Chapter 244: There is Strength in the Heart, There is Hope in the Future

In the winter of Qincheng, the sun didn't want to stay in the sky for even a moment, and night fell exceptionally early.

When Guo Dachao and his party returned to the camp, it was just five o'clock, and it was already dark. The excavator was parked beside the farmhouse cleared out in Madianzhuang. Given the current environment, no one could find it, so it was quite safe.

In the garden of Little Lucky Homestay, almost everyone from United Village and Tian Ma Yu gathered. Some socially anxious Wang Xin and Zhang Ya remained in the monitoring room on duty. The young couple was happy to be so, and Duan Wuhu was also at the scene.

Zhang Su invited Fu Weijun once, but Fu Weijun declined the invitation. Zhang Su didn't force it. It was originally a networking meeting to make everyone happy. Since Fu Weijun was more interested in zombies, he respected his choice, so as not to have him come and ignore people, sitting there strangely, which would be bad instead.

"Cough cough! Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. In this rare night, fate has brought us together..."

As the host, Yu Wen still performed stably off-script, but the address sounded slightly out of place, but no one cared. After a speech, the networking meeting officially kicked off.

The process arranged by Zhong Xiaoshan and others with relevant experience was concise and content-rich. The initial project was naturally the leader's speech. Unlike empty meetings, Zhang Su's speech was directly related to everyone's interests, and there was also a blueprint for future development, allowing everyone to clearly see the direction. In this apocalypse, the role of a reassurance pill was incomparably important.

Immediately after, under the host's leadership, both Tian Ma Yu and United Village conducted self-introductions and mutual acquaintance. This link took a relatively long time, but everyone was very serious. Perhaps it was only in the apocalypse that they discovered how important the relationship between people was, and they knew how to cherish the partners around them more than before.

After the two items ended, a series of group games appeared, allowing everyone who had been full of sorrow for many days to get physical and mental relaxation. The long-lost laughter floated in the courtyard, and the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere moistened everyone's heart, further promoting the relationship between everyone.

"Several chefs made two thousand dumplings today, everyone eat to your heart's content. If you like chives, pick the green ones; if you don't like chives, avoid them. Start spinning! Come, the first bowl, Teacher Yu, who has been conscientious for the camp's safety, is well-deserved!"

The meal ended, and the bowls and chopsticks were put into the pool.

"Okay, next I will start distributing in the order of joining the team, Xinyu!"

When Yu Wen was speaking, everyone had an unfinished smile on their faces. When Zhang Su stood up, everyone unconsciously restrained their smiles and sat up straight.

Yu Wen also quickly came to his senses, stepped forward a few steps, and solemnly took the big bowl, sending a subtle flattery.

"Regardless of the past, we can gather together today, and in the future, we will be a whole, an inseparable team. Survival in the apocalypse is not easy, but we will work together and will surely lead to light!"

Pork with green onion and chives with eggs, two kinds, satisfied the tastes of most people.

Plus Zhang Su was particularly generous in taking out various snacks and drinks as prizes, allowing everyone to get not only spiritual satisfaction but also material abundance.

Food makes people feel happy. In the apocalypse, you don't need delicacies, as long as the taste is decent and the food can fill you up, it can make people feel happiness from the bottom of their hearts. This could be seen from the expressions on everyone's faces.

In a short while, everyone held fragrant and hot dumplings in their hands, and everyone's heart was warm. The water dumplings served by the camp leader himself made many people feel flattered, especially the several women from United Village. In the first month or two, they didn't even have a good bowl when eating, but now compared to that, it was a world of difference.

Yu Wen raised his hand to Zhang Su, and there was no microphone to hand over. The place was small and the number of people was small, so just the voice was enough.

The networking meeting process went on for nearly two hours without knowing it.

"Oh my, I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it, Mr. Zhang, please."

"Quick quick quick, Teacher Yu, don't delay everyone from eating dumplings!"

Zhang Su was too lazy to be hypocritical with Yu Wen. He often ran outside, and most of the things in the camp were handled by Yu Wen, so he had to establish prestige.

Yu Wen was happily watching the fun, who would have thought that Zhang Su would hand the first bowl of dumplings to him, and he stood up with a jump.

Between games, they didn't forget to intersperse performances, mainly singing and dancing, and the atmosphere was very active.

Zhang Su held a bowl in one hand and a colander in the other. More than a dozen white, fat dumplings rolled into the bowl with hot mist and were handed to Yu Wen, who was sitting to the side.

