My courtyard shelter

The difficult October has finally passed, and many people haven't had time to breathe a sigh of relief. Unexpectedly, November is even more difficult than October.

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In November, the food ration was reduced again.

However, the reduction this time was not large, just a little bit, but the proportion of potatoes and sweet potatoes increased significantly.

Compared with food rations, the cold weather is also a huge test. I don't know what happened this year, but November was much colder than the same period last year.

The strong wind mixed with sand and hit the pedestrians hard, just like taking a cold shower, making people shiver all over.

Since November, the skylight of the courtyard has never been opened, and Mark's doghouse has been moved to the living room.

It's so cold, there's no need for it to guard the door at night.

After get off work, Xu Dong drove to a temporary warehouse and brought back eight bags of rice as usual.

After more than a month of "ant moving", most of the 12 tons of rice in the warehouse were moved back to his basement, and now there are less than 100 bags left.

It will be done in no more than ten days!

Back home, the work is done.

Yang Lina came over with a wet towel to help her husband wipe the sweat and pat the dust on her body.

"Husband, how many days will it take to move?"

"About ten days, the warehouse will expire at the end of the month, there is no rush!" Xu Dong replied.

"Don't take risks next time, so much rice, I can't sleep well these days." Yang Lina advised.

At present, food is precious, so much rice, she really can't imagine how her husband got it.

Xu Dong comforted her, "Didn't I tell you that we didn't steal or rob? It was all earned by your husband."

"Earned money doesn't work. We have enough food at home. Don't go out and mess around anymore."

"Okay, I promise you." Xu Dong hugged his wife and said.

At seven o'clock in the evening, dinner started at the old Xu family.

Tonight, Xu's mother made two hot pots in total.

A spicy hot pot is for adults, and a three-fresh hot pot is mainly for children. Hot pot is the best time and most convenient in cold weather.

"Grandma, I want fish balls." Erbao said, holding out the bowl.

Mother Xu used a spoon to scoop three balls for the second grandson, and then looked at the youngest grandson: "Xiaobao, do you want fish balls?"

Xiaobao nodded, "Grandma, I also want mushrooms."

"Okay, grandma will scoop two big mushrooms for you."

Dadbao's side was taken care of by his mother. The little guy's bowl was full of vegetables and tofu. Dabao usually liked to eat meat the most. His body was getting fatter and fatter, and his little face was almost a ball.

Mother Xu couldn't bear it, so she had to let Yang Lina do it herself.

Lele was treated the same way. The little girl looked depressed. Xu Dong secretly picked up a fish ball for the little cotton jacket, but Lele ate it too quickly and was burned.

"Eat slowly."

Yang Lina was quite speechless and poured a cup of soy milk for her little daughter.

"Thank you, mom, mom... you are so... good..."

Yang Lina shook her head: "It's useless to flatter me. When you lose weight, mom will not care about you anymore. You can eat whatever you want."

"Woo woo woo..." Lele started to cry.

"Okay." Xu Dong touched his daughter's head and comforted her: "Get up tomorrow morning and run with dad. You will lose weight in less than a month."

"Wow... It's too cold in the morning. I can't get up!"

"Run at night, the effect is the same." Xu Dong smiled.

"Okay!"

Compared to eating meat, running doesn't seem to be a difficult thing.

...

After dinner, the family sat in the living room watching TV. Yang Lina and Xu's mother sat together. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at their phones and discussed what to buy later.

Today is November 10th. After 12 o'clock in the evening, it is the annual shopping festival. And today happens to be Friday. Tomorrow is the weekend and there is no need to worry about staying up late.

Last year, the economy was hit hard by the solar flare. Countless websites went bankrupt or closed down. All of them were unable to take care of themselves, resulting in the suspension of the shopping festival for a year.

This year, several major e-commerce giants have finally recovered and are ready to make big moves.

Especially the two major e-commerce giants led by Xuanmao.com and Aiduoduo.com. This year is the first year for them to transform into second-hand goods trading platforms.

Both sides have invested a lot.

Take Aiduoduo.com as an example. They raised 100,000 kilograms of grain through various channels, and then put it on the shelves for a flash sale, which attracted countless netizens to look forward to it.

Xuanmao.com is also not to be outdone, and the event is more direct. For every 100,000 yuan spent, the website will give away a kilogram of corn flour, with no upper limit.

Of course, the premise is that there is no refund.

Nowadays, those who can access the Internet are rich people. These people are the main consumer group in the current society. As for other people, their lives are almost unbearable, so where can they have spare money to buy this and that.

"Nana, this yarn looks good, please add it to my shopping cart." Xu's mother quickly picked out a wool yarn.

"Okay, I'll add it."

"Hey, there's even jerky for sale?" Xu's mother was surprised.

Yang Lina explained: "Mom, this is rat meat. You can see the description on it. It should be specially raised in a breeding farm."

"What's the price?" Xu Dong suddenly interrupted.

"Well, the store said that it only accepts intra-city transactions, and it must be exchanged with food. Others will not be considered."

Xu Dong continued to ask: "Which city are they in?"

"Yangcheng." Yang Lina raised her head and stared at her husband. "You don't want to buy it, do you? I can tell you that mice have viruses and are unhealthy. You can't eat them randomly."

Xu's mother agreed: "You are really crazy. Why eat rats? Our family is not short of meat. Third child, please don't be confused."

"Mom, I'm just curious." Xu Dong said perfunctorily.

After dealing with his mother and wife, Xu Dong simply took out his mobile phone. After searching, he found no rat meat sellers in the capital area.

Let him be a little disappointed.

However, there are still many good things online. After picking and choosing, by the time of checkout at midnight, the total amount was as high as more than 500,000.

Click to pay.

After the payment was successful, Xu Dong put down his phone, feeling as if his body had been hollowed out.

"Husband, how much did you spend in total?" Yang Lina asked excitedly.

"Five hundred and thirty thousand, what about you?"

Before Yang Lina could say anything, Xu Ma jumped three feet high and rushed to Xu Dong: "How much...what did you buy? It cost more than three hundred thousand?"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law bought dozens of things, but they only spent more than 20,000 yuan, and she only bought them with gritted teeth.

"We don't have enough refrigerators at home. This is a good opportunity. I bought a few refrigerators for backup." Xu Dong explained.

"The refrigerator can't cost so much?" Yang Lina frowned.

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