My courtyard shelter

Friday is here again, and the news of the flu outbreak finally appeared on TV. The official preventive measures are to stay at home as little as possible, wear masks and wash hands frequently.

As for disinfection measures, they have not been promoted on a large scale due to the shortage of supplies.

After get off work, Xu Dong drove to the station to pick up Ma Lingling and her brother, and agreed that the brother and sister would come over this weekend.

In the car, Xu Dong smiled and explained: "Lingling, Xiaoxu, you can't go to your grandmother's house for the time being. I will take you to the new house. Keke and her family and grandpa live here."

"Uncle, my mother told us that the flu is very serious now, and my cousins ​​do need to pay attention." Ma Lingling expressed her understanding.

"Well, are there many people who catch a cold in your school?"

"Of course there are many. I caught a cold a few days ago, but I got better after taking medicine for two days. I didn't even take a sick leave." Ma Lingling replied.

Xu Dong asked with concern: "Are you feeling well?"

"It's fine, just like a common cold, but I sweat easily when I sleep at night."

"Xiao Xu, how about you, are you not infected?"

Ma Xu said proudly: "I wear a mask every day, and I'm fine."

Xu Dong smiled and said nothing.

In the crowded environment of the school, wearing a mask is useless. The eldest nephew probably had it before and has immunity.

Back to the Sanheyuan community, parked the car, and Xu Dong led the siblings directly into the door.

"Keke, Lele, look who's here?"

"Cousin, Xiaoxu, you're here." Lele said in surprise.

Xu Dong corrected with a stern face: "Xiaoxu is older than you two, you two should call him 'cousin', how can you just call him by his nickname!"

"Xiaoxu cousin...brother..."

At Xu Dong's request, the twins called out reluctantly.

Ma Xu looked excited.

"Lingling, help me watch them order, and uncle will go back to get you dinner." Xu Dong ordered before leaving.

"Don't worry, uncle." Ma Lingling agreed.

"By the way, cook the rice at half past six. There is rice in the kitchen. Two bowls of rice will be enough."

"Got it."

Xu Dong nodded and went out again.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Xu's mother had already prepared the food. Knowing that Ma Lingling's sister and brother were coming, she specially prepared two hot pots for dinner.

One was a seafood hot pot, the other was a dried chicken hot pot, and there was a big bag of side dishes.

When they returned to the new house again, Ma Lingling had already cooked the rice, and then started the hot pot, and finally waited for Xu's father to come back to eat.

Less than ten minutes later, Xu's father came back, and the family sat in the restaurant to eat dinner.

"Lingling, Xiaoxu, this is tuna meat, you two try it." Xu's father picked up a chopstick of fish meat for each of the brother and sister.

Ma Lingling picked up a piece of fish, blew on it, and then put it in her mouth. "Shh, so delicious, this is what tuna tastes like."

"Cousin, Dad bought a really big tuna, and the head is this big."

Lele opened his hands and drew a big circle.

"That must be several hundred kilograms, right?" Ma Lingling was surprised.

Keke rushed to answer: "I know, I know, it's 480 kilograms, Dad told me personally."

Knowing that her uncle's family is not short of fish, Ma Lingling completely let go and ate two large plates of fish slices by herself. She almost ate too much, and didn't even touch the fruit after the meal.

After dinner, Ma Lingling rushed to wash the dishes, and then everyone sat on the sofa, chatting about family matters while watching TV.

Recently, there was a big news in the international community, that is, the South Dynasty, a developed country, actually broke out in a civil war, which made many people in China shatter their glasses.

But if you think about it carefully, the South Dynasty has a small land area, but with 50 million people, the pressure is indeed not small.

In addition, the Southern Dynasty is a country with extremely scarce energy resources. There are almost no fossil energy reserves in its territory, and coal, oil and natural gas are highly dependent on imports.

The current international environment makes it very difficult for countries like the Southern Dynasty. In many cases, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy energy.

Xu's father sighed: "Once the Southern Dynasty is in chaos, the peninsula may really be unified."

"Impossible." Xu Dong shook his head and said, "The Northern Dynasty can hardly take care of itself, so how can it have the time to take care of the Southern Dynasty?"

"Really? Why is there a civil war when everything is fine?" Xu's father was very puzzled.

Ma Lingling interrupted and said, "Grandpa, our history teacher just talked about this this morning. It seems that the talks between the Southern Dynasty chaebols and the authorities broke down. Neither side was willing to make concessions, and finally they could only fight."

"Did your teacher say that the other side can win?" Xu Dong asked with a smile.

"The strength of both sides is similar. Our teacher guessed that it should be a stalemate, and neither side could eliminate the other."

Xu Dong praised: "I didn't realize that your teacher is quite capable!"

According to his memory of his previous life, this civil war lasted for three or four years. Finally, because of the establishment of the Asian Union, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

...

Ma Lingling and her brother stayed for a weekend and were about to go back. This time they also brought a large bag of vegetables, 20 eggs and a piece of frozen fish weighing more than 20 kilograms.

After getting off the high-speed train, a station staff member looked at the brother and sister with big and small bags and said enthusiastically:

"Lingling, Xiaoxu, are you going to your grandmother's house again?"

"Yeah!" Ma Lingling smiled and nodded. This was her mother's colleague, "Aunt Lu, do you know where my mother is?"

"Let's go, Auntie will take you to the employee passage."

After many twists and turns, Ma Lingling and her brother finally saw their mother.

"Old Xu, your Lingling and Xiaoxu are back from Yanjing." Sister Lu shouted loudly.

Xu Ting hurriedly thanked her, and at the same time, to express her gratitude, she took the luggage bag from her daughter's hand, and then took out a bunch of celery from the bag and stuffed it into her.

"Let's cook some vegetables in the evening."

"What is this for?" Sister Lu pretended to refuse and accepted it, muttering in her mouth: "Forget it this time, but don't do this next time."

After sending Sister Lu away, Xu Ting led her two children to the rest area.

Ma Xu asked in confusion: "Mom, you adults don't keep your word. Aunt Lu said the same thing last week. Why did she take our vegetables again this time?"

"What do you know at such a young age!"

"Brother, this is called a personal relationship."

"Okay, is your grandmother's house okay?" Xu Ting asked.

"It's fine!" Ma Lingling whispered to her mother, "Mom, my uncle got a 500-pound tuna, and my grandmother gave us 20 pounds. The fish is in my backpack."

"Really?" Xu Ting's eyes lit up and urged, "Let me see it."

Ma Lingling took off her backpack and gently unzipped it. Only half an hour had passed, and the fish had not thawed much and was still hard.

Xu Ting reached out and touched it, with a happy smile on her face. Such a big piece of meat is enough for their family to eat for a month.

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