Sinan also realized the problem with water flow.

She has a well in her yard, and has been drinking water from the well since the temperature rose. She has never drunk water from the stream that runs through the entire base.

In the past, when she went to the well to fetch water, she only had to throw the bucket down five or six meters to get water.

That morning, she threw the bucket into the well. The bucket fell at least fifteen meters before she heard a slight plop as the bucket hit the well water.

Because the rope tied to the bucket was too short, she almost couldn't hold the bucket. She couldn't help but sigh to Cheng Suming: "The water in the well has suddenly decreased by nearly ten meters compared to a month ago. The water pipes in the plantations in the agricultural area are all out of water. If this continues, won't the hot weather return to four years ago?"

"It's not that hot. The temperature has been stable for more than a month and has not exceeded 38 degrees. It's just drought at best." Cheng Suming took the bucket from her hand, walked to the kitchen, and poured the water into the water tank on the left wall. "The most important thing right now is to solve the problem of insect pests."

Si Nan stood beside him and said, "After the temperature rises, there are too many mosquitoes and rats, it's become a disaster! Take mosquitoes for example, the most poisonous are the red-eyed mosquitoes and the flower mosquitoes. Before the end of the world, those mosquitoes were generally the size of embroidery needles, I thought they were very big, but now they are the size of chopsticks! If you don't close the doors and windows properly at night, and use mosquito nets, those mosquitoes can probably suck a person to death! After being bitten by them, people will itch all over their bodies, and get bumps all over their bodies. They have to scratch them constantly, and their bodies are covered in blood, but they still feel itchy. It's scary to watch."

At this point, she pointed to the locked window in the kitchen and said, "Yesterday I heard a squeaking sound in our kitchen, so I quickly asked Dahei to come in to help catch mice. I also prepared several sticky mouse boards and placed them in various places in the kitchen. Later, three little mice were caught in this location. The sticky mouse boards were covered with dense cockroaches. My scalp was numb just looking at them. I think I need to spray some more insecticide today."

Cheng Suming had no objection, and the two of them took the insecticide and sprayed the entire house inside and out. They also gave some insecticide, floral water, and anti-itching medicine to each of Cheng Wei, Sheng's mother, Liu Dalin, and Si Yufang.

Si Yufang took the insecticide given by Si Nan, sprayed the pesticide in the house, and said to Si Nan worriedly: "Xiao Nan, I heard that Shishan Hospital is already crowded with patients. There is chaos inside, and patients are clamoring to get out! I heard that the people inside are vomiting and diarrhea, fever, coughing, bleeding, and all kinds of symptoms. The disease they have is contagious. If we let them get out, won’t other people in our base be infected? By then, everyone will be infected with infectious diseases such as dengue fever, and there will be no medicine to treat it. Will they have to wait to die at home? I don’t know if the government military can control those people in the hospital, and when they can get the medicine out."

Si Nan comforted her: "The Shishan government and military will definitely be able to control the patients in the hospital, and will also produce medicines in the shortest possible time to treat those patients. If you want to go out during this period, try to wear the masks I gave you. If you want to drink water, remember to come to our house to get well water. Don't drink water from unknown sources outside, so as to avoid unknown parasites in the water and cause infection."

At the moment, both the Shishan government and the Shishan military were in a state of panic. They had just experienced severe cold weather and thought that everyone could relax and take some time to recuperate. However, after the temperature rose, mosquitoes, rodents and other animals began to multiply in large numbers, causing an infectious disaster.

Before the end of the world, these diseases could be cured as long as there was medicine. The problem is that we are now in the fourth year of the end of the world, and in a few months it will be the fifth year, and medicine is already in short supply.

The only pharmaceutical production plant in the Shishan base has the formulas for most of the drugs, but no raw materials.

The military dispatched a large number of soldiers and survivors to search for and pick usable medicinal herbs in the fields and mountains near the Stone Mountain. They also purchased medicinal herbs from people at the base and urgently invested in drug production.

