My courtyard shelter

"Uncle Zuo, you can't say that. It's our luck to meet you." Yang Lina said with a smile.

"Uncle still wants to thank you."

Xu Dong asked again: "Uncle Zuo, how much grain do you have in your rural area now?"

"Not bad!"

The old man nodded:

"The drought this year is too severe. All the crops in the fields have died. Fortunately, every household has saved several hundred kilograms of food from the wheat and corn cobs harvested last year.

In addition, we can still buy some food every month. In any case, we can still hold on this year, but it's hard to say about next year."

"Are there also food purchase restrictions in rural areas now?"

"It's the same as in urban areas, but flour and rice are hard to buy. Most of the supply is potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Now that meat is expensive, everyone is happy to use sweet potatoes to feed chickens. Not only does it save time and effort, but it also makes much more money than farming."

Xu Dong felt that reality was a bit magical. When did the disaster year become a new hope for farmers to get rich?

Yang Lina took over and asked, "Uncle Zuo, do you still have chickens?"

"There are more than a dozen, all half-grown chicks."

"Can you sell us two more roosters?" Yang Lina asked.

Without roosters, hens cannot hatch chicks, and chicken is also a good source of meat, especially big roosters, which are the most nutritious.

"No problem, I want to exchange for a few more cans of milk powder!" The old man quickly agreed.

"That's great." Yang Lina said happily, "Uncle Zuo, how about this, you send me six chickens tomorrow, and I will exchange for three more cans of milk powder, what do you think?"

"Okay, uncle agreed."

After more than ten minutes, the car finally arrived home.

"Uncle Zuo, it's cold outside, come in and sit down." Xu Dong pulled the old man into the yard.

"Woof woof woof..."

"Mark, stop barking." Xu Dong comforted the dog.

The old man seemed a little restrained. He chatted with Xu Ma for a few words. After getting the milk powder, he hurriedly threw down the two hens and turned away.

Before leaving, the two parties agreed to come back tomorrow morning.

Xu Ma untied the rope tied to the chicken's feet, locked the two chickens in a large cardboard box, and then put some leftovers in it.

"Old man, don't go to the store tomorrow. Help me build a chicken coop in the yard. Try to make it bigger. There are still six chickens behind!"

Xu Dad was a little reluctant, "Can't I buy a chicken coop online?"

"Isn't it too late? It will take several days for express delivery. The weather is so hot, these chickens can't be locked together, it's easy to get plague." Xu Ma explained.

Xu Dad had no choice but to nod and agree. Fortunately, there was no shortage of wood at home, and it could be done in about one morning.

The next morning, Xu Dad got up at 5:30, brushed his teeth, washed his face, picked up the tools and started doing carpentry work.

Before ten o'clock, the chicken coop was built. Xu's father cleaned up and went to work.

Half an hour later, the old man finally arrived, and Yang Lina warmly entertained him.

"Nana, the six chickens are in the bag. I'm afraid that the chickens will suffocate on the way, so I have to open the bag every ten minutes to let it breathe."

Yang Lina poured a cup of tea for the old man, then looked into the bag and asked, "How many males are there?"

"Four males and two females."

After the old man finished drinking the tea, Xu's mother handed him three cans of milk powder that she had prepared in advance.

"Big sister, thank you, I asked someone to check the milk powder yesterday, and it is indeed good milk powder. Your family is all honest people." The old man took the milk powder and said gratefully.

Xu's mother waved her hand, "Milk powder is for babies, you can't cheat, our family never does that kind of black-hearted things."

The old man was about to leave after a few words, and Yang Lina personally sent him to the gate, and finally gave him two bottles of mineral water.

…

It was getting close to the end of get off work, and Xu Dong was packing up his things. Tomorrow was the weekend, and he could relax for two days.

The weather has been getting hotter recently, with the highest temperature almost breaking 50 degrees. Hundreds of people die from high temperatures every day in Yanjing.

He didn't want to go out at all. No matter where he went, it was not as comfortable as staying at home with air conditioning.

It was just that plans didn't change fast.

Before leaving get off work, Section Chief Li called all the people in the security department together and held a small meeting.

"Section Chief, is there another big leader coming to inspect?" Xiang Xin asked with a bitter face.

Every time a big leader came, the whole company had to do a big cleaning. Not only was it tiring, but you couldn't slack off at work, which was the most annoying.

Section Chief Li glared at Xiang Xin, and then said, "We haven't had a team-building activity for a long time. Tomorrow happens to be the weekend. Do you want to go out and play together?"

"Section Chief, it's so hot now, so let's not do it?" A male colleague whispered.

His words were unanimously recognized by everyone present. No one wanted to toss on a hot day.

"Ahem..." Section Chief Li coughed to quiet everyone down. He had already thought of a way to have the best of both worlds:

"Don't worry, we're going to the beach in Tianjin this time, so we can take the opportunity to escape the heat."

"Wow, that's great. I've wanted to go swimming at the beach for a long time." Xiang Xin said happily.

Xu Dong shook his head secretly. He really didn't want to go. He might as well stay at home and spend time with the children. But since it was a team-building activity, it wouldn't be good for him to be absent alone.

"Section Chief, how long will we be there this time?" someone else asked. It seemed that everyone was very enthusiastic.

"The entire trip is two days and one night. We will leave tomorrow morning and return the day after tomorrow afternoon. I have booked the hotel. No one of you is allowed to be absent!" Section Chief Li replied with a smile.

"Only fools would be absent!" Someone started to make a noise.

Gao Yuemei raised her hand and asked, "Section Chief, can I bring my family with me?"

"No, the bathhouse is too popular and it is difficult to book a room. I also managed to grab three large rooms with great difficulty. If I bring my family with me, where will they stay?"

"It seems so."

"Okay, at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, everyone take your luggage and gather at the north gate of the company." Section Chief Li explained.

"Section Chief, are we going there by car?"

"Whatever, you can drive if you want to, and you can take a colleague's car if you don't want to. I see that Xiao Xu's car is very big. If any of you don't want to drive, you can get in his car."

Section Chief Li paused and looked at Xu Dong and asked, "Xiao Xu, how many people can your car take at most?"

"Nine people can take it." Xu Dong said helplessly. He originally wanted to take someone else's car.

Three female colleagues immediately asked to ride in a Mercedes-Benz, and several older male colleagues had the same idea. After all, Tianjin is still a little far away, and it is too tiring to drive by themselves.

"By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to mention. The bathhouse does not provide three meals a day, so we need to cook for ourselves.

I will take care of the rice, and everyone should bring as many ingredients as possible. Old Gao is a good cook, so let her be the chef when the time comes." Chief Li added.

"Okay, everyone must bring more delicious food." Gao Yuemei accepted happily.

"I wonder if we can get meat?"

"There should be seafood for sale on the beach, and it's not bad to buy and eat it now!"

"How about a barbecue?"

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