Plane Supermarket

The boy has never been so "busy" since he was born.

As long as he can remember, people in the slums have no jobs, and the so-called "jobs" are nothing more than selling themselves for a little food that can barely survive.

The boy hadn't done it himself, he'd killed people, but only those upper class people who were drunk and doing whatever they wanted in the slums.

He also worked, but only applied medicine to the "goods" that were kept in cages. He never worked himself.

In the past, I was busy to survive, but now I am busy to survive better.

It was as if all of a sudden, he went from walking dead to a real living person.

But the boy seldom thinks about these things. As soon as he opens his eyes during this time, he has to face endless things. Since he has selected people who want to learn to improve the soil, he has to study with those people. He also has to supervise them, whether to reward or punish, he alone has the final say.

But it is precisely because he has the final say, so he is very cautious, and he has to think a lot before doing something.

In just half a month, the boy looked like a man, and the childishness that was not obvious at first disappeared completely.

Sometimes when Ye Zhou looked at him, he felt like he was looking at the shrunken version of Zou Ming—not the childhood version.

The boy also doesn't like to talk, most of the time he is silent, this is the imprint of this world on him, the people who live here generally talk less, not only because they know less, but more because they know clearly , or ignorant understanding, the less one knows and the less one speaks, the more likely one is to live.

But it was precisely because the boy had few words, but every word he uttered was useful, so inexplicably, he established a little bit of his own prestige.

Although this prestige is still very little, and it is shaky, even if the apprentices are willing to believe him, they are still skeptical.

It's a matter of age.

If the boy is eighteen now, or even younger, fifteen or sixteen years old, Ye Zhou is sure that he can quickly establish his authority.

Not because of what the boy himself can do, but because people always look to authority.

Especially when he was in a group, Ye Zhou could understand it, just like when he was studying, he would question the decisions of his classmates and class leaders, because he knew in his heart that these people were on the same level as himself, and their essence was the same of.

But he will not question the decision of the school leadership.

Even after going to college, the age difference between many counselors and students is only a few years, and students will be more inclined to challenge class leaders rather than counselors.

When status is unequal, people no longer see a person by age and gender.

But the boy is really too young. He should not even be 12 years old this year. Standing there, it is difficult for people to think that he is a reliable leader.

So before the boy grows up, Ye Zhou must support him, at least until he is 15 years old.

As long as Ye Zhou was around, the boy would be Ye Zhou's spokesperson. People in the slums would ignore his height and age, and just remember one thing—the boy meant Ye Zhou.

If you don't want to offend Ye Zhou, you can't offend the boy.

The boy himself knew that everything he had was not obtained by himself, so he eagerly absorbed all the knowledge around him, whether it was taught him by Ye Zhou or people in the slums.

There are no teachers in the slums, but everyone is a teacher. They are survivors who have struggled in the lowest life. Almost everyone is an encyclopedia. Even if they are illiterate, they still have their own wisdom.

Boys make new discoveries every day.

For example, not everyone among the apprentices is serious and wants to be lazy.

But every time before he catches the person, the apprentices will fix the person by themselves, and then that person will learn obediently, and even work harder than most people.

The boy only found out after asking He Yu that they didn't have a sense of collective honor—this thing was too far away from them.

The reason why they did this was not because they felt that they had an obligation to supervise others, or to show the boys, but because they were worried that some of the apprentices would really be punished.

Apprentices can make any noise inside, but being caught out and punished by the leadership is like trying to unban something, and if there is one, there will be another one, so they didn't even think about it, they made a decision by instinct.

After the boy relayed the matter to Ye Zhou, Ye Zhou praised: "There are no real fools in this world, even pathological fools can tell what is good for themselves. It is nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."

But the boy still has something he can't understand: "Why do they think that as long as one person is punished, everyone else may be punished? As long as people who are not lazy will not be punished, this is what I said at the beginning."

Ye Zhou just patted the boy's head. Every time the boy asked questions, he thought the boy was cute - after all, Zou Ming didn't ask any questions when he grew up, he just carried them out.

"When they punish their own people, they feel like they are in charge." Seeing the boy's expression change, Ye Zhou continued to explain, "Don't think it's a bad thing, it's a good thing instead."

The boy frowned and asked, "Why?"

He thought it was because the apprentices didn't want to listen to Ye Zhou's words.

He felt that Ye Zhou gave these people a job, even a craft that would benefit them for life, and did not abuse or exploit them. Even parents, it is difficult to do so well.

