"All the honors I received after joining the army have been revoked, and all the sacrifices and efforts I made no longer count." Qi Mingyu said in a soft voice: "Wanwan, don't look so sad, because I don't regret it at all. I was able to return home to take care of grandma, and to meet..."
He didn't say anything else, just looked at Zhou Shuwan and smiled gently.
Zhou Shuwan didn't realize that he looked sad for the other person.
Perhaps it is because it is a helpless and regrettable thing that such an outstanding and righteous person as Qi Mingyu is ruthlessly deprived of his glory and identity.
"Besides this, is there no other punishment? Are you not allowed to retire because you knew the secret?" she asked quickly.
Qi Mingyu shook his head: "I have a teacher who values me very much. I saved him, and he interfered with my affairs. So, I was just expelled, and I didn't suffer any other losses."
Zhou Shuwan looked at his expression carefully and felt that he was probably not lying, so he slowly nodded.
"Then, let me ask you something." The other party suddenly said, "Besides my matter, what else did Mayor Lu say to you yesterday?"
Zhou Shuwan shook his head, looking honest: "No, he just asked me if I was willing to join them, and then he talked about you and asked me to persuade you."
Qi Mingyu curled his lips slightly and smiled faintly: "Next time someone says this to you, let them come and ask me directly."
Zhou Shuwan wanted to say that many people had misunderstood their relationship, and wondered if he should remind the other party.
However, she finally swallowed her words.
After the Qi family moved in, two families soon moved in downstairs.
The family's surname is Sun. The head of the family is Sun Pingyang, who has a wife and children, a family of four.
The family's surname is Jin, and the head of the family is Jin Cheng. His wife died of illness some time ago. He has only a son, a daughter-in-law, and a two-year-old child, making a total of four people in his family.
When I first arrived, every time we met, the Sun family's daughter-in-law was very enthusiastic and greeted me with a smile. Occasionally, when she met Mu Mu, she would hold my hand and praise me.
The Jin family was very indifferent. They just nodded faintly and walked away.
Because there were so many people downstairs, the crowing of the roosters upstairs could not be hidden.
One day, Jin's daughter-in-law, Yan Hua, went upstairs and knocked on Zhou's door.
After opening the door, the other party was a little embarrassed, but still asked bravely: "I heard that you have hens at home. I wonder if I can exchange some eggs with you? I have a child at home and I want to give him some nutrition."
At this time, it was already the end of January of the following year. The end of the world began in April, and 9 months had passed.
After the apocalypse, the four seasons were no longer distinct. Summers were neither too hot nor too cold. Floodwaters did not recede nor did they freeze. People became accustomed to traveling by boat.
Although the seasonal changes are not obvious, it is very advantageous for planting. The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold, which is suitable for the growth of crops.
The Zhou family has already had a good harvest of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and now they are planting another crop of sweet potatoes.
Several crops of other hydroponic vegetables had also grown. Qi Mingyu had acquired two vegetable dehydrators and gave one to the Zhou family.
The Zhou family dried and stored some of the harvested vegetables, and put the rest into the space.
Not only did the Zhou family have a bumper harvest, but the Qi family, Uncle Zhong and other families who also planted crops also harvested several crops of vegetables and grains.
When there are more vegetables, I am willing to feed them to the chickens, and add some canned pet meat to them. The chickens lay eggs very well.
The Qi family now has 9 hens, the Zhou family has 13 hens, and together with the two old hens picked up from Jiyun Mountain, there are a total of 15 hens.
More than a dozen eggs can be harvested every day.
I used to send some to my third aunt's house for Chunchun to eat. Later, my third aunt's family also raised five or six hens, but they were no longer needed after they laid eggs.
The Zhou family eats the eggs themselves and stores the leftovers.
The people downstairs come to exchange eggs, and I can exchange them for her, but how to do it is a problem.
Yan Hua handed over a basket containing two bunches of lettuce and a bunch of green onions that had just been hydroponically grown. They were picked clean and very juicy and tender.
Zhong Tiyun's family had no shortage of vegetables, but out of pity for the love of parents, she said, "Okay, I'll give you three eggs in exchange."
Scarcity makes things valuable. Now in the community, hydroponic vegetables are no longer a rarity. Every household grows them hydroponically and has a meal of vegetables every now and then.
But only a very small number of people raise chickens, and most people are reluctant to change.
Yan Hua was immediately pleasantly surprised and hurriedly thanked her: "Thank you, Aunt Zhong."
Her face flushed crimson, and she kept repeating these words of thanks, then took three eggs and hurried downstairs.
Zhong Tiyun thought, it seems that you don't know a person's temperament until you get to know him. This young wife named Yan Hua seems cold because she is not good at socializing.
Today I exchanged eggs for the Jin family. The next day, the Sun family on the fifth floor also came with some vegetables, wanting to exchange them for some eggs.
He has two children, both in their teens.
Zhong Tiyun then replaced them with four.
When Zhou Shuwan came back in the evening, the family talked about this matter at the dinner table.
Zhou Jianghai frowned and said, "Your mother feels sorry for the children in their family. It's hard not to exchange eggs, but she's worried that the two families will keep exchanging eggs and let outsiders see how many eggs we have at home!"
Zhong Tiyun was also a little worried: "It's not good not to change it, but to be honest, our family is also short of vegetables."
Zhou Shuwan said, "What's so difficult about this? We have more than a dozen eggs a day, but we don't worry about them going bad because we can store them. But it's not so easy for Grandma Pang next door. Mom, why don't you go to her house tomorrow and ask her what they're going to do with the eggs?"
The Qi family has a small population, and they have to collect seven or eight eggs a day. They might be worried about what to do with them.
The next day, I went to ask about it. As expected, Grandma Pang said worriedly, "Xiao Yu and I have been steaming, boiling, and frying it every day these days. We are almost fed up. I am considering whether to make it into preserved eggs for storage."
"That's great. Our family is also planning to do it. Let's do it together." Zhong Tiyun was very surprised.
After a pause, she asked, "Grandma Pang, did anyone come downstairs to your house to exchange eggs?"
Grandma Pang was startled and shook her head: "Did they come to your house to exchange eggs?"
Zhong Tiyun nodded and said, "My family is also planning to make preserved eggs. We have a large family, so we don't have enough eggs left to exchange. I don't know how to tell them."
Grandma Pang thought for a moment and then asked, "Tiyun, don't you want to exchange eggs?"
This is another serious question.
Zhong Tiyun said quickly: "Yes, my children Wanwan and Mumu are still growing, so they rely on eggs for nutrition."
Grandma Pang smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll ask and I'll exchange with them. To be honest, Xiaoyu asked our family to dry out more hydroponic vegetables."
Zhong Tiyun was surprised: "He also complains that your family doesn't have enough vegetables?"
The Qi family consists of only two people, but like the Zhou family, their upstairs terrace is filled with 60 square meters of planting boxes where they grow a variety of vegetables.
Many vegetables cannot be eaten at all, so they are all drained and stored.
"We're worried that the weather will change in the future and we won't be able to grow vegetables." Zhong Tiyun said after returning home.
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