He was placed in a very modern room, and the person who brought him left quickly.
I am used to the dark and damp living in the basement, the lack of electricity outside and the hard work of Jicha, some can't believe the cleanliness of this room and the sense of technology in it.
If it wasn't for the fact that the dirt in his fingers hadn't been washed clean, he would almost have thought that he had returned to the modern society before the end of the world. Ji Cha walked slowly to the edge of the sofa, tentatively turned the desk lamp, and the light suddenly turned on.
He stepped back, his footsteps were caught by the sofa, and he fell half into the soft embrace of the sofa. The bright and tidy ceiling fell into Ji Cha's eyes, because it was so real that it seemed like an illusion.
"Yes, people are inside." There was a whisper from the door, and Ji Cha got up out of habit, and stepped back a few steps until his heels touched the corner of the wall.
He looked at the direction of the sound with some anxiety, and subconsciously turned his head to search the room for tools that could be used for self-defense, but the objects he got were all useless things.
At this time, the door was opened from the outside with a click. The person who entered the room was tall and his head was slightly lowered. Ji Cha could vaguely see a familiar smell from him, but the moment he was about to look up, However, Ji Cha suddenly felt a sense of weightlessness.
He opened his eyes suddenly, woke up from the dream, and found himself being held in Liang Jincheng's arms.
"You're back," Ji Cha struggled to straighten up, trying to jump from Liang Jincheng's arms to the ground, "I woke up, let's go."
"En." Liang Jincheng responded in a low voice, noncommittal.
His gaze was much more indifferent than usual, but the movement of restraining Ji Cha was still unshakable.
However, Ji Cha's heart was beating violently. The overlapping of dreams and reality made him a little confused about the situation. Similarly, Liang Jincheng's change of attitude since he kissed him also made him a little unspeakably uneasy.
"Where did those two people go?" They won't be dead... Judging from the situation at that time, Liang Jincheng was indeed in a state of rage that seemed to kill him.
"I've already dealt with it," Liang Jincheng stopped at Ji Cha's door, reached out and turned the doorknob, strode in to put Ji Cha on the bed, and said before leaving, "I see you fell asleep on the sofa , fearing that you would catch a cold and carry you up."
This seems to explain why they reached out to hug him, which only increased the invisible distance between the two.
Ji Cha suppressed his disappointment, nodded and forced a smile, "I know, senior, you should go to bed earlier, I'm going to sleep." He said as he pulled the quilt over his head to cover his expression.
Therefore, he did not see the helplessness and forbearance on Liang Jincheng's face after his action.
Before Ji Cha was sure of his intentions, Liang Jincheng didn't dare to touch Ji Cha easily, he was afraid that a kiss would make the follow-up uncontrollable, and he was afraid that he would accidentally rape Ji Cha.
The army's engineering construction was very rapid, and the dormitory buildings were erected with extensive walls. The resources and machinery left by the original cement factory and brick factory are enough for them to build a tall and thick wall around the current base site to ensure their own safety.
Everything started in an orderly manner under the planning of the army, and the huge amount of work required a lot of manpower. Most of those who managed to escape had never done such a job in the urban cement forest before, but now in order to get the daily distribution of food to survive, the vast majority of citizens have to join the production and construction team.
Jicha decided to also sign up for the event. At present, autumn potatoes, autumn sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops have been planted, and various greenhouses in the factory have also been built, so there is very little heavy physical work to do.
Liang Jincheng also started a life of going out early and returning late, but he was not with Ji Cha, and he often couldn't see anyone for a whole day.
"Everyone needs to complete the workload of ten meters long and two meters high with quality and quantity in order to take away their own food. If they can't pass the inspection 100% after completion, then we will deduct a certain percentage of rations."
This order of the army has attracted many complaints, but at the same time it has indeed greatly increased production efficiency and strictly enforced the quality of the wall.
Ten meters long and two meters high are only temporary. After the cement dries, it needs to be thickened and heightened. Even if thousands of people work together to complete the huge wall, it will take half a month to complete.
Ji Cha was assigned to the northwest corner several miles away from the factory building. People working with him were of various ages, many of whom were women. Taking into account the physical strength of women, the above standard has been slightly relaxed, but at the same time, the rations received by women are also less. On the whole, it is still more pay for more work, and no one can take advantage of it. At this time, the number of women has not yet widened the gap with men.
