Xia Meng was distributing steamed buns with her head down when she suddenly heard a familiar voice asking,

"Where did you send my son?"

Xia Meng looked up and saw her mother looking at her.

Xia Meng pursed her lips, "Do you care?"

Although there was no sarcasm on Xia Meng's face, in the eyes of the woman, Xia Meng's words were undoubtedly sarcastic.

"Of course I..." Facing Xia Meng's ridicule, the woman gritted her teeth, "I don't care!"

"He's just a burden. Without him, I'll be better off. Who cares about him?"

"In that case," Xia Meng looked at the woman and said,

"I don't think you want to know where he is."

The woman glared at Xia Meng angrily and tried to argue,

"Can't I just ask casually?"

"I...I am his mother after all. I have the right to know where you sent him."

"No comment!" Xia Meng refused coldly.

"You?" The woman's chest heaved violently with anger. She glared at Xia Meng fiercely, as if she wanted to eat Xia Meng.

"What if I really want to know?"

Xia Meng looked at the woman coldly, "You don't like him, and you don't want to keep him. Isn't it a good thing for you if he disappears? Why do you insist on knowing where he is?"

"Do you want to take him back to you?"

"No," the woman denied immediately, then lowered her head and turned away.

Looking at the woman's back as she left, Xia Meng's eyes became heavy.

When Xia Meng left the resettlement site, she found that she was being followed.

Wang Wenna was reporting on her work, while Xia Meng was multitasking, paying close attention to the person who was following her.

After Wang Wenna finished her work report, Xia Meng nodded, and the two went to the office building together.

Xia Meng slept in the office at night. When she got up early the next morning, she heard the cleaning lady whispering to someone,

"There is a woman lying at the door. She looks like a disaster victim."

"Disaster victims? Why are they here if they don't go to the resettlement sites?"

"I don't know. Did something happen or did you encounter any difficulties?"

"Who knows? The overall environment is not as safe as before, so some bad guys take advantage of the opportunity to commit crimes."

Xia Meng walked out, and two cleaning ladies saw her and greeted her with a smile.

Xia Meng smiled at them, and then saw the woman lying outside, who was still asleep.

Sure enough..., as expected!

Looking at the woman on the ground with a pretty face, Xia Meng thought carefully and it seemed that her name was Yuan Zhenzhen!

That is, the redundant mother.

Xia Meng saw Yuan Zhenzhen sleeping soundly, but after looking at the time, she pushed Yuan Zhenzhen awake.

"Wake up! Wake up!"

Yuan Zhenzhen was suddenly woken up. She opened her eyes blearily and met Xia Meng's eyes.

Yuan Zhenzhen was obviously not awake yet. She stared at Xia Meng for a long time before suddenly coming back to her senses.

Then, Yuan Zhenzhen stood up as quickly as possible, her face showing embarrassment after being caught and anger after seeing Xia Meng.

Xia Meng looked at Yuan Zhenzhen, "Why are you here?"

"Why can't I be here?" Yuan Zhenzhen snorted coldly, "This is your home, why are you so strict?"

Xia Meng nodded, "Okay," and turned to leave.

Seeing Xia Meng was about to leave, Yuan Zhenzhen almost subconsciously spoke up,

"Wait a moment!"

Xia Meng turned around, "What? Is there anything else?"

Yuan Zhenzhen looked at Xia Meng's expressionless face, opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but kept silent.

Xia Meng turned around again.

"Where on earth did you leave my son?"

Yuan Zhenzhen finally shouted out. As soon as she said this, she seemed to have finally let go of something and continued,

"Tell me, where is my son?"

Xia Meng, "He is in an orphanage. If you promise to treat him well in the future, you can take the child over, but we will arrange for someone to visit him regularly."

"No need," Yuan Zhenzhen waved her hand, her expression slightly numb, her tone carrying a hint of hopelessness about life.

"In my current state, it would be better for him to stay in an orphanage instead of following me. Besides, when he grows up, I'm afraid he will be ashamed of me as a mother. I... shouldn't have given birth to him."

Xia Meng told Yuan Zhenzhen the address of the orphanage.

The next day, Dean Wei called Xia Meng and said that Yuan Zhenzhen had secretly gone to the orphanage.

But Yuan Zhenzhen did not go in. Instead, she stayed outside the orphanage for a long time. Seeing that Duoyu was doing well in the orphanage, she left.

Forget it, this was Yuan Zhenzhen’s own choice.

