Chapter 108

After the rain stops, the first thing people do is to dry their quilts.

It had been raining for over a month, and every household had become extremely damp. The bedding was so damp that water could be wrung out of it, and many things had become moldy.

Although the water outside has not receded yet, the windows and balconies of every house are hung with blankets, quilts, and clothes in various colors, which looks quite lively.

Because the Shen family has a rooftop balcony, it is more convenient for them to dry things than for others.

So as soon as the sun came out in the morning, Cheng Ru woke up everyone in the family and instructed them to take the bedding to the top floor to dry in the sun.

Then he asked Chen Cong to bring out the water and wash everything that could be disassembled and washed.

Just when the whole family was busy, the security door on the 18th floor was knocked loudly!

As soon as the rain stopped, the temperature outside rose immediately.

Because the water outside is so smelly, the windows at home are usually not opened.

For the sake of ventilation, the Shen family and Shi Chen's family rarely close their doors during the day. Anyway, the anti-theft door in the elevator room is usually not opened.

So, even though the house was very busy, the knock on the door downstairs immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"I'll go down and take a look." Gu Kai said.

Within a few minutes, he came up with a young man in his twenties.

The man was not tall and was very thin, but he looked quite energetic.

Seeing him, all the Shen family members fell silent for a moment, and Shen Xi's face immediately drooped, and the smile on his face disappeared.

The man was sweating profusely. He seemed to be completely unaware of how unwelcome the Shen family was to him. He pleaded with Shen Jianyi and Cheng Ru, "Uncle, aunt, can you lend me your rubber boat? My grandma is sick and we need to take her to the hospital."

When talking about grandma, the man's voice was filled with undisguised nervousness and anxiety.

Hearing that someone was sick, no matter how many grudges he had before, he could no longer talk about it. Chen Cong immediately said, "Wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

And Mr. Gu said directly: "What's the patient's condition? I'll go with you to see it."

As he spoke, he pointed into the house. Chen Xi ran over and took the medicine box and followed him out.

The man obviously had no idea that the Shen family actually had a doctor, and he was overjoyed when he saw the medicine box!

His eyes suddenly turned red, and his voice trembled with excitement. He kept saying, "Uncle, I'll take you downstairs. Come and see my grandma. She fainted, and we don't know what happened to her."

As the young man was talking, he suddenly started crying.

Chen Cong went upstairs and took down the rubber boat that was standing on the balcony.

Because everyone who goes out has to use it now, and it is used too frequently, so she didn't put it away, but put it on the roof for anyone to use.

But in just a short while after I got it downstairs, almost half of the people in the house had left.

She glanced at her husband who was waiting on the side and asked, "Did Dad go down with him?"

"Yeah." Gu Kai said, taking the rubber boat from her hand.

The young man just now was the one who lived on the 13th floor and was a member of the family that Zhou Ying suspected of stealing vegetables.

When they first discovered that the vegetables were missing, Zhou Ying and his wife, as well as the rest of the family, were determined to find the person who stole the vegetables, give him a good beating, and teach him a lesson.

It was the silence that stopped them.

At that time, she felt that the timing was not right.

That was the time when everyone was most nervous and their nerves were most stretched. If it was not handled properly at this time, a small matter could easily cause people's emotional fluctuations.

If this leads to some uncontrollable incident, it would be a case of losing the big picture for the small.

So, she proposed exchanging vegetables to solve everyone's survival problem first.

Later, as time went by, people calmed down, and that family never did anything weird again, so no one mentioned the incident again.

But who would have thought that Chen Cong and the others would no longer talk about this matter, and this family would even come to their home for help.

Chen Cong and Gu Kai went downstairs together.

They had never stayed on the thirteenth floor before, and even though they passed by it going up or down, they had never gone in.

Including the faces of the three working people in that family, he only remembered them after Zhou Ying pointed them out to them when they were exchanging vegetables. Chen Cong didn't even know which family they were from.

But as soon as they turned into the stairwell, they saw it without asking.

Because the door of that house was now wide open, and there were many neighbors gathered at the door who came to watch the fun.

Seeing Chen Cong and his friends coming down with the rubber boat, the neighbors made way for them. The two men walked in without hesitation.

As soon as I entered the door, a stench hit me in the face, almost making me cry.

He leaned back and was almost driven unconscious by the smell.

The flood flooded the roads and naturally submerged all the sewers. Now it is completely impossible to clean up the domestic garbage.

Because the Shen family lived on the top floor and were prepared, not long after the heavy rain began, they, including Shi Chen's family, closed all the sewer pipes in the house.

Domestic garbage, kitchen waste, feces and urine that can be fermented into compost are used as compost, and those that cannot be fermented into compost are also accumulated together and sealed in large iron boxes.

