My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 497 Fusarium Wilt

The next morning, in a teahouse near Jingzhi Garden, Xu Bin's family of three, plus Xu's mother, met Pan Jun's family as scheduled.

After some introductions, the two parties sat down around the table. Tan Aifang ordered a pot of chrysanthemum tea and asked for an empty plate.

Xu Jingyi took out a pack of snacks from her handbag and gently put them on the plate.

Xu Ma pointed to the dim sum and introduced: "The biscuit was made by Jingyi's aunt herself. She said it was a macaron. From my point of view, isn't this a sandwich biscuit?"

"Don't say it really looks like it!" Pan's mother echoed.

"Yingying, don't you like sweets? Try it!"

Xu Jingyi said with a smile.

In the past week, because of working at the same newspaper, she and her "future sister-in-law" quickly drew closer, and even invited each other home for two lunches.

"Okay, thank you sister-in-law!"

Pan Ying couldn't wait to take two macarons.

Xu Jingyi blushed a lot, and quickly hit her boyfriend with her small fist a few times.

Seeing the interaction between the young lovers, everyone laughed in good faith.

"It's really delicious and sweet!"

Pan Ying praised.

"Eat more if it tastes good, Yingying's parents, you should try it too." Mother Xu smiled happily.

Pan's mother and Pan's father each took a piece of dim sum and tasted it carefully. Not to mention the taste is really good, especially the sweetness, which is so sweet to the bone.

Although the living conditions of the Pan family are not bad, they are only able to eat enough. Luxury goods like macarons are a rare enjoyment for them.

Xu Jingyi also took a piece for her boyfriend.

"Grandma Jingyi, you eat too!"

Pan's mother pushed the plate in front of Xu's mother.

Mama Xu shook her head: "I'm old and have high blood fat, so I can't eat such sweet things, you can eat them!"

"That's something to be careful about."

There wasn't much on a plate of dim sum, and since Pan Ying didn't know what it means to be polite, the plate quickly ran out.

Mother Pan wiped her mouth, a little embarrassed:
"Grandma Jingyi, I made you laugh. I haven't eaten sweets for a long time, so I didn't control my mouth for a while!"

Madam Xu smiled and waved her hands: "I'm happy that you guys like it!"

An hour later, the meeting ended.

The two parties just had a brief chat, without any in-depth topics. After all, the two children have only known each other for half a month, and it is too early to talk about engagement.

"Pan Jun, you drive Grandma Jingyi off."

Father Pan ordered.

"Yes, Dad!"

Mama Xu declined, "No need, we just take a taxi and go home."

"Grandma Jingyi, anyway, if Pan Jun has time, let him see you off, it won't take much time." Pan's mother immediately persuaded.

Xu Jingyi grabbed Grandma's arm, and also helped to persuade her a few words.

Mama Xu had no choice but to nod: "Okay then, Xiao Pan, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Grandma, don't bother!"

Pan Jun first sent his girlfriend's family back to the courtyard, and then returned to pick up his parents and younger sister.

In the car, Mother Pan couldn't help but sigh with emotion:

"Look at their life, it's much better than ours. I heard Yingying say how good their food is, and I thought it was a swollen face to make them fat, but now I know it's not."

"Mom, how did you know that?"

Pan Ying asked curiously.

"Looks can't deceive people, have you noticed? Jingyi's grandma never looked at the dim sum from the beginning to the end, she really didn't take it seriously."

Mother Pan explained.

Pan Ying licked her lips: "Macarons are really delicious, I don't know if I have a chance to eat them."

"I just know how to eat, your brother's business, you do your best, if Jingyi becomes your sister-in-law, what do you need to eat?" Pan's mother said angrily.

"Mom, you are right!"

Pan Jun smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, we Jingyi have a good relationship, don't worry."

"What's the use of it, in another week, you will be returning to the army, what will you do then?"

"We can usually call each other."

Pan's mother shook her head: "Unless you get the certificate, your father and I will really feel at ease."

"Don't take me, I have great confidence in my son."

Father Pan laughed.

……

On June 6, Pan Jun returned to the army.

When the time entered July, the share on everyone's food card suddenly dropped by one-fifth, which made it difficult for many people to accept.

According to this standard, the real hard days are coming.

Soon, a rumor appeared in the market.

In the office of the security department, everyone is discussing this rumor.

Lao Fang slapped the table hard: "Zhuo, if I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have signed such a shitty treaty. Let's just live our lives well, so why bother with the others?"

Ren Li was a little embarrassed. He was the beneficiary of this decision. Regardless of whether others objected to it or not, he was in favor of it anyway.

"Old Fang, I remember that you agreed with it at the beginning, and you said that you will return to the top of the world. Do you still have the face to say that?"

Sister Feng sneered.

"Hey, I also listened to the section chief's nonsense. He swore to me at the time that the population of other member states is not large, so the problem is not big."

"Okay, Uncle Fang, I've caught you now, talking bad things about the boss behind his back."

