"What do you mean 'barely enough'? Does your family have a throne to inherit or something?"
Besides, it's the apocalypse now. Though power is good, how much better can the material conditions of those highborn youths in Wu City truly be? Aren't they all just enviously eyeing the pitiful output, waiting for the authorities to distribute a few supplies? No family's situation is that much better than any other's.
Unable to hold back, Mrs. Niu said, "Her father is the deputy director of the breeding farm, overseeing all the livestock in Wu City. They even raise chickens at home and have a milk-producing cow, mind you. The number of private dairy cows in Wu City can be counted on one's fingers."
