Chapter 109

The old lady of the Xie family came back the next day. After settling her down, Gu Kai took Lin Jie and Xie Song to visit the group.

The heavy rain stopped and everything slowly returned to normal.

Now the group is putting more energy into post-disaster reconstruction. In this situation, special abilities like Lin Jie's are really useful.

Knowing that Fulin had another person with superpowers, Liu Tuan was extremely happy and kept nagging that after this busy period was over, he would let those guys move in.

It is said that the formation is indeed useful.

Liu Tuan also told Gu Kai a good news that the long-awaited civilian electricity supply would soon be restored.

The list of national resource allocation has been released, and Bac Ninh is very satisfied with the amount of coal and gasoline it will receive.

Now the flood has not receded yet. Once the water recedes, resources can be delivered, and by then urban construction will inevitably reach a new height.

Liu Tuan was in high spirits when he said these words, with a long-lost smile on his face.

Gu Kai felt relieved after listening to this, and felt that the hard work of himself, his father and other teammates was not in vain.

Lin Jie and Xie Song were kept back by Captain Liu, who said that the regiment was short of people, especially strong laborers like them, so he asked them to stay and join the assault team.

This was a huge surprise for the two guys.

After all, being able to work for the government is a rare good thing. At least you won't have to worry about food, drink and points for quite a long time.

The two of them were so happy that they jumped for joy and ran after the little soldier. Gu Kai had to go home alone.

I often don’t feel it when I stay at home, but when I go out for a walk, I can see that the water level has started to drop.

As we walked along, we could see that many houses that were previously submerged in water were now exposed.

The walls of many houses were still wet, including Fulin's. Now if you want to go out, you have to go through the entrance on the third floor.

Before Gu Kai got home, he heard laughter and noise coming from home. It should be the children who were there. He could hear Tongtong's voice even from such a distance.

"What are you doing?" He took two quick steps and pushed the door open.

Seeing him, Tongtong rushed over first, took his hand and said, "Uncle, uncle, come here quickly, Shanshan is making ice cream for us! Our whole family has eaten, only you are missing."

"Oh? Then I have to try it." Gu Kai followed with a smile.

Cancan and Tongtong's special abilities have been shining brightly during this period.

Now everyone upstairs and downstairs knows that there are two little geniuses living on the 19th floor. How awesome!

One that can produce large amounts of water mist and can be used to water plants is a treasure in every planting base.

There is another one who is even more powerful. He can control metal. Even the people in the army take him seriously. In order to get him to help with work, there is a special person responsible for picking him up and dropping him off every day!

But no one knows that there is a third person with special abilities upstairs, Shanshan, who can control ice.

Every time her brother and sister Cancan went out to work, her mother and grandfather would always leave her at home and let her play with her grandmother and grandfather Gu.

The little girl felt very aggrieved.

As a result, this morning, after Gu Kai accompanied the two brothers of the Xie family to the regiment, someone came to ask Chen Cong and Tongtong to go to the supermarket to reinforce the previous floating bridge.

After Chen Cong took Tongtong away, Shanshan started crying at home.

The little girl was extremely sad. Both Cheng Ru and Shen Jianyi were unable to persuade her. Shen Xi was even more troubled by the little girl's crying.

Later, Mr. Gu came up with an idea. He found black plum, hawthorn, licorice from his own medicine storehouse...

Then he gave it to Cheng Ru and asked her to cook a big pot of sour plum soup.

After the sour plum soup was cooked, the old man seriously came to Shanshan's aid and asked her to make some ice cubes to cool down the sour plum soup.

When the little girl saw that there was something to do, she stopped crying and was happy to do as the old man asked.

Seeing that her granddaughter was having fun, Cheng Ru extravagantly took some more rock sugar and put it in, making the sour plum soup taste even better.

After the big bowl of iced sour plum soup was ready, Shanshan went to the house opposite to invite Xiaoyu, Cancan and Zhou Ying to be their guests. After Xiaoyu drank it, he jumped up in the room with joy, shouting that it was delicious!

Actually, this is easy to understand. Where can you find such an iced drink at this time?

It is certain that anyone who drinks it will find it delicious.

But Shanshan didn't understand all this, and became proud when she heard someone praising her child.

