Chapter 11: Water and electricity cuts
They are not the only ones on the twenty-sixth floor.
If the safe passage is blocked with cement, how will Yuan Chuan's family and the college students who live in 2603 go out?
Wen Qizhou sighed helplessly: "That's only more disinfection." "They've got sticky boards, but they're not going to be able to stick them.
"Hmm." Chi Yue raised his hand, put his fingertips on the center of his eyebrows, and smoothed the frowning eyebrows: "At this stage, the natural disaster has just begun, and there will be no plague, you can rest assured." ”
Wen Qizhou's brows furrowed.
He hugged Chi Yue's slender waist and rested his chin on her shoulder: "How do you know I'm thinking about the plague?" ”
"I have mind reading."
"So powerful?"
Chi Yue raised his chin: "Of course." ”
The appearance of pretending to be arrogant made Wen Qizhou unable to hold back his laughter for a while, and the worries in his heart disappeared.
He followed her words and said, "Then read what I'm thinking about again?" ”
Chi Yue turned his head to meet his eyes.
She narrowed the distance between them, and under his puzzled eyes, she kissed him lightly on the side of the cheek: "You want me to kiss you." ”
The soft touch hit, Wen Qizhou was slightly stunned, and the slow half-beat heartbeat sounded in his ears like a drum in an instant.
This is the first time Chi Yue kissed him.
He couldn't describe how he felt at this moment, but the skin she had touched became hotter and hotter.
"It's not too early." Chi Yue couldn't stand his burning eyes, and pushed him with a red face: "You go take a bath first." ”
"Hmm." Hearing the fluttering sound of the prayer boat.
He went to the bathroom with his hands and feet, quickly washed off the stickiness of his body, and went to bed to hug his warm fragrant nephrite.
Two hearts that beat at different frequencies, because the kiss under the impulse got closer and closer.
The couple, who thought they would have insomnia, felt the familiar breath of each other, and were soon urged to fall asleep by sleepiness.
A dreamless night.
*
They slept in a warm atmosphere, but many residents were terrified and scolded all night.
Swarms of rats and cockroaches are a blow to families who have forgotten to block the drains and have not closed their doors and windows.
When they "wrestled" with rats and cockroaches, the number of unintentional injuries gradually increased.
The screams resounded intermittently until dawn.
The first thing Chi Yue did when he woke up was to click on the Big Eyes communication software to get new information.
There are more and more netizens who promote eschatology, and posts on how to deal with zombies, animal and plant mutations, natural disasters are endless, and there are people teaching drawing talismans and awakening abilities.
Out of curiosity, she looked around in turn.
Most of the posts about zombie mutations and awakenings are fantasizing about saving the world and dominating the world, and it's pure ability enthusiasts who are carnivaling, and few people debate or refute the impossibility with them.
However, there are many constructive speeches in response to natural disasters, and any one or two can come in handy.
Chi Yue watched it with relish, and before he had time to swipe down, the words "network failure" suddenly popped up on the screen.
She quit the app and clicked on the calendar, and couldn't help but sigh that time passed too quickly, and it was already June 23rd in a flash.
"Pray for the boat, there is no signal."
Wen Qizhou, who was collecting dirty clothes and preparing to put them in the washing tube, was stunned when he heard the words.
The signal outage did not affect them much, and he was concerned about another question: "Will there still be water and electricity today?" ”
"I don't know." Chi Yue took out two hot breakfasts and put them on the square table: "I only remember that the water and electricity were cut off at the end of the month, and I can't remember the specific time." ”
"It's okay, I'll know in the afternoon."
After the couple finished breakfast, they studied and exercised according to their usual routine, and waited until 1 pm to go to the bathroom to verify.
It turns out that neither the water nor the electricity has been cut off.
But the drama is that the washing condules and air conditioners went on strike after less than 10 minutes, and the faucets stopped coming out.
This change caused the community to wail, and through the closed doors and windows, the residents could hear the sound of cursing.
There is hope that it is only a matter of time before hydropower is restored; Some people are full of fear, thinking that the situation is not optimistic, and that it is necessary to plan for the future.
Yuan Chuan next door is the latter.
As the sun was setting, he knocked on the door of 2601 with two cabbages and car keys.
"Thank you last night." He stuffed the cabbage to Wen Qizhou: "This is planted by my daughter-in-law, you take it and eat it." ”
Wen Qizhou didn't say anything polite to him.
In the current situation, there will be contacts to make the relationship between the two families longer, and it is not advisable to pay unilaterally.
"Has my sister-in-law ever grown vegetables before?" He led Yuan Chuan into the house, picked up the cabbage and said, "It looks so good." ”
"No, she went to school with a book."
"I've been learning to grow vegetables lately." In order to hide people's eyes, Chi Yue deliberately vacated the flower pots at home and sprinkled a few seeds in front of the floor-to-ceiling window: "This batch has not germinated yet." ”
"Do you still have enough food to eat? If it's not enough, I'll go home and get some. ”
"That's enough, we've stocked up on vegetables."