So there are no strange smells in the house, and the garbage does not have a particularly big impact on their lives.

But it’s different downstairs.

First of all, without any heavy rain, no one had thought that the sewer would backflow, and no one was able to solve the problem of garbage storage.

So apart from secretly dumping it into the water downstairs, the only option is to pile it up at home.

Moreover, it was raining heavily outside, and it was difficult to even open the windows for ventilation. One can imagine what the sanitary conditions and smell in the room were like.

Enduring the unpleasant smell, Chen Cong and Gu Kai walked in.

At this time, the old man had already treated the old lady.

The old lady looked to be in her seventies, with white hair, very thin, and a hunched body.

There was just a small ball lying on the bed.

But even so, it can be seen that the elderly are well taken care of at home.

Even though the overall sanitary conditions at home are not good, the things in the old man's room are neatly arranged, the sheets and mattress on the bed do not look dirty, and there is no smell on the old man.

This is not easy at this time.

The old man was running a high fever at the moment, his cheeks were red, his eyes were closed, and it was obvious that he was delirious due to the fever.

There was a fever-reducing patch on her forehead, and there was unfinished water and fever-reducing tablets beside the bed.

No need to ask, these were all taken out by the old man.

Seeing the rubber boat that Chen Cong and his friends had brought, a man who looked to be in his fifties hurried over and thanked them gratefully.

The young man who went upstairs to call for help shouted, "Xiao Jie, come and help!"

Then a man who looked about the same age as Shi Chen agreed and squeezed in from outside.

He was holding a wet, cool towel in his hand.

The middle-aged man walked in front with the rubber boat, and the two young people took care of the old lady and went downstairs together.

Seeing that the whole family had left, the onlookers naturally dispersed.

But everyone did not leave. When the old man came over, they surrounded him again.

A neighbor asked worriedly, "Uncle, what's wrong with that old lady? It's not an infectious disease, right?"

The others also showed nervous expressions.

Everyone knows that epidemics are prone to occur after floods, especially in the current living environment.

How can one not be scared when seeing someone with a high fever?

The family on the 13th floor has three men of middle age, which is unique in the whole building.

With them around, no one dared to say anything even if they had doubts in their hearts.

But now that they had all gone to the hospital, the neighbors dared to speak out.

After knowing that the old man was a doctor, everyone naturally wanted to ask for clarification.

"It's probably not an infectious disease, but just a common inflammation. It's probably related to the sudden change in the weather. Don't worry."

The old man did not hide anything and directly told his neighbors the diagnosis results.

Seeing how confident he was, and thinking about the fact that he had not taken any isolation measures when he was treating the old lady just now, everyone felt a little relieved.

"But everyone should still pay attention. Now that the weather is good, you should open the windows to ventilate. In addition, you should take care of the hygiene at home. If you have disinfectant, it is best to spray the house with it.

When the weather warms up, there will be more mosquitoes and flies, and it will be easy to get into trouble if they bite you." The old man warned again.

"Well, we want to do that too! Who doesn't want to keep their home clean? But there are conditions for that, right?"

I don’t know which neighbor said this, but others followed suit.

Mr. Gu didn't say anything else. This question actually has no answer.

Unless the problem of garbage dumping is solved, pollution and the spread of infectious diseases will be almost inevitable.

"Congcong, we should have some disinfectant tablets at home, right?" asked the old man.

Chen Cong nodded, took the medicine box, and used it as a medium to take out a bottle of 84 disinfectant tablets from the space.

Because this kind of disinfectant tablets is cheap and has a wide range of uses, she originally bought 100 bottles, each bottle containing 500 tablets.

Except for a dozen bottles that were taken out from the community at the beginning of the earthquake, the others were not moved at all.

If they use it themselves, it can last forever.

The old man took the disinfectant tablets, distributed them to his neighbors, and told them the mixing ratio.

Then I repeatedly told everyone to spray their homes thoroughly when they returned, especially the places where garbage was stored.

The neighbors were naturally grateful.

This thing isn't worth much money, but it's not available for purchase at this time, and everyone knows how valuable it is.

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Xie Song and Lin Jie came to Shen's house in the afternoon to return the rubber boat.

Shen Cong took the rubber boat and asked, "How is your old lady?"

The older young man said, "My grandma has tonsillitis, and the doctor said it's nothing serious and she will be fine as long as the fever goes down.

My dad is accompanying me in the hospital now, we will return the rubber boat to you when we come back, just in case you need it."

"Thank you for your help. If you hadn't lent us the rubber boat, my grandma would have suffered a lot." Another young man added.

