When we got to the restaurant, we realized that even getting a meal these days isn't easy.

Supermarkets have already restricted purchases for ordinary people, and restaurants and other business establishments can only continue to operate after being approved by the Qinghe Alliance.

Each restaurant can only purchase a fixed amount of grains, oils, and vegetables each month, so when divided up to each day, the amount that can be supplied is actually quite small.

Why not just close all the restaurants?

The Qinghua Kingdom has already gotten used to this kind of life. If it were to abolish it all at once, what difference would it make from going back to the 1950s or 1960s?

Change takes time, and besides, we haven't reached a dead end yet.

Bi Qiaoan and her group caught the last batch of food for lunch today. A dozen or so people squeezed into the private room and filled two large round tables.

"Judging from the current situation, the restaurant won't be open for much longer," Shi Leyong said as soon as he sat down.

"What nonsense are you talking about? There are just supply restrictions, it's not like we're not allowed to open." Wei Qin always knew how to maintain appearances, and she never said anything inappropriate.

“Yes, when there’s no food at home, we can still grab something to eat outside,” Yu Shui nodded and said. “I wonder how long our company cafeteria can last.”

After listening, Bi Qiaoan also shared her opinion: "I guess the restaurant will have to close down when there is no water. Also, there should be no shortage of food in the short term, but vegetables will become increasingly scarce."

Upon hearing Bi Qiaoan's words, Chen Qing also chimed in, "That's right, I haven't dared to eat vegetables much lately. Every time I buy vegetables, I only eat a little, and I dry the rest to store for winter."

"It's sunny these past few days, so it's a good time to take out the dried vegetables and dry them. After all, it rained a while ago, and no matter how you treat them, you're afraid they'll get damp again," Bi Qiaoan reminded her.

Seeing everyone chatting and laughing, Shi Leyong asked, "Have your relatives gone back home?"

“I just sent my parents-in-law back yesterday. My hometown is okay, the disaster wasn’t too bad, it will be fine once the water recedes. It’s just that smell, I can’t stand it,” Wei Qin said.

After hearing this, Chen Qing sighed, "Sister Qin, you're finally free. Sigh, the mess at home was really giving me a headache."

Chen Qing's words successfully drew everyone's attention to him: "After the rain stopped, I sent my family back home. When I got to the village, I found that their houses had all been destroyed."

The village was full of mud, rocks, and garbage, as well as many dead rats.

We took one look and came back; it really was uninhabitable there.

Chen Qing sighed, "Right now, I still have a lot of people in my family, and I'm the only one supporting them."

"Didn't they sign up for the labor service?"

"They've been notified to do some cleaning work, and nobody wants to. They're all still lying at home." Chen Qing scoffed. "They're still hoping to find a job that pays well, is easy, and is close to home someday."

Bi Qiaoan pursed her lips and said, "Actually, the treatment of laborers is quite good. Being able to sign a contract with Qinghe Alliance is considered a semi-secure job."

Others may not know, but Bi Qiaoan does. It may seem that the laborers are doing the dirtiest and most tiring jobs, but in fact, as long as the laborers pass the initial test, they can either join the Qinghe Guard Reserve or follow the Qinghe Alliance Logistics Department. They will have no shortage of food, clothing and other necessities.

In her previous life, Bi Qiaoan thought she was rich and a girl, so she didn't participate in the recruitment of laborers.

But later, the money became unusable, and jobs were not available to everyone. Laborers, who were previously looked down upon, became highly sought after because their wages later consisted of various survival supplies.

Moreover, female laborers receive preferential treatment in the logistics department of Qinghe Alliance and are assigned relatively easy jobs. When Bi Qiaoan found out about this in her previous life, she almost regretted it to death.

However, Bi Qiaoan can't be too explicit right now. She only said this reminder out of consideration for her colleague. Whether or not heeds it is up to fate.

So, even when Bi Qiaoan said that, no one cared.

“I can’t control them anymore. I found a construction team to renovate their houses back home. Once the houses are finished, I’ll let them all go back home. How they live after that is beyond my control,” Chen Qing said, shaking his head.

Shi Leyong also spoke up, saying, "Actually, it's understandable that they're unwilling to do the work of laborers, since everyone is used to sitting in an office these days."

Moreover, these are all college graduates; it's too much of a psychological adjustment for them to go into manual labor.

Besides, with our current limbs, we haven't even done much exercise yet, and we're probably already complaining of being tired.

"Yes, I see the laborers near my house working from morning till night. They work so hard, and the garbage they deal with is crawling with little bugs. It makes me feel disgusted just looking at it." As she spoke, Wei Qin covered her nose with her hand, presumably recalling some unpleasant images.

"It's only been two days, but I saw on Weibo that some of the workers have blisters on their fingers, and some couldn't keep going and terminated their contracts. Those who can persevere are all very determined," Yu Shui said, giving a thumbs up.

"Yes, this is just the beginning. There will be even more and more tiring work in the future. We are lucky that we are not afraid of losing our jobs..." Wei Qin said with emotion.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Bi Qiaoan nodded quietly. This was also an important reason why she and Shen Yanming chose to work after their rebirth.

In the previous life, continuous disasters caused the unemployment rate in Qinghua Kingdom to remain high, but the people still needed to live and eat.

There is no free relief food in Qinghua Kingdom, because Qinghua Kingdom firmly believes that its people should not be allowed to reap without sowing.

So gradually, through continuous exploration, Qinghe Alliance identified many types of jobs and arranged work for people.

In this situation, there will naturally be easy jobs and hard jobs.

Although it's uncertain whether Qinghe Alliance will arrange things the same way in this life as it did in the previous one, since Bi Qiaoan has been reborn, she naturally wants to take advantage of being a reborn person and find herself the easiest and safest job.

Well, it's only because Bi Qiaoan was reborn early that she was able to secure a stable job. Look at Zhang Chenjun, because she was reborn late, she missed the last chance to get a stable job.

"Nini, why would a young lady like you sign up for a labor service job? We have a company and supplies, we don't need you to do that kind of work! Can we please not go?"

Zhang Chenjun was wearing a yellow work uniform, with fine beads of sweat on her forehead and her face flushed from the sun. She was fanning herself with her hat.

This is the third day that Zhang Chenjun has been out clearing silt. Zhang's father never expected that his pampered little princess would actually put aside her pride to do such dirty and tiring work.