252, The Sea of Doom 21
Yu Heng made Li Jing's eyes red with just a few words. Facing these outsiders, he thought that he should talk things over. Only after the rules are set, there will be fewer conflicts in the future.
In the afternoon, Li Jing's mother came over and said to him in a nice voice: "Of course, of course, can I ask her sister to help her clean?" As long as she is willing to clean, he doesn't care. Afterwards, Zhang's mother whispered to him: "The two children are still too young, and the hygiene is not clean enough. I mopped it again."
As a result, the next day Li An cleaned for her sister, and it was worse than yesterday. Yu Heng stopped Zhang's mother: "Stop it, I'll go talk to her."
Behind the scenes, Li An and Li Jing told their parents: "Auntie Chen is so fierce, Grandma Chen is better."
"Be patient! When the dormitory is built, our family will find a way to move over there."
Under his toughness, Yu Heng's family can be said to have a smooth transition. In addition, they are all women, and most women are more reserved and don't like to make noise, so they live a pretty good life.
On New Year's Eve that year, Yu Heng also played the role of a host and gave everyone a bowl of dumplings stuffed with pork and leeks. Pig heads were very expensive these days, and one or two pieces of meat cost thirty yuan, which can be said to be a very precious thing. After a bowl of dumplings, it was obvious that some conflicts were eased.
It's better to be close than to have conflicts.
At the end of the year, not only Hexiang, but also many people moved into the third phase of the new city residence in Qionghaishan. At the same time, some people moved into rough houses in the unfinished dormitory area to temporarily avoid the waves.
Facts have proved that the decision of the authorities this time was very successful. In the first month of the new year, the old site of Kyoto was also submerged in the sea. With the former Ruishan Mountain, which runs across the north and south and divides the east and west, as the dividing line, three-fifths of the country's land fell.
The living space was greatly squeezed. What followed was the high price increase of daily necessities, and even - there was no market for them.
More than 500 million people in the country are crowded in the west. Except for people from certain classes, everyone's home is overloaded with residents. The leadership team of Kyoto has moved here a long time ago and is currently in the fourth phase of Xinchengju, four hours away from Hexiang.
The country within the country and the city within the city are all forced to do so.
"We are still relatively lucky. Those countries like so-and-so and so-and-so have long gone."
"Yes, I heard that they all live on boats. It's very bad when it's windy and rainy..."
"Who said it wasn't? It's so pitiful."
"I can't buy meat." One day, Zhang's mother and Yu Heng came back from the vegetable market empty-handed. They happened to meet Old Lady Ming who had just returned home. "You can't buy it either?"
Zhang's mother nodded: "They said they haven't slaughtered them yet. They will wait until the 15th to slaughter them."
"I can't even buy rice. They said I need to bring my ID card to buy according to my share. I'm here to get my ID card."
Hearing what Old Lady Ming said, Zhang's mother was shocked: "What does this mean? I haven't heard of this requirement!"
"I don't know. I'll go out first!" Old Lady Ming quickly took out her and her daughters' ID cards and ran out in a hurry.
"Let's go too." Yu Heng also took out her ID card and followed Zhang's mother out. When they arrived at the nearest rice shop, they really needed an ID card, and an adult was limited to buying 20 kilograms a month. The two of them were carrying rice bags back home, and they both felt a little worried on the way. However, Yu Heng was not as worried as Zhang's mother because he had rice in his storage ring. He was worried that starting with the purchase of rice, other purchase and price restrictions would begin one after another.
When a society begins to show such signs and food, clothing, housing and transportation begin to be uniformly controlled, it is a bad sign, indicating that the situation is tense and needs to be highly managed.
Soon, grain and oil and other materials in Hexiang also began to be limited in quantity and purchase. Then I heard that the breeding farms and farms radiating from Hexiang were taken over by the state and sold at a unified price and quantity.
Although there are inconveniences, such as obeying the arrangements in time and place, the benefits are also obvious, that is, I can finally buy meat!
Yu Heng actually has an idea: "Mom, why don't I go catch fish?" Because sharks and other aggressive species entered the mainland's waterlogged areas, fishing boats suffered heavy attacks. After years of low prices, fish commodities finally rebounded and are now only second to ordinary chicken and duck meat.
He and Zhang's mother can eat less chicken, duck and pork, but they can't eat less fish. They have to eat fresh fish - this is also related to their physical changes. But now there are restrictions on the purchase of fish, and sometimes they are not very fresh. After all, it is summer, and large-scale transportation cannot guarantee the freshness of fish. When they are sent to Hexiang from afar, most of them are half dead.
"It doesn't taste good." Yu Heng is not a picky person, but now his taste buds are particularly sensitive. The slight rotten smell makes him particularly uncomfortable. It's like eating rotten earthworms, and the taste is terrible!
Zhang's mother was also a little hesitant: "But there are sharks there now, eating people." If it was before, she would definitely not want to, but seeing that her son rarely eats meat, but it's like eating that, she is also helpless.
In the eyes of a mother, her son has lost weight!
"How about we give them money next time and ask them to give us a fresh one?"
