Chapter 1519: Accumulate points to deal with natural disasters (4800 words)

Ji City, Gan Province.

On the S69 Expressway, a huge convoy was speeding from south to north.

Most of the convoy were heavy trucks, and the tires of the trucks showed that the trucks were fully loaded with supplies.

Next to the convoy, there were more than 30 motorcycles.

Since Master Yang was robbed by a group of people on the way to the oil city last time, a motorcycle escort team was added. The motorcycles are small and can easily and freely shuttle on the road.

Once there is a robbery in front or behind, they can go to support in time.

In an explosion-proof car, Xiao Hu was holding a corn silk cigarette produced by the big camphor tree base.

Open the car window and let the wind blow into the explosion-proof car.

"What bad luck! Why is Zuo Ruxue also in the transport brigade? This woman is so nosy. We told the whole team to stop for 10 minutes at noon, but she insisted that it was not a suitable place to stop."

Wang Chunqi, who was driving the vehicle, smiled awkwardly and agreed:

"Captain, you are right. I couldn't stand her when we were at the Wushi transfer station before."

"Don't mention that time. It gives me a headache." Xiao Hu rubbed his eyebrows.

"I don't know what happened to the butcher and Lao Guo. It would be great if they could go to the north. I haven't seen them for a long time."

As he spoke, Xiao Hu sighed.

At the last meeting of the Dazhangshu Base Center, he and Zuo Ruxue were assigned to the transport brigade, which was responsible for the transportation of materials between the three cities.

At present, the main task is to transport the food and some basic daily necessities produced by the Dazhangshu Base to the Oil City, and to transport the oil extracted in the Oil City to the Dazhangshu Base when returning.

It is estimated that when the grain output in the north is completed, we will have to drive to load the grain from the north and transport it to the oil city.

Anyway, the main task of him and Zuo Ruxue is to be responsible for the transportation of the three places.

"Captain, after we leave, who will replace us to guard the Wushi military base?" Wang Chunqi asked.

Xiao Hu raised his head and thought for a while, "I think it seems to be Li Qi and Song Qi."

"Song Qi? Haven't heard of this person before?" His subordinate Wang Chunqi asked.

Xiao Hu smiled, "It's the younger brother of our Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, the younger brother of Song Min."

"Oh, I see."

Going north, this road they have driven countless times, there is no obstacle, but the road surface is a little uneven, so the speed cannot be too fast.

Halfway back to the oil city, Lao Luo wanted to get off the car.

"City Lord, I'm going to the trade market industrial zone. A batch of chemical factory equipment moved from the South Paradise is being debugged there. I'll go and keep an eye on it."

"Okay." Li Yu nodded.

Before leaving, Lao Luo did not forget to close the car door.

The materials and equipment that Nanfang Paradise has accumulated over the years include not only equipment from several pharmaceutical factories, but also equipment from several coal factories, metallurgical factories, and chemical factories.

However, although Nanfang Paradise has these equipment, it does not have the ability to assemble and operate these equipment.

For these years, they have either been out of food or on the verge of being out of food. The first thing they think about every day is how to get more food.

As for these other things, they are willing but unable to do so.

There are many petrochemical products, including plastics, synthetic fibers, synthetic rubber, synthetic detergents, fertilizers, pesticides, soaps, etc.

They naturally know the benefits of being able to produce petrochemical products.

Apart from other things, fertilizers alone can make the crops grow better.

However, it is not that easy.

First, they need professional talents and skilled workers.

Second, they need raw materials. They lack the oil and coal needed for petrochemical raw materials.

They know where to mine coal.

But after the natural disaster, the coal mine collapsed, and it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to mine again.

Moreover, coal transportation also requires trucks, which leads to another problem: lack of fuel.

After calculations, they found that it would take too long to build a petrochemical plant, and it could not solve their urgent needs.

With their strength, they could not do it.

However, with the support of the camphor tree base, Oil City has the confidence to do it.

They don't have to worry about food supply, and at the same time, oil can be produced in Oil City, so there is no problem with oil raw materials.

As for coal, there is a Guxian Yangshan Coal Mine around Oil City, which is about 100 kilometers away from Oil City.

And it is an open-pit coal mine, which is less expensive and easier to mine.

In the car.

Li Gang started the car again and drove towards Oil City.

Seeing that he and Li Gang were the only ones in the car, Li Yu asked:

"Gangzi, why did you ask back to the headquarters base just now?"

He thought there was something inconvenient to say just now, so he waited for Lao Luo to leave before asking.

"Ahem, nothing."

Li Gang coughed awkwardly twice, "It's just that the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and I thought we could get together then."

Li Yu was stunned when he heard this. Counting the days, it seems that the Mid-Autumn Festival will indeed be in more than a week.

The big camphor tree base has been lively during the Chinese New Year for many years.

The candies that were given to the people below before were gifts at the end of the year.

Li Gang reminded Li Yu that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he could also prepare a moon cake for everyone.

