Chapter 104: Busy Farming in the Last Days

“I want to know, after S city base takes over this area completely, how will you arrange us?” Wu Kai asked Liang Jincheng cautiously, as S city Base is their only hope for survival.

Liang Jincheng glanced at Ji Cha from the corner of his eye and replied to Wu Kai, “It’s not going to be a complete takeover so soon, but in a few days, we will send some personnel to be stationed here to ensure the safety of this area. You guys, the original group of people, will continue to stay here, and there will be more personnel coming in later to restart the factory.”

Wu Kai breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. Firstly, there will be guards stationed here and secondly, they no longer have to risk their lives outside to survive.

Wu Kai was happy that the people from their small base could still be together, but he had mixed feelings. He was about to ask Liana Jincheng about the situation at S Base when he saw the man suddenly walking away.

Wu Kai was surprised and quickly followed him.

What’s going on?

Liang Jincheng walked a few steps to Ji Cha and took his hand out of the cold water, “Why are you washing this?”

He looked down and saw that Ji Cha’s hand, which had just been soaked in the water, was already slightly red and cold to the touch.

There is no other source of water in the small base, only a rudimentary well dug out by themselves using crude methods after the apocalypse. Although the temperature of the groundwater is slightly higher, it still feels uncomfortable in such a cold environment.

In fact, Ji Cha was not really uncomfortable. He was just washing vegetables. He used to do all sorts of odd jobs like this on the farm. What was uncomfortable was Liang Jincheng watching him from the side.

“Washing vegetables for dinner,” Ji Cha replied, feeling a little embarrassed to be pulled aside by Liang Jincheng in front of everyone, “What’s wrong?”

Wu Kai had a better eye for things. He said to Ji Cha, “Let them do it, you should take a break for a while.”

Immediately, someone next to them took over the work that Ji Cha was doing just now. Even if he wanted to go back, there was no place for him to go.

In his heart, he blamed Liang Jincheng and thought he was making a fuss, but he didn’t say anything out loud.

Ji Cha then noticed a little child nearby who was already skilled in working. He asked Wu Kai, “Have these children been to school?”

Wu Kai nodded, “Two of them have. One was in the first grade of primary school, and the other had attended kindergarten. The remaining two haven’t.”

Ji Cha nodded, “Then they can be sent to school at the base. Moreover, the children will be safer inside the base.”

Wu Kai was somewhat surprised. Although he knew that the S base had developed well, he had not thought that education had been restored inside the base.

Ji Cha simply explained to him the situation of the school inside the base. “The tuition fees are not expensive. Basically, it’s just a meal fee. The meal fee is also cheap, and the total amount is very small. When you are outside the base, the daily wage is also synchronized with the people inside the base, and you can completely support the four children to live inside the base.”

Wu Kai listened to Ji Cha’s explanation of the entire work system inside the base and learned that working outside the base could earn more than working inside the base, making him even more enthusiastic in explaining the matters.

“Many of us worked in this factory before, so we know how to operate all these machines skillfully…” Wu Kai spoke excitedly.

To restart the factory operations, the security measures that need to be reinforced around this factory and the new technical facilities that need to be established are also needed. This factory area is very large and there are many buildings inside. When it was fully operational, there were three or four thousand employees. When it reopens, even if it does not immediately return to the previous prosperous state, there should be at least three or four hundred employees.

With the addition of soldiers, the number of workers may be around five hundred, and considering the subsequent increase in production, the labor force will also increase, so there should be some space left for dormitories and the like.

When the men from S base talked about revival of the factory, Wu Kai’s smile was completely unable to hide. Meanwhile, the food that was cooking on the other side had already begun to emit the fragrance of fresh rice, which could not be concealed and had already penetrated into the noses of the people present.

For those who came from the S base like Ji Cha, it was not a big deal, they were just a little hungry by mealtime. However, for the people from the small base, they could not remember how long it had been since they smelled the fragrance of rice like this. It seemed that the last time they ate so peacefully was before the end of the world.

The children couldn’t bear hunger, and now they crowded around the steamer, stretching their necks to smell the fragrance of rice. The women crouching on the ground and cooking had already wiped away tears several times in secret.

