves sleep quality.

As trucks drove in, the circle of shrubs at the edge of the cedar forest was compacted and flattened.

Zhang Rufeng jumped out of the car.

Looking at this cedar forest.

The cedar forest seemed to be enchanted. The straight cedar trees pointed straight into the sky, and the leaves shone in the light. The dark brown tree trunks are tall and straight, handsome in appearance, strong and soft at the same time.

Surrounded by this solemn silence, the cedar trees are like scattered paint trays, gradually forming a gorgeous color.

Zhang Rufeng stretched out and took a deep breath of fresh air.

It's September, early autumn.

Admiring the graceful fir trees bathed in the sunshine, immersed in the quiet beauty of this autumn, awe of nature arises spontaneously, and it seems that all the worries have disappeared in this moment of tranquility.

After looking at the beautiful fir forest for a while, Zhang Rufeng shouted to everyone:

"Work!"

"Guitou, you lead a small team to patrol around the cedar forest and clean up the zombies. If any zombies approach, alert us immediately."

"Liu Taishan, you lead a small team and keep an eye on Nanhu Bay. This is not far from Nanhu Bay. I'm worried that too much movement here will attract the zombies in Nanhu Bay."

"A Diao, take a few people to watch the car."

After arranging and assigning tasks to the people in his team, he walked to the back of the motorcade.

Several trucks at the back of the convoy were filled with people coming to log wood.

Zhang Rufeng searched among the crowd and found a tall man with a slim figure.

"Old Wang, you can let your people start to work."

Wang Xin, the leader of the garbage group, turned his head when he heard Zhang Rufeng's voice.

"Okay, wait a minute, we have to take down the chainsaw first."

The Garbage Group is also one of the former affiliated forces in the North.

Later, they were transferred to the south and moved to the trading market with Jiming Ancient Temple, Iron Blood Gang, Summer Resort, Karst Cave, Dawn Group, Tattoo Gang and other forces.

Now in the trading market, they are level 4 members.

One level lower than Zhang Rufeng and other level 3 members.

Although the levels are different, at least they all survived the thunderstorm disaster together.

So Zhang Rufeng didn't put on airs.

Zhang Rufeng led the team this time, and his main task was to protect the felling personnel, supervise the felling personnel to fell, and transport the logs back to the industrial area of ​​the trading market.

And Wang Xin of the garbage group had only one main task, felling trees!

The fully charged electric saws were brought down.

One by one, the lumberjacks separated and cut the tall fir trees.

Zizizizi——

The electric saws turned wildly and rubbed the trees, and sawdust flew everywhere.

After five or six years of growth, these trees have flourished.

And there have been heavy rainstorms every now and then in recent years, which have allowed the trees to absorb enough water.

So they have grown particularly large.

Boom!

A fir tree fell to the ground with a loud bang.

They divided the work to cut the branches of the fir tree, sawed them into a uniform length of three meters, and then used a forklift to fork them onto the truck.

The truck was loaded with more and more wood, until it was full, the driver started the vehicle and drove towards the trading market with a full load of fir wood.

It was only a dozen kilometers away from the oil city, and it would take less than twenty minutes to get there.

Saw down big trees, repair big branches, saw and cut them into pieces, fork them onto the truck, and drive back after they were full.

In this whole set of production lines, everyone had a clear division of labor.

It was very efficient.

Zhang Rufeng found a place and sat on a raised stone.

He took out a notebook from his pocket.

The cover of the notebook said Rufeng's Poetry Collection.

The first page he opened was: A Song to Praise the Great Lord Li.

He held the notebook, looked at the beautiful fir forest, silently took out a pencil and began to write poetry.

Zizizizi——

Ou Ming finished sawing this fir tree log and wiped the sweat with the towel around his neck.

He picked up the kettle on his waist and took two sips of water.

Looking at the leader Wang Xin next to him, he said with a bit of irritation:

"Leader, when can we be promoted to level three personnel? Damn it, I heard that the Eagle Gang and the Wind Party who stayed in the north have become level three non-staff personnel."

"They didn't go south to respond to the call. We all went south, but we haven't become level three non-staff personnel in Oil City yet. It's too unreasonable."

Wang Xin heard his men complaining and turned off the chainsaw in his hand and put it down.

He glanced at his subordinates, wiped his sweat, and slowly said:

"During the thunderstorm disaster, we did not go up the wall to participate in the battle.

Guess what the death rate of the Eagle Gang and the Wind Party who were entrenched in the north was?"

Without waiting for his subordinates to answer, Wang Xin continued: "At least half of the people died."

"The most exaggerated is the Mighty Gang, which was completely wiped out."

"Don't compare with them, they also paid a lot, even the price of their lives."

