Chapter 14 Suicheng

[Confirm the integrity of the rented hatchback within one hour, and you will get a 5% progress bar for level 2 of the raft. (Current progress of level 2 of the raft: 50%)]

Fortunately, I was just in the community and didn’t go out completely.

Taking advantage of the light rain, she put on a warm thick fleece jacket and shark pants, put on a raincoat and rain boots outside, and went downstairs.

The car she rented was also parked in the open air. The property management in the community was very poor, and many cars were parked randomly. She had only rented the car for a week and had not had time to rent a parking space. She usually parked it next to the driveway downstairs.

It cannot be seen from the south window, but you can see it if you walk out the door, stand on the north corridor and look out.

Yesterday, she moved her car because she was working on a progress bar task, and now she can't see the car from upstairs. After yesterday's large hailstorm, she also saw various pictures and videos on the Internet, and she didn't think her car would be spared.

As expected, the left side rearview mirror of the car was smashed crooked, there were several dents on the hood where the paint had fallen off, and the front windshield was the worst hit, with a huge crack in the middle.

Probably because she had just applied a car film, the car window has not fallen off yet, but the broken cracks are like a spider web covering half of the windshield, and the glass looks shaky and may break at any time.

When she first rented the car, she turned off the dashcam in order to make it easier to stock up. Otherwise, she could have removed the memory card in the dashcam and checked the entire process of the car being attacked by hail, just like other car owners in the community.

In fact, there is still space in her bracelet, enough to store this hatchback, but she can only collect the supplies in the car under the cover of the one-way film. She does not have the courage to challenge the real transformation of the "car" in modern society.

Moreover, there will be heavy rainfall of up to 200 mm tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. She has a hunch that after this heavy rainfall, the waterlogged area in Suicheng will expand rapidly. By then, even the residential areas and roads will be full of water, and cars will definitely not be able to be driven.

She also thought about finding a parking lot on the upper floors of a building and parking her car there. Whether she would have the opportunity to use it later was another matter. However, the supermarkets nearby had been built for many years, and it was popular to build garages in basements at that time, and it was rare to build garages on the upper floors of buildings.

After thinking about it, I finally gave up.

The outdoor temperature was still around ten degrees. Probably because the humidity in the air was too high, a gust of wind made it particularly cold.

There are quite a few people in the community now, and many of them are out checking their vehicles, including cars and electric bikes.

A thunderstorm suddenly hit yesterday and many people rushed home without time to park their electric bikes. Now they find that all the cars have been damaged, especially the electric bikes, which even have broken dashboards.

Branches, broken glass and building debris made the entire neighborhood look a mess. Many of the glass windows of other buildings were riddled with holes. The same was true for the building she rented. The windows on the south side were in a terrible state. On the contrary, the north side did not look so miserable because it was all open corridors without windows.

When Shu Fu turned the corner, he saw a cat lying there motionless.

It seemed to be a stray cat that was unfortunately hit by hail and died.

She subconsciously thought of the tabby cat on the fourth floor that loved to go out and play. She didn't pay attention to it when she went downstairs just now, and she didn't know if the family had taken good care of the cat. If the cat still sneaked out to play in this kind of weather, it would be really stupid...

Shu Fu pulled the brim of her raincoat, lowered her head, carefully avoided the broken glass on the ground, and quickly walked around the building. From a distance, she could see a lot of people blocking the way outside the stairwell in the middle of the building.

Some people in the crowd were shouting loudly, as if they were arguing.

**

The building has no unit divisions and is very long horizontally. There are more than a dozen households, and there are sixty or seventy households on the five floors. Shu Fu has only moved in for more than two months and can hardly remember all the residents in the building. Only a few specific ones look familiar to her.

For example, the households on the fifth floor that live on the same side of the corridor as hers, the family of three on the fourth floor that keeps a cat, the family of four on the third floor that consists of the mother-in-law, son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, the family on the second floor that cooks particularly delicious food, and the family on the first floor that lives right below the household on the second floor.

