At nine o'clock in the evening, as everyone was about to leave, Xu Lin took out the gifts she had prepared for them, including calcium tablets, vitamin B, vitamin C, mycelium, bamboo shoots, walnuts, chestnuts, pine nuts, and vegetable seeds, among other things.
"You've given too much," Aunt Ning said.
"It looks like a lot, but there's not much stuff. We picked it all up in Northeast China. The health supplements are supplies we collected. We couldn't finish them, so they just expired and went to waste."
"Then I'll shamelessly accept it," said Dr. Dai.
Seeing that Dr. Dai was being polite, the others accepted the gifts without hesitation.
After seeing everyone off, Xu Lin and Zhou Pin washed up and lay on the bed chatting.
"The base is doing well in all aspects now, and there have been no natural disasters. Zheng Ming's parents may want them to have a child."
"Did I tell you?"
"No, but Aunt Ning asked Dr. Dai about the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department."
"I estimate that the next natural disaster is coming soon."
"The last time we experienced extreme heat, it was followed by the midnight sun, which had little impact on us."
"A lot has changed in this life. I'll inquire about the situation when I go to work the day after tomorrow."
"Going tomorrow is fine too." Upon hearing that there was a change, Xu Lin wished Zhou Pin would immediately go and find out.
"No rush. Tomorrow, let's harvest the grain from the space and the vegetables from the yard. It'll be too tiring for you to do all this by yourself. Even if something happens, it won't make a difference if we gather information one more day."
Xu Lin thought about it and realized it made sense, which put her mind at ease.
The next day, the two got up early, ate breakfast, and started working. They first went into the space to collect the grain, where the harvester was very fast.
After collecting half of the items, the surveillance footage showed Zheng Ming ringing the doorbell from outside, and the two quickly came out of the room to open the door.
"Why are you here?"
"My mom asked me to deliver some vegetables that we grow ourselves," Zheng Ming said, wiping the sweat from his brow.
Xu Lin looked at the two sacks of vegetables on the ground. This wasn't just a little bit of vegetables; it was like feeding pigs! Perhaps Aunt Ning felt bad about the gifts Xu Lin had given them yesterday, so she had Zheng Ming deliver the vegetables.
"You don't need to give so much!"
"This sack contains potatoes and sweet potatoes, which keep well. This sack contains garlic sprouts, bean sprouts, pumpkin, and winter melon. The garlic sprouts and bean sprouts can be eaten temporarily, while the winter melon and pumpkin also keep well. If we can't finish them, we can sell them."
"Okay, thank you! Come in, have a seat, and have some tea."
"No, I have to go to work, I'll be going now."
After Zheng Ming finished speaking, he turned to leave, just as Dr. Dai came over from a distance.
"I just dropped Xiang Qing off at school and stopped by to visit you all. This is some tofu I made and some pickled vegetables; I brought some for you to try."
Xu Lin looked at the slab of tofu and about ten pounds of pickled vegetables, knowing that she couldn't possibly take them back, so she simply accepted them all.
"Although the weather has been quite nice lately, we can't let our guard down. We should stock up on as much food and water as possible, and buy whatever medicines we can get from the hospital now," Xu Lin kindly reminded her.
"You mean there's going to be another natural disaster?" Zheng Ming was instantly flustered.
"It's not certain, but now that it's the end of the world, anything can happen, so let's be prepared."
“The apocalyptic novels Wang Jing read before, with earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions, are terrifying to even think about. Any one of them could take my life.” Zheng Ming crossed his arms and rubbed his arms.
"These are all possibilities, so the more we prepare, the more chances we have to survive."
“Xu Lin is right. Leave the hospital medications to me, I’ll buy them for you,” Dr. Dai said.
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