My Courtyard Refuge

The Strawberries Are Ripe

Early the next morning, a photo exploded in Moments.

This photo is not a masterpiece of a certain photographer, nor is it a private photo of a certain celebrity. The photographer is just an ordinary Luzhou native.

The photo went viral because it had a sensational caption:

The river has stopped flowing!

Dahe is the mother river of the Daxia people and the second longest river in Daxia.

It originates in Qingzhou, flows through the Jiudazhou District in the middle, and finally flows into Bohai Bay in Luzhou. It has a total length of 5,464 kilometers and an annual runoff of about 58 billion cubic meters.

In fact, since the beginning of the 1970s, the lower reaches of the river have suffered from flow failures many times.

However, since 2,000 years ago, with the completion of a number of water conservancy projects and the later South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the phenomenon of the river’s dry flow finally stopped.

Only this year, as the drought continues to spread, according to the usual practice, the river should have stopped flowing long ago.

But thanks to the melting water of ice and snow on the Tibetan Plateau far exceeding previous years, she is “lingering on her last breath” to this day.

Xu Dong was sitting in the office, leisurely scrolling through Moments.

What should come will always happen. The cessation of flow of a big river is a symbolic event, and there will be more big rivers declaring cessation of flow in the future.

“Xiao Xu, can Panjiayuan still buy food now?” Gao Yuemei asked worriedly.

Although the great river did not flow through Yanjing, its cessation of flow had a great impact on the people, especially the people in the north.

Xu Dong smiled wryly and said, “There were still some for sale yesterday, but I don’t know about them today, but even if you can buy them, the price is hard to say, it’s probably going to go crazy.”

“Sister Gao, is your family short of food?” Xiang Xin asked curiously.

Gao Yuemei sighed: “My son, who didn’t live up to expectations, bought 300 catties of rice for his mother-in-law’s family without telling me and his father. Are you angry?”

“Can I still ask for it back?” Xu Dong frowned and asked.

“Why?” Gao Yuemei shook her head, “Why don’t you come back? My in-laws and the whole family are desperate for money. Back then, the bride price cost our family hundreds of thousands.”

At such a time, Gao Yuemei couldn’t care less about her family’s ugliness anymore, so she spoke out all at once.

Xiang Xin said indignantly: “Brother Zhang is really, how can he be so ignorant, is it easy for us to get some rice!”

Xu Dong gave Xiang Xin a tug, telling her to stop. This is someone’s housework, and it’s best for outsiders not to get involved.

“It’s all instigated by his wife!” Gao Yuemei said angrily, if it wasn’t for the fact that her grandson was still young, she would have wished to kick him out of the house.

“Sister Gao, you should run around Panjiayuan more, and try to buy back 300 catties of grain. It’s worth spending more money.” Xu Dong persuaded.

Gao Yuemei nodded: “Xiao Xu, you are right, this is the only way to go now.”

After chatting about homework, Xu Dong went to the locker room to change into a police uniform, and then went to the gun store to apply for a police gun.

He just got his gun license yesterday., Today is his first day with a gun.

Not everyone in the security department is equipped with a gun. Older people like Uncle Chen and the others have a bad memory, so they voluntarily gave up carrying guns.

Because the gun is too sensitive, and an accident is a big deal.

Because Xu Dong is the captain, he must be equipped with a gun, otherwise, with his character, he would rather do less than do more.

Come to the north gate.

Chen Yang looked enviously at the captain in police uniform, and then noticed the holster on the other’s waist, his gaze became even hotter.

“Brother Xu, are you equipped with a gun?”

Xu Dong nodded: “Well, I just applied.”

“Brother, can you let me touch it? I’ve grown so big, I haven’t touched a real gun yet!” Chen Yang begged pitifully.

Xu Dong was very straightforward, directly took out the gun, unloaded the magazine, and handed the gun to the other party.

“Thank you bro!”

Chen Yang accepted it with excitement, but he was still very measured, and returned the gun within a minute after he got it.

“There is nothing to be envious of. As long as you work hard, you will be able to carry a gun like me in the future.” Xu Dong took the opportunity to encourage him.

Chen Yang nodded solemnly, as if his whole body was full of energy.

Because of the gun, Xu Dong didn’t even dare to take a nap, for fear that the gun would be stolen. He didn’t finally relax until he returned the gun after get off work.

Only then did he understand what a “hot potato” is!

…

After get off work, Xu Dong went to Panjiayuan for a stroll as usual. Grain prices had risen again, but the price of meat had risen the most, almost doubling.

Even so, Xu Dong failed to grab a piece of meat and could only return empty-handed.

Back home, Yang Lina had just finished picking strawberries and filled half of the basket.

“Husband, you are back, the strawberries are ripe, do you want to taste them?”

“OK!”

Xu Dong took a strawberry from the basket without washing it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The vegetable garden has not been treated with pesticides, so it can be eaten directly. The Keke sisters often pick cucumbers in the vegetable garden to eat.

“It tastes good, it’s sweet and sour, and they must like it very much.” Xu Dong laughed.

Yang Lina said unhappily: “It’s delicious, but you can’t eat too much. If you eat too much, you will have diarrhea. I still have to save some to make strawberry jam!”

“Did Aunt Wang deliver it?” Xu Dong asked.

After all, planting strawberries is still someone else’s idea, and even the strawberry seedlings are provided by the other party, so it is impossible to justify not sending some over.

“I’m about to send it off. This time, I’ve matured a lot, half of the family!” Yang Lina replied.

Xu Dong nodded without any objection.

After filling half of the strawberries and picking some fresh vegetables, Yang Lina took a big bag and went to the Xiangxi Family Community.

“Ding dong…”

“coming.”

It was Zheng Yan who opened the door. She was wearing a pink dress and a pair of cartoon-patterned slippers on her feet, looking very homely.

“Nana is you, come in quickly.”

“Sister Zheng, when did you come here?” Yang Lina asked casually after entering the door.

“I just arrived in the afternoon, come here to deliver something to my mother-in-law, and I will go back later.”

Yang Lina raised the bag: “That’s just right, I picked some strawberries, you can take some back home for the children to try.”

“Are the strawberries ripe?”

Wang Xiujuan came out of the bedroom with her little granddaughter in her arms, her face full of joy.

“It’s ripe, it tastes good!”

“Zheng Yan, wash the strawberries quickly, and let’s taste them together,” Wang Xiujuan ordered.

In less than three minutes, the strawberries were washed, and Wang Xiujuan and Zheng Yan each tasted one.

“How is it? Is the taste okay?” Yang Lina asked.

Wang Xiujuan nodded: “It’s really not bad that the first fruit has this taste.”

“Mom, seven…I want seven…”

Seeing the adults eating deliciously, Zhang Qi’s little baby also clamored to eat.

Wang Xiujuan was afraid that her granddaughter would suffer from diarrhea if she ate too much, so she went to the kitchen and cut half a piece for her. The child is too young, just taste it.

The strawberries were delivered, and Yang Lina didn’t stay long before leaving. Before leaving, she asked Wang Xiujuan to make strawberry jam together.

===Section 60===

When we got home, the twins had come back from school, and they were sitting in the living room, launching a fierce attack on strawberries in front of the triplets.