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Grandma Xiang Xin entered the kitchen, and in less than ten minutes, a bowl of steaming kelp and pork ribs soup was ready.

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

That is, last week, a sum of 20 kilograms of pork was suddenly added to their family's food card account.

Unfortunately, Lao He went to most of the grain stores in the city, and without exception, pork was out of stock, and in the end, he only bought a little more than 6 kilograms of ribs.

"Xiao Xu, why don't you take it in?" Grandma Xiang Xin hesitated.

Xu Dong shook his head: "What Xiang Xin needs most now is a person to talk to. I am a big man and it is not suitable. You are more suitable than me."

"Captain Xu is right, old woman, you go in and comfort Xiang Xin as much as possible." Lao He echoed.

Grandma Xiang Xin nodded, then took the bowl of rice and went directly into the bedroom.

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

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

Lao He, on the other hand, looked relieved: "It's good to cry. I'm afraid that this child will keep everything in her heart. Not only will she feel uncomfortable, but we, as elders, will also feel uncomfortable watching."

Seeing that things have made progress, Xu Dong 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 must be Captain Xu, our Xiang Xin is really thanks to you this time." Xiang Xin's mother grabbed Xu Dong's arm as soon as she came up.

"I also stumbled upon it by accident..."

Lao Xiang sighed: "This is not a stumble, or you young people understand young people better. Her mother and I persuaded her for an afternoon yesterday, but it was not as useful as your half an hour."

After a few pleasantries, Lao Xiang and his wife hurried into the bedroom. Xu Dong took the opportunity to say goodbye. Lao He tried to keep him, and finally personally sent him out of the community.

After returning to 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 smart. I can't think of such a way at all." Section Chief Li sighed.

"It's a coincidence. I was also trying to save a dying horse at that time." Xu Dong said modestly.

Section Chief Li put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his forehead: "Let's leave it at that for Xiao Xiang for now. You can go with me again in a few days. If you can get nutritional supplements here, remember to get some for me."

"I know, Uncle Li, is your aunt in good health recently? When is the due date?" Xu Dong asked casually.

"Not bad, the due date is in early August, which should be about the same time as Xiao Xiang."

"Then you have to pay attention during this period."

"I know, your aunt is also an older mother, so you can't not pay attention." Section Chief Li nodded.

Xu Dong thought about it and said, "Then I will help my aunt get a big watermelon tomorrow. Eating more fruits will make you feel good, which will definitely be good."

After resting for several months, the watermelons in his own garden have reached the ripening time again. The fruit for the after-meal last night was watermelon.

"Xiao Xu, thank you for your trouble." Section Chief Li smiled.

"Uncle Li, it's too polite to say that."

...

After leaving the office, it was almost time to get off work. It had been a long time since he had visited Panjiayuan. Xu Dong planned to go for a walk after get off work.

Now Panjiayuan is getting more and more lively.

Didn't go to his own shop, Xu Dong went straight along the street of shops.

"Boss Xu, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Xiao Xu, you're back."

People kept greeting him along the way, including shop owners and ordinary pedestrians.

After more than a year in Panjiayuan, and always generous, Xu Dong is now a well-known person.

Wandering to the butcher shop, Xu Dong went into the shop and found that the shop had a new owner. An old acquaintance found out that the owner had quit the shop at the beginning of the month.

"Where did Boss Cha go?" Xu Dong handed a cigarette to the new boss, Old Song.

Boss Song held the cigarette to his nose and sniffed it, then spoke:

"I heard that he went back to his hometown. The meat business in Panjiayuan has completely collapsed. There has been no shipment in the past month."

"Are there no dried seafood?"

Boss Song shook his head: "All meat is gone. It's okay here. I heard that many inland cities are already tightening their belts and the situation is a bit serious."

"I have heard a little about this..."

"Alas, after all, the conditions are different. At present, the grain produced by each state is divided into 20% and 80%. The inland areas are short of water and can't build many indoor farms. Now it depends on support from above, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago."

Boss Song couldn't help but sigh. He himself came from 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, he won't leave Yanjing, right?

"In Yuezhou, I heard that he went to trade seafood." Boss Song replied.

"So it's Yuezhou!" Xu Dong sighed.

Now he was even more curious about Yuezhou. What kind of magical place is this? The seafood market is so popular that people keep coming.

The batch of Antarctic krill dried goods that Boss Duan sold to him at the beginning also came from Yuezhou.

It can be seen that the place is definitely unusual.

After walking around the store area and finding nothing in the end, Xu Dong came to the street stall area. Here, you can set up a stall as long as you pay money, and occasionally you can find some good things.

For example, today he was lucky enough to meet a person selling raw melon seeds. He filled a bag with them, which looked like it weighed nearly ten kilograms.

Xu Dong went up to ask the price directly:

"Boss lady, how much is one kilogram of your melon seeds?"

The stall owner was a middle-aged woman, who shook her head and said, "I don't sell them for money, I only exchange them for food, as long as they are edible."

"Where do you get these melon seeds?" Xu Dong asked curiously.

"I grew them myself. My house has a small yard, and I planted dozens of sunflowers in flower pots. These are the melon seeds I just picked yesterday." The middle-aged woman replied.

Speaking of this, Xu Dong suddenly remembered a nationwide vegetable planting craze in his previous life. At that time, due to food shortages, many families simply used flower pots to grow vegetables.

Move the flower pots to the balcony during the day and move them back at night, so there is no need to worry about the low temperature at night.

Many families have survived with difficulty with this little output.

However, this craze only appeared in coastal areas. Inland cities cannot even guarantee basic living water, let alone growing vegetables.

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

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

It's too extravagant and too wasteful.

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