Chapter 368: 367 The so-called danger
This definitely wasn’t because these won, after receiving substantial supplies and rewards, were biased towards speaking favorably of the Xiang City Base garrison.
Indeed, their ntal adjustnt was quite significant.
Originally, everyone thought they were living on the edge of danger, with one foot already in the coffin, taking their own children with them, dood to die together at any mont.
Who would willingly co here to do this sort of work if there were a better path?
Those who ca here to build the walls were staking their lives on the job.
Honestly, they had all prepared themselves for death.
Yet, to their surprise, this place was safer than they had imagined.
A woman whispered softly,
“Why don’t those people co to build the wall if it’s so safe here? The wages are so high now, and we’ve been given plenty of supplies. We barely encounter zombies— they are all dealt with by the garrison.”
The woman beside her shrugged noncommittally,
“They’re probably frightened by the zombies from the south. Plus, those n probably have better options. Unlike us, with nothing but a do-or-die situation at the construction site, we don’t have any other way out.”
Speaking of others was one thing, but just take her case for example, carrying a child on her back, leading another by the hand.
At ho, there was a bedridden mother-in-law, while her husband had left Xiang City Base for City E.
Dressed up as an exploration for a brighter future.
In truth, whether he would return was without any expectation at all.
Because when her husband left, he had not considered the old and young left at ho.
With him gone, who would provide for his family?
Thus, if won didn’t co out to work, could they even survive?
Many had left Xiang City Base and chosen the safer City E.
Through word of mouth, City E had beco known as a place like an earthly paradise.
Although its construction was not as advanced as Xiang City Base, it was very safe.
Unlike Xiang City Base, which was about to be overwheld by the Zombie Tide.
Consequently, in the past few days, more and more survivors had been heading east, migrating towards City E.
Of course, for the won at the construction site, it wasn’t that they didn’t want to leave, but they simply couldn’t.
If n didn’t take them along, they had neither the strength for a long journey to City E, nor the necessary supplies.
Plus, having children with them, if they encountered malicious people on the way, it wouldn’t just be the won who suffered, but their children as well.
Staying in Xiang City, at least bullying of the weak was strictly forbidden.
The won felt very secure in Xiang City.
They didn’t want to leave this place; without the mainstay of the family, they simply had no other option.
It was precisely because they had no other option that they discovered such an easy, safe job with abundant supplies.
How lucky, hallelujah, thank God, thank those n who left, allowing the won to discover a New World.
By the afternoon, several more won arrived in groups at the construction site looking for work.
So brought their children, others did not.
After the first group of won completed their construction work with quality and speed, more won ca looking for work, and the contractor agreed very happily.
They worked ticulously and upon completion, they conscientiously cleaned up all the garbage on the site, neatly placing it in the garbage bins beside the road.
The rule of tidying up junk casually had been emphasized countless tis by Huo Jing to the workers at the construction site.
But still, few would take the trash from the construction site and dispose of it properly in the garbage bins.
The sweeping robot always had to co at the end, cleaning away all the garbage on the ground.
The won were very quiet while eating.
They cherished such work opportunities exceedingly; as soon as they finished their als, there was no need for Huo Jing and the Contractor to hurry them to start work.
They would conscientiously take their places and continue repairing the city wall.
Was the pace of their work much worse than that of the n’s?
And they had far fewer issues than the n.
A day later, both the Contractor and Huo Jing were extrely satisfied with these won.
When it ca ti to settle the resources, the Contractor and Huo Jing packed the supplies into plastic bags and distributed them to every woman.
A look of imnse relief appeared on each woman’s face.
After all, wasn’t managing household chores and attending to the needs of the entire family just as strenuous as hauling bricks on a construction site?
In fact, the intensity of labor they endured today was even lower than the work they did for their families.
One woman, holding a large bag full of supplies, gratefully said to her companion,
“Back at ho, I’m incessantly busy, without a mont’s peace—barely even have ti to drink water, and I don’t earn a wage for it. My man still complains every day that I do nothing at ho and that he’s the one keeping us afloat.”
“I never thought that hauling bricks on the construction site would be so easy.”
“We truly owe it to the n who’ve left, for they have granted us this work opportunity.”
Another woman, her face crinkled with laughter,
“Isn’t this more than what you’d earn from a month on the streets? You might not even get as much in a month as we got in supplies just for a single day.”
She weighed the large bag of supplies she was holding in her arms.
At the construction site, along with three als and two snacks a day, the resources were an additional allowance given to them.
Work a full month, and you could joyfully pocket 200,000.
In this apocalypse, where else could you find such a good job? With such favorable conditions, who would still want to do housework at ho?
Her companions nodded in agreent, their faces beaming with the joy of a bountiful harvest.
So even remarked while walking,
“Look at us, clutching so many supplies in our hands. If we were outside, soone would have likely robbed us of them by now.”
“But here we are, walking inside Xiang City Base, without a worry. Who would dare to rob us of our supplies?”
This was yet another reason why everyone dearly loved Xiang City, regardless of how good other cities like E City were claid to be by the n.
At least in the hearts of these won, nowhere could compare to the comfort and safety they felt within Xiang City Base.
In the following days, more and more won were attracted to repair the city walls by the generous supplies and high wages.
Many hands make light work; with balanced design and scientific arrangent, the tasks assigned to each person were actually quite manageable and not exhausting.
The Contractor began running three shifts.
At Xiang City East, behind the wire sh, the city wall quickly rose high.
And at this mont, the Zombies on the southern side of Xiang City Base had turned into a wave, beginning to assault the walls of Xiang City.
The Zombies in the East were increasing in numbers as well.
But this still had no effect on the won working on the East side.
They repaired the city walls within the electric fence, and the Garrison was nearby, decimating Zombies close to the fence.
And the electric fence was hundreds of ters away from the city wall.
The so-called danger was perhaps that the won standing on top of the city wall could visually spot the Zombies outside the electric fence…
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