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Not long after, the "Old Tune Team" arrived at the village office.

In front of this ancient five-story building, there is a small square on which a dozen or twenty children are playing games such as picking up stones and jumping grid.

Seeing Jiang Baimian and others in gray camouflage get off the car, several children ran over.

They were not as reserved as adults, and asked in a hurry:

"Do you have any sugar?"

"Is there any chocolate?"

"Is there anything delicious?"

After asking, they emphasized in unison:

"We can buy it with money!"

While talking, these children took out gold and silver coins and crumpled banknotes from their pockets.

Jiang Baimian looked at it and found that it all belonged to a certain country in the old world.

She shook her head and smiled:

"We still want to buy something from you."

The "Old Tune Team" came to Cliff Village to investigate the whereabouts of the "Pangaean Biology" project team, and to replenish supplies for entering the ice sheet.

The children felt a little lost at once, and returned to their companions in dismay.

Bai Chen looked back at them and said with a slight sigh:

"This place is indeed richer than Shuiwei Town."

Under normal circumstances, a piece of waste paper from the old world banknotes is either used to wipe your ass or thrown away for children to play. It is not worth making a fuss about, but those old world coins are all real metal. But mosquito meat is also meat, and if it is accumulated, it can also be exchanged for other materials.

For many wilderness wanderers and relic hunters, even a coin is valuable.

In Cliff Village, children on the side of the road can casually take out a few coins, which shows that this place is different from other human settlements.

"They attached to the company earlier, and they have developed in all aspects." Jiang Baimian also felt a little emotional.

That's great... If the company has no problems, it would be even better... Long Yuehong was touched.

Bai Chen nodded:

"Can Shuiwei Town become like this in the future?"

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"Maybe not as good as here, but definitely better than before."

As she walked towards the office, she explained casually:

"The biggest reason why Cliff Village is doing so well is that they have a favorable location.

"Most of the company's teams going to the ice field will choose to get the last supplies here. These supplies are not taken for nothing, but fair trade.

"You must want to ask, how can there be so many supplies in Cliff Village? They definitely can't rely on them alone. Every spring, summer, and autumn, the company will have multiple convoys to sell corresponding supplies to them, which forms a cycle. .”

To put it simply, this is equivalent to a supply warehouse of the company, and the people in Cliff Village are equivalent to the employees guarding the warehouse. Are there corresponding benefits?Long Yuehong uses her own experience to understand.

"That's it..." Shang Jianyao showed an expression of "I completely understand".

Jiang Baimian looked at Gnawa, who was wearing a burqa, making it impossible to see that it was a robot, and added:

"Since Cliff Village has become rich in supplies, many caravans and relic hunter teams traveling to and from the ice field will also choose to come here to do business and get supplies."

"The commercial center of this area?" Bai Chen nodded with understanding based on his experience in Wild Grass City and Primordial City and the knowledge provided by the old world entertainment materials.

Jiang Baimian let out a "hmm":

"But except for the company's employees, no one else can cross the bridge or enter the village, so they can only trade in an abandoned town opposite.

"It just started spring recently, and no one has come here yet."

While talking, several members of the "Old Tune Group" went up the steps and arrived at the gate of the office.

The village head already knew that there was such a group of "Pangaean creatures" coming, so he waited there himself.

He is in his fifties, although his hair is gray, he is very energetic, his face is quite rosy, and his wrinkles are not so conspicuous.

"Are you going to the ice field?" The village chief spoke with a distinct accent.

He was a little surprised in his heart, because the number of this team was really too small.

Over the years, the "Pangaean" team he had seen going to the ice field was a mighty group of people, with at least four or five vehicles.

"Yes." Jiang Baimian replied with a smile, "Go to the ice field to do a mission."

"Why don't you go again in summer? What's the urgent task?" The village head knew very well how cold the ice field was in spring.

He just asked casually, and did not expect Jiang Baimian and the others to answer, after all, this definitely involves confidentiality regulations.

Jiang Baimian pointed to the inside of the office and said:

"Let's go in and talk."

At this time, Shang Jianyao interjected with an indignant expression on his face:

"You don't know her anymore?"

The village head led the "Old Tune Group" to walk two steps, arrived at a place with bright lights, and looked at Jiang Baimian carefully for a while:

"Remember, I've only seen such a handsome and tall girl."

"That's right." Shang Jian Yao showed a gratified expression.

Jiang Baimian forcibly pressed down the embarrassment that was surging, and smiled and said:

"It's not too strange to go to the ice field in spring. I just heard that a scientific research team from the company went there last week."