Moon cakes have a longer shelf life and are high in sugar, so they should be very popular at this time.

"I'll go back in two days. I'll see what's going on with Uncle San. I'll talk to him then." Li Yu replied.

Northwest of Oil City,

Nanhu Bay.

There were fallen fir trees all over the ground, and pieces of fir wood cut into three-meter-long pieces piled up on one side.

There was a half-full truck parked on the side of the road, and four or five empty trucks lined up to load.

These trucks basically ran back and forth three or four times, and returned to the trading market when they were full of fir wood.

There are still seven or eight trucks on the road, either on the way here or on the way back.

At the edge of the fir forest, a man in a gray short-sleeved shirt was eating a corn cake that was distributed.

A corn cake the size of an adult's palm weighs about 125 grams.

Four corn cakes weigh about one kilogram.

The man calculated his harvest today. He could get 0.5 points for one day of felling, which was enough to buy half a kilogram of food.

Thinking of today's harvest, a smile appeared on his face.

He ate more than half of a palm-sized tortilla, and there was still a little left. He was a little confused about whether to continue eating.

He picked up a 1L ordinary plastic bottle from the grass next to him. The blue packaging had long disappeared, leaving only a blue bottle cap.

He held the water bottle and took a few gulps.

He felt that his stomach, which was originally only three-quarters full, became five-quarters full, and then he put down the water bottle with satisfaction.

A voice came from the side.

"Old Xu, it feels easier to cut wood than to work on the construction site!"

Xu Qingwen turned his head and saw Sui Dahua, who was in the same room, talking to him with a smile.

Sui Dahua, like himself, had a family, a father and a 13-year-old son.

He had a wife and an 11-year-old daughter.

He originally had a 2-year-old son, but the end of the world was too difficult, and the 2-year-old son died in the first year of the end of the world. If his son hadn't died, he would be almost eight years old now.

They both happened to enter the trading market before the thunderstorm disaster.

And they were assigned to the same room.

And in order to survive, at the most dangerous moment of the thunderstorm, they climbed the wall together to block the zombies.

Later, the trading market system was reformed, and the two of them became level 4 members.

Before climbing the wall, they agreed that if the other died, they would help take care of the other's family.

Unexpectedly, both of them did not die.

Since then, the relationship between the two families has become very good.

Take care of each other and support each other.

This time Xu Qingwen wanted to come here from the construction site, and Sui Dahua was reluctant at first.

But now it feels right.

It's much easier, and there's one more tortilla.

Xu Qingwen smiled and nodded and asked: "How many points have you accumulated?"

Sui Dahua smiled bitterly and shook his head: "8, what about you, you should have more than me, right?"

"I'm about the same."

Xu Qingwen touched the fir bark and looked at the blue sky.

With a vision and beauty for the future on his face, his face seemed to be glowing.

"I have saved up 14 points. My wife can now work as a laborer on the construction site. It will probably be easier for both of us to earn points in the future."

He lowered his head and looked at Sui Dahua and said:

"Dahua, I have a suggestion for you. While you can earn points now, earn as much as you can. Save them and don't spend them carelessly. It will be convenient to buy food at the trading market if you save more points. Moreover, if there is a natural disaster in the future, we can survive with the points in our hands.

I don't want to live a hungry life like a thunderstorm disaster again. You can probably understand it. My daughter told me that she was very hungry at that time. I felt so sad and guilty."

As he said this, his eyes sighed, revealing a trace of worry about the future.

Sui Dahua heard that Xu Qingwen had 14 points, and a trace of envy flashed in his eyes.

They only had 0.5 points a day on the construction site and when they went out to cut wood.

14 points, he needs to work every day, and work continuously for nearly a month to save enough.

In addition, there are family members to support, and they also need to consume points to buy food.

Xu Qingwen probably saved 14 points by scraping them out from his teeth.

It wasn't easy.

He pulled out a weed, chewed it in his mouth, and tasted the slight bitterness of the weed.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head and said:

"My old man is in poor health. Last time I bought him two pills, it cost me 4 points. Tsk tsk! It's so expensive! Fortunately, I had some skills before. I went to the North District Talent Hall for recruitment today. I wonder if I can apply for the carpenter job."

There was a young man eating corn tortillas next to him.

Hearing the conversation between the two, he came over.

"Are you two old men in Versailles? Damn! You can still save points!"

The two turned around and saw that it was Ma Xiaotiao from the dormitory next door.

Ma Xiaotiao was very young, only 18 years old. Both his parents died. He had no old people and no children. If one person was full, the whole family would not be hungry.

Ma Xiaotiao's father, Ma Dadan, 45 years old, died on the night when the thunderstorm disaster stopped the zombies.

Later, Ma Xiaotiao inherited Ma Dadan's benefits and became a Level 4 employee.

Although Level 4 employees are one level higher than Level 5 employees, it seems that there is no advantage except that they don't have to pay for accommodation.

But in practice, there are many benefits.

