Chapter 081 Minister Niu's Spring
Jing's mother is a little too honest. When she is nice to someone, she is really nice to them, unlike Jingshu who is fickle and cunning.
Sometimes Jingshu even wondered if she was actually a villain created by some author? Otherwise, how could she have done everything that villains like to do? e..
"Okay, since scarcity makes things valuable, I'll give you a pound of strawberries."
"That little fat kid likes to eat nuts, so we'll give him another pound of cashews. They're nutritious and delicious."
"Minister Niu's family has plenty of water and electricity, and they probably don't lack vegetables either. Let's give them a small jar of pickled mustard greens and thirty eggs."
At this time, eggs have become a food more scarce than vegetables. All the chickens in the farms have died. Apart from the free-range chickens raised by every household in the countryside, there are only some poultry kept in the constant temperature rooms of government agencies' livestock farms with air conditioning.
The animal husbandry industry has the same nature as the Ministry of Agriculture, but after the end of the world it is basically only supplied to the upper class as a luxury for the upper class to enjoy, just like how luxury goods were only supplied to 3% of the population before the end of the world. After the end of the world, the truly powerful people will have no shortage of these.
At 3 p.m., a family came to the door with gifts to flatter the boss, ah, to thank the boss for doing them a favor and saving them.
Minister Niu's home is in a residential complex for civil servants in the city. All those who can live there are middle-level or higher-level leaders in government agencies.
Next to the community is the Second Detachment of the Armed Police, which patrols 24 hours a day. Cars are not allowed to enter, and when we enter the community, we are still led in by Minister Niu. Everyone's identity information is scanned. It can be seen that the management is strict and the safety factor is extremely high.
Each building has a temporary public toilet, which is cleaned immaculately, and there are sporadic street lights in the community.
After climbing up to the 5th floor, Mrs. Niu opened the door. The house was bright with the lights on, tidy and tidy, with no unpleasant smells. The temperature was around 2, obviously with the air conditioner on. Everything seemed the same as before the end of the world.
"Look at how late you are. You come only after you have finished your meal and cleaned up. It would have been better if you had come earlier." Mrs. Niu was wearing a red dress, her hair was casually pinned to her ears with a clip, her eyebrows were thin and curved, and although she was not wearing any makeup, she looked very young and energetic.
Although she said this, Mrs. Niu's favorable impression of this family increased sharply. Food is so scarce now, and the most taboo thing is to go to her boss's house to eat and drink for free and be tactless.
A few days ago, several groups of people came specifically during meal times and gave her some tea or antiques, which were of no use at all. She was so angry that she made the old cow kneel down and lose another 3.8 kilograms.
The two families introduced themselves to each other and greeted each other. Mrs. Niu called out Niu who was practicing the violin, and made tea for Jingshu's family, served candy and some melon seeds. The most surprising thing was that there were cherry tomatoes, commonly known as small tomatoes.
Jingshu's family is not empty talk, just keep those words of gratitude in your heart and be practical.
"These are charcoal-roasted cashews. I saw that the child really liked them, so I asked someone to get him a pound of them. Nuts are nutritious and better than snacks."
The little fat boy's eyes lit up and he called out sweetly, "Thank you, Sister Jingshu."
Mrs. Niu smiled, and Minister Niu breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, his wife was satisfied. The people in front of him looked pale!
"This is homemade pickled mustard greens. It's delicious. Vegetables are in short supply right now, so I eat this occasionally to change the taste."
Minister Niu and Mrs. Niu both smiled with satisfaction. This was a more precious ingredient than grain. The production of pickled mustard tuber was discontinued half a year ago, and there were very few of them available now.
They tried a few pieces on the spot and showed surprised expressions. They kept praising that it was so delicious. It was impossible to have vegetables in all three meals a day. It was really delicious to eat it at breakfast or dinner.
"I heard Niu say his mother loves eating strawberries the most. It just so happens that my family has planted some strawberries, not many. I'll bring some to you next time there are some."
Mrs. Niu was finally excited. She said, "Oh, my baby son is thinking about his mother." Then she said:
"Oh, you are too polite. When you were in trouble that day, I asked Lao Niu to find someone quickly. The frogs you gave me last time were really great.
In the past, there were all kinds of flying insects in my house, which destroyed a lot of food. They were everywhere in the water and food.
All the bugs were gone, and the cow had something to do, so he no longer complained of being bored.
I told you at the time that you must accept this favor."
When Jingshu's family finally took out the eggs, Minister Niu had already reserved a promotion spot for Jingshu's mother. Mrs. Niu was already smiling happily and silently decided to unlock a new posture for Old Niu that he had always dreamed of tonight. I'll fulfill your wish tonight, you dead ghost.
Jing's mother didn't know why Minister Niu looked at her with excitement in the next few days and treated her like a lucky star.
Minister Niu implicitly mentioned the tastes of several leaders and some things that were lacking at home, which the farm could focus on taking care of. He also talked about the recent new policies and reforms so that Jing's mother could be prepared.
In the end, Mrs. Niu repeatedly invited them to have dinner, but Jingshu and her family left with regret, saying that they had urgent matters at home.
"Oh, I was really stupid before and couldn't keep up with the news. Now I know why others are climbing so fast at such a young age." Jing's mother said with emotion.
The next day after the family returned home, Jing's mother started working. Although it was very chaotic outside, people in government agencies still had to go to work, and the special cars for going to and from get off work were equipped with police and security guards.
Recently, every government agency has recruited hundreds of family members as security guards and provided them with meals. Only those with connections are qualified for this job. At the same time, the first batch of moldy mushrooms is about to come out, and the government also wants to quickly implement the new policy.
After all, a small number of people have no food left, and the supermarkets don't sell it. What can they do? In order to avoid death, they can only rob. In order to stabilize society, the first step is to ensure that everyone can eat.
Jingshu no longer needs to walk so far to walk the chickens. There are ready-made corpses at the door, which are full of brooding carrion beetles, which are all eaten by the fat chickens.
That day, Jingshu's acting skills burst out. She produced many sacks of corn from the basement and was preparing to have a corn feast with Jingnai when the phone rang like a death-challenging ghost.
Wang Qiqi's trembling voice came from the phone: "Jingshu, can you drive to Wucheng County to pick up Wang Dazhao and me? Don't you need steel bars and wire? I can get you some."
Jingshu frowned: "What are you doing over there? What's that noise over there?"
"Kill, kill. Wang Dazhao killed more than a dozen people. He killed all the people who sold him fake vegetables and caused his wife's death. But... he's not going to die either. Come and see!"
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