Chapter 237: Chapter 237 Quail Hatch
Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng said their goodbyes and drove back ho.
On the way, both of them couldn’t help but remark on how surprisingly over-protective Wang Yan’s mother was.
Their conversation drifted off-topic, but there was one piece of good news: Zhang Ping was moving away, which ant their floor would finally be peaceful. If friends ca to stay temporarily, they wouldn’t be affected by unit 405.
Additionally, with 405 moving out, Yang Jia could truly relax. Wang Yan had always been watching her, not fearing the thief who steals, but the one who covets. Now, she could be at peace.
The next afternoon, Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou ca by to tell them unit 405 had moved out.
Gu Pan and the others weren’t surprised. Zhang Ping and Wang Yan were the types to bully the weak and fear the strong. With their fear of death, upon seeing the gun and not being able to determine if it was real, they would rather believe it was real than take a risk.
Now, their floor was indeed peaceful.
As Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou were leaving, Gu Pan packed them a chicken leg, so ginseng, and a handful of goji berries, instructing them to make soup for Yang Jia to recover from the shock, as it was harmful to her health.
The two expressed their gratitude once more before departing.
In the evening after dinner, the base’s broadcast began: “Residents of No.7 Base, we have a piece of good news for you, residents of No.7 Base, we have a piece of good news for you.”
Gu Pan frowned, “Just spill the good news already.”
Lu Ruisheng chuckled and said, “Don’t they have to make sure everyone’s ears are perked up before revealing the good news?”
After repeating itself three more tis, the broadcast finally announced the news: “Residents of No.7 Base, we have a piece of good news for you. The base has hatched 45 quails. As long as these quails are well taken care of, everyone in the base can adopt a quail in half a year, and within a year, the base will be able to et the at and egg nutrition for every resident.”
This news truly excited everyone in the base. Many had forgotten the taste of eggs, and rearing quails ant at least they could taste both at and eggs, even if they were small.
After announcing the good news, the broadcast ntioned there would be a band performance in the plaza that evening. Usually, they would screen a movie, but with the midnight sun, it wasn’t possible, so it was fortunate that so youths in the administrative district had ford a band and had been practicing in the auditorium for fun. Now, it ca in handy.
Gu Pan wasn’t too enthusiastic about the band, but she was interested in joining the lively crowd.
Before she could decide when to go, Cheng Yang had already climbed over their wall to ask if they were going.
Gu Pan said, “Let’s go. I’ll bring so sunflower seeds and peanuts. We can go together.”
Cheng Yang replied, “Okay, then I’ll go call Dr. Feng and his wife. Dr. Feng finished work early today.”
“Great, let’s et at the gate in a while,” Gu Pan said.
Cheng Yang still jumped back over the wall. There was always sothing, and they still hadn’t changed their entrance to a door.
Gu Pan took out peanuts, sunflower seeds, hazelnuts, and pine nuts from the Space and divided them into four portions, packing them into a backpack. She planned to give one pack each to the two neighboring families and carry the rest, to give to Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou if she saw them.
Then Lu Ruisheng packed several bottles of fruit juice, all in cleaned small mineral water bottles, to share with everyone later.
After preparing everything, they set off with their backpacks.
Cheng Yang and Fang Lanlan were already at the gate. Squad Leader Fang wasn’t going as he didn’t enjoy watching singing and dancing, finding it too noisy.
Feng Zhekai and Lu Xuerong ca out shortly after.
After the six of them gathered, they walked together to the square since it wasn’t too far, thinking of it as a leisurely stroll to aid digestion.
The streets were crowded with people who had finished their als and were heading to the square to watch the band’s performance, going in groups of threes or pairs, emitting a lively atmosphere of everyday life.
Nowadays, everyone’s clothing had beco more and more simple, partly because resources were becoming scarcer and partly because people were paying less attention to such things, focusing more on survival.
When survival itself was a problem, many aspects of life seed to lose their importance.
Even though it was a period of perpetual daylight, the temperature was still quite pleasant, hovering around the mid-twenties. If it weren’t for the perpetual daylight, it would have been suitable for plant growth. However, the land still had not recovered from the acid rain pollution, though it had improved sowhat after recent rains. In so places, a few blades of grass had sprouted here and there, but they were sparse. Coupled with the absence of night, the grass didn’t thrive and soon died off.
Gu Pan sighed at the sight of the barren environnt.
Lu Ruisheng took her hand and gave it a squeeze.
Gu Pan smiled at Lu Ruisheng, “It’s okay, I just wonder when plants will be able to grow normally again.”
The topic was always a heavy one. Lu Ruisheng said, “There will always be ways to survive.”
Feng Zhekai overheard their conversation and sighed as well, “We used to complain about life, but now surviving is tough.”
Gu Pan said, “Exactly, so we need to live with even more strength and wait for the end of the apocalypse.” After saying that, she added, “Maybe if we sleep and wake up, the apocalypse will have ended?”
People shouldn’t carry negative emotions, so Gu Pan deliberately spoke such hopeful words.
Those living through the apocalypse all hoped to wake from sleep to find everything returned to the way it was before, so this kind of talk was indeed popular.
Soon, the conversation shifted, and the atmosphere beca more harmonious.
When they arrived at the square, it was already crowded. They stood by the flower bed on the roadside because it prevented people from crowding behind them, which provided a relatively good spot.
Despite the flower beds being barren, the people of the base were very disciplined and didn’t damage public property easily. Of course, perhaps these flower beds also carried so of their hopes. If flowers could bloom, would that signify the end of the apocalypse?
Perhaps it was unrelated, but everyone still harbored that expectation and sentint.
After a while, the band’s performance began.
There were guitars, bass, synthesizers, and drum sets. Although not professional, the performance was full of atmosphere.
Gu Pan distributed so snacks from her bag to everyone, and they ate while watching the performance.
They didn’t run into Yang Jia and Chen Fengzhou, but they did et Chen Fengzhou’s aunt and cousin. Gu Pan handed them so nuts and together they watched the show.
After the performance ended, the sun was still high up in the sky, so they headed ho.
Back at ho, Gu Pan checked on the quails she was incubating, estimating that they would soon be hatching.
Recently, Lu Ruiming had injured his leg and hadn’t been out much, which ant he hadn’t been around to cause trouble for Gu Pan and her group, providing a peaceful respite.
Of course, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng hadn’t planned on just letting them off easy. They intended to trick Lu Ruiming into going to the main base, letting the old lady dote on her “great” grandson. Then they would reveal that the great grandson wasn’t actually hers.
They also wanted to find ti to visit the main base to see if they could get Lu Lianlian to open up. Second Aunt and Second Uncle had so fixed ideas, but perhaps there could be new discoveries with just the two of them going.
The harm to Lu Ruisheng, the separation from his parents, and the death of his mother due to illness, these were not things they could just let go of. They had held back on acting out against the old lady before, simply to leave so clues to find Lu Ruisheng. Now, there was no need for such restraint, and they could seek their revenge completely.
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