Chapter 1709 Winter Is Coming, Save Points to Get Through It!

After the meeting.

After Li Yu, his second uncle and his eldest uncle returned to the inner city,

In the inner city meeting room, he used a radio to chat with his third uncle alone.

They used a radio, and there was also a radio in the room where his third uncle lived.

Since Dong Ying was able to assemble a radio, the radios in the camp of the big camphor tree have been configured to the squadron level.

Almost every squadron can have a radio.

The content of their chat was more private.

It was about what to do once the oil city and the trading market reached the most dangerous time.

The core was the food problem.

After Zuo Ruxue and others transported the food to the oil city, more than 20,000 tons of food could support the oil city and the trading market for 200 days.

More than half a year, more than 200,000 people.

This food is already a lot.

These more than 20,000 tons of food are the output of the big camphor tree headquarters base and the northern border in the past two quarters, and they have basically been transported to the oil city.

However, no one knows how long the ice disaster will last.

They have tried their best, and preparing food for half a year is already exaggerated.

If the ice disaster is still not over after more than 200 days, then a group of people may have to be abandoned.

Of course, this is not certain. It is possible that transportation can be resumed after the snow stops.

Oil City.

A building in the central core area.

Third floor.

Uncle San put down the radio headset, walked to the window, and looked at the thin layer of fog condensed on the window glass.

This is caused by the different temperatures indoors and outdoors.

Through this layer of fog, the purple-blue light outside can still be seen.

The purple-blue light shines through the glass and reflects on Uncle San's pupils.

Uncle San's eyes flickered, and he sighed when he recalled some extreme situations mentioned by Li Yu just now.

If it really comes to that time, I am afraid that some people will have to be sacrificed.

Why does the food feel not enough to eat?

In addition, there are more than 200,000 people in the trading market, and it is simply a pipe dream to feed these people for free.

So points are collected in all aspects, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, etc.

The trading market is not a charity hall, and heating fees will be charged for subsequent heating.

If you can afford the heating fee, you can only move to an unheated room and use other methods to keep warm, such as charcoal.

"Winter is coming!" Uncle San pushed the window open, and the cold wind outside blew in.

Blowing up a corner of the map hanging on the wall, it rustled.

In the trading market.

East District Residence.

District B.

Building 15, second floor, room 219.

The lights in the corridor went out.

Only the lights of the commercial district in the distance shone on the window glass, and there was a little light in the room.

Ma Xiaotiao, who was lying on the bed, tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, so he simply got up.

He wrapped the quilt tightly and curled up his legs.

He asked Xu Qingwen on the opposite bed:

"Uncle Xu, do you think we can still go to work tomorrow?"

Xu Qingwen was not asleep at this time. They finished work early in the buffer city construction, and finished work at more than four o'clock.

Unexpectedly, after work, the wind started, and it was getting stronger and stronger.

At this moment, the wind outside the window was whistling.

With such a strong wind, he was a little worried that he would not be able to go to work tomorrow. If he could not go to work, he would not be able to earn points.

Without points, he would not be able to support his family.

Xu Qingwen replied in a muffled voice:

"I don't know either. It depends on whether the strong wind will continue tomorrow. If it is still so strong tomorrow, we can't go to work."

Strong winds are extremely unsuitable for construction.

Hearing this, Ma Xiaotiao sighed and said:

"If we don't go to work, how can we save points?"

Sui Dahua, who was in the bed next to him, heard the conversation between the two and joined the discussion.

"Xiaotiao, how many points have you saved now?"

Ma Xiaotiao thought for a while and replied:

"56 points."

"Not bad, it seems that you still listened to our words." Xu Qingwen was relieved when he heard the points on his hand.

"Old Xu, what about you?" Sui Dahua also climbed up and looked at Xu Qingwen and asked.

Xu Qingwen coughed and said:

"I have 106 points, my wife has 82 points, totaling 188 points."

"Brother Sui, how many points do you have?"

Sui Dahua replied:

"I have 103 points, my father has 90 points, totaling 193 points."

