Chapter 64

Wei Yan also said a lot, including his experiences in the past six months and what he knew about the situation outside.

Because of the inconvenient transportation, the farthest the entire community, including Chen Cong and his friends, have ever gone is Beining, and they have never been further away.

So what Wei Yan said were all things they were eager to know.

Wei Yan hadn't been to many places. He had been injured during the disaster relief work in Qingzhou. He was trapped under the rubble while trying to save kindergarten children.

After that, I moved around military hospitals in various places and did not personally experience the subsequent disaster relief work.

But the military hospital admitted seriously injured people who were hurt in disaster relief efforts in various places, and they came from various regions.

These wounded soldiers knew much more about the situation than Wei Yan, who had been staying in the hospital to recover.

Through his comrades, he learned a lot about the situation in various parts of the country.

"This disaster was very serious. Our military received the order early and rushed to Qingzhou to provide disaster relief. At that time, we thought the disaster here was already very serious, but we didn't expect..."

Wei Yan sighed: "Compared to the disaster that happened later, we can really say that we are lucky here."

Good luck?

No one said anything, but everyone's eyes were filled with disapproval.

Considering all the bad things I did before, this is called good luck?!

Wei Yan smiled bitterly: "At least the survival rate here is very high. Half of the people in Bac Ninh survived, and the ratio in the towns and cities below is about the same.

Elsewhere, cities after cities were all gone. Sixteen cities along the Yanning Strait were all submerged overnight, the Western Mountains were razed to the ground, and the surrounding provinces and cities were buried underground.

"The wildfires in the southwest, the granary of our country, have been burning for more than a month. The fertile fields have been burned into wasteland and the granaries are gone. Dongyuan is still submerged in water..."

At this point, Wei Yan's voice choked.

He thought of the comrades who were sent here, their injuries, their expressions when they talked about their experiences in disaster relief, and their expressions of extreme heartache and inability to cry.

He suddenly couldn't continue.

Shen Jianyi sighed, patted his shoulder, and said, "Let's not talk too much. Let's eat first, and then we can talk slowly after dinner. Later, go and tell the people in your work group to move back home. We are already home, how can we live outside?"

When he heard that he was asked to eat, Wei Yan stood up immediately.

"No, I'll go back and eat. We brought dry food this time."

Shen Jianyi pushed him back and glared at him, scolding: "Wei Yan, you have improved. You are polite to your family now?

You didn't let anyone report your injury to your family before, and I haven't settled the score with you yet, and now you don't even eat at home! What, are you not going to acknowledge me as your aunt and your uncle?"

Shen Jianyi's words made Wei Yan dare not say a word anymore.

Cheng Ru and Shen Cong put as much effort into preparing this meal as possible.

Since fresh meat was difficult to get, they steamed salted fish and sausages. There happened to be some vegetables at home, so they specially cut a bunch of water spinach and picked two loofahs.

I also steamed a full pot of rice.

Seeing such a table full of dishes, Wei Yan could not hide the shock on his face at all, and his mouth opened wide.

He couldn't help swallowing, and then looked at Cheng Ru in surprise: "Aunt, where did you get all this? You still have rice now?!"

Cheng Ru's eyes have been wet from morning till now.

Even though Wei Yan was only her niece's husband, he was still her mother's family. Looking at him was no different from looking at her own niece.

Hearing him ask this, I pointed to the coffee table and said, "Sit down, sit down and eat while we talk."

After that, she instructed her husband: "Go get Wei Yan a can of beer."

Shen Jianyi did not refute, but went straight up to the second floor. He quickly took out a can of beer that was still covered with white mist and had just been taken out of the refrigerator and stuffed it into Wei Yan's hand.

Wei Yan even forgot to refuse.

He was completely dumbfounded.

Chen Cong pulled him and said, "Don't stand there like an idiot. Sit down."

Wei Yan looked at her and asked, "Second sister, how come there are still these things at home?"

Wei Yan is actually about the same age as Shen Cong, but because he married Cheng Ran, he has always called her sister.

"Isn't this all thanks to you? After you arrived in Qingzhou, you called Ranran to tell us to stock up on food. Before that, my father-in-law said that the weather was bad and there might be a disaster. My parents stocked up some food at that time, and after receiving Ranran's call, they stocked up again.

You know my mom is a hoarder, so this is a good reason. The things she bought from both trips filled up an entire room."

Chen Cong laughed as he spoke: "Don't worry, eat boldly. My mother has told you so many times that she wants to thank you properly. You have to give her a chance to express herself."

After listening to this, Wei Yan sighed for a long time and didn't know what to say.

I can only sigh at the good luck of my aunt's family.

He not only told the Shen family about stockpiling food, but also told his parents and brothers and sisters.

But they didn't take it seriously, and even if they bought something, they only bought a small, symbolic amount.

Including his own family, Ranran did stockpile food, but the family building in the military compound where they lived was collapsed during the earthquake.

Fortunately, the family members were organized to live in an earthquake-proof shelter, and no one was injured.

But all the things stored at home were buried underground.

