Chapter 897: Being too clever
Bi Qiaoan looked outside the space and saw so many guards respecting her husband, her heart was filled with pride.
But Shen Yanming didn't know that he was still helping the guards make medicine to dispel the cold.
After finishing here, I went to check on the patients who had just woken up.
Seeing that most people looked bad, just like the guards, he set up another big pot and worked tirelessly to boil medicine for people.
The job of boiling medicine is not technically demanding, and it is not impossible to hand it over to others. But Comrade Lao Shen has to quietly add spiritual spring water into it, so he can only do it himself and dare not delegate it to others.
This was a whole day of hard work, and even for lunch, we only had a bowl of thin porridge. It was really thin, as if you could count the rice grains, and the thick porridge was left for the patients.
Shen Yanming thought, with this kind of food, how can everyone survive?
But he didn't dare to say anything, after all, the distribution of supplies was supervised by Wen Mengguan. Since they did this, there must be a reason. Maybe the rice stock was running low.
He was right. Because of the temperature changes in recent years, Haishi no longer grows rice. Every year, wheat is grown, but the wheat harvest is not good. With so many "gold-eating beasts", even the strongest inventory can't sustain it.
When the incident happened, he asked someone to take inventory of the stock, and found that there was not much rice left, with only some unhusked rice left.
The unshelled ones can be used as seeds, but no one dares to eat them.
Just as he was frowning, Li Gangtie came over and whispered, "Don't worry, there will be big white steamed buns in a while."
Shen Yanming was relieved to hear this, but he still asked, "Is there enough food in the base?"
Li Gangtie almost burst out laughing when he heard him ask this. He suppressed his laughter and said, "What if there is enough food? What if there is not enough food? Now everyone has to live one day at a time. You, don't think too much, it's useless, ah!"
Shen Yanming felt very uncomfortable when he heard this, but he couldn't refute it.
I drank a bowl of porridge, and then followed Li Gangtie to get a steamed bun with mushroom sauce, and that was my lunch.
"Actually, in this kind of year, it's good enough to have something to eat. Our base is considered good, and we can even give you fine grains." Li Gangtie said with a smile.
Chen Yan rolled his eyes and wanted to retort. What do you mean by "the base provides fine grains"? Obviously, the food stored in the past was all fine grains.
Moreover, even coarse grains are finely processed and are no different from fine grains. They do not make your throat hurt or taste bad, but are very nutritious.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Gangtie touched him with his shoulder and said, "When it stops snowing, I'll take you outside to hunt rabbits."
Shen Yanming was shocked when he heard this. He asked, "How can there be rabbits when it's minus 30 or 40 degrees outside?"
Li Gangtie chuckled and said in a low voice, "They are all hiding underground. Do you think humans are the only ones who are smart and know how to build nests? Rabbits are not stupid! Not only rabbits, but many animals have learned to dig holes. As long as we find their holes, we can catch them all at once."
"Humans are evolving, and so are animals. Everyone is improving their tolerance to low temperatures." Shen Yanming said with emotion.
"That's a must, otherwise we will be eliminated by the environment?" Li Gangtie didn't care.
"Okay, when you go out one day, call me brother." He also wanted to explore the way and see if he could take out the supplies in the space to share.
Li Gangtie smiled and nodded: "No problem!"
Because the base was large, the guards had not yet finished checking Areas C and B, so for the next few days, Shen Yanming went out early and came back late every day to make medicine for everyone.
Although Bi Qiaoan did not show up, because of Shen Yanming's publicity, the couple had a good reputation in the base. Even if this reputation was useless, it was still praised by others, wasn't it?
A week later, the base was checked and those who fainted were slowly recovering.
Because of the timely rescue, they were all fine and had no sequelae. The medical staff and patients all exclaimed: "God has mercy on us!"
Shen Yanming kept his achievements and fame to himself, and always said things like "thank God" to everyone with a smile.
Maybe because he acted so naturally, no one thought of it as him.
The storm just passed, and Comrade Shen returned to his winter life. It felt great to be at home with his beloved wife, son and daughter, chatting around the fire, eating melon seeds and sweet potatoes!
Officer Wen was in a good mood, because only Haishi and Dijing were spared from any major chaos due to this incident.
In other places, people died to varying degrees.
So instead of the expected accountability, he was praised by General Alliance Officer Li.
Wen Mengguan was very happy, thinking that Haishi was a blessed place blessed by God. But there were also some things that made him upset.
Subsequent investigation revealed that those people were afraid that the temperature would be too low next year and the harvest would fail, so they exchanged all the credit points they earned for rice and flour.
The coal they exchanged for was not enough, and the firewood they stored was limited, so they would have to endure it when it was all burned out.
I thought about going out to collect firewood, but it was too cold outside and there was snow everywhere. If I got lost, I would be in danger of death.
So they can only hide at home and shiver.
Last year, because people didn’t understand climate change and didn’t earn many credit points, many people ate in the cafeteria.
We often meet each other and occasionally visit each other to chat, so if we haven't seen someone familiar for a few days, we will ask about them. If anyone has any problems, we will know it immediately.
The guards also conducted checks every now and then, and everyone was very nervous.
But this year is different. In order to save some credit points, many people cook their own meals at home.
The temperature keeps dropping and no one wants to visit or chat anymore.
Some people don't show up for ten days or half a month, and you don't know whether they are alive or dead.
Because the guards checked too frequently last year, many people complained, so the number of inspections was reduced by half this year. But it was precisely because of the reduced number of inspections that the accident almost happened.
If the two houses had not been collapsed by the snow, they would not have known when they would have discovered that many people in the base had fallen into a coma due to colds and fevers.
It can be considered a blessing in disguise.
Officer Wen listened to the secretary's report for a long time before he sneered: "It's true, being too clever can lead to mistakes!"
After the secretary left, Alliance Officer Wen called Alliance Officer Li to report the results of the investigation into the accident.
After hearing this, Chief Alliance Officer Li fell silent, not knowing whether he should blame the victims.
Although exchanging coal for food is stupid, it is ultimately for the sake of survival.
If it weren't for the drastic changes on the planet, everyone would still be living and working in peace and contentment. Why would we bother over a mouthful of rice or a piece of coal?
In the final analysis, it is still the fault of the end of the world. But who is to blame for this end of the world?
"How about this, let's adjust the credit points of coal and food slightly to ensure that everyone can survive."
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