Seven Hundred and Seventieth Chapters No Business No Life
The sound of whistling sirens was heard several kilometers away in the port, and the "Bird of Paradise" sailed into the pier of Staten Island, New York after a long voyage. And there was a welcome team of hundreds of people at the pier.
When Rachel stepped down the gangway of the cargo ship, a cheerful figure jumped on it and cried out in a crying voice, "Mom, I miss you so much."
In a year's time, Angelina Lawrence, who was still young, suddenly matured a lot. Not only her mind, but also her body began to approach her mother. But the girl who had just grown up was in tears at the moment, hugging her mother and refusing to let go.
"Rachel, I'm really happy that you came back safely." David Lawrence also stepped forward and hugged his wife gently, "Ever since you went to Cuba, Angie has been worried, and now everything is finally over .”
The family of three reunited again, and even Rachel felt that she had been away for more than half a month, and seeing her husband again had eliminated a lot of barriers. Seeing David Lawrence's tall and strong body, she couldn't help but feel a little proud - her husband is not bad, although...
"Mom, is Victor really as powerful as you said in your letter? Has he really commanded hundreds of thousands of people and become a powerful legion commander? He really won the love of countless people with just one speech, and he can be loved by countless people with just a few words. Suppressed a senior military officer in charge of thousands of troops?"
After hugging her mother and exchanging heartfelt love, the lively Angie began to ask Rachel about the details of her trip to Cuba. Of course, Victor Hugo, whose image has become a hero, is indispensable.
"Of course it's true. Victor did create a miracle. There's no doubt about it. He even asked me to give you a gift." Rachel asked someone to bring a cage, and inside it was a full-term baby. Dog, fluffy looking extremely cute.
"Wow... that's really great!" Anji saw the puppy's eyes jumping up and down with excitement, and his eyes were smiling like crescent moons. "I like it so much, I really like it!"
Dogs in New York were either frozen to death or eaten, and there were no birds, animals, or flowers in the entire city. Now only Zhou Qingfeng can give such a puppy. Sixteen-year-old Anji has no resistance to cute animals, so she hugged the puppy happily and ran away.
Without Angie as a palliative, the atmosphere between the couple was a little awkward. Especially when Rachel saw that there was David Lawrence's personal assistant among the welcome crowd, she was furious and cold as ice.
"Honey, I think we can go back to the happy days before." David Lawrence wanted to get closer, and he wanted to wrap his arms around his wife's waist.
But Rachel refused without hesitation: "No, let's talk about something serious. I have already negotiated with Victor about the exchange of mutants, and I have shipped the first batch of goods traded by the two sides. .
There are tens of thousands of tons of cargo on the 'Bird of Paradise', among which are the fresh fruits and vegetables we urgently need. These things can greatly improve the diet structure of our ruling population. "
Rachel said a few words, and simply left her husband to order the dock workers to unload the cargo. The crane at the dock first unloaded more than a dozen wooden boxes, which were filled with fast-growing vegetables such as tomatoes and other storable vegetables.
For the arrival of this batch of vegetables, more than two million people in the entire Staten Island were completely shocked.
Yes, the word 'sensation' has to be used!
After a long and severe nuclear winter, a ship of vegetables from afar suddenly appeared in front of people. It was like a dove bringing an olive branch to the survivors in Noah's Ark after the flood receded.
For the vast majority of people in New York, this was the first time they had a clear sense that the world wasn't completely dead. There are still people in other places outside the United States who are planting, producing, and having business exchanges, and human beings can still be saved.
Because of the latitude, the temperature in Havana has risen, but New York is still as cold as ice. The "Bird of Paradise" is like a fire that suddenly appeared in the long cold night, adding a bit of warmth to people's hearts,
There is more hope and confidence in living.
After nearly a year of disaster, many people are willing to spend a lot of money just to buy a tomato to taste. Take a bite full of sweet and sour, and the whole person will be full of energy immediately, and the heart will be greatly satisfied, which is enough to cheer up for several days. In the final analysis, human beings are still higher creatures with self-awareness.
Rachel and David Lawrence did not expect this kind of frenzy at all. For them, cultivating some vegetables and fruits in the greenhouse could still satisfy the higher-ups of the Brotherhood, but the lower-level residents could only endure it.
Now, once this kind of patience is released, the need for living materials is almost as irresistible as a volcanic eruption. People want to eat, drink, and enjoy, and the memories of life before the cataclysm have not disappeared, and they are all turned out after eating a tomato.
In particular, the private radio connection has never been interrupted, and the bottom-level residents always try to find a way out in distress, and they will not let go of any news.
In the past, the news about the "Aurora Legion" from the Caribbean has always existed, but people are unavoidably suspicious in addition to being amazed, and the long journey has prevented many people from yearning for Havana.
But now the arrival of the 'Bird of Paradise' immediately dispelled the last trace of worry in people's minds. It turns out that the legendary Garden of Eden really exists, and it is thousands of kilometers away in Cuba. In the past, it was the Cubans who cried and cried to go to the United States, but now it is the Americans who risk their lives to pursue the light.
This form completely exceeded David Lawrence's control over the people at the bottom, and even the management under him was shaken. Everyone was talking about Cuba, about 'Aurora Legion', about Victor Hugo.
Uncle Zhou's various deeds have been found out, and everything is a miracle. In particular, he recently launched a rectification movement to strongly enhance the cohesion of the legion, and a series of moves to lift restrictions on civilian production and life, which gave a profound education to the New York masses.
In order to comply with the public opinion of this nationwide discussion, New York's "Doomsday News" even managed to obtain Zhou Qingfeng's speech at the rectification meeting. The majestic and fearless momentum in the speech is simply a bright light in the dark, illuminating the direction of people's progress.
It turns out that there are really people in this world who are fighting for the revival of all mankind. In contrast, the leaders of the Brotherhood of Steel can only fight among themselves. It's really an instant difference!
Eating vegetables from Havana, using lighters from Havana, washing soap from Havana, taking medicine from Havana, listening to the radio from Havana, and finally looking at the cargo ships from Havana at the port, commercial activities have driven Thoughts tumbling.
This is very similar to the reform and opening up of flower growers in the 1980s. A bottle of Coca-Cola can make people feel the superiority of capitalism. When people's eyes are dazzled by the influx of imported goods, the thoughts in their heads naturally change accordingly.
Now that the "Aurora Legion" has opened up commodity trade with New York, the impact may not be as strong as the reform and opening up, but for many New York residents, they have an extra way of life. So all kinds of private smuggling and smuggling inevitably began.
Regarding this situation, Zhou Qingfeng said: Do you want to eat the dog food of the People's Democratic Party? Come on, if there is any good thing, we will buy it by the catty.