But even so, the apprentices wanted to make their own decisions. In his opinion, this was the apprentice's betrayal and disrespect towards Ye Zhou.

Ye Zhou: "You can't be foolish. I gave them this job and opportunity, and they seized it themselves. I'm not Zhao Qing. I don't need a group of dogs who only know how to obey and do things."

Ye Zhou also found that the boy was deeply influenced by the world, even by Zhao Qing. He grew up in such an environment, but he actually agreed with Zhao Qing's approach. Compared with himself, Zhao Qingcai was more like the boy's enlightenment teacher.

After all, when the boy was growing up, Zhao Qing was the strongest one he had seen and known.

Everyone yearns for the strong and learns from the strong, even if the boy himself will not admit it, but in fact, it is difficult for him to get rid of Zhao Qing's influence on him.

Just like what Zou Ming said to Ye Zhou before, the first truth he learned from Zhao Qing was to be strong.

Zhao Qing relies on intelligence, he relies on force, but in the end they are all the same, they must be the strongest in their respective fields, so strong that there is no rival, so strong that everyone bows their heads, in order to get the highest seat.

What Zhao Qing brought to Zou Ming was almost barbaric "truth".

What Ye Zhou has to do is to build on this "truth" as much as possible, at least to prevent the boy from becoming a second Zhao Qing, a more terrifying Zhao Qing.

Zhao Qing still has scruples. He wants power, but he only wants power. If the base gets worse and worse, his power will be relatively smaller and smaller. Even if he can still be the master in the 276 base, but this master No one will recognize you when you go out.

But Zou Ming is different, he has no obsession with power, he doesn't even have the concept of power, compared to Zhao Qing, he relies more on instinct, and power itself can't bring anything to people, he has to be somewhere else Find the balance.

Zhao Qing finds the balance of achievement by balancing the forces of all parties and doing what others can't do.

If Zou Ming can't find it, he will only destroy himself and this base in the end.

Ye Zhou said to the boy, "They are human beings."

The boy didn't respond—obviously, anything with two legs that can talk is a human being.

But Ye Zhou continued: "It's someone like you. When you first saw me, did you want to be a dog to me?"

This is a bit harsh, the boy retorted: "It's not a dog! It's someone who is useful to you!"

Ye Zhou: "There is no thinking, only know how to do things, and those who squeeze themselves and the people around them to please their masters are not humans, they are domesticated dogs. Humans can also be domesticated. What Zhao Qing is doing is such a thing."

The boy still couldn't understand: "If you treat them so well, they should repay you."

The boy felt that obedience was a kindness. What Ye Zhou said and what the apprentices did was right. No one could question Ye Zhou's thoughts and decisions, otherwise it would be ungrateful.

Ye Zhou shook his head: "I don't talk about respect with you, nor do I talk about human rights with you. Let me ask you, if someone stronger than me suddenly appears and saves me, I should give up my thinking ability and put his Thoughts as my own?"

The boy was silent, but he insisted: "That's different."

Ye Zhou smiled: "Why is it different? I saved you, taught you how to read, taught you to practice guns and fighting, just to make you a dog?"

"Everyone is his own. He wants to control his own destiny, live a better life within his ability, and be more free. What's wrong with that?" Ye Zhou said, "Apprentices supervise each other, and internal punishment is really bad. place, but for me, it can save energy and not waste resources on these small things, and it will not make apprentices resist us."

"People will vote with their feet. When they enjoy this freedom, they will be more afraid of losing it. In this way, even if I am not here one day, they will still follow you."

The boy's lips moved, and he finally glanced at Ye Zhou.

Although he didn't speak, Ye Zhou was amused by his eyes.

"So, it's my return." Ye Zhou couldn't help stretching out his hands and rubbing the boy's face. Now the boy's face was a little rubbed, and Ye Zhou was as fleshy as a steamed bun, with his facial features squeezed together. She doesn't have that young and mature look, she looks even cuter, "Don't ask yourself what you want from a dog."

"I treat you well, and even treat them well, so that one day I'm gone, and you can control your own destiny. Even if you can't control your own destiny, you know that what's best for you is what you do." Ye Zhou, "I'm not going to be inexplicable Come here, and then pat your butt when you leave, so that the people I rescued will fall into a more miserable abyss than before."

The boy mumbled, "Why are you doing this?"

He said: "If you do this, will anyone appreciate you? What will you get?"

Ye Zhou smiled: "Because I have met such a person before."