At this moment, the two families on the second and first floors were quarreling in the crowd.

She remembered these two families because she had seen them quarreling several times when she passed by them on her way to and from work, but most of the time they were just quarreling from a distance. She had heard other neighbors talking about the quarrels, and the reasons for the quarrels were not serious.

At first, it was because the family on the second floor always slept very late at night and didn't pay attention to the impact. They would drag chairs or make heavy objects fall to the ground, which would make the ceiling downstairs buzz. The elderly on the first floor were awakened from their sleep and felt their hearts were in trouble.

After the first floor responded, the second floor was fine for a few days, but it started again soon. The first floor was not happy with the second floor, so they started gossiping about the second floor, saying that a young man and a young woman didn't get married, but just lived together, that they didn't learn well, had no quality, had poor living habits, didn't respect the elderly and loved the young, etc....

The people on the second floor were delighted when they heard this. Not only did they stop restraining themselves and make banging noises on the floor at night, they also started throwing garbage out of the south window.

There is a balcony on the south side. Some people like to hang their clothes and quilts outside, especially in a location like the first floor, where there is only a garage underneath. The floor is low and the lighting is poor, so they need to be hung out to get more sunlight.

It's okay to throw away some dry garbage like paper towel scraps, but occasionally people also pour leftover tea leaves and coffee outside, which damages the things drying on the first floor.

The people on the first floor went to the second floor and made a scene, and the two families had an argument, but nothing came of it. After all, it was not a big deal. No one responded when we called the police station. The property management of the community is poor, and the security guard didn't want to deal with the matter anymore after he came twice.

The reason for the quarrel today was that the glass of the south-facing room and balcony on the second floor was broken, while the glass of the house on the first floor was intact. People on the first floor ran into the corridor to gloat over the misfortune, saying that it was uncivilized to clean up the mess.

The people on the second floor were already angry, and when they went downstairs they heard that the young man on the second floor was furious. He picked up a broken brick and went to the south, and smashed the balcony window on the first floor with a bang.

Now, one of them is a bad talker and the other is a bad actor, and the two families started quarreling like fighting cocks.

Probably because they had just experienced a natural disaster, everyone was in a state of emotional instability, and this time, the two sides started pushing and shoving each other.

Some neighbors on the second and first floors who knew them gathered around. It was raining lightly at that time, and the others who came out were not as particular as Shu Fu, wearing raincoats and rain boots. Only a few of them held umbrellas. Some of them tried to stop the fight, while others watched the fun, blocking the entrance and exit of the stairwell.

Shu Fu didn't want to participate or watch. She tried left and right several times but couldn't squeeze through the crowd. Instead, someone in the crowd who was trying to stop the fight was pushed by the two angry people and fell out.

The man was tall and fell suddenly. The person next to him was holding an umbrella and had no time to react and pull him up. He fell backwards and got stuck in the bushes beside Shu Fu.

She looked over subconsciously and recognized the other person's face: "Is it you?"

She had met that person once before and was deeply impressed by him. Because of the progress bar task, she gave him a red envelope of 50 yuan.

Later, when she was thinking about the progress of the mission, she had doubted the other party's safety. Now that she saw that he was alive and well, she felt inexplicably relieved.

"Brother!" A boy about thirteen or fourteen years old walked around the crowd and hurriedly pulled him, "Are you okay?" It would have been okay in the past, but now the ground and bushes in the community were full of building debris and broken glass, and he was afraid that he would get scratched.

The shrubs were battered by hail and heavy rain, and the broken branches seemed to have caught on the other's clothes. The boy failed to pull the young man up for a while, and the latter stretched out his hand to the shrubs to borrow some strength, but Shu Fu supported his elbow in time and helped the boy pull him up.

"Be careful, there is broken glass underneath." Shu Fu gestured.

