Grandma nodded repeatedly and replied, "Okay, this stuff works, let's all eat some, no matter if we are sick or not, just eat it to prevent it."
After saying that, grandma took the jar upstairs to find Grandma Liu and Sun Yuegui, wanting them to try it.
Xia Shige planned to go back to the space and make some more loquat paste to save and eat slowly, but as soon as she returned to the room, she received a push message on her phone.
The headline of the news is: Breaking news! Another incident of jumping from a building occurred in the center this morning! All the people died despite failed rescue efforts.
Xia Shige frowned and clicked on the news. It was now the end of May. Since the beginning of May, there had been a number of reports of suicides every day. Unexpectedly, someone jumped off a building in just this morning.
The volcano has been erupting for nearly two months, and the sun has not been seen during this period. Xia Shige experienced this long night in person for the first time, and still found it very unbearable.
After all, humans are diurnal animals, active under the strong light of day. For thousands of years, they have been working from sunrise to sunset. Being in a dark environment for a long time, lacking sunlight, and lacking vitamin D in the body may cause depression.
Now is the time of food shortage again. Many people cannot afford to buy food and can only eat sand rattan cakes.
With both body and mind unsatisfied, more and more people cannot find the meaning of life, nor see hope for the future. Their faith collapses, and they choose to end their lives.
Xia Shige sighed and felt helpless. In her previous life, she didn't dare to read such news. People are easy to empathize, and if they read too much of this kind of news, they will easily be infected with despair.
Xia Shige put away his phone and entered his space, and could only divert his attention by making more loquat paste.
*
In the evening, Xia Huiyin and Xia Guocheng came back. Grandma quickly brought them two cups of drinks made with loquat paste and said, "You two run outside every day, drink some water made with loquat paste, it's good for your breathing and lungs!"
Xia Huiyin and Xia Guocheng took the cup of water and drank it all, only to find that the pain in their throats was indeed relieved a lot.
At the dinner table, Xia Guocheng said that in addition to the sand vine cakes, everyone can now receive a portion of candy every week. Candy can make people happy and replenish energy. He hopes that the number of suicides can be reduced.
After dinner, Xia Shige casually looked through the group chat:
“3-1007 Qiqi, mother of two children: Candy is indeed a good thing. The two children stopped crying after eating it.”
"6-702 Bai Yueguang: Really? Unfortunately, I have become a sugar control freak and don't eat sugar anymore."
"2-1908 Coconut Tree: Control sugar? What do you mean, don't eat sugar?"
"6-702 Bai Yueguang: Yes, I think candy is like a happy poison, which does more harm than good to the body. And candy actually doesn't have that much impact on mood, at most it just replenishes some calories."
"4-1209 is slacking off: It's good to replenish calories. I'm feeling a bit cold these days... The temperature has dropped so much!"
"6-702 Bai Yueguang: By the way, who has extra water? I can exchange it with the candy I received. I haven't taken a bath for a month."
"4-1209 is slacking off: @6-702 Bai Yueguang I have some extra water here, I can exchange a bucket with you, let's chat privately."
"4-2009 Sister Ni: Does anyone have cough medicine? I can exchange it with water and sugar! I went out for a walk yesterday, and I didn't expect to start coughing non-stop when I came back. It felt like a piece of paper was stuck in my lungs, and I couldn't sleep at night."
“6-501 Susu: Everyone should stay out of the house less. There are so many people with fever and infection recently, and it’s hard to buy medicine.”
“…”
Xia Shige read the group messages, then returned to Taoyuan Space and continued to make loquat paste.
She decided to mass-produce loquat paste and put it on the shelves in her Taoyuan store.
She wants to maintain a yacht, so she needs to earn money to buy energy. Now she can buy energy through online shopping platforms, but the prices have risen to an incredible level, so she can only save more money.
Loquat paste is time-consuming and laborious to make, and a lot of honey is added to it. Xia Shige directly priced it at 150,000 yuan a can, and noted in the product details that as long as you buy 5 cans of loquat paste, you will get two boxes of delicious loquat nuts for free!
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