Chapter 132 This base is quite good.

When it came to going to sea, Wang Dacheng seemed to have endless things to say, and his face was full of yearning and anticipation.

The person sitting next to Wang Dacheng heard this and looked over.

"Dacheng, you're thinking about going to sea all day long!"

Wang Dacheng smiled cheerfully. Instead of refuting, he nodded. "You're right. I really want to go to sea! Otherwise, what's the point of just idling around in the base all day?

I'm not like you guys, with wives, children, and a warm bed. I'm all alone. What else can I do if I don't take a risk?"

"That's not how you should think. Even if you're alone, it doesn't mean you have to go to sea every time. This was what we agreed on before.

Going to sea is for everyone, and everyone has to go! Except for the elderly and children, no one can just sit back and enjoy the benefits in the base."

"But doesn't the base leader go every time?"

"Can you compare with the base leader?"

"Why can't I..."

Listening to their conversation, Liu Ruyan more or less understood how this base operated.

Fishing at sea was the main source of income for this base.

But seafood, no matter how much there is, can't fill one's stomach. Staple food is still needed!

How did they solve the problem of staple food?

Although Liu Ruyan was curious, she didn't ask too many questions.

When you don't know the situation, it's better to listen more, observe more, and talk less.

After waiting for a short time, Liu Ruyan smelled the pungent smell of chili peppers and the unique fresh aroma of seafood.

To be honest, the smell was really good!

Just smelling it made people's mouths water.

At this time, Wang Dacheng also looked over and said proudly, "How about it? Aunt Chen's cooking skills are great, right?"

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan nodded simultaneously. "Very good!"

Hearing their answers, the smile on Wang Dacheng's face became even brighter. "Wait until you taste it, and you'll know how delicious it is."

Seafood cooks relatively quickly, so they didn't have to wait too long. Soon, Liu Ruyan heard someone shouting that it was time to eat.

The people who were originally sitting in their seats stood up one after another when they heard these words and took their lunch boxes to queue up.

With more than two hundred people, it wasn't a large number. With three windows serving food at the same time, the speed was quite fast.

Wang Dacheng looked at Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan. "Do you have lunch boxes?"

"Yes!"

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan took out their lunch boxes from their respective hiking bags and then followed Wang Dacheng to queue up for food.

While queuing, Liu Ruyan noticed that the elderly and children were standing at the front, and the young and strong men and women were standing at the back.

The three of them came relatively late and stood at the very end.

Wang Dacheng comforted Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan. "Don't worry. There's enough food. Even if you're at the end, you can get some."

When it was their turn, Liu Ruyan understood why Wang Dacheng had said that.

The person serving the food held a big ladle in his hand.

The ladle in his hand was like a scale, and the amount of food served to each person was exactly the same.

Since the food was served in a measured way, it must have been prepared in a measured amount as well. Naturally, everyone could get their share.

One ladle of rice and one ladle of stir - fried seafood medley were placed on top of the rice, which looked quite appetizing.

Liu Ruyan sat back down with the lunch box and took a closer look.

The rice was a mixed - grain rice, steamed with many kinds of grains.

There were various colored rice grains, all kinds of beans, and even two peanuts could be seen.

To be honest, it wasn't much different from the eight - treasure rice before the apocalypse. The only difference was probably that there were more varieties.

It had been more than three years since the apocalypse, and this small base could still have mixed - grain rice. It could be said to be quite remarkable!

As for the ladle of seafood medley, there were even more varieties.

There were some that Liu Ruyan recognized, and some whose species she couldn't tell.

It was probably stir - fried with broad - bean paste or hot - pot base. It was reddish in color and full of aroma.

Everything was good, but the only drawback was that the portion was a bit small.

Liu Ruyan finished all the food in her lunch box but was still not even half full.

Wang Dacheng across from her had also finished eating at this time and looked over with a smile. "How about it? The taste is not bad, right?"

Liu Ruyan nodded in appreciation. "It's delicious!"

"If you come again in the future, you can still have meals here."

Liu Ruyan just nodded in response and didn't say anything more.

Everyone was focused on eating, and the entire cafeteria was very quiet.

Moreover, Liu Ruyan noticed one thing, that is, no one went for a second helping.

Liu Ruyan admitted that she had a relatively big appetite, but this amount of food, even for a person with a normal appetite, probably could only be half - full.

These people didn't go for more food not because they were full, but because this was the only amount of rations for one meal.

No wonder, although they ate not too badly, they were all so thin.

Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan followed Wang Dacheng to wash their lunch boxes and then walked out of the cafeteria.

Back in the room they were staying in, after closing the door, Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan. "Do you want to eat something else?"

The two of them had similar appetites. If she wasn't full, Zhang Yuan surely wasn't either.

Zhang Yuan touched his stomach. "Let's have something that doesn't have a strong smell."

After all, they were in someone else's place, and the privacy of this room wasn't very good.

Liu Ruyan took out two bowls of rice with meat and vegetables on top. The smell wasn't strong.

The two of them ate very quickly. In a short while, they had finished a bowl of rice with toppings.

Not in a hurry to wash the bowls, Liu Ruyan directly put the empty bowls back into the space.

Looking at the time, it was only seven o'clock. It was a bit early to go to bed.

Just as she was thinking about finding something to read to pass the time, she heard laughter and noise outside.

The sound came from afar, and it was the sound of children playing.

Thinking of the children she saw in the cafeteria, Liu Ruyan said in a low voice, "This base... is quite good."

At least the elderly and children were taken good care of.

Especially the children. Although their clothes had patches, they were clean.

Their faces also had some flesh, and they didn't look emaciated with big heads and small bodies.

In the small bases where Liu Ruyan lived in her previous life, many children without parents or relatives had an extremely difficult life.

They were so emaciated that they looked like big - headed dolls.

Not only that, but they were also at risk of losing their lives at any time.

Compared with those children, the children in this base were like living in paradise.

Thinking of what others had said in praise of Feng Xiuli in the cafeteria earlier, Liu Ruyan also thought highly of Feng Xiuli.

A woman who could establish a base in the apocalypse, be the base leader, and take such good care of the elderly and children in the base was really remarkable.

Not to mention that she went to sea with everyone every time, setting an example and being self - sacrificing.

Liu Ruyan herself wasn't such a person and couldn't do these things, but that didn't stop her from having respect for such people.