Because the joint defense team conducted a surprise inspection of the sorting factory, everyone continued to eat lunch on Cao Xinglong's birthday. After Fatty Li was released and the people from the joint defense team tore off the seal, it was time to start work in the afternoon.

, everyone also brought the meals packed by the restaurant back to the sorting factory, and sat in the office for a simple birthday party.

"Oh, what's going on with you guys today? Why did you order so many dishes?" Fatty Li looked at the six dishes and one soup on the table, feeling extremely sick: "In the past few days, prices have been rising crazily.

We have to save some money, but you guys are better off, this is too extravagant! We are not big bosses, so why should we pay attention to ostentation on birthdays? Wouldn’t it be nice to boil some noodles and put a poached egg on it!"

"Brother Li, are you being too stingy? We are all buddies, what can we do with some food and drink!" Shangguan Xiaohu chewed the pig's trotters in his hand and said disapprovingly: "No matter how high the price rises, our hands

Isn’t there still business here? The dock handling lines in the West District, coupled with the sorting plants and garment factories in the South District, can we still starve to death?"

"Although that is said, the truth is wrong. If we save money, we can do bigger business, and if we do bigger business, we can make more money! But when food is eaten in the stomach, it only

It can turn into a daddy! We don’t farm, so what’s the use of a daddy? And the prices have risen really outrageously recently. I just moved into the city... When I first moved to Nancheng District, the grain cost was 1 yuan and 50 kilograms. Now what?

?It has only been less than a month, but today it has risen to six yuan! It has quadrupled! I heard that due to the war, the transportation routes of many transport convoys in the refugee areas have been blocked, resulting in insufficient supply of supplies.

! So the price of food is going to rise in the short term. I heard it might even increase tenfold!" While Fatty Li was nagging, he happened to see Lin Bao wiping his mouth with toilet paper and started nagging again: "Oh, there's more.

You, when you wipe your mouth, just tear off a small piece of paper! Why do you fold it? That's a lot of waste paper?"

Lin Bao was speechless: "Brother Li, this is not food, so what?"

Fatty Li responded without hesitation: "Isn't toilet paper bought with money? If you waste two sheets today, it will be four sheets tomorrow. Add up a little and make a lot, from ten to a hundred, from a hundred to a thousand...rounded up, that's one hundred million! One hundred million

Change to two hundred million, two hundred million to four hundred million! If you continue to waste like this, our business will be dragged down by you! This will affect the overall economic environment of Nancheng District. When the impact further expands, then the entire economic system of Fortress No. 87

It will collapse! When civil strife breaks out, the fortress will be gone! If the fortress is gone, there will be a war, and when there is a war, the whole country will be in chaos..."

Lin Bao looked confused and fell into deep self-doubt: "Just a piece of paper, how can I feel that it can easily lead to the destruction of the world?"

"hey-hey!"

Cao Xinglong next to him was picking his teeth and sitting on the side watching the excitement.

Fatty Li turned his head again: "And you! Can't you wait until you finish eating to pick your teeth? After a while, how many toothpicks have you used? I'm not talking about you, you wasted five toothpicks today.

,Then tomorrow is..."

"brush!"

Cao Xinglong and Fatty Li looked at each other and tactfully took off the hearing aids from their ears. Suddenly, the whole world felt quiet.

After Shangguan Xiaohu finished chewing the pig's trotters, he stretched out his hand and tore off a chicken leg. He looked at Ning Zhe with his mouth full of oil and asked, "Brother Zhe, have you noticed that Brother Li is a little weird today?"

"Stress reaction, he was frightened after being taken away by the joint defense team. He needs an outlet to express his fear." Ning Zhe answered softly, then looked at Fatty Li: "Hey, the price of food is so expensive

The price has risen so high, have you stored any food?"

Fatty Li nodded: "Save it! When you were at the West District Pier, you told me that prices were going to rise, so I bought half a bag of rice, a bag of millet and two bags of cornmeal and saved them!"

Ning Zhe blinked: "Then do you think that little food is enough for so many of us? Don't forget, except for a few of us, we are also responsible for the food of those friends who were asked by Aaron and Ah Bao to help

!”

"Ouch! How could I have forgotten this!" Fatty Li suddenly slapped his thigh, picked up the truck key on the table, and hurried out the door: "No, I can't eat, I have to take advantage of the food.

If the price has not reached its peak, we should save some more food, otherwise if we delay it for one more day, we will have to spend a lot of money!"

"Brother Li, do you want to go after eating?" Lin Bao shouted while pinching the toilet paper in his hand.

"I won't eat it! Food is so expensive. If I eat less, I can save more money!" Fatty Li said a word and disappeared at the door in an instant.

"Oh, I'll go, I'm finally clean!" Seeing Fatty Li leave, Cao Xinglong breathed a sigh of relief and put on the hearing aid again: "Eat, eat!"

Ning Zhe lost his appetite as he looked at the dragon, tiger and leopard devouring the delicacies on the table. According to Fatty Li, the food in the city had already risen to six yuan a pound. I'm afraid the refugees outside

The district meeting was even more difficult. Ning Zhe looked at the time. Although it was Sunday, he still walked outside the door and dialed the number of the security post.

Zhang Fang's voice soon came out: "Hello, Azhe?"

Ning Zhe knew that the long calls at the security post would attract the attention of the telecommunications agencies in the city, so he asked bluntly without exchanging pleasantries: "I just heard that the price of food in the city has doubled several times. How is it outside the city?"

"As usual, you are familiar with life outside the city. No matter when the refugees arrive, they receive the same supplies. One potato, one bean cake, and one liter of water every day." Zhang Fang knew what Ning Zhe wanted to hear.

, and did not beat around the bush: "The rations for our law enforcement post are regularly supplied by the fortress. Occasionally I will privately bring some vegetables and other things to Lin Xun and the others, but in order not to attract attention, the quantity cannot be too much. They already have it."

The three shops and the original brothel in Heiqi are now in their hands. There are no big problems in life, so you don’t have to worry about that."

Ning Zhe finally felt relieved after hearing this answer: "I am currently in the city and have stabilized my steps. Can I think of a way to send you some supplies?"

Zhang Fang sighed: "No problem, our usual supplies are all uniformly dispatched by the management center and issued by the Materials Administration. Personal items are not allowed to be included. This is also a means to prevent smuggling. I can only wait for me to go to the city to report on my work."

Only then can you bring out some personal items."

Ning Zhe continued to ask: "Didn't things in the city get smuggled into the refugee areas in the past? What channels did they use?"

Zhang Fang explained: "Smuggling outside the city is usually done by people from the Materials Administration. This is their internal cake and will not allow outsiders to get involved. Without the relationship with the Materials Administration, it would be difficult to transport things out.

Moreover, smuggling is a serious crime, and people from the Materials Administration will not take the risk of cooperating with other people in the fortress. They are only doing their own business, so if you want to send things out, it is not realistic."

"In this case, I ask you to take more care of Lin Xun and the others." After listening to Zhang Fang's words, Ning Zhe stopped asking further questions. He has not even entered the administrative area now, so naturally he cannot contact people from the Materials Department.

He knew why, but he always felt that Zhang Duo had such channels, but from the heart, he didn't completely trust Zhang Duo, and he didn't want to tell him about his group of brothers in the refugee area, because if he did so
Chapter completed!