191: Food crisis?

Jiang Fei and Xu Qianyao got out of the car and walked over.

The person with the vegetable basket on their head was focused on smashing the door lock with a hammer, and with the rustling of the locust swarm's wings, they didn't notice anyone approaching.

Jiang Fei directly raised her hand and knocked off the vegetable basket.

The locusts quickly surrounded the person's head.

"Oh my god! Don't come near me!"

The person frantically waved their hands, trying to drive away the locusts; it was Miao Xiangfeng.

Locust bites were extremely painful. Miao Xiangfeng tried to pick up the vegetable basket from the ground, but Jiang Fei stepped on it.

"Why are you smashing my door?"

"I, I saw there was a problem with your door and wanted to help you fix it!" Miao Xiangfeng shouted guiltily.

In reality, when she passed by 02, she vaguely heard the sound of chickens inside.

She pressed her ear to the door, confirmed there really were chickens, and then went home to get tools, planning to smash the door and steal a few.

But she couldn't say that out loud.

She wasn't stupid enough to admit she was a thief.

"Give me back my vegetable basket! If you break it, will you compensate me?" Miao Xiangfeng was about to forcibly snatch the vegetable basket back.

Whoosh—

Jiang Fei kicked the vegetable basket away.

Miao Xiangfeng was so far away she couldn't see where the vegetable basket landed, and quickly took off her jacket to protect her head.

But her skin was already covered in small red bumps from the locust bites.

In pain, Miao Xiangfeng opened her mouth and threatened Jiang Fei:

"I'm telling you! I am Director Ning's mother-in-law from the Safety Shelter!"

"If you don't compensate me with supplies instead of that vegetable basket today, do you believe I'll have my son-in-law kick you out of Dongyang District! To sleep in the dirty, chaotic Common sleeping area!"

"Coincidentally, I also want to ask Director Ning to drive you away." Jiang Fei used a grappling move to control Miao Xiangfeng.

Xu Qianyao was also very perceptive; he went back to the car to get handcuffs and cuffed them to Miao Xiangfeng's wrists.

"You are suspected of theft. Come with us to see Director Ning."

Miao Xiangfeng panicked.

She was just saying harsh words to scare the two of them; she didn't actually want to go see her son-in-law!

Her son-in-law didn't like her to begin with.

The last time she went to 0-02 to freeload food, her son-in-law sent people to warn her the next day.

If there was a next time, she would lose her qualification to reside in Dongyang District.

Ignoring the locusts biting her, Miao Xiangfeng struggled violently:

"I'm not going! Let me go!"

"I haven't done anything wrong! You can't handcuff me!"

Jiang Fei and Xu Qianyao ignored her, threw Miao Xiangfeng into the back seat, and then drove to the police station.

At this moment, inside the director's office, the atmosphere was heavy.

Director Ning said to Director Zheng, who was sitting opposite him:

"News came from the Planting Base today that it experienced a virus outbreak. Due to a shortage of staff, many crops were left unattended and died, and now it has suffered a locust plague, resulting in heavy losses."

"The large batch of food we purchased from Little Jiang's boss some time ago has been almost entirely consumed during the epidemic, with only a hundred or so official stores still having some supplies."

"The aquatic products raised at the base are not many and won't last for many days."

"If the food problem cannot be resolved quickly, the Safety Shelter will face a food crisis."

Director Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "The locusts the Rescue Team caught yesterday will be sent to the production factory for processing today; there's no need to accumulate more quantities."

"You've cooperated with Little Jiang many times; does her boss sell seeds?"

With Mo Yanan's help, the Safety Shelter might be able to get through this.

Director Ning: "Yes, I remember she did business with Old Kang. I don't know if she still has seeds now."

"Later, I'll send Xiao Ma to ask..."

Knock knock knock—

A knock on the door interrupted Director Ning.

"Come in."

Xiao Ma led Jiang Fei and Xu Qianyao in.

Director Ning was stunned.

Was he and Little Jiang that in sync?

He had just thought of looking for her, and she arrived.

But the next second, he saw Miao Xiangfeng being dragged into the room by Xu Qianyao.

She was wearing handcuffs and her face was covered in small red bumps from locust bites.

Jiang Fei reported to Director Ning: "She smashed my door, tried to steal, and threatened me."

Xu Qianyao: "I can testify."

"I didn't!"

"Son-in-law, don't listen to their nonsense. How could I do such a thing?"

Miao Xiangfeng smiled fawningly.