Wen Qizhou turned on the two fans in the living room to the maximum setting, and poured him a glass of water: "How is Uncle's health?" ”
"It's good." He stared at the water in the paper cup, frowning worriedly: "I don't think there will be any water supply in the future, you save some use, don't take it out to entertain people." ”
"It's all down." Wen Qizhou stuffed a paper cup to him like he stuffed cabbage for himself: "Don't think too much, if you can't do it, we can go to the river to pick up a few buckets of water." ”
There is a river near the TV Tower, which is the closest to them, about a twenty-minute walk.
All Yuan Chuan could think of was the river.
His expression became weird: "The water in that river is too dirty, it is corpses and garbage, I don't know how many bacteria there are, even if it is boiled, there is no way to enter it!" ”
"Where did the corpse come from?"
"Don't you know?" He drank his saliva bitterly: "The police just salvaged two dismembered bodies from the river last week, and they have not found out who the deceased is. ”
Chi Yue didn't respond: "What are you afraid of if you fish it out?" The purifier filters it twice, and even the dirtier water can be drunk. ”
Her strong psychological quality made Yuan Chuan admire at the same time, but she also felt that she was too hypocritical.
He took a deep breath, tried to overcome the discomfort in his heart, and said, "The point is that I don't have a filter in my house." ”
Wen Qizhou: "Zero yuan purchase." ”
Yuan Chuan: "...... Tonight? ”
The change of people is only for a while, and he who heard that he will be bound by morality before hearing that he will be bound by morality, but now he only has expectations.
"Let's go to the supermarket tonight." He raised his wrist and glanced at the time of the dial: "If it's still open, pay for it." ”
"Okay, I'll come to you at eight o'clock."
As soon as he left, the hot and hungry Chi Yue turned off the electric fan, took Wen Qizhou's hand, and returned to the air-conditioned room in three or two steps.
She consciously swept around the space and looked at the food in the still area: "Pray for the boat, do you want to eat crayfish or hot pot?" ”
"Crayfish."
"Then I'll get some more barbecue." The barbecue and crayfish in a plastic box of tin foil immediately greeted them.
The aroma of domineering spreads.
Wen Qizhou put on disposable gloves, pinched the shrimp head to peel off the shell, and then fed it to Chi Yue: "How does it taste?" ”
"Delicious!" She inserted the straw into the canned coke and placed it in front of him: "I'll peel it myself, you can eat it." ”
Crayfish should be eaten hot.
Once cooled, the texture and meat quality will change, and the freshness and fullness of the mouth will be greatly reduced.
They nestled in air-conditioned rooms with a suitable temperature, drinking ice Coke, and eating shrimp while skewering.
The cosy atmosphere contrasts with the outside world, as if they are not in the midst of a changing natural disaster, but enjoying an ordinary evening.
*
When the night was falling, the three people who had agreed to go out together followed the light from the flashlight and walked down slowly.
There are also a lot of rats and cockroaches in the corridor.
Hearing their footsteps, the rats ran away, leaving only cockroaches that could be trampled to death.
Halfway through the cleanup, they suddenly heard an extremely noisy noise coming from downstairs, as if there were many people arguing.
"Brother Zhou?" Walking to the third floor, Zhong Chen and his girlfriend Zhou Wenwen appeared around the corner: "Where are you going?" ”
Wen Qizhou paused: "Supermarket." ”
"The supermarket is closed." He told them the information he had just received: "The official said that the supplies would be distributed uniformly. ”
"When?"
"On Mondays and Fridays, they would drop supplies on the rooftops of each building by helicopter at 9 p.m."
"Isn't it Monday?" Yuan Chuan approached the railing next to him and looked down: "No wonder it's so noisy downstairs." ”
"Let's go upstairs first." Zhou Wenwen's eyes roamed around the couple, and the delicate face raised a light smile: "You can still occupy a good position on the rooftop in advance." ”
Chi Yue was silent.
She heard footsteps coming from downstairs, turned around and took Wen Qizhou's arm, and stepped on the stairs in front of her again.
Soon after they arrived on the rooftop, the residents of Building 2 went upstairs one after another, thanks to the help of neighbors and friends.
Young people of all ages flocked to the wide open space like a tide, scattered in groups of three and two, and occasionally met acquaintances, and would say hello and chat about family life.
Nearly 100 people, blowing the scorching summer evening breeze, counted the time, hoping for the helicopter to distribute supplies to appear.
At a quarter past nine, the sound of the propeller turning could be heard from a distance, and the army-green helicopter hovered overhead.
Residents tacitly agreed to leave open space.
When the huge wooden box landed steadily and the helicopter flew to another building, two people couldn't wait to get on the plane.
"Don't squeeze!" The middle-aged woman with a horn in her hand said: "The wooden box says that each family can get four bottles of mineral water, four bags of instant noodles and two bags of compressed biscuits. ”
"Nothing else?"
"Isn't this fooling people? How long can you eat four bags of instant noodles in four bottles of water? It's not enough to have a large family! ”
"He has such a point, it is better for us to buy it in the supermarket, even if the purchase is limited, it is better than the current situation."
"I recommend mineral water per head! It's fairest and everyone can drink water. ”
"I disagree! It is clearly written that it is divided according to the family, why should it be changed? Do you want to take advantage and go crazy? ”