RPAGF Chapter 368
Chapter 368
The next morning, Qi Mingyu and Zhou Shuwan delivered a truck full of red bricks, cement and other building materials to the base.
The road is lined with tall, new buildings. The morning sun shines on the new concrete road, reflecting dazzling light. The air is filled with the fragrance of soil, mixed with a hint of astringency left by acid rain.
Zhou Shuwan sat in the passenger seat, looking at the ever-changing scenery outside the window, feeling a mixture of emotions.
In just a few months, the base has undergone earth-shaking changes, from its initial dilapidated state to its current scale, which is the result of the sweat and efforts of countless people.
After arriving at the base, they found Xiao Xiao, explained their purpose, and suggested that capable survivors in the base could also donate, so that after gathering enough building materials, a temporary shelter could be built outside the base.
After hearing this, Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up: "Xiao Yu, Wan Wan, your idea is good. Many of my subordinates feel guilty about what happened yesterday, but they are powerless to do anything. Now this is a good solution."
He paced back and forth for a few steps, his previous gloomy expression swept away, and he looked excited. "It doesn't need to be built too complicated, it's just a temporary shelter. Once the frame is built and the windows are installed, it can accommodate many people."
The conditions don't have to be very good, just like vegetable greenhouses and farms, as long as they can provide survivors with shelter from wind and rain.
With Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu leading the way, Meng Mingyue, Zhang Jia and others also generously donated some supplies to the best of their ability.
With their leadership, other people in the base also responded and contributed their own efforts to the construction of the base.
Even the impoverished Chen Fen team donated ten kilograms of compressed biscuits.
Then use these compressed biscuits to exchange for building materials at the base exchange office.
Zhou Shuwan complained about their wastefulness, and Chen Fen shook her hand and sighed, "Without you and Captain Zhang and the others' help, how could our team survive here? Now, although we're not rich, we're at least better off than some people, so any help is appreciated."
She is a leader with a broad mind and compassion.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have founded the Fenxia team with Sister Hong and persisted until now.
Fen refers to the Fen in Chen Fen, and Xia refers to the Hongxia in Sister Hong's name.
The two words Fenxia themselves represent compassion, kindness and bravery!
However, it is still too much of a stretch to rely solely on these donated building materials to build a shelter.
After all, there are only a few survivors who are able to donate.
Zhou Shuwan and the others also frowned in thought.
Is there no other way?
Meng Mingyue was a reckless person. He gritted his teeth and thought to himself that he might as well just circle off one of the existing buildings and use it as a shelter.
After returning home and sharing the difficulties, Grandma Pang pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke, "Actually, back when we were backward, we couldn't afford red bricks. Every household built their houses with adobe bricks, which were both solid and warm. Although there's not much soil left for planting these days, if we scrape off the layer of soil corroded by acid rain and only use the soil underneath, we can probably make a lot of adobe bricks without much effort!"
Zhou Shuwan and the others looked at each other in confusion.
After a long while, Zhou Jianghai slapped his thigh and broke the silence: "Yeah, how could we be so stupid! When I was a child, my family lived in an adobe house, how come I didn't remember it at all!"
Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu were too young. They knew about adobe houses, but they never thought that they could be built in real life.
Qi Mingyu had already stood up, smiling broadly: "The idea of making adobe bricks is feasible. I'll go to Xiao Xiao and tell him about this."
Otherwise the latter will have another sleepless night.
Zhou Shuwan was also amused: "With so many of us trying to come up with a solution, how come no one thought of building a house with adobe bricks!"
"Because you're all young, you've lived in concrete houses since childhood, or at least brick and tile houses. You've never seen the old houses!"
Zhong Tiyun recalled and said, "In fact, there is still an adobe house at the entrance of our village, but it has become dilapidated and no one lives there!"
Zhou Shuwan also thought about it and probably figured out where the dilapidated house his mother mentioned was.
"When the foundation of this building was laid, a lot of soil was dug out, which can be used."
Zhong Tiyun had been helping Meng Mingyue and knew many things better than she did. Upon hearing this, she smiled and said, "I don't think it's possible to move this piece of soil. I heard they want to use the deepest soil for planting. That's extremely valuable, and they definitely won't be willing to use it to build a house!"
Due to the corrosion of acid rain and infiltration, a half-meter deep layer of soil on the ground is no longer usable.
To plant, you need to dig to a depth of less than half a meter.
The foundation for building the building was very deep, and the soil excavated was indeed the best soil they could find at the moment.
Qi Mingyu said, "That's fine. Just look around the base a bit more, but it'll take a bit more effort."
"That's right!" Zhou Jianghai nodded in agreement.
Zhou Shuwan was worried that Qi Mingyu would go out alone so late, so she went to Xiao Xiao's house with him.
Xiao Xiao's family had just finished dinner.
Although they lived with Meng Mingyue, each family ate their own food and did not cook together.
Even though the Xiao family invited her repeatedly, Meng Mingyue firmly refused on behalf of her parents.
Zhou Shuwan felt that Meng Mingyue was right about this. No matter how good the relationship was, if they cooked from the same pot, all kinds of conflicts would arise over time.
What’s more, it is the end of the world when supplies are extremely scarce.
Xiao Xiao and Meng Mingyue were very surprised to see Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu coming so late, and hurriedly welcomed them to the inner workshop.
Xiao Xiao nodded repeatedly after hearing this. "Although the adobe house doesn't look very nice, it's warm in winter and cool in summer. It's very practical. The construction method is simple and the cost is low. It's very suitable for our current situation."
Meng Mingyue was also very happy as she had finally solved a big problem.
He was decisive and efficient in his work. He immediately passed down the order and organized people to start making adobe bricks.
He also instituted a new rule: survivors who came to the base only needed to pay a small rent to live in the adobe shelters built outside the base. If they were willing to participate in the base's construction by working in lieu of labor, even the rent would be waived.
After the end of the world, most people lost their jobs and lived in poverty. Now there is an opportunity to work in exchange for housing, so naturally many people signed up enthusiastically.
Xiao Xiao handed the task of building the shelter to Qi Mingyu. Qi Mingyu did not refuse. He selected some young and strong people from the applicants as the main force of the construction team, responsible for the production of adobe bricks and the construction of houses.