Chapter 1339 The beginning of chaos
Lin Jia went to make dinner, but this supper was not cheap. It was not that Lin Jia had high labor costs, but that the cost of supper had increased significantly.
The strange insect turmoil four days ago made everyone in big cities feel at stake. Although the range of casualties caused by insects is not large, the citizens are extremely insecure and go to supermarkets, grocery stores, and markets early to grab grain and store them at home in case the end of the world is coming.
As the prices of major grains such as rice and flour increased, other vendors followed closely behind, and the prices of various types of vegetables, fruits and meat also increased significantly. The most amazing thing is that the pork in Suicheng Supermarket has been sold for fifty yuan per catty, which is as much as four times the usual price!
The food is like this, let alone other daily necessities. All kinds of fruit knives and kitchen knives have been snatched up, and even the switchblades are about to be sold out. It is difficult for you to get another one. It is said that some black markets are also "hunting crossbows", "hunting bows" and "earth guns" are being traded wildly. The most common "hunting crossbows" with twenty crossbow arrows have been sold for 2,000 yuan. You should know that the price of it is only four or five hundred yuan, and the price has increased by nearly five times!
Those long swords with blades, Tang swords, watermelon swords, and fitness swords are about to be sold in a crazy way, especially the Tang swords on Taobao. The production site is in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They are usually sold at 700 to 800 yuan, but now they have sold at 3,000 yuan, and the supply is in short supply. Every day, couriers are quickly delivering these blade props!
Some people in the society have nothing to do when they are full, and they commented online: This society is crazy, and people are in chaos because of some small insects. Prices rise sharply, and people are living in poverty. Although it is understandable that everyone brings a knife to defend themselves, if the country does not care, if this continues, it will definitely be the next United States. There will be serious "armed fighting" incidents every day. The Chinese people's bad nature is destined to not be able to carry weapons with them!
Such people in society were quickly bombarded by a large number of netizens, and netizens fired back:
"As national taxpayers, we work hard for the country and real estate. We are exploited, and we are looking for a stable life. But when we are attacked by insects, where is the army and where is the country's help? Even if the country helps to bury afterwards, who will be responsible for the dead? Next time the insect invades again, can the country provide us with support as soon as possible? No, the only thing we can rely on is our own family and friends. Since that's the case, what's wrong with letting family and friends have enough weapons to resist the monster insects?"
In short, after four days, even though the country has made comfort and macro adjustments, the results have been minimal. Every household has prepared self-defense weapons, and those high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen are even more afraid of death. They hired a large number of private bodyguards. It is rumored that a wealthy businessman in Suicheng followed ten black-clothed bodyguards at any time when they went in and out. Nearly fifty bodyguards were stationed in the villa at all times, and equipped with a large number of hot weapons. Even an anti-tank sniper rifle and a basket of grenades and burning bombs were enough to kill the invading colorful centipedes!
Because it has reached this point of chaos, it is natural that the prices of various materials soar...
Lin Jia was forced to buy vegetables by Li Jiayu this morning. The raw materials for lunch and supper alone cost 2,000 yuan. After all, Li Jiayu's appetite is twenty times that of ordinary people. After all, this money is really fucking nothing!
Now, a instant instant noodles in the supermarket can be sold for ten yuan. The lustful people on the Internet said that even the hair salon lady near the train station has increased the price to more than 500 yuan, but it is just a fast food, but it will increase to 1,000 yuan if you spend the night!
This is a robbery... it's just a robbery. If I had changed four days ago, I could find a soft and tender student with a price of 1,000 yuan. The girl was busy at night, so how could she have to pack those hair salons?
I don’t know how many people vented on the Internet. This life is impossible to live. The horrible price surge makes it difficult to move forward. I can’t even have enough food for a meal. If this situation continues to worsen, there will probably be a riot across the country, and the harm will not be inferior to the Cultural Revolution!
In addition, some cults hidden among the people also took the opportunity to expand their power and widely win over believers, threatening that those monster insects were messengers sent by demons to the world, to purify this dirty world, to kill all the debauchery and depraved people, leaving only the upright and kind men and women. Therefore, you must believe in the cult, otherwise you will be bad people, and you will kill you next time the insect comes.
Not to mention, China has never lacked ignorant people. Those rural people with low education levels, the uncles, aunts and uncles in the city were really deceived, and they joined the cult in a daze and received brainwashing education again and again...
As for the state organs, they were also busy with this "strange insect disaster". The armed police in the city were busy dealing with the dead's bodies. The construction engineering team was having a headache with the buildings damaged by the earthquake. The People's Liberation Army was under great pressure and was condemned again and again. In desperation, they could only drive the tanks into the city. They dispatched troops to patrol the city every day, carrying guns and live ammunition, and were on guard at any time...