The two brothers looked sideways and saw that under the bushes that the young man was trying to gain leverage on, there were not only broken glass but also broken iron sheets. If he had tried to hold on, he might have been scratched.

"Thank you." The young man looked at Shu Fu again and thanked her sincerely. It was obvious that he had recognized her a long time ago.

"You live here too?"

"Yeah." The young man nodded. He didn't look like the talkative type.

His younger brother was just the opposite, a chatterbox: "Sister, we live in the building in front." The boy pointed to the south of the building, "The fourth floor over there. I came out because I heard the sound of breaking glass and quarreling. My brother likes to meddle in other people's business. The house is still a mess..."

"The window is broken?" Shu Fu understood immediately after hearing the word "fourth floor". The building in front was built earlier than hers, and it was an old-style apartment building with windows on the north and south sides. Its condition would be even worse than the building she lived in.

The other party nodded again, indicating that he was not nosy and that he had originally wanted to go out to the street to find a door and window shop mechanic to fix it.

However, he also knew the current situation and that the master would most likely not be available to come to his house. However, he knew a little bit about everything and had already measured the size of the window. If the master was not available, he planned to just buy a few pieces of glass and install them himself.

Shu Fu chatted with the other party briefly and learned that his surname was Lu. The young man was called Lu Zheng and his younger brother was called Lu Ce. They were not from the local area. Their parents were both gone, and there were only two brothers at home. They rented an old and run-down house. Lu Ce was in junior high school and Lu Zheng was in university. He delivered takeout at night and on weekends to support the family and save money for university tuition.

Of course, most of these messages were said by the chatterbox Luce.

Seeing that the crowd was still blocking the road and the farce would not end anytime soon, Shu Fu planned to walk directly to the other side of the building and go up through the outer stairwell.

Before she left, she paused for a moment and said to Lu Zheng, "Don't just buy glass, you can also buy some steel plates and wood boards. In special cases, you don't have to worry about whether it looks good or not."

Tempered laminated glass needs to be custom-made. Ordinary glass will still break even if it is repaired and encounters extreme weather. In an emergency, the windows can be nailed around in a typhoon-proof manner.

Lu Zheng was obviously a person who listened to advice. He looked at her seriously with a pair of clear eyes and nodded at her: "You are right, thank you for reminding me."

"The new notice from the Meteorological Bureau has also come out, with an orange rainstorm warning. You can also buy more drinking water."

"Is there a new notice?" Lu Ce was stunned when he heard it, "How come we don't know about it?"

Shu Fu gestured to the other party with her cell phone, and Lu Ce hurriedly took it out to check, but Lu Zheng thanked her again and said that if she needed any help, she could just give him a shout, as the food delivery platform had his phone number.

Shu Fu could only call the food delivery platform, and the other party had to call through the software. She thought about it, took out her mobile phone and directly added the other party's WeChat.

When Shu Fu turned to leave, she faintly heard Lu Ce's curious voice behind her, asking about the takeaway phone number. Lu Zheng seemed to say something, and then she heard Lu Ce exclaim in a low voice, "Turns out it's that sister...", and the rest of the words turned into "Mmmmm", as if she was taken away by Lu Zheng covering her mouth.

Shu Fu walked to the outer stairwell at the other end of the building. Just as she stepped onto the first step, the bracelet on her wrist vibrated slightly.

[Complete the task of confirming the integrity of the hatchback within one hour, and obtain a 5% progress bar for level 2 of the raft; obtain an additional 5% progress bar bonus; and obtain a lucky draw on the wheel: 2 times. (Current progress of level 2 of the raft: 60%)]

In addition to the extra bonus, there are actually two chances to draw a lottery this time.

Shu Fu felt that she seemed to have grasped some rules again.

