June 1, 2151

Shelter No. 7, Chaoyang, Jinan, Shandong.

"Hey, do you think this is reliable?" Li Jinqun patted fellow countryman Yue Ronggang on the shoulder.

Before the "sun disappeared", both of them were breeders in the Jinan Ecological Planning Zone, doing the most ordinary jobs and raising a family.

Yue Ronggang was eating and he also heard about it.

Now the authorities want to build a new "refuge" in the North China Plain. It is said to be large enough to accommodate hundreds of millions of people for generations. It is an alternative long-term struggle plan. But modern people are not stupid. After the "beacon fire" is lit, various

Almost everyone knows the condition of the shelter.

A shelter like Chaoyang No. 7 shelter with a moderate population, good infrastructure operation, and the ability to last another fifty years can be called a rare paradise in the world, so Yue Ronggang is very conflicted now.

He is forty-seven years old. He has not had much ambition since he was born and started working. He just wants to obey orders and arrangements and live his whole life honestly in the ecological park.

People who think like Yue Ronggang are no longer talking about it...but who would have thought that before they were old enough to have grandchildren, they would encounter such a catastrophe that has never been experienced in human history?

"This is not a question of whether it is reliable or not. If I go back and tell your sister-in-law, she will definitely have a fight with me." Yue Ronggang took the steamed bun, chewed the slightly sour seaweed, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Li Jinqun scratched his head: "That's right. I guess your brothers and sisters don't agree with me going... But, this organization has given a task to everyone to actively respond to the call. When it comes to self-improvement, a gentleman must think about future generations.

Leave a green shade for your descendants... You think, wasn't this a slogan almost two centuries ago? Why are we still shouting about it now?"

Yue Ronggang just laughed when he heard Li Jinqun's complaints. He didn't want to discuss it too deeply with Li Jinqun, or he was afraid that if he expressed his thoughts, he would cause conflicts.

indeed.

This recruitment order is very similar to the style of two centuries ago in both content and form. Many people shook their heads after hearing it. It has been two weeks now and few people have signed up. Yue Ronggang’s family

The son wanted to go, but he was put into solitary confinement after he told Yue Ronggang's wife once, and now he is still having trouble in the house.

Yue Ronggang lost his appetite inexplicably when he thought about it.

"When I'm full, I'm going to work." After saying that, Yue Ronggang stuffed the uneaten seaweed and the remaining steamed bun to Li Jinqun.

The food provided in the work area must be eaten or shared with others. It is never allowed to be wasted or taken back. Therefore, Li Jinqun has gained a lot of weight in recent times, most of which were fed by Yue Ronggang.

"Hello? Why don't you eat more now?"

Yue Ronggang waved his hand: "Not in the mood."

…

The work that Yue Ronggang is doing now is no different from that before "The Sun Has Not Disappeared", except that he has moved underground to continue production. Although the content of the work is almost the same, his mood is very different. Especially some time ago, Yue Ronggang heard that in Europe

Many of the refugees in India froze to death on the way to China. Recently, there have been reports in India that the basic ecological circulation systems of many shelters were damaged, and a large number of survivors were killed... Therefore, Yue Ronggang often has nightmares recently.

In the dream, he saw that he had become a refugee that no one wanted and no one cared about, walking confused in the ice and snow.

At this time, he would feel cold all over, and when he woke up, he would realize that his wife had taken away all the quilts. Recently, because the shelter was considering fighting a "protracted war", it would stop heating for a period of time late at night.

At first it was just a small scale, but now everyone seems to have no objections, and it has become a unified standard from top to bottom in the shelter, so people often catch colds recently, which makes the epidemic prevention staff in the shelter very busy.

Yue Ronggang's sister is one of these epidemic prevention workers. A few years ago, she took the initiative to apply to go to Xiongan. This time, it was no surprise that she applied to join the construction of the new "shelter". When she thought of this... Yue Ronggang was stunned.

I feel a little embarrassed.

When he got home in the evening, Yue Rong just saw that the door to the back room was still open, but his wife was sitting motionless at the door, just like a Buddha.

He smiled bitterly, put the food in the heating stove to heat up and started preparing dinner.

Yue Ronggang's wife Zhou Xuezi was originally a top student engaged in biological genetic research. When she came to the ecological zone for an internship, she somehow fell in love with Yue Ronggang, a man with no ambitions.

Maybe it's mainly because Yue Ronggang is very calm.

Zhou Xuezi always said that she would not have nightmares when Yue Ronggang was by her side, so regardless of the objections of her parents and teachers, she gave up her promising future to marry Yue Ronggang and have children, and gradually turned into a woman who worked hard for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

housewife.

"Come back?" Maybe it was because she hadn't eaten for a day. Zhou Xuezi's mental state was very bad now, but when she thought of her son going to build a "shelter" outside, the mother didn't dare to relax a little.

"Well, I brought you some food. When it gets hot later, you and your son can eat together." Yue Rong just finished speaking and was about to go out again.

Zhou Xuezi frowned and said, "Why go?"

Yue Ronggang turned around and said, "What are you going to do? Let's go to Li Jinqun's place to discuss something."

