Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 161:

There is nothing wrong with the potatoes. According to the previous official press release, the potatoes are on the shelves as scheduled, but the quantity is small. Each ID card account is limited to one, and a potato that may weigh half a catty is only one yuan.

If the price is expensive, it is not cheap. One potato may be enough to stir-fry a dish, and it costs one yuan. If it is replaced by coarse grains, it can barely last for two days without eating coarse grains. But if you want to say it is cheap, it is indeed not expensive. A potato is equivalent to a seed, and you can grow a lot of potatoes, if you have the conditions to grow them at home.

Now the higher authorities can’t wait to promote farming for all. Every household grows their own food, which can largely alleviate the problem of food supply. However, there are not many families who have the conditions to grow potatoes. The main reason is that the living environment does not allow it. The living environment is slightly better in the first few districts Later, because I was rushing to build a house for the summer and winter, all I built were townhouses, just like the previous Tongzilou.

If I want to live in a better house, I’m afraid I’ll have to wait for a while, at least until the scope of reconstruction continues to expand and more land is available. By that time, everyone who has the conditions may have a small villa to live alone. Plant à la carte in your own yard or on the roof.

Mu Nan also planted potatoes. The last time Yu Feng brought a bag of potatoes over for dinner, he sliced ??them to grow sprouts when he got home that day. Two days ago, he even took a little look at the soil pots. It might be because of the indoor temperature. Enough, enough nutrition, and the occasional sunshine is good, so it can grow well. Although it is not yet ripe for harvest, at least the potatoes are planted.

In addition, the watermelon that I watched growing up all the way also produced melons. Although it is only a small melon ball that is a little bigger than the palm, Qin Huai said that if it can bear fruit, it will grow very quickly, and it will be ready to eat within a month. Mu Nan has no shortage of watermelons, but if the watermelons grow, they can be exchanged for food with others. He has a lot of food, but it is not a bad thing to exchange more on the surface.

Before the food crisis officially broke out, although Mu Nan didn't have much contact with Shi Yuanfei, who had known Qin Huai for more than two years, he got married. Not from a systematic study background, only through later training and targeted teaching, and now working as a nurse in a military hospital.

The girl's name is Yuan Minjia, who used to be from a dance troupe. Before the end of the world, she got acquainted with Shi Yuanfei because of a condolence performance, but the two didn't have any sparks at that time, but left a good impression in each other's hearts. Later, the epidemic disappeared, the high temperature came, and under the shortage of manpower, even the art troupe was requisitioned. Then came the earthquake rescue, and the plague raged.

Yuan Minjia applied for a job change at that time, and transferred from the art troupe to the military medical department. From the very beginning, she only helped people disinfect and debride wounds and bandage wounds. Now she has learned some basic medical first aid and the identification of medicines and injections.

It was also during this back-and-forth contact with me to rescue you that the two of them felt more and more deeply. This kind of partner who can fight side by side is far more reliable than the relationship between ordinary couples.

Although there is no Civil Affairs Bureau now, Shi Yuanfei is not a local, and his parents and friends are not there, but the woman's parents are all there, and a marriage letter is not necessary, but the sense of ceremony in this process is still necessary, but the conditions are limited, and it is certainly impossible to be like In the past, wedding dresses and luxurious banquets were usually held as big, so I could only invite relatives and friends I knew to come over to be witnesses and have a simple meal.

Qin Huai was invited to bring his partner to the wedding banquet. He always had to give something to the wedding banquet. He used to give red envelopes, but now if he only transfers money on his mobile phone, he feels that he lacks a substantial blessing, but the watermelon in their family doesn't grow much either. Get up, if it's a month later, they will be able to deliver big watermelons.

After much deliberation, the two of them planned to carry two Chinese cabbages. Although the Chinese cabbage they grew at home was not yet fully mature, it could grow a little longer, but it was almost done. At this time, the vegetables were delivered, and the face was in place.

Mu Nan felt that it was too rough to just carry it over like this, so he specially found two pieces of wrapping paper, with happy words drawn on the paper, and the two villains who were married, looked delicate and festive, and tied a bow on the seal, perfect !

