Shui Rou is the leader of this group of female students. The five female students she protected before, four of them were left at the base and promoted to squad leaders. All the hot weapons were given to them, allowing them to lead this group of female students.
As for us, we'll take one female student and have her follow us. We'll cultivate her, and in the future, she'll serve as the link between us and the base.
No one can guarantee loyalty. I can only say that, in summary, it's an investment, a risky investment. It just depends on how you decide.
As soon as Da Mi Tao mentioned investment, Zuo Feng understood.
Da Mi Tao didn't even need to answer the second question.
It's an investment, with both risks and benefits.
The supplies that Firefly was going to invest, although close to half of their total supplies, were pretty much as Da Mi Tao said.
Even if these supplies were invested, they would have very little overall impact on Firefly at present.
They were all idle reserve supplies, equivalent to using idle reserve supplies to make a high-risk investment with an unknown return.
After listening to Da Mi Tao, Zuo Feng actually already agreed. Leaving aside the returns for now,
Firstly, the invested supplies would not greatly affect Firefly, and more could be collected later.
Secondly, even if they lost money, it would be considered doing a good deed.
Thirdly, even if they lost money, it wouldn't be a total loss. There was still Shui Rou, that long-term reservoir, so in the long run, they didn't seem to be losing out.
"What do you all think?"
Zuo Feng looked at the Firefly girls. He wouldn't act unilaterally and still wanted to ask the other women for their opinions, after all, these supplies were all painstakingly gathered by everyone, and they had a share in them.
He didn't state his position so that the girls could decide for themselves. If he had, it would have influenced the opinions of the other girls.
"I don't care, you all decide."
Xiao She Jing shrugged indifferently. She was naturally carefree, and when it came to investments, she truly didn't care.
"Feng Ge, we also agree."
Xiao Chu Niang and the young married woman stated their positions. Zuo Feng understood that a part of the reason these two women agreed was out of sympathy for this group of girls who had similar experiences to them.
"Feng Ge, I also don't care, you all decide."
The young married woman, like Xiao She Jing, was indifferent.
Zuo Feng looked at Xiao Mi Tao again, and Xiao Mi Tao's expression almost made Zuo Feng laugh. This indecisive Xiao Mi Tao, with her pitifully wide eyes, looked at Da Mi Tao, then at Zuo Feng, her little face full of struggle.
How should she speak? Should she say, "I'll listen to big sister," or "I'll listen to big brother Feng"? It was really putting her in a difficult spot...
"I also agree with Da Mi Tao and Da Bai Tu's plan."
Zuo Feng smiled and shook his head, stating his position. If he didn't state it now, Xiao Mi Tao would be tormented to death.
"I agree too!"
Sure enough, the intelligent, quick-witted, and opinionated Xiao Mi Tao immediately raised her hand to show her support.
Xiao Mi Tao's opinion was: if big brother Feng and big sister both agreed, then she would agree.
"Alright, then the plan is approved! For the details, Da Mi Tao, Da Bai Tu, you two communicate with Shui Rou."
Zuo Feng made the final decision, and the matter was settled.
He didn't want to worry about anything else; he would let Da Bai Tu and Da Mi Tao handle it.
"Thank you, thank you all. They are all good children, and I believe they will not disappoint you."
Shui Rou's gentle big eyes were clouded with a layer of mist.
Before, in the hands of Cha Shuren and his group, watching the students being humiliated, she was powerless. She had also devised a failed escape plan, which filled her with guilt. Now, she could finally give those poor students an explanation.
The girls chattered and discussed for a while, and finally, Xiao She Jing brought over a tall girl.
Zuo Feng had met all five of the girls Shui Rou protected; they were all beauties.
Even within Firefly, they were on the same level as Xiao Nv Pu.
The girl Xiao She Jing brought was named Yun Wenwen, also carefully chosen by Xiao She Jing to be a companion for Zuo Feng and the others.
As for why Xiao She Jing chose her? When Zuo Feng's gaze swept across the girl's chest, he suddenly understood—an A-cup! Xiao She Jing had deliberately picked someone even "inferior" to her own B-cup!
No wonder Xiao She Jing was so enthusiastic when it came to choosing someone.
Zuo Feng tried hard not to laugh out loud. This Xiao She Jing...
The five squad leaders were also chosen: the four remaining girls protected by Shui Rou were all squad leaders, and the other was Xi Duo—the girl Zuo Feng rescued from Hai Huzi and who had met his gaze.
With everything arranged, Shui Rou and Yun Wenwen both changed into the unified uniform of the Firefly girls and were equipped with weapons of the same style. At this point, the Firefly main team added two new members, and the reserve team increased by forty-nine members.
The other 49 girls were busy collecting supplies in the poplar grove and vegetable patch.
New clothes had been prepared for these girls. They would change after they finished their work, otherwise, the new clothes would get dirty.
Their next destination was a construction site.
As for why they were going there? Of course, because there were rebar on the construction site.
The conditions also included 100 sharpened rebar weapons, so they naturally had to go to the construction site to get rebar, and then have Kong Ling sharpen them with her nails.
After packing up, the group set off in a mighty procession towards the construction site.
It was the height of summer in July, and the heat was unbearable. The scorching sun hung high, baking the wide road, and the surging heat waves made the air above the road shimmer slightly. Two SUVs drove on the road, followed by an open-bed pickup truck and two box trucks—this was the Yinghuo Team leaving the Nongjiale (Farmhouse).
The two SUVs were driven by the young married woman and Xiao Chu Niang, while Da Bai Tu drove the pickup truck.
The drivers of the two trucks were naturally Xiao She Jing and Xiao Nv Pu.
Due to the large number of people, 49 girls were squeezed into the back of one large truck, while the other large truck was used to transport the livestock caught from the Nongjiale (Farmhouse).
In the back of the small pickup truck, Cha Shuren and the other five captives, tightly bound and gagged, bounced with the movement of the vehicle.
As the leader of the team, Zuo Feng, to prevent the girls from getting sunburned, was currently enduring the scorching summer heat, sitting in the back of the pickup truck, responsible for guarding the five captives. Next to him, clinging tightly, was Xiao Mi Tao, holding a parasol.
As for why Xiao Mi Tao was there, it was because Cha Shuren and the three teachers had already been scratched by Kong Ling's nails, and Xiao Mi Tao kept clamoring to observe the entire process. And so—she ended up suffering with Zuo Feng.
"What a suffering!"
Zuo Feng sighed to the sky. Under the blazing sun, Zuo Feng was already drenched in sweat.
Xiao Mi Tao was still clinging to him, her soft, delicate body like a small stove, only adding to the heat. Didn't this Xiao Mi Tao feel hot?
Normally, Zuo Feng would naturally wish Xiao Mi Tao would cling as close as possible, but what was the situation now? Zuo Feng was almost being roasted into a sizzling human jerky.
"Big brother Feng, it's been over an hour, and they still haven't turned into zombies! Let's wait a few more hours, and if they still haven't changed, we'll have Kong Ling bite them a few times with her little fangs, okay?"
Xiao Mi Tao fluttered her curious big eyes, observing Cha Shuren and the three teachers with great interest, completely oblivious to the almost erupting rage in the eyes of the four captives—big brother Feng was right beside her, so she wasn't afraid at all!