Chapter 77 Placement
The two little girls timidly accepted the candy again, saying sweetly, "Thank you, sister~ You're such a kind person."
Unbeknownst to them, not long after they left the small base, it was attacked again by a horde of mutated animals, and all the buildings in the base were smashed to pieces.
Although there was snow on their way back, it wasn't the same snow they had accumulated on their way there.
So their travel speed is still faster than when you arrived.
Around noon, they found a decent house and decided to rest there for half an hour and eat something to replenish their energy.
Zhao Lei let the people from the small base go inside to avoid the wind first, and then he led his team to take out the prepared food.
Zhao Lei also saw that this group of people were genuinely united and not the kind of people who would do evil.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to take out all the prepared food for them; at most, they would have given them some dry rations.
Zhao Lei also knew how to treat people differently and speak to them in a way that suited them.
Bai Tang and his team naturally contributed some food as well.
Zhang Hongmei and her group were extremely grateful to Bai Tang and Zhao Lei's teams, and kept saying that they would work to earn contribution points to thank them after arriving at the base.
Zhao Lei said, "We came to rescue you on a mission. The base will give us contribution points. Just take those points and live a good life."
"The greatest gratitude we can receive is for obeying the rules and not causing trouble at the base."
Zhang Hongmei said, "Captain Zhao, don't worry, none of us are troublemakers. We just want to live a good life with our children."
As she spoke, a little girl approached Zhang Hongmei's side. Bai Tang recognized her as one of the little girls from her car.
The little girl came over to Zhang Hongmei and said, "Mom, this older sister is a good older sister."
The little girl was clever and didn't reveal that Bai Tang had given her candy.
Zhang Hongmei patted her daughter's head, then looked at Bai Tang: "I also want to thank Captain Bai and everyone else."
While they were talking, Lin Feng and the others had already heated up the food.
Zhang Hongmei took her daughter towards their small base, Zhao Lei naturally returned to his team with his teammates, and Bai Tang went to eat with Gu Yanxu.
After a short 30-minute rest, they packed their things, got back in the car, and headed back to the base.
The convoy drove for several more hours, and they didn't arrive at the base until five or six in the afternoon.
After entering the base gate, they headed towards the service center to settle the refugees.
Bai Tang and the others went along because Zhang Hongmei and her group still had half of the mutated wild boar in their car.
The roads inside the base were much easier to navigate than those outside, and they quickly arrived at the base's administrative center.
Zhang Hongmei and the others were incredibly excited as soon as they entered the base gate.
This place is a hundred times better than their small base; at least here they don't have to worry about mutated animals attacking at any time.
Zhang Hongmei and the other women thought to themselves: In the future, we will work hard together at the base to earn money, support our families, and raise our children and elderly parents.
After arriving at the base's service center, Zhao Lei led Zhang Hongmei and her group to apply for identity cards.
Bai Tang then led Gu Yanxu and the others to unload the half-mutated wild boar from the car.
Have the staff at the base weigh Zhang Hongmei and the others.
After calculating the weight, the contribution points were directly credited to their newly issued identity cards.
At least they have some income, which allows them to rent or buy a house.
Thinking of this, Bai Tang decided to go all the way and sent Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan to the sales office to find Duan Jia.
Bai Tang and his team weren't very familiar with which houses in the base were good, so it was better to leave the professional tasks to the professionals.
Bai Tang walked over to Zhang Hongmei and said, "I'll have the team members go find some acquaintances we know at the base who sell houses."
"When he arrives, whether you want to rent or buy a house, you can contact him. He'll definitely help you find a suitable place to live."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongmei and the others' eyes instantly turned red. What Chinese person doesn't value family?
Zhang Hongmei, as the leader of their group, stepped forward to express her gratitude to Bai Tang and Zhao Lei's teams.
"Captain Bai, thank you so much for taking care of us along the way. And Captain Zhao, thank you so much too."
Zhao Lei comforted her, "Everything will be alright once we get to the base."
Bai Tang chimed in, "Yes, yes, Sister Hongmei, you don't mind me calling you that, do you?"
Zhang Hongmei: "I don't mind at all, that's what they all call me."
Bai Tang continued, "Our base is now very well built, and there are quite a few jobs where you can earn contribution points."
Oh, and also, our base grows snow fruit; every family can take a portion home and plant it themselves.
We'll ask the staff to get you a copy later. Once you have a place to stay, you can plant it directly in the soil.
It doesn't need watering or fertilizing; just sprinkle it in and it will grow tenaciously.
They mature in two to three weeks, and the white berries that form are edible.
As Bai Tang spoke, Captain Zhao Lei asked the staff at the service center to get them a free pack of snow fruit seeds.
Zhang Hongmei repeatedly said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She couldn't think of anything else to say besides thank you.
Soon, the staff brought over a package of packaged snow fruit seeds.
Zhang Hongmei carefully took the seeds and placed them in the inner compartment of the bag.
While waiting for Bai Jiyang and the other person to bring Duan Jia over.
Bai Tang and his group were in a corner of the service center lobby, where they explained in detail to Zhang Hongmei and the others the base's facilities, such as the restaurant, supermarket, and service center.
A moment later, Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan arrived with Duan Jia.
Because Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan were both wrapped up tightly when they went to find Duan Jia, Duan Jia didn't recognize them at first.
It wasn't until Bai Jiyang pulled down the scarf around his neck and said, "It's me, Brother Duan. My sister's name is Bai Tang. She asked me to come and talk to you about something. We and another team brought back a group of people from outside."
They want to buy or rent a house, so my sister thought of you and asked us to come to you for help.
Upon hearing that it concerned the noble Bai Tang, Duan Jia immediately said:
"I'll go with you now. How did you two get here? Do you want to take our department car?"
Lin Fan said, "We drove here. Get in our car; it'll be faster and warmer."
Duan Jia: "Okay, okay, wait for me to get my things."
Duan Jia quickly took out a few sheets of paper from the drawer of the table, and then walked around the counter.
He said to Bai Jiyang and the others, "I'm all better now. Let's go, don't keep them waiting."
After the three got in the car, they headed straight to the service center. When Duan Jia arrived at the service center, he saw Bai Tang.
He said with great enthusiasm, "Hello, Miss Bai, it's nice to see you again. I'd like to ask what kind of house they specifically need."