Chapter 1598 The sufferings in the world, moving forward with a heavy burden
Under the tree.
The workers sat on the ground in twos and threes, eating corn cakes and drinking cold drinks.
If this were placed before the end of the world, if some people were eating such things and doing such heavy hard work, they would definitely feel that this life is over and there is no hope in this life!
But for the workers at this moment, eating corn tortillas that are dry and difficult to swallow, they feel that the future is worth looking forward to.
Because they have suffered so much in the last days, they feel satisfied with a little benefit.
Being able to eat for free and get points, in their opinion, such a good thing is simply not a good thing!
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Away from the crowd, under a big tree about a hundred meters away from the trench excavation.
Two people sit facing each other and eat food.
"Brother Feng, it would be great if we could do this kind of work every day!" A skinny young man said to another bald man.
The bald man took a sip of cold water, picked up the corn dregs that fell on his pants and put them in his mouth.
"The better the trading market develops, the more work we will have to do."
"What are you doing?"
Brother Feng saw that the skinny young man had only eaten half of the tortillas, so he stuffed the remaining tortillas into a cloth bag.
His brows furrowed, "Xiao Bing, don't leave it to your sister. The work here at the construction site is so heavy. You won't be able to last long without eating. You still have points to earn. You can get them when you get off work.
Then you can just use the points to buy food for her."
The young man whom the bald man called Xiao Bing scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
"I have a small appetite and I'm full."
The bald man's eyes widened, "Eat up! How can you do your work in the afternoon if you don't finish up!"
"If you can't hold on for a few days, you will be kicked out later. If you carry on and get sick, you won't be able to afford to go to the hospital!"
When the young man heard this, he felt that what the bald man said made sense.
So I took out the half piece of tortilla from the cloth bag and ate it in small bites.
The tortillas were dry, but a little sweet.
He cherishes the food in his hands and remembers that he and his little sister almost died three years ago.
That day, the wind howled, as if the heaven and earth were collapsing.
They huddled in a small room and looked at the storm outside the window in horror.
Huddled up in dirty, damp bedding.
Not only did they have to worry about the zombies outside discovering them, but they also had not eaten for five or six days and were almost starving to death.
When he was most hungry, he even started to walk around, which was a sign of death.
An owl flew in from the rain.
Hit him in front of him.
Like a gift from God.
At that moment, he burned with hope of living.
It didn't even tear off the fur, but bit the owl's neck directly and sucked the blood.
With his mouth full of feathers, he ate the raw meat one bite at a time.
After drinking the blood, the two shared the owl.
Not even the internal organs were spared.
Eating that owl allowed them to survive the most difficult moment.
Later, during the flood, some snakes and frogs came to the first floor where they were soaked.
They just ate this kind of food and survived until the flood was over.
He was very grateful, grateful to God for his gift.
Even though he lived such a miserable life.
To be honest, at the moment he was about to die, he cursed God, why did he let his brother and sister suffer like this?
After that experience, he never gave up on living again.
No matter how hard it is, is it still difficult at that time?
People who have died once cherish life very much and live every day as if they are earned.
Enjoy suffering.
After finishing a whole tortilla in small bites, he burped.
There was a bright smile on his face.
“This taco is so delicious!”
Brother Bald Feng said with a smile: "You kid, you have never eaten good food. When we accumulate more points, I will treat you to..."
Before he finished speaking, the bald man suddenly stood up, picked up the hoe beside him, and rushed towards the young man.
"Brother Feng, you..."
"Fuck you!"
Brother Feng went down with his hoe, and the zombie behind Xiaobing fell to the ground.
The hoe's handle hit the zombie's head with such force that it fell to the ground.
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you!"
With a bald head and bare arms, he hit the zombie's head hard with his hoe, and he would curse every time he swung it.
The head of the zombie on the ground turned into a pile of mud under his heavy blow.
There was no more movement.
"Be careful, a zombie suddenly ran out of the bushes behind you and scared me." The bald man put down the hoe and said to Xiao Bing.
Xiaobing looked at the zombie on the ground with lingering fear, raised his head and looked at the bald head and said:
"Thank you, Brother Feng. If it weren't for you, I might be dead."
"Say this..." Brother Feng waved his hand.
Looking at the bushes behind Xiaobing, he frowned and said, "You can't rest here, it's too dangerous."
