Chapter 30: Suicide is an act of escaping reality for the weak

The sky seemed to have a big hole, and heavy rain fell from the sky, turning the sky and the earth into a vast expanse of white.

The windows in the building were all low-quality products installed by the developer, and they were blown and cracked during the strong convection. Rainwater flew in from the windows and balconies, and soon formed a puddle on the ground.

Looking at the watermarks on the ground, Xia Xiaoman felt heavy-hearted. She had a premonition that she might have to live in this house for a long time.

After all, it was her temporary home, so she tidied it up and tried to make herself as comfortable as possible.

There are no windows in the space, but there is a pile of plastic wrap. Nail a nail in each of the four corners of the window, wrap a piece of wire around each other, and then wrap it with plastic wrap. Add a few small water-guiding whiskers at the bottom and throw them outside the window, and a plastic window that can both let in light and keep out rain is ready.

Good methods should be shared. After Xia Xiaoman found no problem with the window experiment, he immediately went out to share his experience so that his neighbors would not be troubled by rainwater pouring down their houses.

They all came from supermarkets. Neighbors also had plastic wrap, but the quantity was not as great as Xia Xiaoman's, so the windows made from it were relatively thin.

I came to 1501 to share my experience, and found something wrong as soon as I entered the door.

Su Ran and Zhou Qiuyang were not talkative people, but Xiao Zheyu never stopped talking except when he was sleeping. Every time I came to 1501, I could always hear Xiao Zheyu's chattering.

But today 1501 was unusually quiet, with only Su Ran and Zhou Qiuyang in the living room.

"Where is Xiao Zheyu?" Xia Xiaoman asked.

Su Ran pursed her lips and said, "She's hiding in her room crying."

Xia Xiaoman was curious, "You bullied him and made him cry?"

"It has nothing to do with us." Su Ran explained: "Xiao Zheyu had nothing to do this morning, so he went downstairs to see how high the water level had risen. When he came back, he heard someone screaming on the 9th floor, so he went to take a look. The door of 904 was opened, and the mother and daughter who lived there were dead."

The mother and daughter were assaulted by a gangster some time ago. Xiao Zheyu was soft-hearted and gave a knife to the mother and daughter for self-defense.

In the past two days, I always smelled a bad odor in 901 on the same floor. Today the odor was even more obvious. I forced open the door of 904 and found that the mother and daughter had committed suicide.

The mother and daughter died in the same way. The carotid artery in their neck was cut with a knife. Blood flowed all over the floor, attracting many flies.

Su Ran sighed, "Xiao Zheyu felt that he was the one who killed the mother and daughter. If he hadn't given the knife to the mother and daughter, they might not have been so depressed that they committed suicide."

Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment and didn't speak for a long time.

In her opinion, life is more important than anything else. A woman's chastity is never under her skirt, so what if she is violated? It is really not worth it to commit suicide for this reason.

When she was a child, the village chief, who was as fat as a pig, touched her private parts. When she grew up, she realized that this was indecent assault, so she poured two packets of headache powder into the village chief's teacup every day. The village chief suffered from insomnia for more than half a month, and became addicted to the headache powder. He felt uncomfortable if he didn't take it.

When I left the small mountain village, I heard that Chief Feicun had stomach cancer and was not far from death.

If someone hurts you, just retaliate. If you are not afraid of death, what else are you afraid of? Suicide is an act of escaping reality for the weak.

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Trapped in the building during the storm, Xia Xiaoman couldn't sit still at all.

In the morning, I practiced flying knives and boxing at 1502. In the afternoon, I learned Sanda and actual combat at 1503. In the evening, I exercised at home and reviewed what I learned during the day.

All the soft fat on his body turned into solid muscles, his movements became more and more agile, and he could even hold off Wen Jianfeng for a few moves.

While Xia Xiaoman was busy practicing her martial arts, two high school students and a wounded patient in 1501 were bored and used the curtain cloth and basins they picked up to grow bean sprouts.

The three of them were lucky and succeeded in one try, allowing the entire 15th floor to eat vegetables.

Bean sprouts were provided for free twice, and then 1501 started charging for them. If you want to eat bean sprouts, you have to exchange them for supplies.

Xia Xiaoman and the others were not disgusted by this move.

Everyone knows the principle of "a little help is a debt of gratitude, a big help is a debt of resentment", so try to exchange materials as much as possible. After all, they are not yet at the stage where they can share materials.

After completing a business deal, the three people in 1501 became more enthusiastic about sprouting beans. They sprouted mung beans, soybeans, and peanuts, and the prices were different.

Xiao Zheyu has already walked out of the shadow of the death of the mother and daughter. He is busy promoting his own bean sprouts. He wishes that Xia Xiaoman and her family would eat his bean sprouts for three meals a day.

No matter how many bean sprouts grew, 1501 never thought of selling them to other people in the building.

It is a crime to possess a treasure. If the news of selling bean sprouts gets out, others will guess that you have abundant supplies and it will be no surprise that you will be targeted.

For safety reasons, bean sprouts can only be digested inside their 15th floor.

…

This storm did not last long, only four days.

Other people in the building had stockpiled a lot of supplies before the storm, so there were no incidents of robbing others of their supplies during these four days.

In just four days, the water level rose to the fifth floor.

"The wind has stopped. Should we go out to look for supplies?" Sun Qing asked.

"You guys go! I'll stay and look after the house." Xia Xiaoman had no desire to go out.

The floating city had experienced two storms, and the underwater supplies were probably muddied. It would be difficult to find a location and a pile of supplies as before.

In addition, she had stored a large amount of supplies in her space, enough for her to eat for a lifetime. There was nothing she was short of for the time being, and even if she did, she couldn't get it, and even if she did, she couldn't use it.

For example, large electrical appliances such as generators, dehumidifiers, and dryers were all damaged by water and could not be used even if they were fished out. Another example is gasoline, diesel, and other fuels. The gasoline at the gas station was buried underground, and she didn't have the ability to get it out.

There was no way to even think about off-road vehicles and RVs. They were all soaked in water and could not be driven even if they were fished out.

Since there are no supplies you are looking for, just stay here to guard the house and let others go out to look for supplies.

Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie's injuries had healed, so they could go out for a walk. Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran had the least supplies, so they followed to look for them.

Wen Jianfeng wanted to get a few windows back, but the plastic wrap couldn't block the wind, and Lingling had a cough after being blown by the wind for two days.

With five people gone, the 15th floor suddenly became much quieter.

Room 1502 had the best view. After everyone left, Xia Xiaoman went to room 1502 to practice her skills and watch over the twins, asking them to follow her and do the horse stance obediently.