For the small base, today was a festive day. In addition to steaming white rice in the pot, they also cooked a braised pork and several pots of stir-fried vegetables. Although these were just simple dishes, for those who had not had a good meal since the end of the world, it was like a delicacy, more like a dream come true. Many people didn’t dare to blink, for fear that what was in front of them would disappear.

Ji Cha felt someone tugging at his pants, he looked down and saw a small boy who was a little shy but also happy. He asked Ji Cha, “Uncle, can we eat such good food every day from now on?”

Ji Cha half-squatted down and smiled at him, “As long as the adults work hard and live well, you can eat such delicious food every day.”

Half an hour later, when hundreds of people were almost drooling with hunger, the women finally uncovered the food on the dishes.

“Lunch is ready!”

People in the courtyard cheered and took their own bowls and chopsticks to serve themselves food and dishes.

Wu Kai and Ji Cha had a separate portion served on small plates, which was good because otherwise they wouldn’t know how much they could get with the way everyone else was eating.

The people here were really hungry.

After everyone had eaten their fill for the first time in a long time, Wu Kai stood on a large rock and announced to everyone, “Some of us will go with Captain Liang to S base later to check our health and get our new identification cards. Our daily wages and everything else will be related to these cards.”

The crowd cheered at this decision, and the first group of people was quickly selected.

Wu Kai had to stay behind to ensure the safety of the base, and since the first group was going for health checks, many of them were older people and four children. Over fifty people went in total, sitting in the back of the truck with the doors closed.

After the bumpy ride, they arrived at S base in the afternoon, almost at 5 o’clock when it was starting to get dark due to the winter weather.

Ji Cha had the friendliest smile and was recognized by the people who came with him. Especially the few children who were given candy by him, they almost followed him around like little tailgaters. For those who had been running around outside for so long, the scene at S base was shocking.

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There’s no need for Ji Cha or anyone else to say anything. They can tell the living conditions in the base just by looking at the ordinary people passing by, their clothes, and their mental state.

Ji Cha asked Liang Jincheng to go back first, and led the group of people himself, as if a teacher taking children on an outing, and took them to the medical center in the base first.

The first thing to be checked was the zombie virus. Although this possibility was very small, it could not be overlooked for safety reasons.

Next, they took the people to the recruitment office to enter their information.

“This is the place where we arrange the work for the personnel in the base, but you will work in the factory area and don’t need to register here.” Ji Cha introduced them.

An employee from S Base who knew Ji Cha came over and heard what he said. He asked with a smile, “Director Ji, are these new members who have just joined? Where will they work?”

Ji Cha replied, “They will work in the original Luo Village base, in the factory area outside. Many of them are skilled workers from there.”

The person who spoke immediately exclaimed and turned to the thin and emaciated crowd, “The workers in the factory area outside work this many hours every day!” He gestured with his fingers and said with a smile, “I’ve been trying to get a job there, but I never got a chance. You guys are lucky now.”

The girl in charge of information entry at the recruitment office also smiled and said, “From now on, we are all part of the same base. As long as you follow the rules and work hard, life will get better and better.”

The words “life will get better and better” struck a chord in the hearts of the small base people, making them eager to go back to the factory and operate those machines.

It was already after six o’clock when they left the recruitment office.

Ji Cha looked at the time and said to the guard who had been following him, “You go back and tell Captain Liang team that I’ll have dinner with everyone in the canteen and he doesn’t have to wait for me.”

“But Captain Liang asked me to stay with you,” the guard hesitated. Liang Jincheng had instructed him to never leave Ji Cha’s side no matter what.

Ji Cha knew that he couldn’t persuade the guard if Liang Jincheng had given orders. He looked around and saw that Qin Shuang was driving by with some members of the ability user team.

Ji Cha immediately called out, “Qin Shuang!”

Qin Shuang stopped the car and jokingly said to Ji Cha, “Sister-in-law, what’s up?”

Ji Cha blushed at her words, but it was fortunate that it was dark and not very noticeable. He couldn’t control the curious looks of others and hurriedly said to Qin Shuang, “Go to my house and tell Captain Liang that I won’t be going back for dinner.”

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