The place to eat is the dormitory. Most of the soldiers have returned to the base, but some of them stayed here as garrisons. Otherwise, it would take more than an hour to rush back from the base. My friend works in a military hospital. If he returns to the base, considering the current inconvenient roads, it will be equivalent to a long-distance relationship between two places.

For those who eat big pot meals, a canteen was specially built in the dormitory area, and the above specially arranged that Shi Yuanfei was allowed to entertain guests in the canteen. Of course, the auntie from the canteen before did the cooking, but Shi Yuanfei paid extra, and Shi Yuanfei prepared the ingredients himself. , but Shi Yuanfei didn't invite many people. His comrades in arms, his wife's comrades in arms and colleagues were full of money, and there were only four or five tables.

When Qin Huai came over with Mu Nan carrying two gifts in the form of big gift bags, Shi Yuanfei suddenly smiled and narrowed his eyes, and whispered to the daughter-in-law who was standing together at the door to welcome the guests: "My rich friend has arrived."

Yuan Minjia pinched him secretly, he was not a good-looking person, she also knew Qin Huai, before his lover was hospitalized due to an accident, Shi Yuanfei specially arranged him in the department where she was on duty, fearing that other people would neglect to take care of him carefully. Shi Yuanfei often sighed to her how he and Qin Huai got to know each other, and because of Qin Huai, he avoided so many dangers, even the earthquake back then, if Qin Huai hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't know if he was still there now.

Every time I sigh, it will end with regret. I regret why Qin Huai didn't serve as a soldier. I always say that with Qin Huai's ability, the king of soldiers will never run away.

Just because her boyfriend kept mentioning this person, she inevitably paid more attention when his lover was hospitalized. After that, she opened the door to a new world. No wonder the little sisters who work together sometimes talk about TV dramas, novels, I was so excited when Danmeiai was mentioned.

It's a pity that she missed the period when the information was most developed, and now she can't even find a resource pack to look at, and she can only occasionally find real people to satisfy her hunger.

Mu Nan handed the two Chinese cabbages to Shi Yuanfei's hands, and blessed with a smile: "Congratulations, we have been together for a hundred years, have a precious son early, and are safe and sound."

Shi Yuanfei miscalculated the weight of these two paper bags and almost lost his grip: "It's quite heavy."

Qin Huai: "I found two ripe Chinese cabbages."

I haven't eaten fresh and juicy vegetables for almost three years. Hearing the Chinese cabbage, Shi Yuanfei couldn't help swallowing. Yuan Minjia who was on the side was a little embarrassed: "It's too expensive, you just need to come."

Mu Nan had some impressions of Yuan Minjia. In the hospital before, this young lady was the most gentle in giving injections. Later he found out that she was Shi Yuanfei's girlfriend. Because of Shi Yuanfei, he took special care of him: "I planted it myself, and picked two the biggest."

Yuan Minjia: "Thank you, go in and sit down. There is air conditioning inside, but it's hot outside."

Qin Huai congratulated them again, then took Mu Nan in, found the sign with the friend's table, chose a cooler place and sat down.

Mu Nan looked around while fanning the wind: "There seem to be quite a few people, and it's just this time for banquets. I'm afraid I'll have to empty out my family. Shi Yuanfei should know what will happen if the food supply is getting lower and lower. How about it, if you don’t even have to eat in the future, I don’t know if you will feel sorry for the food brought out by the banquet today.”

Qin Huai said: "No."

Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai: "You know, you asked?"

"Although I haven't asked, I know that at this time, I can only give the other party a white dress, not even a wedding dress. If I can't even give a sense of ceremony within the conditions of my ability, then it will become a wedding dress. Regrets in life, what is missing in the future, we just grit our teeth and get through it together, if we can’t make it through, it’s fate, at least in retrospect, there will be no regrets that hope life can be repeated.”

Thinking about it this way, it is true. Some people may think that being able to live well is more important than anything else. They feel that as long as they love each other, nothing else matters. No sense of ceremony or process is as important as saving food to overcome future difficulties.

But some people think that the present is the most important thing, at least not leaving any regrets at this moment, and we will spend together hand in hand for future sufferings when they come.