"It's too dark. I have to work from morning to night. Fortunately, I can feed the whole family by myself." A young man complained.
"It's not bad to have a share of food. You have never been hungry. When I was in the apartment building before I escaped, I wish I could have such a job to feed me."
The working atmosphere at the wall is not dull, and everyone expresses their opinions with each other.
Ji Cha didn't talk much, his eyes wandered over these people, wanting to see if there were any people who would become powerful in the future. I looked around and found nothing special.
Most people fell silent as they worked, thinking of saving their energy for moving bricks.
On Ji Cha's left hand side, there was a young woman with a swaddle on her back. The child inside was sleeping, but now she gradually woke up, kicking her legs and crying loudly.
The baby's crying was uncontrollable, and everyone was already distracted by the heavy work, so they all stared at him.
The young woman had no choice but to stop the work in hand, untie the swaddling clothes on her back, hold the baby in her arms and gently coax her.
"Maybe he wants to drink milk," someone whistled, and said in a flirtatious tone, "feed him milk!"
"Hahaha." Many men laughed because of this, and only a few frowned uncomfortably.
The young woman was a little embarrassed. She knew that the child in her arms was indeed hungry because she hadn't been breastfeeding, but now the surrounding area was empty without any shelter, and a pair of prying eyes with ulterior motives made her both sides burn red.
At this moment, someone behind her suddenly handed over a thin coat.
Ji Cha took off his coat and handed it to the man, and said, "There is a stool over there, you can use the clothes to change it, just go ahead and do it."
The woman glanced at Ji Cha gratefully, nodded and quickly walked over with the child in her arms.
The young man whistling in front joked, "Hey, brother, you are really disappointing, everyone will wait and see..."
Ji Cha gave him a disgusted look, and said, "As a human being, respecting a mother is the minimum."
The young man was blocked by his words, although he was short of breath but a little bit annoyed, he threw the brick in his hand on the ground, and walked towards Ji Cha aggressively, "What the hell did you say, what do you mean? "
"Literally." Ji Cha was not afraid of him, he clenched the bricks in his hand, looked back with unkind eyes, "If you want to do something, I'll accompany you, if you don't want to, I still have to work."
The soldier standing beside him took two steps forward, and his eyes fell on the young man.
The young man scolded his mother in a low voice, he could only swallow his anger, turned around and continued to work.
Although he has been working in the factory these days, Ji Cha thought that his small body had developed some toughness, but when the day's work was over, when he received two cans and some rice, his whole body was sore like It was only after he was gone that he was reminded that his body was not of much use.
The child's mother, who had only one can and half of rice, looked frustrated because she didn't get enough work done.
From the corner of Ji Cha's eyes, when he caught sight of a few men beside him who had received three cans because of their good work and looked at the mother with special meaning, he walked over quickly to block their eyes, and said to the young mother, "I don't like eating this kind of canned food very much, here you go."
The young mother was taken aback, and shook her head quickly at first, but after hearing the cry of the child on her back, reason obviously defeated shyness. She needs more food to feed herself and her children.
"Thank you..." She took Ji Cha's can and said softly.
"Don't do things you regret." Ji Cha said, turning to look at the child behind her, and praised, "Very cute child."
After the end of the world, many women began to do things that they would never do before the end of the world for various reasons. Some are because they want to live an easy life, and more are because of various helplessness.
Ji Cha walked back to the factory building with thoughts in his heart, just in time to see Liang Jincheng walking towards the factory building with a girl with big breasts and protruding back.
Even in the last days, the girl was not in the slightest distress. Her hair was neatly tied into a ponytail, her face was pretty and her eyebrows were pretty. At this moment, she raised her head and smiled at Liang Jincheng. She was like a golden girl.
As for Ji Cha, he had been busy all day, not to mention the smell of sweat, his trousers were scratched, he was wearing a pair of old sneakers, and he was carrying a small bag of rice in his hand, no different from a beggar returning from begging.
The moment he noticed Liang Jincheng, the people over there also looked up at him almost at the same time.
Ji Cha: I fucked up...