At this moment, the supervisor from the opposite side came over.
"Work has started, didn't you hear? I've been looking for you for a long time!"
"Who told you to rest here? Didn't they tell you not to leave the crowd?"
Two questions in a row,
Brother Feng, who was so domineering just now, now became embarrassed.
"Well, Brother Liu, I'm sorry, it's too hot under the sun, so I just wanted to find a cool place to rest."
The supervisor looked at the zombies on the ground and frowned:
"Anyway, please be careful. If there are guards watching the place, don't stay there and have to run here.
If you wander around in a place like this, you will not be compensated for being bitten by a zombie!"
"Next to the main road, that row of trees is reserved for you to rest. You have to come here. It's really a pain in the ass!"
The supervisor cursed a few words and then turned around.
"Hurry up and get started. I don't want to deduct your points. If you keep doing this, I will really deduct your points!"
He muttered and said:
"If someone in my group is bitten by a zombie, I will be criticized as a damn model..."
"Thank you, Brother Liu. Brother Liu, we will definitely listen to you." Xie Feng nodded quickly to please.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although Xie Feng is fierce, he has no temper with supervisors.
Supervisors can deduct an appropriate amount of points earned by workers for the day based on their performance, such as being lazy, leaving the team without permission, digging without listening to instructions, etc.
In the eyes of ordinary survivors, points are food, and food is life.
The small supervisors are able to control the lives of low-level survivors like them.
When Xie Feng and Xiaobing returned to the construction site with hoes, the workers on the construction site had already started work.
"Go to work quickly and don't leave my sight during the next break. This is for your own good!" the supervisor said.
Xie Feng and Xiaobing nodded vigorously and ran over to dig with their hoes in hand.
Supervisor Liu Min looked at the backs of the two men and shook his head: "Why don't you worry so much..."
According to the regulations, Xie Feng and Xiaobing violated the regulations, and he could deduct their points.
But he also rose from the bottom, but during a thunderstorm and natural disaster, he risked his life to become a fourth-level personnel.
We are all poor people, why should we make things difficult for each other?
He knew very well how difficult it was for the two of them.
Therefore, he did not deduct their points.
It's two o'clock in the afternoon, the hottest time of the day.
The hot steam in the air evaporates and forms.
The pickup truck drove over again, carrying boiled water to rehydrate them.
Although there are more than a dozen excavators here, excavators alone are not enough. There are some depressions that excavators cannot go through and can only be excavated manually.
The time came to four o'clock in the evening.
With the joint efforts of 2,000 people and more than a dozen excavators, a trench with a length of one kilometer and a width and height of two meters was finally dug.
But it hasn't been finely smoothed yet.
Jie Changshan, who checked the situation from Nanwan Lake, returned by vehicle.
When he saw the dug trench, a smile appeared on his face.
This was the first time he laughed since he took over the water plant construction project.
He promised in front of the ministers and others that the water plant would be built within a month.
Alexander.
No one knew how much pressure he was under, and he promised to complete it within a month.
He actually didn't have much confidence, after all, he had never taken on such a rushed project before.
But today, one kilometer of trench was dug, and the depth and width reached the standard.
According to this progress, it will only get faster and faster in the future. It is estimated that it will be able to open up the trading market and Nanwan Lake in less than ten days.
Today is a good start.
"Very good, Liu Yu, keep up the progress tomorrow." He said to Liu Yu next to him.
Liu Yu nodded and said: "Let's continue to move forward tomorrow. I will allocate part of it to smooth the ditch later to ensure..."
"Alright."
Xie Changshan added:
"After five kilometers of digging, the grouting machine and wall-laying team can move in. The cement will also take time to dry. Anyway, you calculate the time, and it will be done in fifteen days."
"Yes!" Liu Yu said solemnly.
Ding-dang-dang——
A pickup truck drove by behind them and said, "It's time to finish work."
Xie Changshan glanced at his watch, "It's only four o'clock to get off work? There are still two and a half hours until dark!"
Liu Yu said awkwardly: "The guard team informed me that so many people have entered the trading market, and it will take time to check when entering the city. I plan to let the workers out early tomorrow."
"Oh, okay." After hearing Liu Yu's explanation, Jie Changshan thought for a while and said:
"Xiaoyu... No, Xiaoliu, I'll leave the project here to you. After this year, you have done a good job. I am very optimistic about you."
