Seeing Xia Shige appear at the door, Lin Jingjing was surprised and happy, and quickly opened the door for her.
"Come on, come on! Come in!"
Although Lin Jingjing's house was not as hot as Xia Shige's, the heater was turned on and the temperature was just right. Xia Shige took off his thick coat as soon as he entered the house.
"Don't change your shoes, come in quickly!" Lin Jingjing led Xia Shige directly to the sofa, and then ran to get her a drink.
This was Xia Shige's first time visiting Lin Jingjing's house. She looked around and found boxes of unopened food and water piled up in the living room.
The food is basically instant food such as self-heating rice and instant noodles. It seems that they were stockpiled before the natural disaster, and the reserves are very sufficient.
There was a pile of foam boxes against the wall, filled with soil. It looked like an attempt to grow vegetables there, but they didn't sprout.
At this moment, Lin Jingjing came over with a health pot and two tea cups.
Seeing Xia Shige looking at the foam box in the corner, Lin Jingjing said helplessly: "We tried to grow some vegetables ourselves before. They sprouted at first, but then they all died, so we just gave up!"
After that, she poured Xia Shige a cup of tea and said with a smile: "This is the red dates, longan and glutinous rice tea I just made. Drink a cup when it's cold and it will keep you warm all night. Try it!"
Xia Shige picked up the teacup and took two sips. The rich aroma of red dates instantly filled his lips and teeth, with a light sweetness. It was very delicious.
Xia Shige put down his teacup, pointed at the foam box and suggested to Lin Jingjing: "Do you still want to plant? Why don't I give you some seeds? I have some extra ones, and they will sprout soon!"
Lin Jingjing waved her hand and refused: "No, our family of three was at the supermarket at the time, there was no one at home, and it was impossible for us to turn on the air conditioner just for these vegetables."
That would waste too much electricity!
After the natural disaster began, many people tried to grow vegetables at home, but few were successful.
It started out because of the high temperature. The weather was too hot and electricity bills soared, so no one was willing to keep the air conditioner on for the vegetables.
Later, endless nights came and there was no sunlight. Without fluorescent lights, vegetables could not grow.
Not to mention that growing vegetables requires watering from time to time. Now that water resources are scarce, each household has a limited water supply, and the amount of water used for daily life is barely enough. Who would be willing to use water to water the vegetables?
Due to various factors, only a few residents can achieve self-sufficiency in vegetables through foam boxes.
If you want to eat vegetables, you can only buy them at high prices, either from online platforms or on the black market.
Lin Jingjing continued, "It doesn't matter if we don't grow vegetables. Before the natural disaster, my dad brought dozens of boxes of dehydrated vegetables from the factory and filled up our study room! There are still a lot left, and we can't finish them all!"
These supplies in the living room are only a small part of them, because as Xia Shige reminded me before, Lin Jingjing's house is also stocked with a lot of supplies.
Except for the living room and study, every bedroom in Lin Jingjing's house is filled with various stockpiles.
Because the room was filled with cartons filled with supplies, Lin Jingjing even slept on the cartons at the beginning of the disaster!
Later, as the supplies were slowly consumed, she was able to sleep in her bed.
After hearing what Lin Jingjing said, Xia Shige felt relieved.
The two chatted for a while until Lin Jingjing's father and eldest brother came back from get off work, and then Xia Shige stood up and said goodbye.
…
After leaving Lin Jingjing's house, Xia Shige walked up the stairs to the 16th floor.
Just when she was about to open the door, a small black shadow suddenly rushed over!
Xia Shige was startled. She couldn't dodge in time and was pounced on by the black shadow.
“Woof—woof—”
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