Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 78

Chapter 78

The two walked around and found that someone was selling pork, and there were quite a few people buying it.

"Don't go, it's dead pork, killed by the thick fog, and it's not good for your health." A mother-in-law grabbed them and motioned them to look at the basket in her hand, "I have duck eggs! I make my own salt. Duck eggs! Buy my duck eggs, they are delicious and nutritious!"

Shao Shengan thought that salted duck eggs were also good, and asked her mother-in-law what to use in exchange.

"Is there any anti-cough medicine? My child has a bad cough, and the medicine given is not enough. You give me two packs, and I'll give you these duck eggs for two packs! I'll even give you the basket!

" Shao Shengan's arms.

With hope in her eyes, Shao Shengan decided to buy these duck eggs, but Qiao Qingqing stopped him and said to her mother-in-law, "We won't buy them." Pulled Shao Shengan and left.

"Hey! Big girl, don't do this! Why do you stop what your husband said he wants to buy! These are good duck eggs and very nutritious!"

Shao Shengan was a little strange, but he didn't say anything and just followed Qiao Qingqing.

After her mother-in-law followed seven or eight meters, Qiao Qingqing stood still and turned her head to interrupt her: "Are your salted duck eggs really nutritious?"

"I—"

"The urban management is over there."

The expression on her mother-in-law's face was foggy Unable to hide her panic, she turned and ran away.

"Is there a problem with duck eggs?" Shao Shengan asked.

"Well, that's a common deception, it's not a salted duck egg, it should be a ping pong ball. She poured water into it, and then wrapped it in mud to make a camouflage, plus the thick fog is not good for vision, you can't find the problem if you don't take it out and look carefully. Shao Shengan understood: "

It's my fault, I will be more careful in the future. By the way, can I still buy pork? Can I eat it?"

Qiao Qingqing nodded: "The pigs that died in the thick fog can be eaten, but now it is certain It's very expensive, so I don't buy it anymore."

They continued shopping, the autumn wind was bleak, and Qiao Qingqing rubbed her arms.

"There's nothing to buy, why don't you go home?"

"Okay, you can talk to mom about knitting sweaters when you get home. The temperature returns to normal, and the sweaters and scarves will sell well after the winter.

" I waited at the intersection, and it took an hour to gather 20 people to set off together. This trip made me feel full of security. On the way, I encountered a security team patrolling from the opposite side, and my sense of security increased again.

They went out in the morning, and the two returned home in the afternoon. They did not expect to have guests at home.

"Village Chief? Changtian?" Village Chief Ye stood up with a smile

: "Long time no see, did you go out smoothly?"

Ye Changtian also stood up, smiled and said nothing.

Shao Shengan hurriedly greeted them to sit down, sat opposite them with Qiao Qingqing, and curiously asked how the two of them came together.

"Cough cough! My right leg is numb and can't walk recently. I want to ask Dr. Qiao to help with two injections. Changtian just has time to send me here, cough cough." Village Chief Ye said.

Qiao Qingqing let him in and called Father Shao to come in and help.

They went in for acupuncture, Ye Changtian looked away and chatted with Shao Shengan.

The hot topic of chat now is of course the thick fog, Ye Changtian picked up some unclassified information and talked to Shao Shengan: "The research institute is working overtime to do research, and the mayor takes extra care of the researcher's family, so that they have no worries... Yes Yes, one of Mayor Yu's sister died suddenly while doing a questionnaire survey. It seems that she had a heart attack. She fell down from the upstairs due to overwork and died on the spot."

Shao Shengan's eyes moved: "Mayor Yu Is his sister Yu Manshu?"

Ye Changtian was a little surprised: "Do you know him?"

"I don't know, but I have heard of it. I often met her before and led people to kill rodents at the grassroots level."

Ye Changtian nodded: "It's her, she works diligently and has good abilities. I admire her very much, but her husband is not very good. Isn't she gone? Her work was handed over to her husband. , I think, her husband is not a practical person, he is very good at his words, and he does a good job on the surface, but in fact—I don't know what Yu Jingshen's vision is."

