Chapter 581: What people want

Brother Su’s tofu shop has been closed for almost half a year.
Not only Brother Su’s store, but other stores that can be closed are also closed, and most of the commercial activities have stopped.
Only the material distribution stations of various streets in the city are open.
People can go to the material distribution station and receive the necessities for survival for free.
Although the supply is limited, it is not a problem to solve the problem of food and clothing.
On such a day, King Qin announced that an all-out war against the blood demons had already begun.
People understand that this is no alternative. The blood demon is too powerful. In order to win, all the people in the country can only tighten their belts to live.
Fortunately, people of this generation are suffering. When it is more difficult and desperate than this, they have all seen it. This bit of suffering is nothing to them.
"Hope is better than anything!"
Brother Su in a uniform touched Su Dongzhu's head and said softly.
Su Dongzhu lowered his head, tears rolling in his eyes, but forced himself not to shed.
This afternoon, Su Wanlin's army is about to go to the front line. This may be a farewell.
Sister-in-law Wei Lan was inside, nagging while packing for Brother Su.
"I came back a few times after training for half a year. I finally came back once. I stayed for a few hours and then had to leave. I didn't know if I said it in advance. I'll clean up for you in advance. How can I have time for the rush now?"
"The leg guards I sewed for you haven't been seamed yet, hey, the knee guards, the knee guards I sewed..."
Sister-in-law Wei Lan turned over and suddenly sobbed, and her nagging voice became hoarse.
"After you go out, you have to wash the clothes yourself. Remember to wash the underwear and coat separately, and separate the dark and light colors!"
"You are old, take care of the young children in the same team as you, don't confuse the relationship between our family and the Qin Hao brothers, don't cause trouble to the Qin brothers."
Brother Su kept nodding, "Uh, uh, got it!"
Xiao Xuefeng already knows how to walk, she still doesn't know what the difference means this time, just running around the room, babbling.
When I went out for dumplings and noodles, there was not enough food at home to make dumplings. Brother Su wanted to leave it alone, but Wei Lan's sister-in-law refused.
"Let me borrow some from my neighbor's house!"
"Forget it, I'm not rich now."
"Why don't you pack gnocchi?"
Having said that, both of them laughed again.
At this moment, the door rang, Dongzhu ran to open the door and found Aunt Liu from the street office was standing at the door carrying a piece of pork.
Before Dongzhu asked, Aunt Liu squeezed in, "Sister Wei Lan, knowing that your man is going to kill the blood demons, our street specifically asked me to send you the pork, which is at least a little bit less, just do it. You can have a meal too, don't give up."
When Dongzhu saw the meat, he swallowed greedily. It takes only two months to get a little bit of meat. This time there is such a big piece, which is really rare.
Wei Lan hurriedly greeted him and thanked him again and again.
Not long after sending Aunt Liu away, the door rang again. This time it was all neighbors who knocked on the door.
Some of the neighbours took the onions, some took the eggs, some took the cabbage, some took the potatoes, and some took the dried fish...
Dongzhu, who opened the door, didn't know what everyone was doing, so he hurriedly called his parents.
Wei Lan walked to the door to take a look, was stunned, and then asked aloud, "What are you guys?"
Uncle Wang, who was standing in the front, replied: "These things are all the little thoughts of our families, so that Dongzhu's father can eat well, and he can think about the good of the family when he is away."
Nowadays, all the supplies are rationed, and every family is not well-off, but everyone still brings the good dishes from the family, which makes Brother Su's family both moved and heart-warming.
Brother Su hurriedly declined, "How embarrassing is this? Take it back. We have discipline to not take things from the masses."
Uncle Wang's eyes widened, "How can I be regarded as a masse, I am a family member of Qin Jun."
Uncle Wang's son was killed in the battle with the blood demons on the northern line of the Qin Kingdom, and now he is the only one left in Uncle Wang's house.
Neighbors in the neighbourhood didn't dare to speak to his son in front of Uncle Wang, but Uncle Wang himself was never afraid to mention it. Instead, he straightened his back every time he lifted it up and his face was full of air.
"My son is a hero who kills the enemy. He is better than my old man. My son is a man and a glorious death!"
The big guys admire Uncle Wang, but the big guys also know that Uncle Wang often wipes tears secretly.
