Plane Supermarket

Chapter 191

Base 276 does not have a planting area not because Zhao Qing is short-sighted, but because base 276 does not have its own stable water supply channel. Before Ye Zhou arrives, they can only find other bases to buy all the water in the base. If other bases cut off their water supply, base 276 will naturally fall apart without any action.

In addition to this is the technology of improving the soil. In this place where the per capita prenatal education graduates, there are only a small number of literate people. This cutting-edge technology is only in the hands of a small number of people. They will sell the good soil, but they will never sell the technology. Teach out.

What kind of human community does not exist.

If the resources that any community needs to establish are sufficient, it can be saved a little, but it can't be saved to the extent that people who can eat half full will starve to death.

So as soon as he heard that Ye Zhou was going to teach the people in the base the technology of improving the soil, Zhao Qing rushed to visit him.

When Ye Zhou sold water to Zhao Qing, Zhao Qing didn't show much respect—it was just a business relationship. You can't buy it from Ye Zhou, but you can still buy it from another place. Although it is a bit troublesome, it is not impossible.

But improving the soil is not a technology that can be bought with money. If the base can produce food, then there is no need to rely on plunder to maintain the operation of the base, especially now that the surrounding small bases have been robbed. Then you can only go desperately with the big base.

It may not be possible to win, even if it wins, it must be a tragic victory.

If the opposite base has the idea of ​​dragging you into the water even if I die, and pollutes the water source and soil before the base is breached, it will be even more lost.

So when Zhao Qing faced Ye Zhou this time, he finally lowered his stance. He was not soft-spoken when he praised people, and kept putting a high hat on Ye Zhou: "I have lived to this age, and I have dealt with so many people. , only you, Mr. Ye, are really like this."

Zhao Qing gave a thumbs up.

His expression was serious, as if every word came from the bottom of his heart: "This base is not a good base, and we cannot live long by plundering. I am the ruler here. Only when everyone is rich can I be rich. If there is nothing to grab one day, I will also be pushed down."

"Mr. Ye, look at me, you must think that I am a villain." Zhao Qing sat across from Ye Zhou, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "I don't dare to say that I am a good person with the cheek, good people can't do these things, base So many people die every day, women can't give birth to children, and few of them can raise children, this is a vicious circle, how could I not know?"

"But only in this way can we survive, and some people in the base can survive."

Zhao Qing sighed: "At least this place provides them with a place to live. If they are driven out, those big bases will not accept them who have no property, no resources and no technology. They can only die under the sun."

Ye Zhou just listened, Zhao Qing looked at Ye Zhou's face, and said seriously: "If you are willing to hand over the technology of improving the soil to the people here, it proves that you are a good person. No matter what you are for, as long as there is one person who lives because of you Go on, you are also a god."

Hearing Zhao Qing say so much and flattering for so long, Ye Zhou's expression didn't change much. He replied after confirming that Zhao Qing had no intention of continuing: "As for how you manage the base, Boss Zhao, I will No opinion, whether you are good or bad has nothing to do with me."

"You probably know the reasons why I want to teach the technology of improving the soil." Ye Zhou said, "It depends on whether you are willing to accept this deal."

Zhao Qing smiled: "Accept, why not accept? You don't want my seat to protect the children, I understand, I understand."

Ye Zhou and Zhao Qing met each other's eyes, and they both knew what was going on.

"I will also send a few people here to learn." Zhao Qing said, "About four."

These four people are Zhao Qing's confidantes, and Zhao Qing will probably take them out to trade in the future.

As for the people in the base, as long as they have learned how to improve the soil, it is impossible for them to leave in this lifetime.

However, people only yearn for freedom when they are fed and clothed. For those who want to learn to improve the soil in the base, freedom is still too luxurious. They can eat enough, not be beaten, and will not be abused. Don’t worry about the first Buried in the yellow sand for two days, it is already an extremely happy state of life.

Ye Zhou had no objection, he nodded, and concluded a deal with Zhao Qing.

"The reservoir is about to be repaired." Zhao Qing said, "It will take about two days."

"It's like paying at the supermarket, do I pay with potatoes?"

Ye Zhou: "Yes, we only accept potatoes now, and other grains with stable value are also acceptable."

Zhao Qing thought about it. Although he had a batch of white flour and corn flour in stock, he was reluctant to exchange them. After all, Ye Zhou's supermarket only sold finished products, not even cooked food, and the only meat was dried meat. So he said, "Only potatoes, I'll go out for a few days and come back with more potatoes."

"There is also the machine for printing cash vouchers." Zhao Qing said, "You have to sell me two of them, and the materials are also required."

