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"No matter what, we can't let go of this great opportunity!"
This is the common thought revealed in the eyes of almost everyone.
Zhang Tianyuan could feel their passion, and when he occasionally met someone's eyes, he would smile and nod towards them.
Mr. Tan stepped onto the stage and spoke to everyone:
"Comrades, today is the day when the first branch of our Mutual Rescue Society was officially established. We are honored to invite comrades from the headquarters of the Mutual Rescue Society and other branches.
Prior to this, the comrades at the headquarters and the branches have given us a lot of help, and they told us with their actions that we are not alone on the difficult road ahead..."
Before Mr. Tan could finish his words, there was thunderous applause after another at the scene, and the five members made no secret of their excitement.
As a result, Mr. Tan's speech was often interrupted, but even so, he just smiled and waited for everyone to vent their emotions.
Zhang Tianyuan also smiled and applauded along with the others.
People in several other branches also deeply felt the excitement of the people around them.
In the applause that resounded throughout the audience, Ning Jihua smiled and said loudly to the people next to him: "When we chased away the monsters, the atmosphere was similar to now."
Beside him was Sun Deyi, who also laughed and said:
"The atmosphere is still not good. When we just joined the Mutual Rescue Society and learned that there are other time and space in the world, we were much more excited than these people. Two dungeons almost collapsed."
Ning Jihua shook his head: "Blow it, you~"
If you can really call down two dungeons, then you still use planetary engines?
Send the people of those two dungeons into space, wouldn't everyone blow the earth away with one breath?
Elder Zhou and Tong Wenshi also smiled knowingly, understanding the atmosphere of the scene very well.
In the rear, a camera team silently documented everything.
……
into the night.
Zhou Tao and Xue Liangping took the bus back to the building where they had lived for more than ten years. Besides them, there were more than 40 people in the building who also responded to the call and joined the freight brigade.
With them, exactly 50 people.
Under the darkness of night, fifty people who had returned from parallel time and space stood outside the building, all of whom were a little timid.
However, the building received news early that they would be back for vacation today, so they called the door open just now, and they were warmly welcomed as soon as they walked in.
"Welcome home!!"
Zhou Tao and the others shook hands and hugged many neighbors one by one, and held the hands of their wives and children tightly, only then did they realize that there were many people in the building.
He asked strangely: "Don't everyone have to go to work?"
The old building manager said with a smile: "Didn't a government official come over last time and say, what kind of industrial improvement is going to be done? Since that time, the number of people going to work has gradually decreased."
"Now as long as you apply based on your work experience before the end of the world, you can temporarily suspend your work and relearn your previous skills and knowledge, so many people are responding to the call."
It was only then that Zhou Tao remembered that there was indeed such a thing.
They responded to this from the beginning, so they resolutely joined the freight brigade, but they didn't expect that the goods would have to be transported in parallel time and space...
"Let's not talk about this, we can't guess what the boss is thinking. Anyway, if you don't go to work now, the dried earthworms you sent out before are enough to eat for a long time."
Speaking of dried earthworms, Zhou Tao suddenly remembered something, and excitedly opened the big backpack he brought back.
"I brought back something for everyone, for everyone to try something new!"
His actions were like dominoes, Xue Liangping and others put down their backpacks and opened them one after another.
The old building manager also wondered why people like Zhou Tao were carrying big and small bags, and after opening them, he leaned forward to take a look.
At this glance, he was completely stunned.
It wasn't just him, as long as they saw the things in the backpacks of Zhou Tao and his party, no one would not be surprised.
The half-person-high backpack is filled with all kinds of food and toys. Last time, the whole building only shared one apple. There is a big bag full of it, and there are even some pretty delicate packages. The box, at first glance, is not an ordinary thing.
"Where... did you get these things?"
The old building chief turned his head and found that the backpacks opened by other people were filled with similar things, either for food or for play, and they were all quite rare things after the apocalypse.
