Chapter 15 Official Action Gray Mist
[Regarding the topic of doomsday rumors, after investigation and verification by relevant departments, some abnormal phenomena have indeed occurred globally recently, including environmental changes and food mutations. Official and scientific research institutions are making every effort to study and respond to these problems.
Regarding the doomsday rumors, we urge everyone to remain calm and rational, do not believe in online rumors, and do not participate in any form of illegal activities. Regarding the shortage of supplies, the authorities are doing their best to solve it, and we will get a response soon, so please be patient. 】
Qiao Qiao sat in front of the TV, listening to the official statement on the news.
As expected, the authorities have not yet completely acknowledged that the doomsday is coming, but this is normal. If they really acknowledge it, people will definitely lose their minds, and social unrest will be even more troublesome.
Whether people believe it or not, everything will be easy as long as the food problem is solved.
At this time, Qiao Xinghe received a call from an unknown number.
"Hello, are you Mr. Qiao Xinghe?" A voice that sounded very tired came.
"Yes, I'm Qiao Xinghe."
"I'm a staff member of the Public Security Bureau. It's like this. Due to special circumstances, the Federation needs to requisition your supermarket as a distribution point for supplies.
There are currently two types of compensation. The first is 1 million in cash; the second is 500 contribution points, which will be useful in the future but has not yet been officially promoted.
Do you have any questions or comments? "
Qiao Xinghe was a little shocked. There has been severe inflation during this period, and the authorities have not responded. He didn't expect that they were actually planning to levy taxes on supermarkets to stabilize prices.
Although he had never heard of contribution points, he felt through his keen intuition gained from years of business experience that the authorities had already made a preparatory plan.
"No problem for me, choose contribution points."
The man on the other side was stunned. In the province he was in charge of, almost everyone chose cash, except for the top few wealthy people and large supermarket chains who had already received the news.
And he didn't even continue bargaining.
"Okay, someone will contact you within an hour. Please prepare your ID card."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao Xinghe explained to the mother and daughter.
"That's good now. The federal government has taken over the supermarket, so safety can be guaranteed. You don't have to worry about it closing and other people not being able to buy anything," Qiao Huizhou comforted.
"Contribution points appeared so quickly. In my dream, they only appeared in the second year." Qiao Qiao speculated in her heart that it seemed that the higher-ups already knew about the existence of the Doomsday Card Drawing System and believed that the doomsday was coming.
"What's the use of contribution points?" Qiao Xinghe asked.
"After paper money became waste paper, the Federation issued wristbands to everyone, which recorded everyone's contribution points. In addition to barter, contribution points became the only official currency in the later period, and everything needs to be purchased with them." Qiao Qiao replied.
"Then I am quite foresighted." Qiao Xinghe joked with a smile.
Then I called my manager to explain the situation, “The situation is getting more and more serious, you don’t need to come to work anymore.
Two employees are paid 10,000 yuan each and are allowed to take 10,000 yuan worth of supplies. Your salary is three times theirs. "
"Okay, Brother Qiao."
Despite saying that, Qiao Xinghe still gave him an extra 20,000 yuan as a bonus.
While waiting, Qiao Huizhou and his mother and daughter Qiao Qiao began to water the flowers with nutrient solution.
[Pothos radish undergoes positive mutation, expected within 24 hours]
Only the flowers watered by Qiao Huizhou underwent positive mutation.
"From now on, mom will do this job alone." Qiao Qiao collapsed on the sofa, feeling powerless.
"Ha ha."
“Boom boom!”
There was a knock on the door and the three of them quickly got up.
Through the surveillance, we saw two people at the door, one of them was wearing a police uniform, and the other was wearing plain clothes, but from his posture and demeanor, we could tell at a glance that he was not an ordinary person.
Both of them were wearing gas masks, so their faces could not be seen clearly.
Qiao Xinghe opened the door.
"Uncle Qiao, I'm Tang Mingli. This is Deputy Captain Zhao from the Special Management Bureau."
It turned out that the police officer was Tang Mingli. After showing her work ID, she turned sideways and introduced the man next to her who looked to be in his 40s.
"Hello." Qiao Xinghe said with a smile.
"Hello, Mr. Qiao. This is the permission document for requisitioning the supermarket. Please sign here. This is a newly developed bracelet. It has 500 contribution points stored in it. You can check it." Deputy Captain Zhao handed over an A4 paper and a black bracelet.
"Okay." Qiao Xinghe signed as required and took the bracelet.
The black bracelet looks ordinary, a bit like an electronic watch. I don't know what material it is made of, it is soft and elastic but very strong.
The internal test was engraved with the words "Northeast District of the Fei Country Special Management Bureau".
There is an electronic screen on the front, and when you touch it, two software programs will appear: personal information and chat channel.
Clicking on the chat channel has no response.
After clicking on personal information, two lines of text appear.
The name above is Qiao Xinghe, and the name below is contribution points: 500.
"Everyone only has one wristband. It will be very troublesome to get a new one if you lose it. Please keep it carefully." After the two men finished their instructions, they turned and left.
"OK."
After closing the door, Qiao Xinghe said, "Let's leave the rest to the authorities."
"Um."
The twenty-third day of the end of the world.
In the morning, Qiao Xinghe received calls from his sister and parents respectively.
"Brother, thank you for the things you mailed me before. Prices in the capital are now several times higher than before, and these are the prices after federal control." Qiao Rong said tiredly.
As the harm caused by the gray fog became more and more serious, many employees in the company have resigned, and only she persisted. Now her workload is several times that of before.