Xia Meng is very busy with work every day and has no time to care about Yuan Zhenzhen.

It was sunny for the next few days, the water level dropped rapidly, and many victims were able to return home.

But this morning, Wang Wenna suddenly pushed open the door of Xia Meng's office with an ugly expression.

"District Chief, something happened at the resettlement site."

"What's going on?" Xia Meng looked up at Wang Wenna, waiting for her next words.

Wang Wenna: "Dismembered bodies were found outside the resettlement center yesterday and today. The police initially determined that the same person was responsible."

Serial murder case!

Xia Meng stood up suddenly, "Any clues?"

Wang Wenna said, "We haven't found any useful clues yet, but we don't know who spread the news, and the people in the resettlement site are in a panic."

Xia Meng, "I remember there should be cameras around the resettlement site, right?"

"Well, there is, but..." Wang Wenna frowned, with a hint of annoyance and disappointment, "The camera at the place where the body was dumped was broken, and there was only one camera around."

That's bad.

Xia Meng's five senses are much more sensitive than those of ordinary people, so perhaps she can find some clues, so she said,

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

So Wang Wenna took Xia Meng to the place where the body was dumped.

The place where the body was dumped was a small ditch. At this time, many people gathered there. The police set up a cordon and several uniformed policemen could be seen investigating the situation.

Wang Wenna told the police Xia Meng's identity, and the police let the two pass.

When Captain Hu Yishan heard Xia Meng coming, he hurried over.

"District Chief Xia!"

Xia Meng smiled and nodded at Hu Yishan, "Captain Hu!"

Hu Yishan is a man in his forties. Although he is not tall, he looks very strong. He has thick eyebrows, big eyes and a righteous face.

Xia Meng, "Captain Hu, what's the situation now?"

Hu Yishan's face became serious. "Both victims were women, one in her thirties and the other in her twenties. Their bodies were dismembered, so we have only found some of their remains, and we haven't found their heads yet."

Xia Meng frowned, "No missing persons report?"

Captain Hu, "Yes, there are, but they don't match those two."

Xia Meng walked towards the place where the body parts were placed, and Captain Hu immediately said,

“District Chief Xia…!”

Xia Meng turned her head and looked at Captain Hu.

Hu Yishan pretended to be casual and reminded, "The murderer's methods are cruel, you... It's better not to watch."

Although Xia Meng's position is higher than his, she still looks like a young girl, so don't be scared by her.

Xia Meng instantly understood what Captain Hu meant and smiled, "It's okay."

Since Xia Meng said it was okay, Hu Yishan stopped trying to stop her.

Xia Meng took a closer look and saw that the body parts were swollen. It should be because they were soaked in water for a long time. All clues were washed away by the water. Xia Meng did not find any clues.

Xia Meng asked Hu Yishan, "Captain Hu, what did you find?"

Hu Yishan shook his head. "There are still many uncertainties at the moment. We are already stepping up our investigation."

Social security was already in a state of collapse, and the police force was extremely stretched. When the disaster struck, many evil spirits came out to cause chaos again...

Xia Meng's eyes stayed on Hu Yishan's dark circles and bloodshot eyes for a moment before she said seriously,

"You have worked hard."

Hu Yishan scratched his head embarrassedly, "You're welcome, this is what we should do."

Xia Meng walked around the area but found nothing.

Moreover, this is not necessarily the place where the murderer dumped the body. The body parts may have been washed here by the water. If this is the case, solving the case will be more difficult.

When Xia Meng left, many victims were still there.

Many of these disaster victims cannot find jobs, so when they see murder and corpse dumping cases happening around them, they have to take a good look at them and talk about them with others. This is one of the few pleasures they have.

Xia Meng doesn't like to use victims as a topic of conversation, but she can't stop others from doing so.

Xia Meng returned to the office building and called her superior.

"Leader, now that the disaster situation has eased, should I be transferred?"

Leader, "Don't worry, there's a big case in District E recently. As the district chief, you have to stay there and wait until the matter is over and the murderer is caught, then you will be transferred."

Xia Meng, "Okay!"

Xia Meng hung up the phone, called Wang Wenna over, and asked about the post-disaster resettlement of the people.

Wang Wenna sighed and said, "District Head, we have you actively attracting investment in our district. As long as the people in the district are not lazy, they can find a job to make a living. However, in District E, after the natural disaster, many factories closed down. There are fewer and fewer jobs, but the requirements are getting higher and higher. Now many companies will not hire people over the age of 30."

