When they heard that the government's relief food had arrived, everyone was so moved that they shed tears.

The whole hallway was buzzing with excitement. They wouldn't have to go hungry anymore; they'd made it through! It felt like they could finally go back to their happy lives!

But Bai Shuang knew that the natural disasters had only just begun, and the environment would become increasingly harsh in the future.

Bai Shuang went out and walked to the stairwell. She saw the same group of people who had acted tough in front of her house that day. They seemed to be lined up and were all limping downstairs, being helped by their families.

The group kept their heads down, avoiding eye contact with Bai Shuang, but their family members looked at her with resentment and malice.

She didn't care about any of this; it was what they deserved. Imagine if she were an ordinary person, and they had succeeded in their robbery that day, wouldn't their family members be eating their fill with a clear conscience?

The relief ship was moored in front of the window of the 10th floor, with two soldiers standing on either side of the ship, each holding a gun.

The soldiers looked at everyone with strange eyes as they came down from upstairs.

Looking at this crippled sight, a slight twitch appeared at the corner of his mouth. He thought to himself, "There must be a ruthless person in this building."

However, fighting is common during natural disasters, and they are not the type to meddle in other people's business.

This was the first time Bai Shuang had seen everyone in the building. The old lady on the 17th floor, who had kindly taken in her neighbor, seemed to have encountered some trouble and looked worried.

And those two brothers upstairs, they look like active-duty soldiers, wearing brown-green military uniforms, standing straight, full of energy, and moving with a steady and powerful gait, they look like they're trained fighters.

Next, each person took their ID card, reported their household number, and had it verified and issued one by one.

At this moment, Li Qingqing suddenly pointed at Bai Shuang and shouted outside.

"I want to report her. She illegally obtained a shipload of supplies from outside yesterday!"

Li Mingming, who was standing nearby, quickly grabbed her, but it was too late to cover her mouth.

Bai Shuang suddenly admired Li Qingqing; she was like an unkillable cockroach, and few people could match her courage.

The soldier looked at Bai Shuang and said, "Our mission today is to distribute relief food; other matters are not within our scope of duty."

In addition, the government supports the public in helping themselves.

Two soldiers, one verifying identities and the other distributing items, continued until they reached Wang Xiu.

"We've already said it; it can't be collected on behalf of someone else."

Wang Xiu: "I'm paralyzed and bedridden; I really can't get out of bed."

At this moment, everyone's eyes turned to Wang Xiu. Her father was dead, and almost everyone in the building knew that.

He actually used a dead person's ID to collect relief food! This person usually seems quite respectable and speaks very eloquently.

Wang Xiu was unwilling to accept this. "My father-in-law just passed away, and the funeral cost our family a lot of money. Why can't I receive relief grain?"

The soldier was already impatient with her. "These are the rules. If you don't want to take it, then get out of here. There are so many people waiting."

Wang Xiu didn't dare say another word and quickly grabbed a bag to pack it up.

This time, the relief food distribution included two packs of compressed biscuits, five small bottles of water, a handful of dried noodles, and a pack of dehydrated vegetables for each person.

It's already pretty good. If you eat it sparingly, it can last for a week. They said they'd only give it once a week from now on, but Bai Shuang knows that it won't last many times before it stops.

The affected area is too large, nationwide, no, worldwide; the country simply cannot take care of it all.

After receiving the relief food, Bai Shuang turned and went upstairs. After walking up two floors, she sensed someone behind her, turned around, and saw Li Mingming.

"Why are you following me?"

"I apologize on behalf of my sister for what happened just now!"

My sister is young and doesn't understand things, please don't take it to heart.

"Young? She seems to be older than me."

Keep your sister in check. As long as she doesn't cause any more trouble, I can't be bothered with her.

Li Mingming breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Shuang continued upstairs. This Li Mingming was actually quite smart. After returning home, Bai Shuang carefully examined the relief food and found it to be quite good. She put it in her spatial storage for the time being.

Then I remembered the message they conveyed today: tomorrow, there will be a government-run market at the Wanyuan Hotel where people can buy things.

Bai Shuang remembered that she still had 10,000 yuan, so she paged Bai Jiu and the others, along with Dr. An, to go see him tomorrow.

I won't do anything else today; I'll just organize the things I received yesterday.

To save space and time, I'll first put out the things I collected yesterday, then categorize them one by one and put them into storage space.

After such a long period of time, the total spacetime has now accumulated to approximately 60 hours.

I had some free time today, so I learned to cook lunch myself. I caught a few fish from the Lingquan Pond, which I had stocked up on from Wanta Kingdom last time. Today I'll make steamed shad.

I just followed the recipe I downloaded on my tablet.

First, gut and clean the shad, then marinate it with salt. Next, slice the shiitake mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, and ham, and arrange them neatly on the fish.

The lower part of the fish is stuffed with chopped ginger, bamboo shoots, and ham into the fish cavity.

Bring water to a boil in a pot, then steam the fish over high heat for 10 minutes.

After the fish is steamed, heat lard in a pan, pour the original juices from the plate into the pan and bring to a boil. Add pepper, scallions, garlic, and salt to taste, thicken with cornstarch slurry, and pour the thick sauce over the fish.

I took a bite, and it was actually quite good.

The smell isn't too strong, otherwise it would be too offensive. The more hungry people are, the more sensitive their noses become.

Bai Shuang left enough food for lunch, and packed the rest into a lunchbox to put in her space. The snow leopard ran over with its food bowl in its mouth.

It can't eat strong-flavored food, so Bai Shuang picked out a few pieces of meat with thick flesh and mild flavor and put them in its bowl.

After lunch, Bai Shuang resumed her reading journey. She washed a large plate of grapes, placed them on the coffee table, and ate while reading, while the snow leopard dozed off against her lap.

The rain was still drizzling outside, but the water level had stopped rising.

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