"Everyone, there is still a big problem before us now. If it cannot be solved, I will not be able to collect more grain."
"What's the trouble?"
Mayor Paul suddenly frowned.
"Logistics issues, this batch of grain is going to be exported to the Eastern Region. In our town alone, there are at least hundreds of thousands of tons. This is not a small amount.
Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic to rely solely on road transportation. It is too time-consuming. Even if I am willing, you may not want to wait. Let’s find a solution together?”
Zhang Jiayi replied.
Old William has the most experience: "Since the road is impassable, we can only use the railway. As long as our volume is large enough and the freight is appropriately increased, I think the railway company will definitely be willing to open a special line."
Generally speaking, a train can haul almost 5,000 tons of grain. Even if it works around the clock, it will take at least ten days and a half.
A sudden increase of several times the amount may not be completed within a month. Zhang Hao had taken it for granted before.
"Leave this to me and I'll contact you tomorrow."
Mayor Paul took the initiative to take over the task.
"We can't give up on highways. My brother is urging me. If you have the conditions, it's best to transport the grain to the port yourself. The purchase price can be increased by 10%."
Zhang Jiayi’s move was also helpless.
If the time is prolonged, food prices will definitely rise.
Then the gains will outweigh the losses.
"Is this true?"
Everyone suddenly became excited.
The purchase price of 10% is much higher than the shipping cost.
"If you are worried, we can add this clause to the contract."
Zhang Jiayi nodded solemnly.
……
Compared with the panic on the other side of the ocean, people here in the Oriental Region seem to be much calmer. Most people eat three meals a day and commute to get off work as usual.
Only a small number of people with a strong sense of worry began to systematically hoard various survival supplies, but the number was very limited, and they were simply rare.
It can be said that there are almost no people who are going to war like Zhang Hao. After all, doomsday conspiracy theories lack the ground to survive in the Eastern Region, and they are not even considered a niche.
Even fewer are willing to put it into practice.
But there are no absolutes in everything.
In addition to young people, there is another group of people who have been affected. They are the elderly group who have been "brainwashed" by various short video marketing accounts.
Led by them, a wave of panic buying quickly set off in the society.
Li Dajuan is one of them.
Early in the morning, Zhang's mother couldn't wait to make a phone call to her son, reminding him to go to the market quickly and buy a few bags of flour and not to take it seriously.
Zhang Hao naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
After seeing his grandma finish the phone call, Cao Fan couldn't help but persuade her again:
"Grandma, those marketing accounts on the Internet are all nonsense, deliberately scaring you old people. How can there be an end of the world in reality?"
"Is it so difficult for you to take a day off?"
Li Dajuan is not in a good mood.
Everyone else in the family has formal jobs, but the eldest grandson is the only one who opens his own company and is the boss, which gives him more freedom, so he was caught by her as a young man.
"Grandma, I didn't mean that..."
"Then stop talking nonsense, eat quickly, and go to the supermarket with me after eating. Your father and mother are busy at work. Fortunately, grandma is here, otherwise your family will prepare to drink the northwest wind next!"
Little Pudding heard this and said with a sweet voice: "Grandma, I also want to go to the supermarket. Little Pudding is very strong and can help you get a lot of things."
Big Pudding followed and raised his little fat hand:
"Grandma, and me!"
"Don't be naughty. It's very chaotic outside today. There are big bad guys. Grandma can't defeat the bad guys. I'll send you to Grandma Zhong's house next door later. You two should be obedient. Grandma will bring you delicious food when she comes back."
Li Dajuan quickly warned.
"Okay!"
The Pudding brothers nodded repeatedly.
Grandma Zhong’s family has a very cute little sister, and they love playing with her.
An hour later, Cao Fan drove his grandmother to a nearby supermarket.
If you hadn’t been there, you wouldn’t have known that the usually deserted supermarket was actually full on one day. There were people everywhere inside and outside, and most of them were elderly people.
Cao Fan saw a white-haired old man, holding a box of eggs in his arms and walking as fast as he could. He was even more agile than a young man and did not look like an old man at all.
Li Dajuan reached out and patted her eldest grandson, and urged loudly: "Don't be in a daze, follow me in quickly. If you don't buy anything, everything will be robbed."
"Grandma, I'm going to push a shopping cart over."
"What shopping cart do you want? There are so many people inside, there is no place to stand, and the items in the cart are easy to be stolen. Just take two shopping baskets."
Li Dajuan gave the order directly.
Cao Fan immediately ran over and grabbed two shopping baskets, and then squeezed into the supermarket with his grandmother.
He already had a premonition that he would be in big trouble today.
The time soon reached noon, and Li Dajuan glanced at the "trophies" in the car with unfulfilled interest, and finally gave up the idea of continuing shopping:
"Let's stop here today. There isn't much good stuff in the supermarket. Let's go back and come over again after the supermarket has finished replenishing the goods. There is a little less flour."
"Hey, okay!"
When Cao Fan heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't remember which car this was, and his grandma was very good at buying it. Not to mention other things, she just stocked up on dozens of boxes of toilet paper, which will last until three years later.
After returning from the supermarket, Li Dajuan ordered a pot of noodles, and then she couldn't wait to carry a bag of rice to her neighbor's house next door, preparing to take her grandchildren home.
"Dong dong dong..."
"Lao Li, are you back? How was your shopping?" Zhong Xiaoqin asked with a smile.
"We'll be ready if we go again tomorrow." Li Dajuan showed the rice in her hand, "Aren't you from the south? I'll give you a bag of rice."
"You're welcome."
Zhong Xiaoqin reluctantly took the rice.
She is a university professor. With her cultural literacy and knowledge, the rumors in the market will not affect her at all.
Li Dajuan smiled and then waved to her grandchildren: "Big pudding, little pudding, lunch is ready, come here and go home with grandma."
"Grandma, I want to play a little longer."
"Be good and be obedient."
"Lao Zhang, how about we let them eat at our house? My lunch will be ready soon."
Zhong Xiaoqin suggested.
Li Dajuan waved her hand: "Don't bother me. Anyway, our two families are only a few steps away. After dinner, I will send them over and chat together again.
The young man you told me about last time is very good. I went to see him yesterday. He is very energetic and a good match for our third child. Please tell me again."
"As long as you are satisfied, I will look for an opportunity for the two children to meet together later."
"Okay!" Li Dajuan said, holding a grandson by the hand, "Hurry up and say goodbye to Grandma Zhong!"
Liao Jialin came over and took the rice from her mother-in-law's hand, saying with disgust:
"What's wrong with giving, rice? Mom, where did this Aunt Zhang come from? Why haven't I seen her before?"
"She is Dr. Cao's mother-in-law next door. She moved here in July."
"Do you plan to stay here for a long time?"
"Their home is being renovated and they will stay here temporarily."
"Oh, Dr. Cao is going to have a headache now, and this Aunt Zhang is really like rain when she hears the wind. She went out to pull several carts of things in the morning and came back. I guess the house is almost piled up."