On the first working day of the new year, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan had just entered the office when they heard everyone discussing the Woan forest fire. They did not join the conversation, but instead sat quietly in their seats and listened.
"Let me tell you, our country is really amazing. It only took three days to put out the fire. It's just a pity for those firefighters. Because of one person's selfishness, they paid the price with their lives."
“Our country is indeed great. Yesterday I saw a news report online that the wildfires in Linling Kingdom have not been extinguished yet. They have been burning for one or two months. The Linling Kingdom government has given up and relocated all its citizens to the vicinity of the desert. If it weren’t for our country’s strong national power, it might have become another Linling Kingdom.”
"This Linling Kingdom is going to burn down! How will we survive after the dry season is over?"
"Who knows? Let's talk about it later. Luckily, our country is well-prepared."
After they chatted for a while, Yu Shui spat out a few "small stones" twice.
"Damn it, my teeth!" Yu Shui licked the last tooth on the upper left side with his tongue, the sharp edge almost cutting his tongue.
Yu Shui picked up her broken tooth and looked at it. It was covered with black and yellow tartar. She brought it to her nose and smelled it. Oh my god, it stinks!
Yu Shui always likes to make a big fuss about anything, and once again, she easily attracted everyone's attention.
"How long has it been since you brushed your teeth? Your teeth are falling out!"
"I just swipe less often, it's not like I don't swipe at all!" Yu Shui blushed upon hearing this and quickly explained.
"How did your tooth break? Will you be able to eat after this?"
Yu Shui licked the half of her remaining tooth. "It should be fine. I think this is my wisdom tooth, so it shouldn't affect my eating."
"Could it be that the wisdom tooth didn't grow in properly and was pushed off by the old tooth next to it?"
Yu Shui shook her head, "I don't know, I don't know."
"Then you should go to the hospital and have the rest of your teeth pulled!"
Yu Shui looked at the other person in horror, "No, I don't want to! I'm not in pain now, I can eat. Getting a tooth pulled is so painful, don't hurt me!"
Bi Qiaoan walked over and looked at Yu Shui's broken teeth. She couldn't help but cover her cheeks, as if she could feel her own two wisdom teeth aching slightly.
Shen Yanming quickly pulled Bi Qiaoan back to her seat, but before she could sit for long, Bi Qiaoan's nose started bleeding.
The two were frantically dealing with the situation when Shui saw Bi Qiaoan's comical appearance with tissues stuck in both of her nostrils. She immediately forgot about her broken teeth and exclaimed, "Oh, Qiaoan, your look is quite unique!"
Bi Qiaoan rolled her eyes at Yu Shui. How come she never noticed Yu Shui was so carefree before? It seems that after the institutional reform, Yu Shui has completely let loose.
"Tell me, is it because you don't drink enough water and you're getting a sore throat? Don't be embarrassed, I get nosebleeds all the time too, it's all from thirst!"
Bi Qiaoan said in a muffled voice, "No, it's because I ate too well that I'm feeling hot."
"What did you eat that could cause internal heat?" Yu Shui sat down in front of Bi Qiaoan, covering her left cheek, and looked at her intently.
Bi Qiaoan paused for a moment, then reached into her bag and took out a packet of dried red dates. "We didn't have much fruit, so I thought I'd have something sweet to taste. And then, I guess I ate too many..."
Bi Qiaoan thought for a moment, then handed it out, "Want some?"
Yu Shui swallowed hard. "Eat, eat, eat. It's been so long since I've had these."
"Then why don't you divide it among everyone?"
Yu Shui happily went to distribute the red dates. After Yu Shui left, Shen Yanming patted Bi Qiaoan's head.
He knew that Qiao An sometimes had a soft heart and wanted to help those around her, but he also knew that Qiao An always knew her limits and that what she gave away was not essential and was very limited.
Around noon, everyone took out their own lunchboxes.
Nowadays, very few people go to restaurants to heat up their food because not only do they have to queue, but the microwaves are also covered in grease and fingerprints.
So everyone switched to insulated lunchboxes, filling them with hot food every morning, and the food was still lukewarm by noon.
Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan thought that since everyone's food quality had just improved after New Year's Day, they prepared boiled sliced pork and rice.
As a result, the aroma of the meat made everyone's mouths water. "You two have really good cooking skills. Even at this time of day, you still have this level of quality."
Shen Yanming was taken aback when he heard this. He got up and turned around, only to find that everyone's meals had been changed to pickled vegetables and porridge. However, Yu Shui, Li Yinhe and the others were eating canned meat, pickled vegetables and porridge.
"Have you finished eating all your food?"
"Ah, there's not much left after all this time. Luckily I bought a lot of kimchi, otherwise I don't know if I could keep drinking plain porridge every day. Shen Yanming, do you still have any vegetables?"
Shen Yanming nodded, "I have some dried wood ear fungus and dried mushrooms. That's why I cooked some mushrooms and wood ear fungus with the boiled pork slices. The bean sprouts and other ingredients were all sprouted by myself."
"What? You can sprout beans by yourself?"
Shen Yanming shared the tips he had learned online with everyone, and finally asked, "Do you all have beans at home?"
Most people nodded, only one or two shook their heads. Shen Yanming thought for a moment and said, "I still have two catties of soybeans at home. I'll bring them over tomorrow and share them with everyone. Let's get through this dry season first."
As a result, Shen Yanming received a wave of grateful glances. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally managing to get away with the food issue.
After lunch, Zhu Ranran arrived. The little girl ran to Bi Qiaoan as soon as she entered the office, calling her "Aunt Qiaoan" repeatedly.
It turned out that Zhu Ranran and her grandma went out to buy groceries. When they passed by the lobby, Zhu Ranran insisted on coming in to find her father. Grandma had no choice but to bring Zhu Ranran in.
Looking at what Grandma Zhu was holding, Bi Qiaoan asked in surprise, "Aunt Zhu, where did you buy this?"
"It's at Wangchun Market! I saw on the news today that there's no water supply, so Qinghe Alliance opened up vegetable sales to compensate the residents. Look, there are even fresh vegetables!" Grandma Zhu happily took out some crisp tomatoes and cucumbers from her bag to show everyone.
"My goodness, my mouth is watering! I haven't eaten fresh vegetables for months!" Ye Xiaoxiao said, staring greedily at the vegetables in Grandma Zhu's hand.
"If you want to buy some, hurry up and go. There aren't many left there, but there are still a lot of dried vegetables over there. If you go early, you should be able to buy some."
Upon hearing this, everyone's minds wandered. After discussion, Shen Yanming and Bi Qiaoan were once again left to work in the office, while the others quietly went out to buy groceries!
After everyone left, Bi Qiaoan took a carton of yogurt out of her bag and handed it to Zhu Ranran, saying, "Drink this quickly, it's a secret, don't tell anyone!"
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