"They're not even like me. They can still do business to earn the difference. They can sacrifice their lives just for a grand wish. I am also a beneficiary of it. Many of these people even never set foot on the land they fought for."

"I don't need to sacrifice my life, and I don't need to take much responsibility. I can save these people easily, why not?"

After going through so much time, Ye Zhou has never been able to save him, dare not save him now, and he dare not say how much he has grown, but at least, he is happy for it. As long as there is one person who benefits from him, then he I have gained happiness other than making money.

Although he can't enjoy the so-called rewards, when he is old and dying, and when he looks back and thinks about what happened, he can proudly say that his life has been extremely fulfilling.

The boy looked at Ye Zhou ignorantly. He was a little dazed, but more fearful.

Just when Ye Zhou was about to withdraw his hand, the boy took the initiative to hold Ye Zhou's hand for the first time.

The boy's hands were smaller than Ye Zhou's and not as strong as Ye Zhou's, but the boy's palms were warm, with an unprecedented firmness: "I'm different from them."

Ye Zhou said in a coaxing tone, "Okay, you are different, you are different."

The perfunctory boy was not angry either, he felt that Ye Zhou hadn't seen his determination.

And he still insisted on his own idea, if Ye Zhou saved him, then he should dedicate himself to Ye Zhou, this is a matter of course and cannot be changed.

As for others, he can't control it.

But the boy has changed, and the first to discover the boy's change are the apprentices who are still in school.

Apprentices must at least read all the words in the study manual before they can literacy and improve the soil.

Although the apprentices don't understand why they need to learn to read first, no one dares to object. There are many people waiting for this job outside, and if they quit, they will be squeezed out immediately.

The people who teach them are sometimes Caoer, sometimes Zhou Yuanhe, but more often boys.

"He's tougher than an adult."

"Not like a child."

"I feel like he has no feelings."

The apprentices said this in private, and they didn't dare to speak ill of Zou Ming, for fear of being secreted by the people around them, so they could only say something specious, and spreading it didn't seem like slander.

But I don’t know when, the boy has changed. He still has no expression and speaks concisely, but his attitude has softened. At least he will no longer forbid apprentices to speak when they are not in class, nor will he Watch them coldly while they talk about themselves until they shut up.

Slowly, the boy's reputation changed.

"He just doesn't like to laugh very much, which is normal. After living in the slums for so many years, who would still like to laugh? It would be good not to cry every day."

"Man is also smart, he knows a lot of things."

"I heard that we will be under his control in the future."

"He is quite good at management, at least he will listen to what we have to say."

"It's not like Zhao Qing's people, whose nostrils are all up to the sky."

The apprentices have already begun to assign themselves to the supermarket. People in the inner city seem to them to be Zhao Qing's people. Although they are in the same base, they are not in a wave. Even apart from themselves, people in the slums should also be Over here at the supermarket.

Once they have a common enemy, their relationship is even closer.

The boy also noticed the difference after he changed his attitude - now that he was walking on the road, someone would greet him, instead of finding a place to hide immediately when he saw him, someone would smile at him, and the apprentices would spend money on their own. Money to buy him a gift, even though it's just a few candies.

At first the boy didn't take it seriously, he felt that the apprentices were flattering him, so as to get more benefits from him, or from the supermarket, but slowly he found that the apprentices were sincerely helping him. Give him a gift.

They even think that the boy's coldness on the outside is fake, but the boy is a gentle and good person in essence.

Although everyone has selfishness and self-interest, they all hope that the person who leads them is a selfless and good person.

Even if boys are not selfless, they can't be called very good, but as long as they treat them a little better, they will put the boy into a shell.

For the first time, the boy felt the taste of being "loved".

Compared with being hated and feared, the taste of being loved and respected is obviously much better.

"They all like you now." Yang Yue went to find the boy after class. She also moved out of the inner city, moved into the dormitory, and became a member of the apprenticeship. However, Yang Yue still prefers a slum where there are people she knows, who can move around at will, where everyone is the same.

Yang Yue: "You really have changed a lot!"

Yang Yue looked at the boy, she sized him up, and at the same time was surprised at how much Ye Zhou had put into him.

The boy became even better, he lost his viciousness and panic like a wild wolf cub, and became calmer.

Like a pearl, polished by Ye Zhou's precious patience, it is finally no longer full of hostility.