The village chief stepped into the hall of the office and found a sofa area enclosed:

"That's different. Those who do scientific research want the weather. If you look at it, you don't do scientific research."

"Who said that? We have also done scientific research!" Shang Jianyao said that you are looking down on us.

Jiang Baimian's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't stop this guy from continuing.

Shang Jianyao added complacently:

"As volunteers, we have participated in scientific research projects."

The village head muttered:

"What kind of participation is a volunteer? Many people in our village have been volunteers."

Jiang Baimian took advantage of the situation and asked:

"is it a lot?"

"There are quite a lot." The village head replied with a bit of regret, "But this is all a few years ago. For more supplies and better treatment, many people in the village agreed to be volunteers. Even if you die, you can leave something for the family, hey, there are very few now, everyone can eat enough, and they have their own livelihoods."

"That's it..." Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao said in unison.

The former asked casually again:

"Are there many volunteers in the village who come back?"

"About half." The village chief was not too sure. "Some are fine, some are sick all over, some have a little more, and some have a little less."

Jiang Baimian let out a "hmm" and didn't continue this topic.

After chatting for a while, the village head pointed upstairs and said:

"It's getting late, how about you living on the second floor? People who come from the company live in the office, and dinner will be delivered to you later."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian had no objection.

Shang Jian Yao asked curiously:

"Is it free?"

"You don't need accommodation, but you have to pay for meals." The village chief smiled, "But for the company's people, we invite them for the first meal."

"What is the first meal? Let's leave tomorrow morning and come back in the evening, so it can be counted as the first meal..." Before Shang Jian Yao could finish his sentence, he was forcibly dragged into the stairs.

After entering the room, Long Yuehong looked around and said:

"The conditions are better than the hotel we stayed in Hongshiji."

It is almost comparable to the foreign hotels of the "Salvation Army". It is clean, tidy, relatively spacious, and the furniture such as beds does not have a stale smell.

Bai Chen didn't care about this matter, looked at the door and said:

"The volunteers who can be released should not involve important secrets."

What she meant was that the living volunteers in the village might not know much.

Jiang Baimian laughed:

"That's good, it won't arouse the vigilance of the company, and a lot of key information is hidden in ordinary details."

Chapter 29 Longing

"Then I'll inquire now!" Shang Jianyao volunteered.

Jiang Baimian gave him a white look:

"On the first day I came here, I asked people everywhere to ask questions, because I was afraid that my behavior would be too normal and not attract attention?

"Have a good rest tonight, go to room '506' to find out more details."

"Okay." Shang Jian Yao pulled a chair and sat down.

The village chief had consulted them just now and arranged three adjacent rooms for them, one for Long Yuehong and Bai Chen, one for Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao, and one for Gnawa himself.

Jiang Baimian meant to go to the ice field soon, so that the couple Long Yuehong and Bai Chen could have a chance to warm up.

Now, they planned to go back to their houses after dinner.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

A girl in a dark padded jacket walked in with a food box in her hand.

"Your dinner." She put the food box on the coffee table in the room, opened the lid, and introduced, "There are braised rabbit meat, roasted lamb, fried pork..."

Jiang Baimian took a breath of the fragrance in the air, said with a smile:

"It's quite rich."

"You are distinguished guests." The girl smiled and brought out the dishes in the food box one by one.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"How do you usually eat?"

"It's not bad." The girl replied softly, "Although you can only eat so much during the Chinese New Year, it's not too bad usually, you can have meat every now and then."

Someone may have taught it, she then added:

"Thanks to the company."

After finishing speaking, she opened her eyes wide and asked with concern:

"Does the company have plans to recruit external employees this year?"

If there is, they will always be allocated two or three places for this kind of subsidiary forces, otherwise they have to make major contributions or have outstanding talents.

This is also a way for "Pangaea" to win people's hearts.

"I'm not sure about that." Jiang Baimian said honestly.

This is an annual plan that can only be finalized by the board of directors.

Long Yuehong curiously asked the girl who delivered the food:

"You guys are doing well, why do you still want to join the company?

"The treatment of the grassroots employees of the company will not be any better than that of you."

He remembers that he joined the "Old Tune Group" and before he earned a lot of contribution points, the family lived in a small room and only had meat every now and then.

The girl seemed to have imagined it many times, and replied almost without stuttering:

"But once you join the company, you don't have to worry about bad harvests, being targeted by robbers, and you don't have to worry about getting sick and being cured.