In those days of Plants vs. Zombies

Chapter 521: Hot Recruitment

A few hours ago, on a street in the trading area where the university is gathered.

"So, have you found a suitable stall?"

Norman raised his eyebrows and asked Kang Hong, who was smiling awkwardly in front of him.

"Hey, I... I'm still looking..."

Kang Hong's voice became lower and lower, and the awkward smile on his face became more forced.

He lowered his head and kicked the pebbles on the ground, his eyes wandering, as if avoiding Norman's sight.

Norman sighed helplessly, but he understood it clearly.

He knew Kang Hong's character very well; he was too honest and simple-minded.

Whenever this kid buys something, he will be led by the seller. Finding a stall is a "technical job" that is too difficult for this simple man from Long'an.

The trading area in the university cluster has existed for a long time, and almost every stall on the street is "owned".

Finding a suitable stall to promote Courtyard No. 5905 is not as easy as I imagined before coming here.

Not only do you have to consider where to place the stall, but you also have to let passers-by know what your stall is for.

"Oh, Lao Kang, wasn't Senior Zhao Tong with you just now? Where did he go?"

Patting Kang Hong on the shoulder, Luo En suddenly thought of something and immediately asked the former.

Kang Hong scratched his head hard and couldn't help thinking: "Let me think, Senior Zhao Tong seems to have gone in another direction."

"Hey, Norman boy, and Kang Hong, you are here."

Zhao Tong's voice came from not far away. Norman and Kang Hong turned around and saw that it was indeed the veteran from Courtyard No. 5905.

Walking quickly to Zhao Tong, Norman couldn't wait to ask, "Senior Zhao Tong, have you found a suitable stall?"

"Yes, follow me."

Zhao Tong waved his hand, signaling Norman and Kang Hong to follow him.

“Anyone who has been in War Zone 59 for a long time knows that the university area is the largest gathering place for homeless people in this war zone.

Long before us, many war courtyards had come here to recruit personnel. After all, compared with the air-raid shelters, the quality of the wanderers here is generally much higher.

Therefore, a street was specially designated in the trading area to accommodate the personnel sent here by the courtyard for recruitment."

As Zhao Tong explained, he led the two plant spirit warriors towards the street he mentioned:

"I just went to that street to take a look. Luckily, no courtyards have come here to recruit staff recently, so there are many vacant stalls."

Norman and Kang Hong followed Zhao Tong, walked through the bustling crowd and came to a relatively quiet street.

There are many idle and unmanned stalls here, and their original purpose can be vaguely seen from the signboards placed around the stalls or the banners dropped on the ground.

"There are so many stalls! Are they all left over from those old courtyards?"

Kang Hong looked left and right, and even walked to a stall and knocked on the remaining objects.

Norman quickly pulled Kang Hong back: "Don't touch the things left in other courtyards, maybe they will come back."

"Other stalls might be possible, but this one is hopeless."

Zhao Tong lit a cigarette for himself, walked to the stall in front of Kang Hong, picked up a flyer that had fallen on the ground, and showed the contents to Norman.

"Courtyard 5944 is actively recruiting new members, come and join us!"

Norman took the flyer and read its contents carefully. Now he understood what Zhao Tong wanted to express.

"Courtyard numbered 5944... I think it's already been occupied, right?"

"That's right. Courtyard 5944 was captured by an Imperial commander in early September. There are still many stalls like this one that belonged to the captured courtyard on this street."

Zhao Tong held a cigarette in his mouth and looked towards the end of the street. His eyes swept over the empty stalls.

Norman and Kang Hong looked at each other and were both silent.

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"Senior Zhao Tong, where is our stall?"

"That's it, near the street entrance, there are more homeless people coming and going."

Zhao Tong brought Norman and Kang Hong to a vacant stall.

There was a thick layer of dust on the stall. It had been abandoned by its predecessor and has been deserted until now.

"Looks like we need to clean up here."

Norman squatted down, reached out to brush away the old dust on the stall, turned to Zhao Tong and Kang Hong and added.

"Agree."

The two plant spirit warriors nodded, and then joined Norman in tidying up the stall.

At this time, Owen and Klein, who were arranged by Norman in advance to prepare recruitment supplies, also found this street.

"Little brother, look, second brother and the others are there!"

Owen looked around, and with his sharp eyes he soon spotted three plant spirit warriors busying around a stall.

"Fourth brother, let's go there quickly."

Klein's eyes lit up as he carried the package, and the thought that he had finally found the organization came to his mind.

"Owen, little Klein, are you done?"

Norman, who had successfully reunited with Owen and Klein and set up the stall, asked urgently.

"Don't worry, second brother, all the recruitment supplies you need are here!"

Owen and Klein opened the packages they brought, revealing brand new recruitment supplies.

Banners, stands, flyers, registration forms... everything is available.

There was even a large loud speaker with pre-recorded audio, brought from Courtyard 5905.

"Speed up and try to recruit the first batch of wanderers before dark."

As Norman gave the order, the plant spirit warriors in Courtyard No. 5905 took action.

Owen put up a banner and Klein erected a sign so that the vagrants could see the newly erected stall from a distance.

Zhao Tong slowly spread out the registration form and placed the folded flyers on the stall.

Kang Hong finished adjusting the volume of the loudspeaker, and seeing that everyone was ready, he also pressed the switch of the loudspeaker.

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"Courtyard No. 5905 is actively recruiting new members!"

"Those with special skills will be treated well!"

"Young and strong? Hardworking? That's the kind of guy we need!"

"Military personnel, doctors, scholars... those with the above professional experience will be given priority!"

"Join the 5905 Courtyard family and you will never have to worry about food and clothing again!"

The loudspeaker in Kang Hong's hand kept blaring, and the banners and billboards also played their respective roles, attracting many homeless people passing by or nearby to gather together.

Although most of them are old, weak and sick, there are also many young and strong people who have just returned from scavenging in the abandoned city.

"Those who wish to join this garden please line up in front of the stall and come one by one to register your personal information. Please refrain from pushing or crowding to avoid trampling."

More and more homeless people gathered around the stall, and several plant spirit warriors had to start maintaining order.

In the past, many courtyards came to the gathering place to recruit people, and there were also many wanderers in the crowd who were familiar with this process.

They knew how difficult it was to survive in the abandoned city, and they also understood that joining the courtyard was a very rare way out.

Joining a thriving courtyard and living a normal life is much easier than struggling to survive in an abandoned city.

Now that an opportunity to join the courtyard has arisen, how could they not cherish it?

Among the crowd, a wanderer wearing a military cloak couldn't help but fall into thought.

[Courtyard 5905? Maybe that's a good place.]

His fingers gently stroked the barrel of the sniper rifle in his arms, and he cast his gaze at the several plant spirit warriors who were maintaining order.

"In that case, let's go and have a look."