However, because the diseases caused by insects and rodents are contagious, although the government and the military have been carrying out extermination activities from morning to night and reminding people at the base to close doors and windows, reduce going out, wear long-sleeved clothes as much as possible, avoid mosquito bites and cross-infection when going out, the number of people falling ill is still increasing.

The government teams of Jushi Town and Xingcheng finally lost their stability and found the leadership team of the Shishan military and held an emergency meeting in the Jushi Town government office building.

Mayor Xiang of Xingcheng, who had a gaunt appearance and gray hair, sat below Commander Ye and said, "Commander Ye, Shishan Hospital is overcrowded. The people inside have no medicine, and they cannot get systematic treatment. Food and accommodation are also a problem. It's useless for you to weld iron sheets outside the hospital to stop them. If the medicine problem cannot be solved in the short term, there will definitely be terrorism inside. If they escape from inside and run around, it will cause an unpredictable infection. By then, our entire Shishan base will be finished!"

"Mayor Xiang, what you said is not right." Before Commander Ye could speak, a brigade commander named Zhao spoke up, "Insects and rats reproduce too quickly. The bacteria and viruses they carry can make people sick and then spread from person to person. If we don't carry out centralized quarantine, it will be difficult to control people's behavior. It will become like other bases, where people fight over medicines, and eventually fight over all the food and supplies in the base. People run around everywhere, infecting more people, and a large number of people die."

"What Brigade Commander Zhao said is right." Another officer echoed: "Mayor Xiang, you are not as well-informed as our military. I'm afraid you don't know that this pest and rodent disaster is not only happening in Shishan, but is happening all over the world at the same time! Whether at home or abroad, the survivors are now being harassed by pests and rodents. We are locking up those patients for their own good, as well as for our own good."

"I won't talk about the distant past, let's just talk about the private Changji base. Their leadership is a gang of criminals and robbers. They use their own strength to oppress ordinary people who believe in rumors and go to their base. Not to mention how many people they froze to death in the last severe cold, let's just talk about this pest and rodent disaster. According to the news we received, they had no medicine to treat the sick, and they didn't conduct centralized management and isolation. Those people ran around everywhere, causing millions of people in the entire Changji base to get sick collectively."

"A day ago, the Changji survivors clashed with the leadership of the Changji base, resulting in more than half of the Changji leadership being killed or injured. The people of the Changji base are fleeing in all directions. Nearly 500,000 Changji survivors gathered outside our base and wanted to join us, but we strictly guarded against them and refused."

Mayor Xiang frowned and said, "But if you keep locking up the patients at Shishan Hospital, aren't you afraid that our Shishan base will become the second Changji?"

"Do you have a better idea?"

"... I mean, letting patients isolate at home will make people more comfortable and more obedient than centralized isolation, and they will not run around and infect many people."

"Mayor Xiang is right." The dignified-looking Master Ye, who was sitting at the top, spoke slowly, "Shishan Hospital has already reached its limit of patients. We can no longer accept any more patients. It's useless to send patients there."

Commander Ye pondered for a while, then continued, "So, Chief of Staff, notify everyone and send more people to organize the pest extermination operation. If there are any sick patients, don't go to the hospital anymore. All of them should be quarantined at home and wait for the military pharmaceutical factory to deliver medicine. At the same time, inform the patients of Shishan Hospital that as long as they stay in the hospital honestly, everyone will receive three meals a day for free. After being discharged from the hospital, they can go to the logistics department to collect the corresponding number of days of points and supplies, such as five points or five kilograms of food a day. If anyone in Shishan Hospital attempts to climb over the wall or destroy the iron sheet to escape, those who still do their own thing after repeated warnings will be arrested or shot directly to set an example! The pharmaceutical factory must also hurry up to make medicine and make sure to curb the spread of pests and rodents."

As a result, the Shishan base will have to lose a large amount of food to subsidize the people. The amount is so large that the officers feel distressed, because those are the crops they have grown with great difficulty, as well as the military supplies!

At Commander Ye's order, the stored food was almost cleared out. We don't know what the future will be like. How can we not feel sad?

Moreover, if the military really opens fire on civilians, it will also lose a lot of credibility among the people.

