Just when Iger was deep in thought, Sister Maria came over and asked everyone to come over for breakfast.
Iger folded the manual and put it in his pocket. He said to the two of them, "Eat first," and then pushed Lily out.
Vance's group of men are very efficient. They have returned from the lumberyard. The long table is full of people. Although it seems a bit crowded, everyone is talking and laughing, and the atmosphere is very good.
After Iger sat down, he ate his breakfast in silence. After Joanna, who was sitting opposite him, glanced at Iger, she had to bury her head in her meal even though she was originally in high spirits.
Joanna could tell that Iger, who was very excited after getting the potatoes, suddenly became worried after going to Lily's room. Something very serious must have happened.
Iger ate very quickly. While he was thinking, he was watching the eating speed of the people around him. When most people had finished eating, he said, "Don't leave yet. I would like to propose an enlarged meeting of the directors and propose
All members listen."
After hearing what Iger said, Father Locke nodded in agreement.
When she heard that the meeting was about to begin, Lily quickly stuffed the remaining steamed buns into her mouth, then took a sip of the soup and swallowed it forcefully.
"The first thing." Iger sat on the side of the long table and spoke. He suddenly found the feeling he had during the meeting in his previous life. His tone and behavior involuntarily revealed an aura that he should not have at his age.
With just one sentence, everyone's attention was focused on Egger.
Egger's left hand is placed in front of the table, and the index finger of his right hand is sliding up and down on the table meaninglessly. This small movement shows that he has entered a working state.
"Which of us will grow potatoes?" Egger asked everyone, adding, "The three members are now free to speak."
When Joanna heard this, she immediately raised her hand and said, "Elvira can, she can garden."
After Joanna chatted with a few female friends for a while, she learned that Avella had taken care of a small garden in her yard. Perhaps to the people of the Central Plains, this is unremarkable, but to Americans
From a human perspective, this is already an incredible skill.
"Okay." Iger nodded and said, "We now have a batch of potato seeds. We will plant some of them immediately and plant another part after next spring.
This will be a very important source of food for us in the future, so this task will be left to Elvira. All the tools are in the pickup truck, and you can deploy a vehicle as a means of transportation."
Avella nodded happily. She had always been worried that she would not be marginalized or even abandoned because of nothing, but now her enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.
Egg suddenly remembered something, and he said to Avila: "Don't plant the whole potato when planting, remember to cut it to avoid waste.
Also, potatoes need to be detoxified before planting, but I'm sorry, I only remember the term, but I forgot what it means.
I suggest you use disinfectant water or something to sterilize the potatoes. I don't know if it will help.
Of course, this is just a suggestion.
It is also recommended that you use different detoxification methods in several batches for comparison."
Elvira wrote it down.
"The second item of the meeting." Egg said to the three newcomers who were sitting a little far away. "Please tell the new members about your experiences in the past few days and the current situation in Jixi Town.
Please don't take it to heart, we are not here to censor or screen you, we need to know more outside intelligence."
After the three of them looked at each other, Andy said: "There's actually not much to talk about about us. We've been spending the past few days hiding and escaping, and each hiding spot can only guarantee safety for a period of time.
Every time we ran away, we lost friends. There were nine of us at first, but by the time we decided to come to the Gospel Community, there were only four left."
"Have you never thought of self-defense or counterattack?" Egg asked Andy.
Andy shook his head in pain. You could tell from his expression that he might have given up something very precious in order to survive.
Andy said: "The incident happened suddenly and we didn't have enough weapons. At the first safe house, we still had a few pistols, but everyone decided to hide and wait for help.
On the third day, probably all the other survivors were dead and the infected found us.
We fled in a hurry and lost three of our companions that time, as well as all our weapons.
After that, we kept hiding and running away, and the number of people continued to decrease.
I was also thinking last night that if Erica hadn't decided to escape from Rapid Creek Town, maybe today, another person would have died. Maybe it was me, maybe it was them, anyway, there was always one of them."
Egg nodded. It seemed that their experience was more painful than his own. He had no intention of uncovering the scars, but this information was very important.
Egger asked the three of them: "How is the situation in Jixi Town? For example, how many infected people are there, how many survivors, material reserves, etc."
Clyde shook his head and said: "There are no survivors in Jixi Town, everyone is dead. Everyone tries to find a safe place to hide, but the infected are like ghosts in hide-and-seek, finding everyone one by one.
"
Caitlin said: "In those days, I happened to be unemployed, so I went around to submit application letters. Morgan supermarket was short of warehouse managers, so I applied for the job, and they told me to go home and wait for the notification.
This supermarket has sufficient reserves of supplies, and the supervisor has been complaining that people would rather stay at home and eat on the dole than come to work."
Supermarket, a good place, I need to focus here.
"How many people are infected?" Egger once again asked the question that everyone is most concerned about.
"I don't know." Andy said, "It's overwhelming. There are so many people. It feels like they are all over the world. I estimate that there should be more than 300 people and less than 500 people."
300-500.
This amount is enough to make one's scalp numb.
The total number of infected people in the gospel community will not exceed 150, which is 2-3 times the number.
Iger thought of the big boom that day, and maybe he could do it again.
"Do you three have anything to add?" Iger asked when he saw that the three of them were silent.
After hearing what Iger said, the three of them all shook their heads.
"Okay, the third thing." Iger showed everyone the tourist map, and then said: "This morning, we received a continuously broadcast distress signal. The source of the signal was the visitor center of the Fei Waterfall Scenic Area. They claimed that three people were trapped there.
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The current situation is that apart from the above information, we do not have any other information."
"I oppose rescue!" Vance immediately objected as soon as Iger finished speaking.
To Vance's surprise, Egger nodded to him and did not refute, but continued to talk about the next matter.
"The fourth thing." Iger said, "There is some very bad news that I think I have to tell everyone."
"I object!" Vance knew what Iger wanted to say as soon as he heard it, and his objections were even more urgent than when he opposed the rescue.
Iger glanced at Father Locke, who remained silent.
During this period of time, out of respect for Father Locke, everyone did not arrange too much physical work for him, but Father Locke has been feeling a certain sense of fatigue that cannot be recovered these days.
After Father Locke rubbed his face with both hands, he put his hands on his heart, sighed, and said to everyone: "It's up to me to tell you the bad news."
