Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

589 chapter

The fifth day of the dungeon opening

It's five forty in the morning and the artificial sun outside the curtains has not yet appeared, and it's still pitch dark outside.

Meimei yawned and got up from the bed. The warm bedding made it almost impossible for her to get up. She went to the bathroom with sleepy eyes. At this time, Xiaofeng and Xiatian, who lived in the same dormitory, were still sleeping in the warm bed.

Today is Tuesday, and the restaurant waitresses are all on a day off. In summer, they can sleep until 7:20, and then they can go back to work after cleaning up for the last ten minutes. Only the girl at the front desk needs to take over because of the morning and evening shifts.

After getting a little familiar with the place, she tied her hair into an exquisite bun, put on a light yellow down jacket, put on some light makeup, picked up the milk on the table, and walked towards the hall.

Although it is the end of March, the temperature in the morning is still only three or four degrees, so you can still feel a chill when you wake up in the morning.

Meimei came to the front desk with her neck shrunk, only to see Xiao Liu sitting there drowsily.

Xiao Liu is a new security guard. As Xiao Yu is on night shift in the monitoring room, Xiao Liu has been taking turns with another security guard on duty at the front desk these days.

In fact, the current occupancy rate is not very high. In the past five days, a total of four people have checked in, including Meng Xue and Zhang Haiyang who live on the fourth floor, and two other tourists who come to the underground city to travel on the second and third floors.

Meimei usually works from six in the morning to ten in the morning. In fact, this is beyond her normal working hours, but the boss's wife will calculate her salary based on overtime, which makes Meimei very happy to continue saving money. Moreover, the work was not hard. When there was a room that needed service, Meimei would go there in person, or register if there was anything that needed to be repaired.

Hearing the movement in front, Xiao Liu raised his head. He was already very sleepy. He had been on duty since 6pm yesterday. It was easy to get sleepy when sitting at the front desk. So he scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "You are here. I can hardly open my eyes."

"Thank you for your hard work. You should get off work soon." Meimei said with a smile, and then she trotted to the kitchen. There was a microwave in the kitchen. She skillfully put the milk in to heat it up, and then boiled another egg for herself. This temporarily calmed her hungry stomach.

At around 6:50, it was already almost light outside, and I could see some restaurants across the street starting to open their shutters in preparation for opening.

At 7:15, the street lights had gone out and the first rays of morning sunlight shone on the road.

Yu Chang came down from upstairs and greeted Meimei with a smile: "Good morning, Meimei."

"Good morning, Brother Yu."

In addition to Yu Chang, cleaning ladies also came to work one after another.

The boss, Gu Tongwan, is very considerate of his employees. During the winter, he allows everyone to come to work later during the day. For example, the kitchen staff have to arrive at work at 6 o'clock in summer time and 7 o'clock in winter.

Yu Chang and the waiter Xiao Li were busy in the kitchen. Xiao Li started picking vegetables, while Yu Chang began preparing breakfast.

Meimei heard the sound of cooking in the kitchen and couldn't help but hold her chin up and wonder what breakfast would be today?

Their accommodation includes three meals a day, and they basically eat with the kitchen staff. They eat whatever the chef eats.

Yu Chang's cooking skills are so good that the dishes he made these days have won them all praise. Even Xiaofeng, who has been shouting that he wants to lose weight, finishes a bowl of rice every time without realizing it.

At 7:20, all the people in the guesthouse arrived one after another. They gathered in the restaurant to have breakfast. Today's breakfast was tomato beef brisket noodles. When more than a dozen people saw the big piece of beef in the bowl, their eyes lit up.

The rich aroma of stewed beef immediately filled the entire restaurant, and the stewed soft tomatoes turned the soup into a bright color.

Although there is a slightly strong aroma of aniseed when you take a bite, the peculiar smell of beef is reduced by more than half. Coupled with the mushy texture and chewy noodles, eating such a bowl of hot soup noodles in the morning can warm up your cold body in no time.

Xiaoyu ate the noodles very quickly, and looked as if he had been hungry for three days and three nights. He finished the whole bowl of noodles in no time at all.

