Chapter Seventy-Four: Cooperation Breaks Down
Liu Kuanqiang's body fell straight into the water from the 17th floor, with a "poof" sound, splashing a meter or two of water, even though the rain was still brushing outside, it still couldn't cover the impact of the corpse touching the water.
The people on the lower floors could hear it very clearly, but no one would come out and say no. On the contrary, the switch was turned on by this act of "throwing corpses", and after that, people began to throw garbage directly into the water openly, instead of worrying about being preached and had to deal with it secretly.
Subsequently, Zhou Qinghu and Du Xin went downstairs to move their luggage directly to the 17th floor, and before going downstairs, they asked their daughter sitting on the sofa to supervise Tian Sijing to clean up the bloodstains.
Xie Shu upstairs looked at the somewhat outrageous scene downstairs, and there was no squeak. Mo Yangyang had just recovered and couldn't be stimulated too much. Although Xie Shu knew that she should have vaguely heard the sound of falling water, combined with the example that Xie Shu said a few days ago, she could probably also think of what happened.
At noon, the three of them ate together, and there was a rare silence at the dinner table, although Xie Shu was not used to talking during meals in the past, but after dealing with Mo Yangyang and Liang Xiaozhen for a long time, the lunch of the three of them was usually enjoyed while discussing various things.
Before leaving, Xie Shu quietly said to Liang Xiaozhen, "Guide Yang Yang more, she will have to accept this cruelty sooner or later, although I know that it is not easy for you either." ”
The two glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of indescribable helplessness about the world.
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Upstairs for a few more days, Mo Yangyang also changed well. The three of them returned to their old joyful atmosphere. It's just that Xie Shu can feel that this atmosphere is no longer so pure under the oppression of the external environment.
At this time, Xie Shu and Mo Yangyang were sitting in the living room, the two of them were facing a rifle, and Mo Yangyang explained some theoretical knowledge to Xie Shu.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
Mo Yangyang ran over to open the door, and Liang Xiaozhen walked in from outside. looked at Liang Xiaozhen, who was empty-handed, and relieved his doubts.
Today, Xie Shu took out a gold necklace for Liang Xiaozhen, so that he could go down and exchange for some food. In order to facilitate the response, Xie Shu simply waited for Liang Xiaozhen to come back at 24. It's just that, looking at Liang Xiaozhen's appearance of not holding anything in his hand, Xie Shu couldn't help frowning, could it be that the rules downstairs have changed again?
Xie Shu has been busy exercising these days, and there is no loud noise outside, so she won't be fine, just look at the situation downstairs. Is this what has happened again?
"Really, have the following rules been changed again? What do they want for snacks now? ”
Liang Xiaozhen shook his head, walked over and sat down with the two of them, "It's not a matter of rules, it's that there is no more team downstairs." Those collectives were directly divided, and it is estimated that they will not be able to be exchanged in the future. ”
Although I was a little surprised, I was also in the idea of relieving myself. This kind of cooperation on the surface of the building, and the situation of each other's precautions in the bottom of the heart, could not last for a long time, but I didn't expect it to end so quickly.
"Zhou Qinghu's family felt that they had a rubber boat and were unwilling to participate, so they withdrew."
Mo Yangyang tilted his head, "Aren't there two more?" ”
Shrugging his shoulders, Liang Xiaozhen waved his hand and said, "Last time, Liu Kuanqiang's death was ultimately a matter of distributing materials, and the other residents felt that the leaders of Wujiang were not good, and they didn't dare to do it, so they all spared their lives." ”
"There is a little daughter on the 20th floor and Wu Jiang who have their own rubber boats, and they can't organize it even if they want to."
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The downstairs collaboration was officially and completely broken down last night. Originally, Wu Jiang gathered a bunch of people and prepared to organize their third outing. Zhou Qinghu and Du Xin stood in the living room of Wu Jiang's house, and did not wait for anyone to gather, and directly told Wu Jiang that they would not participate.
"Brother Zhou, Sister Du, it's not good for us to be like this, I know you have rubber boats, but more people make you stronger."
"I don't see any benefits I've taken from anyone else." Du Xin has almost completely changed since she experienced that unbearable night, she used to just give Zhou Qinghu a reassuring backing and embrace at home, but now she has fully appeared, holding half the sky.
Wu Jiang still remembered what Du Xin warned him that day, and he didn't dare to really forcibly leave the two of them to organize. It is a spontaneous act, and there is no reason to force it.
After Zhou Qinghu and Du Xin left, Wu Jiang waited for everyone to gather and said about it. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was out of control, Zhou Qinghu and Du Xin seemed to have become two invisible leaders, and others followed suit.
"Forget it, the last time I went out, it seemed that I saw a corpse in the water, but I wasn't sure if I was far away."
"I also think it's too dangerous to go out, and I can't find anything really to eat, it's all junk food."
"Angkor, now this world is like this, first everyone is fine, and then there is cooperation and then you can contact again."
Only the girls on the 20th floor and Wu Jiang himself were not very happy, and they were still persuading cooperation. Especially the girl on the 20th floor, who could have borrowed a rubber boat to get snacks, but now it is suddenly gone, and she doesn't want to cooperate for a while.
But I couldn't bear that everyone was reluctant to participate, and in the end, only Wu Jiang and the girls on the 20th floor were left in the room looking at each other.
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Xie Shu nodded. "So now it's back to the time of independence. It won't last long now when it's still peaceful. ”
"I don't know what's going on outside the building, but inside the building, I guess even those who live at home are running out of gas. At that time, even if there is no rice grain, it will not be able to make cooked food. ”
"It's not good, it's really hard."
"I just went down, and I saw that almost all the garbage downstairs was thrown directly into the water, so let's deal with it later."
Mo Yangyang nodded, "Mmmm, otherwise if you put it at the door, although it is all dry garbage, it will also look uncomfortable." ”
After a period of silence, Xie Shu got up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, and slightly opened a small slit in the curtain to prevent the light from the lamp in the living room from leaking out.
Looking outside, it was already night, and the normal view had long been obscured by the darkness and torrential rain. Xie Shu opened the perspective and looked at the water surface, and he couldn't see the outside clearly, but in fact, the inside was already filthy. Black plastic garbage bags floated on the water, and there were all kinds of scattered empty bottles and empty plastic bags floating in the water with the blow of the rain.
Xie Shu could see clearly, in addition to some daily garbage, there were already one or two corpses swollen with blisters in some remote corners.
Counting the days, Xie Shu thought that it should be the past few days, the water in the reservoir overflowed, and the water surface, which was originally dozens of meters above the ground, had risen sharply, and after the flood, the number of corpses in the water might increase.