Knowing that Shanshan could make ice, Xiaoyu immediately became excited and pulled her and Cancan together to start thinking about making ice cream together.

Normally, the children rarely had the opportunity to play together, and seeing how happy they were, the adults did not stop them. Chen Xi even provided them with several spoonfuls of milk powder, and Cheng Ru also gave them a small bowl of honey.

Not to mention, because there are many adults in the family and many people who can consult, the little ones really figured out how to make ice cream.

As soon as Tongtong came back, he was fed by his sister and good friends. The child was very happy eating. If Chenxi hadn't held him down, he probably wouldn't be satisfied with even one bowl.

What Gu Kai ate was the second batch made by Shanshan and the others.

"I still think this sour plum soup tastes good. To be honest, I haven't tasted something this authentic in many years."

While Gu Kai and the others were eating ice cream, Chen Cong scooped up another bowl of sour plum soup and drank it, saying with emotion.

"Even if you like to drink, don't drink too much. You have already drunk two bowls. This is astringent. You can't drink too much at one time." Old Master Gu sat aside and said slowly.

After the family finished eating and drinking, Mr. Gu talked about something he had been thinking about for several days.

He first asked Gu Kai: "You went out with Xiao Xie and the other two brothers today. Did they tell you what the hospital was like?

I haven’t been out recently, so I don’t know what’s going on outside.”

Gu Kai knew what his father was worried about, and he had specifically asked about it today, so he knew it very well.

He said to his father: "Xie Song said that when they went to the hospital yesterday, they did see a lot of patients. Many of them had diarrhea, and many had skin diseases.

They said that the doctors in the hospital were too busy, and those with mild illnesses were just given some medicine and sent home, and were not allowed to stay in the hospital at all.

The reason why their grandmother had to be observed in the hospital for a day was that the old lady did have a high fever and also because she was old and they didn't dare let her toss around in the water.

But the hospital obviously didn’t have enough beds, so Grandma Xie spent the night on a recliner in the corridor.”

Mr. Gu had obviously thought of this situation in advance and was not surprised after hearing it.

He just nodded and sighed: "It is normal for infectious diseases to break out after a flood. If they are dealt with in time, they can be easily controlled.

But the current situation is..."

He sighed and said no more.

The current situation is that the sanitary conditions are terrible.

Under such circumstances, the spread of the virus is inevitable, and even if we know it is going to spread, there is no effective way to contain it.

“I just told Liu Tuan about this, and he said that the city’s garbage removal work has started in the past two days.

Previously, the main methods of garbage disposal in our city were landfill compression and low-toxicity incineration. Now that neither of these methods can be used, recycling garbage has become a very difficult problem. "

"So what are you going to do now?" Chen Cong looked up and asked.

"I didn't ask very clearly. From Liu Tuan's tone, he didn't quite understand what to do. It seems that the experts suggested recycling what can be recycled, and compressing and sealing what cannot be processed first, and then disposing of them together after the water level drops."

"Then the cost will be high." Shen Xi sighed.

"It's better to be high than to see everyone sick," said the old man.

Naturally, everyone agreed with the old man's words.

Chen Cong thought about the boxes full of garbage piled high on the floor above his house, and in his heart he agreed with what his sister said.

In this situation, the cost to the government to help citizens clean up the garbage is really huge.

But it is also necessary.

After lunch, the old man called Shen Cong into the room, and together with her, he sorted out all the medicines that he had prepared for a long time, and sorted out two full boxes of various medicines. Then he asked his son and daughter-in-law to accompany him to the regiment headquarters.

This is the first time the old man has returned to the regiment headquarters after returning home to recuperate. It has been more than two months since his last visit.

Knowing that the old man was coming, Liu Tuan was shocked.

He dropped what he was doing and came out to greet them in person.

Seeing that the old man, except that he was still very thin, had almost recovered and his feet were not weak when walking, Liu Tuan showed a happy expression.

"Grandpa, is there anything that requires you to come here in person? Just ask Gu Kai or Xiao Shen to tell me a message, and I'll go there, right?"

"I'm sending you something." Mr. Gu didn't say hello to him, but spoke directly.

"Send something? What?" Liu Tuan was confused by what he said.

Old Man Gu looked at his son and daughter-in-law. Chen Cong put the plastic storage box he was holding on the table first, and Gu Kai also put the one he was holding aside.

