Ye Xiao turned around and met a pair of round, bright puppy-like eyes, filled with joy and a hint of admiration. His anger disappeared, and he felt a little... embarrassed.
He lowered his head and covered his lips to cough to hide it, while wondering if he had behaved too aggressively just now. Lin Tantan's snail nature now made him very alert, and he was always careful not to cross the line.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw a group of people staring at the two of them. He frowned and said, "Why are you standing there like an idiot? You haven't finished your work for today, have you?"
Everyone immediately dispersed and continued to help count the supplies or guard the supply trucks.
Ye Xiao then said to Lin Tantan: "I'm sorry for involving you just now."
Lin Tan Tan shook her head: "I didn't feel offended. That was just a harsh remark without any meaning. If it was more extreme, I would have taught him a lesson myself." She smiled and curved her eyes, "But I'm still very happy that you stood up for me. Thank you, Ye Xiao, you were so handsome just now."
Ye Xiao's eyes flickered slightly: "Really?"
"Yeah, yeah." Lin Tan Tan nodded vigorously. She regretted not bringing a cell phone or camera to record the scene. Well, even if she did, it was not suitable to take it out. She could only open her eyes wide and record it firmly with her own eyes. Fortunately, people with special abilities have good memories.
She suddenly thought of something. She had too many regrets. She always regretted not being able to record various scenes. If she could draw, she would draw them as soon as possible.
But she can't draw, so is there a chance for her to learn? Or should she ask Jiang Xiaotian to get her a high-tech camera that she can carry with her every day and be ready to record at any time
Uh, wouldn't that be too perverted
She couldn't help but think about it, and her expression became a little strange. Ye Xiao didn't know what she was thinking, but his ears were still getting hot. Could it be that there was a turning point? He said carefully: "It's nothing to say. If it was just directed at me, it would be fine to listen to it, but he pointed at you..."
While she was still racking her brains for words, Lin Tan Tan said, "I understand, I understand!" She looked like she understood everything, "It's okay to target you, but not your brothers. I understand. If it was Meimei and the others, you would be angry too, right?"
Ye Xiao: “…”
Ye Xiao wiped his face: "Yes."
Brothers or something, so that's how she defines their relationship? For the first time, Ye Xiao felt like vomiting blood.
Lin Tan Tan thought, ah, her male god is so warm and protective, and she thinks he is even more handsome! No, she can't say any more, otherwise she will be seen through. She said, "I suddenly remembered that I left the patient halfway, so I can't have the New Year's Eve dinner. I have come here to see him, and now I should go back."
Look at the time, it’s not even three o’clock yet, so there’s still plenty of time. Although the patients who were originally scheduled for her have been assigned to others, there are still dozens of people. Even if no one can get one, it would still be quite stressful. After all, the patients who are scheduled for her are the most seriously ill.
Ye Xiao frowned slightly: "Now?"
After the mutant plant attack that had just happened, he was not comfortable with her acting alone.
Lin Tantan said: "Don't worry, that shantytown is far away from the mountain, close to the city wall. There are not many plants around, so nothing will happen. Even if something happens, I have the ability to protect myself."
"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Xiao was a little helpless. After thinking about it, he agreed. He began to search who was around her. Jiang Zhongyi alone was not enough to make people feel at ease. Those bodyguards could not help much when facing real danger.
After thinking about it, he suddenly felt that he had too few people. He needed people who were truly reliable, not hired by the employers. They might work together today and break up tomorrow. Even if they were powerful superpowers, would he be able to rest assured if he put them by Lin Tantan's side? But he obviously couldn't be with her all the time.
Ye Xiao's heart suddenly sank.
Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Lin Tantan asked, "Ye Xiao?"
Ye Xiao came back to his senses: "I'll take her to that shantytown."
"No need."
"I have to go check out the environment to feel at ease."
Lin Tantan couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree. When he arrived at the place and took a look, Ye Xiao frowned again. Indeed, it didn't look like there would be mutant plants, but the environment was too bad, much worse than yesterday. Even though he had tried his best to find a clean, flat and dry place, and the rows of folding tents were neat and clean, the people and their families who came to wait for treatment were all really sloppy and dirty.
In such an environment...
If he were in charge, he would never let people live in such an environment, and naturally he would never let Lin Tantan go in and out of such a place every day.
He suddenly remembered Zhou Yan's eyes that contained hidden contempt and ridicule, and thought of that unknown person who dared to jump out and speak wildly, thus causing Lin Tantan to be offended, and his hands could not help but clench.
He left in silence, and even just glanced at Xu Tianjin casually before letting him go.
Bai Cheng noticed Ye Xiao's strange behavior and raised his eyebrows, wondering if he had been humiliated again
He has become very accustomed to Ye Xiao's repeated failures. Although he is the first one among them to find his ideal partner, he feels that it will be very difficult for him to be the first to get out of being single.
He then ignored the issue and asked, "It's about the same as I estimated. There are still about 500 tons of food and a lot of daily necessities. What are you going to do with them?"