Not to mention anything else, once there are tasks assigned by the Oil City officials in the trading market, such as wall construction, building construction, and logging,

First of all, the first people to be recruited are Level 4 personnel. When Level 4 personnel are filled, they will be recruited from among Level 5 survivors.

Nowadays, there are constant projects in the trading bazaar. Apart from putting things to pieces and laying them on the ground, all of them, the fourth-level personnel, basically have work on hand.

Having work means having points and food, and having points means not going hungry.

Xu Qingwen saw Ma Xiaotiao jumping over like a monkey, with a smile in his eyes.

"Xiao Tiao, how many points have you accumulated now?"

Ma Xiaotiao raised his eyebrows.

"0.5, maybe. How can you save so much?"

0.5?

Not even 1 point!

Sui Dahua glanced at Ma Xiaotiao with hatred and couldn't help but complain.

"No, you work with us, why do you only have 0.5 points? Since the thunderstorm disaster passed, we have been working almost every day for almost two months. You have used more than 20 points. Where did it go?"

Ma Xiaotiao scratched his head and said:

"I'm hungry. The two corn tortillas I was handed out were not enough for me. When I was hungry, I went to buy something to eat. There was a barbecue restaurant in the business district recently. I hadn't eaten meat for a long time, so I bought a few. Eat on skewers.”

Xu Qingwen frowned when he heard Ma Xiaotiao's words.

Kebab? Is that something they can afford now?

Damn, one kebab costs 0.3 points. How much meat is there in that kebab? Two kebabs are more points than they earned after a day of hard work.

Instead of buying this kebab, it is better to buy a tortilla, which is more practical. It is large and makes you feel full, and it only costs 0.25 points.

Really affordable and good.

Ma Daring died between Xu Qingwen and Xu Qingwen. After further analysis, Ma Daring blocked the zombie that was about to rush up, which can be regarded as saving the people next to him.

For the sake of Ma's boldness, Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahua took more care of Ma Xiaotiao.

Xu Qingwen patiently said to Ma Xiaotiao in a low voice:

"Xiao Tiao, please listen patiently when I say something to you. This is for your own good."

"It is not easy for us to enter the trading market, and it is not easy for us to become level four personnel. But you have to know that level four personnel do not have basic food supplies. If a natural disaster or accident occurs and we do not go to work, there will be no food distribution to Ours.”

"So, when you can usually accumulate points, you have to start accumulating them. I also want to eat kebabs, and I can afford them. With 0.3 points each, I can buy dozens of skewers now, but I can't. Buy them all. If you eat meat skewers, I will eat dirt from now on.”

"You know what it feels like to be hungry."

"I think back when there was a thunderstorm, each of us was given two corn tortillas and nothing else."

"Now if we calculate it carefully, 0.5 points, plus two tortillas, is actually four tortillas. The conditions are much better than then."

Sui Dahua added next to him: "One more tortilla for logging work. Now we have three tortillas a day."

"right."

Xu Qingwen nodded and continued to Ma Xiaotiao earnestly:

"So, you have to learn to accumulate points no matter what you do. The purpose of accumulating points now is to cope with the uncertain future. We don't know what the future will be like, but at least you have to learn to start accumulating points.

Otherwise, once a natural disaster breaks out and all work is stopped, what will you do if you don’t have points? Hungry? If the natural disaster lasts for a long time, how many days can you go hungry? Who will help you then? "

Faced with these questions, Ma Xiaotiao looked at Sui Dahua and Xu Qingwen.

Faced with Ma Xiaotiao's eyes.

Sui Dahua's eyelids twitched and he cursed:

"Don't look at the two of us, your dad is protecting you so damn well! It's so "good"!

When that time comes, don't expect the two of us to help you. We both have families to support and we are both burdened ourselves. If I can't support my own family, I can't even support you.

Besides, you are so old, you! You can only rely on yourself. "

Xu Qingwen nodded and said:

"Yes, your words are rude or not. If you really starve to death, there is nothing we can do."

"So, you have to save points! Now that you don't have to support a family, you can actually save a lot of points, ugh."

Facing the turns of persuasion from Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahua, Ma Xiaotiao gradually realized the problem.

He actually wanted to save points, but for a teenager who was growing in shape, he had some points on hand that he could exchange for food.

During the growth and development period, I would be so hungry in the middle of the night that I felt more uncomfortable than anything else.

Two tortillas a day were not enough for him.

Four yuan is about the same

"Okay, I understand, I will start to accumulate points in the future!" Ma Xiaotiao knew that the two of them were doing it for his own good, and he secretly made up his mind not to wander around in the business district next night.

That Lao Chen braised food restaurant, Xie Dongming BBQ restaurant and so on.

He didn't even go.

Hearing what Ma Xiaotiao said, Xu Qingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good, keep saving up points! Xiaotiao! Save as much as you can!"

"With points in hand, we will feel safe in the future despite the turbulent times!"

(asking for monthly ticket)