Lu Yuan showed Xiao Shan's parents around the new house, and they were both very happy. However, after seeing the house, the father-in-law seemed to be getting cocky again. Lu Yuan quickly pulled Xiao Shan's mother aside and talked to her. Finally, under Xiao Shan's mother's tyranny, Xiao Shan's father had no choice but to agree to accept the house.
However, he insisted that he was only staying temporarily and would return to the city once things had calmed down.
Lu Yuan didn't refuse. He knew the situation in the city wouldn't improve; it would slowly escalate into another massive riot until the army intervened to suppress it. A large number of people would die in the chaos, turning the city into a ghost town, where countless people would starve or die from heatstroke every day, and countless others would be beaten to death for becoming bandits.
However, to make the house safer, Lu Yuan took some cement, sand, and bricks from the underground warehouse and brought them to the new house, sealing off all the floor-to-ceiling windows on the first floor. Although it affected the aesthetics to some extent, at least the safety was guaranteed. Later, when Lu's father saw Lu Yuan's wall-building skills, he shook his head.
"You little rascal, you didn't inherit any of my skills! Let me do it!"
As he spoke, Lu's father took over the work from Lu Yuan and redid the brick wall. He even painted the exterior wall. Not only did the house's quality not decrease, but it was also greatly improved because of Lu's father's skill.
However, there is still no electricity here because when the transformer burned out before, only households that paid money could use electricity. Although electricity is now managed by the power bureau, there is still no electricity here.
So Lu Yuan retrieved solar panels from the underground warehouse and installed them on the roof.
Soon, electricity was connected to Xiaoshan's new home, and the family of three moved back into their new house.
Then Lu Yuan brought some food and water over, which immediately shortened the distance between the two families, making it easier for him to see Xiao Shan in the future.
To express her gratitude to Lu Yuan, Xiao Shan's mother specially prepared several dishes to entertain him.
"Lu Yuan, thank you for everything you've done for us. Xiao Shan has really found a good partner. We've truly found the best son-in-law!"
Xiao Shan's father, his face flushed, held up his wine glass and spoke.
"It's alright, Uncle. It's what I should do. No need to thank me!"
After a few rounds of drinks, Lu Yuan added Xiao Shan's family to the group chat so that they could learn about anything through the group chat in the future.
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A new life began for Xiao Shan's family. Lu Yuan would send some food over every few days and often eat at Xiao Shan's house. Xiao Shan's mother and father would occasionally subtly urge him to get married to Xiao Shan as soon as possible, fearing that the marriage would fall through if too much time passed.
On this day, Lu Yuan came to Xiao Shan's house again to deliver things. Another batch of various fruits had been harvested. The sun exposure all day made the sugar content of the fruits very high. In order to ensure that there was enough water at home, Lu Yuan would juice all the fruits that could be juiced in batches and then use them as water.
Xiao Shan's mother was very happy to see Lu Yuan. She served him freshly braised duck. It has to be said that Xiao Shan's mother was indeed a braised food business owner with more than ten years of experience. Her braised dishes were incredibly delicious. After Lu Yuan finished half a duck, he burped and said that he couldn't eat anymore. However, Xiao Shan's mother still insisted that he eat some more.
After dinner, Lu Yuan planned to go home. After saying goodbye to Xiao Shan's family, he suddenly saw many people heading home with joyful expressions. Not knowing what was going on, Lu Yuan raised his hand to stop one of them and asked, "Brother Liu, why are you in such a hurry to go home? Did something happy happen?"
Liu Ming stopped when he saw Lu Yuan asking, a hint of smugness on his face, and said, "Director Lu, you don't know yet! All the pigs in the pig farm in Zone Two have been killed by rats. Now they can buy pork there. People from Zone One to Zone Five are all going to buy meat! By the way, hurry up! If you go too late, it'll be gone!"
"What? It's going to die from rats? Is the meat still edible? Aren't you afraid of getting sick from eating it?" Lu Yuan was somewhat surprised. Things that have been bitten by rats are basically inedible. Why can't these people understand this?
"Hey! Just cut off the meat that the rat gnawed on! It's fine! You know, with the food rationing system in place, everyone's supplies are gone. This is pork! It's been so long since we've had pork!"
The other person left quickly after speaking, afraid that if they were late, there would be no more opportunities.
Lu Yuan scratched his head and stood there, somewhat puzzled. Why would the people in Zone Two be so kind as to sell pork to others? They don't even have enough for themselves, how could they possibly sell it to others!
Unable to figure it out, Lu Yuan simply stopped thinking about it and left with his hands behind his back. On the way, he encountered many more people carrying bags and running towards Zone Two.
Back home, seeing his father watching TV and his mother packing up to go to work, Lu Yuan didn't ask many questions. He simply reminded everyone that pork from Zone Two was about to sneak in and warned them not to buy it.
As for the others, they wouldn't listen to Lu Yuan's advice. If they didn't buy the pork because of his persuasion, they would definitely resent him if the pork was really safe. Why bother causing trouble for himself?
Soon, a group of people in the group were excitedly posting pictures of the pork they had bought from the queue in Zone 2, and some even posted pictures of the pork that had already been cooked.
Immediately, those in the group who couldn't buy pork expressed their dissatisfaction.
Sun Heng: "Hey! A bunch of people who've never eaten pork before! Don't you even think about this? Why would they sell you meat from Zone Two? Aren't you afraid of getting sick from eating it?"
Liu Tiantian: "Anyway, I dare not buy it. It would be troublesome if I really got sick from eating it. It's all meat that has been bitten by rats. I advise everyone not to buy it."
Song Heng: "Sigh, I was just about to go buy some meat when I found that the line for meat in Zone 2 stretched all the way to the main road, so I came back. But the pork didn't look very good, so I didn't dare to eat it."
Lu Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and say, "I advise everyone not to buy this meat. It would be troublesome if you actually got sick from eating it!"
However, those in the group who managed to buy pork were unhappy.
"Heh! You can't even buy pork yourself, so you're just envious and making sarcastic remarks. Honestly, you want to eat it but can't!"
"That's right, let them be drooling. Even if there really is a virus, we'd be happy to eat it. Anyway, we can't even get enough to eat every day, so we might as well have a hearty meal of meat. It's better to die full than to starve!"
Watching the people who had bought pork arguing with the well-meaning people in the group, Lu Yuan sighed and shook his head.
The next morning, Lu Yuan was woken up by knocking on the door. The armored door of his house was very heavy, and it would take a lot of force to knock on it. He didn't know what the person outside was using to knock on the door. Lu Yuan looked at the door with some displeasure.
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