**

After noon, the rain got heavier again. Looking out from the balcony window, the residents who were talking and making noise in and out of the community all retreated back to their homes. The formerly noisy community became empty and quiet again. Only occasionally a car or electric vehicle returned home from outside the community in the heavy rain. Some of them might be returning from the hospital, or from shopping in the supermarket.

As for other residents in the community, she guessed that they must be like her, standing indoors watching the crackling rain outside.

Others did not know that the disaster had come. Now Suicheng Airport was closed, and all passenger transportation such as trains and buses were suspended. However, if they had the chance, they could leave the city and seek refuge elsewhere.

She knew the end was near, but she couldn't leave the city.

I don’t know who is more miserable.

In this kind of weather, some food delivery services must have been suspended. Even if there are still riders working outside in the wind and rain, the speed of taking orders will be very slow.

Shu Fu knew that she had to take care of her three meals a day from today on. Fortunately, there were a lot of cooked food, takeaway food, and semi-finished braised dishes stored in the bracelet space, so she just had to plan reasonably.

She had just some toast and milk in the morning, so she planned to do something at noon. She couldn't go anywhere anyway and had plenty of time.

She turned on her tablet, picked a heartwarming and funny slow variety show from the downloaded ones, put it on the tablet stand in the kitchen and started playing from the first episode. Then she turned on her phone, found what she needed from the various downloaded recipes, and started cooking.

She made herself a simple chicken, mushroom, potato and cheese risotto. The chicken was chicken breast, which she had thawed out of the freezer shortly after she got up in the morning.

Dice the chicken breast and marinate it with crushed black pepper and sea salt. Dice the mushrooms and potatoes and blanch them in boiling water. Then take out a box of rice that comes with the takeaway from the bracelet space.

After that, fry the rice, diced chicken, mushrooms and potatoes in a pan, add seasonings, and finally serve the amount you want to eat today. Put it in a baking dish, top it with shredded mozzarella cheese, and bake in the oven for ten minutes.

Based on the principle of saving time and effort, she made a large amount of fried rice. The remaining portion was put into a pot with a lid and stored directly in the storage space. Next time when she wanted to eat it, she could bake it with cheese or eat it directly without cheese.

She didn't cook any vegetables, but instead took out a portion of cold kelp salad from the braised dishes. It contained meat, vegetables and starch, so it was a very nutritious meal.

As she sat at the small bar and began to eat, the heavy rain outside turned into a rainstorm, which was so heavy and more intense than the heaviest rain before.

At around three or four in the afternoon, my cell phone received another heavy rain warning message. Except for Suicheng, the entire southeastern region of Huaguo, from the coast to here, about five or six provinces, were all covered by heavy rain.

In addition to these, other areas of Hua State were also covered by rainfall to varying degrees.

It was almost five o'clock and the sky was getting dark. She looked down from the balcony and saw that the messy ground of the community, which was originally covered with various broken glass, plant and building debris, was no longer visible. The rain that had no time to drain away flooded the ground, and the trees were toppled in the strong wind and heavy rain.

The rain washed over the entire city, and the real-time messages sent by netizens were constantly updated: the waterlogged area was spreading rapidly; half of the tires of the cars parked on the road were submerged in water; no one came to repair the windows, so they had to remove the door panels of the room and nail them shut...

The internet speed was not very good, so some of the messages were texts about Suicheng, and of course there were also quite a few videos and pictures.

——There are so many people in the hospital emergency room. I was busy all night and didn't sleep. I fell asleep while eating. My house is also leaking. Fortunately, no one in my family was injured. I am worried and want to go home. [Picture]

——Is it a doctor or a nurse upstairs? It’s really not easy for medical rescue workers! Keep going!

——I was also in the hospital. I had taken the medicine and was about to go home, but in a short while the water outside the hospital had become as deep as my calf! Oh my god! [Video]

…

——Help! The car stalled under the bridge! I thought I could drive through! The water has flooded the car windows! [Video]

——Are you playing upstairs? They said it was going to rain heavily, but you are still driving under the bridge? What kind of internet is this? Call for help!