"You won't hire anyone over 30?" Xia Meng, "Why? You can't be dissatisfied with their age, right?"

Wang Wenna nodded, her tone quite sad.

"Yes, there are too few jobs now and too many people competing for them. Not only have they extended the workers' working hours, but they have also changed the two-day weekend a week to one day off every two weeks. Not to mention that they only have two days off a month, they also... don't want people over 30 years old. They say they only want young people."

Hey!

Xia Meng cursed inwardly.

Those beasts deserve to be hung on street lamps!

"These are not too outrageous!" Wang Wenna continued to say to Xia Meng,

"In the past, cleaning was done by older women, but now, many young people, including college graduates and even graduate students, are applying for cleaning jobs."

"Even for applicants for cleaning jobs, they have a rule that people must not be over 30 years old. If you are over 30, they won't hire you, saying you are too old."

"Asshole!!!"

Xia Meng slammed the table, wishing she could capture those ruthless vampires one by one and hang them directly on the street lamps.

It's really too much!

Wang Wenna saw that Xia Meng was angry and hurried to comfort her.

"District Head, please don't be angry. This can't be helped," Wang Wenna said with helpless sadness in her eyes.

"There are too few jobs now. Everyone is working more than 996. 007 is considered an easy job."

Xia Meng knew this wouldn't work!

There are still a few years before the big earthquake. If we want to maintain social order and prevent it from collapsing during these years, there must be enough jobs.

Older people have to support their families, and younger people also have to support themselves and their families.

If there are not enough jobs for young people to vent their excess energy, they will definitely become a destabilizing factor in society.

The fastest way to create jobs is through large-scale infrastructure construction!

It’s just that the country and the people have suffered too much loss in the natural disaster. Many lands have been corroded by acid rain, and it is impossible to grow plants in a short period of time. However, scientists are working hard to improve the soil quality.

I believe that with the efforts of scientists, the land corroded by acid rain will one day become fertile farmland again.

It will be difficult to build large-scale infrastructure now that we have no money, but there is no other way at the moment.

Besides, the situation when the People’s Republic of China was founded wasn’t much better than it is now, but we still managed to survive.

It just so happens that Area E is considered a suburb with a relatively small population. The population can be concentrated there, and the vacant land can be leveled and crops can be grown.

If we want to survive in the future, we absolutely cannot do without food.

Some old communities can be demolished and rebuilt.

Xia Meng carefully prepared a plan and submitted it, but the higher-ups did not agree.

The reason is: no money!

Of course, there is also the fact that people now have trouble getting enough food, so how can they be asked to buy a house?

What a joke.

We are really too poor now. The leaders above know that Xia Meng’s proposal is good, but where will the money come from?

Many people say, if you don’t have money, you can print it!

Money is not printed casually.

Xia Meng contacted Du Chanjuan, and then made a plan with Du Chanjuan, and submitted the plan again.

This time, the higher-ups did not directly deny Xia Meng's proposal. Instead, they called Xia Meng over and asked her to carefully explain her plan in front of all the leaders.

Xia Meng went there in the morning and didn't return to the office building until the afternoon.

As soon as Xia Meng came back, Wang Wenna went to greet her.

"District Chief, how is it? Did the higher-ups agree?"

Xia Meng's mouth curled up, and she was obviously in a good mood.

"Don't worry, I agree!"

Wang Wenna clenched her fist happily, "That's great!!!"

Xia Meng's plan this time was actually very simple. He would let the company pay for the construction of a new building to replace the old buildings of the common people. The benefit the company could get was that it could rent the surrounding vacant land at a low price to build a farm. Of course, after the farm was built, it would also have to hire the surrounding people to work on the farm, thus forming a closed loop.

Xia Meng acted quickly. The next day, she began to mobilize the people to agree to her plan.

Xia Meng would compensate the common people with houses of the same size as their homes, and the houses would be fully furnished.

Xia Meng and Du Chanjuan had already chosen a site for the new residence. They consulted with civil engineering experts and only started to take action after they were told there was no problem.

Moreover, in order to cope with future major earthquakes, Xia Meng does not plan to build a very tall house, and she also chooses new types of building materials.

The advantages of this material are that it is strong and not afraid of corrosion, but the disadvantage is that it is too light!

It's better to be gentle. During an earthquake, building materials may fall on people, and they have a chance to survive. As long as they are strong, it's enough.

For Xia Meng, this material is simply too good to be true, because this new type of building material was developed with Xia Meng's support in preparation for future major earthquakes.

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