The government leadership team headed by Mayor Xiang was subordinate to the Shishan military. When faced with the order issued by Commander Ye, they not only did not refute it, but were secretly delighted.

They hope that the Shishan military will lose credibility in the hearts of the people and that the people will lose trust in them, thereby establishing an image of fairness and justice for their government leadership team. When the right time comes, they will take back the sovereignty of the Shishan base and let their government leadership team have the final say.

After Commander Ye and his companions left, the secretary following Mayor Xiang asked, "Mayor, isn't the next natural disaster in the doomsday warning a poisonous fog? How did it become a pest? The snowy mountain stream that runs through the Shishan base has dried up. I sent people to check the source and found that the snow on the snowy mountain that had been covered with snow for many years has almost melted under the sun for more than a month, and it is impossible to send water down. I don't think it's good. Will the next natural disaster appear randomly according to the doomsday warning?"

The others' eyelids jumped, and they all started to talk: "Speaking of which, in the past, natural disasters always ended earlier than the time predicted in the doomsday warning post. This time it was extended by three months. If it is really as Secretary Li said, then how can we prevent future disasters in advance?"

"Yes, the current pest and rodent infestation, drought and water shortage are a big problem. The stream that the Stone Mountain Base relies on for survival has no water. Apart from drilling wells, do we have to look for water sources somewhere else?"

"The weather is really strange. It has been warming up for more than a month. Although the temperature is not as high as it was four years ago, there has not been a drop of rain for more than a month. The snow on the mountains has melted and the streams have dried up. It makes me feel uneasy. If the well water is not enough and we can't find water sources outside, do we have to artificially generate rain?"

"Artificial rainfall also requires a rainfall layer, fire, arrows, bombs, dry ice, salt powder and other conditions to achieve it. Even if we want to make it rain, we have to see if God agrees."

......

Mayor Xiang listened silently to his subordinates' discussion, turned around and whispered something in Secretary Li's ear, and then the group dispersed.

Si Nan returned home, sweating profusely. She turned on the air conditioning in the living room to 25 degrees, took off her long coat and trousers, and said to Cheng Su Ming, "I am now sure that the order of natural disasters has changed. According to our dreams, poisonous fog will come only half a month after the extreme cold. It has been a month, and the poisonous fog has not come. Instead, it has become a plague of insects and rats. I feel weird. It's so hot, and I have to wear thick long coats and trousers when going out to prevent mosquito bites. I am afraid of both cold and heat. I will be so hot if I go out!"

"The order of natural disasters has changed, so you don't have to be too nervous." Cheng Suming took out a red date crispy ice cream that Si Nan liked from the refrigerator and handed it to her. "No matter how difficult the environment is, we still have to live. If you are afraid of the heat, try to stay at home during this period and reduce going out."

Si Nan tore open the packaging bag and carefully took a bite of the ice cream. She felt the coolness in her mouth and the rich aroma of red dates and milk. She sat on the cold leather sofa in the living room, lying down like Ge You, and sighed comfortably, "That won't work. If you quit your job at Shishan Hospital, we will rely on the land I contract to earn points to exchange for food. Now Shishan is dry and water-scarce, and the agricultural park has no tap water. I have to scoop well water to irrigate the crops in the agricultural park every day, otherwise they will all die."

Half a month ago, bacteria and viruses brought by insects and rats caused many people to become infected and sick. The hospital has been asking Cheng Suming to see patients, but Cheng Suming and Si Nan were unwilling to do so.

One reason was that he felt it was unsafe to leave Sinan alone at home while he was seeing patients in the hospital.

One is that the number of patients in the hospital is increasing day by day, and Shishan Hospital lacks medicine. One day, the disease will not be able to be controlled, resulting in cross infection, and the medical staff inside will also be infected. At that time, those who stay inside may become seriously ill and their lives will be in danger.

After the two of them discussed it, Si Nan made the final decision and asked Cheng Suming to resign immediately.

Anyway, with the supplies in her space, the couple can have enough food and drink for another 30 years without any worries.

However, the abnormal weather and the changed order of natural disasters made Si Nan very uneasy. She was very worried about the days to come. She thought God would not play by the rules and all kinds of natural disasters would catch her off guard.