Director Ning wasn't fooled by her act.

During her time at the Safety Shelter alone, she had done many petty thefts and scrounged for food and drinks.

Knowing exactly what kind of person Miao Xiangfeng was, Director Ning suppressed his anger: "Xiao Ma, deal with her according to the rules."

"Remember to clear out the house at 0-05 Dongyang District."

The Safety Shelter was in chaos, and he didn't have time to deal with Miao Xiangfeng every few days.

Moreover, he had warned her; it was her choice to exhaust the last bit of family affection.

Their accumulated conflicts were too many; they might as well resolve them completely now.

Miao Xiangfeng stopped pretending and shrieked like a shrew: "What do you mean?! You want to send your mother-in-law to prison, don't you?!"

"Have you forgotten who my daughter died giving birth to?!"

"Shut up!" Director Ning stood up abruptly, his eyes wide with fury:

"If you hadn't secretly fed Xiao Miao those so-called miscarriage-preventing folk remedies behind my back back then, would my wife have died with two lives?!"

"These past few years, I have done my utmost for you! Even if I die and go down below, I can face Xiao Miao with a clear conscience!"

"Xiao Ma! Take her to prison!"

Miao Xiangfeng tried to say something else, but Xiao Ma dragged her out of the office.

The door closed, and Director Ning managed to force out a smile: "My apologies, I've made you witness a spectacle."

"It's good you're here, Little Jiang. I have something to discuss with you."

Director Ning told Jiang Fei about the Planting Base.

"Instant food cannot solve the Safety Shelter's crisis; only large-scale crop cultivation can."

"We are very short on seeds, as well as rice and other grains."

Jiang Fei: "My boss does sell these, but perhaps not too much. I'll have to go back and ask my boss for the exact quantities."

"You can arrange it; the more the better. As for gold..."

Director Ning glanced at Director Zheng, unsure how to phrase it.

Director Zheng proactively explained to Jiang Fei: "The Safety Shelter currently doesn't have much gold, and all of it from nearby cities has been transferred."

"We need to send people to more distant settlement areas to transfer gold. The round trip will take about half a month. Can we make a deferred payment?"

Jiang Fei nodded in agreement: "Once my boss delivers the goods, I'll contact Captain Xu Qianyao to pick them up and send them to the Planting Base."

"I will tell Old Kang the price of the seeds; I won't run to the police station for that."

She could also visit Ling Zhaorui on the way.

Director Ning and Director Zheng agreed to Jiang Fei's decision.

Jiang Fei rode in Xu Qianyao's car back to Dongyang District.

Xu Qianyao went to the Rescue Team to get combat uniforms. Jiang Fei entered the house, took out two helmets and a box of eggs from the Supermarket warehouse, and waited for him in the yard.

Nearly half an hour later, Xu Qianyao returned, also bringing 5 pairs of matching boots.

After exchanging items, Xu Qianyao drove away, and Jiang Fei entered the Supermarket to organize supplies.

Currently, there were 896 bags of fruit and vegetable seeds.

She couldn't sell them all to the officials; she needed to keep some for herself to plant.

Taking 6 bags of each kind would be 534 bags, just enough to fill two large cardboard boxes.

Jiang Fei also selected some fresh fruits and vegetables and packed them into other boxes.

The seeds from some fruits and vegetables could also be taken out and planted.

For example, pumpkin seeds, apple seeds, cucumber seeds, etc.

She didn't pack much, just 10 portions of each type of fruit and vegetable.

After all, the main purpose was for planting.

The Supermarket warehouse had a lot of unorganized wheat and rice piled up.

Not lacking rice and flour to eat, Jiang Fei packed 3000 catties into large iron boxes.

1500 catties of wheat and 1500 catties of rice each.

This should yield 2000 catties of processed rice and flour.

In addition, Jiang Fei also packed 10 catties each of various beans, such as soybeans, black beans, kidney beans, red beans, and peas, all of which could be sprouted and planted.

After packing the goods to be sent to the Planting Base, Jiang Fei found paper and pen to calculate the prices.

Seeds were 300 grams of gold per bag.

Wheat and rice were 300 grams per catty, calculated based on the yield of processed rice and flour.

Fresh fruits, vegetables, and beans were 500 grams each.

In total, she could earn over 600,000 grams of gold.

Giving them to the Safety Shelter was absolutely the cheapest, cabbage-like price.

When her own people encountered difficulties, she couldn't take advantage of the situation, could she?

She believed Director Ning wouldn't shortchange her!