blood plague

Chapter 50 Enlarged Meeting
Just when Iger was deep in thought, Sister Maria came over and asked everyone to have breakfast.

Iger folded the manual and put it in his pocket, said "eat first" to the two, and then pushed Lily to go out.

The efficiency of Vance's men was very high. They had already returned from the lumberyard, and the long table was full of people. Although it seemed a bit crowded, everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was very good.

After Iger sat down, he ate his breakfast without saying a word. After Joanna, who was sitting opposite him, glanced at Iger, she had to bury her head in her meal, which was originally in high spirits.

Joanna could see that Iger, who was very excited after getting the potatoes just now, suddenly became preoccupied after going to Lily's room, and something very serious must have happened.

Iger ate very quickly. While thinking, he was watching the eating speed of the people around him. When most people had finished eating, he said, "Everyone, don't leave. I would like to propose an enlarged meeting of the directors. All members sit in."

After hearing Iger's words, Father Locke nodded in agreement.

As soon as she heard that the meeting was about to start, Lili quickly stuffed the remaining steamed buns into her mouth, took a sip of the soup, and swallowed it forcefully.

"The first item." Iger sat on the side of the long table and spoke. He suddenly found the feeling he had in the meeting in his previous life, and his tone and demeanor involuntarily revealed an aura that he shouldn't have at his age.

With just one sentence, everyone's attention was focused on Iger.

Iger put his left hand in front of the table, and his right index finger slid up and down meaninglessly on the table. This small movement shows that he has entered the working state.

"Which of us will grow potatoes?" Iger asked everyone, adding, "The three members are now free to speak."

Joanna raised her hand as soon as she heard it, and she said, "Avella knows, she knows how to garden."

After chatting with a few female friends just now, Joanna learned that Elvira had cultivated a small garden in her yard. Maybe it was unremarkable to people from the Central Plains, but to Americans Humanly speaking, this is already considered a remarkable skill.

"Okay." Iger nodded and said, "We now have a batch of potato seeds, some of which will be planted immediately, and some will be planted in the spring of next year.

This will be an important source of food for us in the future, and this task will be handed over to Elvira.With all the tools in the pickup truck, you can deploy a vehicle as a means of transportation. "

Elvira nodded happily. She, who had always worried that she would be marginalized or even abandoned because of nothing, was now more enthusiastic than ever.

Iger suddenly remembered something, and he said to Elvira: "When planting, don't plant the whole potato, remember to cut it to avoid waste.

Also, potatoes need to be detoxified before planting, but sorry, I only remember this term, but I forgot what it means.

I suggest you use disinfectant water or something to sterilize the potatoes, I don't know if it works.

Of course, this is just a suggestion.

And it is recommended that you take different methods of detoxification in several batches for comparison. "

Elvira wrote it down.

"The second item of the meeting." Iger said to the three newcomers who were sitting a little farther away, "Please tell the new members about your experiences in the past few days and the current situation in Jixi Town.

Please don't take it to heart, we are not going to censor or screen you, we need to know more outside intelligence. "

After the three of them glanced at each other, Andy said, "There's really not much to talk about about us. We've been hiding and escaping for the past few days, and each hiding place can only guarantee safety for a period of time.

Every time we run away, we lose friends.There were 9 of us in the beginning, and by the time we decided to come to the gospel community, there were only 4 of us left. "

"Haven't you ever thought of self-defense or counterattack?" Iger asked Andy.

Andy shook his head in pain. From his expression, one could tell that he might have given up something very precious in order to survive.

Andy said: "It happened so suddenly, we didn't have enough weapons. We had a few pistols in the first safe house, but everyone decided to hide and wait for help.

On the third day, probably all the other survivors were dead, and those infected found us.

We fled in haste, and lost three of our companions that time, and all our weapons.

After that, we kept hiding and running away, and the number of people kept decreasing.

I was also thinking last night, if Erica hadn't decided to escape from Rapid Creek Town, perhaps another person would have died today.Maybe it's me, maybe it's them, there's always one. "

Iger nodded. It seemed that their experience was more painful than his own and others. He had no intention of uncovering the scars, but the information was very important.

Iger asked the three of them: "What's the situation in Jixi Town? For example, how many infected people are there, how many survivors, material reserves, etc."

Clyde shook his head and said: "There are no survivors in Rapid Creek Town, and they are all dead. Everyone tried to find a safe place to hide, but the infected people were like ghosts in hide-and-seek, finding everyone one by one. "

Caitlin said: "In those few days, I just lost my job, so I went around to hand out cover letters. There was no warehouse manager in Morgan Supermarket, so I applied for the job, and they told me to go home and wait for the notice.

The supermarket has sufficient material reserves, and the supervisor has been complaining that people would rather eat relief money at home than come to work. "

Supermarket, a good place, here needs to focus.

"How many infected people are there?" Iger asked everyone's most concerned question again.

"I don't know." Andy said, "There are so many people, it feels like they are all over the world. I estimate that there should be more than 300 people and less than 500 people."

300-500.

That amount is enough to make your scalp tingle.

The total number of infected people in the gospel community will not exceed 150, which is 2-3 times the number.

Iger remembered the big boom that day, maybe it can be done again.

"Do you have anything to add to the three?" Iger asked when he saw that the three were silent.

After hearing Iger's words, the three of them shook their heads.

"Okay, the third thing." Iger showed everyone the tourist map, and then said: "This morning, we received a distress signal that was broadcast continuously. The source of the signal was the visitor center of the Flying Waterfall Scenic Area. They claimed that three people were trapped there. .

The current situation is that apart from knowing the above information, we do not have any other intelligence. "

"I'm against rescue!" As soon as Iger's voice fell, Vance immediately objected.

To Vance's surprise, after Iger nodded at him, he did not refute, but continued to talk about the next item.

"The fourth item." Iger said, "There is a very bad news, I think, I have to tell everyone."

"I object!" Vance knew what Iger wanted to say as soon as he heard it, and his objection was more urgent than when he objected to the rescue.

Iger glanced at Father Locke, who remained silent.

During this period of time, out of respect for Father Locke, everyone did not arrange too much physical work for him, but Father Locke has been carrying a certain sense of exhaustion these days that cannot be recovered.

After rubbing his face with his hands, Father Locke folded his hands over his heart, sighed, and said to everyone, "Let me tell you the bad news."

"We're running out of food."

(End of this chapter)