Chapter 26: Taking Care of One or Two
"Is the food stockpiled at home enough? Did you buy more as I asked you to?" Mother Huang's voice softened a lot. They were also soldiers, so they must know that the supplies had been distributed, but if there was no food stockpiled at home, those supplies would have to wait for a while.
"Dad, Mom, don't worry. I have plenty of food stored at home. Didn't you remind me before to buy more food to keep at home? But I can't cook, so all I bought was instant noodles. We still have dozens of boxes at home..." Huang Jinghe hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly became uneasy. "Dad, Mom, you didn't know about the toxic fog a long time ago, so you asked me to stock up on supplies at home, right?"
No, really not.
The poisonous fog descended too quickly and quickly swept across the world, so this was really unexpected by the world. However, insiders like them did know something about earthquakes and tsunamis. It's just that J City is a plain area, so the impact of casualties will not be great. However, if the situation is serious, people will definitely be very vigilant and rush to grab supplies. They were worried that their son would not be able to grab supplies and would starve, so they bought some instant food for their son in advance and sent it home.
The supplies they prepared were very practical, such as self-heating rice, compressed biscuits, instant noodles, chocolate and most importantly, water. They bought some of each, but the quantity was not particularly large.
But the two were also worried that their son would not like the food they prepared, so they asked him to prepare some himself. Unexpectedly, his son prepared only instant noodles. Knowing this, it would have been better for them to prepare it directly from the beginning instead of bothering him to buy it himself.
But it is a good thing that there are a lot of instant noodles at this time. Not only can instant noodles be stored for a long time, they are also convenient to eat. You can soak them and eat them when there is water and electricity, or you can eat them dry when there is no water and electricity. In short, you won’t starve to death. Moreover, judging from the current situation, instant noodles are really hard currency.
But speaking of someone knocking on the door, with so many supplies piled up at home, it really isn't appropriate to open the door for others. I just remembered to care about my son's situation, so I just asked a few simple questions. Thinking about it this way, Lan Jin's reminder was really well-intentioned. Besides, even though it was someone else's good intention, we still have to be vigilant.
"Half and half. I really didn't expect the poisonous fog. Son, does Sister Lan know that you have all these supplies at home?" Huang's mother was stunned when she said this. He immediately asked, "Yes, son, does she know?"
"I know. When the earthquake first happened and the poisonous fog hadn't arrived yet, we sealed the doors and windows of the emergency passage together. At that time, many people in the group were complaining about not having food to eat. We happened to be together, so I asked her for food, but she didn't want any, saying she had some at home. She just asked me to seal the doors and windows of my house and the doors and windows of the stairwell, and not to go out.
The same thing happened today. When we were queuing downstairs to receive supplies, two people kept asking us how much supplies we had at home. Sister Lan kept interrupting me and didn't let me speak. I was very confused at the time, but now I think Sister Lan already knew that those people had bad intentions.
When Lan Jie told others that she had been eating dog food at home for a week, I believed her. So when we got to the 32nd floor, I asked if I could bring some food over. Lan Jie still said she didn't want any food at home. Then she reminded me not to open the door and told me to be alert because someone might knock on the door at night. She asked if I had any tools to protect myself.
As for Lan Jin asking him to read some apocalyptic literature online, he chose to ignore it. After all, he should just read what XIAO said, why read apocalyptic literature? If he told his parents about this, they would probably say that Lan Jin was unreliable.
But who knew that this would happen? Huang's father and mother were also very moved. "This is because of your kindness. Sister Lan is looking after you because you are young. Okay, since that's the case, you must be careful at night and pay attention to the movements downstairs. If you can... you have learned a few moves, so you should have no problem beating up a few ordinary people."
Huang's father and mother wanted their son to stop interfering in other people's business, but Lan Jin's kind reminder to their son twice was one thing, and as soldiers they couldn't tell their son not to meddle in other people's business, so the person who meddled in other people's business could only be Lan Jin, with whom they had a good relationship.
Another thing is that they really can't go back for the time being, and their son is too young. If there is someone a little older around to give him some advice, it would be a good thing for their son.
Huang's father warned, "We can't go over to help you, and we don't know when this poisonous fog will dissipate. You must take good precautions at home. Don't trust strangers easily, and don't meddle in other people's affairs. This is a special situation. I hope you can make sound judgments before taking action. Jinghe, your parents are not with you, so I hope you can take good care of yourself."
"Dad, Mom, don't worry. I'll be fine. I'll stay home well. Even if I don't go out now, these supplies are enough for me to eat at home for one or two years. If I save money, it won't be too much for three years."
Huang Jinghe tried his best to say something so his parents wouldn't worry too much, but such sensible parents felt even more distressed when they heard it. "Well, Mom and Dad are busy, so we may not be able to answer your calls. But now that the communication is still working, it's okay if you send us a message from time to time. We will definitely reply you when we have time."
"good."
After hanging up the phone with his parents, Huang Jinghe went back to his room to pick out his baseball bat.
Huang's parents, far away in another city, were filled with both emotion and anxiety. Huang's mother said, "The child is still so young, and you're asking him to face so many things alone. I don't know if he can hold on, and for how long."
Father Huang said, "If the Sister Lan that my son mentioned is really good, then we can ask her to look after my son a little more."
"We don't know if this fog will dissipate, or how much it will dissipate. We saw it when we went down to distribute supplies. It's only been a week and the corridors are already in such a mess. Even if Sister Lan can take care of her son now and he can mature later, she's bound to become disloyal over time when there are no more supplies."
Father Huang frowned, "Don't think everyone is so bad. What we saw today is only a part of it. Since there are bad people in this world, there must be good people. Why can't you hope that your son will meet a good person?
Besides, every community has people on duty. Once I find my colleagues in my son's community, I can contact them to help take care of him. I won't ask them to do anything, just a little bit of care, and they won't object."
"Well, that's all I can think of now. To be honest, I'm kind of glad Jing He dropped out and started over. If he were stuck in school now... well, I'd be even more worried."
Huang's father and mother couldn't help but sigh. Sometimes some decisions are really worth being thankful for. Thinking of this, Huang's father and mother's anxious hearts calmed down a lot.
And then... there was no then. Huang's father and mother started to get busy again, and they were always busy. They could only think about their son when they had some free time.
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