Chapter 862: The Hope of Qinghua Country

On the way, Xu Yajing asked Li Zhaozhao: "Why didn't you speak just now?"

Li Zhaozhao hesitated for a few seconds, then turned to look at Xu Yajing: "If it were you, would you be willing to give the house to your brother's parents?"

Without even thinking, Xu Yajing frowned and asked, "You two don't have a very good relationship?"

"It's good, but there has to be a limit." Li Zhaozhao shook his head: "Old Shen's house is full of things. I guess there's no place for my parents to live."

"His house has two bedrooms, so it should be OK."

"How long will it take? Ten days, half a month, or one year or two years?"

Li Zhaozhao stopped and looked at Xu Yajing seriously: "We know that this is a long-term job. Are we going to leave our parents there and let Mr. and Mrs. Shen take care of them?

Until they can't stand it anymore, they turn against us, and then kick my parents out, and the brotherhood between us disappears completely?"

Xu Yajing was silent, then she looked up at Li Zhaozhao and said tearfully, "I just wanted to give our parents a better place to live. District D is too far away, the people there are complicated, and the conditions are not good. I thought Yanming's family has a place, and my parents can help them take care of the children."

Li Zhaozhao had the same idea, so he made such a plan. But he couldn't stand strangers staying in his house for who knows how long.

"An'an and Nuan'nuan are not young anymore, they have to live separately from their parents. Let's not talk about this anymore, we can just go to District D to visit the old couple often."

Although Xu Yajing was reluctant, she had no choice but to nod.

Putting the parents-in-law in Zone D will put a lot of pressure on them as children. They are already very busy and tired at work, and they will have to take time out to take care of the elderly couple in the future.

If the old couple could live in Area A, they would have to spend less energy and not have to worry so much. Now it seems that she was thinking too simply.

Fortunately, her husband stockpiled some supplies, otherwise it would be really hard to imagine how the couple would take care of the elderly.

"Okay, that's it. If you have time, go and have a look. If you don't have time, take care of yourself. My parents are there, and I am here too."

Xu Yajing nodded and said nothing more.

Time flies and it is July. The temperature has not changed significantly, and the daytime high temperature remains at 28 degrees.

Although everyone has accepted this reality, people are still worried.

The guards in various parts of Qinghua Country took advantage of the spring and summer temperatures to restore water, electricity, heating, and communications. With the joint efforts of the expert team, engineers, workers, and guards, the system was finally restored to 70% to 80% of the pre-apocalyptic level.

However, there are still some things that cannot be done. For example, only Area A of the base has renovated the heating pipes to ensure that central heating can be provided when winter comes. But Areas B, C, and D do not even have pipes laid, let alone heating.

Therefore, the survivors in the base, especially the women, looked at the guards like fat meat. They just hoped that someone would like them and they could marry into Area A smoothly, so that their lives would be smooth sailing and they would be on the peak of happiness.

Every time Shen Yanming went out, he was stared at by people, and some of them even dared to jump on him.

Fortunately, Old Shen was smart and managed to dodge every time. But this still frightened him so much that he dared not go out without his wife.

In mid-July, Ye Wengui sent someone to call Shen Yanming over.

The couple took their two babies to the agricultural area, and looking at the golden ears of wheat, everyone's joy disappeared.

"Only half of the wheat has ears, and they are not very full." Ye Wengui pinched a wheat ear and showed it to Shen Yanming. Comrade Shen pressed it with his fingers and found that half of it was deflated.

"What should we do in this situation?" Ye Wengui sighed deeply, with hidden worry in his eyes, "If the situation doesn't get better next year, we can only hold on for two years at most."

Shen Yanming opened his mouth, but finally closed it. They all knew that Li Sikai had a space, but before it was made public, everyone could only remain silent.

"Didn't they say that the guards secretly planted some crops? How are they growing?" Shen Yanming asked.

Ye Wengui pulled the corners of his mouth and finally managed a bitter smile: "They are all corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. They are alive, but they are not growing well. There are reasons related to the soil and the temperature. There is nothing we can do about these."

"Why don't you consider building a few more greenhouses?"

"We still have to build it, but the materials are in short supply, so we can't build it very big. It's just a drop in the bucket. Well, go back now. I'm just complaining to you, nothing else."

Shen Yanming looked up at the mountain in the distance and reminded: "If you have time, take people to the mountain to see if you can harvest some food. If you arrange hunting, you can call me."

Ye Wengui nodded: "Let's wait and see."

Although most of the people responsible for planting in the agricultural area were base guards, the fact that food production had decreased and almost completely failed to come to fruition could not be concealed from the survivors.

These people originally thought that the crops they planted outside the base were not harvested because of the wrong timing. But they did not expect that the same thing happened in the agricultural area.

Everyone felt a deep despair.

Back in the Imperial Capital, Chief Alliance Officer Li listened to the reports from various places and felt that the time was about right.

He asked Qiu Man: "Have communications been fully restored down there?"

Qiu Man nodded: "As long as you have a mobile device, you can receive the signal. Even if you don't have one, the guards in various places have TVs. As long as you tune the channel, you can see the news from our side."

"Then let's arrange it and hold a press conference."

At the end of July, big news came from Qinghua Kingdom.

Chen Yanming took his wife, son and daughter to the base cafeteria early in the morning, where he ordered two servings of wild vegetable and mushroom porridge and ate while waiting for the press conference to be held.

At this time, the cafeteria of the base was packed with people. Those who didn't have seats stood and squeezed together, just to see how the alliance would solve the problem of food shortage.

At nine o'clock, General Li appeared on the screen. He first described the problems faced by Qinghua Country with facts, and then showed photos and videos of the guards from various places, which made everyone cry.

Bi Qiaoan listened to the sobbing sound behind him, and affected by the atmosphere, he felt a little sore in his eyes.

Shen Yanming took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and then heard on TV that General Alliance Officer Li had changed his previous dejection and said with a smile: "Although the situation is very serious, our Qinghua country is a country blessed by God. We are not in despair, and we still have hope."

Everyone looked up in disbelief, not understanding why Chief Alliance Officer Li said so.

The couple stared at the screen intently, and saw Chief Alliance Officer Li inviting Li Sikai to come forward.

"This person is the hope of our Qinghua Nation!"