They returned home chatting and laughing. Watching the elderly couple carrying bags into their home, I couldn't help but curiously touch and examine everything.
"What are all these things? How come there are so many?"
"Why don't we just open them all up and see?" Yunqi guessed, touching the shape of the packaging as he touched it.
After opening one large package, I found several smaller packages inside.
The two little rascals grabbed a bag and shoved it onto the ground, burying them underneath.
Yunqi quickly picked up the bag and found it to be very light, while the two little rascals were laughing heartily.
"What's in here? Why is it so light?"
Si Cheng took a pair of scissors directly from the cabinet and handed them to her: "Why don't you just open it and see?"
Yunqi took the scissors and tore open the bag. The contents immediately expanded. "This is a down comforter, isn't it?"
"They're down comforters. I don't know where Yuntao and the others found them. There must be quite a few. They managed to give each of us two. There should be one more in the bag."
As the bag was opened, it was filled with everything imaginable. They even brought back two iron pots, not to mention the salt and oil that would be scarce in the future.
"Most of our villagers brought back as much salt as possible this time. With this, the village should be able to get through the next few years safely."
Sicheng and his team tried their best to pack and categorize each item carefully while packing, and they didn't realize how troublesome it was. However, unpacking these packages was a big challenge.
When Yun's mother saw her daughter still diligently unpacking the bag, she would occasionally exclaim in amazement.
Si Cheng picked out an ordinary-looking bag from a pile of small bags and handed it directly to the two little siblings.
"Come on, guess what's inside? There's a prize if you guess correctly."
"Toys. Barbie."
"Toy car," the two little ones said in their childish voices.
"Shall we ask Mom to help us open it? This is a gift from Dad to the little one." Yunqi then came over with a pair of scissors.
"Let Dad open it." The two siblings thought their mother was going to snatch the bags from them, so they both reached out and grabbed the bags.
"These two little brats, don't they trust their mother?"
"No, let Daddy open it. This is mine." Little Lele grabbed the whole bag domineeringly.
Si Cheng picked her up, bag and all, and said, "Okay, Daddy will unpack it."
As soon as the bag was opened, Si Cheng took them out one by one.
"Wow! Autobots."
"Barbie."
"Engineering vehicle."
"..."
Each time they took out something, they exclaimed in surprise. From this, it's clear that Yunqi's biological child is indeed incredibly cute.
Other families felt very satisfied with this extra income, as there were some things they wouldn't have been willing to buy before.
Because of this experience, the village is more active than before.
Groups of three or five, coming and going, calling out to friends and companions, were a daily occurrence in the village. Later, this activity even expanded beyond the village, and connections gradually developed with several other villages.
That day, Father Yun divided his homemade fruit wine into small jars, and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the fruit wine.
"Dad, why are you putting it in small jars? If we can't finish it, just let me put it in there to store it." Yunqi looked at his father packing it into small jars and found it a bit troublesome.
"These are for the elders in the village. Wine is becoming increasingly rare these days. With the New Year approaching, we're giving them some fruit wine to drink so they can have a taste."
Upon hearing this, Yunqi immediately sat down beside his father and started filling the wine containers. After that, he and Sicheng delivered the wine to each household, returning with a bounty of gifts.
Life here is quite enjoyable, but the survivors in the city are not so lucky.
Although the reserves of supplies are sufficient, the government's relief efforts are not without limitations; it's already a good outcome if people can barely keep their lives.
Gradually, some people started engaging in underhanded activities, with one family being robbed today and another being robbed tomorrow, and the public security began to deteriorate.
If caught red-handed, things are better, and some punishment can be given. However, many cases remain unsolved, with no evidence and no one caught in the act, leaving the affected citizens to simply accept their misfortune.
Such incidents became increasingly frequent, and the military gradually became overwhelmed, as solving these kinds of cases was not their forte. As for the original police force, many resigned after the earthquake to return home and protect their families, and the remaining officers were all placed under the unified management of the military.
"These people are getting harder and harder to manage. They keep talking about being taxpayers. If it weren't for the lack of internet, I would really like to check them one by one to see how much tax they actually pay." Yun Zhizhong's deputy, Yao Shu, felt like he was about to explode. He had to deal with these people who came to complain every day, even those who were unreasonable, trying to make it seem reasonable.
Yun Zhizhong pinched the bridge of his nose. "Who says otherwise? Now it's like we owe everyone something. If this keeps going on and on, I wonder what decision the higher-ups will make."
"What other decisions will be made? It won't just be that we continue to appease them."
"Let's hold on a little longer. At least we in the internal affairs department have some breathing room. The other battalions are still patrolling day and night, and they often get accidentally injured by those residents. Their lives are much harder than ours." Yun Zhizhong could only talk about their own difficulties.
"Yes, I just saw several more soldiers being taken to the medical room. These people are taking their anger out on our soldiers because they don't dare fight back against us." Yao Shu felt helpless thinking about those unreasonable people.
"The results should be out in the next couple of days. Once the new policies are released, we'll see if things can improve."
At this moment, Yao Shu remembered the news he had heard earlier, "Director, I just heard from the logistics department that some people came from your hometown yesterday and are now waiting at the resettlement office to be assigned housing."
"Really? Then you keep an eye on things here for me while I go over and find out." Yun Zhizhong was very happy to hear this, as he hadn't heard any news from his hometown for a long time.
"No problem, just go ahead."
Yun Zhizhong jogged all the way to the resettlement room and saw several unfamiliar faces.
"Did you come from County C?" Yun Zhizhong asked directly.
"Yes," came the reply from the young man named Xiaoyu.
"How are things over there? Do you know of a village called Pinghe? What's it like there now?"
One day, upon arriving at Pinghe Village, several people looked at each other, but no one stepped forward to answer. It turned out they were the bald men and their companions whom Si Cheng and his group had released.
After a long and arduous journey, the group finally reached the city, but before they could even gather any information about the city, they heard about Pinghe Village again.
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