When Li Xinran returned to the refugee camp, her appearance had changed drastically. Her clothes were clean, her cheeks were rosy, and she was no longer as dirty and disheveled as before!
The people around him looked at him sideways, especially those who were soliciting guests at the door of their tents, with a hint of jealousy flashing in their eyes!
But when they saw more than 20 fully armed soldiers following him neatly, everyone showed doubts and fears!
What does it mean?
Did you come here to show off?
Just when everyone was confused, Li Xinran stood on the side of the road and said: "I came back this time to recruit people. My boss needs manpower to work and provide enough food and protection. Anyone who is interested can leave with me!"
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hiring?
Is there such a good thing?
After listening to this, everyone was a little ready to move. In this doomsday world, life is difficult for everyone.
Food is limited and can only be supplied to those big shots. Common people at the bottom like them can't find jobs at all. In the past, they could only go out of the base to find waste products, and then exchange them for food, or the kind of nutrients!
Now that Li Xinran had walked out of the refugee camp, he suddenly came back to recruit people. This made all the refugees a little excited, but they did not dare to come forward and ask questions. The soldiers standing behind Li Xinran were too intimidating.
All of them looked around with expressionless faces. They were so frightened that they didn't dare to step forward for a while.
"What you said is true and false. You won't lie to us, right?" A wandering warbler mustered up the courage to say!
Her name is Chen Lan, she is twenty-eight years old today. Before the end of the world, she was a rich girl. She was often surrounded by a group of girlfriends and friends, and there were even many boys lining up to pursue her.
But since the end of the world, everything has changed. Her parents are gone, and she has fallen from heaven to hell overnight.
In order to survive without any ability, she finally sold herself to others. She thought she had found a supporter, but who knew that when she got tired of being played, she was actually sold to a brothel again.
Until later, when I was too old and not as attractive as those young and beautiful girls, I was kicked out of the brothel. I went round and round, and now I am back to the refugee camp and working as a wanderer.
Seeing Chen Lan's expectant look, Li Xinran walked forward with a smile, not caring about the dirt on her body, grabbed Chen Lan's hand and said: "Sister Lan, how could I lie to you?
If you hadn't given us two sisters some food, my sister and I might have died of hunger long ago! I have always kept this in mind,"
"Now I have met a good boss. It just so happens that the boss needs to build his own base, so I came back here just so that everyone can survive."
"Are you talking about the handsome man who came with you that day?" Chen Lan looked at the man in front of him who seemed to have changed his appearance, both in terms of mental outlook and clothing.
Li Xinran asked timidly!
It's not that she doesn't believe Li Xinran in front of her, it's just that this news is a bit... she has encountered too many deceptions in this last day.
Whether it was for free, or whether he once thought he had found a supporter, it turned out to be all lies in the end.
Looking at the soldiers who had been on guard behind Li Xinran, Chen Lan thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll go with you!"
It's just a matter of death. Now I am tired of the life of selling my body. Now I am almost thirty years old. How many more years can I do? Why not follow Li Xinran and give it a try.
If it is true as she said, then she can earn the right to live through labor, instead of living without hope like now. Every day counts one day at a time!
With Chen Lan taking the lead, the women who were also refugees responded one after another, but the refugees were hesitant and did not dare to believe it easily!
At this time, a man in his thirties wearing glasses in the crowd was about to step forward, but a woman next to him grabbed his arm!
A little girl next to the woman was also a little scared and pulled the bespectacled man's thigh!
The bespectacled man looked at his wife and daughter, and then walked out of the crowd with a heartless heart: "I'll go too, but I have a condition!"
Li Xinran turned around after hearing this and looked at the man with glasses who was stopped not far away by the soldiers!
"Brother Li, what are your conditions?"
This man has the same surname as himself, Li Chengwei, and he is a construction engineer.
The reason why I know him is because he has a daughter who used to play with her sister.
"I want to take my wife and children with me!" After Li Chengwei finished speaking, he looked at Li Xinran expectantly.
There is no way, these days, no one has enough food to feed the idle people, let alone the burden of having no labor force.
It's not like he hasn't looked for a job before, but all the answers he got were that it could only be done by him, not his wife and children!
So for the sake of his wife and children, he has been staying in the refugee camp. He usually does odd jobs for others, or goes out to find supplies in exchange for food.
Hearing Li Chengwei's conditions, Li Xinran smiled: "My boss said that both the elderly and children can go."
After hearing Li Xinran's answer, Li Chengwei breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he can accept his wife and children, he doesn't expect any treatment now, as long as he can support them. After all, his wife and children are his only spiritual support!
When I heard Li Xinran actually said that it was open to all children and old people, the crowd became excited and many people came forward to sign up.
And Li Xinran accepted everyone who came. After all, his boss wanted to establish a new power, so population was the most important thing.
As for the rest, they are all side effects!
Of course, there are some people who are always doubting and can't believe it is true. They are afraid that they will be deceived, so they have always just watched from a distance.
Seeing that it was already noon, he had to go back before dark, so after seeing that no one else came forward to sign up, Li Xinran left the city with more than a hundred people recruited from the refugee camp.
This scene has been under the observation of Li Chao. He stood on the wall of the inner city and kept monitoring Li Xinran's every move through a telescope.
Including her aggressive recruitment in the refugee camp, he also reported it to the base leader through his personal terminal!
But Chen Tianyuan, the leader of the base, thought for a while and then told him to keep monitoring and ignore the rest.
Whether it's true or false, it's fate!
If it was true, then it would help reduce the pressure on myself. After all, my Tianyuan Base really cannot support so many people. In today's refugee camps, people who starve to death are carried out and buried every day.
He knows all this, but what can he do? The food in the base is given priority to the army. This is a must. Otherwise, who will resist the next zombie attack?
And those refugees can only rely on themselves. As for the rich and powerful people in the inner city...
He himself is a member of the vested interests, should he be allowed to oppose himself?
Besides, the interests in the inner city are complicated and intertwined, and the influence of one move can affect the whole body. Those people also have their own armed forces. Everyone just hugs each other to keep warm. Once he turns his back, let alone whether he, the leader of the base, can still sit down.
Just a civil unrest and the base would be torn apart.
If there are zombies watching from the side, no one will be able to survive by then, unless they go to other bases to join others.
But now someone wanted to recruit these refugees to share the pressure for him. He couldn't ask for it. People's hearts are full of flesh. Although he is the leader of the base, he can't bear to watch others starve to death.
So when the adjutant Li Chao reported that these mercenaries were recruiting refugees, he was told not to act rashly and just let it go!
When Li Xinran was about to leave, the refugees began to pack their belongings one by one.
In fact, there is nothing. A simple tent, a few quilts and some clothes are all the property of these refugees!
Looking at the people in front of him and the large and small bags carrying these things, Li Xinran had complicated thoughts for a while.
Once upon a time, I was one of them, and my belongings were also these things.
It wasn't until he met Zhu Tian that he and his sister's fate changed!
At this moment, she really felt that Zhu Tian was the angel sent by God to save their sisters!