[Martial Arts] Infinite Chamber Game

In the evening, everyone gathered together for a meeting, which was still held in the basement of the third brother's villa. A few people were still left outside to keep watch.

No matter how big the basement is, it will seem cramped if more than a hundred people are squeezed in. Those who go early can sit on the sofas, but those who go late can only find plastic stools for themselves. At the back, even the small stools are gone, so they can only sit on the floor. Fortunately, the basement is covered with carpets, so it is quite comfortable to sit on. Everyone holds a candle in their hands, which creates a unique atmosphere.

Under the candlelight, everyone's face looked unhappy.

Chu Liuxiang had said long ago that everyone should get together in the evening and have a drink or something. In his opinion, there was no conflict between men that couldn't be resolved with a drink. If there was, then they would have two drinks.

He had thought of many scenes of drunkenness and revelry, but none of them was as depressing and silent as the current atmosphere, which was like a funeral procession.

Some people were eating, but no one was drinking, even though they had eight boxes of Moutai and more than twenty boxes of beer in stock.

The third brother stood in the middle, with a crystal chandelier hanging above his head. The bulbs had been removed and replaced with seven or eight candles. He stood under the candles, with a small bee headset on his waist. He turned the volume up to the maximum, blew into the microphone, coughed, and said, "We have this meeting tonight for no other reason than to ensure that we can live a better life in the future. Let's not make a fuss about those empty things. Let's deal with food, clothing, housing and transportation one by one. Anyone who has questions, please raise your hand. I looked and it's half past eight. Let's meet until eleven. If we can't finish it today, we'll continue tomorrow. Let's deal with the important things first."

"Let me make this clear. No matter what grudges we have in the past, we should be calm and peaceful. No one is allowed to quarrel. We are not children anymore. If you want to quarrel, quarrel outside. If you want to fight, fight outside. We are here tonight to settle things."

"First of all, it's food. I personally prefer to distribute the collected supplies in a unified manner. First, distribute enough for a week. If you have special needs, please tell me, or tell my wife. Those who disagree, raise your hands. Those who have questions, raise your hands."

Dozens of people raised their hands.

Speak in order from inside to outside.

"Can I choose what I want? I'm an old man and I can't cook. Besides, I can't stand eating bread, canned food, instant noodles, etc. all the time."

"So we have to give you everything we worked so hard to get back first? Why? Can't whoever grabs it first keep it first?"

"We have to use the things we brought first! Why are we leaving them with you? And why do you live in a big villa while we have to run up and down the stairs?"

"I want to apply for a four-piece bedding set, a basin of soap, toothpaste, and a toothbrush. Where is your domestic water?"

"Brother, will you give me a wife in the future?"

……

After more than two hours of relatively calm discussion, the issue of food was resolved in this way. In the first week, the food was distributed and used as a last resort. After the community was slowly cleaned up, there was a canteen in the south area, and two people were assigned to cook for one meal a day. Whoever wanted to eat could go, and if they didn't want to go, then forget it.

Starting tomorrow, all the men will go to the nearby Sam's and Walmart, move all the things inside, and pile them up in Building B. Two people will take turns to be on duty and look after them every day.

Speaking of the issue of duty, it was brought up that some of the more than 100 people knew each other and some did not, so they simply found a piece of paper and had everyone write their names on it. Every morning everyone took turns to call the roll. This was an idea proposed by a kindergarten teacher, who said that this was the fastest way for people to get to know each other.

As a result, the meeting shifted from food issues to personnel arrangements.

With such a large community and such a world, who can feel at ease without arranging a few people to patrol every day? Patrol personnel must be arranged. The iron gate does not look very strong, especially the southern area has no wall. If you want to live there, you must build a wall. There are welders and people from the engineering team in the team, but they lack bricks and cement. If you want to reinforce the iron gate, there is not enough steel bar, and the nearest construction site is dozens of miles away. Reinforcing the community is very important, but there is no need to rush. You can arrange it after the supermarket is moved.

Then there is the issue of water sources. The artificial lake in the community is not big, and with so many people it won't take long to drain the water from the lake. There is a water plant near the community, and we will arrange for people to go and take a look in a couple of days. Maybe the water supply to the community can be restored. If not, we can only dig a well on the spot. This is a technical job. After asking around, no one knows how to do it, so we have to give up for the time being.

There is another urgent matter. Autumn is almost over and it is getting colder day by day. It will snow in this northern city around the end of October. Without heating, people will be frozen to death. The heating facilities in the community are all new, but there is no coal.

In short, there were so many things to do that when the meeting was over, the third brother had a lot of notes written on his notebook. He was staring at the notebook in a daze, and the candle was about to go out again. Little White Flower stood on a stool and replaced two more.

"Don't worry. I always feel that we can't live here for too long. If we really reach the end of our rope, we can move to the countryside. There will always be a way out."

Chu Liuxiang and Lin Shiyin walked at the end. The two of them hardly spoke at the meeting, especially Chu Liuxiang. On the surface, he was the person in charge of the base, but he was basically a knight. When it came to drinking and fighting, and being chivalrous, he was fine, but when it came to the allocation and management of personnel, water supply, and electricity supply, he felt a headache just by listening to it. If Lin Shiyin hadn't kept pulling him, he would have gone back to sleep while discussing food distribution.

It’s not too late to go back now. Lin Shiyin has already left. Chu Liuxiang was stopped by someone and exchanged greetings for a while. Just as he was about to walk out, his third brother suddenly called him.

"Chu Liuxiang."

Chu Liuxiang turned around: "Hmm?"

The third brother chuckled and pointed at the roster in his hand and said, "The name sounds pretty nice, huh? Is it a stage name?"

"stage name?"

"Your real name isn't Chu Liuxiang, is it?"

It doesn't sound like a serious name, more like the name of a male host in the White Horse Club.

Of course, the third brother didn't say this directly, but scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "How is your injury? Is it serious? If not, just tell me, don't force yourself, we all have to rely on you in the future."

Chu Liuxiang said somewhat embarrassedly: "Thank you for your concern, it's nothing serious."

The third brother laughed, moved closer to him, and whispered, "You are really not nice. From now on, we are brothers. Don't hide it from anyone but me. You didn't come out when such a big thing happened this morning. I knew you were probably too badly injured to get up. I'll let my wife take a look at you later. Don't hold on."

Chu Liuxiang's heart skipped a beat, and he grasped the key words in this sentence: "Something happened this morning? What happened?"

"You don't know anything about that?"

(End of this chapter)