Cheng Jili looked much thinner than before, but her complexion was healthier.
After running over, she greeted Ruan Cifeng and Zhou Sulan first and then patted Ruan Ning on the shoulder.
“After waiting for so long, you finally came.”
Fortunately, Ruan Ning is in good physical condition now, otherwise, she would have staggered after being slapped.
As expected, being a lieutenant is different. Her strength has become so great.
Feeling at a loss whether to laugh or cry, Ruan Ning took her hands away and found that they were much rougher.
Before, there were only calluses from practicing shooting, but now, they are covered with scars.
It seems that it is not easy to build the New Hope Base.
Not wanting to make the reunion atmosphere solemn, Ruan Ning smiled: “There is no other way. I can’t survive outside. I want to curry favor with Lieutenant Cheng, right?”
Cheng Jili chuckled: “Do you think I’m still as shy as before? Unfortunately, I’m very thick-skinned now and I’m not afraid of being teased.”
“Hurry up and follow me in.”
After saying that, she ran to Ruan Ning’s parents and insisted on helping Zhou Sulan carry her backpack.
Zhou Sulan kept refusing, but Cheng Jili grabbed the things and carried it on her back.
Four people walked in together.
Cheng Jili said, “Now everyone lives in different areas. There is open space between each area, and people live in a loose manner to avoid being trampled or unable to escape during an earthquake.”
“My brother and I came here earlier, and we live in District 3. Why don’t we just be neighbors? You guys move to District 3.”
Ruan Ning shook her head: “Just now the staff said that District 55 is more relaxed. It would be better for us to live there.”
Otherwise, if they enter the core area all of a sudden, there will inevitably be people around who are keeping a close eye on them.
Cheng Jili thought for a moment and said, “Okay, I’ll take you to District 55. Do you have a tent?”
“Anyway, my brother doesn’t come back to stay here every now and then, otherwise, I’ll give you my tent and I’ll stay in his.”
“We have a tent.”
Ruan Ning asked curiously, “What is your brother doing? Why doesn’t he come back?”
Cheng Jili: “He now works at the command center and basically lives there.”
Ruan Ning said ‘Oh’ and asked about the current situation of others.
Wang Lingxia still followed Dr. Zhu and made steady progress in medicine. Of course, she was unable to make use of many modern diagnostic and treatment methods, as what she had learned was just a tiny fraction of the total.
Dr. Zhu was the same as before. Zhu Liangliang joined the research institute because of his professional match.
You Dafu was still the same. He had to find some work to do every day to take care of his grandson, but it was all the simplest manual labor.
Wen Mei’s life was okay. She took care of Cheng Xiaobao with Zhao Nana.
As they were talking, the four of them arrived at their destination.
District 55 is located on the periphery of the base planning. There are indeed not many people here. You can see that they are all new arrivals. Most of them build houses with wooden boards and plastic.
If you can cover yourself with a layer of waterproof cloth, you are considered wealthy.
Seeing new people coming, they looked over curiously, but no one came forward to say hello.
Ruan Ning and three others began to set up the tent.
In order to appear more low-key, she chose a smaller tent, which might be a bit crowded for sleeping.
After Cheng Jili helped to set it up, she thought for a moment and said, “Ning Ning, why don’t you move in with me? My brother must be very busy recently and doesn’t have time to come back and live with me.”
Ruan Ning shook her head: “It’s good for our family to be together.”
Cheng Jili thought about it and thought that it was true. It was the end of the world, so it was better to live together than to be separated from the family.
The two of them chatted for a while, and then Cheng Jili said goodbye and left.
Ruan Cifeng was fixing iron nails on the tent when a man in his forties came over and asked.
“Brother, are you new here?”
Ruan Cifeng hummed: “You are new here too, right?”
The man said, “We are all new in District 55. I am far away. I came from the Northern Hope Base.”
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