Chapter 67: Sending a Relief Mother

"After the supply provided by the government is sold, the market will remain open. Everyone can take their supplies to the market and trade them for whatever they need. Anything is fine. Oh, and the government has also posted job postings, with thousands of positions open for technicians, researchers, doctors, nurses, teachers, workers, and farmers. Anyone with a skill can apply. The compensation is food. I heard that researchers and technicians can get around 30 kilograms of food per month. Lower-level laborers only get 5 kilograms of food per month, but they get one meal a day."

Hearing this, Lu Xingtang asked, "Are you going to apply for the job?"

Su Cheng shook his head: "I have to take care of my dad. If I go, what will happen to him?" After a pause, Su Cheng continued: "Actually, I've thought about it. If I apply for the job as a retired police officer, there's a high chance I'll be hired. I can also ask for accommodation, so I can take care of my dad! But this is an extraordinary period. I can't ignore my dad's health just for this little food. He can't stand any more hardship!"

Ji Yanmo was wealthy and generous: "I have food and supplies, so I don't need to earn them! Give the jobs to those who are capable, and let them earn them!"

"And you?"

Lu Xingtang looked at Ji Yanmo with a smile: "I also have food and supplies. If I eat enough, my whole family will not be hungry. I don't want to compete with others for a position."

In her previous life, Lu Xingtang was hired as a nurse in the medical team with her little medical skills. She was assigned to a temporary hospital to take care of the disaster-stricken people. The government gave her a lot of food, but she rarely took it all home because she would be surrounded and robbed as soon as she received the supplies, and even beaten.

The people who were robbed were all ordinary people, including the patients she had helped to treat.

The interior of the temporary hospital was in great chaos, and the relationship between doctors and patients was extremely tense. If one was not careful, the patient would insult or beat them, and they often had to treat patients while injured.

If the military had not intervened, she might not have been able to walk out of the temporary hospital alive.

Now the government has turned from passive to active, and all departments are actively fighting the disaster. Things will get better and better, maybe even better than in the past. There is really no need for them to risk their lives to earn this little food.

Furthermore, natural disasters are unpredictable, and no one dares to predict what disaster will happen next. Even if you are given food, you still need to be able to eat it.

So, the three of them gave in, refused to compete internally, and stopped competing with others for jobs.

The three of them did not apply for the job, but 1904 applied for the job after hearing the news. Wu Jin was a technical talent, while Wu Zihao and Wu Xiaoxiao were not very old and had no skills. They had no skills and no abilities, so they could only do hard labor at the bottom level. Five kilograms of food a month was not enough to support themselves, but with the relief food they received every week, they could still survive.

However, Wu Jin was reluctant to let Wu Zihao and Wu Xiaoxiao earn that little food, so he spent some supplies to get in touch with the people above him. He personally took Wu Zihao and Wu Xiaoxiao to hone their skills so that they could become masters as soon as possible.

Wu Zihao and Wu Xiaoxiao are no longer the greenhouse flowers they were before the natural disaster. After being oppressed by natural disasters, they have matured a lot. They wholeheartedly support Wu Jin's decision.

After 1904 left, Su Cheng went out again to look for supplies. This time, he found a lot of carpets, which he hadn't originally planned to take back. He thought Su Hao had been holed up at home because of the natural disaster and felt really suffocated. He didn't have to go downstairs, but he could walk in the hallway. The floor was too cold, and laying down a carpet would make it much better.

After laying out the carpet, dressing Su Hao warmly, and helping him walk in the aisle, Su Cheng felt it was all worth it when he saw the smile on Su Hao's old face!

In a blink of an eye, it was time to collect relief food. Su Cheng had already settled Su Hao and came to knock on their door. Everyone carried a large schoolbag and made sure they had their ID cards before setting off to the original neighborhood committee location.

The original neighborhood committee was some distance away from their community. When they went out, they met many people. Everyone was carrying backpacks, bags, or suitcases and going to the original neighborhood committee to collect relief food.

Fearing they would be robbed, everyone also took knives and sticks.

When they were almost at the original neighborhood committee, they saw a line as long as a dragon with no end in sight, but there were armed military personnel guarding it, and the people in line were very well-behaved.

Su Cheng was in the front, Ji Yanmo was in the back, and Lu Xingtang was protected in the middle.

Seeing the huge crowds of people, Lu Xingtang was very annoyed. "If I had known earlier, I would have stayed at home and come here in the afternoon! I don't know how long I have to wait."

Ji Yanmo said calmly, "It's not just us who are standing in line and freezing, it's the same for everyone! Soldiers have it even harder than us!"

Lu Xingtang's gaze fell on the soldiers standing upright not far away, listening carefully and watching in all directions, always alert. "No matter when, it is because of them who are fighting bravely and fearlessly in the front that we have peace. They are really suffering!" Especially the soldiers in the end times, they are suffering even more!

While waiting in line, the further we went, the more chaotic the scene became. Fortunately, there were armed soldiers guarding the place, otherwise there would have been chaos and all the food would have been looted.

Lu Xingtang also saw pickpockets and bag-cutting gangs showing off their skills, snatching away the food that others had worked so hard to get. Some even robbed the food directly, but unfortunately, before they could run far, they were shot by bullets and the soldiers opened fire.

This shot scared everyone so much that they stopped doing anything rash and immediately became quiet.

What does it mean that the soldiers dared to open fire? They had received orders from above, and the superiors knew what would happen, so they gave the soldiers the authority to shoot and kill those who robbed and stole.

However, many people recognized Lu Xingtang and the other two, and they secretly reported: "Did you see those three people? They are the evil people on the 19th floor of Sunshine Community. They have guns and have killed many innocent people!"

"You don't know how many people's supplies they've robbed by relying on their guns! They clearly have plenty of supplies at home, yet they still have to queue up with us for relief food. They've killed countless people and don't deserve relief food from the government. First, arrest them, then go to the Sunshine Community and confiscate their guns. Then lock them up in a small dark room for life!"

"Why lock him up in a small dark room? Someone so cruel and ruthless who disregards the lives of his compatriots should be shot on the spot!"

As a result, the soldiers distributing the supplies just looked at them coldly: "They were shot, and the supplies they worked so hard to stockpile are now yours? We are all citizens of Country H, why can't we let them take it? Do they think they can survive well in natural disasters because of their abilities? Moreover, they worked hard to research poisons and help our military clean up poisonous snakes. They saved your lives, but not only are you not grateful, you even want to kill them all! If it weren't for the fact that you are also citizens of Country H, you would have been taken away and sent to the coal mines to dig coal!"

“But they really killed a lot of people…”

The soldier looked at them coldly and asked, "Don't you want to receive relief food?"

(End of this chapter)