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Episode 4: Short-term Harvest Chapter 13: Happy Busyness

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    Chapter Thirteen: Happy Busyness

    "I'm warning you! Big liar, stay away from me!"

    At the radioactive mineral collection site, more than a hundred people are busy. Several fully CNC excavators are drilling downwards. There are also several construction sites where recommended underground rails are being laid inward. In fact, more than a hundred people are working on the surface.  Busy, and inside, there are at least nearly a thousand people working on it. This is a big construction site!

    At present, there are more than 120,000 people in Hope, and there is no longer any unemployed person. Not only that, those service industries or security industries such as patrols that are fully loaded have generally begun to lay off employees, so that the number of employees can return to normal.  level, the laid-off employees were immediately recruited into several major plans currently being implemented by the Hope.

    In the plain area not far from the Hope, this is the radioactive mineral collection point. It relies on manual technology to dig downwards, and then uses radioactive detectors to find the radioactive minerals inside. This place alone requires nearly 5,000 people.  The employees on the left and right are not only technical staff and engineers, but also because they work in shifts 24 hours a day, 5,000 employees are indispensable.

    After all, this is not the earth, or a planet with a breathable atmosphere like a desert planet, but we are working outside the universe, or on an asteroid with a gravity only one-twelfth of the earth. The physical exertion is huge.  The eight-hour three-shift system in human industry has become the current five-shift system, which solves the personnel arrangement of this construction site.

    Of course, because there are more than 5,000 staff members, this is already a quite large base, and many of them are workers from all over the world. Even internal staff such as engineers and technical workers are basically from different countries. They may speak English.  , maybe speaking Chinese, or speaking Russian, or speaking Japanese or something. In short, in this case, translators who can speak multiple languages ??are very important, and there are several translators in each shift.  .

    In addition to translators, there are also a considerable number of military personnel who are responsible for emergency security work, as well as transporting various supplies along the way, such as transporting simple replacement oxygen bottles in a vacuum environment that were only invented in 2023, or  Transporting the excavated radioactive minerals back to the Hope is also a very heavy job, and it is not just about standing there.

    However, Feng Xiaocheng was very depressed to find that there was a soldier beside her who was just standing there stupida big liar named Jie Weili!

    Jie Weili followed closely beside Feng Xiaocheng. He chuckled and said, "This is my job. Following you, the most precious translator talent, I have read through your resume. You can do it at such a young age."  He speaks and writes eight languages, and is studying several more languages. Only someone like you can"

    Feng Xiaocheng screamed loudly like a wild cat whose tail was stepped on: "You, you looked through my resume!?"

    Jie Weili nodded in confusion and said: "I am an officer, and you are the chief translator in this team. Of course I can read your"

    Feng Xiaocheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, and jumped towards Jie Weili with a big stride, and was about to kick Jie Weili, but she used too much force, and in her haste, she forgot that this was the surface of an asteroid, and the gravity was only that of the earth.  It was only one-twelfth of the size. She jumped up high in one jump, and then she screamed and jumped over Jie Weili's head.

    Jie Weili sighed and stretched out his hand to firmly grasp one of Feng Xiaocheng's thighs. However, the gravity environment here was such that even with his weight, the two of them fell several meters away.  Landed.

    "Are you an idiot? Didn't you memorize the safety regulations clearly? Well, go and write your resignation application immediately, and memorize the safety regulations before you go back!" Jie Weili became angry as soon as he stood up, and he almost shouted  Roaring and cursing.

    But Feng Xiaocheng burst into tears. She pushed Jie Weili away and cried loudly: "I don't want you to preach, who do you think you are! A big liar, I don't want you to preach!"  You also read my resume. Do you understand this is privacy? Stay away from me! Go find those blonde beauties of yours and leave me alone!"

    "You idiot woman, I can tell you"

    The entanglement between these two people was seen by hundreds of people not far away. They all smiled kindly. The two young lovers were at odds. This is not uncommon in the open Western world, and there is nothing worth mentioning.  Those watching or discussing, in fact, such scenes often make people smile. After all, we are currently drifting and struggling in the universe. Such scenes full of human joy always make people feel relaxed.

    At the same time, in a restaurant on the Hope, Zhang Heng was devouring ham rice bowl. Among the side dishes next to it,??Two stuffed prawns, some refreshing vegetables, and a bright red apple were placed there. It was obviously the after-dinner fruit. This meal was already very luxurious. Ordinary working-class people could only enjoy two of them a month.  Just three times.