Obviously, Shi Yuanfei is the latter.

If he and Qin Huai can also hold a wedding, Mu Nan feels that Qin Huai is also the latter, no matter whether there is food tomorrow, the attention and cherishment of this moment must be absolutely indispensable.

Mu Nan clicked his tongue lightly: "I thought most men were rational."

Although he is also a man, maybe it is because of his personality and environment, he is more emotional, but his brother is so rational and calm, he can analyze the next hundred steps with one step, and he wants to plan comprehensively for the next ten years. It's also rational.

Qin Huai: "It's not about rationality and sensibility. It's about how much you value the other party. If you value the other person five points, you can rationally analyze the pros and cons of all actions. Take it very seriously. All the pros and cons must be ranked behind the person who values ??you. Everything is worthless." It’s just instinct, the so-called rationality just doesn’t pay attention to that level.”

He is rational, and he can plan Ma San's death in ten thousand ways, so that the death of Ma San and others is reasonable and legal, and he can not be stained with half a drop of blood. But because that person was Mu Nan, he couldn't wait for a day, couldn't bear for a moment that those people could breathe the air of this world, so he chose the most direct and irrational way.

Everything is just because of instinct.

Shi Yuanfei's wedding banquet is quite a row of noodles. The staple food is steamed buns mixed with miscellaneous grains. Although the steamed buns are not pure white noodles, they are very delicate and taste good. There are relatively few dishes. Potato cakes and a large pot of potatoes Roasted chicken, the chicken should have been bought by Shi Yuanfei from Qinghe at a great price, and it may have been a few months before he could afford six tables, and each table had a big bowl of roasted chicken with potatoes.

Many people haven't seen a little bit of meat for a long time, and they can't stop drooling when they smell the roast chicken.

Those at the table with Qin Huai and the others were Shi Yuanfei's comrades in arms, some in civilian clothes and some in military uniforms, but from the way they were sitting, it was obvious that they were all members of the army, so their behavior was fairly restrained. Seeing that Mu Nan didn't extend his chopsticks towards the roasted chicken with potatoes, he thought it was a shame, and warmly picked up a large chopsticks of chicken for him.

Mu Nan thanked him with a smile, and accepted his kindness. He didn't extend his chopsticks over there because he didn't think this kind of big pot banquet was delicious, but because they didn't lack meat, so he wanted to save some more for the soldiers to eat more. That's all.

As for Qin Huai, he probably has too much aura and doesn't belong to the type of person who needs to be taken care of, so even though he didn't stretch out his chopsticks, others didn't directly put them in his bowl, but just told them to be polite and eat more meat .

Although there was no master of ceremonies, no lively music, no drinks, and even no dresses, Shi Yuanfei was wearing a neat military uniform, and Yuan Minjia was wearing a pure white skirt, but the whole wedding banquet was very lively. Shi Yuanfei roared angrily and made more trouble tomorrow, but he couldn't resist the high emotions of everyone.

Until the end of the show, when Mu Nan sat in the car going home, he felt his head buzzing: "These people are so noisy, they haven't drunk yet, and if they drink, they won't blow the roof off ah."

Qin Huai smiled: "It's rare to have a happy event, so naturally you have to relax."

Mu Nan rubbed his forehead: "My brain is buzzing, it's so troublesome, are they going to make trouble in the bridal chamber later?"

Thinking of Yuan Minjia's eyes that were about to burst into flames, Qin Huai smiled and said, "Probably not, Shi Yuanfei and the others dare to provoke her, but my sister-in-law probably wouldn't."

The garrison base in the residential area used to be a little behind the No. 1 building. Later, after a large number of troops returned to the military base, the garrison base also changed its location. Now it is in the area of ??the military hospital. It takes more than ten minutes by car to bypass several districts.

Nowadays, many houses are built on the ground, and the main road is re-paved with cement for the convenience of buses. The road surface is very flat. If there are hardly any people on the road, looking at the houses with scattered lights, you will probably think that this is some eighteenth place. Small villages and towns, not the end of the world.

