More and more people are willing to get out of the cage and re-realize their values.

There are many people who joke about themselves:

"Before the end of the world, it was a social animal that was used as a cow and a horse, but now it is finally raised by someone, and it is idle, so I am in a hurry to find work. Hey, it seems that there is no happy life in this life! ”

In this way, it naturally attracted tacit laughter from a group of people around him.

Having a job means having value, recognition, dignity, and the confidence to speak.

There are far fewer complaining survivors, and more are deciding to work in exchange for their dues, as they did before.

Instead of facing the army, you can only bluff with raised eyebrows.

For a while, the friction between the army and the survivors was much less.

Everyone's eyes on the army are no longer the eyes of the high-ranking supervisors, but gradually return to the original soldiers who dedicate themselves to the people.

Although there are still people who complain about the army, more people are involved in the operation of the base, and they understand first-hand how much the army has paid to maintain their survival, and the previous grievances have dissipated a lot.

And the army, because of the addition of survivors, can reduce the manpower spent on a series of chores such as material production and transportation, power maintenance, and so on.

They were able to refocus on the maintenance of the base's defenses, and the pressure was reduced for a while.

Everything seems to be moving in a better direction, and even Major General Li, who has always opposed it at the beginning, now has to admit that this is the right choice.

The smile on Lieutenant General Lu's face never dissipated again, and he often went to the survivors' living areas to inspect, waving to the survivors with a smile.

However, it is still necessary to avoid accidents, every time Lieutenant General Lu inspects, Lu Yan can only quietly follow behind.

Sometimes Mu Tang will also follow him.

Just like now, watching Lieutenant General Lu bend down and pick up the dusty ball on the ground, and throw it to the scared child standing aside with a smile, Mu Tang quietly turned his head and said to Lu Yan:

"Uncle seems to like to play with ball."

Lu Yan paused, then turned his head and said to Mu Tang in a matter-of-fact manner:

"I heard his old comrades-in-arms say that he used to like to play basketball, but unfortunately he couldn't shoot accurately and often smashed on the rebound."

Speaking of which, he deliberately explained:

"If you want to win basketball, you have to throw the ball into the box, but unfortunately he can only hit ten shots, at most one."

At this time, the child standing next to him was no longer afraid, and cheered and played with Lieutenant General Lu.

There were many survivors around, and everyone was surprised when they saw this scene, but they were more full of warm smiles.

Even Mu Tang and Lu Yan were surrounded by a lot of people, and everyone pretended not to care, and they all pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation between the two.

Lu Yan looked at these people, his heart moved, and he suddenly had an idea.

Mu Tang's little face was also full of surprise, and he whispered:

"Really, wouldn't his teammates be angry then?"

Lu Yan also came up childish at this time, pretending to be scared and glanced at Lieutenant General Lu's back, and said in a quietly hiding voice:

"Of course he was angry, but he didn't realize it at all, every time he stood in the middle of the basketball court in a hurry, everyone could only sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman in order not to hurt his self-esteem."

Although it was "quietly", Lu Yan's voice was actually not small, at least the people around them could hear it.

Lieutenant General Lu didn't know that his nephew had arranged himself thoroughly in the back, and confidently held the ball and threw it towards the improvised basket made of discarded baskets next to him!

"Smack-"

The ball grazed the edge of the improvised basket, bounced twice on the ground, and rolled to the side.

Mu Tang said "wow":

"Really—"

This really ignited the fire in the hearts of the surrounding melon-eating people, at first someone just laughed, and then like ripples in the water, circle by circle of infected people.

After a while, all the onlookers around Lu Yan and Mutang all laughed!

The others who didn't hear them didn't know why they were laughing, but since everyone was laughing, they couldn't help but laugh along.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, tears are about to burst into laughter:

"Hahahaha, what are you laughing at?"

"Hahaha...... I don't know... I just want to laugh anyway! ”

……

And Lieutenant General Lu, who was in the center of the topic, obviously didn't know what was going on, and looked blankly at the smiling people around him.

It may be that the movement is too loud, and some survivors who did not come to watch have also come to watch.

Lu Yan took Mu Tang's hand, the two of them interlocked their fingers, smiled congratulatorily on the corners of their mouths, and quietly looked at the people around them who were laughing wildly.

This is probably the first time these survivors have laughed like this since the Tongcheng base was built.

Children holding balls, adults who are busy with life, getting together to talk and laugh in their spare time, such a scene should be the most normal scene, but at this time it seems precious.

In a trance, it gives people the feeling of returning to the pre-end times.

Lieutenant General Lu didn't understand what everyone was laughing at until the end, and finally laughed along.

For this reason alone, his image was much more intimate in the eyes of these survivors, and he was no longer so high-minded, and everyone was slowly becoming more receptive to a series of command orders issued by the base.

This is what Lu Yan wants to achieve.