Xiang Xin said with a smirk.

The amount of food rations has no impact on Xiang Xin's family for the time being. Their family's food reserves are enough for three or four years.

Lao Fang immediately begged for mercy: "Xiao Xiang, it's not a gentleman's job to make a small report. Your Uncle Fang has nothing to hide, so just pretend you didn't hear it?"

"Ha... I'm a woman, not a gentleman!"

"Alright, Uncle Fang owes you a favor."

Lao Fang said helplessly.

"Okay, it's a deal."

Uncle Chen interjected, "Don't interrupt the two of you. The section chief is not omnipotent, and he doesn't know the specific situation abroad. It seems that his prediction was wrong."

"However, what the section chief said makes sense. After so many years of chaos abroad, there shouldn't be such a large demand. I don't know what went wrong this time."

Lao Gu couldn't help but sighed.

Their family didn't have much food left. Rehe's mistake caused their family a lot of losses. Looking back now, they regretted it.

"I still want to know!"

Lao Fang followed suit with a sigh.

"I can't live through this day!" Sister Feng said bitterly.

"I don't know what's going to happen next month! I heard that the price of grain on the black market is about to go crazy. I used to spend a little more money to find some grain, but now I have no chance at all."

For a while, the office looked gloomy!

"I knew I wouldn't give away the white sugar last time, so I should have saved it for emergencies." Sister Feng regretted it.

"Hey, Old Feng, why are you giving it away?"

Old Fang asked.

"Oh, I helped my Xiaojie find a job." Sister Feng replied.

Uncle Chen patted his thigh: "Old Feng, you are so confused, have you forgotten our family's signature?"

"I can't help it. Xiaojie quarreled with me every day, and later she wanted to go on a hunger strike. I agreed to her because of my soft heart..."

Sister Feng couldn't go on talking anymore.

"What job? Ten catties of sugar?"

Xiang Xin asked curiously.

"I don't have ten catties. I saved one catty. I can still work. I work as a staff member in the street office, and I have a staff."

"That's a loss, how much is the sub-district office's salary for a month? The oil and water are not as much as our company!"

The old man said with regret.

"Who said no? I regretted it on the day I delivered it, but what's the use of regretting it? Just treat it as what I owed her in my previous life!"

"Sister Feng, look carefully, maybe there will be white sugar this year!" Xiang Xin comforted.

"I don't think so!" Lao Fang shook his head.

"Even if the section chief is rich, he can't buy food right now, so don't expect too much."

Uncle Chen agreed.

On Xu Dong's side, as soon as he came back from the outside, he saw the office full of people, and he couldn't help but wonder:

"It's noon, you don't go to eat, what are you talking about when you get together?"

Xiang Xin hurriedly replied, "Boss, let's talk about rations again. This month's rations have almost fallen off a cliff. It's too scary."

"I've heard about it too. This time it's a natural disaster, and there's nothing I can do about it."

Xu Dongshun explained.

"Natural disaster? Section Chief, isn't it a man-made disaster?"

Old Fang was puzzled.

"What man-made disaster?"

"It's that shitty treaty you're talking about!"

"How is it possible?" Xu Dong shook his head:

"How many people are there in our country and how many people are there abroad? You can figure it out by yourself. Of course, there must be some influence, but it is not the main reason."

Lao Fang hurriedly asked: "Section Chief, what is the main cause? It can't be the natural disaster you mentioned just now, right?"

"It's a natural disaster." Xu Dong nodded.

"Boss, please speak clearly!"

Xiang Xin urged.

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation. It should be a small problem in the plant factory. It seems that there is some kind of blight that affects the food production."

The reason why Xu Dong knew this was entirely from the memory of his previous life. The "blight" incident this time has lasted intermittently for two or three years, and it has had a very large impact.

"Blight? True or false?"

"I also heard from other people that it seems to be a new bacteria, which is very difficult to deal with. Please don't spread it around, so as not to cause panic."

"Boss, don't worry, we won't talk nonsense." Xiang Xin assured.

Xu Dong immediately added: "If anyone of you speaks out, I don't care who it is, and all benefits for this year will be cancelled."

Xiang Xin was overjoyed: "Boss, are you still giving benefits this year?"

"Of course, don't worry, if there are no accidents, it will be released on Mid-Autumn Festival."

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, Xu Dong had already distributed a round of benefits to the group members of the rotation training class, and this time it should be the turn of the security department.

"Thank you, Chief!"

"Sister Feng, let me tell you, the boss is very capable!" Xiang Xin said happily.

Sister Feng wiped away her tears: "That's great!"

"Okay, don't be dejected. The difficulties are only temporary. You'll be fine after these two years. Don't worry too much, everyone."

Xu Dong encouraged.

"Boss, two more years?"

"This blight won't be able to find a solution every now and then. I guess you have to be prepared for a protracted war, as long as you know it well."

"This is too difficult!"

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