When Ma Xiaotiao heard that the two had so many points, he said with a bitter face:

"If I had known earlier, I should have listened to you and saved points earlier instead of squandering them like that. We do the same work, and the points you two have saved are almost twice as much as mine."

A long time ago, Sui Dahua and Xu Qingwen reminded Ma Xiaotiao to save as many points as possible.

At that time, they were working in the field, cutting wood.

Food was provided every day, and there were still a lot of points. After all, working outside the wall could earn more points than building in the trading market.

And they are level 4 members, so they can get 0.8~0.9 points every day.

The reason why Ma Xiaotiao can become a level 4 member is because of his father.

His father, Xu Qingwen and Sui Dahua climbed the wall together to block the zombies during the thunderstorm disaster.

Ma Xiaotiao's father died.

Therefore, when the hierarchy was divided later, this reward was given to his son, Ma Xiaotiao.

Otherwise, if Level 5 personnel were to live in the room in Area B they currently live in, the cost would at least be doubled several times.

They are currently living in a house in District B. Just by virtue of their status as level four personnel, they can live in a room at the District B level at the cost of others living in a house in District C.

After Xu Qingwen heard Ma Xiaotiao's complaints, he sighed:

"Xiao Tiao, you are alone. We are all raising families. There are three of them, Lao Sui, and there are three of us including my daughter and wife. On average, the points are about the same as yours."

"On average, that's more than me." Ma Xiaotiao felt a little regretful, regretting that he didn't have any points before.

He was only nineteen years old, at the peak of his energy, but he only went to Tingfeng Tower a few times, and a lot of points were consumed.

But it was a bit satisfying because he had to earn points after working hard for several days.

Looking back now, he felt a little sorry for his efforts.

Xu Qingwen sighed with emotion:

"It looks like a natural disaster is coming. Then we will live here and hold together to keep warm."

Sui Dahua asked:

"By the way, where are the heating pipes in our trading market repaired? It's almost zero now, haven't the pipes been repaired yet?"

"I happened to pass by Area A when I came back at night and took a look. Area A has been paved. We are on the 15th floor of Area B. The repairs should be able to reach us soon." Xu Qingwen said.

Ma Xiaotiao asked: "Uncle Xu, Uncle Sui, when do you think this natural disaster will end? What will we do if the points we have are used up?"

When they heard the question he asked, neither Xu Qingwen nor Sui Dahua knew how to answer him.

After a while of silence.

In the end, it was Xu Qingwen who spoke.

"We don't know this either."

"Dad, will we be hungry by then?" asked the daughter who was lying on the same bed as Xu Qingwen's wife.

Xu Qingwen felt a little uncomfortable after hearing his daughter's question.

His throat rolled, and he said in relief: "No, don't worry."

In fact, he himself had no idea.

Half a year has passed since the thunderstorm disaster passed.

In the past six months, they have lived a good life.

The construction work of the trading market has never stopped, building commercial areas, adding residential areas, logging, building water plants, and building buffer cities.

The project never stopped.

They participated in the construction and obtained food and points from it.

With these points on hand, they can feed their families so that they no longer have to go hungry like before.

After eating tortillas for half a year, I can occasionally get some green leafy vegetables to eat.

This kind of time is the most precious to them.

Even though it requires sweat during construction, the physical work is definitely not easy.

However, at least I can have a job, have food, clothing and housing, and save points to buy food.

They are very contented.

In the past six months, they had accumulated more than a hundred points by dunking and searching, which was extremely difficult.

Save these points so you won’t be hungry in the future.

"Uncle Sui, are your wood products factories still making furniture?" Xu Qingwen asked.

Sui Dahua's father, Sui Deguang, slept in the lower bunk.

Right next to Xu Qingwen.

"We are still making furniture, and a lot of people have come in recently, so the demand for wooden beds in Area C is still very high."

"You guys shouldn't be affected at all. You all work indoors and go to work even if the wind blows." Xu Qingwen said.

Sui Deguang shook his head and said: "I don't know, such a strong wind feels like it's hanging."

They were in the residence, chatting with each other.

They were discussing speculations about how the sudden strong wind in the evening would lead to subsequent changes.

There are many people like them in the trading market residential area.