——It’s too late to ask for help now! The water under the bridge is rising very fast, so abandon the car and run! Don’t worry about the car! The car will definitely not be able to drive out! If you are late, you will not be able to escape!

…

——I thought that it would rain heavily in the afternoon and there would be fewer people in the supermarket, so I could ask for leave to go back to the dormitory. But I didn't expect that customers would come in waves, many of whom came by private car, and some walked in raincoats. We couldn't keep up with their speed in restocking. There are still many people in the supermarket now. My shift is over, but it's raining so hard, I'm struggling whether to walk home. [Picture] [Picture]

The comments under this supermarket post are all advising people not to go back. After all, there are a lot of supplies in the supermarket. Except for being inconvenient for taking a shower and sleeping, everything else you need is available. It is definitely safer to stay in the supermarket.

However, most supermarkets in Suicheng are located on the lower floors or even the basement level, and only a few are located on high floors. Therefore, many people advised this person to buy more supplies at the employee price and return to the dormitory quickly, or look for customers going in the direction of their homes to get a ride or something. After all, the floors are too low for water to accumulate easily, which is not very safe.

——Oh my god! A huge billboard just fell down from the shop across from us. A car happened to pass by and it hit the car and the people there. It seems the people are still trapped in the car! [Video]

——Ah, I'm nearby too! I've called for help, but I don't know how long it will take for someone to come! [Video]

——My shop is on Puzhou Road. The area was flooded this morning. Now there is a river on the road outside, and several sewers are flooding! [Video] A passerby was almost washed away by the water just now! Fortunately, he was saved by a delivery man!

——The video above is so scary! Was water also flooding your store?

——Thumbs up to this delivery man! But who on earth is still ordering takeout in this kind of weather?

——I ordered it. When the errand fee was increased to 20 yuan, someone took the order. It was a supermarket delivery order for my grandparents’ house in the morning. My grandfather even took a video of the rider entering the community. It was really a long journey…

——I ordered it too, and I raised the errand fee to thirty before someone took the order…

--I also……

——Oh my god, my home is near Puzhou Road, how come the water is rising so fast! ? I’m still on my way home! !

——I’ll show you what I took. From the window, you can see the subway station across the street! See, there’s also water returning at the stairs of the subway station! [Video]

——It’s even scarier here! There’s a river next to the road, and now it’s hard to tell the river from the road! Oh my god! [Video]

…

Although the authorities issued a heavy rain notice early on, there were still many people who were lucky enough to get away with it or who were still outdoors for various reasons and were unable to return home in time.

You can find all kinds of videos on the Internet, which makes people sigh.

But at this time, to everyone in the rainstorm area, it is still just a rain. It comes with great force and it makes people panic, but everyone knows that it will pass soon.

**

In the evening two days later, the temperature was seven to ten degrees Celsius, the wind speed was level four to five, there was heavy rain in the whole Suicheng area, and torrential rain in some areas.

Forty-eight hours have passed. For two whole days, the rain has never stopped. The only difference is the intensity of the rain: moderate rain, heavy rain, and torrential rain.

Everyone is very active in the several large and small groups on Shu Fu’s phone.

The Lu Zheng brothers had lived in this community for several years and were much more familiar with their neighbors than Shu Fu. That night, they pulled Shu Fu into the community's resident group.

This residents’ group is called “Ping’an Community Mutual Help Group”. There are not many people in the group, but they are all familiar with each other. It is estimated that they are all people that Lu Zheng has met or talked to.

In addition, there are several people at community service stations who sometimes convey community news and arrangements, as well as the situation of other nearby communities.

Some people in the group were worried about electricity issues. It was said that several old and dilapidated bungalow areas in Suicheng had power outages today. More people were worried about flooding issues. After all, it had been more than 48 hours and the heavy rain showed no signs of stopping.

