"Uncle Xu, Lai Lai is back, she's back!"
The sound of an earthquake seemed to come from the direction of Wangtai Mountain. Xu Haiguo, who was worried about his daughter's safety, followed the direction Li Qingya pointed and saw his daughter riding an electric tricycle towards them. Only then did he feel relieved.
"She's back, she's back! It's so good that Lai'er is back!"
Xu Lai looked at the group of people who were excitedly looking at her after she returned, and then looked at the few chopstick-sized fish that they had caught when she was still there that morning, and a warm feeling flowed through her heart.
Despite the blazing sun, none of the men went home or went back to the river to fish; instead, they waited by the riverbank, worried about her safety.
Although the Xu, Xiao, and Lu families are not related by blood, they have been helping and caring for each other since the torrential rains and floods, and have long been like one family.
"It's so hot! Everyone, get in the car and let's go home!" Xu Lai said quickly when she saw the four people sweating profusely.
Although explosives were used to extinguish the forest fire on Wangtai Mountain, the fire was so large that it took the People's Liberation Army five days and four nights to completely put it out.
The fire caused devastating damage, burning three-fifths of the forest area of the Wangtaishan mountain range and killing more than 300 people who were cutting firewood in the forest. The number of people injured is unknown.
Even the People's Liberation Army soldiers who came to put out the fire suffered heavy losses: twelve were killed, more than twenty were seriously injured, and more than one hundred were slightly injured.
This situation is nothing short of tragic!
To appease the people who died in the fire, the government issued a special notice that the families of the deceased could go to the government's civil affairs department with proof from the community leader and their household registration to remove the deceased's household registration. The government would then give the family a subsidy of 500 work points.
Five hundred centimeters isn't much; for the government, this is the maximum effort they can make.
For the deceased's family, the dead cannot be brought back to life. If those 500 centimeters were converted into food, it could keep a family of two or three from going hungry for three months or even half a year.
For the surviving residents of City C, the biggest impact is that they will have less firewood for daily life.
The trees on the entire Wangtaishan Mountain were already dying one by one due to the extreme heat, and after this fire spread, not only were three-fifths of the trees burned down.
The remaining two-fifths of the forest were also killed by the heat of the sun, by the fire, or by the explosives used to extinguish the fire.
Looking across the entire mountain, it's almost impossible to see any living green trees.
The residents of City C, whose cooking depends on this mountain, went to extremes, disregarding the extreme heat, to cut and store firewood on Wangtai Mountain day and night.
In their words, firewood is limited, and if they don't stock up while they can, they won't have any firewood for cooking in the future and will have to eat raw grains.
Fortunately, this situation only lasted for less than three days. After three days, the municipal government issued a new notice.
To address the issue of firewood for cooking in daily life, the government will begin providing free cooking coal briquettes to all citizens starting tomorrow.
The notice, written in bold black characters, stated: "Each household will be provided with three honeycomb briquettes free of charge by the government every day!"
If you want more, you have to pay extra to buy them, one centimeter for one honeycomb briquette.
This announcement was undoubtedly good news for the city's residents, who had been constantly worried about needing firewood for cooking every day, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
A piece of coal can still make a simple meal.
This notice is usually sent out because Mr. Xu's family learned to make small clay stoves decades ago when he was on patrol in the army, so he came up with the idea of making small clay stoves.
"Making a small clay stove? Like the small clay stove we used to brew tea in our hometown?"
Xu Lai couldn't help but ask, thinking of the tiny clay stove in her hometown that she used to burn coal or firewood to brew tea every winter.
She remembers wanting to drink milk tea every year when she went back to her hometown for the Spring Festival, and she even used this stove to brew milk tea herself.
"That's the one!"
When his granddaughter asked him, Grandpa Xu nodded excitedly.
The small clay stove is compact in size, making it easy to carry. When used to burn coal, it not only produces a powerful flame but also saves on honeycomb briquettes.
If you really sell this, the business will definitely be very good.
As soon as Grandpa Xu made his suggestion, Xu Haiguo, Song Qiu'e, and Xu Chao all agreed.
"Second Uncle's idea is good. The vegetables in the space garden are all planted now, and the crops in the space won't be ripe for another three months. This is the perfect time for us!"
Xu Haiguo said with a happy expression.
If my second uncle really succeeds in this business, I'll go help him and earn some work points for the family.
As the pillar of the family, since the natural disaster broke out, the family has relied on his daughter and her space in every way.
What will happen to their family if their daughter's online space suddenly disappears one day?
Therefore, he needs to take on the responsibility of being the pillar of the family as soon as possible.
Besides, not long ago, Lai Lai suggested buying a minivan, and minivans aren't cheap these days.
He needs to take this opportunity to earn more work points!
The materials needed to make a clay stove are relatively simple: just mud and water.
Their place is all yellow clay. Although there is a lack of water outside, there is a well in the daughter's space, so the water problem is solved.
The more Xu Haiguo thought about it, the more he felt that this business was feasible.
When Xu Chao was in elementary school, he took a clay sculpting class as an extracurricular activity. He stopped taking this extracurricular craft class when he entered junior high school and his studies became more demanding.
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