Others were also unwilling to let go of even the last sip of soup, because working here, in addition to a decent salary, the only thing they had to pay was the employee meals three times a day. Even a cleaning lady who lived off-site would rather take a little less salary and pack up the employee meals to take home and eat with her family in the evening.

At 50:, everyone cleaned up the restaurant and returned to their respective posts. Xia Tian and Xiaofeng helped prepare food in the kitchen. They had to start preparing meals for the morning and lunch. Now, including the restaurant staff, they needed to prepare meals for about people every day. If they prepared everything in advance in the morning, they would have more time to rest in the afternoon.

Although it is nice to have some leisure time, they are also worried that the guesthouse will not be able to make ends meet in the long run. After all, opening the store every day is a big expense. In addition to labor costs, there are also high water and electricity bills. They would rather be busy and get a bonus at the end of the month, and they don't want this job to only last for a short time.

Meimei returned to her workstation and started to open the guesthouse's official account. The official account was very beautifully designed. After clicking on it, there was a detailed introduction to the guesthouse, including detailed graphic and text introductions to the restaurant, guest rooms and rooftop garden.

The attached pictures were said to be taken by the proprietress's friend. The photography skills are very clever and mature. With the combination of composition and light and shadow, the guesthouse suddenly becomes tall and grand, and it even gives a sense of being a small villa in the mountains and forests.

One of her jobs is to manage the existing public account, which is a good way of publicity. After it is completed, it can be pushed to the forum to let more people know about the hotel.

Meimei studied liberal arts before the end of the world. Just when she was admitted to the history department of a good 212 university, the apocalyptic natural disaster occurred. Therefore, she had no chance to go to university since then. However, because she loved reading novels and writing essays, she still kept the habit of writing a diary at the end of the world. Therefore, she had a certain foundation in writing, which was also the reason why she was hired when she was interviewed for the receptionist position.

The base's tourism forum was created recently, and most of the information on it is about various hotels and inns. Especially after the opening of the dungeon, many hotels will post some promotional content on it.

Meimei posted the address of the official account and attached two pictures of the beautiful rooftop garden, hoping that someone would give more likes after seeing the post. This way, once the popularity increased, it would be seen by more people, thus saving money on advertising.

After Meimei posted on the official account, she went to look at the recommendations for other hotels, and saw information about various three-star or even five-star hotels, such as "Five-Star Hotel", "Dubai Seven-Star Hotel", "Yellow Wine Hotel", and "Diamond Hotel".

However, most of the hotels probably exaggerate in order to improve their hotel image or even promote a wave of soft advertising. In fact, there are only one or two hotels that can be called five-star hotels in the entire base, and they are all concentrated in the inner circle. However, even for five-star hotels, their true level is only four-star. After all, in the end times when all kinds of resources are in short supply, it is very difficult to restore a five-star or even six-star hotel one-to-one.

Meimei's mother is currently working in a high-end hotel in the inner circle, cleaning guest rooms. She works in three shifts and earns about 700 points, which is considered a white-collar salary in the inner circle. She has four days off during the day. Although there are night shifts, she only needs to clean the guest rooms and does not need to be exposed to the sun or rain. This job is already much better than most people's.

However, at this time, Meimei was attracted by another piece of news, that is, there was a biting incident at the "Diamond Hotel". Many guests staying there were bitten by unknown creatures, and a tourist was found dead in the hotel room. The hotel has temporarily blocked the floor and members of the Self-Defense Forces have intervened in the investigation.

Meimei frowned immediately because the hotel where her mother worked was this "Diamond Hotel".

Meimei immediately called her mother Ye Ran. There was a beeping sound from the other end of the phone, but the call was not connected, which made Meimei feel more uneasy.

At this time, Gu Tongwan and Liao Yunyun had just returned from the block, carrying a lot of purchased items in their hands. After seeing Meimei holding her phone with an anxious look on her face, they couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"I, I can't contact my mother?" Meimei bit her lip and then told her about Ye Ran's situation.