This discovery surprised him even more.
In his impression, didn't people like Zhou Tao go out to solicit goods?
Why did he bring back so many rare things like he went out to pick up waste?
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wrong!
The old building manager shook his head fiercely, these things can be picked up when you go out to scavenge. If there is such a cheap thing, how can it be Zhou Tao's turn to sign up?
Thinking of this, the old building manager glanced at the door worriedly, as if he was worried that the police would break in at any time.
He pulled Zhou Tao aside and asked carefully, "You didn't go out and do something bad, did you?"
After thinking about these things, no matter how I think about it, it is only possible to get them by stealing them.
Once these fifty people go out, they become so...the fifty thieves of Alibaba?
No, it seems to be around forty?
The old building manager can't remember clearly.
But this was enough for Zhou Tao to understand what he meant.
Zhou Tao smiled, and took the initiative to embrace the old building manager: "Don't worry, our things come from the right way, and we brought them back with the permission of the organization!"
"Really?" The old building manager gave a look of disbelief. Zhou Tao and the others could actually bring back these precious materials, and they brought back so much at once?
Zhou Tao patted the old building manager's back, and said soothingly, "Who am I, Zhou Tao? You have met the building manager for more than ten years. Is it possible to do those illegal and criminal things?"
"I believe in your behavior. If it is said that it is a reward and subsidy from the state, I don't believe it, but this is too much..."
Although the suspicious eyes of the old building manager gradually disappeared, they were replaced by deep doubts.
For him, for this time and space, Zhou Tao's explanation is like going out to drive a car for the country for a while, and then being rewarded with a bunch of luxury goods when he comes back——
This style is wrong!
And it doesn't work that way.
Not only the old building manager had such doubts, but also other people in the building, but everyone couldn't ask the origin of the materials, and only got the guarantee of everyone's character.
In this regard, the old building manager can only say that he will not delve into it further.
Zhou Tao and the others didn't want to say it, and no one could do anything about it, as long as it wasn't illegal.
But soon someone discovered that something was wrong——
The information printed on the packaging of the items brought back by people like Zhou Tao is a bit sinister!
"This pack of spicy strips is from the Weilong brand. I've never seen this brand before. Is it a new plan, and the place of production seems to be wrong. The division of these administrative districts seems to be before the end of the world..."
"Fuck! Why did it expire in July 2012?"
"This bag of spicy strips is older than me, I have to call it big brother!"
Immediately after the first person made such a discovery, other people also fumbled on various packages, and they all found that except for the fruit, the information printed on all the packages was wrong.
Facing everyone's strange gazes, Zhou Tao and the others scratched their heads and didn't know what to say for a while.
In fact, before they entered the building, they had already had a small meeting on the bus.
Zhou Tao thought that although the organization did not ask them to keep it secret, he still felt that they had better not gossip about the Mutual Rescue Association and parallel time and space.
This proposal was approved by everyone, and everyone agreed that unless the existence of the Mutual Rescue Society was officially announced, they had better keep this secret in their hearts.
That's why the old building manager and the others couldn't figure out why.
But how to explain this situation now?
Zhou Tao's face froze.
You must know that it is already 2043. They brought back a bunch of "dad" products that expired in 2012 or were produced in 2010. Isn't that killing people?
Facing everyone's suspicious eyes, Zhou Tao could only bite the bullet and open a pack of spicy sticks, and handed it to his children: "Hehe, don't worry about the information on the package, it's all printed in garbled codes, and the information doesn't match..."
Although they were still puzzled, everyone could smell the aroma of spicy strips, and there was indeed no mildew feeling. Others also followed Zhou Tao's example and unpacked the things they brought back.
The children's cheers suddenly occupied the entire building, and the adults' attention was also diverted.
Zhou Tao heaved a sigh of relief, and now he has passed.
"Daddy Daddy!"
