Chapter 42: The Cafeteria
Issue?
Old man Li looked at Luke, who was already eager to try next to him, without the slightest hesitation or question, and his face was a little helpless.
Looking at the appearance of his colleague, it is estimated that there is nothing to ask, or maybe everything is clear.
But he did have a lot of questions now, like a knotted mess, lingering in his mind.
This is fatal and tempting for a scientist who has lived for hundreds of years, curiosity is his nature, and exploring the unknown has become his instinct.
But as time passed, he didn't understand the previous problem, but he found that there were more and more things he didn't understand.
Where have Shen Sen leaders gone these days?
Where did you get the weapons you brought?
There are also these so-called tape recorders and tapes, he can see from the technical details that this is a simple application of electromagnetics, but the technology in it is basically a very old and backward standard, where does this "antique" come from?
In his feelings, the Shen Sen leader, along with the entire camp, now seemed to be shrouded in a veil of mystery, like an unknown puzzle, attracting him to solve it.
However, after thinking about it for a while, in the end, Old Man Li still came up with a stupid answer.
"I'm the same as Captain Luke, so there's nothing wrong with me......"
Shen Sen glanced lightly at this antique-level scientist who was so strong-willed that the psychic broadcast could not play much role in him.
Although he was sure that the old man must have some questions to ask him, since he didn't say it, he wouldn't pick it out, because he didn't have complete trust in the old man now.
You must know that this is a hundred-year-old scientist who has mastered a huge amount of knowledge and technology, and he has personally counted more stars than Shen Sen has eaten along the way.
He has experienced the splendor of civilization, the peak of technology, and the suddenness of the destruction of the world.
Such a person, the individual's self-will has been condensed into a piece of steel in hundreds of years of tempering, Mount Tai collapsed in front of the unchanged, and the storm suddenly arose and dealt with indifferently.
Don't say some doubts, even if Shen Sen wants to kill him at this time, he may not be shaken in the slightest.
There is a long way to go if such an old man who can be called a national treasure-level scientist on the earth in his previous life can sincerely do things for him.
Both were waiting, waiting to see who couldn't hold on first.
"That's it, since there is no problem, let's go to the cafeteria, I also want to taste how the food in the cafeteria tastes."
Shen Sen stood up, his face was as usual, and said with a smile.
With his actions, Zhang Ting, Luke, Wilson, Old Man Li and several guards guarding here spontaneously followed behind him, vaguely lined up in two lines, and walked towards the location of the newly built canteen in the camp from a distance.
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Camp 1123 is a remnant of the ruins, most of which have collapsed, leaving only a large amount of sand and gravel fragments.
Only buildings less than a few hands in size, still crumbling and standing on this crimson wilderness, seemed to show the last bit of glory of the civilization of the new republic.
Camp cafeteria!
Four simple capital Chinese characters were printed on a wooden plaque and hung high above the gate of a nine-square grid building that looked like a magic way.
Aside from a high-rise diamond-shaped building that was used as a residence for all the scavengers in the camp, the current block-shaped building that became a canteen appears to be relatively complete.
These four antique Chinese characters are the ones that everyone in the camp knows and knows their specific meanings.
In their minds, the camp canteen is equal to a place to eat!
At this moment, the morning training is over, and in the cafeteria, more than 1,000 people who have worked hard for two hours are sitting in their exclusive seats, waiting quietly.
Like students sitting on a small bench listening to the lecture, each holding an iron bowl in their hands and swallowing saliva.
In front of them, several cauldrons were bubbling hot, and the air condensed in the room, causing everyone to smell the food mixed with spices.
As a "migrant worker" who once moved bricks with Old Man Li, Li Xin, a young man who has completely shaved his hair like a dog, feels hungry and can eat a whole pot of delicious food in front of him at this time.
Just after he didn't know how many times he had swallowed, the cafeteria finally opened.
"Today's lunch!"
"Luncheon meat hodgepodge and flatbread!"
The female scavenger in charge of cooking, as usual, reported to the crowd the types of food for the day.
Then the people in line instantly got up and walked towards the place where the cauldron was placed.
Li Xin is at the front of the team, and the order of cooking is arranged according to the performance of yesterday's training, and he has been among the first to eat for several days.
Although he felt that there was no difference between eating early and eating late, he still felt a little excited for himself to be the first to eat.
Listening to Old Man Li, he didn't understand what kind of pride and honor this called, but he still wanted to run at the front.
Because when he runs, his stiff body seems to come to life, which gives him an indescribable sense of ease and comfort, which he loves......
"Li ......"
"Li Xin!" Li Xin emphasized his name again to the scavengers who were fetching food.
This is the first time in the past few days that he has repeated his name to the person in charge of cooking, but he estimates that there are too many people to remember him.
"Oh, Li Xin, this is your big cake!" The scavenger who was cooking took a piece of burnt and a corner of wheat cake from the side, handed it to Li Xin, and then deliberately raised his head and took a careful look at the person standing in front of him.
He remembered this young man, and he also knew that his name was Li Xin, because not many people introduced their names to the people who cooked over and over again, like this young man.
And he was just out of curiosity, trying to see if this young scavenger was really like the other rice pickers said, and it turned out to be so.
Li Xin didn't know that this was just a temptation, and after seeing that people finally called out his name under the reminder, he turned around with satisfaction, took his own food, and quickly sat down in his original position.
His name was given to Old Man Li, and he didn't know what his name was before, and no one seemed to call him by name.
But since that day, when he and the more than a thousand people in the camp learned that Old Man Li's name was Li Si at the same time, he felt that he needed a name as well.
So from then on, he was called Li Xin, and he also had a goal to let everyone in the camp know his name in public, but so far he has not accomplished this goal.
The camp now has three meals a day, with only a few biscuits in the morning and lunch at noon being the most hearty meal of the day.
Today is a smorgasbord of luncheon meat, Li Xin picked up the iron bowl and blew a layer of hot air floating on the water, revealing the true face of the food.
The reddish-purple luncheon meat and yellow-green dried vegetables are mixed together to whet your appetite.
He silently thanked the leader in his heart once again for letting them eat such a delicious meal, and then took a satisfying bite.
Just as he was about to gobble down the bowl of food quickly, everyone in the cafeteria suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked in the direction of the door.
Li Xin was puzzled, and he also followed everyone's line of sight towards the door, but his eyes widened, because there he saw a person he had thanked in his heart just now.
The ruler of their camp was extremely admired by everyone, the leader of Shen Sen.
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