Chapter 52: Chaos Happens
"Doctor Shen, are you going out to buy supplies?"
Not long after leaving the community, Shen Xiaoxiao and his party met a neighbor who went out shopping in the same community.
They had built an assault boat and were returning from shopping at the mall.
Seeing that the three members of her family were sitting in a rubber boat, their eyes were full of envious expressions.
Father Shen nodded, "Go buy some supplies first." ”
The community group has communicated, and the residents know where to buy supplies, so the people on the assault boat will not be surprised to see someone get a rubber boat out.
A neighbor kindly reminded, "By the way, there was some commotion on the road ahead, someone grabbed a batch of goods and ran away, you three pay attention." ”
"We just came from the front, fortunately we were far away from the group, they took the supplies and ran away, it is estimated that even if the rescue team comes, there will be no evidence,"
"yes, it scared the hell out of me. I saw two more people overboard, and the rubber boat was also deflated, and I don't know what the situation is now. ”
Hearing the news, Shen Xiaoxiao's face became serious.
Sure enough, in the absence of regulation, someone began to break through the bottom line.
She silently touched the nail gun prepared in her bag, although this tool is much less powerful than the real gun, but after all, it is a weapon that can be obtained, and for some people who have not seen it, it still has a certain deterrent effect.
Shen Xiaoxiao nodded, "Thank you for informing." We'll be on the safe side. ”
She hesitated, but still told her that she was going to the emergency shelter,
"Ladies and gentlemen, if it rains in the future, don't worry about the house for now, it's safer to have an official emergency shelter. After all, the government has always called for moving to higher shelters as much as possible, where there is water, electricity and food, and it is best to be able to enter it first while there are still places. ”
Hearing this, the neighbors were stunned for a moment, but they also thought it was a good idea, and thanked them one after another.
"Okay, we remember."
"Doctor Shen, your family is still a high-level family, so will you go over now?"
Father Shen nodded: "Although the shelter is not as comfortable as at home, after all, it can be protected by the state, and in this situation, it is not much safer to stay at home." In the past, I was able to feel at ease. ”
"Dr. Shen is right, looking at the official forecast, this rain will continue to fall, and it is really unreliable at home."
"Indeed, it's raining so hard anyway, why don't we go to the official shelter and lock the door of our house."
"That's right, my neighbor on the lower floor went to the shelter because his house was flooded, and he sent me a message last night saying that the conditions there are okay, even if he does some volunteer work, he won't be tired."
However, some people didn't give face, and muttered directly: "What are you tossing around, the shelters are all improvised, how can you be comfortable at home, anyway, the thirteenth floor of our house is just in the middle floor, it won't be flooded or leak rain, and now you can buy food, and the government will also distribute supplies, isn't it better to stay at home." ”
"That's it, it's not that the stagnant water doesn't recede, it's good to wait for the water to recede. What's the matter with running there, don't you want home? ”
In the face of this kind of person who did not listen to persuasion, Father Shen didn't say much, and after a few more pleasantries, the two groups separated and continued to walk in opposite directions.
It happened that a lifeboat also drove by, and Shen Xiaoxiao also followed them, but their rubber boat was slower, and after a while, they saw that the lifeboat stopped at the place where the neighbor said the incident occurred.
There was a deflated rubber boat floating on the water, slowly sinking into the water, and the only woman on the rubber boat was still crying, looking at the kayak and not knowing what to do.
Her two companions were floating in the water, one grabbed a branch next to her, and the other dragged the billboard of the shop next to her, the current was so strong that they didn't seem to be able to hold on for long, but fortunately the rescue team arrived.
As the neighbor just said, in this case, the rescue team's time is also precious, and there is no way to track down another group of people for some supplies, and even arrange them to the nearest rescue point, and rush to the next place to rescue people.
In the end, the three unlucky people who were robbed only got a few words of comfort.
"It's not just you, there were several individual shops robbed last night, but in this case, no one can be caught at all, and the owner of a store was killed in order to protect the goods, in this case, it is best not to fight hard with this group of gangsters, the goods are lost, and life is still the most important."
A rescuer sighed, this kind of thing has gradually increased in the past few days, and there are many people who want to take the opportunity to buy it for zero yuan, mostly gangsters and ill-intentioned people on the street, who want to fish in troubled waters.
Hearing this, Shen Xiaoxiao's heart to go to the base became more and more firm.
Xiaoxiao's parents next to them were also a little scared when they heard this, if they went out early and encountered bandits with goods, maybe they would be the ones who were robbed.
Although there is nothing valuable in the backpack, food and valuables are stored in the Xiaoxiao black card space, but after all, it is still very uncomfortable to be robbed.
It's been raining this week, and it's cooled down a lot, and now it's only around 12 or 13 degrees.
If it falls into the water and the weather is cold, even a strong adult will not be able to stand it.
If you have a small problem such as a cold, you can only take some medicine by yourself.
Out of this way, Shen Xiaoxiao lifted the obstacles under the water, and also needed to hold her mobile phone to look at the navigation on the map.
To the southwest of the mountain valley, it takes more than 100 kilometers, nearly an hour and a half to drive.
The lack of power in the dinghy, coupled with the fact that she needs to be aware of what is going on underwater, takes more time.
So Shen Xiaoxiao planned in advance, found a gas station in the middle of the route, and refueled the rubber boat before continuing to hurry.
However, before that, she still plans to go to the supermarket where she can shop to buy food.
In the past week, the food consumed by the three of them is not small.
Now that there is an opportunity to replenish supplies, it cannot be missed.
Soon, they came to a supermarket where they could shop at a reasonable price.
Since the first floor of the supermarket was flooded, the billboard on the second floor had to be removed, and the rubber boat was docked from the middle platform to go shopping again.
At present, there are a lot of red, black, white and blue rubber boats parked on the second floor, all of which are nearby residents who come to buy supplies, but there is a person on each rubber boat, who seems to be afraid that the rubber boat will be stolen when shopping, so he is specially left to guard.
Among the three of them, only Shen's father looked a little intimidating and was the most suitable candidate to stay in the guard dinghy, so Shen Xiaoxiao took her mother in to buy food.
The two pushed the cart and bought compressed biscuits, chocolates and candies, canned ham sausages, a pack of instant noodles, and a limited edition of two boxes of cigarettes and a bottle of liquor.
This food is easy to eat and easy to carry, but it doesn't take up space.
As for tobacco and alcohol, it is a hard currency in a special period, and they still don't know what the situation is in the base, and it is inconvenient to use the money.
(End of chapter)