"Do you have any opinions on the mayor?

He shook his head and told the truth, "I don't have to hide it. I'm naturally a member of Mayor Luo when I work for Mayor Luo. Our faction is in competition with the mayor's side, but I still treat those who have the ability . I admire her very much. Yu Manshu is really powerful. She takes the lead and does everything well. Mayor Luo has praised her. Yu Jingshen is very ambitious. I don't like him. , he is still protecting him! Anyway, I don't have a good impression of him. The dense fog is so strong, and he even asked people to come down to do a questionnaire survey. It was during this task that Yu Manshu died suddenly, and several grass-roots community officers had worsening coughs. They are all on sick leave. What's the point of doing this? Oh, the meaning is to provide reporters with materials. Before the home protection was lifted, he visited several households, brought reporters and cameras, and said that it was to satisfy the wishes of ordinary people for home protection. I've got something, do you know how long the video has been played inside us? It's broadcast once a day, and ten episodes are cut out. The music is so touching that it makes my scalp tingle."

Waiting for Qiao Qingqing to give Ye Cun After the long acupuncture came out, she saw the two of them chatting hotly, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm going to make some ointment, Brother Ye Tian, ​​the village chief asked you to come in." The village chief did not want Shao's father to help with dressing.

Ye Changtian stopped talking and smiled.

After sending the father and son away, Qiao Qingqing asked curiously, "What have you been talking about for so long?"

Shao Shengan glanced at Qiao Songzhi, who put down her wool and turned her neck: "My back hurts from sitting. I'm going to make dinner."

He said quietly.

"Yu Manshu is dead?" Qiao Qingqing was stunned.

This is too unexpected. She digested it a bit and looked in the direction of the kitchen: "Mom was knitting sweaters in the living room just now, didn't she say anything after hearing that?"

"No, I didn't even lift my head."

Qiao Qingqing didn't care, she was more concerned about how Ye Changtian said so much to her husband.

"Actually, he didn't say anything about secrets. You know him, and he is very measured. I think he is under too much pressure and wants to find someone to talk about and vent." "Not

only."

Shao Shengan smiled helplessly: "Anyway, I Pretend I don't know, I just want to do odd jobs, I can take care of the house most of the time, and I don't want to go with him to do errands with Mayor Luo."

"Sheng An, you don't have to be too burdensome, you can go there if you want. Work is not far from home, so I can take care of you." Qiao Qingqing didn't want her husband to suppress her too much.

"I really don't want to go, what else can I tell you?" He stroked Qiao Qingqing's hair, "Okay, I'll go downstairs to fetch water."

Shao Shengan lifted the empty bucket, and Shao's father followed Going out to take care of each other, I was afraid that the last time Shao Shengan went downstairs to fetch water alone, he injured his foot and could not move. Qiao Qingqing went to the kitchen to help and asked Shao's mother to play with Shao Shengfei. When Shao's mother went out, she whispered how her mother was feeling now.

Qiao Songzhi stirred the porridge in the pot and said in a flat tone: "How can I feel, I don't actually hate her, I hated Lin Mingyong at the time, I married him when he was poor and wasted, and I was his virtuous inner helper and waited for his career. When I was Xiaocheng, I hadn't had a few days of happiness, and he cheated on him. For the sake of Yu Manshu's family's power, he decided to divorce me. He and I were celebrating your birthday the night before. He said that you were his jewel. ...Yu Manshu, after hearing what you said about Lin Mingyong's sins in her previous life, I had long guessed that she would die. Otherwise, it would be impossible to sit back and watch Lin Mingyong treat her daughter like that, but I didn't expect her to die like this. Qingqing, you Said that fate had already been arranged? Back then, because of her family background and because her cousin held an important position in a government agency, after she became pregnant, she only needed a light sentence, and Lin Mingyong divorced me, abandoning his wife and daughter and running towards her Now she worked hard for her cousin and died suddenly from exhaustion at the post, is this karma?"

"...Mom, this is her own choice."

"Yeah, everyone has to pay for their choices, so I really don't hate her, I just think good luck makes people."

