Chapter 206 End of July

Time flew by.

A week has passed since I returned from Jiefang City. The time came to the end of July. Tomorrow is August.

The sun is shining brightly, and the water in the mountain pond is getting less and less. Some time ago, in order to prevent the sun from evaporating water vapor, a layer of black sunshade balls was laid on it.

This black sunshade ball can effectively mitigate solar evaporation and save a lot of water.

Otherwise, most of the water will be wasted just by direct sunlight.

In this way, the rate of decline of the water source in the mountain pond has been greatly alleviated.

Not only did I use this black shading ball in the mountain pond, but I also used it in the rice fields, and the effect was pretty good.

The rice has entered the earing stage.

In the base, there are old farmers like my grandfather who have been farming farmland all their lives and are real farming experts.

The elderly have a clear idea of ​​what to do at what stage.

Here at the base, except for the warmer weather, everything else is normal.

Nothing messy happened, and because there was enough electricity, many people turned on the lights to watch movies and TV series at night.

People of the older generation also like to watch dramas and the like. Li Yu downloaded a lot of them at the beginning, including various types.

It’s also a way for everyone to relax.

But here in Jiefang City, things are not so easy.

Before accepting the refugees, Jiefang City was already facing various problems. Food was scarce, and water was also a big problem. Even though there was a river not far away, the sun was too strong and it was about to dry up.

As for the running water, it stopped as early as two weeks after the apocalypse broke out.

Now the water they drink is basically pumped from the river.

I also thought about digging some wells, but in the highlands of Jiefang City, you need to dig very deep to get water. So after digging a well, there is still no water source 10 meters below.

It was put on hold for a while.

But now that water sources have become more and more of a problem, we started digging wells again.

Without relevant instruments and equipment, we can only rely entirely on manual well drilling.

Finally, after 7 days of digging, the depth of the well reached 30 meters, and water finally appeared.

The water source problem has been temporarily alleviated, but there is still a huge problem ahead, and that is food.

In the past, Jiefang City mainly relied on collecting materials in the city and planting some crops in Jiefang City, but these crops have not yet matured.

Some of the food I hoarded before is now gradually dwindling.

Originally, they had actually hoarded a lot of food. As the largest force in the city, without the oppression of the Salvation Army, they had a very good life in the first half of the year.

But now more and more people are joining, and Director Zhang has the idea of ​​​​helping people. As long as you join, he will lend you food for 2 days. After 2 days, you need to go out with the team to find food. Then hand over part of it.

More than half a year has passed, and various supplies have become less and less. Moreover, in the hot weather, many foods have become stinky and can no longer be eaten.

The food crisis is like a huge mountain, oppressing them and suffocating them.

These newly joined refugees also go out to search for supplies, but what often happens is that they basically do not hand over the supplies they collect. They know very well how terrible it is to be hungry.

So various tricks appeared to hide supplies.

In fact, the mechanism formulated by Jiefang City is like this. During the periodic rotation, some people will go out to look for supplies. They hand over part of it and keep the rest for themselves.

Some people need to be on duty and guard the base; some people need to do some things, such as digging wells, planting, etc.

This group of people is similar to receiving a salary, and they are collectively allocated some basic materials to survive.

Originally, these people who went out would also hide most of the supplies and give a very small amount to the collective, but some team leaders would directly pressure the people below and hand over most of the supplies.

There are many squads, and there are already many conflicts, but they have never exploded.

However, after these refugees joined, some people were unwilling to hand over most of the supplies, so some head-on conflicts occurred.

This kind of head-on conflict is getting bigger and bigger as the food that can be found becomes less and less.

Suddenly one day, they searched outside for a day but did not find any supplies. The conflict broke out even more intensely.

Everyone hid their food, and some team leaders used their power to distribute more supplies, so they were able to live normally.

But for some people at the lowest level, once they no longer have continuous food, they will immediately run out of food.

In the face of hunger, this contradiction begins to grow.

Internal fights began over food, and there was even bloodshed.

In the face of hunger, any institutional rules that were papered over were torn off.

Chaos begins.

Director Zhang and others are also aware of this problem, but he has no choice. The most fundamental problem now is food!

You can't live without food.

There was another fight just now. Several refugees went to rob the food of the original residents of Jiefang City. A fierce fight broke out between the two groups.

The final struggle was stopped when Captain Lu and others intervened, fired a shot into the sky, and shocked everyone present.

However, after this struggle, people's minds have completely changed.

There are conflicts between the displaced people and the local residents, conflicts between those who joined first and those who joined later, and conflicts between management personnel such as team leaders and the people at the bottom.

In addition, the sun is shining brightly, and the zombies outside have not appeared during the day recently, so after there are no external conflicts, the internal conflicts will be infinitely magnified.

"Old Zhang, the situation is very serious now." Captain Lu approached Director Zhang and said.

Director Zhang sighed, but still said: "Why is it so good, it has become like this. Also, is our part of the supplies okay?"

Captain Lu glanced at Director Zhang, sighed, and finally said, "Although there is no problem, there are not many."

"How could this be?" Director Zhang asked in surprise.

Captain Lu glanced at Director Zhang speechlessly: "The materials collected in the recent period are pitifully small, and we are sitting on nothing."

Both of them were silent for a while. Director Zhang suddenly said: "Actually, we still have supplies, but I think we can discuss it with them. Now everyone is quarreling over food. Although Jiefang City has always advocated fairness, Fair, but they wouldn't have the environment without us."

Director Zhang continued: "Find those team captains and ask them to contribute appropriately. In fact, I know that they are greedy. Because they are all old people, I did not hold them accountable. There is no way now, we can't watch like this Keep polarizing.”