"I've tried it, it doesn't work." Yu Heng, he, he had already tried it... The implementation of the new policy needs to be stricter, and the staff of the comprehensive market in Hexiang are stricter with themselves and do not accept any "bribes". Anyway, just grab whatever you want.
"What should we do..." Zhang's mother put down her chopsticks and asked, "Mom, can I go with you?"
"No, I'll go by myself."
Yu Heng never thought that one day he would be able to go fishing in the rain just to eat fresh fish, which was almost like risking his life. But now his physical condition is so bad that he just lacks a bite of food, which makes him very helpless.
"Host, you should be more open-minded. Didn't you say before that you should be better to yourself at your age? It's just eating fish, this pursuit is too simple. Let's be careful, I'll keep an eye on you, don't be afraid~" Ruiting also comforted him considerately and promised to provide help enthusiastically.
"Thank you, Jiujiu." He had no choice but to accept the care of the system and went fishing heroically.
There are actually quite a few people who go out fishing. Since the food control, everyone has less oil and water in their stomachs. They are not hungry, but they can't eat enough. No matter how rich you are, it's the same. Even if you have a small kitchen, you have to see if you have stock before. If you don't have any food, you can only have a bite or not.
Yu Heng has already inquired about it. There is a private team organized to go fishing together. He doesn't have a car, so he paid 500 yuan as the round-trip fare and got on the van.
There were eleven people packed into the van, and it was crowded. Some of them, like him, were going fishing for the first time, and they seemed nervous but excited.
"Is it difficult? Will we encounter sharks?"
"How to catch them? I brought fishing gear, can I get them out?"
The chatter was very lively.
The car stopped when it reached the nearest flooded area, and the owner said, "Meet at four o'clock! Drive back to Hexiang on time at four-thirty, keep an eye on the time and don't wait for anyone!"
Yu Heng did not join the others. He found a direction and began to think about going into the water. This is actually the east side of Qianrui Mountain. It can be said that it is now blocking the flood from the east. If one day it can no longer block it, then Hexiang will lose the last layer of barrier.
He put the clothes he took off into the storage ring and jumped into the water. Ruiting pretended to pull his hair and swung down with him.
As soon as he entered the water, Yu Heng felt an instinctive comfort spreading, like a fish in water. He floated in the water and saw black fish scales on his body, his hands and feet became webbed, his mouth opened unconsciously, and water gurgled through the newly formed gills in his throat to exchange gases.
"Wow~ So many fish!" Ruiting pointed to an underwater floor in the distance, where fish could be seen swimming behind the broken glass windows.
He nodded and swam over.
In order to catch fish, Yu Heng was well prepared. He planned to catch more and keep them at home, otherwise Zhang's mother would be worried if he caught fish every few days.
On the surface, he brought a 1.3-meter plastic bucket and tied it to the roof of the car. He also brought a fishing net. At this time, he threw the fish in one by one, and they couldn't run away.
He also found some new poisonous fish species, three kinds of them, a total of seven tails, which he packed in another bag and planned to take back and sell - he didn't understand the aesthetic taste of rich people, but he could sell them for a good price.
After catching the quota for this month, he went swimming happily. The more he swam, the happier he became. He couldn't help but turn over in the water, drill through the window, and dig out the rocks...
"It's almost four o'clock, host."
Yu Heng's movements suddenly stopped, and then he slowly retracted his hands, carefully washed the sand and dirt in the nails, and washed his face.
"Hey, Jiujiu, help me see if there is anyone up there, and keep an eye on them."
"Oh, okay~"
Watching rt9009 fly up, Yu Heng couldn't help rubbing his face, and rubbed it again. After a while, he hid all the features of his body, climbed up, pretended to pull out his schoolbag from the cracks in the rocks, took out his clothes and put them on, and then disguised his face a little.
There were shouts in the distance, and the signal for the return trip had been blown. After putting on his clothes, Yu Heng took out the plastic bucket, poured the fish in the fishing net into it, covered the fishing net on the bucket mouth, and carried it back.
"You're great! This is a pretty good catch!"
"Sister, can you sell me a few?"
Not everyone has a big catch. Facing other people who wanted to buy, Yu Heng refused all of them: "This is for my family to eat, I won't sell it." He only gave a half-meter-long sea fish to the driver, the owner of the car.
The owner's surname is Jiang. After receiving the fish, he smiled and said, "I'll let you know when I go out next time." This was considered as accepting his goodwill.
Yu Heng returned home with a full load. After carrying the bucket upstairs, he hurried to get water. After counting and touching, he found that two of them were dead. He fished out the dead fish and gave one to Old Lady Ming and the others, and asked Zhang's mother to clean up and cook the other one.
He has a homemade filter pump at home, which is simple and compact, and is enough for home use. He put half of the fish in another bucket and piled them all in the kitchen. To avoid unnecessary trouble, he also told other residents in the house: "Let me be clear, you are not allowed to take the fish in the bucket without permission. Everyone knows the phone number of the security department."
Now the residents are mixed, and in order to manage the situation, the punishment for various illegal behaviors is very severe, including theft. He also installed surveillance at home, and Grandma Ming and the others knew about it.
That night, Yu Heng ate the fairly delicious braised fish and ate three bowls of rice.