As long as the base can produce potatoes, it can produce banknotes. It wasn’t because of technology that it didn’t do it before. After all, resources are limited. Ordinary people don’t even have the cost and technology to counterfeit. Necessities, banknotes are waste paper, and the value cannot be stabilized.

Ye Zhou: "Okay, this is not expensive, and it will be added to the total price at that time."

After Zhao Qing finished what he wanted to say, he stood up contentedly, and said to Ye Zhou, "The steaks you gave me earlier were not bad."

Ye Zhou's expression was flat: "I'll give you another box later."

Ye Zhou personally sent Zhao Qing downstairs, and then watched him walk towards the RV.

Although the supermarket has business every day, Ye Zhou can't make any money from the people in the slums. Now the people who consume in the supermarket are basically workers on the construction site—even the wages are paid by Ye Zhou, and the dormitory is built. It is also impossible to sell.

So far, his real profit income has been earned from people in the inner city.

This group of people has money, and they can't show their abilities where they didn't spend money before.

There is a place to spend money, and the thing they buy the most is wine.

The party is held every day, obviously in such a barren and difficult place, but it is still possible to spend time and drink.

In addition to the absence of electronic products, daily pastimes are no worse than pre-industrial feudal aristocracy.

When you get tired of being on base, you will go out for a "ride", wasting gas and food, and water.

No matter how hype Zhao Qing said, in Ye Zhou's view, the ecology here is still extremely deformed, and he does not agree with Zhao Qing's management style.

Zhao Qing only wanted to maintain his own rule, and completely failed the development of the base and people's livelihood.

He said there was no way, but in fact he didn't think of a way at all.

If it were Ye Zhou himself, even if he went everywhere to beg his father to sue his grandma, or go all-in on attacking the big base, he still had to win the negotiation conditions, at least let the base get improved soil and water resources.

A cowardly and extremely powerful person, no matter what high-sounding words he uses to decorate himself, his essence is nothing but incompetence.

Ye Zhou finally understood why the reputation of the ancient foolish king was worse than that of the tyrant, because under the tyrant, everyone was in danger, but under the foolish king, the people were in dire straits.

Back in the house, Ye Zhou took off his coat and turned on the air conditioner.

In the past few days, he has always felt that the temperature has become higher again. If he did not wear sunscreen a few days ago, his skin would be exposed to the sun for about an hour, but it took 10 minutes in the past two days.

Now employees consume the most sunscreen, at least one case per day.

It has to be applied in a thick layer.

No one wants to wear sun protection clothing. It will be hotter if you wear it, and you would rather wear sunscreen.

Ye Zhou sat for a while before recovering. When he was about to go to the bedroom to rest, the door of the room opened.

He looked up, and sure enough, he saw the boy coming in from the door.

The boy who wasn't very white at first turned into a piece of black charcoal. Fortunately, Ye Zhou didn't shave his head because he was afraid of his scalp being sunburned, otherwise it would be a braised egg.

"Back?" Ye Zhou asked, "Is that woman still in the tent?"

The boy who was about to say hello froze.

It was Ye Zhou who waved at him: "Come here, let's chat."

Only then did the boy move. He changed his shoes, walked up to Ye Zhou, and sat beside Ye Zhou properly.

He no longer sat across from Ye Zhou like before.

Ye Zhou's posture was relaxed and he didn't look serious. He said calmly, "You think no one will know if you hide her in the tent?"

After a few seconds of silence, the boy said, "No, I knew you would."

Ye Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Then you still do this?"

The boy shook his head: "I didn't want to hide it from you."

Ye Zhou looked at him, and found Zou Ming's shadow on his face. Compared with the boy, Zou Ming was someone he was more familiar with. Ye Zhou was stunned for a moment and asked, "Aren't you worried?"

Don't worry about me being angry?Don't worry about me kicking you out?

Boy: "I don't know why, but you're nice to me."

He looked puzzled, but his eyes were firm: "I am very important to you."

Ye Zhou smiled silently, and his whole body softened: "Yeah, that's why you're starting to be pampered."

The boy looked at him suspiciously.

Boys who don't know many idioms still don't know the meaning of being pampered.

Ye Zhou: "Since you know that you are very important to me, you should say hello to me before you do anything. If you don't tell me, how will you know whether I will support you or stop you?"

"Zhao Lei's matter, if you tell me in advance, it can be handled more cleanly, and no one will be implicated."

The boy lowered his head. He didn't look at Ye Zhou's expression and eyes. Ye Zhou could tell that the boy was guilty.

Just feel guilty again, let him do it all over again, he will still do it.

This is Zou Ming's character, Zou Ming will never regret his actions and choices.

Once he chooses a path, he will go on it even if his head is bruised.

Ye Zhou couldn't do it, he wasn't a person with this kind of character, but it didn't affect his liking and admiration for Zou Ming's character and approach.

