"Let's end the meeting here for today."
Although Yi Zhonghai noticed the attitudes of everyone in the courtyard, he did not take it seriously. After all, donations to the Jia family had always gone smoothly in the past.
Besides, the situation is so difficult now and the Jia family is in such a situation. No one will refuse to donate. At least that’s what Yi Zhonghai himself thinks.
"Oh, this is a worrying thing!" Wang Er sighed on the way back to the backyard.
No one took Yi Zhonghai's little incident seriously, after all, the big issue today was the reduction in grain production.
"Yes, it seems I have to think of a solution recently." Xu Damao said lightly.
Lin Tian turned his head and glanced at Xu Damao. What else could he think of? He could only extort money from people under the guise of showing movies.
Wang Bingbing looked at Lin Tian hesitantly, wanting to say something.
Lin Tian shook his head at Wang Bingbing, signaling her not to speak for the time being and to wait until they got home.
"Xiao Lin, I still envy your job." Wang Er said to Lin Tian with a smile.
"Haha, you are envious for nothing. We don't have much in our store now. We are out of stock. You should be envious of those who work at the grain station." Lin Tian laughed.
"You're right, it's true. Who can eat those things in your store every day? No one can afford it. The most important thing now is to get food." Wang Er said with emotion.
"I estimate that after this news came out today, the grain station will be crowded with people. But I don't know anyone working at the grain station, so why don't we go look for them? It would be good to give more when buying grain." Lin Tian said.
"This is really worrying. The New Year is coming soon, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen. It really makes me anxious." Wang Er has elderly parents and young children to take care of, which makes him a little worried.
After chatting with Wang Er and Xu Damao for a while, Lin Tian returned to the house.
As soon as she entered the house, Wang Bingbing asked, "Since the food is in such a mess, should we also think of a way to deal with it?"
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it. Just prepare it as you need to. But you have to be more careful in the future. No one can eat as well as we do now." Lin Tian instructed.
"Okay, then I'll close the door when I cook." Wang Bingbing nodded.
"By the way, let's go home before the New Year. I'll try to get some food and send it home. We can't just eat steamed buns during the New Year." Lin Tian suggested again.
.........
Let’s not talk about the worries of the people in the hospital for now.
Liu Haizhong was almost overjoyed when he received the task from Director Wang, because he had never been assigned any tasks by the leaders of the street office before.
"I must complete the task well this time!" Liu Haizhong thought secretly in his heart.
Because the matter was urgent, Liu Haizhong almost ran to call all the members of his joint defense team.
"1.2.3..." Liu Haizhong checked one by one.
"Why is there one person missing? 1.2.3..." Liu Haizhong counted again in confusion.
"Captain, Shazhu from your hospital is not here." Someone reminded in a low voice.
Liu Haizhong then realized that he had forgotten about Sha Zhu.
However, Liu Haizhong now looks down on Sha Zhu, especially since what happened with Wang Jiao, Sha Zhu has even stopped coming for patrols.
Liu Haizhong was too lazy to care about Sha Zhu. Only today did he remember that Sha Zhu was in his team.
"Never mind him. We called everyone here today because something happened at the street office. Director Wang just told me to go and notify the compound over there. You guys should come with me then." Liu Haizhong said to his team members.
The members of the joint defense team in Liu Hai's squadron had not received any notification from the street office yet. For a moment, they were confused about what exactly had to happen that required them to go and notify together.
"Let's go, you will know in a while." In Liu Haizhong's eyes, since these people would know if they followed him, there was no need to notify them individually.
Liu Haizhong led a large group of people and paraded through the streets. There were still quite a lot of people on the street at that time, and they felt a little silly looking at Liu Haizhong who was leading the way.
"Someone, someone, where are the people? Is there anyone in charge in your courtyard?"
Liu Haizhong is really used to putting on airs as an official now, and he starts shouting as soon as he enters someone's yard.
"What's going on? What's going on?"
When the people in the yard saw Liu Haizhong coming over with so many people in a threatening manner, they thought he was here to fight with some young man in the yard. Four or five young men came running over.
Liu Haizhong felt that he had come here with orders from the street office, so how could he be afraid of a few boys?
"What's going on? Quickly notify everyone in your courtyard to gather together. The street office has news to notify." Liu Haizhong pointed at a young man and gave the order.
They were all ready for a fight, but when Liu Haizhong said he was sent by the neighborhood office, they were immediately stunned.
Liu Hai urged angrily, "What are you doing? Why are you standing there like an idiot? Hurry up!"
The name of the Street Office is still very intimidating. Several young people scattered and called people to a meeting.
Liu Haizhong held his head high and walked around the yard.
Since Liu Haizhong came with such a strong momentum, people in the courtyard did not dare to delay, and within three to five minutes, everyone was there.
"Ahem...Quiet, tell me something."
Liu Haizhong used the same style of speech he had in the compound, but after he finished speaking, when he habitually wanted to give up his seat to others, he realized that he was the protagonist today.
"Ahem... Let me tell you, the street has announced that starting next month everyone's food rations will be reduced by 10%."
Liu Haizhong coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment and continued.
"Another thing is that in order to ease the tension in food supply, everyone's food quota will also be adjusted accordingly. In the future, there will be more alternative foods such as sweet potatoes."
"I hope...I hope...I hope everyone..."
Liu Haizhong wanted to imitate Director Wang and say a few words to appease everyone, but after trying for a long time, he couldn't even utter a word.
All I could say was, "Do you have anything else you want to ask? If not, I'll leave. There are other compounds waiting to be notified."
“....”Everyone was shocked.
After a long pause, someone asked, "Comrade, when will the price go back up?"
Liu Haizhong shook his head and said, "I don't know."
"So how much alternative food has been mentioned?" the man who asked the question continued.
Liu Haizhong didn't expect that this person would be stumped by both of his questions.
With an unpleasant expression, he answered unhappily, "I don't know. You'll know when you go to the grain station."
Liu Haizhong thought this guy was very blind. Didn’t he see that he was representing the street office?
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