Every day is like 007. Everything is forced by the elderly and children to take care of, the mortgage and car loans. After all, death is more terrible than poverty. Only then did I have time to call my eldest brother to express my gratitude.
"It's okay, remember to keep it in vacuum packaging." He didn't care about thanking Qiao Xinghe at all. He did all this just out of blood relationship and to live up to his conscience.
"Well, when the gray fog is over, you can bring your sister-in-law and the children here for a tour, and I'll treat you to a meal."
"Haha, okay." Qiao Xinghe knew in his heart that traveling might never be possible again, but migrating to escape might happen.
Unlike the harmonious conversation with my sister, the conversation with my parents was tense.
"It's too foggy outside now, we don't dare go out. Please send some more food, more vegetables and water. These two things go bad quickly, and the supermarket sells them too expensively."
My father spoke as if it was a matter of course.
"You know the fog is so thick that no one wants to go out. Just let my brother go to the supermarket to buy it. Adults won't get sick that easily if they take good precautions."
Qiao Xinghe was fed up and didn't want to have any more contact with this group of blood-sucking family members.
"You, how can you be so cruel? He's your brother." came the mother's sharp voice.
"Then I'm not a human being? I've donated money and things over the years, and I've done my best. Don't call me again." After saying this, Qiao Xinghe immediately hung up and blocked the call.
It might be troublesome to cut off ties with my family under normal circumstances, but now it is the end of the world and there is no need to save face for anyone.
Coming out of the bedroom, his face was normal, as if nothing had happened. Seeing his wife and children sitting on the sofa watching TV, he felt soft in his heart and smiled, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"
"Spicy crayfish!" Qiao Qiao turned his eyes away from the wilderness survival program and shouted happily.
At noon, Qiao Xinghe made boiled fish and spicy crayfish.
The three of them ate heartily.
【Pothos radish positive mutation successful】
[Pothos: A mutated plant in its infancy. It can purify the air within one square meter, and any harmful substances cannot get close.]
"From now on, anyone who wants to go out can take the green radish with them. It's 100% safe." Qiao Qiao carefully put the green radish back on the balcony.
Three pots of mutant plants, cactus, lily of the valley and green ivy, stand side by side. Although they are only in their infancy, they give people a sense of security.
After the planter used the nutrient solution produced by the system, the plants had already resumed their growth.
The leeks and green onions have grown and are green. The first wave of harvest is being carried out today. It will take some time for the other vegetables.
"Let's have leek dumplings tonight." Qiao Xinghe said as he looked at the leeks he had just harvested in his hand.
"Let's have some green onions and tofu." Qiao Huizhou added, holding up some fresh green onions.
"Well, how do we eat bamboo?" Qiao Qiao cut down the 30-centimeter bamboo that grew today and placed it in the storage room to be used for burning in extreme cold weather.
Two of the ten bamboos purchased at the beginning have entered the mature stage, and the total output can be half a meter per day, which is a bit of a headache. A lot of them have been stored in the past few days.
"Let's eat bamboo tube rice tomorrow." Qiao Xinghe thought for a moment and answered.
“Okay!”
That evening, the CCTV released a news item.
"In order to stabilize prices and safeguard social order, the government has levied a tax on 1,461 large, medium and small supermarkets in various provinces and cities across the country, which will officially start operating at 6 a.m. the day after tomorrow.
The list will be announced at the end of the news and on the official websites. Supermarkets will limit purchases based on population size, so please be careful and buy according to your needs.”
"The official speed is too fast. The contract was signed in the morning, the news was released in the evening, and the business started on the third day!" Qiao Qiao was shocked.
Qiao Huizhou smiled and said, "It's normal. You saw that they just contacted us today, but in fact, they have been prepared in secret for a long time. If our family really disagrees, they will find another family to collect the money. Or, forcibly collect it..."
"Okay, I'm just ignorant." Qiao Qiao took out his cell phone to surf the Internet.
Even after the official rumours were refuted and some speech was banned, the internet was still bustling with activity.
"Luckily I rented a house outside and stocked up on a few boxes of instant noodles, bread, self-heating rice and self-heating hot pot for my second attempt at the postgraduate entrance exam, so I didn't have to go out at all."
“It’s so nice to have a holiday!”
"Why should I have to go to work when the students are on holiday?"
“Workers are not human beings.”
"Inflation is too severe. I spend more than I earn. If it continues like this, I'm afraid I'll have to go out and beg for food."
"You still want to eat in this situation? Dream on. Stealing or robbing is more reliable than this."
"The authorities suddenly levied taxes on so many supermarkets and imposed purchase restrictions. That can't be true."
"Who knows? In troubled times, heroes emerge. Maybe this is my chance!"
"Official supermarket prices shouldn't be this high. My monthly salary is all spent on food and drink. If it continues like this, I'll go bankrupt."
"This is caused by human sin, and God is punishing us."
"? There's something weird mixed in there."
Not finding any useful information on the Internet, I closed the website and opened the community group.
There are thousands of messages in the group every day, and I don’t know where all the messages come from.
"The supermarket in the new district is the one owned by Qiao's. @Qiao Xinghe, it's too dangerous to go out now, and there are only elderly people at home. They are all neighbors, can you deliver the goods to their door?"
"Yes, masks are hard to buy now, and my family members don't dare to go out. We live in the same building anyway, so can you just bring some home every day?"
"No one in his family has been out for a long time."
"Ah? Are they still living here? The top floor is empty?"
Someone is setting the pace! Qiao Qiao frowned.
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