Hearing their voices, Shen Xi followed them out.

Then he said to Chen Cong, "Let them in. Uncle Gu said he wanted to ask about their situation."

Chen Cong had no choice but to open the door and let them in.

What no one expected was that after the two young men entered the room, they did not mention the old lady's illness first, but handed over an IOU without saying a word.

It said, "Borrow 20 kilograms of green vegetables, return 50 kilograms, pay back within one month."

Below are the signatures of the two brothers and their fingerprints.

Holding the IOU, Chen Cong didn't know what to say for a moment.

After returning home in the morning, when the family was chatting, Chen Xi told everyone what she had heard about the Xie family.

Even though they didn't stay in the Xie family for a long time, Chen Xi had that talent. She managed to understand other people's family situation clearly.

There are now four people in the Xie family, the old lady, her son Xie Benliang and grandson Xie Song.

The younger one is called Lin Jie. He is the only son of the old lady’s daughter and also her grandson.

Lin Jie's entire family was killed in the previous earthquake, and he came here from another place to live with his grandmother.

Xie Song's mother also died in the earthquake, so now the Xie family consists of three grown men taking care of an old lady, and the four of them live together.

Although the old lady is old, she is the backbone of the family and everyone in the family is very filial to her.

Otherwise, at her age, it would be a miracle that she could survive until now in the apocalypse.

Although no one had any evidence that the Xie family stole vegetables, everyone knew tacitly that it was them. There was no doubt about it.

Because of this, the Shen family had a very bad impression of them before.

If they hadn't said they wanted to take an elderly person to the hospital, Chen Cong would never have lent them the rubber boat.

But after listening to Chen Xi's introduction and visiting their home, and confirming that they were indeed filial to their elderly parents, everyone's impression of this family changed a little.

Although I can’t say that my impression of the dish was much better, I decided in my heart not to care about the dish I ordered.

But who would have thought that just when we decided not to pursue the matter, two young men came over with the IOU.

"Uncle, aunt, and uncle, we were indeed wrong before.

We stole the vegetables. My grandma has a bad stomach and can't go to the toilet after eating dry food. The vegetables in our house have not grown for many days, and there are no leaves.

We saw that grandma was in so much pain that we had no choice but to come up with this bad idea."

Xie Song said this with a look of shame on his face.

"We will compensate, uncle, aunt, we will definitely compensate for this dish!

It's not raining anymore, so we should be able to go out to work soon. Once we start working, we'll exchange vegetables for compensation. We keep our word!"

Lin Jie echoed from the side.

Seeing that the two people were so nice and it was for the sake of the elderly, Cheng Ru was the first to soften her attitude.

She was about to say a few words to comfort the two of them, but Gu Kai stopped her.

He picked up the IOU from the table, folded it and put it in his pocket.

In a gentle but dignified tone, he said: "You really have to compensate for this dish, and you have to pay double.

Not to mention how serious the act of stealing vegetables is, you should have known very well when you picked them that the vegetables would mature in just a few days, and the yield would be at least double that when you picked them.

In this case, you took it without asking, which is really despicable. Besides, you actually know in your heart that it is the food of the test base, right?

For every batch of vegetables grown in the experimental field, data must be recorded from sowing to harvesting to provide a reference for the large-scale promotion of planting in the future. This is something that every citizen of Bac Ninh City is aware of.

There's no way you didn't know.

Since you knew that you dared to take the vegetables from the experimental field for your own selfish interests, did you really not consider the consequences at all?"

Gu Kai spoke quietly and in a gentle tone.

But it is probably because I have experienced a lot in the past few years, and have always been serving the government and even went abroad on behalf of the country.

He has an aura that cannot be ignored, and is no longer the humble person he was in the beginning.

He said these words with a stern face, which immediately dumbfounded the two young men opposite him.

The faces of Xie Song and Lin Jie began to turn pale little by little.

Lin Jie was younger, so his expression was more obvious; both of his hands were clenched into fists.

He didn't know how to answer such a question.

He didn't even dare to look Gu Kai in the eye and could only glance nervously at his cousin who was sitting next to him.

Xie Song's face turned red and white.

Facing Gu Kai's stare, he opened his mouth several times but had no idea how to explain.

There was obvious regret in his eyes.

In fact, they didn't need to say anything. Everyone present could see that these two people didn't think so much when they stole the vegetables.

They may not even realize the severity of their actions.

He must have been stared at by Gu Kai, and wanted to protect his younger brother.

Xie Song gritted his teeth, looked at Gu Kai and said, "Brother, I did it, it has nothing to do with my brother. I went there alone to steal the vegetables that day, and he was at home with my grandma!