Qiao Qingqing hugged her arm and leaned her face on her shoulder.

The mother and daughter did not speak, but they could draw warmth from each other.

After a long time, Qiao Songzhi sighed deeply.

Shao's father and Shao's mother did not know the names of Qiao Qingqing's biological father and stepmother, so they paid no attention to what Ye Changtian said, and forgot after hearing it. Mother Shao could see that Qiao Songzhi was not in a good mood, and thought she was feeling unwell, so she secretly said to Qiao Qingqing, "Your mother is stubborn, if you feel any discomfort, I will not tell you if you are worried, look at her It's not that she's not feeling well, I see her face is not good."

"I asked just now, she just felt that the thick fog outside was a little annoying, she was in a bad mood, and her body was fine."

Mother Shao breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. Good."

After dinner, Qiao Qingqing opened the consultation fee sent by Village Chief Ye: a bag of dried longan.

The dried longan's outer shell was flaky and brittle in the sun, and it shattered when squeezed. Qiao Qingqing grabbed a handful for each of the family members: "Eat it and see if it's delicious."

After trying it, everyone said it was delicious. The longan meat was sticky and sweet, and the aftertaste was endless.

Qiao Songzhi's mood gradually improved, seeing that Shao Shengfei squeezed the dried longan into thin pieces, and gently wiped his hands and peeled the shell for him.

When Shao Shengfei finally ate the longan meat, his eyes narrowed: "It's so sweet!" A

bag of dried longan made the family enjoy simple happiness.

But this thing can't be eaten too much, Qiao Qingqing put away the rest, and plans to take some out for the family to eat after a while.

Later, Ye Changtian came again with his six sons. This time he was more direct, saying that he had promoted some villagers and asked Shao Shengan if he wanted to go with him.

"Mayor Luo needs talents around him."

And Shao Shengan also refused directly. Ye Changtian seemed very disappointed. He knew that Shao Shengan and Qiao Qingqing were both from prestigious schools. Such people must have had decent jobs before the natural disaster, and their abilities must not be bad. Ye Changtian knew what he and his friends in the village were lacking, so he was looking forward to Shao Sheng'an joining. What if their Qiuye Village was scattered and lived separately? Akiba Village will always exist.

But he didn't expect that Shao Shengan would refuse again. He could understand that the last time he called Shao Shengan to deal with spoiled honey together, Shao Shengan refused because he was afraid of retaliation, but this time there was no risk at all! The mayor is their backer, why did Shao Shengan also refuse?

"Are you so willing to be an ordinary electrician? Sheng An, there is a lot to be done now. Talents like you are exactly what the mayor needs. Why do I think - you live too carefully, you are still so young, more than me I'm still two years younger, how can I live like my dad and have no energy to fight?"

Ye Changtian didn't understand, and Shao Shengan didn't need each other to understand, everyone's pursuits were different, and there was no need to force each other to agree.

When sending them out, Shao Shengan wished them a bright future.

"You—" Ye Changtian wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The foggy days are not easy. Although Qiao Qingqing's family has enough white vinegar, they can't drink too much, as it will damage the esophagus and stomach.

Except for the first few days after their family ingested a lot of white vinegar, in the following days, Qiao Qingqing's family only ingested a little white vinegar every two days on the basis of the cough medicine distributed by the base, and the white vinegar was placed in the vegetable soup. Here, each person drinks a bowl.

There are enough masks at home, and sometimes you can wear a fire mask when you go out, which is more secure.

In short, in the best possible protection, their family's symptoms are very mild, at most a few coughs, and no symptoms of abdominal pain for the time being.

People without other protective measures in place, two months after the appearance of the dense fog, have obvious symptoms, such as severe cough, abdominal pain, stomach pain, or do not know where the pain is on the body, which is particularly uncomfortable.

The pain is maddening, the order begins to shake, and the crime rate continues to rise. The base has to send more security teams and strengthen base patrols.

