My Courtyard Refuge

: All People Plant Vegetables

Grandma Xiang Xin entered the kitchen, and within ten minutes, a steaming bowl of kelp pork rib soup was out of the pot.

Since He Jian’s death, Xiang Xin, as the widow of a martyr and pregnant with a child, has received special care for her rations.

That is, last week, a sum of 20 catties of pork was suddenly added to their food card account.

It is a pity that Lao He went to most of the grain stores in the urban area, and without exception, pork was out of stock, and in the end he only bought a little more than six catties of pork ribs.

“Xiao Xu, why don’t you bring it in?” Grandma Xiang Xin hesitated.

Xu Dong shook his head: “Xiang Xin needs someone to confide in most now. I’m not suitable as a big man. Auntie, you are more suitable than me.”

“Captain Xu is right. Go in, old lady, try to appease Xiang Xin as much as possible.” Old He echoed.

Granny Xiang Xin nodded, and then went straight into the bedroom with her job bowl in hand.

After a while, the heart-piercing cries of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came from the room.

Hearing the crying, Xu Dong was a little at a loss.

On the contrary, Lao He looked relieved: “It’s good to cry, I’m afraid that this child will keep everything in his heart. Not only will she feel uncomfortable, but we as elders will also feel uncomfortable watching.”

Seeing that things were progressing, Xu Dongzheng was about to leave, but the doorbell rang again.

Lao He ran to open the door, and two elderly people came in.

“Captain Xu, these two are Xiang Xin’s parents.” Lao He introduced.

Xu Dong quickly stood up: “Uncle Xiang, Aunt Xiang!”

“You are Captain Xu, right? Our Xiangxin is really thanks to you this time.” Xiangxin’s mother grabbed Xu Dong’s arm as soon as she came up.

“I also made a mistake…”

Old Xiang sighed: “It’s not a mistake, it’s because you young people understand young people better. Her mother and I persuaded her all afternoon yesterday, which was not as useful as your half an hour.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lao Xiang and his wife hurried into the bedroom, Xu Dong took the opportunity to say goodbye, Lao He held them back for a while, and finally sent them out of the community in person.

Back at the power company, Xu Dong first reported the situation to Section Chief Li.

“Xiao Xu, you did a good job this time. Young people are just brains. Like me, I can’t think of such a way at all.” Section Chief Li said with emotion.

“Coincidentally, I was also a dead horse as a living horse doctor at that time.” Xu Dong said modestly.

Section Chief Li put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his forehead: “Xiao Xiang’s matter, let’s leave it at that for the time being, you can go with me in a few days, if you can get nutrition here, remember to help me Get one.”

“I see, Uncle Li, how is Auntie doing recently, when is the due date?” Xu Dong asked casually.

“It’s not bad. The due date is in early August, which should be around the same time as Xiao Xiang.”

“Then it’s time to pay attention.”

“I know, your aunt is also considered an older woman, so you can’t pay attention.” Section Chief Li nodded.

Did Xu Dong think about it and said: “Then I’ll help my aunt get a big watermelon tomorrow, and eating more fruit will make me feel better, it will definitely be good.”

After several months of rest, my watermelon is ripe again. Last night’s after-dinner fruit was watermelon.

“Xiao Xu, please. “Section Chief Li smiled.

“Uncle Li, if you say that, you’ll be offended.”

…

Coming out of the office, it was almost time to get off work. I haven’t visited Panjiayuan for a long time, so Xu Dong planned to go around after get off work.

Now Panjiayuan is getting more and more lively.

Instead of going to his own small shop, Xu Dong went shopping directly along the street of shops.

“Boss Xu, long time no see.”

“Xiao Xu, you’re back.”

Along the way, people kept saying hello to him, including shop owners and ordinary passers-by.

After working in Panjiayuan for more than a year, and with his generous shots, Xu Dong is now a famous person.

Strolling to the butcher shop, Xu Dong went into the shop to have a look, and found that the shop had changed to a new owner, and the old acquaintance, Boss Cha, had left the shop at the beginning of the month.

“Where did Boss Cha go?” Xu Dong handed a cigarette to the new boss Lao Song.

Boss Song held a cigarette under his nose and smelled it, and then said:

“I heard that they have returned to their hometown. Panjiayuan’s meat business has completely collapsed, and they haven’t shipped much in the past month.”

“Is there no more dried seafood?”

Boss Song shook his head: “There is no meat left. We are fine here. I heard that many inland cities are already tightening their belts. The situation is a bit serious.”

“I’ve heard a little bit about this…”

“Well, after all, the conditions are different. At present, the self-produced food in each state is divided into 20-80. The inland areas lack water, and there are not many indoor farms at all. Right now, they all rely on the support from above, otherwise they will collapse early.”

Boss Song couldn’t help sighing. He himself came out of Jinzhou. Fortunately, he came out early, and now it’s difficult to settle down.

“Where is Boss Cha’s hometown?” Xu Dong asked curiously.

Even if the other party’s business can’t continue, they won’t leave Yanjing?

“In Guangdong Province, I heard that I went to dump seafood.” Boss Song replied.

“So it’s Guangdong Province!” Xu Dong said with emotion.

Now he is even more curious about Guangdong Province. What kind of magical place is this? The seafood market is so popular that people go on and on.

The batch of dried Antarctic krill that Boss Duan sold to him back then also came from Guangdong.

It can be seen that the place is absolutely unusual.

After wandering around the shop area, but found nothing in the end, Xu Dong then came to the street stall area, where you can set up a stall as long as you pay, and occasionally some good things will appear.

For example, he was lucky today, and he met a seller of raw melon seeds. He filled a bag full of it, which seemed to weigh less than ten catties.

Xu Dong stepped forward to inquire directly:

“Miss Boss, how much is your melon seeds per catty?”

The stall owner was a middle-aged woman, and she shook her head: “I don’t sell money, only food, as long as it is food.”

“Then where did you get these melon seeds?” Xu Dong asked curiously.

“I planted it myself. My house has a small yard. I planted dozens of sunflowers in flower pots. These are melon seeds that were harvested just yesterday.” The middle-aged woman replied.

Speaking of this, Xu Dong suddenly remembered the upsurge of growing vegetables among the people in his previous life. At that time, due to the shortage of food, many people simply used flower pots to grow vegetables.

Move the flower pots to the balcony during the day and move them back at night, so you don’t have to worry about the low temperature and freezing damage at night.

Many families survived with difficulty through this output.

However, this craze only appeared in coastal areas, and inland cities cannot even guarantee basic domestic water, let alone grow vegetables.

In his previous life, Xu Dong’s family had never grown vegetables at all. A few years later, he still saw related reports on the news.

At that time, I was thinking, how can such a precious water resource be used to grow vegetables?

Too extravagant and too wasteful.