Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

"Is she home yet?"

Zhou Shuwan smiled and said, "Well, when the floods first started, she bought a ticket and came back. Now the family must be reunited. If they had stockpiled supplies in advance, life wouldn't be too difficult."

Qi Mingyu patted her head and said, "Then there's no need to worry. She has her parents by her side. No matter how difficult the hurdle is, it will slowly pass."

Zhou Shuwan nodded: "Yes."

A few days later, a group of people came to the underground base in Dongyuan Community.

As Xiao Xiao said, he took over as many people as possible from the Tzu Chi Apartment, a total of more than 80 people. Only four or five families came down from Jiyun Mountain, with their families, including the elderly and children, and they were all relatives.

When you go to a strange place, you need more people to make yourself stronger.

Because there are limited buses in the entire city, they have to work in shifts to transport everyone.

When the Zhou and Qi families arrived to collect supplies, they happened to run into this group of people in the underground base.

There are many children and elderly people in the Tzu Chi Apartment. Some of the children are seven or eight years old, some are in their teens, and some are about the same age as Mu Mu, but they are all very thin. As Meng Mingyue said, each of them looks like a big-headed doll.

Several elderly people who were approaching old age were also talking and walking tremblingly, as if they were not full and had no strength.

As the base commander, Xiao Xiao is very busy arranging people.

Meng Mingyue had been staying in the Tzu Chi apartment and was familiar with these people, so she was also responsible for arranging the reception.

Having children of her own, she felt even more empathy. Aunt Zhong San, watching from the side, felt heartbroken: "They look even thinner than Chunchun did back then. I wonder if the supplies they usually distribute are enough to feed them."

Second Uncle Zhong was very rational, "The supplies distributed by the higher-ups must be enough. I heard they also provide subsidies for milk powder and nutritional supplements. But how can these things compare to before the apocalypse? If Chunchun hadn't exchanged a lot of nutritional supplements from somewhere else, he would definitely still be as thin as before."

The end of the world is really a huge challenge for children's growth.

"Yes!" Whenever Aunt Zhong San mentioned this, she was very grateful to Zhou Shuwan: "This is all thanks to Wanwan."

Uncle Zhong asked Zhong Tiyun and the others, "Yesterday, the base announced that people would be coming to the Tzu Chi apartment today. They're running low on supplies, and they're encouraging everyone to donate. What are your thoughts? Will you donate?"

Zhong Tiyun asked, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Uncle Zhong has a large family and they usually live frugally, so he is a little reluctant.

Aunt Zhong San spoke up, her voice low. "Qianqian, Datao, Dongdong, and I have discussed this. We're going to donate. We don't have much at home, so we can't donate much. Chunchun still needs milk powder and other things, so we'll donate some cactus powder and compressed biscuits as a token of our appreciation. These children have lost their parents and are growing up with so many difficulties. It's really pitiful to see them!"

Zhong Tiyun looked at her family and nodded: "Wanwan and Xiaoyu talked about this matter after they returned that day, and both our families agreed to donate."

"There are quite a few people in the base who want to donate. But more people are unwilling to let these elderly people and children come, fearing that if more supplies are distributed to them, they will get less for their own families." Aunt Zhong San whispered.

It’s not surprising that those people would think this way.

The base's supplies are limited, and while everyone gets a fixed quota and a fixed time, no one gets to take advantage, and no one suffers a loss. However, if the base has ample supplies, it can provide more jobs, pay higher wages, and provide benefits during festivals and holidays.

When a group of elderly people and children who cannot work come, they have to give them more subsidies, which naturally takes up everyone's share of welfare.

As we were talking, there was a sudden commotion in front.

Because they were all onlookers watching the excitement, the Zhou family and their friends were standing at the back of the crowd and couldn't see what was happening in front.

Zhipeng, Xue Tao and several other young people squeezed to the front to take a look.

Zhipeng squeezed back from the front and said, "It's a family arguing. The higher-ups are trying to relocate some children and elderly people to live next to their house. They don't want to."

"How can his family expect peace and quiet when they all live together like this?" Aunt Zhong said.

"Their family is afraid that the children will steal things and be difficult to discipline," said Xue Tao.

People living on the base have no privacy. All their supplies are kept in their own two or three square meters. Things can get lost when people go to the bathroom or something.

The base in Dongyuan is under strict management, with surveillance cameras installed everywhere. Once a theft is caught, the perpetrator will be sentenced to forced labor.

However, there are still some people who take risks.

The children in the Tzu Chi apartments are all fatherless and motherless. Naturally, they will not care about anything else just for a little food.

"We haven't even started living here yet and this has already happened." Grandma Pang also sighed softly.

"The only spaces that are still available are all in bad locations, in the middle of the road, next to toilets, or at the entrance, with poor conditions. People living in these places already complain a lot, and now that a bunch of people are being arranged to live there, they're definitely not happy either." said Uncle Zhong.

Because of their relationship with Director Wu, when the two families divided the land, they were given a corner location, which was surrounded by walls on both sides, greatly improving security and privacy.

Both families have many people, especially Qianqian and Chunchun, who rarely go anywhere.

There was always someone left to guard the bed, so nothing was ever lost.

But it may not be the case for other families.

The noise in front was getting louder and louder. After a while, I heard someone screaming and they even started fighting.

It turned out that the families living on both sides of the road needed to make room for the newcomers, so they had to squeeze in. They were already very dissatisfied and cursed at a group of elderly people and children. The other party did not fight back, so the two families started arguing, and then the men from the two families became more and more angry and started fighting.

However, after just a few exchanges, the patrol team quickly stepped forward and pulled the two apart.

It was Meng Mingyue who led the team.

She looked around with a dark face and shouted, "Lock him up first and don't ask any questions. Wait until he calms down, then let him out to talk!"

At a command, the two men in charge were taken away by the patrol team.

The wives and elders of the two families were dumbfounded and were about to shout, but before they could even utter a word, Meng Mingyue twirled the pistol in her hand and looked at them coldly, "What are you shouting for! You're disrupting the order of the base and openly fighting. You'll be locked up for a day now, and that's fine. If you shout again, you'll all be put in solitary confinement!"

These words, coupled with her sharp eyes and expressionless face, really frightened people. The two families were so frightened that they dared not say a word, staring at the man of the house as he walked away.

Meng Mingyue turned her head and saw Zhou Shuwan, Qi Mingyu and their group, the latter of whom was smiling at her.

She also revealed a faint smile, but then retracted it and looked around with a dignified look: "Everyone, disperse! No gathering!"