In order to enhance the safety factor, Qiao Qingqing decided to install an iron gate at the entrance of the corridor on the seventh floor. Their family has the best friendship with 702, and they barely know the basics. Pei Yan is also a researcher at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, with a stable income and a simple population (after Pei Yan goes to work, only Chi Yuxiu and her mother-in-law are at home), this family is absolutely reliable. So Qiao Qingqing went to Chi Yuxiu to discuss, if she agreed, she would install an iron gate on the seventh floor, and their family moved to 701 to live.

Chi Yuxiu raised both hands in approval. She and her mother-in-law were at home. It was really scary to hear the movement outside recently. Although the security team has been patrolling intensively, it is impossible to stay downstairs in the 20th building of Ping An Community all the time. If someone really comes to rob the house, it will be too late when the security team arrives. Since the fog appeared, her husband has been working overtime in the office and never came back. Her brother came to see her, but her brother's task in the security team was very heavy, and he couldn't take care of her all the time. It would be great if there was an iron gate. !

"Do you have an iron gate?"

Seeing Qiao Qingqing nodding, Chi Yuxiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then my family paid half the money for this iron gate, how much did you spend to get the iron gate?

" It doesn't cost a lot of money for the door, you just pay a little bit."

How can this be possible?

After the iron gate was installed, Mrs. Pei packed up two bags of potatoes for Chi Yuxiu to send.

Potato Qiao Qingqing did not refuse, and returned a bottle of white vinegar.

With the iron gate, Chi Yuxiu and her mother-in-law could finally sleep peacefully that night.

Unexpectedly, three days after the iron gate was installed, their building was attacked, and someone hammered the iron gate at the entrance of the corridor with something at night.

The people in the hammer door were cursing, hysterical, venting frantically, cursing Qiao Qingqing for help.

"The voice is very familiar, it seems to be a resident of the Ping An community, and I should come to see you for medical treatment." Shao Shengan stood at the door, looking at the door, holding a kitchen knife in his hand.

Qiao Qingqing thought about it, and probably remembered who it was. She remembered that she had never had a dispute with the other party.

"The iron gate prevents him from coming in. Leave him alone." It

took a while for the sound outside to stop, but within ten minutes, they heard the sound of banging the door not far away. in a nearby building.

"Could it be the same person?" Qiao Songzhi worried.

Qiao Qingqing leaned against the window to listen to the movement outside, and heard a few familiar curses, it was really the same person.

"Over there... there seems to be a doctor who runs a clinic at home." Qiao Songzhi responded, "Is he crazy and attacking the doctor?"

"I have to find the security team." Shao Shengan began to change his shoes and put on a mask. Qingqing helped him carry the bicycle out.

"Pay attention to safety."

Shao Shengan nodded, picked up the bicycle and ran downstairs.

The family was worried about him and fidgeted at home until 20 minutes later when they saw a lot of yellow lights approaching from the gap in the window, Father Shao breathed a sigh of relief: "The security team is here."

After another ten minutes, Shao Shengan went home sweating profusely. After the door was closed, he took off his mask and took a deep breath, sweating. Qiao Qingqing took a towel to wipe him, and Shao's mother poured him warm boiled water. After a while, he calmed down, still breathing heavily: "It's alright, when the security team arrived, he had already taken Dr. Huang on the third floor of the building next door. The door of the house was smashed open, and Dr. Huang's family fought with him, and they all saw blood, but fortunately the security team came quickly, no casualties, and I came back after seeing him being caught.

" Heart pounding: "How can this happen, it's so scary for no reason!"

Qiao Qingqing thought for a while: "I remember he lived in Building 13, the one who once brought his son to see a doctor, his son was leukemia, I told him I said that I can't do anything about it, could it be that his son—"

"No, so he may have been stimulated."

"Oh, that's very miserable, but it can't be like this, how can Guan Qingqing come to our house? Fortunately, there is an iron gate blocking the door, otherwise it would be very dangerous."

Today's experience made Shao Shengan think of the deceased Doctor Wei, and he was quite afraid.

If it is said that the father is angry with all the doctors who have not rescued his son because of the loss of his son, then in the following days, some residents go downstairs to fetch water but are attacked indiscriminately for no reason, it shows that the residents are now in a very unsafe state of mind. .