"Today's gathering is coming to an end, but happiness and joy will not end. Finally, please ask Mr. Zhang to speak again to draw a successful conclusion to today's activities."

Zhang Su's hands didn't stop, continuing to scoop from the big pot. As he read out one name after another, a pot of dumplings quickly hit the bottom. Fortunately, there was more than one pot in the camp, and three pots were boiled together. A thousand dumplings were no pressure!

The very last was naturally the dinner. Because there were too many people, they finally chose the staple food that was very popular in the north: dumplings!

Splash!

As the voice fell, Zhang Su pulled out a firearm transfer box from behind him and opened the buckle with a click, taking out a brand-new Type 95 automatic rifle.

"Wang Longzhong!"

"Here!"

Wang Longzhong answered quickly, his legs seemed to be equipped with springs, and he stood up with a swoosh.

"Take the gun!"

Zhang Su stretched his hands forward.

Wang Longzhong trotted to Zhang Su and took the automatic rifle with both hands.

"Take the gun, and you carry more responsibility on your shoulders, understand?"

"All of United Village will never let down Brother Zhang's trust and expectations!"

Wang Longzhong's posture of holding the gun was slightly raw, but his posture was straight, his voice was loud, and he was full of determination.

"We will never let down Brother Zhang's trust and expectations!"

Seeming to have rehearsed long ago, everyone in United Village stood up together, as if returning to that era full of faith, and everyone had light in their eyes.

Zhang Su nodded to everyone, then bent down again to pick up a gun.

Everyone was puzzled, not knowing who else was qualified to receive an automatic rifle, and their eyes couldn't help but linger on some people.

Zhang Su's gaze swept slightly and finally stopped on Duan Wuhu.

"Duan Wuhu!"

"Hmm? Me?" Duan Wuhu was clearly somewhat unbelievable, but he still hurriedly stood up and said, "Here!"

"Take the gun!"

"Yes!"

Duan Wuhu was flattered. He didn't expect to receive such high treatment just after joining the camp. You must know that in the Survivor Alliance, only true core members could possess automatic rifles. The rest, even those captains of the vanguard group, at most only had submachine guns, and he belonged to the search group and only mixed with a small pistol.

"Duan Wuhu, although he just joined the camp, he was my neighbor before. I lived on the eighth floor, and he lived on the fourth floor. By mistake, we couldn't walk out of the community together. Being able to meet again, I am very happy. Teacher Duan, are you willing to take the gun and work with me?"

Zhang Su looked at Duan Wuhu, who was holding the gun with both hands and whose mouth was harder to press than an AK, and asked.

Hearing Zhang Su's words, the smile on Duan Wuhu's face gradually restrained, and his expression became solemn.

He understood the meaning of taking the gun; this was definitely not child's play.

"Brother Zhang, the choice at the beginning could not be changed. The gears of fate are just so magical. Since heaven brought me to your camp, I will listen to you from now on!"

"Good! Everyone is a good brother. Any good ideas can be raised. As long as they are right, they will be adopted! But at critical moments, no one is allowed to disobey orders!"

Zhang Su followed Duan Wuhu's words and expressed his meaning: ideas could be raised, but orders could not be violated!

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

"Received!"

Although the answering voices weren't unified, no one doubted or dared to question the combat ability of this group of people.

At this time last night, everyone was negative because of Xidaying Village defecting to the Azure Dragon Corps. Looking at it now, everyone was high-spirited and full of fighting spirit.

The networking meeting was a success, and the effect was very excellent.

In the following few days, everyone performed their duties, and the camp's operation was very good. Zhang Su personally went to Madianzhuang to check the results of clearing zombies, and also started the excavator to try it out.

He hadn't driven it before, but after various attempts and explorations, he figured out some ways. He believed that as long as he practiced, digging a trench or something wouldn't be a problem.

The powerful bucket made him full of expectations, just waiting to solve the Azure Dragon Corps' matter, and then he could start building new defensive fortifications, unless it was so cold that the soil layer was difficult to dig!

Zhang Su also took people to Xidaying Village. The village after people left looked very desolate. The anti-horse obstacles with zombies stuck on the bridge were piled to the side, leaving a road in the middle for cars to pass.

As Ma Changshou said, from the village, Zhang Su found some grain they couldn't take away, and quite a lot, which couldn't be pulled away at once!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 245 =====