Now it is the second year since the natural disaster, the factory has stopped working long ago, and these things cannot be bought even if you have money.
Knowing how precious these materials were, Xia Guozhang quickly declined, "No, brother and sister-in-law, we can't take these things. They are too expensive! You can take them away!"
Ruan Jiayu also declined, "Yes...we only have rice, you guys should take these things!"
Although she said that, she still had some reluctance in her eyes, and even couldn't help swallowing her saliva. After all, she hadn't eaten these things for about a year, and she was really greedy...
Seeing this, Sun Yuegui smiled and said: "These were bought before the natural disaster. They are not expensive. We still have some at home. You can accept them."
As Sun Yuegui spoke, she took out a sausage from the box and handed it to Xia Ziqi, who had been standing silently by the side, and said, "Look at how thin this kid is, Ziqi, as thin as a matchstick... You must be hungry now. This is the sausage you loved the most when you were a child. Come and eat it!"
Xia Ziqi first glanced at his parents, and seeing that they had no objection, he took the sausage, bit open the plastic skin, and began to eat it voraciously.
As the saying goes, "A young boy can eat his father out of money." At Xia Ziqi's age, he has a strong appetite.
There was a food shortage after the natural disaster and he was hungry every day. However, all he could eat were two pieces of sand vine cakes distributed by the government.
For Xia Ziqi, two pieces of sand vine biscuits a day were not enough. He could not eat enough, and he could not starve to death. He struggled with hunger every day.
Now that he could finally eat the sausage, he didn't even have time to taste it. He just took three or two bites and swallowed it whole.
Xia Shige felt sad to see Xia Ziqi so hungry. She regretted not bringing more food for Xia Ziqi.
Xia Ziqi is the youngest child in the Xia family, one year younger than Xia Shige. When he was young, he was very clingy, like a little tail, hanging behind Xia Shige and Xia Ziyan all day long, calling them "sister" and "brother" non-stop.
Sometimes Xia Shige and Xia Ziyan found him annoying, so he would bring his own small stool and sit beside them obediently.
When my third uncle was kicked out of the house for online gambling, Xia Ziqi was still a few years old, white and chubby, like a little Fuwa. I didn't expect that after not seeing him for a few years, he became so thin, which shows that he suffered a lot during this period.
Sun Yuegui felt very distressed to see Xia Ziqi like this.
She touched Xia Ziqi's head lovingly and said, "Look how hungry Ziqi is... How have you been spending this time?"
Ruan Jiayu sighed when he heard this: "Ever since it snowed a while ago, our supply point has been running out of food from time to time..."
Xia Guozhang and his family of three had been renting a house in a village in the city for the past few years. After the natural disaster, Xia Guozhang lost his job, so they packed up their things and moved to Ruan Jiayu's hometown, in a town next to Anshi.
At the beginning of the disaster, they were still self-sufficient relying on the little food stored in the cellar.
However, the stored food would eventually run out, and later on, they could only survive on the government's disaster relief sand vine cakes.
However, since the snow began to fall, due to poor road conditions, the vehicles transporting supplies would often be stuck on the road due to heavy snow and could not reach the village at all.
The temperature has been dropping, but many supply points in towns and villages are unable to replenish supplies.
Without food, quilts or coal, many people could not hold on and froze to death in their sleep.
The government has been organizing rescue operations during this period, sending rescue vehicles to transport people from rural towns to shelters in the city.
However, there are also many people who do not want to leave. They feel that they have been struggling in the natural disaster for two years and have no confidence in the future. They are simply too lazy to struggle anymore.
They chose to stay. As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots. They will die anyway, so dying in their own home is better than dying outside...
After listening to Ruan Jiayu's statement, Xia Shige felt mixed emotions.
She understood these people's decision. What was before them was an apocalypse with no hope. No one knew where this apocalypse would end, not even Xia Shige, who had been reborn.
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