Sweeping natural disasters bring people a series of closed, depressed, lost and dazed.

Mayor Luo tried his best to ease the mood of the residents. Tan Jianling suggested: "Isn't it that a lot of film and television data before the natural disaster has been repaired? Let's broadcast it to the residents, and broadcast the previous TV programs at a fixed time every night. I believe it will soothe the hearts of the residents to a great extent."

"But where to look? There is not enough space for the gymnasium."

Tan Jianling said, "It's not enough just at the gate of each community."

Mayor Luo frowned: "Dense fog ——"

"Mayor, the cough medicine is now available, and the base has fully resumed work. As long as they are well protected, there will be no major problems with the projection program two hours after they come out. The survivors are suffering from increasingly serious psychological problems. Now, a little physical threat is already considered a small problem. The more you let them hide at home, the easier it is to cause problems, and it is better to block it."

After thinking for a while, Mayor Luo nodded: "You can handle this matter as soon as possible. Make it happen ."

Two days later, when Shao Shengan and Shao's father went downstairs to draw water, they saw something moving at the gate, the thick fog obscured his sight, and the yellow light was shaking at the gate, and he could barely see the people walking behind the thick fog. silhouette.

"Go and see?" Father Shao asked.

The two went over to find out, and only after getting close did they find that those people were wearing the clothes of community officers. Only after inquiring did they find out that they were installing projectors and curtains, and the film and television program began tonight.

Shao's father was pleasantly surprised: "It's not like the village's Spring Festival, when there is a free movie in the sun valley! Oh, your mother must be very happy, she likes watching this, holding a bag of melon seeds and watching it all night!"

They went home and said the good news. An hour later, the community officer walked around the community with a loudspeaker, informing the residents of the good news, reminding the residents to protect their mouths and noses when watching the movie, bring a good stool, and watch the clouds in an orderly manner. Shao

's mother was looking forward to it: "Then let's go to see tonight?"

Qiao Songzhi was also a little excited: "Okay, do you want to occupy a seat first?"

"Yes? Do you want to put down two chairs first and write your name?"

Father hurriedly said: "Don't be stolen! So, it doesn't mean that the release starts at six o'clock. I will go down at half past five to occupy the seat, and you will come down at six o'clock."

Shao Shengan echoed with a smile: "My father and I will go to occupy the seat. ."

This day's dinner, everyone ate happily. Humans are gregarious animals. Even if there is no shortage of movies in their homes, the experience of being able to watch movies outdoors with many people is completely different, and they are all looking forward to it.

After eating, Shao's mother quickly washed the dishes and chopsticks. Shao Shengfei said that he wanted snacks to watch a movie, so Qiao Qingqing went to look through the snacks in the space. Almost all the snacks were eaten, and only the fried melon seeds were left. When Qiao Qingqing hoarded it, she followed the wholesale specifications, a bag of 50 pounds and a pound of four yuan. She bought five bags. It was the high temperature in the past two years, and I hardly ate it. I haven't eaten half of the bag until now.

She put two plates on the table: "It's too foggy outside, it's best not to take off your mask to eat when you go out. Let's eat at home."

It doesn't feel good to eat at home, but there is no way to do it in special circumstances.

After knocking melon seeds for half an hour, Father Shao put on a small bench and went out to occupy a seat. At six o'clock, the whole family went down to see it together. Chi Yuxiu and her mother-in-law didn't go, she watched Qiao Qingqing go downstairs and locked the iron door.

In the open space at the gate of the community, everyone occupies a place to sit, and it is impossible to see who is sitting next to one meter away. Qiao Qingqing can only judge from the surrounding voices that there are quite a few people. At six o'clock, the projection screen appeared on time, the familiar music sounded, and everyone was in an uproar.

"Is it the news network?"

"Really? I remember this voice."

"Isn't it about watching a movie? What kind of news broadcast?"

Father Shao said expectantly: "The news broadcast is very good, I love watching the news, look! The host comes out. It's gone!"