Chapter 137 Drought-resistant Crops
Wei Junyuan said, "All the supplies inside have been handed over to the base."
Then those who are still alive will probably be sent to mine.
Bai Tang asked, "I wonder how the captain of the guard will take them back?"
Wei Junyuan said, "I checked, and there aren't many people still alive."
I plan to tie their hands and then squeeze in with the other squads.
Gu Yanxu said from the side, "Could you not cram people into our car? We can have people from other teams come over."
Wei Junyuan said, "It's understandable, after all, those people smelled terrible."
I don't know how long it's been since I last showered. Find a few people to ride in your car.
Then I'll arrange how to distribute these people in the convoy.
"Since you reminded me earlier, I'll let you do it this time."
After saying that, Wei Junyuan turned around and instructed his men to do other things.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu said, "Let's find Captain Zhao and have him squeeze into our car."
Gu Yanxu said, "Okay."
The two quickly found Captain Zhao Lei nearby,and Gu Yanxu told him their idea.
Captain Zhao Lei said, "That's great! Now you can fit a few more people in your car."
I'll call another team member; our car's all beat up anyway.
Bai Tang said, "Including you, there can be three seats in total."
Captain Zhao Lei said with a smile, "I'll tell them in a bit."
Wei Junyuan quickly finished collecting everything from the abandoned hotel.
After packing and loading them into the truck, he divided the captured people equally among the vehicles of each squad.
Captain Zhao Lei led his two teammates to Bai Tang's car.
Captain Zhao Lei sat in the back of Bai Tang's car, while the other two got into another car.
They planned to return to base before the day got the hottest.
So after everyone got on the bus, Wei Junyuanordered the convoy to move at full speed and head back.
Because in extreme heat conditions, every second you stay outside increases the risk level.
On the return trip, because Captain Zhao Lei and the others were there, Bai Tang didn't bring out anything outrageous.
Bai Jiyang and his group naturally understood this as well, and had already hidden the items before they even got on the bus.
However, Bai Tang still took out a thermos and handed it to Captain Zhao Lei.
As Bai Tang reached out to hand over the items, he said, "Have some ice to cool down."
In the base, some of the teams with contribution points and the ability to do so all have small refrigerators to some extent.
So it's normal that Bai Tang and his group have ice.
Captain Zhao Lei reached out and took it: "Thank you, Captain Bai."
The return trip was significantly faster than the journey there.
Because it was almost noon, if they couldn't get back to the base before noon, they would need to park and find a place to shade themselves.
The vehicle speed kept increasing, and they returned to the base before the midday heat.
As Wei Junyuan entered the base gate, he said in Walkie-talkie:
"Everyone can go and collect their contributions now, or they can wait until tonight."
Because the sun was already very hot at this point, Wei Junyuan was worried that if he continued driving, the tires would burst.
Some small teams with people in their vehicles followed them to the Administration Center.
Bai Tang and the others went along too, becauseCaptain Zhao Lei was still in their car.
Soon the convoy arrived at its destination, and Wei Junyuan sent people to register those people and send them to do hard labor.
Then, contribution points were distributed to the other squads, and Captain Zhao Lei and the others returned to their respective squads.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu also paid their utility bills at the Administration Center.
They run their air conditioner and fan day and night, consuming a significant amount of electricity.
However, the staff members at the base didn't ask any questions, because there were plenty of wealthy families who spent far more than them.
Bai Tang and his group said goodbye to Captain Zhao Lei and drove home as fast as they could.
Fortunately, Bai Tang uses the highest quality tires; otherwise, they might have really had a tire blowout.
Bai Tang quickly returned to his front door andwent downstairs to open it.
The two cars drove into the house and parkedunder the Sunshade Canopy.
Grandpa Gu and the others came out of the house after hearing the noise.
Grandpa Gu said, "Didn't you say you were going for two or three days? Why are you back so soon?"
Bai Tang closed the door and then said, "Because those people are just a mob."
It didn't take that long at all; we initially thought it would be difficult to handle.
As a result, they were incredibly fragile and were easily defeated.
Their leader was killed by Yan Xu, and the others were brought back to do hard labor.
Grandpa Gu smiled at Gu Yanxu and said, "Not bad, lad, you've got the style of your grandpa back in the day."
Gu Yanxu followed up with a flattering remark, "It's all thanks to Grandpa's excellent teaching."
Mother Gu stood at the doorway and said, "Don't stand outside, come inside and talk, it's quite hot outside."
The group returned to the house and felt refreshed as they enjoyed the cool air from the air conditioner fan.
The outside temperature was getting hotter and hotter, and Bai Tang knew that the heating would stop when it reached a certain temperature.
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Research experts at the Research Institute have finally developed some drought-resistant crop varieties.
Then the base asked them to produce as many seeds as possible so that some could be distributed to the base's residents.
Let them grow their own crops; although they may not be able to achieve self-sufficiency, at least it gives them hope.
The Crop Experts at the base have cultivated a number of seeds over the past month.
The base distributed one or two seedlings to each household.
Some people complained about receiving too little, while others were grateful for what the base had done.
This is human nature: a small favor is appreciated, but a large one breeds resentment.
However, most people at the base felt mostly grateful.
They took the seeds home and cared for them diligently.
During this month, the insect infestation problem at the base was largely resolved.
Every household in the base catches these insects as a reserve food.
No matter how fast they climb out, they can't catch them as quickly as someone can catch them.
Soon, the insects were few and far between in the base, if not for the small holes that still remained on the ground.
Who would believe that the base was recently plagued by insects?
However, there are still quite a few of these insects outside the base, and the base has also opened up to allow everyone to leave.
Bai Tang and his group naturally went to collect two seeds as well.
Staff members explained that they were potato seeds and sweet potato seeds.
As expected, these two crops, both potatoes and sweet potatoes, are filling crops.
It's perfectly normal for the base to conduct extensive research on their varieties.
However, the ground in Bai Tang's yard has been completely covered with cement and sand.
There is no place to plant two crops.
They lined up early in the morning to collect the seeds, and it was only a little after eight o'clock when they got home.
Bai Tang said, "We don't have room to grow seeds at home."
Then we can go to the back of the mountain, dig up some soil from our own land, and plant it in the soil box.
Lin Feng, I'm leaving you some planks, materials, and tools.
You can assemble a wooden box of moderate size in a little while and place it in the shady spot by the wall.
I'll take them to the back hill to dig some soil in a bit."