After glancing at everyone, Lu Yuan's expression turned serious. It seemed that everyone had already guessed about the food crisis. In fact, Lu Yuan had already considered this when he came. After all, food is the foundation of everyone's survival. If a food crisis were to occur, everyone's survival would be seriously affected, since there were more than 7,000 people involved.
After a moment of silence, Lu Yuan quietly said, "That's right, it seems everyone already knows about this. The land we originally cultivated has now fallen into the rift valley, and our base only has enough food for half a month! We'll have to tighten our belts and endure some hardship for a while!"
Lu Yuan's words immediately caused an uproar in the room, as the seriousness of the matter clearly exceeded everyone's expectations.
The crowd began to whisper among themselves, and many people already showed signs of panic.
Then someone in the crowd immediately stood up and asked, "So...do we still have any arable land? We seem to still have seeds! Can we continue to sow and plant new crops?"
At this moment, Wu Tian, who was standing next to Lu Yuan, suddenly spoke up: "That's right, we still have seeds, but it will take at least a month for them to mature. Moreover, our researchers are currently working hard to develop more advanced seeds! So far, our research has made some breakthroughs, and I believe I can give everyone an explanation in a month!"
Lu Yuan looked at Wu Tian and saw that the other man's lips were slightly raised, revealing a bitter smile. Lu Yuan did not expect that Wu Tian would take on this responsibility by himself at this critical moment.
Then Wu Tian whispered in Lu Yuan's ear, "Don't worry, I'm confident that I can develop the genetically modified seeds within a month, and then we won't lack food anymore!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently, and then someone else started asking questions.
"So, even though we've developed the seed, we only have enough food for half a month in the past month. What are we going to do? Are we just going to starve?"
Chen Bin coughed lightly and stood beside Lu Yuan, saying, "Yes, we used to be provided with three meals a day, but in order to prolong our food supply, we will be reducing the food supply for the foreseeable future. Don't worry, this is only temporary!"
A glimmer of hope appeared on everyone's faces. Then, someone stepped forward, turning his back to Lu Yuan and facing the crowd, and said, "Everyone, stop arguing. President Lu is only thinking about our lives. Besides, earthquakes aren't something President Lu can control. In this critical moment, we should all unite and get through this together. In addition, we've experienced shortages of food and clothing before. We even had to eat dead rat meat. Now, since we've followed President Lu, we've all been eating fresh meat. Can't we even handle this little hardship?"
Then people started to respond.
"That's right. We've overcome such tough times before, so how could this little difficulty possibly defeat us!"
"President Lu, don't worry, we'll do whatever you say. As long as we can have something to eat every day, we'll make sure we don't starve!"
"That's right, we women and children eat less. Whoever does more work eats more, we have no objection!"
With these people taking the lead, the atmosphere in the room immediately became very harmonious, and everyone enthusiastically expressed their willingness to stand by Lu Yuan's side and get through this difficult time together.
Lu Yuan glanced at the excited crowd and felt a surge of excitement. He hadn't expected that everyone would now be on his side.
"Thank you everyone, thank you for your support. I believe that as long as we unite as one, we will definitely be able to overcome this crisis!"
The meeting concluded successfully, and everyone who had been quite tense was now relieved.
Lu Yuan returned to his tent, but felt as if all his strength had disappeared. All he wanted to do was get a good night's sleep.
When Xiao Shan woke up, it was already noon the next day. She brought a bowl of porridge into the tent.
"You're finally awake! Come and have some porridge!" Xiao Shan looked at Lu Yuan with a pained expression.
Lu Yuan took the porridge and glanced at it. He saw that the porridge could now be described as clear and watery, without a trace of oil, and there was less rice in it than before.
Lu Yuan picked up the bowl and drank it all in one gulp. Afterwards, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve, but felt full of energy.
So he found Chen Bin, who looked exhausted when he came into the tent.
"President Lu, it seems the grain issue is now resolved. We just tallied up the grain supplies, and we should be able to last for another month or two without any major problems!"
Lu Yuan nodded, then asked, "Right? How many plots of land are left that can be corrected?"
Chen Bin took out his notebook, glanced at it, and said, "If you add up all the arable land, there are still about two acres left! This includes planting some crops along the roadsides and around the houses. That's about it! You can actually grow crops on the mountain now, but... after all, we don't know if the earthquake is over yet. If we cultivate that area, and then another earthquake occurs, we might end up working for nothing!"
Lu Yuan nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "Forget about the mountains, it's too dangerous there! But I do have a good crop that we can plant first!"
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