"Okay, I don't want to say anything about you." Ye Zhou, "You have your own way of life. Of course it's good if you are willing to tell me. If you don't want to, I won't force you."

After Ye Zhou finished speaking, he was moved.

What a peerless parent he is.

"We're going to select people these days." Ye Zhou, "You should also make some preparations. The people selected this time will live in the staff dormitory in the future and will also learn how to improve the soil. Do you want to learn?"

The boy nodded: "Study."

Ye Zhou: "I'm going to sleep for a while, wake me up at 04:30, and have hot pot tonight."

Hot pot is convenient, with meat and vegetables. Although Ye Zhou can't eat spicy food, he can eat clear soup pot, and the taste is not bad.

Just when Ye Zhou stood up and was about to go to the bedroom, the boy suddenly asked behind him: "Why are you so nice to me?"

Ye Zhou stopped in place, he didn't think much, and said naturally: "You will know in the future, I don't want to lie to you, I am planting the cause now, and you will be planting the cause in the future, and the me now is the fruit you planted. "

boy:"……"

do not understand at all.

But Ye Zhou felt that what he said was very Zen, so he went back to the bedroom quite complacently, took a quick shower and lay down on the bed to sleep.

The boy was left alone in the living room, thinking blankly about what Ye Zhou had left.

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He Yu was insanely happy, she was standing in the tin house, and there were a few women who had a good relationship with her sitting on the bed, she paced back and forth, her eyes and face were full of joy, and the corners of her mouth even grinned to the base of her ears.

"What's the matter?" The women were very dissatisfied with He Yu's behavior of asking them to come more and getting excited by himself.

"You did say it."

"Don't play tricks on us."

He Yu cleared his throat, and then said, "I've heard the news, the supermarket will recruit more people, but not temporary workers."

The women were all in high spirits, and immediately urged He Yu not to be tricky, and to continue talking.

He Yu: "I told you before that the supermarket may improve the soil. I just got the exact news. It is not only to improve the soil, but also to recruit a group of people to learn it. Those recruited can live in the staff dormitory. "

"Have you seen the staff dormitory? It's built with bricks and cement. It's much better than our iron house. I feel like I'm going to be steamed in the iron house during the day."

"There are so many people dying from the heat, who knows when it will be our turn." He Yu, "As long as we can live in it and learn how to improve the soil, life will be easier in the future."

The women finally understood He Yu's behavior just now, and they looked at He Yu differently in an instant: "Really?! You can definitely go in! You have been a temporary worker in the supermarket for so long, there must be a seat for you !"

"He Yu, help me too, so that no matter how many potatoes I get in the future, I will share half of them with you!"

"If I can go too, I'll buy you new clothes when I get paid."

They suppressed their voices. If it wasn't for the conditions, they were afraid of being heard by people outside and causing the news to leak out. They wanted to scream.

He Yu clapped her hands to calm the women down. She whispered, "Knowing the news in advance is an advantage. Be smart and don't look too stupid."

Although he was dissatisfied with He Yu's inability to help, the women were not stupid. If He Yu knew such news in advance, it would definitely be the same in the future. As long as He Yu was close to him, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

He Yu was also happy to be held, but not just for the sake of being held.

She knows that she is weak, and that these women are weak, but the weaker they are, the more they want to cling together.

The longer they stay in the slums, the more they understand that any relationship is unreliable, only interests, and only interests will bind people together.

Sure enough, just as He Yu said, as soon as it got dark, there was a noise from the construction site.

He Yu rushed over with the women immediately, and took a good seat beside the temporary wooden platform.

Cao'er stood on the stage and shouted at the people below with a loudspeaker: "Hey, can you hear me clearly?"

The people below immediately shouted: "Yes!"

Cao'er: "Everyone, wait for a while, and I'll talk about it when it's almost time for someone to arrive."

Except for He Yu and her sisters, no one else knew what Cao'er was going to say, and more people speculated that Cao'er was going to say that the work on the construction site was finished, and the workers would not have to come back to work from tomorrow.

Many people were depressed, and some shed tears.

Only He Yu and the others looked at Cao'er without blinking. Cao'er also noticed He Yu's gaze, and because she was an acquaintance, she smiled at He Yu.

He Yu waved to Cao'er more enthusiastically.

Cao'er is the "backer" she found for herself, even though Cao'er doesn't know it at all.

But even if Cao'er knew about it, she wouldn't say anything. She saw a bit of her own mother in He Yu.

Clever, tough, and even a little treacherous, he is a dog, but he just wants to survive.

In order to live, people can do nothing too much.

In particular, He Yu didn't harm anyone, nor did he ever harm anyone.