Fortunately, my wife and family now live in the military compound, and because they are military families, they are still taken care of to some extent, so I don’t have to worry too much about food for the time being.

But the quality of life is naturally incomparable to that of my aunt's house.

Just now when his second sister took out the bathing tool for him to use, Wei Yan had already been frightened.

Knowing that those were the equipment my sister and brother-in-law had bought for their self-driving tour, I could only sigh inwardly.

Now when I see this table of food again, I can hardly even sigh in admiration.

He took the bathing artifact and asked his mother to prepare a table of meals for Wei Yan. On the one hand, he really felt sorry for him, and on the other hand, Chen Cong also had selfish motives.

Let him see that there is electricity at home, no shortage of water, and even food stored. Shen Cong did this to see what his brother-in-law's attitude would be when faced with such living conditions that are in stark contrast to the outside world.

This is a huge reference factor for the decision she has to make.

Shen Cong believed that as a soldier, Wei Yan had basic moral values ​​and ethics and would never do anything that would be detrimental to his family.

However, when the contrast is too great, people will inevitably make comparisons, and it is hard to say what they will think in their minds.

It wasn't that she wanted to test human nature, it was just that she had very little contact with her brother-in-law.

What's more, in today's environment, no one can tell whether people will change.

When Wei Yan sighed, Shen Cong explained to him with a smile, but his eyes did not miss any of his expressions.

In Wei Yan's eyes, Chen Cong saw emotion, surprise, and relief.

The only thing she didn't see was the jealousy and resentment that she was worried about.

This made her feel much better.

After all, they are a family, and she doesn't want to see any estrangement or cracks among her family members.

This can be said to be the most satisfying meal Wei Yan has had in the past six months.

Whether in the army or in the hospital, as a soldier and a wounded person, his food is definitely guaranteed.

But it's absolutely incomparable to meals like this.

Especially white rice, he almost forgot what it tasted like.

Wei Yan didn't hesitate and ate two large bowls of food. He didn't put down his chopsticks until he burped.

But he only poured out a little beer and took a small sip.

Shen Jianyi pushed the beer can towards him again: "Drink it, it's all yours."

Wei Yan smiled and pushed it back.

"Uncle, you and Uncle Gu drink it. I just need this little taste of the wine. If I drink too much, it won't be good if people smell it when I go out."

Where can you buy beer these days? You may not even be able to get it by exchanging food for it.

Even if my aunt and uncle stockpiled food, how much beer could they stockpile?

Isn’t it just one less can to drink?

If I want to buy it again in the future, I don’t know when I will be able to buy it.

How could Wei Yan have the nerve to drink a can by himself?

After hearing what he said, Shen Jianyi did not give in. He found a food bag, tied up the mouth of the beer can tightly, and then put it aside.

Said: "I'll save it for you. You can drink it when you come back in the evening."

Wei Yan quickly explained: "Uncle, I am leading a team. I really can't go home to stay at night. This is totally inappropriate. There are so many senior experts in the team. How can I live in a house while others live in tents?"

"I'll go talk to Xiao Cao and ask him to find a few rooms for you to live in temporarily," said Shen Jianyi.

Seeing that Wei Yan was still trying to stop him, he glared and said, “I don’t know what your rules say, but it’s never wrong to follow the local customs.

If it were other gathering points, the conditions would be poor and it would be understandable that you wouldn't want to cause trouble, but we have vacancies in our community.

This is not a problem at all, why do we have to live in tents? You also said that there are old experts in your team. Is it wrong to let people live more comfortably and suffer less? "

The one-month quarantine period has long ended. Except for the two most critically ill patients who were sent to the town hospital, everyone else has been released.

The isolation tape at the entrance of the hospital was also removed.

In this case, there are indeed quite a few empty rooms in the previously built buildings, and it would be no problem to clean up a few of them for the working group members to live in.

Lao Cao had the same idea before, but was rejected by Wei Yan before he could even say it.

Now Shen Jianyi has made this suggestion again.

After learning that the situation in the community was indeed much better than other gathering points, Wei Yan did not argue anymore and just said he would go back and discuss it with everyone.

After dinner, he did not stay long and returned to the tent first, while Shen Jianyi went to find Lao Cao.

After the two men left, Cheng Ru pulled her second daughter.

She didn't say anything, but there was deep worry in her eyes.

Shen Xi also looked at his sister, as if asking for her opinion.

"Let's talk about it after the meeting this afternoon. We have to hear the purpose of this working group's visit. Didn't Wei Yan say that they will tell everyone everything in the afternoon? Let's all go and attend the meeting, and then we can discuss it after we come back."

After hearing Chen Cong's words, everyone had no objection and went to rest without saying anything more.

There were quite a lot of people attending the meeting in the afternoon. Since the working group did not say that only those on the list could attend, almost everyone at home in the community came.

After all, for everyone, land pollution is the biggest problem that bothers them at this time.

The meeting was chaired by Wei Yan.

He first talked about the country's attention to soil pollution, and then introduced the personal qualifications of the experts.

Then they told everyone clearly that they came back to control the land pollution problem and they would definitely solve the problem satisfactorily.

His promise received heartfelt applause from everyone.

