Chapter Sixty-Seven: Don't Play Little Tricks
Although He Mingzhou didn't think the food shortage would be a particularly difficult problem, Xin Li still felt uneasy about letting these people take advantage of her.
He Mingzhou is a human being, not a god. Why should he be expected to make unconditional sacrifices for those who are lazy and unwilling to work?
Maybe those people have been hiding food at home and are just deliberately taking advantage of others?
In this way, they eat almost all the food from other people's homes, while still having plenty left in their own homes.
It's no wonder that Xinli thinks so badly of people; human nature is just that selfish and terrifying.
"don’t worry."
He Mingzhou seemed to know what Xin Li was thinking, and he said, "Every year, everyone organizes small teams to search for supplies."
“We’ll search every household; if someone’s hiding grain, it won’t be able to be found.”
"We will not let honest people suffer losses."
Xinli immediately felt relieved.
"Then I'll go with you when we're looking for food."
Fortunately, she still had plenty of food in her storage space.
Now we can take it out and share it with everyone.
These were originally stockpiled by Xin Li to prepare for typhoons and heavy rains, so she doesn't feel bad about taking them out now.
She just didn't want those lazy people to take advantage of her.
This will cause dissatisfaction among everyone, and once conflicts arise, they will inevitably erupt sooner or later.
Now is the time when everyone needs to work together to rebuild after the disaster, and we cannot afford any mistakes.
"Can you do it?"
He Mingzhou was worried that Xin Li's body couldn't withstand such high-intensity exercise.
"Can I do it?" Xin Li gave He Mingzhou a defiant look. "You don't know?"
He Mingzhou's face turned green.
"You really are..."
He was both amused and exasperated, shaking his head helplessly and saying, "Don't you have any girlish manners at all?"
At a time like this, how could Xin Li still have the mind to talk about that?
Xin Li nudged He Mingzhou with her elbow: "What's wrong? You don't like me?"
She's a post-apocalyptic lord who's chopped off zombie heads, so she's definitely not an ordinary girl.
Even if He Mingzhou discovers her true nature and feels disgusted now, there's nothing he can do. The man she took a liking to and then took advantage of has no chance of escaping.
Even if he tries to run away, she can rush up and chase him back.
"I don't mind."
He Mingzhou glanced at Xin Li, then quickly looked away: "I like it very much."
He Mingzhou seemed a little embarrassed after saying this, and made an excuse that he needed to go check on the others before turning around and leaving.
Watching his hasty retreat, Xin Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"You two have such a good relationship."
Xinli nodded: "We're newlyweds, after all."
"Pfft—"
Zhang Jinhua gently tapped Xinli's forehead.
"You really have no shame."
Upon hearing this, Xin Li did not feel embarrassed; on the contrary, she nodded with particular pride.
Zhang Jinhua laughed even louder.
The commotion caused by the two attracted a lot of attention. Everyone was in a bad mood after this incident, but seeing the two laughing happily, they were also infected by it. The solemn mood on many people's faces eased a lot, and they were able to cheer up.
With He Mingzhou and his troops working intensively, the water level began to drop rapidly.
Many homes have already begun to be cleared out.
Those people went back immediately to try and salvage the food, but everything was flooded. Now they are trying to salvage as much as they can, and very little food remains.
This cast another shadow of sorrow over everyone's hearts.
For three days in a row, almost all the houses on the island were cleared out. Fortunately, the houses were sturdy and had few wooden parts, so after cleaning up the water stains and washing the houses inside and out, everyone was able to go home and live there.
However, most of the grain was gone, and some of the stored vegetables had all spoiled and were inedible. Without grain, everyone was short of money and struggled to make ends meet.
He Mingzhou then distributed the grain he had stockpiled.
At first, the people were embarrassed to accept the money, but after hearing He Mingzhou say that he would also be searching for food, they accepted it.
"Every household only has so much grain, and I'm afraid even if they searched everywhere, they wouldn't be able to find anything else to eat."
He Mingzhou said, "It's alright. The division commander has already sent a telegram to the outside world. Now the people outside know that we are short of food, so someone will come to deliver supplies soon."
"Really?"
He Mingzhou nodded: "As long as we can get through this period, we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty."
Upon hearing that there would be supplies to follow, everyone disregarded everything else and thought they could just eat for now and find a way to repay them later.
During this period, Xin Li had been distributing food with He Mingzhou. He Mingzhou learned that she had bought the food when she went to the market and said that he would mention this to the division commander and make up for it when the next batch of supplies arrived.
Xin Li didn't mind; she just wanted to do her part.
Those lazy people actually came to ask the couple for food when they saw them distributing it. He Mingzhou took the opportunity to say that the food belonged to Xin Li and that it would be returned when the supplies arrived.
Those who were lazy and liked to eat were immediately unhappy.
When Xinli saw that they were unhappy, she became unhappy too.
She snatched the grain back and said irritably, "It's my kindness to share the grain I've stored, but we're not even sure if your family really has no grain left. Do you dare let me come to your house to look for it?"
Xin Li had been keeping an eye on these people. They didn't seem like the kind who wouldn't leave themselves a way out. Aunt Yang's family still had some leftover food, but these people hadn't taken out any food from the beginning. This was really strange.
"Take me to your home."
When those people heard that Xin Li was going to search our house, they immediately became anxious: "No, what right do you have to search our house?"
"You know, special times call for special measures, right? Didn't you say you were starving? Well, we'll go back with you and see if you really are starving."
"I have food, but I'm not going to be a fool."
“If you really don’t have it, I can give it to you, but if you have it and still come all the way here to ask for it, then that’s your fault.”
Xin Li made her point clear: she wouldn't give away food for nothing. If these people really didn't have any food, she wouldn't mind giving them some, but if they were lying, she had plenty of ways to deal with them.
Others who came to collect grain also chimed in, saying, "Brother Wang, are you really out of grain? Your house is on high ground; logically, if the grain is stored high, it should only get a little damp. You shouldn't have lost everything, right?"
"Yeah, Brother Wang, and you didn't bring any food when we were at the camp. When the rescue team came, you didn't even put any food in your clothes? So what did you bring?"
When they saw that everyone was starting to question them, the lazybones, led by Brother Wang, all changed their expressions.
What do you mean?
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