A childish and familiar voice came from next to his ear, Zhou Tao bowed his head, his child was holding a spicy stick in one hand, and was holding on to his trousers with the other.
"What's wrong?" He lowered his body and took the child away.
The child excitedly pointed in the direction: "Go over there!"
Zhou Tao turned his head and signaled Xue Liangping to look at his bag for help, and then walked over with his wife holding the child.
The two big ones and one small quickly walked to the middle of the building. This is a small public vegetable garden. If it is daytime, there will be a little sunlight shining in through the glass.
Many people bring the plastic pots they grow vegetables here when they go to work at night, and take them back after get off work in the morning, so that they can bask in the sun for a while, whether it is useful or not, at least it has a psychological effect.
Zhou Tao approached the vegetable garden and saw such a scene.
Many vegetable bowls are placed on the stage, occupying the space that can be exposed to sunlight.
The child jumped out of Zhou Tao's arms and skillfully found the location of his own vegetable bowl:
"Dad, come quickly, look here!"
Zhou Tao squatted down and leaned over, and suddenly saw that a small clear space had been dug out in the pot full of vegetables, and a small green sprout was emerging from there in surprise.
Looking at the flower pots of other houses around, if you look closely, you can find such a small open space with almost the same green shoots growing on the open space.
The wife smiled sweetly, "The seeds of the apple that our family got before were planted here. The children are looking forward to it every day, and it took a long time for it to germinate."
Zhou Tao sighed, then smiled knowingly, and touched the child who was pointing at Lu Ya and jumping up and down.
He looked at the small green shoots in the pot, and then raised his head, as if he saw its future appearance, "This apple tree will grow taller and taller in the future, until it takes root in the ground and bears fruit of."
The wife put away her happy smile and became a little worried: "That will be difficult. In the current situation, I don't know how to survive the ice age in the future."
"It's okay," Zhou Tao stood up, then turned around and hugged his wife, "Believe me, it will get better and better in the future, don't you think I brought a lot of things when I came back this time?"
The wife's eyes were full of tenderness, and she hugged her husband tightly: "Well, I believe in you!"
The two hugged each other tightly, and they suddenly didn't realize that there was a dazed little Douding sandwiched between their four long legs...
Two days passed quickly.
Although Zhou Tao and others kept tight-lipped about the parallel time and space, there were thousands of drivers who were eligible for vacation this time, and it was impossible for all of them to have this kind of self-awareness.
In some buildings and areas, rumors about the Mutual Rescue Association have already begun to spread, but due to the limited speed of information dissemination, there has been no uproar in the city.
This point was already in Mr. Tan's calculations. Putting these people back was actually a bit of an advance to the folks.
In the past two days, Zhou Tao also gained a deeper understanding of the changes in his surroundings.
The previously announced Ice Age incident was extremely sensational. Although it has been a while now, many people still have hidden worries in their hearts. It has become a knot in many people's hearts, and it is placed around everyone like a time bomb.
The more he felt this oppressive atmosphere, the more Zhou Tao felt the necessity of joining the Mutual Rescue Society.
He has been to Time and Space No. [-], and has gone deep into the people there. He knows that although there is also the threat of disaster, many people are still optimistic. Although work and life are affected, they are generally normal.
This alone made them envious.
He didn't know if his time and space would start to mobilize the entire time and space migration like the No. 1 time and space after he joined the Mutual Rescue Club.
But in any case, it should be better than the current situation, right?
Before he came back, he had already heard about the time and space of the day after tomorrow in the news over there.
The forces mobilized by the Mutual Rescue Society can save almost the entire earth, so naturally they can also save their time and space, right?
In short, Zhou Tao is both looking forward to and anxious now.
He knew that sooner or later the government would announce the cooperation with Mutual Rescue, and he knew that all this would happen one day, and he also looked forward to changes in the future.
But he just doesn't know, when will his expectation be fulfilled, and when will the Mutual Rescue Society really start to act in their time and space?
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