Mu Nan seldom goes out, so the changes in the outside world are very big to him: "When we first came, was this place still a pile of ruins? I remember this intersection. At that time, the wall hadn't collapsed, and the roads were piled up. It has become a hill, if it wasn't for Xu Ming's sharp eyesight and quick hands to grab Jian Chu, Jian Chu would have fallen through the hole, and a long steel bar would have stuck in it, if he fell, his entire foot would be pierced. It made Yu Zibai's face pale with fright."

After Mu Nan finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Qin Huai who was driving: "Brother, do you think we should change places to live in the future?"

"Where to change?"

Mu Nan took out his mobile phone and searched for some previous soft texts: "Look at the above, what kind of road was this before, Wencheng Road, now it is renamed Kangjian Road, this place has been taken down by private individuals, and they are planning to build a group of villas, single-family courtyards, courtyards, etc. It is two meters high, with an electrified protective net, and the basic supporting facilities are household solar energy, which seems to be pretty good, and now there are still people who have the money to take over the land, and sure enough, no matter what time it is, the rich and the poor are polarized.”

Qin Huai detoured a small road and drove the car onto the main road. There was no one on the street, only one street lamp after another illuminating the night. Mu Nan sat next to him and thought about it. Seeing some short-term disputes among parents in the group, I don't know what to think of at the end, and the topic turns to Cai Wentao's hospitality to Yang Jing.

It is said that it was Song Jia who pointed out the hesitation. I don't know whether it was the previous fake relationship that made Cai Wentao feel delusional, or some other reason. For several days, Cai Wentao was entangled in hesitation and various struggles.

Song Jia asked curiously, knowing that Cai Wentao was thinking about Yang Jing, but he didn't dare to take any action, and he didn't know why he was hesitating, so he said: "I don't know if I will be lucky to live or die tomorrow. , If you have an idea, go ahead, life is already like this, so what are you still struggling with?"

So Cai Wentao got mad, and ran to knock on the door of Yang Jing's house, and then asked directly in front of Yang Jing's two cohabiting friends if he could chase her.

Mu Nan said regretfully, "I wasn't there at the time, I really wanted to see Yang Jing's face at that time, hahahahaha, hey, where is this place? Where are we going home from? Didn't we come here by this way?" Let's go."

Qin Huai: "It's faster to walk along the river."

Mu Nan snorted, and was just about to continue the topic just now, when he saw a group of people surrounding a person who seemed to be robbing someone's belongings, and then kicked the robbed person twice, the person curled up and fell on the ground On the ground, the people who were snatching things dispersed in a hurry.

Just as Mu Nan was about to take a closer look at the window, Qin Huai turned his head and turned back: "Don't look around, I'm almost home, I didn't eat much just now, now you can think about what you want to eat when you go back."

Mu Nan picked up the car window, and saw the man struggling to prop himself up and sit up through the rear mirror. Although the distance was getting farther and farther away, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but his figure should be a young man, maybe even a young man. The young man quickly turned around and threw away all the pictures, and Mu Nan looked away.

"I thought the law and order in the outer city was not good, so is there a lot of robbery in the inner city?"

Qin Huai nodded: "Many, especially at three or four o'clock in the morning, many people go home from work, some people will save a meal to take home with them, some homeless people, or some young people of seventeen or eighteen, rely on Many people go to rob those who are alone, and the cameras are only on the main road, but some people have to go to some small alleys to go home, so this kind of thing cannot be avoided."

As for helping, unless they can take people out of this environment, a single helping may actually harm the other party even more. If you help today, tomorrow those people will retaliate even more intensely, and even beat back the evil that they failed to rob today. Either take care of it to the end, or don't meddle in other people's lives casually.

But in the end, Qinhuai's vehicle backed up, the window was rolled down, and Mu Nan threw away two packets of relief grain cakes distributed by the government before. The person who was hit looked up in surprise. From the light penetrating through it, it can be vaguely seen that this is really a boy, who looks only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Without waiting for this person to react, Qin Huai directly pressed the accelerator and drove the car away again.

Seeing Mu Nan's bright eyes, Qin Huai couldn't help but smile: "Happy?"

