188 Food is Security
Du Yue could not quite understand what they were thinking. She still remembered that in her previous life, whether it was herself or the others who lived in the small base, they all dreamed of going to a big base and living a peaceful life. That way, they did not have to wander around, burn, kill, and plunder. They could have a good night’s sleep. Just thinking about that kind of life was enough.
Du Yue did not want to speculate about their thoughts anymore. After all, it had nothing to do with her. She recollected her thoughts and continued to ask He Xing, “How are things now? Did you catch them?”
“Not yet. Captain Zuo has already led the team over. However, the fog outside is thick now. The hope of catching them is very slim, and we definitely won’t be getting the food back.”
Those who lived in the city ruins would definitely know the city’s terrain better than those who had stayed in the base for a long time.
If they chased after them without a care, they would not be able to guarantee the safety of those who went out to carry out the mission, let alone s.n.a.t.c.h back the food. Thinking of Captain Zuo’s usual habits, he probably would not do such a thing that may cost lives.
The next night, He Xing returned home with the latest news. Nearly half of the newly harvested food had been stolen, and many workers were injured. The plantation had also been destroyed by those people, and some food had been stepped into the soil during the fight.
Things were different from before now. People were not willing to waste even a single grain of food. Thousands of workers spent two days sieving the soil on the surface of the plantation and digging out all the food that had been stepped into the ground. Not a single grain was left behind. The base had also fulfilled its promise to the workers. Everyone who worked in the plantation was given 100 catties of food. Not only that, but those who were injured also received some additional compensation. However, this used up a third of the remaining half of the grain. The supermarket could only start to limit the amount of food they sold every day. Moreover, online orders were not supported, so residents could only line up at the supermarket entrance to buy.
Some people queued from morning to night and did not even get to their turn. At night, they took their sleeping bags and slept near the supermarket. The next morning, they continued to line up. Some people did not actually have no food to eat, but the continuous natural disasters made everyone feel insecure. They always thought of buying more food to store even if they still had food. After all, they did not want to go hungry again.
After fertilizing the soil in the plantation, they cultivated it for more than a month before they started the second round of planting. Not only the residents of the base but even the officials of the base wanted to store more food while the plantation was still around. Everyone could only be at ease when they had food in their hands. In order to prevent the previous robbery from happening again, the base spent a lot of effort to surround the fruit and vegetable gardens and the cultivation gardens with power grids.
Surprisingly, the survivors in the city did not come again, but the wild animals in the deep mountains and forests came down the mountain. With the electric fence in the way, the wild boars and hyenas were electrocuted and pa.s.sed out before they could break in. When the guards heard the commotion, they followed the sound with their guns and took down all the wild boars and hyenas. As a result, there was a new batch of fresh game for sale in the base’s app store.
No one was unhappy that there was pork to eat. After all, the domestic pigs on the farm were still young, and they did not know when they would be able to eat them. If they wanted to eat meat, other than the frozen meat and canned meat that was sold, these wild game were their only choice.
After hearing that the wild boars had gone down the mountain to attack the plantation, Du Yue had a vague premonition. In this life, the development trajectory was really different from that of her previous life. It was not because she had changed her living environment, but because many things had changed. She stood in the bedroom and looked at the thick fog outside the window. She knew that the entire courtyard was surrounded by an electric grid and no living thing could break in. However, Du Yue was still inexplicably worried. She kept feeling that there was something inexplicable and strange hidden in the thick fog.
Although it was just a premonition, Du Yue still told He Xing to be more careful when he went out. He Xing did not think that she was being nosy. Instead, he repeatedly a.s.sured her that he would be careful. The days went on as usual, and no unexpected accidents happened. One day, when Du Yue was about to go check on the peanuts to see if they were ready for harvest, she discovered that the leaves of the peanuts were covered in all kinds of bugs.