Unconsciously, the time came to the end of November, during which several major events took place in the world.

The first big thing.

At the initiative of the other side of the ocean, including Daxia, the European Union, the Belt and the Bear, the five parties convened a G5 summit in Brussels.

At the meeting, many political, economic and military issues were discussed, and the most important outcome was the signing of a large number of agreements on patent exchange and technology sharing between the five parties.

Second, the EU has carried out an emergency expansion, absorbing some Philippine countries and Middle Eastern countries to join in order to make up for its huge shortcomings in the energy issue.

The third thing is that many countries in the Philippines have fallen into civil strife, and the situation has become more and more intense.

Fourth, the prices of energy such as oil, coal and natural gas, after experiencing a trough for most of the year, suddenly ushered in a sharp rise, and the price returned to the peak of a few years ago.

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Early in the morning, Xu Dong was feeding the chickens.

The chicken food is the small fish head left over from before, and the fish head is chopped up and mixed into the leftovers to feed together, and the little hens are more diligent in laying eggs.

At the moment, I can pick up two or three more eggs every day.

In the vegetable garden, Yang Lina is watering, and the number of days without water has been increasing recently, and the daily water supply is seriously insufficient, and even automatic irrigation has been stopped.

However, there is good news, the desalination plant in Jinmen will be able to supply water to the capital next month, and the water crisis will be solved.

"Third child, where are you?" Xu Ma's voice came.

Xu Dong sighed resignedly, he really couldn't rest for a while, so he quickly stood up and responded: "Mom, I'm in the living room, what's the matter?" ”

"Accompany my mother to the grain store, our family hasn't bought this month's rations yet?" Mother Xu commanded.

There is no shortage of food at home, Xu Ma and Yang Lina are impatient after lining up once, the key is that it is too delayed, so that the old Xu family now goes to buy food at the end of the month.

At the end of the month, there are few people, except for some who come out to buy vegetables, almost as they go.

Of course, the end of the month may not be very stockpiled, and most of the grains that can be bought are some corn and potatoes.

Fortunately, the old Xu family has so much rice that they can't eat it all, and there is no shortage of these at all.

Starting the car, the mother and son went to the nearest grain store, and a plaque hung on the right side of the storefront that read:

【Happiness Street Food Sales Point】

I waited at the door for a while, and at eight o'clock, the grain store opened on time.

The grain stores in the capital are large and small, but the layout of the stores is basically the same, similar to that of ordinary banks, and there is a row of office windows when you enter the door.

Mother Xu trotted to a window, handed over two food cards, and said casually: "Take out all of them this month." ”

The counter staff is a young girl, who looks like she has just graduated, a young man, and her attitude is quite serious.

"The head of the household is Xu Dong's, and there are 24 catties of potatoes, 20 catties of corn flour, 30 catties of hybrid rice and 22 catties of vegetables on the account, but the hybrid rice is out of stock now."

"Then give me all corn flour!" Mother Xu had expected this situation a long time ago.

"Okay, according to the conversion ratio of 1:1.3, it adds up to a total of 59 catties of corn flour, 24 catties of potatoes, and 22 catties of vegetables."

"yes, take it all out." Xu Dong immediately nodded.

As for Xu's mother, she is still using the small notebook she carries with her to calculate addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!

"Okay, you need to pay a total of 1,028 yuan here."

At the same time, the staff handed over a slip:

"If that's all right, please sign it here."

Xu Dong had already seen the price list at the door, the unit price of corn was 8 yuan, and the potatoes and vegetables were 10 yuan, which was correct.

After signing, scan the code to pay.

Within a few minutes, Xu Dong got a month's ration for his family of seven from the pick-up gate under the counter.

Among them, the vegetables were randomly distributed, and the cabbage and carrots they received were just 22 catties together.

Immediately after, the staff swiped another card:

"Xu Changming, the head of the household, has 20 kilograms of rice, 14 kilograms of flour, 10 kilograms of vegetables, 10 kilograms of potatoes, and rice should be replaced with corn flour?"

"Change!" Mother Xu nodded.

After returning home, Xu's mother used the electronic scale at home to weigh it again to check if there was a shortage of catties or two.

Xu Dong smiled bitterly: "Mom, the grain stores are all run by the state, and they are not private, and they have to be weighed twice, and they will not be wrong." ”

"Don't weigh it, Mom doesn't worry." Xu Ma said stubbornly.

"Okay!"

Before going out, Xu Dong asked casually: "I'm going to work, do you want to bring anything today?" ”

Mother Xu thought for a while and replied, "Buy more salt and come back, the salt at home is not enough." ”

The salt at home was enough for a few months, but it took a lot to make salted fish, so I had to buy some more.

"Got it."

When he came to the power company, Xu Dong found that Section Chief Li came very early today, and his face was proud, and everyone was speculating whether the old leader was going to be promoted.

"Sister Gao, is Uncle Li really going to be promoted?"

Xu Dong also took the initiative to say that Section Chief Li is usually very good to him, he really doesn't want the other party to leave, and others are not as good as Uncle Li.

As for the position of section chief, he can't take his turn anyway, after all, he has been employed for less than a year, and his qualifications are too shallow.

Gao Yuemei shook her head: "Even if Lao Li wants to be promoted, it stands to reason that he will be promoted to the logistics department, I haven't heard that anyone in the logistics department wants to be transferred?" ”

"Could it be a transfer to the branch below?" Xiang Xin interjected.

Yanjing Electric Power Company, don't look at the headquarters here is inconspicuous, in fact, its scale is not small at all.

There are more than 10,000 people in the whole company, and there are dozens of branches and directly affiliated institutions below.

"It's really possible." Gao Yuemei nodded.

Xiang Xin suddenly said in surprise: "Boss, Uncle Li is gone, will you be on top of it?" ”

Before Xu Dong could answer, he was called into the office by Section Chief Li.

"Uncle Li, congratulations on your promotion!"

Section Chief Li was obviously stunned, and wondered: "What is Gao Sheng, where did you hear the rumors?" ”

"What, Uncle Li, didn't you get promoted?" Xu Dong said embarrassedly.

"I'm old, even if I get promoted, it won't be my turn." Section Chief Li sighed, he is 55 years old this year, and he will retire in a few years.

"It's... Everyone saw that you were smiling in the morning, and they all said that you were going to be promoted! ”

Section Chief Li waved his hand: "No, you can go out and help me explain it later, so that everyone can stop spreading it." ”

Xu Dong nodded.

Section Chief Li took a sip of water and spoke again: "I called you in to ask if you have time at night?" ”

"Yes, Uncle Li, you ......"

"That's right, come home with me for dinner after work." Section Chief Li invited.

"Uncle Li, is there something going on here? Just say it, we don't need to be so polite. ”

"Okay, that's it, you go back to work!" Section Chief Li waved his hand.

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