The first day after Qu Dongbo left.
Miss him.
The first month after Qu Dongbo left.
I was busy as a dog while thinking about him.
In this era, communication is really too difficult. Daily short-distance communication is carried out through walkie-talkies. Although mobile phones still exist, their signals are gradually getting weaker.
Because the signal tower has been running on its own in the heavy snow for so many months and has not been maintained by anyone, it is almost to the point of being scrapped.
Antu County currently does not have sufficient financial resources to overhaul the signal tower and bring the entire area under its jurisdiction within signal range.
So long-distance communication is another big problem.
Except for the satellite phone, all other functions are not working.
However, satellite phones are only used in emergencies to prevent the signal from being intercepted during normal use. Therefore, communicating with Qu Dongbo became a big problem.
However, Zhang Yu came back a few days ago and brought a message to Lu Qin, saying that everything was fine and there was no need to worry.
Lu Qin only asked about the battle situation at the front, but Zhang Yu kept silent and only said that the current situation in Rongcheng was very serious, but the team led by Qu Dongbo had not suffered any losses for the time being.
…
Three months after Qu Dongbo left, Lu Qin still missed him.
However, she had completely gotten used to the days without Qu Dongbo, adapted to the life of leaving early and returning late, and also adapted to the rhythm of her job.
She even felt that she was beginning to enjoy it a little.
It turns out that even if you force a duck to do something, it can still adapt.
It was already October. Lu Qin looked out the window at the heavy snow still falling, feeling quite emotional.
In October last year, Lu Qin resigned, stockpiled supplies, and planned to move.
A year has passed in a flash.
There have been so many changes in this year.
First of all, there is the collapse of modern civilization. The forces that were once mainly divided by countries have been completely transformed due to the snowstorm and natural punishment, and have become forces divided mainly by single bases and gathering places.
Then came the changes in human life. No matter what jobs they had done before, those who survived the snowstorm all became people whose only purpose was to fill their stomachs.
This kind of "filling the belly" is filling in the literal sense.
Most people still rely on the grain reserves stored in the old days. They are the most stable group of people. Although they are not very rich, they can at least eat enough and wear warm clothes and live a stable life. However, the amount of grain reserves is limited. After a year of consumption, most of it has been used up.
A small number of people wandered around the old cities, living on the food left behind by the families who fled. Many people called these people who did not join the base "wanderers."
Not only did these people have to compete with organized foragers from the base, they also had to be wary of looting from fellow wanderers. They lived a life of barely making ends meet. Fortunately, though, when they struck it was truly rich. Once they found a small, unransacked shop or home, they were guaranteed to find a mountain of supplies.
There are also people like Lu Qin who intentionally or unintentionally have a lot of food stored at home. They are generally called "dog rich people", but no one can say anything about it, because they just have this opportunity!
However, those who secretly hoarded more than a thousand kilograms of grain were searched by Qu Dongbo.
The majority of the people were former farmers, and some of them had not yet sold their grain, so they naturally had a lot of it stored up.
The surplus grain had been largely confiscated. It wasn't that Qu Dongbo was being ruthless, but rather that a thousand kilograms of grain would take a family many years to consume. By then, not only would the rice spoil, but it would also become stale, wasting it.
Of course, it was not a free robbery, at most it was a forced transaction. Most of these large grain producers were given better living environments and other material compensation.
Another motivation for prohibiting the hoarding of grain is to prevent people from hoarding grain and "rebelling."
Food is the lifeline and must be completely controlled by those in power.
The changes in the population and the environment basically constitute the tone of the entire apocalypse.
The vast majority of people have abandoned everything from the old society and begun to adapt to the new life.
Lu Qin also gained a lot this year.
Life, career, love.
These were things she had never dared to imagine in her previous life. She had never thought that she would be able to have such a life in the end times.
There is no broken family from the previous life, no tragic separation from home, and no burden of life.
Instead, there is the nagging of the mother, the love of Qu Dongbo, the care of friends, the stable but tedious work, and the delicious food and drink that he could never have imagined in his previous life.
With a golden finger that doesn't make much of a presence, Lu Qin's life in this absurd doomsday can be considered comfortable.
For example, she is eating a bag of Lays potato chips right now.
“Crack, crack—”
Original Lay's potato chips have always been Lu Qin's favorite. The fresh fragrance of fried potatoes and the light salty taste, coupled with the crisp texture, make it impossible to stop eating them.
It’s not that Lu Qin is greedy, it’s just that he has been under too much pressure recently, and eating some snacks occasionally is a way for him to relax.
Anyway, she got the potato chips from the Golden Finger Space.
She had been looking for potato chips in the past few days, and finally today she opened a box. They were all mini versions that came in bags, and they were Lu Qin's favorite original flavor.
Lu Qin ate two packets in a row, thinking that it wasn't too much to indulge once in a while.
I’m afraid it will be hard to find this snack in the future.
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"Sister Lu! Come quickly!" Xiao Song suddenly knocked on her office door, ran over nervously, and pulled Lu Qin out.
"What's wrong?" Lu Qin was still thinking blankly, looking confused.
"Oh, Sister Xiao Shen asked me to tell you that the potatoes they cultivated were successful!" Xiao Song was ecstatic.
"Really?" Lu Qin almost fell down.
She was eating potato chips and was still lamenting that potato chips would be hard to come by in the future, but then potatoes were invented?
It can’t be such a coincidence, right?
"How could it succeed suddenly? When I went back last time, they were still sighing over their failure." Lu Qin didn't believe it and asked again.
"I really didn't lie to you! Sister Lu, let me show you, these are the potatoes they grew!"
Xiao Song took out a huge potato from behind him like a magic trick. It was almost as big as a soup bowl.
Even before the apocalypse, it was rare to see potatoes this big. Lu Qin was surprised. "Such large potatoes? Did Professor Zhang and his team grow them?"
"Yes, yes! I was helping Sister Xiao Shen dig potatoes. This big one was dug out by me. Hehe, there was a piece of it broken." Xiao Song scratched his head embarrassedly. There was a small wound on this potato.
When Lu Qin saw the small gap and smelled the faint fragrance of potatoes emanating from it, tears immediately filled her eyes.
Did the potatoes finally get planted successfully?!
Lu Qin couldn't believe it. Her potato research in her previous life... didn't seem so fast! And she had never seen a potato this big before!
If every potato was this big when it matured, wouldn't it be enough to provide food and clothing for all the people when there were no more food reserves?
"Let's drive up the mountain and take a look!" Lu Qin reacted and pulled Xiao Song out like the wind.
"The work here..." Xiao Song was still a little hesitant.
"Oh, wait until I get back, it's nothing serious! The potatoes are the most important!"
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