My courtyard shelter

"Xiao Xu, did you bring all of these?"

Xu Dong nodded: "Each person has a big bag with more than a dozen kinds of snacks in it, and there are also two boxes of yogurt. Read МUncle Sun, you can choose whatever you want, I will take a rest."

"Okay, I'll take it myself." The male colleague picked a bag, opened it, looked at it, and then gave a thumbs up:

"Xiao Xu, you didn't say anything. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to my uncle. If he can help, he will definitely help you."

With so many snacks, I can save enough to feed my grandson for several months. Given the current situation, this is much more cost-effective than simply having a meal. It is indeed a great favor.

Xu Dong shook his head and said modestly: "Not much. My family opened a convenience store before, and I still have some inventory on hand."

"No wonder! Let me tell you...there are so many snacks that you can't buy in the market now. I don't know when this day will end?" the male colleague said with emotion.

Xu Dong curled his lips, where did he go now? The hard days are still to come!

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Especially in a country-wide system like Daxia, when it is really a matter of life and death, with an order from above, no matter how wealthy businessmen and powerful people are, everyone will have to suffer along with them.

"It should be soon!" Xu Dongyan agreed insincerely.

Next, colleagues from the security department came to work one after another. Everyone received a big gift package, and everyone was surprised.

The three female colleagues even tried their best to "rob" a lot of snacks under the guise that men should not eat snacks. This almost caused public outrage and made the whole office noisy.

It even attracted many people from other departments to watch.

When Section Chief Li came to the office, he saw such a scene.

"Why are you making such a fuss? Go and change clothes quickly. You have to go to work soon."

Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and Xu Dong took a deep breath. These old fritters in the group system were not active at work, but they were good at quarreling and bickering.

Section Chief Li glanced at Xu Dong and said in a serious voice: "Come to my office later."

Xu Dong did not dare to delay, carrying a big bag and two boxes of yogurt, and followed Section Chief Li into the office.

"Uncle Li, this is your share." Xu Dong casually put the things on the sofa.

Section Chief Li nodded, and then softened his tone: "Next time, keep a low profile. If you do this, everyone in the company will probably know about it, and it will have a bad impact."

"I'm sorry, Uncle Li, I didn't think well. I really didn't expect everyone to be so enthusiastic." Xu Dong explained with a wry smile.

"Okay, let's forget it this time. Be careful next time. If you have something to do, try to do it after get off work. Don't make it known to everyone."

Xu Dong nodded.

Section Chief Li then asked, "I see there is another bag on your desk. Is it for Director Su?"

"Yes, you also know..."

"I understand! It's not appropriate for you to come forward now, so I'll deliver it for you!"

Afraid that Xu Dong would misunderstand, Section Chief Li then explained: "Everyone is staring at you. You will stay at Ximen today and don't go anywhere. You'll want to avoid the limelight first."

"I understand, I'm sorry to bother you, Uncle Li!" Xu Dong thanked him quickly.

"Okay, go to work quickly!"

Hearing the word "go to work", Xu Dong suddenly slapped his thigh hard and said angrily: "Oh no, I forgot to clock in this morning!"

Section Chief Li waved his hand: "It's okay. I'll give you a note later and tell you to arrange for you to go out."

"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Xu Dong thanked him again.

…

After the "snacks" incident, Xu Dong became famous throughout the electric power company. Everyone knew that there was a capable person in the security department named "Xu Dong" who could get goods in short supply, so they all came to inquire.

Xu Dong was so annoyed that he explained over and over again, and after hiding for half a month, the incident completely subsided.

At this time, May has quietly arrived.

On the first day of May, as Wang Xiujuan said, the prices of water, electricity and gas have increased across the board, and the price increases have been astonishing.

Among them, the price of tap water has risen the most exaggeratedly. Although the tiered charges have been cancelled, the unit price has increased twenty times from the original 5 yuan per ton.

Came to 100 yuan per ton.

The whole country was in an uproar for a while, but it also triggered a fanatical pursuit of desalination plants by private capital.

After all, with the current level of technology, people can successfully control the cost of seawater desalination to about 5 yuan per ton.

The profits from this can be imagined to be huge.

However, it should be noted that this cost is the cost before the solar flare broke out, not the current cost.

As for the current cost, no one knows. After all, the domestic industrial chain has only recovered less than 35%, which is far ahead of other countries.

In addition to water prices, the increase in electricity prices is also not small. The residential electricity price alone has risen to 8 yuan per kilowatt hour, and unnecessary tiered charges have also been cancelled.

Calculated based on this price, a normal household consumes about 300 kilowatt hours of electricity per month, which means that the electricity bill alone will cost more than 1,000 yuan.

Especially in the current climate, air conditioning is a necessity. Even if the power consumption doubles, it is normal.

Who is willing to give up this money?

Suddenly, many families no longer dared to turn on the air conditioner, and electric fans suddenly became popular.

Fortunately, the price of heating has not increased much, at least people won't freeze to death at night.

The price of gas has increased the least, thanks to the plunge in global commodity prices, so that the price of gas has only "slightly" increased by less than 50%.

However, none of the above has much to do with the Xu family. Even if the water price rises sharply, they can still afford it.

At present, Xu Dong and his family are mainly focusing on how to sell electric fans. The sudden outbreak of electric fan fever has made the family ecstatic.

Xu Dong also agrees to sell electric fans. First, this thing takes up too much space, and second, the price is high enough, which is not much less than in the future.

"Mom, we sell it ourselves, how long will it take? Maybe we will be targeted by the Price Bureau. At that time, fines and other things will be a small matter. If we go to the police, it will be troublesome." Xu Dong advised.

Making money is a good thing, but you can't be blinded by profit.

"Mom, I know. You can find a wholesaler, but the price can't be too low."

Mother Xu thought about it and realized that this was indeed the truth. Besides, her youngest son had just joined the state-owned enterprise. If something really happened, he might even lose his job. This would be a loss.

Seeing that his mother agreed, Xu Dong immediately called Boss Wang. Boss Wang was the one who sold him the electric fan last time. The other party had been brooding over it and felt that he had suffered a great loss.

"Hello, is this Boss Wang?"

"Yes, who are you?"

Xu Dong was a little embarrassed. It seemed that he had made Boss Wang very angry last time, and the other party even deleted his phone number.

"I am Xu Dong. I bought a warehouse of electric fans from you before. Did you forget?"

After being reminded, Boss Wang remembered it all of a sudden, so he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Xu, have you sold that batch of electric fans?"

"Not yet!"

"Then congratulations, you are going to make a fortune." Boss Wang said sourly.

"Thank you!"