Chen Fa and Wu Shaoshan showed off their glass windows that they had "patched up" with foam boards, clotheslines and cardboards in the "big beauties" roommate group. They were optimistic and thankful that it had only rained and no hail in the past two days. Because of the garage incident and Shu Fu's words, they bought a lot of food and drinks to take home. In addition, Wu Shaoshan usually has the habit of growing hydroponic vegetables on the small balcony, so they really didn't worry about the problem of food and drink for the time being.

Zhang Tian's house is on a high floor and the glass is not broken. Although the leaking problem is annoying, it is not a big problem compared to other people. She is just a little worried about her milk tea shop, which is not located on the upper floor of a shopping mall but on the first floor. The decoration and machines would be ruined if they were soaked in water.

In addition, she had originally bought a ticket this Wednesday to go back to his hometown with the scumbag to celebrate his birthday and meet his parents. It rained lightly on Wednesday and all public transportation was operating normally. If she hadn't discovered that the scumbag was cheating on her on Sunday, she would probably be stuck in his hometown and unable to return.

The scumbag threatened her when his attempt to reconcile failed, asking her if she really wanted to break up, saying that if she really wanted to break up there would be no turning back.

Everyone in his old family knew that he was going to bring his fiancée back, because they had originally planned to get married next month, and the wedding photography and wedding trip had all been booked. If she didn't go, he couldn't embarrass his parents, so he would naturally bring other people back and take wedding photos with other people.

Zhang Tian found that the other party was a scumbag, but she didn't expect that he could be even more of a scumbag and could even say such words, so she naturally told him to go to hell.

The scumbag really brought his mistress back to his hometown, and posted photos on WeChat Moments to show their love, with the caption "The next one will be better", which made Zhang Tian so angry that she almost vomited blood.

However, the scumbag's hometown is also within the range of this rainfall, and because it is a county town, it is currently suffering from the double disaster of mudslides and floods.

Zhang Tian was not angry at all, she just felt lucky and a little scared. She once again said that it was all thanks to Shu Fu, otherwise she would be stranded in the scumbag's hometown at this time, which would be miserable.

These words made Shu Fu think of the subtle theory of cause and effect again, but she didn't say much.

Zheng Feifei expressed her concerns in the company group of colleagues that it was quite comfortable to stay at home after not going to work for two days, but the bad thing was that her residential complex was also unable to hold up. Water started to accumulate yesterday afternoon, and today the water has risen to half of the garage.

Her community is located in a slightly higher area of ​​Suicheng and has good drainage nearby, so when other areas started to accumulate water, nothing happened to her.

When the water started to accumulate yesterday afternoon, many people braved the rain to move their cars from the underground garage to the ground, parking them crookedly. But now the water level in the entire community is almost up to the waist, and these cars are still doomed.

But now, she was worried about another thing.

"If the rain doesn't stop tomorrow, the water will flood the first floor. We live on the second floor..."

The basic floor structure of Zheng Feifei's community is similar to that of Shu Fu's community, with an extra garage under the first floor. The difference is that Shu Fu's is a battery garage, while hers is a car garage.

The drainage system near Shufu Community is far worse than that near Zheng Feifei's home, and the water level is now almost submerging the garage.

But Shu Fu's home is on the fifth floor and Zheng Feifei's home is on the second floor. If the water level continues to rise, no matter how solid the buildings in the community are, the water will definitely flood into the house.

The people living on the first floor of Shu Fu's house could no longer sit still. They kept looking out to check the water line and then called for help.

However, there are many non-high-rise bungalow areas in Suicheng where the situation is worse, and many hospitals are also facing flooding. Rescue will definitely be prioritized in more urgent areas.

After Zheng Feifei wailed in the group, she sent a separate message to Shu Fu: "I should have listened to you when you said that yesterday! I will just pack up and take my parents to live in a nearby apartment hotel!"