This matter has nothing to do with him. He just came up to me to return the rubber boat. Don't scare him.

I know you all work for the government, and I know you have connections with the government. Just tell me how to resolve this matter and what punishment you want. Come to me directly.”

After that, he winked at his cousin and said in a low voice: "It's none of your business, go home first!"

"I won't!" After hearing what his cousin said, Lin Jie also became stubborn.

He stiffened his neck and said, "How come you did it yourself? I was there too.

If it weren't for me, would you have been able to get through that door? If anything happens, we brothers will handle it together!"

"You!" Xie Song didn't expect his cousin to talk about loyalty at this time. He was so angry that he raised his fist.

Lin Jie showed no sign of weakness and held his head even higher.

Chen Cong had never expected that he could see such a wonderful scene of two brothers loving each other in his own home, and for a moment he couldn't help but want to laugh.

She knew that a big part of the reason why Gu Kai said this was because he wanted to intimidate these two people.

It's like killing a chicken to scare the monkeys. It scared the two of them, so that next time someone has the same idea, they will have to think twice.

But who would really do anything to them?

"Let's talk about the food later. I just heard you say that you opened the door. Lin Jie, how did you break the chain lock?"

Shen Cong interrupted the confrontation between the two brothers and asked.

Hearing her ask this, Shen Xi, who had been watching the fun nearby, came over. She was also very curious.

After all, it was she and Tongtong who locked the house, and the iron chain was made by her son himself.

When looking at the incision at that time, everyone agreed that it was cut with scissors, but after hearing what Lin Jie said, it seemed that there was another possibility.

"I didn't really open it. I just... pulled it a bit. The chain wasn't very strong."

When Lin Jie heard the question, he stopped glaring at his cousin and turned around to answer a little embarrassedly.

"Not strong?" Chen Xi was the first to quit.

She stood up and pulled Lin Jie: "Come on, show me how it is so I can see why it is not strong."

She did not take Lin Jie downstairs, but directly took an iron chain made of paulownia from the house. After coming out, she wrapped it around the leg of the coffee table at home several times and locked it with a lock.

Then he pointed and said to Lin Jie: "Pull it out for me to see."

This chain is about the same thickness as the iron chain downstairs. It is the remaining piece from the previous construction of the security door on the 18th floor.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Lin Jie did not refuse. He squatted down and grabbed one side of the chain with both hands. With a light pull, the chain split in the middle.

And the cracks are extremely smooth, as if they were cut with a knife.

Shen Cong: "..."

Chen Xi: “…”

Everyone:"……"

Gu Kai reached out and took the broken chain, looked at it and handed it to Chen Cong.

He didn't say anything, but his eyes flashed with excitement.

Just now, when Lin Jie said that the iron chain was easy to break, the whole family suspected that he had superpowers, but they couldn't tell what kind of superpowers he had.

Gu Kai's first reaction was that he should have power-type abilities.

But looking at the knife-like fracture, he realized that this young man should have metal abilities just like Shen Cong.

Power-type abilities definitely cannot make such a cut.

"Do you know that you have superpowers?" Shen Cong looked at the chain in his hand and asked.

Lin Jie's eyes were blank for a moment.

He looked at his cousin, then at the chain in Chen Cong's hand, and asked, "Superpower?"

Xie Song beside him was also stunned and asked, "What superpower? He just has a lot of strength."

Chen Cong did not explain, but handed the broken chain back to Lin Jie.

He continued to ask: "If you can tear it apart, then you can definitely fix it. Fix it and let me see."

Lin Jie held the chain, looking a little embarrassed.

He gestured with his hands for a long time before saying, "How do we fix this? It's all broken."

Then he looked up at Chen Xi: “Sister, you asked me to pull it.”

The meaning is very clear. I just did it because of you. Now that it's broken, you can't blame me.

Chen Xi was so amused that he said, "Okay, I told you to pull it, I won't let you fix it."

Everyone then realized that Lin Jie had no idea how to use his supernatural powers, and that what he had done before was just instinct.

Actually, it is understandable if you think about it.

Chen Cong can use supernatural powers because she has experienced rebirth. Even though she has never eaten pork, she has seen pigs run.

In her previous life, she had seen other people control their superpowers, and she learned from them and knew where to put her strength.

Gu Kaihui did this because he had heard from Chen Cong that he more or less had a direction to work towards.

Shanshan and Tongtong learned from Chencong and Cancan, while Cancan learned by watching Gu Kai's performance.

As for other people with special abilities, they already have professionals to train them.

Therefore, it is normal that Lin Jie does not know how to control his supernatural powers.

"You do as I say..."

Shen Cong motioned Lin Jie to lift the chain, then spoke to him.

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