This time, Uncle Wang was resolute, and other people also said various reasons.
"We are neighbors. What the neighbors give is not against discipline."
"Yes, that is, we are neighbors!"
Seeing his stubbornness, Wei Lan said, "Since everyone hasn't eaten, then cook together or eat together. Anyway, I can't do it alone, so I ask you to help!"
"This…"
Everyone hesitated.
"What's this? That's it. Come, everyone, come in!"
Brother Su said, pulling everyone into the house.
The house immediately became lively, and the men were chatting about the situation while smoking cigarettes in the living room.
While the women were busy in the kitchen, they talked about the homework first, and the children played around in the road.
People enjoy this short-term peace and happiness.
After everyone had eaten a rare sumptuous lunch, it was time for parting.
Brother Su said to Su Dongzhu with simple luggage.
"You are a man. After my father is gone, you must protect your mother and sister, and take care of this family, you know?"
Su Dongzhu nodded with tears, "I will take good care of my mother and sister, and wait for you to come back!"
Brother Su touched Su Dongzhu's head, and kissed his daughter fiercely on the face, and was surrounded by the crowd and put on a big red flower.
Then, amid the farewell sound of beating gongs and drums, along with the nearby recruits, they boarded the truck heading for the front line.
Brother Su is gone, and life has to go on. The job of the street office for Wei Lan's sister-in-law is to look after the children, not only her own children, but also many other children.
The children's parents, either on the battlefield or working in the arsenal, have no one to take care of the children, so they can only be taken care of by special personnel.
Some children are taken home by their parents after get off work, but there are also children whose parents are on the battlefield and can only be taken care of by experienced people.
Wei Lan's sister-in-law is one of them.
Older children like Dongzhu will be organized to participate in productive labor in the afternoon except for the fixed four-hour school time in the morning.
The children’s work is relatively easy. In most cases, they go to the collective farm to feed the pigs or go to the field to lay hands.
Normally, you can go home and do your homework by six o'clock in the afternoon.
This is the way of life in the whole country now. All resources must be put into the war as much as possible, and everyone must serve the war.
Although bitter and tired, no one will complain, because everyone knows that Qin can't lose. Losing is the end of national subjugation and extinction, and no one can escape.
In Giethoorn, thousands of miles away, Ding Duoyang is also doing his wife's ideological work. Ding Duoyang wants to go to the battlefield, but his wife disagrees.
Ding Duoyang never thought that one day he would take the initiative to put on a military uniform, nor did he think that one day he would throw down the whip for herding sheep and pick up a gun.
Ding Duoyang has been married for almost half a year, and his wife is a maid in the house of the former landlord. They had seen each other, but with the help of Mother-in-law Zhang at the end of the street, the two of them got better together.
Nowadays, when the wife hears that her husband is going to battle, she disagrees alive and dead.
"I'm still pregnant. You are leaving our mothers behind? Why are you so cruel. You are just an ordinary person. If you have more frontline, you will not have more, and you will have a lot less. You raise sheep at home, the same is for the country. Make a contribution!"
"It's different. The country has reached its most dangerous time. If everyone thinks like you, who will go. I'm an ordinary person and I don't have any great skills, but I am also a member of this country. I think You must contribute all your strength to him and help him survive. Only if the country is safe can you and your children have a stable life, and I am doing this for you and your children."
"I don't care, I just won't let you go!"
His wife is firm, and Ding Duoyang is also a rare refusal. There is inevitably a quarrel and crying at home, but this is also a part of life.
Thinking back many years later, even this quarrel was wonderful!
A solitary grave without tombstones lies quietly on the green hills in the northern part of Qin State.
A young man with a vicissitudes of life on his face sat in front of the grave and lamented.
"General, I'm sorry, I still can't bear to watch people die like this. They have done a good job, I will watch it for you, they are really doing very well!"
Having said that, the man took two sips of wine and continued, "I decided to help them. If you know what you know, General, don't blame me, just assume that your adjutant is dead!"
The man buried an adjutant hat of the three major coalition forces beside the solitary grave, forming a small earthen bag, like a small grave accompanying the solitary grave, making the grave look less lonely.
The man got up and bowed three times to the lone grave, then turned around and walked towards the nearest army registration office...