There is a shopping supermarket diagonally across the road from her community. The supermarket is on the first floor, and the floors above are shopping malls and restaurants. There are also several apartment-style hotels above that, and the lowest floor of the hotel is five floors upwards.

But when she mentioned it to her parents yesterday, they all thought that she had her head stuck in the door. It was just a few days of heavy rain, so she had to pack up and leave home?

"What have you been watching recently, kid? Are you crazy? Didn't I say that the rain will be over in two days? It's just accumulated water. When you were a child, Suicheng was flooded twice, just like now, with water all over the streets and alleys..."

"Our house is said to be on the second floor, but in fact it is the third floor. The garage is low, and the second and third floors are high. If even the floor we live on is flooded, what will happen to Suicheng? Do you think this is a science fiction movie?"

…

Zheng Feifei was scolded by her parents and had to give up.

But today, as she watched the waterline rise all the way to the middle of the garage, she was really a little panicked.

She saw other people in the community walking out. The water was above an adult's waist. She wanted to go to the hotel across the street, but was it too late?

The distance from the bottom of her building to the opposite side of the road was neither long nor short. There was all sorts of construction waste on the road, and probably a lot of hidden potholes. It was cold and rainy outside, so she really didn't dare to go out.

Shu Fu replied: Is the water flowing fast on the road outside your house?

Zheng Feifei: I'm not in a hurry, it's just the water. I saw some people going out just now, but I didn't dare to, and it was still raining...

Shu Fu asked again: Are the hotels across from you still open? Call first to ask if they are open, if there are any vacancies, if you can still check in, how much is the room rate, and if the hot water is working properly. Remember to ask clearly.

Zheng Feifei responded, and after a while she replied: All three hotels are open! Many guests had originally planned to check out and leave Suicheng a few days ago. There are still vacancies, but the room rates are a little higher than usual, so they can be accommodated.

Shu Fu called the other party directly: "Do you have a kayak at home? ... Or an inflatable swimming pool air mattress? ... Or do you have a lifebuoy?"

Hearing the last one, Zheng Feifei quickly replied: "I have a lifebuoy! I also bought a manual life-saving belt before!"

"Well, pull the life belt manually before entering the water, and it can be inflated directly into a life buoy. With these two life buoys, they should be able to bear the weight of your family of three in case of any accident.

Put your cell phone in a waterproof bag and hang it around your neck. Carry cash, jewelry, ID cards, property certificates and other important things with you, sealed in plastic bags. Bring as much drinking water as possible, portable instant food that will fill you up, medicines you often take, power banks, lighters, and an appropriate amount of change of clothes.

Put all your stuff in a waterproof backpack. If you don't have a waterproof backpack, put them in thick plastic bags and seal them with plastic wrap before packing. If you have a large plastic basin or bucket for washing and bathing at home, bring it with you. Tie it together with a rope and a life buoy. Put your backpack and material bag in the basin or bucket, seal it with plastic wrap, and put it in the water and pull it over to reduce the weight.

Wear a raincoat if you have one, try not to use an umbrella, and keep your hands free to hold the lifebuoy and your supply barrel.

There are supermarkets, shops, and restaurants in the shopping mall. They should not be closed. After you check in, don’t rush to take a shower. Change into dry clothes and go downstairs to buy some water and other supplies from the shops that are still open. According to your own needs…”

Zheng Feifei was stunned when she heard this: "Wow... I suddenly think you are so handsome... Then, what if my parents still don't want to go to the other side?"

In this kind of weather, you have to wade through the water to get to the other side, and that's so cold...

Shu Fu sighed: "Let's think of a way. The water is over my waist now, but I can still walk. If I wait until tomorrow..."

She didn't say the following words because she couldn't continue talking about the disaster.

But having said this, how could Zheng Feifei not understand?

