"Do you still have some cotton clothes, quilts, and such in this warehouse? If you don't need them, I can collect them along with everything else and give you some compensation," Zhao Xiaoqing said.
Because the Southern Hemisphere was currently in its extreme winter season, and based on its performance, the temperature might become very cold in winter. Therefore, even though the weather was hot now and these cotton clothes and quilts were not in short supply, the authorities still required some to be stockpiled, though it was not a high priority.
Tang Li heard this and shook her head, "No, leave them with me for now. They won't go bad anyway. It's not too late to collect them when they're needed."
Zhao Xiaoqing heard this and laughed, scolding, "What a clever girl!" Collecting them after the extreme winter season arrived would mean the compensation vouchers would be higher than now.
The other duty officers had already left the warehouse. Tang Li locked the warehouse door and followed everyone else out.
Zhao Xiaoqing asked, "Did you bring your ID card?"
"Yes, I did."
Tang Li knew that an ID card was required to apply for a supply allocation voucher account, so she had brought it with her long ago.
"Good that you brought it. Come with me to the supply office to apply for a voucher account."
As Zhao Xiaoqing spoke, she brought Tang Li onto her helicopter. On the way, she introduced more about the supply allocation vouchers to Tang Li. Although it was all information Tang Li knew from her previous life, she still pretended to listen intently.
Supply allocation voucher accounts could only be handled at official supply offices in various locations, not at banks. Each person's supply allocation voucher account was bound to their ID card. Currently, there were no physical supply allocation vouchers; all of them were recorded on something similar to a passbook, and simultaneously stored in official equipment.
Since all survival supplies were controlled by the authorities and could only be exchanged with them, all supply allocation voucher transactions had to go through the supply office, making private transactions impossible. Later, because the pre-apocalypse currency was unwanted, people resorted to bartering, and only then did the authorities issue paper supply allocation vouchers to facilitate private transactions.
Because the supply allocation vouchers were temporary currency during the martial law period, the authorities promised to recycle these vouchers with equivalent supplies after the martial law ended. However, no one knew at the time that these supply allocation vouchers, issued as temporary currency due to the collapse of the pre-apocalypse currency, would never be recalled even after their own collapse. Currently, supply allocation vouchers were universally accepted nationwide.
But Tang Li knew that after the solar storm, the supply allocation vouchers in various regions began to fragment. After local supplies gradually ran out, the supply allocation vouchers in different regions were no longer recognized by each other. Eventually, even the three major underground cities ceased to recognize the supply allocation vouchers from other places.
Listening to Zhao Xiaoqing's introduction, time passed quickly. Before long, the helicopter flew to another high ground. This was the former headquarters of the A City Garrison, and it was now the martial law implementation authority of A City. The supply office also operated from here. The helicopter landed at a dedicated helicopter airport. After disembarking, they had to take another car to reach the supply office.
"This is a military control zone. Helicopters cannot land randomly; they must be parked here uniformly, and then you take a car to the supply office, so it's quite a distance," Zhao Xiaoqing explained in the car. "If you arrived by boat, you would reach the supply office shortly after disembarking. However, this flood should not last for many more days, and you'll be able to drive here directly in the future."
Through the car window, Tang Li could see armed soldiers standing guard everywhere. Patrols could also be seen from time to time, with very strict security and everything in good order. The car drove very slowly and had to stop occasionally for inspections. However, Tang Li also noticed that Zhao Xiaoqing seemed to hold a relatively high position. Thus, she curiously asked, "Director Zhao, as the deputy director of the supply office, why did you personally come to check the supplies for me? Shouldn't this kind of task be assigned to the clerks below?"
Zhao Xiaoqing smiled and replied, "Because you're beautiful!"
Tang Li: "(⊙ˍ⊙)"
Seeing Tang Li's expression, Zhao Xiaoqing couldn't help but chuckle.