The boy also looked at Yang Yue. Yang Yue was still wearing a mask. She was afraid of that half of her face, but she was not afraid of her new life. She adapted quickly and studied well. He is in good spirits, even if he can't run fast, he still insists on running every day, and even drives many women.

"Really?" The boy was not too curious, and his tone was very calm, as if he didn't feel any change in himself.

Yang Yue said with a smile: "I heard that if we take the test again, we can learn how to improve the soil, right?"

The boy didn't hide anything, he nodded, and after finishing his nodding, he still hit him mercilessly: "If someone fails, you have to continue studying until everyone passes."

Yang Yue: "That must be no problem, everyone is working hard."

Everyone is desperate for things that have something to do with whether they can have a full stomach in the future.

The boy was so busy in the "school" that his feet didn't touch the ground, but Ye Zhou ushered in a rare time to relax. Now he doesn't need to educate Zou Ming. Zou Ming only comes back to sleep at night and stays in the dormitory during the day, and the supermarket doesn't need it either. He was worried, Cao'er was already able to handle the supermarket affairs with ease.

Even if people from the inner city made trouble in the past, Cao'er could easily send them back.

As for Zhao Qing——Zhao Qing enjoys it more than Ye Zhou now, and the reservoir has been built, and the potatoes used to offset the money have been pulled over by carts. Zhao Qing can only give all the money, and Ye Zhou can It was filled with water.

Ye Zhou, who had nothing to do, finally became a little interested in the base, spending a few hours every day walking around the inner city.

He even made two "new friends."

They are all bosses of different forces, and they are all friendly to Ye Zhou.

But such leisure time did not last long.

On an ordinary morning that couldn't be more ordinary, someone hammered the door of Ye Zhou's "home", not a knock, but a hammer, and it became more and more urgent, as if a storm was coming.

Ye Zhou didn't have time to change, so he went out in his pajamas.

Sarah Cao'er and Zou Ming also came out, it was still dark at this point, and it was not time for breakfast, and everyone was still asleep just now.

Ye Zhou opened the door.

It was a young man who knocked on the door. Ye Zhou had seen him before, but he didn't know his name. Usually, this person walked behind Zhao Qing, like a shadow of Zhao Qing.

But today this young man is very lively, his head is sweating, his breathing is uneven, and he speaks very fast, in order for Ye Zhou to hear clearly, he said a sentence twice: "Someone is calling! We'll be there in two hours!"

Ye Zhou's expression froze, he didn't have time to change clothes, he put on his pajamas and went out, he turned to Cao'er and said, "Look at them, go find Chen Shu."

Then he took Sarah to find Zhao Qing.

The boy also wanted to follow, but Cao'er grabbed his wrist.

The boy was about to struggle, but Cao'er said sternly, "Don't go! Don't cause trouble for the boss!"

The boy objected: "Sarah is gone!"

He's going to make trouble, isn't Sarah going?

They are all children, what difference can there be?

Cao'er didn't know how to explain, but just said: "You are different!"

Then she hugged the boy tightly, not letting him break free: "It will be fine!"

Ye Zhou got into the RV. The RV was full of people. It was Zhao Qing who reserved a seat for him so that he didn't have to stand all the time. After Ye Zhou sat down, he let Sarah sit on his lap.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Qingcai said, "They are from Risheng base."

"Only a few days ago, someone came to me and told me that the wells in the Risheng base couldn't get water out, and they couldn't get out more than a month ago."

Someone asked: "Don't they have more than 60 wells?"

Zhao Qing shook his head: "Basically they are all abandoned wells. When there was water before, only seven or eight wells produced water."

"We don't have a well here!" Someone shouted, "He wants to dig it, why not go to Hongtian, which has underground water and reservoirs!"

"Then what do we do now? Fight?"

They don't want to fight. During this period of time, they can live a good life without going out to rob. Who wants to go out?Not to mention the discomfort of being exposed to the sun, it is also difficult to replenish water. It is not clear how many people died from the beating, and they have not been beaten for a long time, and the people under their hands enjoy themselves every day.

What's more, the opposite side is desperate, and the people who report that if they can't beat them, they have to die.

In terms of fighting will, they have no chance of winning.

But if they surrender before they fight, who will this base end up with?Can they still maintain their current life?

This is a problem.

Ye Zhou found that these people who used to rely on fighting and killing for development and growth, when they heard that others were going to fight, they didn't think about how to defend the base, but how to negotiate and how to surrender, so as to keep their current status and enjoyment.

Seeing such a situation for the first time, Ye Zhou was amazed.