Chapter 80: Difficult to eat, let’s share
The military commander's eyes turned red. "We'll consider it!"
Lu Xingtang insisted: "I don't want to see your black and blue face anymore."
"...Okay!" the military commander choked up, "We must protect ourselves first, then the people!"
Lu Xingtang was sent back by the military. At her strong request, they did not send her to the gate of the community, but dropped her off near the trading market. The military learned that she was looking for frozen rabbits to eat, so they gave her the rabbit meat they had slaughtered and asked her to go home and cook it.
Lu Xingtang: “!!!”
After returning home, Lu Xingtang continued to act like a jerk, occasionally observing the soldiers patrolling outside. Seeing that their faces looked a little better, her worries were put at ease. She even went to a few more places to make sure that the supplies she sent out were used by the soldiers, and her mood improved.
Apart from going to the former neighborhood committee to collect relief food every week, Lu Xingtang hardly ever went out. Every day he trained and fed the small animals in the space. Soon the chickens, ducks and geese in the space grew up and started laying eggs.
From then on, Lu Xingtang had one more task: picking eggs.
When there was no wood at home, they would go out with Su Cheng and Ji Yanmo to look for wood. Three-wheeled bicycles were very useful, but they also broke easily, so they made three sleds, one for each person. Every time they went out to chop trees, they would go home when the sleds were full of wood, and they would fill the house up again, and even the aisle would be filled with wood before they stopped.
Xu Yan returned home from the hospital, bringing back 60 kilograms of food and some medicines. She had secretly hidden the medicines herself and temporarily left them at Lu Xingtang's house, asking Lu Xingtang to keep them for her.
After resting at home for two days, Xu Yan went back to work at the hospital. Su Cheng sent her to the hospital because he wanted to see what the situation was like in the hospital. Su Hao had no shortage of medicine now, but it was impossible for him to have no shortage of medicine forever, so he went to the hospital to see what medicine was available.
After seeing the chaotic patients and environment in the hospital, I could only sigh helplessly.
Xu Yan smiled and said, "The situation is much better now than when I first arrived. When I first arrived at the hospital, patients were threatening doctors to prescribe medicine almost all the time. Later, the military used ruthless means to rectify the hospital's atmosphere, and the patients have become civilized and polite. Although it's a little tiring and sometimes a headache, I think it's better than just eating and waiting to die at home and not being able to find supplies."
"Thank you for your hard work!" Su Cheng said from the bottom of his heart: "Take good care of yourself. Don't exhaust yourself for supplies. No one will feel sorry for you."
After some time, the cold-resistant potatoes matured. Lu Xingtang watched them sprout and grow, watching them grow like a baby. Now that they were finally mature, she felt particularly happy.
The cold-resistant potatoes planted in the black soil of space have already matured. I have eaten them several times. They are much less delicious than the potatoes stored, but they are very filling.
After seeing that the potatoes in the planter were ripe, Lu Xingtang decisively cooked them. The fried potatoes turned into mud and were not tasty.
After cooking, peel the potatoes and dip them in the sauce. It is much better than eating them dry.
The taste was slightly worse than the cold-resistant potatoes grown in the space, but Lu Xingtang didn't mind and ate them all in big mouthfuls. In the apocalyptic disaster, it was enough to have something to eat, so why be picky?
After the cold-resistant potatoes were harvested, Lu Xingtang continued to plant them, but they were not cold-resistant potatoes, but ordinary potatoes.
Soon, the government announced that the cold-resistant potatoes had been successfully planted, and asked everyone to go to the original neighborhood committee to collect the cold-resistant potatoes to plant at home. Now there was more cold-resistant nutrient solution, and Lu Xingtang also went to collect it once. He did not plant it, but put it in the space, waiting to change the soil after the potatoes in the planting pots were harvested and then planted again.
After some time passed, Lu Xingtang unexpectedly discovered that 2099 was almost over.