After half an hour, when the people finally arrived, Cao'er held the loudspeaker and said, "Everyone be quiet, the dormitory has been completed, and from tomorrow onwards, everyone will not use it for work."

There was a commotion in the audience, and someone shouted: "We don't need wages, we just need to include meals, and we can also have herbal tea if we don't include meals!"

"We can do anything, don't drive us away!"

Some people were shouting, some were making trouble, and some were crying.

There was a mess in the audience, but Cao'er didn't stop it immediately, but waited for them to say enough and vented enough before picking up the loudspeaker again: "The construction site does not need to go to work, but don't you wonder who will live in the dormitory after it is repaired? "

People stared wide-eyed, even the most greedy people dare not think that they can live in the dormitory-it is a cement and brick house, a house that only the big shots in the inner city can live in!

But because of Cao'er's words, they had extravagant expectations that they never would have had.

Since Cao'er said so, then, maybe?

Cao'er continued: "Tonight, a group of people will be selected, and this group of people will learn from us. As for what to learn, we can't say yet."

"It's best to be literate. Even if you can't read, you must also be able to count. People need to be smart. A total of fifty people will be selected."

"There is no salary during the study period, and only one meal a day is included, but dormitories will be allocated, and other benefits will be discussed with the selected people later."

Cao'er: "Do you understand everything?"

The crowd immediately shouted: "Understood!"

Even if you don’t understand it, you don’t dare to shout that you don’t understand it. That would make you look too stupid and not clever enough.

Cao'er: "Go over there, interview one by one, leave your name, and the admission slip will be posted tomorrow morning."

"If you can't read, ask those who can read."

After speaking, Cao'er pointed in one direction.

It is obviously hard work to interview so many people in one night, but the immortals have said that since Zou Ming is willing to do this job, he should not feel sorry for him. Even if he has to interview all night, Zou Ming himself agreed.

Everyone followed Cao'er's nails and saw a temporary tent with a red rope tied at the mouth of the tent, so that people had to line up in a long line.

Before Cao'er could speak, people rushed forward, wanting to be the first to enter.

Huge conflicts erupted in the crowd. Some people were knocked down and fell, and some people got up but didn't see the situation ahead, and ran too fast and knocked down the people in front.

They all ran like sprint champions. When Cao'er and the others arrived to maintain law and order, many people had already lined up, and the first person had already entered.

Cao'er propped her hands on her waist: "..."

Wu Yan smiled: "If this was in the Liang Dynasty, we would be more terrifying than them."

"Maybe someone will kill someone just to grab the front seat."

It is not surprising to kill people for a ration, let alone a job that can provide them with a long and stable life.

In the tent, Zou Ming, who was the interviewer for the first time, was actually a little nervous. He asked the person’s name, and then wrote down the gender and age of the person. The person's approximate height and weight.

Although this method is troublesome, it is not easy to make mistakes.

In the beginning, Zou Ming's interview was very slow. He had to ask the other party whether he could read or write, whether he could read or count, and whether he had any skills.

But at the end, Zou Ming only asked the first two questions. Apart from observing the other person's height and weight, he didn't even raise his head.

It even takes less than 5 minutes to interview a person.

But even so, by midnight, the tent was still crowded with people.

"Take a break." Cao'er walked to the door of the tent and shouted to the people outside after the latest person left, "Take a rest for 10 minutes!"

After speaking, he closed the door of the tent, took a bottle of water for the boy from the corner of the tent, and took a piece of bread and a piece of ham.

"Eat something." Cao'er yawned, "I'll be busy in the future, maybe until four or five o'clock in the morning."

After talking about Cao'er, I went to look at the boy's records on the paper, "How many people are qualified now?"

The boy didn't look through the pages, nor did he count them, he knew in his mind: "Sixteen."

Cao'er sighed: "They all know how to read?"

The boy shook his head: "None of them can read, these sixteen are all literate."

It was also the first time for the boy to realize that the words that he could learn every day were things that most people could not touch in a lifetime.

Cao'er: "Naturally, I couldn't read when I was in my hometown. Who would learn that? My family has no money. If I pay for a scholar, I can get three generations of poor people, and I may not be able to pay for it."

This is the first time Cao'er mentioned her past in front of the boy.

The boy asked, "Which base were you at before?"

Cao'er realized that she had slipped her tongue, and quickly said: "It's far away, and it takes several weeks to drive. You should eat something first, and then let people come in after eating. By the way, do you want to play a few games to relax?"

Cao'er took out her cell phone from her pocket.

This phone is resistant to high temperatures, but there are not many games, all of which are stand-alone games such as Sokoban.

The boy didn't ask any further questions, he followed Cao'er's words and took the phone, but his lowered eyes were full of thoughts that others couldn't guess.