"What are we discussing? Are you planning to go out for construction? Let me tell you! Neither of you has a conscience! Okay! You go! You all go! Just leave me here alone! I still have

Can you enjoy the subsidy policy provided by the state!" Zhou Xuezi was a little emotional. She had a very bad day and night.

At first, Zhou Xuezi wanted to have a good talk with her son and persuade him to give up such dangerous ideas and just work honestly in the future, wouldn't it also support the country and the world?

But Zhou Xuezi's son Yue Xinlin came up with a bunch of truths and tried to persuade his mother.

He talked a lot about the common prosperity of humankind and the meaning of life.

Zhou Xuezi was upset after hearing this, and simply said unreasonably: "As long as you are still my son, and as long as your mother and I don't die, don't even think about going out like this!"

Yue Xinlin, who was only nineteen years old, was in adolescence, and it was normal to be rebellious, but it was impossible for him to really fall out with his mother, so the mother and son were exhausted.

In this family, Zhou Xuezi and Yue Ronggang's identities are interchanged most of the time.

Compared to Yue Ronggang, Zhou Xuezi seems to be more like a father.

Seeing his wife saying such words with red eyes, Yue Ronggang sighed softly: "I went to Li Jinqun to discuss how to bring Xiaoxiao back. As you know, she must have signed up, but as my brother, I can't

Watch her die."

Zhou Xuezi stopped talking. She sniffed and said, "Then wait for a while. Come and sit here for me. I'll eat something and then you can go out."

After Yue Ronggang heard this, he came back obediently and sat down.

Seeing his wife, who had been hungry all day and had not rested all night, devouring her food, Yue Ronggang felt distressed and at the same time felt at peace. He was a person who had nothing to do with the world, and the greatest gift that life gave him was peace.

He leaned against the door, thinking that his son in the room must also be hungry, but it was better to let him go hungry than to let him out.

…

In the room, Yue Xinlin was sitting on the bedside. The space was very small, but it made people feel very at ease.

He was holding a pamphlet, which was filled with classic quotes excerpted from "Quotations of Great Men". He looked at it over and over again, as if to cheer himself up.

After reading it once, he started reading it again from the beginning, over and over again, until he heard his father pushing the door open and leaving, until he heard his mother lying down outside the door because she was too sleepy.

Late at night, when Yue Ronggang came back, he found that his wife had fallen asleep and his son's door was still closed, so he naturally thought that mother and son had reconciled. Taking out the prepared food, Yue Ronggang knocked on his son's door and said: "Lin Zi

,have you slept?"

The room was quiet and there was no response.

Yue Ronggang sighed softly and said: "Lin Zi, I know you are full of energy, have ideas and courage, but the world outside is not like this underground, it is very cold and very dangerous... If you..."

Before Yue Ronggang finished speaking, his son's door opened by itself.

But the door wasn't opened by Yue Ronggang's son, it opened automatically without locking it.

Yue Ronggang was startled for a moment, then he opened the door and went into the house to take a look. There was no one from Yue Xinlin anywhere. There was only a note on his bedside with only one sentence on it.

"Dad, Mom, what I pursue is not freedom, but tomorrow."

…

When Yue Ronggang and his wife hurried to the uppermost area, the first batch of volunteers had already set off.

There were not many of them, only about two hundred people, but when they left the shelter, tens of thousands of people came to watch. Perhaps in their eyes, these people were "stupid", or maybe they just came to see them off and say goodbye.

These "heroes".

When Yue Ronggang squeezed through the crowd with difficulty and reached the front, he happened to see his son Yue Xinlin, who was wearing cold-proof clothing, boarding a snowmobile. He did not hear his father's call, but silently looked back at the sea of ​​people near the exit.

Then he withdrew his gaze and embarked on the journey.

When Zhou Xuezi rushed to her husband's side, most of the people seeing him off had dispersed. Some were sighing, some were praising, and of course some were laughing and joking, and some were even betting on the fate of these people.

Zhou Xuezi didn't care about that, she hurriedly came to her husband who was sitting on the ground.

"Where is the forest?"

Yue Ronggang said calmly: "Let's go."

Three simple words, but they hit the heart of Zhou Xuezi, a mother. Her lips trembled and she said: "Did you read it wrong?"

Yue Ronggang shook his head: "I asked Li Jinqun to find someone to verify it for me. The child actually had a physical examination before he came home to discuss with us. He just delayed his departure until today. He had already calculated the time."

Li Jinqun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of this.

Yue Xinlin is undoubtedly a smart boy, but now Li Jinqun would rather he be more stupid.

Zhou Xuezi was silent, and then in less than a second, tears burst into her eyes.

Without any extra words, Yue Rong just wrapped his arms around his lover and made a decision in his heart.

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"What?! You applied too?" Li Jinqun thought he heard wrongly.

Yue Ronggang, who came to hand over the work today, nodded calmly: "I made an agreement with your sister-in-law. I am going to take Lin Zi home. I will come back when I find him. I won't stay out for long."

Li Jinqun said anxiously: "Hey, Brother Yue, are you confused? It's so dark outside and the planned project area is so large. Where can you find it? Isn't this looking for a needle in a haystack?"

Yue Ronggang smiled calmly, patted Li Jinqun's shoulder and said, "I'll have a drink with you when I come back."
To be continued...