Liu Yu pursed his lips and nodded heavily.
It's time to get off work.
They stopped the car amid the crowd of workers.
Liu Yu got out of the car and watched Xie Changshan drive towards the trading market.
After Xie Changshan left, he found the core construction supervisors.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Ding, Abi, Fang Zi, we will have a small meeting when we enter the city later. I have something to tell you."
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Zhang Feng and Xiaobing do not have a team, they are just straggler survivors.
The two of them lined up, carrying hoes and cloth bags. In the cloth bags were their food and water bottles.
The two met a year ago by chance.
They both remained alert, did not speak to each other, and gave way to each other.
Later, before the thunderstorm and natural disaster, they met again at the trading market.
Coincidentally, they were all assigned to the same dormitory.
fate.
Go back and forth, and gradually become familiar with it.
"Brother Feng, actually Brother Liu who is supervising us is quite good." Xiao Bing saw the supervisor leading the team in front and whispered to Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng nodded slowly, "Yes, I know."
"Right."
Zhang Feng suddenly looked at Xiaobing: "I remember, your kid used to be an Internet writer?"
"What's your pen name?"
Xiaobing heard this and said with a wry smile:
"Don't mention it, it's not worth mentioning. The work you did in the past will be of no use in the last days."
Zhang Feng shook his head and did not agree.
"You can't say that. I still admire you cultural people very much. Although it is the end of the world now, you see that this trading market is developing so fast. Maybe in a few years, you will be useful."
"By the way, what type of novel do you write?"
"Science fiction apocalypse."
"What?" Zhang Feng raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiaobing in shock.
"You fucking writer of science fiction in the apocalypse, why are you living so hard? Shouldn't you understand it very well? Do you know the situation in the apocalypse very well?"
Xiaobing shook his head, smiled bitterly, and cursed.
"What the hell I'm writing is about the rebirth of the last days. I'm not reborn, and I didn't expect that the last days of the fucking world would be so painful!"
"Hahaha!" Zhang Feng laughed and patted Xiaobing on the shoulder.
"It's okay, I enjoy the joy of suffering, and I'm not miserable at all."
"Hmm." Xiaobing agreed with these words.
After queuing up, they walked back to Wengcheng.
Wengcheng inspections are as strict as ever.
Xiaobing and Zhang Feng placed their hoes in fixed positions and underwent a full body examination.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After passing the inspection, you queued up to the point collection point.
Because the place they were constructing was in the front section, they came in relatively early.
When they came in, there were more than a thousand people queuing up behind them.
drop--
The staff next to the points punching machine got the number plate from Xiaobing.
"No. 95278, original points were 12.9, increased by 0.65 points, now 13.55 points."
"Take a look and confirm."
Xiaobing looked at the numbers on the screen, nodded and said:
"The numbers are correct, thank you."
He took back his number plate and quickly ran to Zhang Feng's side.
"Brother Feng, where will you go later?"
"I'll go sit down at the bar and drink some sweet potato dumplings so I can sleep well at night. How about you?"
"I'll buy a grain pancake first, and then go back to the dormitory to find my little sister."
"OK."
"The iron gate is open, let's go." Zhang Feng saw the iron gate open and ran into the trading market with a smile.
Xiaobing looked at Brother Feng's back and shook his head helplessly.
Brother Feng likes to drink, but he has always been reluctant to do so before.
Now I can buy wine if I have some points, ugh...
You have to find a suitable opportunity to remind him not to waste points indiscriminately.
With a fresh tortilla in his arms, he walked towards the business district in a happy mood.
I earned points today and bought my little sister a multigrain tortilla that is more delicious than corn tortillas.
Although it is more expensive than tacos, one taco costs 0.25 points.
A multigrain cake is worth 0.3 points.
Although it is only 0.05 points more expensive, these points can be used for a five-day stay!
But my little sister has been thinking about her for a long time.
I earned points today, and I will be able to earn steady points in the next ten days.
They are very poor, and every point is deducted.
He was finally willing to buy a multigrain cake for his little sister.
Tonight, I will eat fried corn tortillas, and my sister will eat multigrain tortillas.
My little sister will be very happy.
Thinking of his little sister, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.