Back to the Disaster: Scumbag Dad and Stepmom Step Aside
Back to the Disaster: Scumbag Dad and Stepmom Step Aside Chapter 59: Is This Even Money?

Sister Yun came over to discuss the batch of fuel with Yu Xifeng.

That batch of fuel, bought just a few days ago, had already quadrupled in price.

At the same time, prices for food, medicine, and warm clothing were also skyrocketing.

Prices were so high they barely seemed like real numbers anymore.

Sister Yun clicked her tongue, “Is this still money?”

Yu Xifeng thought, soon it won’t be.

The authorities were already consolidating resources held by big players; ordinary people’s controlled knives and tools were all converted into contribution points.

Now, one kitchen knife could be exchanged for 25 contribution points, which could be traded at the community center for three packs of compressed biscuits.

Many people had gone to exchange.

Not only their own, but they also went door to door to gather items from others.

At the entrance to the Cocoya county community, a notice was posted recruiting workers, detailing the rules for contribution point exchanges.

As long as you had something, you could exchange it for the corresponding contribution points; the same applied for work done.

Because it was fully open and transparent, there was basically no room for backdoor dealings.

The official Yang Rong had tried to curry favor with a certain leader but was caught embezzling and was immediately fired. Yang Rong himself hadn’t been at the community center long; although he had been made permanent staff, he wasn’t deeply involved, so they didn’t formally dismiss him.

They just marginalized him.

Yi Jiancong lowered his head. “Brother Rong, I’m sorry. I can’t even support my own child anymore. I really can’t afford so many mouths to feed.”

Yang Rong’s expression was grim.

He had struggled hard to climb up, only to have it all wasted.

He felt life was so unfair.

Now even someone like Yi Jiancong dared to step on him.

Yang Rong was angry and annoyed but had to hold it in to comfort Yi Jiancong.

“There’s been a lot of personnel changes recently. Wait a bit longer. I’ll arrange something new for you.”

Yi Jiancong shook his head. “No need for you to arrange anything. They broadcast it over the loudspeakers — the work done that day is settled that day. Just go straight to the community center to take on jobs.”

“What?” Yang Rong, an employee of the community center, found the news slower than the residents.

Yi Jiancong saw Yang Rong’s awkward situation clearly. He stood up straight, towering two centimeters taller than Yang Rong.

“Brother Rong, I won’t trouble you or your wife anymore. The community is recruiting normally. If I go there, I can at least earn a meal. But we have no stored grain at home, so you’ll have to prepare dinner for yourself.”

He went to the kitchen to cook dinner, leaving Yang Rong to slump down, both shocked and angry.

Yang Rong turned his head and said to Xu Qingrou, “Open that canned pork belly and cook a bowl of noodles.”

He wanted to show off to Yi Jiancong, flaunting his financial power to suppress Yi Jiancong’s disloyalty.

During these days, Yang Rong had taken advantage of the community’s chaos to make some gains. He was cautious enough not to leave any grounds for accusation.

They still had several cans of meat at home; exchanging them for compressed biscuits could sustain them for a while.

But his job now was not what it used to be.

That single canned meat, exchanged for compressed biscuits, could feed a family for three or four days.

So when the meat noodle soup was served, Yang Rong already felt some regret.

Yang Rong picked a large piece of meat from his bowl and put it into Yang Silong’s bowl. “Longlong, eat more.”

Yi Jiancong himself was still eating compressed biscuits. He gave Yang Rong and the others a cold look but said nothing and pushed the food in his bowl to his daughter’s.

His daughter had big eyes, only seven years old, very well-behaved, able to braid her own hair and tie it.

She stayed home alone during the day, without crying or causing trouble.

Yang Sizhu held her bowl and quickly ate the noodles.

Every extra bite counted—such scarce food, and with meat broth too.

Even though the taste was good, Yang Sizhu stuffed her mouth desperately but still felt so wronged she wanted to cry.

After Yi Jiancong and his daughter finished eating, he wiped her mouth clean and sent her to the bedroom.

There was coal burning in the bedroom, making it warmer.

“Brother Rong, you’ve stayed at my place for quite a few days. I won’t ask you for rent. Just be careful when you leave, don’t leave anything behind.”

Yang Silong understood. His mouth full of grease, he wiped it and said, “You think we care about this crappy place?”

Yi Jiancong smiled. “Speaking of which, you’re already in your twenties, just eating ready meals at home every day. Your sister even washes clothes and knits sweaters. How can you even face people?”

He shook his head, “A whole family clueless.”

Xu Qingrou gripped the chair back so tightly her fingers turned white.

Where would they live after moving out?

They already begged Yu Xifeng, but he just treated it like a joke.

Yang Sizhu sat quietly, thinking the same thing as Xu Qingrou.

It was so cold outside, where else could they possibly go?

They just wanted a place to live and a meal every day, yet it was so hard.

Yang Sizhu looked toward the bedroom door, where Yi Jiancong’s daughter was.

Their whole family squeezed into one bedroom, so why did Yi Jiancong’s daughter get her own room?

Yang Sizhu couldn’t help but feel jealous.

She didn’t like that girl, who had always clung to Yang Rong like a dog.

Now that Yang Rong was losing power, that girl was like a needle stuck right in Yang Sizhu’s heart.

Outside, the wind and frost were endless.

She had suffered so much hardship — how could that girl still live like a princess, protected by her father in a greenhouse, carefree?

A tide of malice surged inside Yang Sizhu.

She blinked at the bedroom door of Yi Jiancong’s daughter.

The 15th floor.

Sister Yun’s batch of fuel still hadn’t been arranged.

If they brought it in, they would be leaving the community soon, and who knows who the fuel would end up benefiting if left in the apartment.

Leaving it outside for a long time wasn’t an option either.

Yu Xifeng also wanted to secure that batch of fuel as soon as possible.

“Sister Yun, I have a place to store it, but I can’t reveal the exact address. I want to take my share back first. If you trust me, you can put yours there too.”

Sister Yun readily agreed. She said this because she wanted to ask if Yu Xifeng had any reliable channels.

After all these days, Sister Yun felt she owed Yu Xifeng a great favor. Even if Yu Xifeng took all the fuel for himself, she would just see it as repayment.

Sister Yun was very open-minded and immediately gave Yu Xifeng the address.

“When will your people go? Do they need to avoid anyone?”

Yu Xifeng calculated the travel time, “They can go tomorrow afternoon.”

“Alright then.”

The next day, Yu Xifeng went over.

A huge warehouse, the fuel neatly stacked inside.

The guard Sister Yun arranged was indeed no longer there.

Yu Xifeng jumped on the spot, drank half a cup of hot milk tea, then went out for a walk to make sure no one was watching.

Only then did he put the fuel into his space storage.

Taking advantage of this trip, Yu Xifeng secretly collected a lot of ice and piled up a small ice mountain.

In snowy weather, ice would often crack or collapse.

To avoid suspicion, Yu Xifeng even walked farther away.

In the snow, he even found half a frozen goat.

Wow.

The goat had claw marks on it, looking like a giant version of a small orange cat’s claws.

Yu Xifeng guessed it was a wild beast’s catch that someone had buried in the ground because they couldn’t eat it all at once.

He had intercepted it.

Yu Xifeng didn’t dare stay long and walked back with careful steps.

After going quite far, he heard a loud tiger roar coming from the direction he had come.

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