"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet. There are actually other ways. Which floor is the highest in your place? People can actually live in the corridors or stairwells on the upper floors. It would be more convenient if you have camping tools like tents. Of course, if you have a good relationship with your neighbors on the upper floors, you can pay some money to rent a place to stay, but it's best to make arrangements with them in advance."

In Shu Fu's opinion, all methods are acceptable, but if it were her, she would definitely choose the first one. After all, an apartment-style hotel is definitely more comfortable and cozy than stairwells and other people's homes.

It’s a hard work, but it’s done once and for all.

But for Zheng Feifei, perhaps the latter two methods are better. After all, it's just a rain for her, and her parents are not young anymore. Is it really necessary to wade across the river in such a cold day? Will the water really flood her floor?

Although Shu Fu and Zheng Feifei have a good relationship, she would not force her to choose the first option. She only provided her with a plan to go to the hotel because she regretted not going to the hotel yesterday and expressed her desire to go today.

As for which one she and her parents will choose in the end, it is up to them to decide.

On the other end of the phone, Zheng Feifei hung up hesitantly.

Not long after the call was hung up, the bracelet on Shu Fu's wrist vibrated.

[Complete the task of posting polite greetings in more than three friend groups, and get a 5% progress bar for level 2 of the raft; get a lucky draw on the wheel: 1 time. (Current progress of level 2 of the raft: 65%)]

Although the task progress bar did not increase much, the task was simple, and she was able to win a prize in a lottery every time a task was completed recently, so she was still very happy.

In the previous two draws, she won the blue fifth prize: a floor-to-ceiling window, and the red fourth prize: a hot pot gift pack.

After the floor-to-ceiling windows were received, they were immediately put into use on the Drifting Island House. Originally, there was a short wooden frame lattice window on each side of the wooden house, which did not match the more than two-meter-high floor height inside the wooden house.

Next to a small window is the bathroom stall, and this time it’s another window that works. The short wooden frame lattice window is stretched vertically to become a triple-height wooden frame floor-to-ceiling window.

The condition of the glass is the same as before. When looking from outside the wooden house, the floor-to-ceiling frosted glass makes it impossible to see clearly what is happening inside the house. However, when you are inside the house, the floor-to-ceiling glass is clear and transparent, and the lighting is more than twice as good as before.

The wooden house and floor-to-ceiling windows make the originally simple interior more fashionable. Shu Fu decided to decorate the wooden house and rearranged its layout.

She moved all the aluminum cabinets and supply boxes used to stack items to the opposite side of the bathroom cubicle. These two parts occupied one-third of the area near the back door of the wooden house and were considered a miscellaneous area.

The sofa and wooden coffee table were moved in front of the small lattice window. This was the dining and living area. There was a small bar table against the wooden wall of the bathroom cubicle, with a tablet and a lamp on the table. In the cabinet below were an induction cooker, a gas stove, some camping pots and pans, as well as a variety of non-perishable snacks, fast foods and drinks. There were not many of them, so they were convenient for her to use when she was in the cabin.

She laid camping mats against the wall in the empty floor-to-ceiling window area. The cabin was neither cold nor damp, but the wooden floor was a little hard, so she laid two layers: a foam mat on the bottom and an automatic inflatable mat on the top, about one meter and two meters wide. She then covered it with a blanket and placed cushions on it, which was just enough space for her to sleep.

Although you can't stay overnight in the cabin for the time being, it's still okay to lie down occasionally if you want to.

The ingredients in the hot pot gift package are also very rich, and like the barbecue gift package, it has all the dipping sauces and side dishes. You only need an electric cooker and a few bottles of mineral water, and you can start eating right away.

Shu Fu felt that such consolation prizes were already very good, so she was in a good mood every time she drew the lottery, but she never expected to win any big prizes.

However, this time, after the pointer turned, it actually stopped on the golden grid.

Shu Fu: !!

The author has something to say:

Just like the article about the RV, the world won’t collapse in one day. Everything will take time.