Rebirth at the end of the world: I report to the country!

Chapter 33 33· "The steamed buns stained with blood, are they delicious?"

October 19, 2024, 5:54 in the morning - nine hours and fifty-four minutes have passed since Dongguo issued a letter to all compatriots.

Lingnan City, Heze Village.

Yu Chang'e, who is sixty-two years old, got up early as usual, read sutras in front of the Buddha statue for an hour, and then prepared to go out to buy groceries.

After walking out of the door, Yu Chang'e realized that something was wrong.

It feels like today's Heze Village is different from usual. There are a lot less people and so on. In the past, there should be some people at this time - most of the old people get up early.

Coming to the city - compared to Heze Village, the situation strangely did not improve after getting closer to the vegetable market.

And in the past, there should have been some small vendors with no fixed positions selling ingredients outside the vegetable market, but today, there were none.

Yu Chang'e felt that she might not be able to buy particularly cheap vegetables today - because in the past, these vegetables were sold relatively cheaply outside.

Later, when he walked into the wet market around the corner, Yu Chang'e's cloudy eyes opened slightly.

Because there was no one in front of him, only empty stone stalls.

Where have everyone gone? Where did all the food go?

Yu Chang'e turned around and looked at the street.

Finally, after waiting for a young man and woman who seemed to be jogging in the morning, she quickly stepped forward and said to the man who was closer to her: "Young man, excuse me, do you know why there is no one in the vegetable market today?" ?”

"Ah, mother-in-law, what did you say?" The young man who was still running was startled. He immediately took off his headphones and stopped with his companion.

After Yu Chang'e repeated it again, he bowed slightly and explained more clearly to Yu Chang'e:

"Didn't the country declare that we are entering a first-level state of emergency? It should be because of this that no one comes out to sell things! Many stores are not open today, and I didn't meet anyone during my morning run.

Everyone should be at home, waiting for the live broadcast at noon today. "

"Ah, what happened to us? Why did it become like this? Does the country matter?" Yu Chang'e said with some surprise.

"Hey, old lady, don't you know about this? Didn't your family inform you? Didn't you watch TV last night?" The two young people also said a little strangely.

"I was not at home last night. I went to the temple to fast and burn incense. My family... I was the only one in my family." Yu Chang'e shook her head and said.

Yu Chang'e's life is unfortunate. If there is anything worth doing, for her, it is related to Buddha.

She had no one to rely on, so she could only rely on faith.

Hearing this, the two young men nodded somewhat suddenly, with some sympathy in their eyes, and then began to describe in detail what happened last night.

As Heze Village is a relatively remote village, and most of the residents are empty-nesters, it is quite normal that they are not well-informed.

With the two people's complementary descriptions, Yu Chang'e gradually understood the whole story.

"...So, mother-in-law, remember to turn on the TV at noon today. All stations will tell us about this news, and the country will tell us what to do."

The young man said gently.

"The matter is so serious." Yu Chang'e clasped her hands together almost immediately and murmured softly:

"Buddha bless, Buddha bless, bless the Eastern Kingdom and bless everything, bless us..."

After praying, he looked at the young man: "Well, young man, little girl, do you know that I want to buy something now, where should I buy it? I have no food at home."

"This." The young man scratched his head, then pointed in the direction he came from and said:

"I don't know if the big supermarkets are still open now, but on the way I came, about a hundred meters away, there seemed to be a small shop still open. It seemed to sell eggs, cabbage and other things in front of the door. Mother-in-law, how about you? Go and have a look?"

"Yes, I remember it too." The girl replied.

"Okay, okay, just have somewhere to buy things. Thank you both, you are so handsome." Yu Chang'e nodded and said to the young man.

"Haha, mother-in-law, how about my boyfriend and I take you there?" The young girl smiled, scratched her head, and stepped forward to help Yu Chang'e.

"No, no, aren't you running over there? We've already wasted a lot of time, we can't waste any more time."

"It doesn't matter, old lady, we were just out for a morning jog. It doesn't matter which way we go." The girl insisted.

"Yes."

"It really doesn't matter. Although I am older, my legs and feet are still nimble. I am not over 100 meters long, so I don't need help." Yu Chang'e also said that she doesn't like to trouble others all the time.

If someone else is here for a morning jog, what does it count as a morning jog if you let him support you?

So Yu Chang'e also patted her legs to indicate that her legs were fine, and said with a smile to the man and woman.

"In that case, I'll leave first." Seeing Yu Chang'e's insistence, the two of them thought for a while and realized that more than a hundred meters is indeed not a long distance. There is no traffic here plus this point, and there is indeed no problem, so they agreed road.

"Okay, thank you, young man." Yu Chang'e thanked him again.

"You're welcome, it should be done." The young man ran forward and waved back to Yu Chang'e.

After watching the young man leave, Yu Chang'e walked with delicate steps towards the canteen that the young man mentioned.

Soon, she arrived at her destination.

It is indeed a canteen with only two stores, but in the open space outside the store, several foam boxes are placed, with several bags of eggs and vegetables such as cabbage and other products on them.

Perhaps because it was too early, there was no one in the store at this time. There was only a bored shopkeeper at the counter who seemed to have just woken up.

Yu Chang'e breathed a sigh of relief. She was really worried that she wouldn't be able to buy anything.

Just buy something.

"Boss, are the things here still for sale?" Yu Chang'e walked up to the boss inside, pointed at the dishes outside, and asked.

Although the food was of poor quality, Yu Chang'e had nothing to choose from now, so she just had to make do with it.

"For sale." The shopkeeper glanced at Yu Chang'e and nodded indifferently.

"OK."

So she picked half a dozen eggs, a cabbage, and a green vegetable. Unfortunately, there was no meat for sale here. After thinking about it, Yu Chang'e bought another box of frozen dumplings.

After they were piled up at the checkout counter, Yu Chang'e took out a well-wrapped small purse used to hold money from the inner pocket of her coat and asked:

"Boss, how much do these cost?"

The boss glanced at it:

"Two hundred and sixty dollars."

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