After that, we entered the stage of free discussion, of course, it was mainly for the experts to ask questions and understand the situation from the residents.

Afterwards, I answered everyone’s questions.

At the meeting, indeed, several experts focused their attention on the Shen family's soil.

They surrounded Shen Jianyi and asked him many questions, and finally told him directly that they wanted to go to the site to test the soil in their home, saying that the soil in his home was very different from the soil collected from other places.

Because he had a clear idea in mind beforehand, Shen Jianyi did not show any panic.

He laughed and said, "What's the difference? It's the same place."

An older member of the working group shook his head and said, "There are still differences. We need to go to the scene to take a look."

“Do you think the vegetables grown in our soil are good? In fact, not only ours, but also the vegetables grown in our community are good.

Look at Xiao Qian’s family and Sun Qing’s family.

They first used the soil from my yard, and later they used soil dug deep from their own yard, and the crops they grew were no worse than ours.

Well, I think those people in the town exaggerated when they reported it. At that time, my family was the only one in the community whose vegetables grew well, so they exaggerated a bit. "

Shen Jianyi sighed.

The people in the working group smiled and did not refute, but they were very persistent and insisted on going to the site to conduct a test and assessment.

Naturally, the Shen family could not stop such a request.

Not only can we not stop it, we have to cooperate.

So they not only took the staff to the home, but also showed them the backyard and the fourth floor.

Of course, before this, Mr. Gu had already withdrawn the formation he had set up earlier.

We didn’t go to the Chinese medicinal plantation on the third floor because it was the closest place to the formation.

Moreover, the old man has always been very worried that new plagues would occur. He had not previously exercised any control over the cultivation of Chinese medicinal herbs and only wanted to harvest more high-quality materials in the shortest possible time.

Therefore, neither the soil nor the ungrown herbs there are convenient for outsiders to see.

The working group did not stay at home for long. They took some photos, collected soil, and picked some vegetable seedlings.

The old man showed great interest in the corn and peanuts planted on the roof of the fourth floor of the Shen family's house, and asked Shen Jianyi many questions.

After listening to what the old man said, the Shen family realized that there was not only an experimental base in the town, but there were similar planting experimental bases in many places across the country.

These bases currently mainly grow drought-resistant vegetables.

Although different places adopt different methods, it is not just this community that has achieved good results.

In some towns, vegetable cultivation has already reached a certain scale.

But there are many problems in grain cultivation.

Such hot and dry weather is not suitable for plant growth, even for some drought-tolerant crops.

In the early stages of sowing, the seeds will always fail to survive due to various reasons, and even if they survive, they will not grow well.

Anyway, they had never seen such strong seedlings growing on the rooftop like the ones planted by the Shen family, under the scorching sun, in a stuffy and hot environment.

At this point, the old man's expression revealed deep melancholy, and he said frankly that he was incompetent and unable to share the country's worries.

He also said that he must find a way to solve the problem of food cultivation even if it cost him his life.

After the working group left, no one in the Shen family had the energy to do anything else.

Everyone sat in the living room, speechless.

Everyone has their own thoughts and considerations, but no one wants to speak first.

This silence lasted for a long time, including when everyone went back to work later, and everyone had lost their usual energy.

All were silent.

This atmosphere was so different from usual that Gu Kai felt it as soon as he entered the house.

After the community was unsealed, Gu Kai followed Master Zhu to go out and take on work.

Master Zhu was very satisfied with his new apprentice. He would ask him to do any job and would teach him everything he knew while he was working.

Gu Kai also respected this master very much. Whenever Master Zhu asked him to go, he would definitely go with him, no matter how hard or tiring it was, he would never complain.

This time was the same, they took on a job of repairing electrical circuits and were busy for a full half month.

Logically speaking, it was not time for him to come back today, but in the afternoon, Gu Kai met an acquaintance from the community in the town.

An acquaintance told him that there were guests at home, and his brother-in-law, who was an officer in the army, came to the community.

Hearing that Wei Yan had arrived, Gu Kai had to come back to see him, so he asked his master for leave and found time to come back for one night.

Who knew that as soon as I walked in, I saw the whole family had a stern face.

"What happened?" Gu Kai looked confused.

"Didn't they say Wei Yan was coming? Where is he?"

Gu Kai looked around, but of course he didn't see anyone.

He thought about it and his face became serious: "Did something happen to Wei Yan?"

"Don't think too much." Shen Jianyi waved his hand at him: "Wei Yan is fine."

Then he pointed to the living room, motioning his son-in-law to go in first, and then said to everyone: "Don't be busy, Gu Kai won't be at home for long, and it's just right that he's back and our family is all here, so let's hold a meeting and discuss it together."

Everyone has something to say, so naturally no one will refuse.

The whole family sat down quickly.

Shen Jianyi first told Gu Kai what Wei Yan said when he came home, and then told him about the old expert's feelings after looking at the corn and peanuts.

Then he said, "This is the situation. We have all been thinking about it for the whole afternoon. Now let's talk about it. What should we do next?"

After that, he looked at his second daughter and said, "Congcong, you go first?"

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