"Lin, the hot water you asked me to boil is ready. Do you want me to bring it up?" Aunt Zhao asked with the distinctive rural accent of a farm woman, waiting for Lin Junfu's reply with a simple expression.

First, he gave a warm smile. Honestly, in the past month, if Dazhuang was Lin Junfu's left arm, then Aunt Zhao was undoubtedly his right arm.

It could be said that many of the small matters within the factory were handled by this woman in her fifties, especially communication with the women. Without Aunt Zhao's assistance, it would have been tough for the tough Lin Junfu to communicate with these uneducated village women.

"Haha, Aunt Zhao, thank you for your hard work. Well~" After thanking Aunt Zhao, Lin Junfu immediately turned his gaze to the people in front of him.

His eyes swept over them one by one. "The glory stained with blood" was undoubtedly the most accurate depiction of everyone at this moment. Lin Junfu could imagine how uncomfortable they must have felt wearing these blood-soaked clothes. He immediately stopped speaking further, stood up on his own, waved his hand, and greeted: "Alright! Everyone, we've basically said everything that needs to be said, let's go downstairs with me and take a hot shower!"

"Clang!" Almost at the same time Lin Junfu finished speaking, a dark, sturdy figure dragged out a long black shadow under the slanting sunlight.

Dazhuang stood up without warning, his forceful movement caused the stool under him to topple to the ground.

"What shower! Water resources are so tight now! How can we waste it on this kind of thing!"

"Yeah! Lin, this bit of dirt is nothing! It's not necessary to take a shower!" Wang Daguo also stood up. As a member of the plant, he deeply understood the preciousness of the water resources in the plant.

Facing the upright and stern attitudes of the two brothers before him, Wang Qiang was dumbfounded.

Undoubtedly, if one were to rank who was the most "severely affected" during this operation, if Wang Qiang was second, then no one would dare to be first.

From head to toe, he was basically soaked in black and red blood, leaving aside how it looked, just the stench of decay alone was nauseating.

Damn it, my dear brothers, you are used to getting dirty working in the fields, but I am a tender shoot from the city! How can you...

While mentally cursing and complaining, Wang Qiang's face didn't show a trace of it.

After weighing his relationship with Dazhuang, Wang Qiang rarely chose to "consider the bigger picture."

"I, I also think there's no need to take a shower! This, this is a small issue, it won't be too late to take a good shower when it, it rains next time!" Even though Wang Qiang tried his best to appear "calm and collected," his hesitant and evasive eyes revealed his insincerity.

Lin Junfu understood everyone's thoughts completely. He knew how scarce water resources were.

But in this hot summer, he couldn't let these brothers who risked their lives for the plant not have the most basic living guarantees.

Long term, who would still be willing to give their all?

Bitterly shaking his head, at this point, even Lin Junfu himself didn't know what to do.

But contrary to everyone's expectations, just when the situation was about to reach an impasse, a soft female voice rang out.

"No! You all must take a shower!"

With a sudden turn of his head, Wei Dazhuang glared at the source of the voice, Wei Yang. In his eyes, this girl was nothing more than an inexperienced brat, so when he discovered it was her rebutting him, the disdain and scorn on his face were "unmistakable":

"What the hell are you! What gives you the right to order me!"

With no mercy in his voice, Dazhuang raised his voice as if to swallow the frail Wei Yang whole.

However, he clearly underestimated the energy of the girl in front of him. Wei Yang calmly took a step forward, her sharp gaze radiating an irrefutable light.

"You ask by what right? Just because Lin has entrusted me with the entire factory's sanitation and epidemic prevention!! Oh, you think being covered in this grime is no big deal, right! You think not showering is saving water for the factory, right! You think what you say goes here, right! Let me tell you, childish!"

Her forceful words made Dazhuang jump up in shock: "You, you little brat, say it again, who are you calling childish?"

"You!" Fearlessly meeting Dazhuang's fiery eyes, Wei Yang continued unwaveringly: "Let me tell you, whether you take a shower or not is your personal matter! I can't stop you if you don't. But remember, the blood and flesh stains on you contain a large number of zombie viruses, so if anyone in the plant gets infected and mutates later, you are the culprit responsible!!"

Nothing could be more shocking to Dazhuang than this.

Not only Dazhuang but also Lin Junfu, Zhao Yunhai, and others who overheard were shocked by Wei Yang's action. Tang Xiaoquan even forgot he should have stepped up to protect Wei Yang at the first moment.

Indeed, Wei Yang's behavior today was shocking enough for the survivors. In their eyes, she was gentle, kind, and mostly presented herself as compassionate and caring.

But today, just now, the decisiveness and fearlessness against authority she displayed showed them another side, a different Wei Yang.

Sunlight shone through the window into the manager's office, where Wei Yang and Dazhuang stood facing each other, both standing straight with eyes locked on each other.

Lin Junfu could understand both Dazhuang and Wei Yang's arguments. In fairness, their conflict was entirely due to different standpoints.

Dazhuang was for water conservation, while Wei Yang was for sanitation safety.

So it wasn't a simple matter of "right or wrong." If Lin Junfu rashly took a stand, it would certainly displease the other side!

Lin Junfu felt a bit troubled by this.

However, just as he was in a dilemma, Tang Xiaoquan timely offered a helping hand.

"Haha!" Lightly laughing twice first, the purpose of Tang Xiaoquan's laugh was to eliminate the tense atmosphere in the room.

These insights mostly came from the psychology books he had read, as laughter is always the best way to dissolve conflicts.

"Lin, I think both Wei Yang and Dazhuang have points. We need to save water, but we also need to pay attention to hygiene!"

"Here we go again!" Wang Qiang's mouth involuntarily twitched, knowing that his brother was about to start preaching his "Confucian thoughts" again.

"So, how about this, we still have to shower, but let's refine the water allocation: Wang Qiang, Dazhuang, and Daguo, you three are the most blood-stained, so you'll use more water. The rest can just wipe down. Of course, after washing, we'll rely on you, Little Wei, to use some alcohol and iodine-based disinfectants on everyone."

Having said that, Tang Xiaoquan glanced at Dazhuang and Wei Yang to seek their opinions.

Honestly, Wei Yang and Dazhuang didn't have deep-seated hatred against each other. They simply had a clash of opinions earlier. After hearing Tang Xiaoquan's proposal, the tension between them dissipated substantially.

So, after a moment of silence, they both nodded, agreeing to Tang Xiaoquan's suggestion.

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