    Sitting opposite Zhang Heng were two beautiful beauties, Bai Ningxue and Luo Maomiao. They both looked at Zhang Heng gobbling up the food with smiles. It was not until a long time later that Zhang Heng raised his head that they saw  Seeing the smiles of the two of them, he blushed and said, "Sorry, I'm really hungry. I've been busy all day and finally took a break. I'm really hungry now."

    The two beauties shook their heads, and Bai Ningxue asked, "Is your job so tiring? How about changing to something more relaxed?"

    Zhang Heng smiled and shook his head and said: "How is it possible to change? Among the new humans, there are three precognitive people who have confirmed it, but the other two's precognitive induction is sometimes not working, and they are always not as good as mine, which is almost 100%.  You must know that my job is very important. The underground cavity is being transformed into a temporary living area. However, the cavity was dug and swallowed by alien plants. No one knows whether it is strong inside or whether it will collapse.  events, and this requires me to identify and detect them one by one."

    "This is my job. I look around for areas that may cause danger, anticipate them in advance, and then carry out reinforcements there. This can be said to be a very important job. The other two new humans are sometimes ineffective.  This is the most dangerous thing, and this is a job that only I can do!"

    When Zhang Heng said this, although his tone was complaining, his expression was full of pride and pride, and it was the kind of pride and pride that had a bit of a masculine touch.  feeling inside.

    To know what is the difference between men and boys, the key point is this temperament, a mature temperament with a sense of responsibility and responsibility.

    Vaguely, Zhang Heng was carrying this temperament at this moment, and Bai Ningxue and Luo Maomiao obviously felt it too. They both felt that their hearts were pounding, and an indescribable smell surrounded their hearts.

    After Zhang Heng said these words, he even felt a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "By the way, don't say anything about me. What about you? How is your recent academic performance?"

    Bai Ningxue and Luo Maomiao curled their lips after hearing this. Bai Ningxue said: "What else can I do? Just goof around every day, but our professor is very interesting. He has been in class several times.  He pointed out that the Hope government is such a bastard. All departments have been established, but the Ministry of Education has been forgotten. It said that to continue human civilization, the first priority is education. Now it has forgotten the Ministry of Education. This is simply  It¡¯s just self-destruction¡­¡±

    The three of them chatted and laughed about recent interesting things. They were of the same age and had shared experiences. Even their previous life experiences were almost the same, so naturally there were many topics to talk about. Gradually, the three young people  Everyone was smiling.

    At the other end of the restaurant, in front of a large table that was put together, there were a few middle-aged people and seven or eight young people. They were all devouring their meals and drinking cans of beer from the table.  After one sip, everyone present had a satisfied smile on their face.

    "well."

    A middle-aged man drank all the beer in his hand. He was a big Caucasian man. He sighed and said boldly: "This is the fucking life! Work until you are tired every day, and then when you return home  , I have a wife and children, beer and food, and if I can have movies and TV shows, then this life will be really beautiful.¡±

    This was a group of employees who had just finished work. They returned to the Hope from the asteroid. Because of the substantial salary increase, and because of the employees they had just met, they proposed to have a nice meal together, and they also drank for a long time.  There was untouched beer, and even cigarettes were bought. Everyone could have an after-dinner cigarette, and everyone present had a satisfied look on their face.

    "It's close to 500 human coins a month, and during work, we are also rationed some luxuries, including beer and cigarettes. It's a really good life like this." Another young man next to him sighed with satisfaction.

    "Yes." The big white man just lit the cigarette, took a puff, and then said: "I am a technical staff member, so I know some data. I can tell you that now it is almost all passengers on our Hope  It's a good situation that only happens once in a century. Here, in this star field, a large amount of materials exist, and its level of abundance even exceeds that of the Earth. There are a large number of jobs, and the rapid development of the Hope, do you know?  Before that, when the Hope was drifting in the void of the universe, I woke up from my sleep several times"

    "We are too lonely, too lonely, and too dangerous. This big universeIt is not suitable for us humans to enter with the existing technology, do you know?  How lucky it is to find such a star field with a large amount of rich minerals. We can obtain supplies, transform the Hope, build more cabins, provide more jobs, and give  More benefits"

    The big Caucasian man took a deep breath from his cigarette. The smoke filled his solemn face, and he could only hear his voice saying: "I have a child, only six years old. I'm really scared. I'm afraid that he will die before he grows up."  , but now I am not worried at all. Looking at the busy scene of the Hope, I thank God in my heart every time"

    "We humans can survive and develop in the universe"

    "I am convinced of this!"
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