After the disaster

On the day of November 29th, the higher-ups really overcame all difficulties and sent a batch of food to Xinnan City. That night, the train station was guarded by armed police soldiers inside and out. I'm afraid something went wrong with this batch of grain.

"Hahaha, now Xinnan City has a good face. This time, the provincial capital doesn't have the food, but we have it." Mayor Hong looked at the bags of food unloaded from the carriage, and his eyes widened. .

Although for the entire Xinnan City, the food is still a drop in the bucket, but it has given them a lot of energy. Among other things, at least December can be spent safely.

"It's Comrade Lao Hong who has a good leadership." A deputy mayor next to him was half joking and half flattering.

"I'm a fart, Lao Hong. It's all because of that person's face. Lao Shao, that's our Xinnan City's signature. Although he doesn't like high-profile people, we have to think about him." Thinking about what he is anxious about, since the expert is unwilling to show up, he must not want to be disturbed, we must eliminate all difficulties and let him live in peace, don't you think?"

Mayor Hong was in a good mood at this time, his face was flushed, and he flattered the master with a serious face.Isn't that an expert? This batch of food is a big deal for Xinnan City. Maybe he is hiding somewhere watching here at this time. It must be right to behave well at this time.

"Hey." In Building [-] of Jiayuan Community, Qiu, who was observing the situation here through the "eyes of heaven and earth", felt that this flattery was very useful.

Today's batch of grain is indeed very important to them in Xinnan City, so at this time, he also observed silently through the "eyes of heaven and earth", and wanted to see them safely put into storage with his own eyes, but he did not expect to be accidentally captured by them in Xinnan City. The head of the city took a flattering shot.

Regardless of whether it was true or false, what he said was very much in line with Qiu Cheng's wishes. He just wanted to live a clean life.

In order to show his attitude, as well as to win over and encourage him, Qiu Cheng went to his house that night, put a "jiebaidu" on his bedside table, and said nothing, he knew that this old fox would definitely understand him the meaning of.

"Old Hong, old Hong... Hong Deqiang!" Early the next morning, Mayor Hong was woken up by his lover. At first, he still took the gentle and virtuous route. Like a dead pig, the female worm's true form was revealed immediately.

"Why, it's hard to get a good night's sleep." Lao Hong hadn't had an easy time recently. It was only after yesterday's batch of grain entered the warehouse that his spirit was slightly relaxed, and he finally got a good night's sleep.

"Hey, get up first, I'll tell you something, and I'll go back to sleep later." After all, Old Hong's wife loved her man dearly, and her voice slowed down again.

"What's the matter?" Mayor Hong sat on the bed and opened his eyes with difficulty.

"Look at this, I saw it on the bedside table when I just woke up, hey, could it be that..." His wife said, and handed him something wrapped in a tissue.

"Huh?" Mayor Hong took it in a daze, looked down at the thing in his hand, his eyes suddenly widened, he first put the thing under his nose and smelled it, and then his face soon showed Overjoyed look: "That's right, that's right, it's this smell, where did you get this thing from?"

"I don't know. I woke up in the morning and saw this on the bedside table. I looked like, no, I woke you up immediately." His wife said.

"Oh, thank you so much, thank you, thank you so much. In the future, if you have anything to do, you can order it casually." Mayor Hong was overjoyed, holding the "sliver of life" and muttering to himself.This is really double happiness. I never thought that what I said yesterday could bring him such a harvest.

Of course, this also verified his previous thoughts, the expert had been watching them all the time, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence, he just said that yesterday, and today he received a "line of life".

The matter has come to this point, and he has already stood aside. In the past, he did not express his opinion, and it was fine if the expert didn't notice him. Now that he said those words, the expert gave him this "silver chance" again. If he did something rebellious in the future, with that person's ability to come and go without a trace, wouldn't it be a matter of minutes to deal with him?

"Xiang, it's just the two of us who know about it, and no one can tell it, not even to the children, you know?" Came back to his senses, Mayor Hong hurriedly said to his wife.

"Do you think I'm stupid? This is our family's life-saving thing." Mrs. Hong was worried before that there is no vaccine or anything for the Y virus. There is no other way, now it is very easy to have this "line of life", and when it comes to the critical moment, this is something that can save lives.

"Be careful with the old stuff, don't be obsessed with it and change your future." Mrs. Hong even went back to remind Mayor Hong.

"Tsk, you don't believe me too much. Life is more important than future. Besides, even if I don't think about myself, how can I not think about you and the child?" Mayor Hong feigned anger.

"Okay, I didn't say I didn't believe you."

"It's you, you must hold back this matter in your heart, and don't let it slip."

"I've been an old couple for so many years, and you don't know me. When I get out of this house, I just pretend that nothing happened. Hey, Old Hong, where do you think we should hide this thing? "

"Let me see……"

On December [-]st, many citizens gathered at the gate of the grain sales office early on, including locals from Xinnan City and southerners who had just moved here a while ago.

