Chapter 24 Relief Supplies Begin to be Distributed
Days passed by, and before we knew it, the New Year was almost here.
At this time in her previous life, Yu Miaomiao worked odd jobs and did manual labor at the base. She finally got a job at the base's medical station and was so busy every day that she barely had time to breathe.
In this life, she was still sitting with her parents celebrating the New Year at this time last year, making many New Year's wishes, all of which vanished like bubbles. But people should live in the present. In this life, she is already very lucky. She can be with her friends and spend a simple Spring Festival, something she dared not hope for in her previous life.
Calculating the time, it was just before the Spring Festival, which was also the time when relief supplies would begin to be distributed, and the radio began to play intermittently repeated announcements.
"The official Ningcheng base is distributing relief supplies to the entire city, starting January 15th..."
Liu Yao also handed over a letter with the same message, along with a small map showing the location for collecting supplies.
Yu Miaomiao replied as usual, but this time she included a bag of gummy candies as a reward for the little girl's increasingly neat handwriting and improved accuracy.
After spending so much time together, she and Lu An both felt that their tent neighbor was nice, and they wanted to continue getting to know each other better.
How to initiate the distribution process for supplies.
The municipal workers who had narrowly escaped death returned to their posts and, just as during the pandemic, first counted the number of survivors in each street. After contacting the government and the military, they quickly began to organize the collection, processing, and distribution of supplies.
When faced with natural disasters, the nation seems somewhat powerless, but as long as people are not wiped out, hope will always exist. She is very fortunate to have been born in China. If she had not been born in China, she might not have even lived three years in her previous life.
On the morning of January 15, Liu Yao gently knocked on the iron door of the 17th floor. The little girl hadn't left the building for a long time, but today she was allowed to go out with her parents and grandmother to collect supplies.
To prevent over-collection or fraudulent collection, staff distributing supplies required all personnel to wait at the building entrance for the staff's convoy and line up to collect their supplies one by one.
So the little girl was a little excited starting yesterday. She got up early, changed her clothes obediently, and after waiting for her parents to get up, she greeted them and happily went to find Yu Miaomiao and the others. She wanted to go out and play with her teacher.
"Ah, big dog." Lu Anlai opened the iron gate, not noticing that Ma Jiang had also secretly followed him out.
Liu Yao was startled when she first saw the big, chubby dog.
The spring water hasn't stopped flowing lately, and the three little ones have visibly grown more robust. So, Ma Jiang looks a size bigger than a regular German Shepherd, and with its serious expression, even a child would be scared to tears.
Sesame Sauce: I'm so cute! Woof!
"Can I touch you? You're so cute!" Upon hearing the compliment, Ma Jiang's face instantly lit up with a smile. She looked at her owner with pride, thinking, "Look, she's praising me for being cute and even wants to touch me."
"Sure, it'll be happy to be touched gently."
Lu An gently took the little girl's soft hand and placed it on Ma Jiang's big head.
The little girl was only about as tall as Ma Jiang, so it was a bit difficult for her to pet Ma Jiang's head. The dog simply lay down on the ground and let her pet him as he pleased. So comfortable! Don't stop!
"Yaoyao is here so early! Where are Mom and Dad?"
Yu Miaomiao yawned, her eyes still sleepy.
"Mommy and Daddy, go downstairs and line up first. Let me find the teacher and come down with you." The little girl buried her whole body in Sesame's fur, then looked to the side with sparkling eyes: "Meow..."
Two kittens lined up to be petted, and the little girl's hands never stopped. She petted all three kittens in order, from left to right, and then from right to left.
At this time, Yu Miaomiao finished washing up. Lu An put the eggs and milk he had prepared for breakfast on the table and invited Liu Yao to eat with him, but the little girl shook her head.
"I ate at home. Mom said I can't eat other people's food when I'm out."
Lu An smiled. That's good. The girl has a good awareness of fraud prevention. Even before the apocalypse, you can't just eat anything from outside.
The house is very spacious; apart from a few essential items, most of the supplies are stored away.
Seeing that her teacher's house was bare, Liu Yao took out two candies from her pocket and gave them to the two girls. The teacher had given her a big bag of candies yesterday, and they were really delicious. The teacher must have saved them for a long time and was reluctant to eat them. These candies were given to her by her grandmother. They were very sweet, and she wanted to share them with her sisters.
"Let's go downstairs and line up to get supplies, or we'll go hungry."
"Okay." The little girl often went hungry during the apocalypse, but since she was hungry, her parents and grandmother were even hungrier, so she never complained to her parents.
"Ma Jiang isn't allowed to go out, she has to stay and watch the house!" Lu An scolded Ma Jiang when he saw her trying to go out again with the leash in her mouth. Ma Jiang's face immediately fell.
"Good boy, there are bad guys outside. You have to stay home and wait for your sisters to come back."
After thinking about it, Ma Jiang realized that the logic made sense, and she wasn't so unhappy anymore.
There weren't many people queuing downstairs. Many people had died during this period of natural disaster, and there were only seven or eight households in the building.
Lin Miaorong and Zhang Fengqiang's wife and children were in the queue. They were thin and dark from hunger, and had no energy. In contrast, Lu An and Yu Miaomiao were full of energy and did not seem to have been tormented by the apocalypse.
Lin Miaorong was even more furious at this thought, her jealousy driving her to the brink of madness.
She must find a way to get rid of Yu Miaomiao.
"Sister Ye, that woman is Yu Miaomiao." Upon hearing the name of the person who killed her husband, Ye Xuan subconsciously looked up.
She's such a beauty. If Zhang Fengqiang hadn't died, she would have been tortured beyond recognition by them.
Zhang Fengqiang changed after the apocalypse; he lost all his humanity. Although life was difficult after his death, she felt much lighter inside. Therefore, she couldn't bring herself to hate Yu Miaomiao.
Yu Miaomiao felt Ye Xuan's gaze. She didn't know what Ye Xuan was thinking, but if Ye Xuan was going to make a move on her, she wouldn't mind sending them together.
The convoy delivering supplies finally arrived at their building. "Line up to receive the supplies. This batch of supplies includes a bag of rice, a winter melon, a cabbage, and a frozen chicken wing. One portion per person, children under 18 years old can get half a portion. The next distribution of supplies will be in half a month."
They don't have much, but if the family of several people are careful, they can make a living. The snowstorm has subsided these days, so they can go out and find some supplies.
As the people at the front of the line received their supplies, Yu Miaomiao led Liu Yao to her parents and personally handed the little girl over to them before feeling at ease. Afterward, she returned to the end of the line and queued up with Lu An.
They were quickly put in line, registered with their ID cards, and received two sets of supplies. As they carried the items upstairs, they were blocked in the stairwell by someone.