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The next morning, a photo went viral on WeChat Moments.

This photo was not a masterpiece by a photography master, nor was it a private photo of a celebrity. The photographer was just an ordinary Luzhou person.

The reason why the photo went viral was because it had a sensational title:

The river is dry!

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

It originates in Qingzhou, flows through nine states, and finally flows into Bohai Bay in Luzhou. It is 5,464 kilometers long and has an annual runoff of about 58 billion cubic meters.

In fact, since the early 1970s, the lower reaches of the river have been dry many times.

However, since the year 2000, with the completion of a number of water conservancy projects and the subsequent South-to-North Water Diversion Project, the dry-up phenomenon of the river has finally stopped.

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This year, as the drought continues, according to convention, the river should have dried up long ago.

But thanks to the melting water of ice and snow on the Tibetan Plateau, which is far more than in previous years, it has "lingered on" until today.

Xu Dong sat in the office, leisurely browsing his circle of friends.

What is coming will always happen. The drying up of the river is a landmark event, and more rivers will be announced to be dried up in the future.

"Xiao Xu, can you still buy food in Panjiayuan now?" Gao Yuemei asked worriedly.

Although the river does not flow through Yanjing, its drying up has brought too much impact to the people, especially the people in the north.

Xu Dong smiled bitterly and said, "There were some for sale yesterday, but I don't know today. But even if you can buy it, the price is hard to say. It is estimated that it will go crazy."

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

Gao Yuemei sighed: "My son, who is not doing well, has taken 300 kilograms of rice to his mother-in-law's family without telling me and his father. Isn't it infuriating?"

"Can it be taken back?" Xu Dong asked with a frown.

"Why?" Gao Yuemei shook her head, "If I don't take it back, my in-laws are all greedy for money. They took hundreds of thousands of yuan from our family for the betrothal gift."

At this point, Gao Yuemei didn't care about the family scandal and told everything in one go.

Xiang Xin said indignantly: "Brother Zhang is really stupid. How can he be so ignorant? It's not easy for us to get some rice!"

Xu Dong pulled Xiang Xin to stop. This is someone else's family affair, and outsiders should not interfere.

"It's all his wife's instigation!" Gao Yuemei said angrily. If it weren't for the fact that her grandson was still young, she would have wanted to drive him out of the house.

"Sister Gao, you should go to Panjiayuan more often and try to buy back 300 kilograms of food. It's worth spending more money." Xu Dong advised.

Gao Yuemei nodded: "Xiao Xu, you are right. This is the only way now."

After chatting about family matters, 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 only got his gun license yesterday, and today is his first day to be armed.

Not everyone in the security department is armed. Old people like Uncle Chen have poor memory and took the initiative to give up the gun.

Because it is too sensitive to be armed, and once something goes wrong, it is a big deal.

Because Xu Dong is the captain, he must be armed. Otherwise, with his personality, he would rather have less trouble than more trouble.

Arrived at the north gate.

Chen Yang looked at the captain in police uniform with envy, and then noticed the holster on his waist, and his eyes became more fiery.

"Brother Xu, do you have a gun?"

Xu Dong nodded: "Yes, I just applied for it."

"Brother, can you let me touch it? I have never touched a real gun in my life!" Chen Yang begged pitifully.

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

"Thank you, brother!"

Chen Yang took it with excitement, but he was still very sensible. He returned the gun in less than a minute.

"What is there to envy? As long as you work hard, you can also have a gun like me in the future." Xu Dong took the opportunity to encourage.

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

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

It was not until this time that he understood what "hot potato" meant!

…

After get off work, Xu Dong went to Panjiayuan as usual. The price of food had indeed risen again, but the price of meat had risen the most, almost doubling.

Even so, Xu Dong was unable to grab a piece of meat and had to return empty-handed.

When he got home, Yang Lina had just picked strawberries and filled half a basket.

"Honey, you're back. The strawberries are ripe. Do you want to try some?"

"Sure!"

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

The vegetable garden had not been sprayed with pesticides, so it was edible directly. The Coco sisters often picked cucumbers in the vegetable garden to eat.

"It tastes good, sour and sweet. Coco and the others must like it very much." Xu Dong smiled.

Yang Lina said unhappily: "Even if it tastes good, you can't eat too much. Eating too much will cause diarrhea. I have to save some to make strawberry jam!"

"Did Aunt Wang send it?" Xu Dong asked.

After all, it was someone else's idea to grow strawberries, and even the strawberry seedlings were provided by the other party. It would be unreasonable not to send some over.

"I was just about to send them. They are much more ripe this time. Half for each family!" Yang Lina replied.

Xu Dong nodded without objection.

After filling half of the strawberries and picking some fresh vegetables, Yang Lina went to the Champs-Elysées community with a big bag.

"Ding Dong..."

"I'm here."

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, it's you, come in quickly."

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

"I just arrived in the afternoon. I came to give something to my mother-in-law. I will be back soon."

Yang Lina held up the bag: "That's perfect. I picked some strawberries. You can take some back for the children to taste."

"Are the strawberries ripe?"

Wang Xiujuan walked out of the bedroom holding her granddaughter, her face full of joy.

"It's ripe and tastes great!"

"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 tasted one each.

"How is it, does it taste okay?" Yang Lina asked.

Wang Xiujuan nodded: "It's really good for the first batch of fruit to have this taste."

"Mom, seven... I want seven..."

Seeing the adults eating sweetly, baby Zhang Qi also clamored to eat.

Wang Xiujuan was afraid that her granddaughter would have diarrhea if she ate too much, so she went to the kitchen to cut half a strawberry for her. The child was too young, so she just tasted it.

The strawberries were delivered, and Yang Lina left not long after she left. Before leaving, she asked Wang Xiujuan to come back and make strawberry jam together.

When they got home, the twins had already returned from school. The two were sitting in the living room, and in front of the triplets, they launched a fierce attack on the strawberries.

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