At 07:30 in the morning, a large troop drove over from the other side of the street, followed by someone who saw a notice posted on the door of the grain sales office.

The notice said that in order to control food consumption and survive the winter this year, starting from this month, the former Xinnan City citizens' purchase quota of [-] catties per person has been reduced to [-] catties.

As for those southerners who have just settled down, their food needs to be settled through two channels. In the city, each person is limited to buying [-] catties of food per month. In addition, in the industrial area, several factories relocated from the south Work will start soon, and when they go to work in the factory, the factory will also solve part of the ration problem.

"Didn't it mean the same treatment? Why are there two channels now? No wonder people say both official words!" As soon as this notice was posted, dissatisfied voices immediately arose.

"Don't be dissatisfied. I heard that the food has not been distributed for a long time. If you southerners have any opinions, you can report them to the country." Hearing what he said, the locals are not doing it anymore. Why, why? Want to ask them for a number?

"That's right, what we eat now is all our local food. You think fifteen catties is too little, and we are not willing to share it out. Because of the large number of people and the lack of food, our monthly rations are too small. I was deducted ten catties." Immediately, someone next to him agreed, and in disputes between locals and foreigners, the locals often appear to be outnumbered.

"What are you doing? Are you crowding out? Let's put our household registration in Xinnan City. From now on, we will be people from Xinnan City, regardless of locals or foreigners." The outsiders are single, but they also form a group .

"Damn! The recruiters in the industrial zone must have experience. To put it bluntly, they want you southerners." Some locals have apparently hit a wall in the industrial zone recently.

"Recruitment requires experience. It was like this 100 years ago, and it will be like this 100 years later. The whole world is like this. Why are you talking about the south and the north? What the hell are you bastards talking about?"

"Who the hell are you talking about bumpkins? Don't stay with us bumpkins. Since you don't like them, pack up and get out."

"Fuck! Who are you letting go!"

"Who are you talking about bumpkins!"

"..."

The crowd was pushing and shouting, and there was a lot of noise. The pressure of life was high, and they came here early in the morning to queue up to buy food. Then they saw such a notice, and they were full of resentment. The locals and southerners had conflicts. Once there is a fuse, the whole scene will look out of control.

"Bang bang bang!!!" At this time, a soldier fired a warning shot. After a few loud gunshots, the crowd immediately fell silent. Everyone who came out of the temporary base knew how powerful the gun was. A thing of human life is not a decoration.

"What's the noise! ​​What's the noise! ​​Do you still want to buy food? Those who buy food are lined up, and those who don't buy food should go there, why are you making a fuss here?" It was Jin from the Food Bureau who spoke. Secretary.

"Director Jin, how can these twenty catties of grain be enough for a month?" Seeing that the chief had come out, the citizens hurried to express their opinions.

"Do you think this amount is small? Do you know that the leaders of our city have not closed their eyes for several days and nights in order to collect the food? Now that the food is tight, in order to ensure that every citizen can eat, you know that there are people behind How many people have put in so much effort for this matter? You still think it’s too little, and you’re still making a fuss, do you know how hard it is for these grains to come?”

When Director Jin said this, his eyes were red. Thinking about how much he, the Director of the Grain Bureau, has worked so hard to prepare the food these days, he is thinking about food day and night, and his hair is full of worries. He fell to the ground and almost broke his leg. It was so hard to get to this situation, but what he got in the end was complaints and dissatisfaction. His heart was sore.

After hearing his words, the people present were also silent. These days, it is extremely difficult for them to support their own family. The leaders of the city have to worry about the rations of so many of them. Thinking about it, I know for sure It's not easy.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. The leader is the same. Now that the city has electricity, the Internet, and mobile phones, the information is relatively developed. They also know a little about the outside news. Said that although they have nothing to do in Xinnan City and lack of supplies, the lives of ordinary people are not much worse than those in other cities. This can be seen from the efforts of the local government.

Looking at the silent crowd, Chief Jin paused, then spoke again.

"Twenty catties of food is indeed not much, but think about the years we were in the temporary base, we all survived from that time, why can't we pass the current test? The more difficult the time, the more everyone To understand each other and work together, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome.”

"Director Jin is right!" As soon as the director finished speaking, someone took the lead in applauding.

"Thank you, Chief!" Someone shouted while applauding.

"Thank you, Director!" One person shouted, and many people followed suit.

"Hey." Director Jin's tears couldn't hold back immediately, and they flowed down. He raised his arm and wiped it, sniffed his nose and said with a smile: "It's really hard work, this fucking world, my food The director of the bureau deserves to be scolded, and with your words today, no matter how much scolding I, Lao Jin, deserves."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went in. It happened that it was time for the grain sales office to open. Everyone hurriedly lined up and waited to buy grain.

It's just that this time, there is no anger and dissatisfaction in everyone's heart, but more helplessness, determination, and gratitude in their hearts.

The more this fucking world wants to drive them to death, the more they have to grit their teeth and survive. After so many years, if they don't make it to the end to live a good life for him for decades, how can they be worth it?