Lu Peng covered his eyes with his hands, unable to bear to see this scene. He never expected that the captain could be so stupid.
Yuan Jing looked at Huo Feng. He had a tall body and big hands, but now he was holding a peeled grape. The contrast was horrible. He twitched his lips, took it with gritted teeth, and put it into his mouth.
"If you like it, I'll peel it for you." Huo Feng was worried that Yuan Jing would not take it, and he was very nervous. Fortunately, he took it and ate it. He must like the grapes he peeled, so Huo Feng peeled the grapes carefully.
Yuan Jing really wanted to say that there was no need to go through so much trouble. He always ate grapes with the skin and then spit out the skin and seeds together. But seeing how serious this man was, he couldn't bear it.
Lu Peng almost laughed his head off, but seeing that Yuan Jing held back and didn't complain, he thought to himself that it seemed the captain wasn't the only one who had feelings for him. This Mr. Su also had a good impression of the captain. The captain was lucky this time. Apart from anything else, Mr. Su's character and appearance were far superior to others.
Fortunately, Huo Feng and his friends had just arrived here and had a lot of things to do, so they couldn't spare much free time. So it wasn't long before they said goodbye to Yuan Jing, Feifei, Dahei and Xiaohei. After seeing them off, Yuan Jing rubbed his cheeks, his face almost stiff from smiling. Alas, it was really not easy.
Feifei hugged Dahei's neck, his eyes sparkling, "Uncle, that Uncle Huo is so weird."
Yuan Jing almost laughed out loud, squatted down to look Feifei in the eye, and said, "Does Feifei like Uncle Huo?"
If he wants to be with Huo Feng in the future, he cannot ignore Feifei's feelings.
Feifei tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Uncle Huo is a soldier. He is a good man who has saved many people. Uncle, I also want to be a soldier in the future, like Uncle Huo and Uncle Lu."
Yuan Jing smiled softly: "Okay, then Feifei must work hard."
"Okay, uncle!" Feifei responded loudly.
The base on the back mountain has been taken shape, and they can often be seen training and shouting slogans under the scorching sun. Residents in the community admire them very much, including Feifei.
Huo Feng would show up every two or three days, but in most cases there was always someone following him, either Lu Peng or a man named Zhao Yonggang. After they came, they no longer just wanted to chat with Yuan Jing, but tried every way to help Yuan Jing. For example, Yuan Jing wanted to open up another piece of land in the yard and wanted to knock down the original cement floor. Huo Feng was very excited, as if he had endless strength in his body, and did not ask Yuan Jing to interfere at all.
The vegetables grown in Yuan Jing's yard are now edible. In fact, he and Feifei usually eat mostly the vegetables in the space. The ones outside are used as a cover, so they are sent to Qi Yuan and the Zhang family from time to time. Just now, Huo Feng and Lu Peng worked here for a night, and Yuan Jing picked a small basket of vegetables for them to take back to improve their meals.
Yuan Jing still goes to the supermarket and the vegetable market, but fresh vegetables are becoming less and less, and the prices are very high. The country cannot control it even if it wants to, because the fields can no longer grow vegetables, and greenhouses cannot solve the problem either. Due to water shortage, everyone is now trying to pump groundwater.
"Fei Fei and I can't finish it anyway. Thank you for your hard work today."
"Okay, thank you Yuan Jing, call me if you need anything." Huo Feng reached out to take it, and his fingers accidentally brushed against Yuan Jing's hand. A burst of warmth made Huo Feng's heart ripple. He walked out of Yuan Jing's house like this. That expression fell into Lu Peng's eyes, not to mention how obscene it was.
The captain has the will but not the courage to do it, Lu Peng snickered, and he reminded the captain unkindly, wondering when the captain could finally win the beauty.
On the way back carrying the vegetables, the two heard the sound of several families digging wells. Seeing Yuan Jing's family growing vegetables, many families also learned from him. Anyway, there was land in the yard, so they dug a well to get water to irrigate the land and grow vegetables. Otherwise, if the situation continued, they would not even have enough vegetables to eat.
Huo Feng also recovered and wiped his face: "This situation is really terrible now."
"It's not the worst yet." Lu Peng murmured, his face no longer showing any distracting expression, but one of worry. Even though they had doubts about the end of the world before, a major earthquake in N City had shattered their fantasies.
"Let's do our best."
Lu Peng nodded: "But fortunately there is the vaccine, otherwise in this hot weather, who knows how many people would die." Then he laughed playfully, "The country has finally opened up the second batch of vaccine injections, but it costs 10,000 yuan per person. Those people still have the nerve to cry and scream, they don't even want to pay for this life-saving money, and they still want the country to subsidize it."
"The country is losing money with just this 10,000 yuan, but it is impossible for the country to ignore the lives of these people. Look at how many people have died abroad."
