Bai Shuang knew they must want to know how the two children were doing in the army. "The children are doing well in the army; they've both grown strong and healthy."
"That's good, that's good. Thank you, Miss and General Lu."
"It was nothing, no need to thank me."
Bai Shuang asked everyone, "What happened? Were you robbed?"
Aunt Li: "You don't know, after we received the potato seeds and left the distribution point, there were several petty thieves following us."
We sent a few men to deal with them, and the rest of us women waited on the side.
No sooner had the man left than several more people appeared from the side, trying to snatch the potatoes from our hands.
Fortunately, we weren't pushovers either. We all brought our weapons with us and teamed up to fight them.
After a few swings, he covered his head and ran away.
Bai Shuang was worried about them, "Did you drop the potatoes when you were fighting?"
"How could we? As soon as the potatoes were delivered, we packed them up and put them close to our bodies."
As she spoke, Aunt Li rummaged through her clothes for a long time before finally pulling out several egg-sized potato seeds from five layers of her belt. This was for her whole family.
Bai Shuang suddenly remembered that before the disaster, in her own hospital, many elderly people would bring money in this way when they came for treatment.
At this time, potato seeds were far more precious than money before the disaster; they represented hope for survival.
As for petty thieves stealing things, this is commonplace in the apocalypse. Survival resources are limited, and everyone wants to stay alive.
Unless a criminal gang as heinous and harmful as the Wolong Society emerges, the government will not intervene, mainly because it cannot manage such a large number of criminal groups.
Despite the difficulty of receiving potatoes, they excitedly showed Bai Shuang what they had received.
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