Thinking about the Chinese New Year next month, Lu Xingtang wanted the three families to celebrate the New Year together. Now the relationship between the three of them is not only friends, but more like family.
After asking Su Cheng and Ji Yanmo for their opinions, both of them had no objection and felt that it would be lively for the three families to celebrate the New Year together, so they decided to celebrate New Year's Eve together, the first day at Lu Xingtang's house, the second day at Ji Yanmo's house, and the third day at Su Cheng's house.
After deciding to spend the New Year together, the three of them began preparing New Year supplies in advance, not New Year's goods, but supplies.
After all, except for Su Hao, the other three of them have a big appetite. Lu Xingtang exercises a lot every day and his appetite has also increased. In order to eat happily and have a full meal, everyone is working hard to find supplies.
But now supplies are hard to find, so they can only go to the trading market and exchange firewood for supplies. After exchanging for a month, all three families have some decent supplies. In addition, the government is so powerful that it has developed cold-resistant tomatoes. Although the tomatoes are frozen hard, people who haven't eaten tomatoes for a year want to eat them, so tomatoes immediately became a hot commodity, and everyone exchanged supplies for them.
Lu Xingtang and his friends also exchanged three kilograms.
New Year's Eve soon arrived. Lu Xingtang sold ten kilograms of beef, one kilogram of tomatoes, five kilograms of potatoes, and ten eggs. He said he exchanged them outside, but they were actually laid by the chickens in the space. He also sold five kilograms of rice and three kilograms of flour.
Ji Yanmo got two frozen fish, five pounds of pork belly, and three cabbages, which he grew himself. Su Cheng and Lu Xingtang knew about it, so they planted some too, but a little late, so the cabbages didn't mature as early as Ji Yanmo's.
Su Cheng sold half a tank of gas and exchanged it for a bottle of baijiu at the market. He also bought oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and other condiments. It was unknown where Min Weihuan had found the sunflower seeds and peanuts; he traded three pounds of cold-resistant potatoes for some.
Su Hao ate with Su Cheng and didn't need to prepare any food, but he didn't come empty-handed. This time, Su Hao gave Lu Xingtang a bracelet: "This is my daughter's bracelet. She has been dead for many years. The items were left there for a long time. I'm giving it to you!"
Lu Xingtang looked at the jade bracelet, not knowing whether to accept it or not. Su Cheng saw Lu Xingtang's embarrassment and explained, "Although this is my sister's legacy, it's not her favorite item. Just accept it! It's not a gift for my daughter-in-law. My feelings for you are just brother and sister, not love between men and women! Besides, my father has already prepared a gift for his future daughter-in-law!"
Lu Xingtang breathed a sigh of relief and accepted it: "Thank you, Grandpa Su!"
Su Hao also gave Ji Yanmo a gift. It was simple and unpretentious. It was a new piece of clothing that Su Cheng had found. The style was not very good-looking, but it was very warm.
"Thank you, Grandpa Su!" Next it was Lu Xingtang and the other two's turn to present gifts. Lu Xingtang's was much simpler. He gave each family a piece of bacon and ten eggs to Su Hao, asking him to take good care of him.
Su Cheng didn't want to accept it because he knew eggs were very expensive.
But Lu Xingtang insisted, and Su Cheng knew that Su Hao hadn't eaten eggs for a long time, so he accepted it.
Ji Yanmo and Su Cheng's gifts were also simple, window decorations and couplets from both families, and a bottle of wine from each family, which were saved before the natural disaster.
Soon, the food was served and everyone raised their glasses: "Happy New Year! I wish you all peace, health, and a good life!"
There were no firecrackers or sense of ceremony during the Chinese New Year, but the laughter never stopped. Lu Xingtang had already fully charged his tablet and went out to watch the New Year's Gala for the Year of the Monkey. Whether it was songs, sketches, or dances, they all brought back memories. The smile on his face was as happy as if the natural disaster had not yet come.
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