So half a month ago, she exchanged nearly 10,000 points in her account and Cheng Suming's more than 5,000 points for a variety of food supplies and stored them in the space.

Because the amount of points exchanged was too large, it attracted the attention of the logistics department and the military. Yan Hongyi even came to ask her whether she was planning to run away and leave the Shishan base after exchanging so many supplies.

She replied at that time that points were all virtual and only real objects were safe if kept by one's side. She would not run away, at least not now, and Yan Hongyi did not ask any more questions.

Since then, Sinan has paid more attention to the land and two vegetable gardens he contracted. He would go back and forth between the contracted lands every day, just to stock up enough supplies before the world completely collapsed.

Cheng Suming was eating a matcha flavored ice cream and sitting next to her. "You are afraid of the heat, so just leave these things to Sister Wang and the others. You can just stay at home and enjoy the air conditioning. Don't worry about anything. I will do everything."

Si Nan wanted to retort that she would become exhausted if she stayed under the air conditioner all the time, but when she turned around and saw the bright sun above her head, she thought better of it and said, "Then I'll get more water at home and put it in my space, so that the well water won't run dry and she won't have water to drink and die of thirst."

"I don't know why, but every time you say something like this, I always have a bad feeling that things will develop in the direction you want. It seems that I need to stock up more well water as a precaution."

After eating the ice cream, Cheng Suming went outside to wash his hands and then went to fetch water from the well.

Si Nan followed him out and took out three of the approximately fifty unused water barrels in the super-large capacity that had been purchased four years ago.

Two people stood by the well, each holding a bucket tied with a rope and throwing it into the well, pumping well water into the bucket bucket after bucket. When the bucket was full, they moved the Si Nan into the space and placed it there.

It took the two of them an entire afternoon to fill the three large water barrels with water.

The two of them were sweating all over. Cheng Suming wanted to take a shower, but Si Nan stopped him and said, "Don't worry, your hair has grown longer. Wash it after you cut it."

From the first year of the apocalypse to now the fourth year, Cheng Su Ming's hair has always been cut by Si Nan.

At first, when Si Nan cut Cheng Su Ming's hair, he either cut it into a dog-eat-dog, chewed, or shit-like shape, which was horrible, or he used a clipper to cut it into a bald head, which looked a bit weird.

Cheng Suming was not used to it at first, but now he is calm about her lack of improvement in hair cutting skills. He put a stool in the middle of the yard and sat down. "The same old rules, a buzz cut."

Si Nan asked, "Do you want to ask Aunt Sheng to come over and cut your hair? I feel like I can do everything well, except handwork. I've been cutting your hair for four years, but you haven't made any progress."

"No need." Cheng Suming shook his head: "Don't you have a positioning comb? Use a 3-6MM positioning comb to cut my hair for me. There won't be any problems."

The positioning comb that Cheng Suming mentioned is an accessory that comes with the baby electric hair clipper. It is a positioning comb that can be installed on a square-tooth razor. As long as the positioning comb is installed, no matter how clumsy your hands are or how you shave, there will be no mistakes.

Si Nan always fails to cut Cheng Su Ming's hair properly. He doesn't say anything, but others always laugh at him, which makes Si Nan embarrassed. He wants Cheng Su Ming to find some hairdressers with better skills to help cut her hair, even if it means spending some money. But he is not happy about it, as he thinks her skills will definitely improve.

Si Nan had no choice. Before the severe cold came, she accidentally found a baby electric hair clipper in the logistics department. She originally just wanted to bring it back to try it out, but she didn't expect Cheng Suming to be quite satisfied with the buzz cut produced by the baby hair clipper, and she had let her cut her hair that way ever since then.

Si Nan put a hair clipper around Cheng Suming's neck, took out a baby hair clipper from the space, put on the positioning comb, turned on the switch, and with a slight vibration and sizzling sound, Cheng Suming's hair that had grown to below his ears fell to the ground.

After cutting his hair, Si Nan used a sponge to clean the loose hair between his neck, then stood in front of him and carefully checked whether his hair was cut symmetrically.

