The two corpses were taken to an open space far away and poured with gasoline. They were quickly burned and the ashes were buried under a pine and cypress tree.
"They are all pitiful people." Qi Yuan finished speaking and looked at Meng Yu, "Can you tell me about the situation at the base?"
Meng Yu nodded, "I will definitely tell you everything I know."
Everyone returned to the living room. This was the first time Meng Yu walked into this wooden house. Although there was surprise in his eyes, he did not show it. Perhaps he had long learned to grovel and hide his emotions around the playboy.
After everyone sat down, he still stood aside with his head lowered. Qi Yuan said that his right calf was fractured and it must be uncomfortable to stand for such a long time. However, Meng Yu had no other reaction. He told the situation about the second base and the surrounding towns and villages.
Everyone talked loudly.
"The base is very large. It is said that it covers an area of 4,000 square kilometers, which is about the same size as a county-level city. It has a large population. Except for the base management, most base residents live crowded together."
"The weather has been cold in the past few years. Although the base has many greenhouses to grow vegetables, the output value is not high. Two years ago, food crops were no longer exchanged between several bases."
"Can the base support so many residents?"
Meng Yu shook his head, "The Second Base has taken in many refugees from other places. Although they are called slaves and wild dogs, the base will take them in because the people in charge of the Second Base are former troops from Northern Xinjiang."
No wonder.
"As far as I know, the base in southern Xinjiang drove away many refugees two years ago. Those refugees all went to northern Xinjiang. The second base took some of them in. Although they lived in greenhouses, they had a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
It’s just that Mr. Liu and the others like to go to refugee camps to find new slaves, and the base doesn’t control these matters strictly, so they become even more unscrupulous.”
Everyone was a little surprised, "So, the second base is not bad, but the military still needs to take action."
"There are frequent natural disasters. It's very conscientious to be able to do this. The base set up by those unscrupulous businessmen is the vampire camp. What about the towns? Are there many people in the towns?"
Meng Yu nodded, "A town is actually similar to a refugee camp. Most of the residents do not have enough food or clothing to keep warm. The bark and leaves of the surrounding trees have been scraped away. Many people live on leaf porridge."
"Is food officially distributed?"
"As long as you hold your ID card, everyone can receive relief food every month, but it only lasts three kilograms. Most of the relief food is rice bran and pancakes made of wheat bran. By the way, there are several greenhouses in the base dedicated to
Raise insects, grind them into powder, and mix them with Guanyin soil to make mud cakes. A piece of mud cake can last for several days. It is very cost-effective. Just eating mud cakes will make people's stomach become very big. Liu Shao said that
Humans are like pot-bellied wild boars, but I heard doctors say that eating too much Guanyin soil will cause flatulence."
Ye Fu frowned and felt a little uncomfortable in her stomach. It was not that she was being pretentious, but that she thought of herself again in the previous life.
"What kind of insects are you talking about?"
Meng Yu pursed his lips, "Some are tree worms. Tree worms live in rotten wood. They are large and nutritious. These tree worms are eaten by the people above. Refugees and residents eat other bugs, including cockroaches.
There are also moths, these two species reproduce quickly and are not picky about the environment."
After Meng Yu finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
"How did the base cope with the cold air landing before?" Ye Fu asked.
"A lot of people died that time. All the tree insects kept in the greenhouse were frozen to death. The base suffered a lot of damage. It was cold during that time and most people hid in their houses. The cold killed many people, especially the refugee nests.
There are not many people living in the greenhouses."
When it came to this, Ye Fu didn't ask any more questions.
"Do you know Merlin Snow Falls?"
Meng Yu nodded, "I've heard that in the past, when the weather was good, those people would drive around. I've heard of this place, and it seems that there is a plum forest there."
Ye Fu nodded, "How to deal with the people who died in the base?"
Meng Yu thought for a few seconds, "There are two theories. If the person died of illness, they would be thrown in a mass grave. If the person died of freezing and starvation, they would be thrown in a greenhouse. It is said that there is a greenhouse at the base, and dead people are used to feed some livestock.
It’s all hearsay, there’s no evidence, I’m not particularly clear on this.”
Ye Fu smiled and said, "I understand, sit down and warm yourself by the fire. Don't be so formal."
Meng Yu seemed to be afraid of Ye Fu. After he sat down, he still lowered his head. He answered whatever everyone asked without hiding anything.
Ye Fu couldn't judge the quality of the Second Base based on Meng Yu's few words. It was true that the Second Base had done a better job than the Taal Base in providing shelter to refugees.
Qi Yuan built a wooden bed for Meng Yu in the woodshed. There was no fireplace in the woodshed, only a stove for him to keep warm. Although he woke up, he had a broken leg and multiple bruises on his body. He upheld the principle of saving people until the end.
In principle, he temporarily stayed in the woodshed to recover from his injuries.
Everyone still had endless work to do. From cleaning to washing clothes and cooking, Ye Fu arranged work for everyone. It became quiet outside in the past two days, and the sound of racing cars at Yuanhe Dam disappeared.
Officer Song and Qi Yuan are used to patrolling the island every day. People cannot be too comfortable, otherwise they will not know how they will die.
On this day, Ye Fu was still busy in the warehouse when he heard a running sound of "dong dong dong". Then, the door of the warehouse was opened, and Qi Yuan walked in from the outside, panting.
"Ye Fu, something serious has happened."
Ye Fu glanced at him and continued busy with the work at hand.
"The sky is falling?"
"That's not the case. Brother Song and I have recovered two more corpses."
Ye Fu nodded, "Are they slaves washed down from the Yuanhe Dam again? Burn them and bury them."
Qi Yuan waved his hand, "This time is different. Those two corpses don't look like slaves. Go and have a look."
Ye Fu called Jiang Run and went to the shore with Qi Yuan. There were several people standing on the shore, including Officer Song, Tang Yizheng and Meng Yu. Meng Yu's leg was lame, and Officer Song gave him some experience in walking with lameness.
, the two of them get along quite harmoniously, and it seems that no one is particularly repulsive to him.
"You also fished it out of the weeds?"
Officer Song nodded, "This man's limbs were tied up with water plants in the weeds. The other man washed up on the shore and was sandwiched between two pine and cypress trees. Judging from the degree of swelling of the body, he should have been dead for less than two days."
Ye Fu touched his chin, "Meng Yu, do you recognize these two people?"
Meng Yu stared blankly at the man whose limbs were entangled in water plants. His face was swollen like a pig's head, his clothes were in tatters, and there was a Guanyin jade plaque hanging around his neck. Well, there were many wounds on his body, which were a bit too horrible to look at.
"I recognize these two people." Meng Yu's whole body was trembling, and even his voice was trembling. He pointed at the man wearing the jade plaque and stumbled, "This is Mr. Liu, my master."
Ye Fu blinked, "Who do you think he is?"
"Liu Cheng, the son of Liu Song, director of the Residential Management Office of the Second Base."
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