"Young man, I'd like to buy some other things at this supermarket. Can I deduct those work points from my account?"
When Grandpa Xu heard that he had earned so many work points in just half a day, he was incredibly excited!
"Of course! Just come back to me after you've chosen what you need to get a discount!"
Having said that
The staff handed me a supermarket product brochure.
Xu Lai had never been to this supermarket before, and she was very curious about what kind of goods were in it, so she and Grandpa Lu started looking through them together.
Grandpa Lu only attended school for two years when he was a child. He could understand most of the words in this product manual, and he would ask Xu Lai about the few words he didn't recognize.
Through the product catalog, Xu Lai noticed that the supermarket didn't have many kinds of goods; compared to the supermarket before the natural disaster, the variety was significantly less.
However, it can still meet everyone's basic needs.
Whether it's food or basic daily necessities, Xu Lai has already stocked up on what she had before, so there's no need to buy anything else.
After flipping through the product brochure, Grandpa Lu selected two cans of children's milk powder, a 10-jin bag of white flour, a 20-jin bag of coarse flour, and a 20-jin bag of mixed grains.
The children's milk powder is not divided into stages. It is labeled as suitable for children under two years old. There is a limit of two cans per month. Each can contains 900 grams and originally cost 50 cents per can.
Because it is a government-subsidized product, it only costs 20 work points per can, and two cans would cost 40 work points.
Ten pounds of white flour requires fifty work points.
Both coarse flour and mixed grains cost three work points per pound, and these two items cost a total of one hundred and twenty work points.
This used up 210 work points.
"Is this formula for An'an?"
Xu Lai overheard Grandpa Lu telling the sales clerk the name of the infant formula and casually asked him a question.
"Yes, these ten pounds of flour are also for An'an. The little guy is still too young and can only eat things that are easy to digest!"
Grandpa Lu answered Xu Lai's questions with a smile on his face.
"You really dote on An'an!"
Xu Lai listened to Grandpa Lu's words and praised him sincerely.
Since the torrential rain disaster struck more than a year ago, what kind of family tragedies haven't unfolded in the small Jinxiu Mansion in order to survive?
In order to survive, some families would even sell their sons and daughters to the criminal gangs that run such establishments.
It's rare to see a family like Grandpa Lu's who love children so much, especially a family with only one girl.
“Our poor An’an was born and then encountered a natural disaster caused by torrential rain. In this world, our Lu family will not have any more children. We just hope that our An’an can grow up safely and healthily!”
When Grandpa Lu mentioned his granddaughter, his face was full of affection.
"Don't worry, An'an is a lucky child. She will definitely live a long and healthy life!"
"327.5 work points, minus 210 work points, you still need to give me 117.5 work points!"
The staff gave Mr. Lu the things he wanted to buy and also gave him his extra work points.
After thanking the staff, Grandpa Lu, amidst the envious glances of those in line, carried his purchases onto the electric tricycle with Xu Lai's help.
When Xu Lai got home, the first thing she did was to take a fresh fish to make baby food for Wanzi, while all the other fish were frozen in a freezer.
You can take one out each day, thaw it, and eat it as meatballs.
At this time, Maruko is still a cub, and without a mother bear, she still needs to drink some formula milk powder to meet her nutritional needs.
Maruko, who is only one year old, still has a developing oral cavity and digestive system, so it is necessary to choose foods that are soft in texture and easy to chew and digest.
This palm-sized fish still needed Xu Lai and the others to chop it into minced meat before it could be cooked.
In addition, rice cereal can be added to the baby's complementary food at this stage.
For example, mix rice cereal with an appropriate amount of breast milk or formula to make a thin paste. Gradually increase the amount and consistency of the rice cereal to suit the brown bear's chewing and swallowing abilities.
There are also vegetable puree, meat puree, etc.
The more Xu Lai raised Wanzi, the more she felt that feeding it was as complicated as raising a half-grown child.
Thanks to the efforts of the military and the government, in less than half a month, the wireless communication signal in City C was restored to normal, and the power system was able to provide power to everyone for three to five hours every day.
Although the signal on the phone is still showing as 3G, and the network speed is much slower than the 5G network speed before the disaster, the phone can still make calls, send text messages, and read news.
With wireless signals and electricity, everyone's mobile phones can be charged, and they can also learn about the outside world through the wireless signals of their mobile phones.
This sight instantly plunged Xu Lai and the others into despair.
During the torrential rains and floods that struck downstream areas of City C, the damage to buildings and infrastructure was far more severe than in City C.
Although the government's news reports are full of encouraging messages, videos from some local bloggers show that their homes were in a terrible state after the floodwaters receded.
Even the number of people who died in the torrential rains and floods was far greater than in City C.
It can be said that in this natural disaster of torrential rain and floods, less than 60 or 70 percent of the people in the downstream areas survived.
Meanwhile, the cities upstream of City C experienced similar conditions during the torrential rains and floods. After the disaster subsided, their outdoor temperatures had reached nearly fifty degrees Celsius.
At this time, the people in those regions were having a much harder time than they were.
Even photos posted by foreign bloggers show the area in complete disarray.
In general, both torrential rain and flood disasters and extreme heat disasters are of the same nature.
In her previous life, Xu Lai and her younger brother were busy dealing with their oppressive uncle's family and struggling to survive. She had no energy to learn about the outside world.
In this life, she originally wanted to use her spatial ability and a little bit of foresight to find an opportunity to take her family to live in a better environment after things stabilized.
It now appears that the plan has failed.
Whether others had similar plans or not, ever since they learned about the harsher environment outside through the slow internet, Xu Lai and her companions felt that the ordinary people they encountered were much more depressed.
"Alas, since ancient times, our Chinese nation has lived on this vast land. Whenever we could not survive in one place, we would take our families and flee to seek a glimmer of hope. Now, everywhere is the same or even worse environment. No one has anywhere to hide, so we feel that the future is bleak. But before long, we will all cheer up again!"
After listening to Grandpa Xiao's words, Xu Lai had to admit that his summary was very accurate.
The migration to Northeast China during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the large-scale famine escape in Henan in 1942, were all part of the arduous history of our ancestors' large-scale migrations in order to survive.
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