The community worker distributing food looked up at her and laughed coldly, "Auntie, we need to see the registration form before distributing food. If anyone tells us that there are more people at home, we won't have to distribute it. Your registration was originally for 5 people, but the duty personnel changed the registration form after returning yesterday, saying that your family drove the girl to Qiao's house, right?"
The staff member took out the registration form and put it in front of her. "The person who handled your case yesterday was the one who was in charge of registration. You should have seen him."
The registration form was indeed clear. Zhao Linlin's name was crossed out from the Zhao family, and a mark was made at the back: Moved to the Qiao family.
Aunt Zhao reacted and asked hurriedly, "That male leader?"
The staff nodded: "That's our Captain Zhang. He wrote it like this, so it can't be wrong."
After the staff member finished speaking, he reminded them not to go out without permission and to stay at home. Then he turned around and left to distribute food to the next household.
Aunt Zhao closed the door and looked at the food her family had received, but she still felt heartbroken: "If I had known that the community would distribute food based on the number of people, I should not have let that girl go. This way she could get an extra portion."
In fact, if they hadn't caused trouble at the Qiao family's old house yesterday, the community police wouldn't have been alerted and they wouldn't have noticed that the carpenter had left. There would still be five of them on the registration list!
Moreover, if I had not caused trouble yesterday and had guarded the house well, those carpentry tools could have been exchanged for 400 kilograms of corn.
Now, nothing is left!
Zhao Fulong was also furious: "It's all the fault of that little girl from the Qiao family. If it weren't for her, Zhao Linlin would have nowhere to go!"
He said viciously: "She thinks that girl from the Qiao family is a good person! There is no meat in the relief food. I think that girl from the Qiao family is definitely after the dog meat! Just wait and see!"
·
Qiao Xuejun and the carpenter also knew that there would be relief food this morning, so they prepared early and watched the time to come out of the shelter. Sure enough, they heard someone knocking on the door after a while, so they went to open the door together.
The community volunteers and staff drove a small truck filled with food that had been distributed in advance according to the door. As soon as Qiao Xuejun and the carpenter walked to the door, the community workers shouted, "Qiao Xuejun, Zhao Linlin! It's time to get your family's emergency food reserve!"
Zhao Linlin hurried forward to open the iron gate and took the food bag: "Thank you."
The community worker said, "You're welcome. Just order a little. This is for two people. Two kilograms of rice, two kilograms of radishes, and one kilogram of corn."
Qiao Xuejun nodded and confirmed: "That's right."
The community worker smiled and said, "You have a dog, right? Dogs are not covered by relief at the moment, so you have to figure out what to do with it."
Yesterday, when Captain Zhang returned, he talked to them about how the Zhao family had insisted on taking the girl's dog, which caused a lot of trouble. He complained about it for a long time.
The young carpenter waved his hand quickly: "No, I know this, I can find a way myself."
The community workers left after distributing the food.
The two returned to the underground shelter with their food bags. The carpenter followed Qiao Xuejun with a large white radish and corn cobs in his arms, and asked, "Boss, are we having these for lunch today?"
As soon as she asked, she seemed to have sensed the answer, and she asked and answered herself: "Save a little? Store it? But there is no refrigerator..."
"They are all hybrids with unstable offspring, and are not suitable for planting." Qiao Xuejun took a look at the grains and identified the varieties. He added, "They are suitable for storage, but they won't last long. Just eat them directly."
The young carpenter didn't know how Qiao Xuejun could identify the species with just one glance, but she didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she took it for granted that it was Qiao Xuejun's experience.
The two of them cooked another meal at noon, which was relief food sent by the community, but there was no meat.
Qiao Xuejun felt that she ate the same amount of food every day, but she was still losing weight. She could clearly feel that she had lost some weight.
In times of peace, many people pursue being thinner so that they can look good in clothes, but in the end times, this is not a good thing. Just like yesterday, if Zhao Fulong really fought with Qiao Xuejun, Qiao Xuejun would not be sure that she could escape unscathed. In this period, a little more flesh on your body means a little more strength.
She knew that she was not consuming enough protein and fat, and although she had canned meat, she was still very frugal.
If we can really hunt some animals, we can increase our meat source.
After dinner, the two continued to make and perfect hunting traps.
Qiao Xuejun learned a lot from the carpenter. It was the first time she realized that there were huge differences between different types of wood. Some wood could be used to make traps, but some could not. Under the guidance of the carpenter, she also made a small bird trap on her own. It was not complicated. It only required a few branches. However, it required a cardboard box. When the bird entered the box, the branches would rebound and overturn the box, completely covering the bird.
At the same time, the branches will cross each other to fix the cardboard box so that the bird cannot escape.
Looking at the trap he had successfully copied, Qiao Xuejun felt quite a sense of accomplishment.
The young carpenter said, "Boss, let's go up the mountain with our shovels. We have a few traps that need digging."
When the time came, the two men carried their backpacks and led their dogs up the mountain to set traps.
Qiao Xuejun was responsible for choosing the location for setting the trap, and the little carpenter was responsible for building the trap. After setting the trap in several locations, it was time for the sun to set.
Originally, Qiao Xuejun planned to pick up some firewood and even brought a bag of firewood with her, but she didn't have time, so she went straight down the mountain after setting the trap.
The next day, after collecting the relief food sent by the community, the two men planned to go up the mountain to collect the traps while it was still early.
The temperature is low at night, which is when the rabbits and birds on the mountain are active. Now they basically don’t come out during the day.
When they reached the mountain, Qiao Xuejun and the other person went straight to the location of the trap.
The first trap was a small pit in the ground. The pit was covered with a cardboard with a handful of rice on it. One end of the cardboard was hung on by a bent branch. The branch was elastic and just enough to maintain balance. But if any animal stepped on the cardboard, the thin branch would not be able to hold on, and the animal would lose balance and fall from one end of the cardboard into the pit below.
However, the elasticity of the branch will recover. If the bird falls off the cardboard, the cardboard will return to its original position, covering the hole, and the bird will not be able to get out.
Before he even got close, Qiao Xuejun noticed that the rice on the cardboard was gone! Something had come!
But Qiao Xuejun was not sure whether she had caught it or not, after all, it was her first time doing such a thing.
But it was not the first time for the little carpenter. She ran over happily, shouting as she ran: "Boss! I caught it! Come quickly!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
