After seeing Jian Dan off, Cheng Chao felt a bit unsettled. The things they had discussed earlier resurfaced in his mind, stirring up restless thoughts.
Self-sufficiency sounds easy, but putting aside everything else, the military and the border alone require a considerable amount of supplies. However, if we were to actually use those supplies...
A surge of pride welled up in Cheng Chao's heart, as if the day of great achievements was just around the corner. Suddenly, he felt as if he had boundless strength, and he walked with a gust of wind.
Here, Jian Dan, now that everything was settled, began to consider the assets of the space.
Of course, the main items counted were the unclaimed items collected over the years, mostly from deep in the mountains. Apart from gold mines and some odds and ends, the bulk of the items were the ones found when we were looking for Chen Jianshe.
Another pile was found in the northwest, in Cheng Zhuo's backyard, which was the root cause of the Cheng Zhuo family being squeezed out.
These two are the main finds, along with some other miscellaneous boxes and such. She doesn't even have a specific number of them herself, and they're all put away separately each time they're collected. But no matter how you look at it, it's spectacular. Calling that area a gold mine wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Oh, and there's a whole bunch more. It was given to me by Cheng Chao, Cheng Jin, and Cheng Zhuo. Cheng Zhuo got more; it was almost his entire fortune. After all, his whole family had been 'exiled,' and he wasn't comfortable leaving it there.
The rest of the base consists of simple inventory, mostly brought from the modern base, with a small portion being the harvest from the past few years.
The food and steamed buns were packed up from a state-run restaurant.
She puts the coarse grains distributed by the village, which she doesn't usually eat, in here.
There are also dry rations that are brought in at any time, pickled sauerkraut, salted vegetables, steamed buns, frozen dumplings, and freshly cooked dumplings and steamed buns.
The leftover vegetables, watermelons, and sweet potatoes in the back garden were all brought in to save time and have remained fresh ever since.
The ginseng, lingzhi mushrooms, mountain products, and some wild fruits were collected from deep in the mountains.
There were also mountains of meat, including wild boar, wild goat, red deer, pheasant, and rabbit—countless in number. These were all killed by her on the spot, and the animals she had taken in had long since settled down on the mountain.
She had traded wild boars with Lao Zheng twice, and now they were almost rampant on the mountain again. She was already starting to plan whether to go to Lao Zheng this time or give them to Cheng Chao.
This doesn't even include things that are growing: fruit trees, grains, vegetables, fish in the pond, and so on.
The base has a complete set of its own planting facilities, with fully automated planting and harvesting machines, so she doesn't have to worry about anything at all.
If there's any regret, it's not without. Her base isn't near the sea. Although the base has a lot of seafood stored in flowing water tanks, it's still not as convenient as being near the sea. For someone like her who loves seafood, there's still a little bit of regret.
As a result, every time she came in to satisfy her cravings, she would mutter that she wanted to find time to go to the beach, to bring the ocean in, and to eat her fill of seafood.
A granary full of various grains, vegetables, and fruits provides the greatest sense of security.
She was worried about how to get the goods out, and things weren't much better at the commune either.
When Secretary Lin and the heads of several units arrived, it was the third day of distributing porridge. Their biggest concern was hunger.
"How many days' worth is enough?"
The person in charge had a bitter face.
"Boss, look at this, yesterday's and today's food is all water and little rice, it's so thin, can it last for another two days?"
Several commune leaders stared at the porridge, so thick it reflected their images, their faces tense and teeth clenched. Secretary Lin asked the person next to him,
How much money is left in the commune's account?
The bespectacled accountant next to him didn't even hesitate.
“Secretary, if we were to buy two thousand catties of coarse grain at the normal market price in previous years, it wouldn’t be a problem. But this year, Secretary, the grain supply in our county has been delayed by half a month. Regardless of the price, we can’t buy any grain.”
"Sigh, yes, at this time, who has any extra grain?"
Cheng Chao, standing behind, pursed his lips, a hint of hesitation flashing in his eyes.
Secretary Lin pondered for two seconds,
"I'll go back and make a few phone calls to ask about the situation outside and see if I can find a solution from the outside."
The accountant next to him shook his head.
"Secretary, I just called the provincial government this morning. The provincial grain bureau is on high alert. What can anyone else do?"
"Is this... also that nerve-wracking?"
"Is the provincial capital this big too? Didn't anyone go there?"
"Why isn't it there?"
The accountant didn't hide anything either.
“I specifically asked, and there are much more people over there than in our commune. The residential compound and the factory gate are full of people. Workers going to and from get off work, buying things, etc., are all in groups of several.
Supply and marketing cooperatives and grain stations were completely blocked.
They say that the streets and the eaves of the supply and marketing cooperative are full of people.
The day before yesterday, the grain trucks transporting grain to the grain station were surrounded as soon as they entered the street. It wasn't until the armed forces were mobilized that order was restored.
Secretary Lin had originally intended to call Sheng Zhiyuan to inquire about the situation, but after hearing this, his mind cooled down.
Given the current situation, even if they had the goods, transporting them here would be a dangerous undertaking.
Cheng Chao followed at the back, his eyes shifting, before finally hardening.
After parting ways with them, Cheng Chao hurriedly returned to the camp, had a private talk with Cheng Jinlin and Zhengde, and then rushed out again.
Simply put, she couldn't go out; she really couldn't go out. When Cheng Chao arrived, she was sitting on a small stool, frying potato slices on the stove lid, with a flat board propped up on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
Watching shows and snacking can be done without any problem.
Hearing the door open, she quickly put the tablet back into her storage space, then looked around. She knew that people came every day, so there weren't many 'illegal' things like this outside. She basically put them away as needed.
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