The evening sunset glowed on Cheng Suming, stretching his shadow very long. His face was flushed with heat, but he still sat on the stool, waiting for Si Nan to speak.

He had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was born with a good-looking face. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his nose, which made him look very gentle and elegant. Now that he had his hair cut into a buzz cut, he looked clean and clear, like a college senior who was still in college. Sitting there, he formed a picture, attracting the attention of women.

Si Nan couldn't help but put his hand on Cheng Suming's face and sighed, "Every time I cut your hair into a buzz cut, I always feel that you look a few years younger. I feel like I got a great deal. You are already 32 years old, how come you still look like a young guy? I feel like I am the one getting older."

"How are you old?"

"I'm already 30 years old this year. Although I've always used makeup on my face, I've recently developed some fine lines around my eyes. I'm really not young anymore."

"In my heart, you have always been the youngest and the most beautiful. No matter what you look like, it is the one I love the most."

Cheng Su Ming stood up, took off his barber apron and shook off the loose hair on it, then put it around Si Nan's neck, asked her to sit on a stool, picked up a pair of scissors, and cut her shoulder-length hair into ear-level short hair.

This was Si Nan's request. After Gao Moli died, she felt that long hair was a hindrance and it would be easy for someone to grab her hair and attack her during a fight, so she cut her hair short to the ears.

After these few months, it's time to cut your hair again.

Si Nan felt very happy. Seeing him pick up the scissors, she said hurriedly, "Don't cut it too short. Let it grow a little longer. It's too hot to let my hair down in the summer. I still want to tie my hair into a ponytail when I go out. It won't be so hot this way."

"good."

The first thing Si Nan did after cutting his hair was to look in the mirror to see if his hair was cut unevenly.

She had beautiful eyebrows, big eyes, a delicate nose and cherry lips. She had a gentle and pretty appearance without any aggressiveness. But after cutting her hair short, her face became much more heroic. With her indifferent eyes, she gave people the impression that she was not easy to bully.

Si Nan put down the mirror with satisfaction, and drew two buckets of cool well water with Cheng Suming. They went into the bathroom and took a cold shower. When they were about to cook, they heard someone outside shouting, "Doctor Cheng, help!"

Cheng Suming and Si Nan looked at each other, and Si Nan took out two sets of thin long sleeves and trousers from the space. The two changed their short-sleeved shirts, put on four-layer masks, and walked to the gate of the courtyard together.

"Who is it?" Sinan asked.

A woman in her thirties with thin cheeks said at the gate: "I am Xiaopang's mother. My Xiaopang and his father have had a high fever since this morning, vomiting and diarrhea. Xiaopang's father also vomited blood and fainted. The hospital is not accepting patients. My mother-in-law and I have sought help everywhere but to no avail. We can only come to ask Dr. Cheng, please save my Xiaopang and his father."

After the woman finished speaking, she was afraid that Cheng Suming would not save the patient, so she hurriedly picked up a cloth bag in her hand and said, "Doctor Cheng, don't worry, I know your rules, collect food first and then treat the patient. I brought ten kilograms of rice, I wonder if it is enough?"

Cheng Suming frowned. The infectious diseases caused by mosquitoes and rats outside were too serious. Logically, everyone should stay at home. If not necessary, do not go out and avoid contact with others to avoid mutual infection.

But he is a doctor, and the fat little mother is a familiar neighbor. She has brought the money for the medicine, so it would be unreasonable for him not to go.

Cheng Suming opened the door and signaled to Sinan: "Don't go."

"I'm not that squeamish." Si Nan understood what he meant. He was afraid that if she went with him, there would be a risk of infection. However, she didn't plan to stay at home and wait for him. She helped him get the medical kit he needed and smiled at him: "Let's go."

Cheng Suming knew that persuasion was useless, so he sighed and followed the fat mother to her home.

Little Fatty's mother lived in a narrow two-story building across the stream. Their family earned limited points and didn't want to crowd with others in the shelter, so they shared the building with another family. They lived downstairs and the other family lived upstairs.