Chapter 224: The Oil Crisis
At noon, after Xu's father came back, lunch officially began.
Xu Dong explained last night, try to make the meals as simple as possible, especially meat dishes, make a dish of braised dried shrimp, a fried fish steak, almost enough.
In the future, their hospitality standards will basically follow this, which is too public, not only makes the guests uncomfortable, but also has a bad impact.
In addition, the children have also been instructed in advance.
The reason is very simple, just say that good friends can't show off, otherwise Xiao Enya's heart will be uncomfortable.
In the end, the twins, including Ma Xu, nodded solemnly.
The meals were all on the table, and although it was already very low-key, Aunt Zhang was still taken aback.
The standard of food is no worse than before the drought, and there are basically all that should be there.
"Auntie, do you want some liquor?" Xu Dong knew that the other party could drink, but he didn't drink much.
Aunt Zhang hurriedly waved her hand: "No need, just like the children, just drink soy milk." ”
Xu Dong was not reluctant, poured a large glass of soy milk for Aunt Zhang, and in order to keep a low profile, he didn't even make the strawberry juice and watermelon juice that the children must have every day.
"Come, let's raise a glass together, let's welcome Aunt Zhang and Xiao Enya to come to the house as guests." Everyone drinks soy milk.
"Cheers!" The kids were excited.
"Enya, is it good to try the fish steak?"
Putting down the cup, Xu Dong first sandwiched a piece of fish steak for Zhang Enya's children, the little guy was somewhat restrained, and the chopsticks in his hand only cared about eating rice.
"Thank you, Uncle Xu!" The little one smiled sweetly.
Xu Dong pinched the other party's little face: "Hurry up and eat, uncle's house is also your family, you're welcome, look at your sister Lele, the chopsticks are about to fly." ”
Lele didn't care, and learned from his father to clip a fish steak for Aunt Zhang.
"Grandma Zhang, eat fish steak, the fish steak is very tender, you can eat it with bad teeth, my grandma loves fish steak the most."
"This kid is so polite."
Xu Dong glanced at his little daughter, he could understand that Lele's EQ was definitely the highest among several children, this child had thick skin and a sweet mouth, and his future mix would not necessarily be worse than Coco.
At the dinner table, Xu Dong asked about the follow-up situation on Qindao, and since he came back, he has rarely paid attention to the news over there.
Aunt Zhang said: "There are a lot fewer stowaways, and the places where refugees used to be located have been demolished, and the city has returned to normal.
In the past two months, the rations have become less and less, and many people have become fishermen again, which is much better than working part-time, and some people have made a fortune by smuggling seaweed back from the southern dynasties.
Alas, if your Uncle Zhang weren't old, I would have wanted him to go out and break in, and now in this world, honest people can only go hungry. ”
Xu Dong really didn't expect that Aunt Zhang was so open-minded, and their group of people, including Dad Xu, probably experienced the roaring eighties, and they were even more aggressive than young people.
"Where did they buy their fishing boats?" Dad Xu said curiously.
Now that the country has even stopped producing cars, there is no reason to let go of small fishing boats, which actually does not have much effect, and it is better to specialize in the development of distant-water fishing.
"Some of them are old fishing boats, and some of them are imported from the Southern Dynasty and Nisang." Aunt Zhang replied.
Xu Dong was puzzled: "Well, why do they sell fishing boats, isn't it good to catch fish by themselves?" ”
"I also heard from those crew members, Nanchao and Nisang are particularly short of gasoline now, and they can't drive ships even if they have them, so it's better to sell ships to make some money, and then import some necessities from our country."
"Is it so scarce?" Xu Dong said unexpectedly.
"Of course, the Southern Dynasty is still fighting, and Nisang is not much better, the big earthquake that happened last month, it is said that there are eight or nine magnitudes, and we all feel the earthquake over there."
In fact, the main reason for the shortage of oil in the two countries is that the major oil-producing countries are now in trouble, and the oil output is now less than one-fifth compared with the previous two years.
What's more, the Quartet, led by the beautiful country, Daxia, the European Union and Mao Xiong, directly carved up the international crude oil production, and other countries can't even drink the soup.
As for the UK, it returned to the embrace of the EU a few months ago.
"Why isn't it on the news?" Xu Ma interjected.
Xu Dong speculated: "I guess I don't want to cause panic, after all, Nisang is quite close to our country, and it is somewhat affected." ”
"There's no going to be an earthquake here, right?" Mother Xu said nervously that the earthquake forty years ago still had a big impact on their generation.
"It's okay, Mom! Yanjing is the capital, and there are very few earthquakes here, so don't worry too much. Xu Dong comforted.
At least until 2030, there will be no major earthquakes in China, but on the other side of the ocean, there will be a major earthquake in a few years, but the west coast has already declined, and the damage is not large.
Other than that, there are no major earthquakes in the world.
"That's good." Mother Xu said with peace of mind.
After lunch, Aunt Xu pulled Aunt Zhang to chat about family life, and finally called Aunt Wang, and several people played mahjong.
Xu Dong, on his side, took a few children to go outside for a crazy circle, first went to the zoo to see the giant pandas, then visited the palace of the former dynasty, and finally went to the amusement park to play until dark.
In short, the itinerary was full, and I didn't get home until half past eight in the evening.
"Why are you only coming back now?" Yang Lina complained.
"Aren't they about to start school? If you have a rare chance, let them have fun! ”
"Did Enya send her back to the hotel?" Yang Lina asked.
Aunt Zhang didn't stay for dinner, and went back to the hotel at six o'clock, and Yang Lina specially packed some snacks for her.
"I sent her back, I wanted to take her back for dinner together, but unfortunately it was too late, so I had to send her back to the hotel first."
"When you leave tomorrow, I'll prepare more snacks for you, so that you won't be hungry if you come back late."
Xu Dong smiled bitterly: "This time it was a mistake, I didn't expect that there was no restaurant outside." ”
"Of course not, the rations are not enough, and now who is willing to eat out, it is estimated that only you are the only one." Yang Lina didn't have a good airway.
In fact, there are still hotels, but they are not open to the public, and they are all state-run guest houses.
Xu's mother heated the meal, Xu Dong and a few children immediately devoured it, crazy all afternoon, really tired and hungry.
"Where are you going tomorrow?" Yang Lina asked again.
"Mom, tomorrow Dad will take us to climb the long wall." Lele hurriedly replied.
Yang Lina frowned and said: "On a hot day, whatever long wall you climb, you will die in the sun." ”
Xu Dong smiled and didn't speak, climbing the long wall was indeed his idea, according to the memories of his previous life, from next year, the long wall will not be open to the public.
Due to the lack of vegetation and the sharp decline in groundwater, the long wall is at risk of collapsing at any time, so the only option is to close the scenic area.
As a Daxia person, Xu Dong doesn't want his children to have regrets.
If it's a long distance, it's just a long way off, but it's right at the doorstep, and it's really impossible to make a trip.
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