Chapter 198 Phoebe's Family
In this end times where food is extremely scarce, they are willing to give it a try as long as there is a glimmer of hope, not to mention this extremely low-cost task of picking up garbage.
In order to enable them to help her pick up more garbage more efficiently, Xu Sichen generously took out a dozen simple Western-style sets, which included a loaf of bread and a bottle of water.
One for each person, according to their number.
Looking at the food and water handed to them, they were all in a trance.
Is this bread and water, so good and so clean, really for them?
"But I, we don't have a job yet. Aren't you afraid that we will take the things and not do anything?" The woman's voice was almost trembling. She held the clothes on her body tightly with both hands, fearing that someone would reach out and snatch them away if she wasn't paying attention.
Xu Sichen shrugged: "One-time food relief and long-term food supply, this is your choice."
It's just some bread and water, she can afford the loss.
Moreover, she had bought a lot of bread abroad. Compared with those breads that were either hard and irritating to the teeth or sweet and choking to the throat, she preferred the soft, delicious and sweet bread desserts in China.
If she wasn't forced into a desperate situation, she would never touch it.
Instead of wasting storage space in the space, it is better to use it now as compensation to hire people to work for you.
The woman's blue eyes turned red when she heard this. "My name is Phoebe. They are all my family. I, we swear on God that we will not let you down."
After saying that, she excitedly rubbed her hands back and forth on her clothes, fearing that the dirt on her hands would contaminate the food in Xu Sichen's hand. After a long time, she carefully took it over.
Xu Sichen looked around and pointed to a well-preserved iron tower not far away and said, "I'll be waiting for you there at six o'clock every afternoon."
Phoebe and her family bowed sincerely to Xu Sichen, then left quickly with the food in their arms.
Instead of going out to pick up the trash immediately, they carefully returned to their shelter, closed the door, and excitedly began to distribute food.
They hadn't eaten for two days and didn't have the energy to go out and look for anything.
So they decided to fill their stomachs first and then go to work.
"1, 2, 3,... 11, 12! Oh my God, there are 12 bags, and that's even including the food for the little ones." Phoebe couldn't help but exclaimed.
Phoebe's grandfather sighed and said, "We have met a good man! We must work hard in the future and not let down the trust our benefactor has placed in us."
"Oh no! We forgot to ask our benefactor's name," said Grandma Phoebe in frustration.
Grandpa Phoebe patted Grandma Phoebe's hand and said to her, "It's okay. We will have a chance to find out."
If they had some doubts about Xu Sichen before, they now completely believed her.
After all, food is so precious, who would be so boring as to joke with them.
While the adults were chatting, the children's eyes were fixed on the bread.
Finally, five-year-old Billy couldn't help it. He pulled Phoebe's clothes and whispered, "Mommy, I'm so hungry!"
Phoebe looked at her son, who was so skinny that only a layer of skin remained on his body, and her nephews and nieces who were also skinny, and said with a sad and distressed heart, "The children are hungry. Let's start eating first."
There were twelve bags of food, and Phoebe's grandfather decided to eat half and save the other half to store for the future.
And the bread was very big, as long as an adult's arm, and it was enough for everyone to share.
They cherished the twelve bottles of mineral water even more and decided to drink three bottles at a time and save the rest for later drinking.
The scorching heat evaporated a lot of water, and they had to spend a long time looking for water every day.
Because the previous flood brought out all the dirt from the sewers, the water found was very unclean.
People often get sick and die from this water.
Because Phoebe is a doctor, she will simply process the water before drinking it, but there are still great safety risks. It is God's blessing that they are still alive today.
Just like in their previous life, they prayed before the meal, thanking God for letting them meet their benefactor and giving them food.
They ate very carefully, chewing each bite slowly and picking up any crumbs that fell.
After eating and drinking their fill, they felt as if their weak bodies were filled with strength.
The whole family, young and old, put aside their previous dejection, grabbed the bags with passion, and went out to search for the garbage fragments requested by their benefactor.
SV City is a city of technology. Phoebe's grandparents, parents, brother and sister-in-law are all engaged in related industries. When they saw the fragments in Xu Sichen's hand, they knew what she needed.
Therefore, the search efficiency is much higher than that of Xu Sichen, a layman.
In less than an hour, seven or eight bags were full.
Since there were not enough bags, they used boxes and crates they found, anything that could hold the items.
It was almost noon and the sun was too scorching, so they finally returned to their shacks, dragging large and small bags.
Just as they were calculating how much food they could exchange for these achievements, a woman with a bitter face came up to them.
"Phoebe, do you have any food at home?"
When Phoebe saw the woman's appearance, she immediately asked with concern: "Meg, what's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Meg cried, "It's Lily. Lily is dying. We haven't found any food for four days. Lily has been in a coma since this morning. I really can't help her..."
Phoebe was immediately annoyed when she heard this: "Si Tian, why did you come here only now? Do you still regard me as your good sister?"
Phoebe's grandmother went in and brought out two bags of bread kits: "Oh, my poor Meg, please take these back to Lily."
Meg was surprised to see such fresh and clean food, and was about to say something when Phoebe interrupted her.
"If there's anything, wait until Lily gets better. I'll go back with you."
Lily was indeed very hungry, which was why she fell into a coma.
Only when Phoebe tore the bread into pieces, soaked it in water, and fed it into her mouth bit by bit did she wake up a little.
"Aunt Phoebe, I, I had a dream. I dreamed of delicious bread. It was so sweet and smelled so good."
Phoebe touched her head and said, "Silly child, this is not a dream. Look, what is this?"
"Bread!" Lily exclaimed in a small, endearing voice.
After making sure that Lily was fine, Phoebe began to tell Meg the origin of the bread.
"Phoebe, can I join Lily? I'll help you pick up the trash, and you just need to give me two loaves of bread every day." Meg said a little embarrassedly.
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