Five hundred tons of food is not a lot, but it is enough to feed one million people for several days. If the number of people is reduced, it can last longer.
Ye Xiao suddenly asked: "How many people with special abilities are there currently who specialize in planting?"
Bai Cheng was slightly surprised, but quickly replied: "In the entire base, as far as I know, there are currently more than a thousand people with wood-type abilities, and about two-thirds of them have abilities related to planting."
"Too few." Ye Xiao looked up at the messy and desolate parking lot with all kinds of good and bad vehicles parked, and then looked at the base farther away, at the chaotically high and low buildings.
"When I went out today, I saw that all the fields were flooded and it was impossible to harvest a single crop." Although there were not many crops in the fields in winter, this result still dashed the hopes of many people. Many people in the base wanted to go to the fields after leaving the base, even if it was a long way off.
"Ning City's grain reserves have been used up, with only the last small granary left untouched. How many days do you think all the stored grain will last?"
Bai Cheng's expression faded. "Within a month, the base will be in chaos. But it will only be chaotic for a while. Those who survive will always find their own way to survive. There is always food in the city. If there is no food in this city, there will be food in the next city. The national granary can still support the people of the whole country for two to three years, not to mention the current population decline... If all else fails, we can go dig wild vegetables and hunt for food. Aren't mutant animals edible? Mutated plants should also be edible. Once things stabilize, we can start production again."
He was not worried about the future at all, but the food crisis facing the Ning City base was indeed a difficult problem to solve, so some people even hoped that the flu would be more severe, taking away more lives, so that those who survived could get more survival resources.
They had originally planned to watch from the sidelines. If the crisis was bound to break out sooner or later and a group of people were bound to die, then from the overall perspective, there was no difference between the dead and sick group and the other group. To put it cruelly, the dead and sick people would be more beneficial.
After all, people who get sick generally have weaker constitutions. Of course, this is not absolute. Those who live in good houses, those who don't have to go out to make a living on rainy days, and those who have sufficient food and warm clothes are not likely to get sick.
It's a cruel choice anyway.
But Lin Tantan wanted to save people.
So after thinking about it, Ye Xiao went to talk to Lu Jianping, and Lu Jianping was persuaded - if this group of patients can be preserved, their competitiveness in survival will be stronger than those who have never been sick. There is evidence that the physical fitness of people who recover after being sick will be enhanced. Just look at the people in the Yang City team who were sick and then cured by Lin Tantan, not to mention that the probability of people with superpowers being born among the patient group is higher.
If it were not for this reason, Lu Jianping would not have invested so much manpower in vain if he only talked about love for his fellow countrymen.
Ye Xiao was silent for a long time before he finally said, "We will keep 100 tons of these 500 tons of food and give the rest to Lu Jianping. I will discuss the use of it with him."
Bai Cheng raised his eyes to look at him. He was not surprised to hand it over to Lu Jianping. It was better than letting Li Qun stir up trouble, but... "Leave a hundred tons? Is it too much?"
"Recruit some people. It doesn't matter if you are a psychic or an ordinary person. We value both ability and character. We focus on psychics who are good at treatment and planting. We also accept patients with potential. Quality is more important than quantity..."
Ye Xiao spoke slowly, but Bai Cheng's eyes became brighter the more he listened, but he acted very calmly: "Why did you suddenly change your mind? Didn't you say you wanted to go back to the capital?"
"I can go back to the capital by myself and have a look. It won't affect these things. Watching all this coldly and doing nothing is not what we should do, right?" Ye Xiao smiled. His eyebrows were relaxed and his temperament was bright. It was as if he had broken free from something that had been imprisoning him before. "I wanted to kidnap before."
He was thinking about returning to the capital. If he had not been trapped by the heavy rain, he would have left long ago. Ning City base was never his plan to stay for a long time. It was a long way from the capital and he didn't know how many dangers he would encounter. He couldn't bring too many people with him, so he simply didn't want to take any extra people with him.
However, what happened today suddenly made him realize that if he couldn't do anything in this small base, how much could he do in the capital? Here, even a small subordinate of Li Qun dared to confront him, and there were even more big shots in the capital, so how much pressure would he be under.
He himself doesn't care, but he can't stand seeing people around him being wronged.
If you are not strong enough, how can you protect the people you want to protect? Personal strength is far from enough. In this era, if you don’t have your own people and forces, you will always be in a position of being despised.
He said to Bai Cheng: "Old Bai, perhaps having our own power in our hands is the real way for us to gain a foothold."
Bai Cheng thought, thank God you finally figured it out, but what on earth made him suddenly realize this
He thought about it, thought about the conflict just now, and then he vaguely understood Ye Xiao's mentality.
It must be very embarrassing to be provoked by a group of minions in front of your loved one, and it must be even more unbearable to watch your loved one being bullied by them, right
In the past there was Zhu Xin, and now there is Li Qun's faction. If she expands her influence, what if there are people with more power in the future? Or if someone comes up to her and bosses her around, or even hurts her when she is not looking? Just think about it, won't she explode