Mu Nan chuckled: "Brother is the best."

Qin Huai: "Don't be an example, especially if you are alone, no matter how miserable the other person looks, you must not lose your good intentions."

"It's impossible for me to go out alone. Besides, this is not a good intention. Anyway, we don't eat those multigrain cakes. We keep them in the space. We drive fast, and I'm afraid we won't have the chance to eat them again in the future." If you meet, you won’t reveal anything, it’s just a casual thing.”

Qin Huai: "You always have fallacies."

Mu Nan unwrapped the chocolate that he took out from the space just now, and said, "How is this absurd? If you were that person, would you immediately feel that the world is not so bad, and there is still light in the darkness? Won't you be so moved that you want to cry?"

Qin Huai sneered: "I just think this is someone who is stupid and has a lot of money."

Mu Nan stuffed the chocolate into Qin Huai's mouth, still two: "You're so sweet!"

Tired of being sweetened, Qin Huai speeded up and returned home. Mu Nan took off his shoes and threw them on the ground. He went upstairs while rubbing his stomach and screaming hungry. Qin Huai, who followed behind, put his shoes back in the shoe cabinet. He locked the door, checked the backyard door on the first floor, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with the house, he went upstairs.

Both of them spent the whole night outside, and Qin Huai was exhausted after driving back and forth for so long, so Mu Nan didn't bother Qin Huai. After the two of them took a shower, Mu Nan took out the Two servings of noodles, one of Qinhuai's seafood noodles, and one of three delicacies vermicelli for himself.

After eating a bowl of powder, it finally filled the empty stomach.

"Whether it was before or now, it's hard to get full at any banquet. It's better to eat a bowl of noodles at home."

Qin Huai turned his head to look at him: "Then shall we eat noodles for the whole day tomorrow?"

Mu Nan turned her back to Qin Huai: "Sleep, good night."

Qin Huai turned off the light and went to bed with a smile, stretched out his hand to embrace him in his arms, and then slowly fell asleep as the sun rose slowly.

There was a little fuss about the price increase of food, but it was quickly diverted by the popularity of Tudou’s launch. Perhaps many people are well aware of the current environmental situation, so the price increase has long been expected, so most people It was accepted calmly. So what if you don't accept it calmly, the government has no food left, and even a quarrel can't change the reality.

In addition to the increase in the price of rice grain, when the Cai family went to collect the relief grain again, they were told that there was no more grain.

Those who came from Qinghe and the north before can receive relief food every day, free of charge, after all, they came here with nothing, and the higher authorities can’t watch people starve to death, but they can take in local friends Yes, there is no relief food, but I also understand that it is not easy for them, so I can buy rations once a week according to the head. This requires the person in charge of the Eastern Suburb Plaza to write a note.

Although it is not free to open this note, the price is somewhat cheaper. It costs one yuan and fifty cents per catty of rice, which is money, but now the above has informed that this kind of relief and welfare is gone. If you want to buy food, just contact Like the locals, they buy online directly through the ID number, but the ID card must be registered with the neighborhood committee first, otherwise it will not be used.

The Cai family drove back in the car dejectedly, because they thought they could buy something, and because the road to the eastern suburbs was far away, they asked Qin Huai to borrow a car, but they came back empty, and Mu Nan hurriedly collected the unfinished lollipops After entering the space, I looked down from the balcony on the third floor: "Didn't you buy anything?"

Cai Wentao raised his head and spread his hands helplessly: "There are no welfare discounts anymore. When we go to the neighborhood committee to open an online shopping mall, we will buy food once a week just like you."

After Cai Wentao finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Thanks to the daily wages, otherwise I would have no money to buy. By the way, I filled up the gas for you. I drove your car out several times. Thank you."

Cai Wenwen stood at the door and couldn't help but said, "Brother, let me find a job too. It's enough for my mother and sister to take care of me at home."

Cai Wentao pushed her into the room: "Wait a minute, if there is a suitable job, I won't stop you, but you can't just find one, let's go first."

Although it's unfortunate news that they can't buy cheap food, but fortunately, the mushrooms they planted have successfully grown mushrooms.