"As for us, we just work well and peacefully. Don't you think we should be satisfied with our current life?"

"There are continuous tasks, and we are the first batch of internal selection to execute the tasks. You should know that there are many people willing to do our work in the trading market now. Those survivors are scrambling to do it."

"Be content!"

Wang Xin's words made Ou Ming think deeply.

What the leader said was not wrong. For some survivors at the bottom, as long as they can have a chance to survive, they are willing to do anything.

Now many survivors are scrambling to do the construction engineering tasks in the trading market.

However, the trading market still gives priority to members of the original Northern Territory affiliated forces. After recruiting them, some suitable candidates will be selected from ordinary survivors.

Ou Ming heard the leader say this, so he stopped talking about this matter.

"Captain, I heard that the housing environment of the trading market is being reformed. What level do you think we can live in?"

Wang Xin thought for a while, "At least the second level, the third level is unlikely, we are at least level 4 members."

Ou Ming said awkwardly: "But our accommodation is free, and those level 5 personnel who run in need to pay for accommodation."

"You said, are these woods we cut down for the housing environment reform of the trading market?"

Wang Xin frowned and said: "The second level should be OK, and it's the same for free."

"As for these woods, that's for sure. I heard from Supervisor Huang that they are used to make beds. This fir wood is quite suitable for making beds."

Ou Ming was about to continue talking, and Wang Xin said:

"Keep working, we have only sawed two trees, and we have been chatting here for more than ten minutes. Let's saw a few more trees first."

At noon.

They have sawed out a clearing, and at least thousands of fir trees have fallen on the ground.

Bang!

A sturdy fir tree fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"Damn, what a waste of tit eggs!" He Mingfeng said with some regret as he looked at the bird's nest on the crown of the fir tree.

He quickly picked up the broken tit eggs in the bird's nest, and then put them to his mouth and sucked the egg liquid from the broken tit eggs.

It tasted fishy, ​​but it was delicious.

God knows how long he hasn't eaten this kind of high-protein food.

There were four tit eggs in total, two of which were broken. He sucked up the two broken tit eggs.

This morning, the loggers found snakes and small animals such as squirrels while logging. The necks of these small animals were naturally cut off and became their lunch.

Among them, the most found were climbing vines such as the mountain dragon, which is also a Chinese herbal medicine.

It has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, relieving joint pain, and bruises caused by injuries, relaxing muscles and tendons, and effectively eliminating moisture and cold in the body.

After this plant was recognized, it was divided up.

In the past few years of the end of the world, there have been frequent heavy rains and humid weather, which is easy to cause rheumatic pain in the joints, and sometimes people get injured. Some of this medicinal material can be used.

Twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

The sun is scorching.

Ou Ming, Wang Xin and other garbage group members carried their small packages and walked to the shade in the woods next to them.

The fir trees in the middle were cut by them. Without the canopy to block the sun, the sun was too strong at noon, and it was easy to get heatstroke.

"Huh——"

"It's so hot."

Ou Ming was sweating profusely and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Captain, I think we need to find more sources to increase points. It's not enough for us to just do all kinds of hard work."

Wang Xin glanced at Ou Ming and asked, "Tell me what you think."

Ou Ming said excitedly:

"Let's open a store in the trading market. Didn't Chen Dachui from the Tattoo Gang open an old Chen stewed food store? The business is pretty good."

"What kind of store? Do you know how to make stewed food?" Wang Xin asked.

Ou Ming shook his head, "I don't know how to make marinade."

"But we can do what we are good at. For example, I can weave bamboo. I remember that He Mingfeng and others used to work in furniture factories. They can make furniture."

Wang Xin frowned and said:

"But, aren't we collecting logs and transporting them to the trading market to make beds? Isn't it redundant for us to open another store?"

Ou Ming quickly said:

"No, captain, think about it, Oil City can only make a few simple furniture at most, right? It's impossible to do everything, right? , but there will definitely be more needs. "

"In fact, it's not just furniture, there are all kinds of bamboo weaving and wooden products, you can make them, captain, don't just think about making furniture."

"Let's not talk about anything else, just say I can make bamboo weaving: bamboo chairs, bamboo tables, bamboo baskets, bamboo mats, bamboo baskets, bamboo dustpans, steamers"

"And we don't have raw material costs, only labor costs, and even the store we open can choose the cheapest rent and the smallest area to reduce the rent cost."

Wang Xin thought for a long time, and his eyes gradually brightened.

"You can do this."

Ou Ming heard the captain support himself, stood up excitedly, and shouted to He Mingfeng not far away:

"Old He, come here quickly, I have something important to discuss with you."

He Mingfeng, who was struggling whether to eat the two eggs raw or hatched, put the two bird eggs in the lunch box, got up and walked over.

(Seeking monthly tickets)