Not to mention the young and middle-aged people, a group of elderly people died first, and the population decreased a lot. Now people abroad have finally realized the magic of the vaccine that China is talking about. Many people are guiding public opinion online, believing that China should make its formula public and share it globally, and want to kidnap China from the perspective of public opinion and morality.
But now who has the time to care what those foreigners think? Besides, it’s not like they won’t give it to China. They can just exchange it for the things and technologies that China needs now.
The country is researching new drought- and heat-resistant grain varieties, as well as seawater purification technology and cost reduction. Solving people's food and water problems is the key.
Many units also stopped work, and many people changed to sleeping during the day and getting up to work at night. But even so, the temperature at night was over 30 or 40 degrees, and it was even higher during the day, with many places reaching 60 degrees, but there was still no sign of rain. Even if you want artificial rainfall, there must be clouds.
Fortunately, the communication was still going on. Yuan Jing talked to the second and third sons on the phone. Now both of them have returned to their hometown. They are trying to find a job and earn some money. Otherwise, it will not be good for them to live off their parents’ money in the long run.
Yuan Jing didn't want to act different, so he followed the crowd and stayed out at night like everyone else. After finishing his training that day and waking Feifei up, the uncle and nephew were about to wash up when they turned on the faucet but no water came out.
"Uncle? The water is out?"
"Maybe the time has been changed again. Uncle, go fetch some well water." This should be the water supply time, but the time has been changed again and again. Previously, the water supply was limited to two hours a day, which was just the time when everyone got up and went to bed. Even if you turned on the water tap, the water flow was much thinner.
Yuan Jing went to the yard to fetch water from the well and could feel the water level in the well dropping again. After fetching a bucket of water, he covered the well mouth tightly to reduce the evaporation of the well water.
I used well water to wash my nephew's face and brush his teeth, and used spiritual spring water to make breakfast. Of course, it was actually eight o'clock in the evening now. I had just finished breakfast and fed Dahei and Xiaohei when I heard a knock on the door.
Yuan Jing turned on the video screen and saw the security guard from the community and residential area. He said something to Feifei and went out to open the door.
Feifei jumped down from the chair behind him and very consciously helped his uncle to clean up the dishes. He wanted to help his uncle with things within his ability so that his uncle would not have to work so hard. This was the conclusion he came to after communicating with Xiaojie, because Xiaojie said that it was very hard for his father to raise him. Feifei felt that his uncle had an even harder time because his uncle used to go to school like him.
Opening the door, Yuan Jing nodded politely to the two people outside.
The security guard said, "Mr. Su, the community staff is here to inform you about the water distribution. The water supply will be cut off in the future. Water will be distributed based on the number of people at a fixed location."
"Yes, this is the location and time for water distribution. I hope everyone can cooperate with the government's actions. Once the problem of transporting desalinated seawater is solved, the water shortage will be greatly alleviated. Now I hope everyone can understand." A community worker handed over a piece of paper.
"No problem, I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Yuan Jing took the flyer with a smile.
"No, we'll go first." The community staff wiped their sweat. It would be great if everyone was as easy to talk to as Mr. Su, but some people don't understand the government's approach and think it's something the government should solve. Some people think they have money, so why shouldn't they supply water? They just pay for it, and it doesn't matter if the price goes up.
Yuan Jing looked at the time and place listed on the list and sighed. It has finally come to this.
As expected, although some people were making a fuss online, most people were still rational and spontaneously criticized those who were making trouble.
As for food, purchase restrictions and prohibition of panic buying and hoarding have long been implemented. The community issues certificates to each household, which shows how many people are in a household. Food and subsequent water supply are provided based on population.
"Uncle, do we have to get water too?" Feifei asked after Yuan Jing told him this. Since there was a well at home, he felt that he and his uncle were not short of water.
Yuan Jing thought for a moment, touched his head and said, "We can take less, but it's not good not to take it. From now on, Feifei should not tell anyone else about the situation at home except Xiaojie."
Feifei nodded her head: "Uncle, Feifei knows, Feifei never said anything."
"Fei Fei is so good."
"Let's go, call Xiaojie, and we'll go get some water together."
"Okay." Feifei called Dahei and Xiaohei and walked to the next door together. Not long after, Qi Yuan and Qi Yujie showed up with a bucket in their hands. Qi Yuan also dug a well in the yard. It was obvious that he had the same idea as Yuan Jing. He had to lead the way and just go with the crowd. There was no need to be too high-profile and attract attention, so as not to be targeted by those with ulterior motives, although the order in the community was still very good.
When we arrived at the water collection point, we saw quite a few people queuing up. Although there was only the moon in the sky, everyone who came out was carrying a fan and a towel. They complained while queuing. The weather made it impossible to be less irritable, and sometimes they even quarreled over trivial matters.
"There is more and more seawater, but there is nothing we can do. We are too far from the coast, and there are not many equipment and factories to process desalinated seawater. Even if all those factories are in operation now, they can't supply us so far away. In addition, the sea water is rising, and people and factories along the coast will have to move inland. I don't know what to do in the future."
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