“Is it that serious?”
Li Jiayu turned on the TV, and all the broadcasts were news related to the "Monster Worm Disaster", sometimes the tragic tragedy of the family of the deceased, sometimes the memorial service of a certain hero, sometimes the deeds of a certain hero sacrificing himself to save people, sometimes the tear gas of the orphans, sometimes the country lost so many elites, the earthquake damaged so many houses, and many people were homeless, so they could only stay in a tent temporarily...
Suicheng is the capital of Guangdong Province and one of the most severely affected cities. A total of 120,000 people died. However, compared to Shanghai, Hong Kong is much lucky. News reports that the degree of disaster in Shanghai and Hong Kong is really miserable. The total number of deaths exceeds 400,000, which is even more scary than the Nanjing massacre decades ago!
"On behalf of the Party, I will do my best to protect the motherland and the people! Please rest assured, the country will not disappoint you, and will definitely give you a stable and beautiful home!"
On TV, video news about the top country's leader was broadcasting. He was wearing two dark circles. It was obvious that he had not had a good rest for a few days, but he still insisted on condolences to the families of the deceased and walked through cities to soothe people's hearts...
Even the national leaders couldn't sleep well, which shows how heavy the disaster of the strange insects had caused to the real world.
"The food is here, beautiful master comes and eat, let's watch the news while eating!"
Li Jiayu's eyes lit up when he read the news. At some point, Lin Jia had already brought the food. His cooking skills were getting better and better. The dishes he made were full of flavor, fragrant cola chicken wings and hot taro crab roe, plus spicy and sour pork ribs, beer sword bone fish and other meats, which made Li Jiayu's index finger excited.
"Lin Jia, the news said that society may be in turmoil soon, is it true? Will it be difficult for us to be as comfortable as we are now? I also want to eat the dishes you cooked for me every day..."
On the dining table, Li Jiayu swallowed a piece of ribs and suddenly asked with a serious expression.
"You have a fever? How could you raise this kind of topic?"
Lin Jia was shocked. In his concept, Li Jiayu was not a person who cared about national affairs. He was both unruly and human, and he was just a child who had not grown up. However, Lin Jia didn't think about it anymore. He picked up a piece of Coke chicken wing for Li Jiayu and replied:
"Who knows whether there is any turmoil? It depends on the power of the country. If the group of insects can be suppressed, who dares to be disturbed? But if the state organs cannot do anything to those insects and can't stop them from slaughtering civilians... Then no one will believe in the country anymore... At that time, everyone will be concerned about saving their lives, no one will raise pigs and chickens, no one will sell meat, no one will sell salt and oil, and even no workers in the power plant are willing to work. Then you and I really won't have the opportunity to eat at home as we do now."
"oh……"
Li Jiayu nodded, feeling lost. She had just gotten used to the life with Lin Jia, and had fun every day carefree... But the good times didn't last long. The world was going to be in chaos so soon. She could vaguely feel that her comfortable life was coming to an end again.
"Beautiful Master, it's very wrong after you read the news. Hello, you're not compassionate and want to save the world, right?" Lin Jia put down his chopsticks, looked at Li Jiayu seriously, and suddenly touched his chin and slapped his thighs and said, "Yes, Master, you can save the earth, you are a superwoman! Why don't you go to a martial arts training class and teach others to practice martial arts. Just like me, everyone's physical fitness has increased significantly, so don't be afraid of insects!"
"Idiot, I don't want that! I'm not a teacher... What's more, not every ordinary person is like you, who can endure hardships. Even if he can eat, he will have to practice hard for a few years to achieve results... But if you don't have the crystal cores of more than a dozen insects integrated into your body, you will not have the strong physique you are now."
Lin Jia was speechless for a moment and speechless.
"Forget it, I don't have to worry anyway... The soldiers come to block the water and the soil, anyway, those insects cannot hurt me. At worst, they will be a little sad in the future." Li Jiayu's mind was not very good. Compared to thinking, she prefers to use violence to solve problems.
"Oh, it would be great if we could go to that other world..." Lin Jia took a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth and said with a loss of regret: "That other world is full of experts, any one of them can kill those insects in a mess... If our earth world and that other world are connected to each other and communicate with each other, our earth let them have a full meal and provide a lot of living facilities, and they will teach us to practice martial arts and help us deal with insects... It is definitely a win-win situation."
I thought so, but Lin Jia also knew that she was daydreaming, so how could there be such a cheap thing in the world?
"Dingdong"
After dinner, Lin Jia was about to pack up the tableware, but the doorbell rang. Li Jiayu ran to the window and looked down, but saw a precious burgundy car parked below, and a young handsome man wearing sunglasses stood next to him.
"Hello, cousin Lin Jia, I'm here to find you again!"
Chapter completed!