That night, they all talked about some worries.

Can you go to work tomorrow? How terrible will the natural disasters be in the future? What should they do.

etc.

Their eyes were full of fear of natural disasters.

Even though they had experienced thunderstorms and natural disasters, they were still a little scared when they encountered another natural disaster.

Trading bazaar business district.

The neon lights flickered and swayed in the strong wind.

Auto repair shop, hanging tires, shaking from side to side.

A whole wall of wine bottles hung outside the door of the Water Dragon Club, like wind chimes, tinkling in the wind.

There were very few pedestrians on the entire street.

Most people returned to their homes to take shelter from the strong wind.

Three men were walking down the street side by side with their arms folded.

"Brother, it's so cold that we don't want to go back to where we live, why are we here?" asked Abao.

"Go take care of your rice business." Hong Shixiong replied.

Abao was stunned, but soon said in surprise:

"Brother, are you serious?"

Hong Shixiong said with a smile: "Fake, let's go buy some meat and some wine, and go back to the store later."

"Oh." Abao was a little unhappy about being fucked by his elder brother.

Hong San next to him took A Bao's arm and persuaded him:

"We have just started our business, so we might as well save our points."

A Bao suddenly asked: "How many points do we have now?"

He never knew, because they put all the points into the team number card.

And the team number card has always been in Hong Shixiong's hands.

For example, in the trading market, many home-based teams often manage the team's points individually in order to manage the points uniformly.

But it mainly depends on the closeness of the team's relationship.

Most teams use them separately because the relationship has not yet reached the level of integration.

Although everyone is in the same team, it is inevitable that everyone has their own little thoughts.

For example, when Team A goes out to perform a certain task, and then goes to the task hall of the trading market to receive the reward points, the points will be entered into their team number card.

Then they can freely operate the automatic conversion machine in the task hall.

Their leader will put part of the points into the team number card for public use, and everyone needs to vote if they want to use it.

The other part will be distributed to each person's personal number card according to work.

The points in the personal number card can be used freely.

These two methods actually have advantages and disadvantages.

The first way is that the leader personally manages all the points of the team, and can concentrate on doing big things.

And there can be more points.

But there is a premise, that is, the leader has a very high prestige and everyone has no objection.

The disadvantage of this method is that once the leader embezzles or spends money recklessly, the points of the entire team will be quickly spent.

The second way is to use them separately.

The advantage is that everyone has autonomy, and the enthusiasm for doing tasks is higher, after all, distribution according to work.

But the disadvantage is also great, that is, some team members may not be able to resist consumption, be attracted in the commercial area, and cannot save points.

"How many points are there?" Hong Shixiong looked at Abao with scrutiny in his eyes.

"What? Do you want to divide the points? Sure." Hong Shixiong said indifferently.

"No, no, no."

A Bao waved his hands quickly, "Brother, you misunderstood. I'm just worried about our current financial situation."

"If it weren't for Brother taking me and Brother Hong San out to drive, we would have died long ago. How could we have lived a comfortable life for so long?"

Hong San nodded and said, "Yes. Brother, don't misunderstand me. I don't think A Bao meant that."

Hong Shixiong walked forward a few steps, and the voice came from the front.

"There are not many points left. There are only more than a thousand points left, so we have to save some. Don't go to Tingfeng Tower. It's too expensive!"

"With those points, it's better to buy some delicious food and drinks!"

"When our store business gets better in the future, we will go to their business again."

A Bao nodded and said, "I'll listen to Brother."

Hong San also nodded and said, "More than a thousand points, it's actually not bad. The main thing is that I'm worried that we have just opened for a short time and it's windy. There won't be much business tonight."

The two trotted to Hong Shixiong's side.

Hong Shixiong looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, with worry in his eyes.

"So, be prepared for danger in times of peace. We can't go to Tingfeng Tower in the near future."

"Unless."

"Unless what?" Abao asked hurriedly.

Hong Shixiong said leisurely:

"Unless she lowers the price! Points are hard to earn these days, and they are so expensive. I can't afford it."

(Seeking monthly tickets) (End of this chapter)