Chapter 274 New Year’s Eve in the Second Year of the Disaster

This kind of joyful atmosphere can only be seen in the villa area. Only they have the leisure to celebrate the Spring Festival. There is no trace of the New Year atmosphere in the resettlement house.

As the weather gets colder and colder, people's lives are not easy. Some people who can't make money can't even afford thick clothes, let alone eat meat.

They also ate fish jelly cakes and rat meat jerky all day long. These foods are cheap and filling. Some pasta, cakes, steamed buns and the like are more expensive. Many people are reluctant to eat them. Fish jelly cakes are divided into two pieces for each job.

, adults can be full, but the steamed buns are not enough to fill the stomach.

But with the disappearance of the corpse-eating rats, the raw materials of rat jerky were gone, and the piranhas raised by Zhengfu gradually ran out of food. This caused the fish jelly cakes and rat jerky to gradually become nervous, and they had to exchange points every day.

The quantity is simply in short supply.

Many people can't buy frozen fish cakes and dried meat, so they can only eat more expensive steamed buns. Noodles are too expensive, and they can't get enough for one work point. If they buy too much, they can't bear to part with it. Otherwise, they will spend all their work points today and they won't be able to bear it tomorrow.

what to do.

There are hundreds of thousands of people to be resettled, and there are currently no enough jobs for them to earn work points. Without work points, there will be no food. They have no other choice but to go hungry and save work points.

As the temperature dropped, it became colder and colder. In addition, they suffered from hunger, lack of food and clothing, and even incidents of people freezing to death occurred one after another.

The higher authorities began to pay great attention to this matter. The deaths were not localized, but occurred in various resettlement centers across the country. This is a large number.

So the country issued a new policy on the occasion of the New Year, conscription.

Young men between the ages of 18 and 35 can sign up to join the army. As long as they pass the assessment and join the army, not only will they receive a fixed salary of 300 work points per month, but each of their family members will also receive a monthly salary.

Although the relief money of 150 work points is not a lot, it is enough to ensure that their family will not starve to death.

As soon as this policy came out, it caused quite a stir in the resettlement centers. Many people were weighing the pros and cons and how to choose.

If the family stays together and has no work points to eat or drink, they may be waiting to starve to death one day. Some people should serve as soldiers to ensure that their family members receive work points every month and will not starve to death.

This is a difficult decision to make. It may be a good thing for the family, but it is a very painful choice for this man. Now that there is a sudden mass recruitment, no one knows what will happen. He may go to the battlefield, or he may

He will die, but he has to go for the sake of his family. This is the responsibility a man should have.

When they were in a dilemma and wavering, Jiang Wan smelled a hint of danger. Calculating the time, a world war should not be far away.

Today's technological advancement is not as advanced as it was during World War II. Once a world war breaks out, the horror and casualties will be unimaginable.

Although countries are fighting a war over the meteorite on Mount Everest, no one can guarantee whether a missile will explode inland.

The people in the resettlement center are living a miserable life. How can the people in the villa area let them have a good New Year?

The fruits on the farm matured in the past few days, and the chickens and ducks began to lay eggs one after another. Jiang Ma’s small supermarket finally opened. As soon as the eggs, duck eggs and fruits were put on the shelves, they were loved by people in the community.

In addition, the Chinese New Year is coming soon and many people are buying New Year's goods, so the supply here exceeds the demand.

Basically, Li Erzhu from the farm drove over in the morning to deliver the fruits, eggs and duck eggs picked that day, and they were all sold out in the morning.

Some families even sent people to queue up specially. Sometimes, even before Jiang Wan’s family got up in the morning, a long queue had formed on the road outside, standing in the snowdrifts shivering against the cold wind, just so that their master’s family could

Take a bite of fresh fruit.

On New Year's Eve, my family cooked a table full of delicious dishes, including fried pork with chili peppers, fish with pine nuts, hot pot, and many fruit desserts.

Even though everyone in the family knows that natural disasters will only get worse, they still pray that things will get better next year.

The family had just had lunch and were going to stay at home to watch a drama. By the way, the family sat together to make dumplings. They usually eat dumplings here at night.

Who knew that the person on the property sent an invitation, but it was Wang Ricai who personally sent it. Seeing Jiang Wan open the door and come out, Wang Ricai had a smile on his face, "Tonight the community will hold a Spring Festival Gala, and we have prepared a program and a New Year's Eve dinner. Invite

All owners must come."

Jiang Wan looked at him with raised eyebrows, "Just the Spring Festival Gala?"

Wang Ricai was confused by Jiang Wan's question, "Yes, there will be a lot of delicious food in the evening. I heard that many ingredients are shipped from the planting department. The chefs have been busy since the morning, just to make

All owners, have a good year.”

"I understand." Jiang Wan looked at his innocent look, closed the door and entered the room.

Jiang's mother was looking up and looking out. When she saw Jiang Wan coming in, she asked curiously, "Who will come to us at this time?"

"The people on the property management said that the community will hold a Spring Festival gala in the evening and asked all the owners to go there. It seems that we don't need to make dumplings anymore and dinner is already in order."

Jiang Nai clicked her tongue, "It is indeed a high-end community, and it is still so thoughtful even after the New Year."

Jiang Wan pouted, "It's hard to say whether we should go to the Spring Festival Gala or whether we should be invited to the Hongmen Banquet."

"What do you mean by that?" Father Jiang asked.

"The people in the resettlement centers are living in dire straits, and with the recent massive military recruitment, how can the country allow these people to live in luxury homes, be protected, and live a good life with supplies?"

The dinner prepared by the community was not as extravagant as that of Yan Wen's family, but it was also exquisitely decorated, befitting the status of these wealthy people.

The venue for the party seemed to be a temporary one, and it was warm when you walked in.

The lights and flowers inside are beautifully decorated. The round tables are covered with white tablecloths and decorated with bottles of artificial flowers. There is a large stage above.

It seems that some thought has been put into today's dinner, and several programs have been arranged.

Each round table has a name and has been assigned seats. Perhaps because Jiang Wan knows Yan Wen, their seats are arranged in the second row.

Jiang Wan glanced at the names on the table in front of her and saw the two characters Yan Wen.

Jiang Wan and the others arrived relatively early, and not even half of the people inside were there yet. The waiter brought them some melon seeds and candies. Jiang Wan grabbed a handful and knocked two of them. There was a bit of a strange smell, probably before the disaster.

Put it on the current one, and throw it back on the plate if you feel disgusted.

After waiting for a while, the truth is as Jiang Wan thought. You have to come to this banquet today, or you have to come if you don't.
Chapter completed!