Gu Tongwan comforted her, "Don't worry, maybe the hotel is just temporarily blocked and your mother can't get her phone for the time being. Since the Self-Defense Forces have intervened in the investigation, it means that the situation is under control. Try calling again after a while."

Ten minutes later, Meimei called Ye Ran again. Fortunately, this time Ye Ran's call finally went through.

Meimei finally felt relieved when she heard her mother's familiar voice on the phone, but she became worried again when she learned that Ye Ran was still quarantined in the hotel.

"Is no one in the hotel allowed to leave now?" Meimei frowned and confirmed the current situation with Ye Ran again.

"It seems that everyone needs to undergo a physical examination. After confirming that they are not infected with the virus, they need to be isolated and observed for 24 hours. During this period, only people from the Self-Defense Forces can come in and deliver meals." Ye Ran raised his head at the low ceiling on the other end of the phone and sighed helplessly.

"Does that mean we can't go home until at least tomorrow morning?" Meimei asked.

"Well, that's basically it. By the way, your dad doesn't know about this yet. You can call him later. We only allow each person to talk for half an hour. I called your dad just now, but he was probably working outside so I couldn't get through."

"I understand, Mom. Be careful then. Let me know immediately if anything happens."

After hanging up the phone, Meimei hurriedly called her father. Meimei's father was working at a construction site, and after calling for a while, he couldn't get through.

Gu Tongwan was quite surprised to hear that the Diamond Hotel had an accident. After all, this hotel can be said to be one of the most luxurious hotels in the base. It covers an area of ​​nearly 10,000 square meters, with an outdoor swimming pool and garden, hot spring rooms, steam rooms and various entertainment venues. There are seven floors in total, with more than 30 rooms on each floor. The most common standard room costs more than 500 points per night, which is equivalent to a month's salary for ordinary people in the outer circle, and the luxury suite costs more than 3,000 points per night. It is almost a year's salary for some people.

Meimei had been interviewed before through her mother's introduction, but unfortunately the requirements for the front desk clerk position were too high. During the interview, the staff directly stated that in addition to fair skin and good looks, the candidate also needed to speak fluent English and have a high enough emotional intelligence.

Meimei failed because of her appearance. Her height of 1.6 meters eliminated her in the first round of interviews.

At this time, Gu Tongwan was also searching for relevant information about "Diamond Hotel" on the forum, and indeed found relevant posts.

[A biting incident occurred at the Diamond Hotel] The popularity of this post is not very high, probably because the biting incident happened not long ago, so it has not spread in the base, and the public opinion on this side is also deliberately suppressed, so the news did not ferment.

The post was made anonymously, and the entire text was only a few hundred words, but one could feel that the person who posted it was in a very bad mood, and the fear of this incident was evident between the lines.

[Mimi's Tail] I came to Jiangcheng Base on a business trip from another province, and stayed at Diamond Hotel on March 3. The company booked a single standard room on the sixth floor for me. I am a girl, so I usually have the habit of locking the door when staying in a hotel. The incident happened at around 28: in the morning. I was awakened by the noise in the corridor. There was a very noisy sound of footsteps outside, followed by the sound of smashing things. At first I thought it was the people in the next room arguing, but gradually I heard a man's screams and a very strange roar.

The sound lasted for a short time, maybe ten or a few seconds? Then there were cries and shouts. Because it was too chaotic outside, I guessed that the waiters and security guards were all out, so there was a mess of footsteps and people talking in the corridor. I was worried that it was a riot or robbers, so I didn't dare to open the door at all. But I could see several people lying on the ground through the peephole, and someone was holding his bleeding arm and being supported to walk to the emergency passage. I also saw the security guard poking something on the ground with an electric baton, because the range of the peephole is limited, but the thing is not big, more like a black cat or a small cheetah. Then the waiter knocked on the door and told us to stay in the room for the time being. After more than ten minutes, I received a call from the front desk customer service, saying that the Self-Defense Forces asked to block the entire sixth and seventh floors.

There were some replies following this post, most of which asked about specific situations, but more of them expressed doubts about the content of the poster's story.