The two of them opened the box together.

Looking at the organized boxes of pills and various packaged Chinese medicines, Liu Tuan felt that he understood.

His expression immediately turned serious.

"Grandpa, is this...an epidemic going to happen?" His voice was filled with nervousness.

"Don't panic." Old Master Gu waved his hand.

"I just want to be on the safe side."

He pointed at the two medicine boxes and said, "I've been working on these for two years. All the medicines grown at home are here. Don't let your imagination run wild. It's not like I know what kind of plague will appear. I don't have the ability to predict the future."

It’s just that the hygiene conditions in each household are too poor nowadays, so it’s normal to get sick under such circumstances.

You can distribute these medicines to various gathering points and let them keep them for future use. I have written down the properties and usage clearly and put them inside. Just let them follow the instructions."

As the old man spoke, he took out a piece of densely written paper from his pocket and handed it to Liu Tuan.

"These are two soup recipes for prevention and improving immunity. The herbs used are not expensive, and most hospitals should have them in stock. Ask them to look for them. It would be best if they can be distributed and boiled for everyone to drink at gathering places. This is also a way to reduce the risk of disease."

Whenever the old man said something, Liu Tuan nodded.

And his expression was extremely serious.

Mr. Gu was very satisfied and felt that this was Liu Tuan's respect for him.

However, Chen Cong and Gu Kai knew very well that Liu Tuan was frightened by what the old man had said before. In his heart, he must have thought that a new plague might come soon.

How could I not be nervous? And how could I not take it seriously?

However, for such a misunderstanding, the couple tacitly chose not to explain or expose it.

The government attaches great importance to this and will pay more attention to the hygiene of the residents' living environment and will deliver medicines to everyone as suggested.

Both are good for the residents, so why not do something good?

Finally, after finishing talking about the medicine, the old man asked about the situation in the community. He specifically instructed that a portion of these medicines must be delivered to the community.

Liu Tuan naturally agreed.

Because the community is a national-level experimental base and the soil in the community is extremely precious, the city has always attached great importance to it and naturally there are frequent contacts there.

Liu Tuan is very familiar with the situation in the community.

The flooding in the city has become so serious, so the community will naturally not be spared.

However, Chen Cong's previous idea was correct. The terrain of the community is much higher than that of the city, so the flooding there is much more serious than that of the city.

The water in Fulin reached the fifth floor, but in the residential area, only a few households had their second floor flooded. Many villas located on high ground were not even flooded to the walls of the first floor.

"Well, when Xiao Gu came this morning, I was so busy talking about other things that I forgot to mention the serious stuff.

Grandpa, when Wei Yan called me that day, I specifically asked about it. He said that your house has been saved and told you not to worry.

Don't worry, your villa suffered almost no damage in the flood and is the best preserved house in the entire community."

"The best preserved house?" the old man repeated, his expression showing some disbelief.

Because he had set up the formation in the community before, he had no idea how many times he had walked through the entire community and was very familiar with the environment there.

Speaking of it, the Shen family’s villa is nice, but its location was not the highest point in the entire community.

The row of houses where Sun Qing lives has the best location in the community. Not only does it cover a large area, it is also located at the highest terrain.

Normally, the four houses have a commanding presence in the entire compound.

So, if you say that Sun Qing's house is the best maintained and has no problems, Mr. Shen believes it.

After all, the house is in a unique location, and Sun Qing lives there. She will definitely take good care of her home when it rains heavily.

But to say that the Shen family villa is the best preserved...how is that possible?

There has been no one at home for the past two months.

But Chen Cong believed it.

No one knows what home is like better than her.

"Is it because the rain can't get in?" she asked.

Liu Tuan laughed immediately: "That's right, Wei Yan said he was shocked when he returned to the community. I heard him tell me about it, and I laughed my ass off at the time. Xiao Shen, don't tell me, you are really good at it!"

As he spoke, he gave Chen Cong a thumbs up.

The soil of the Shen family is precious, more precious than that of other places in the community. This is something that all members of the working group know tacitly.

So, when they knew that a heavy rain was coming, the patrolling team outside immediately turned their cars around and returned to the community.

Everyone had the same idea, which was to rescue as much of the Shen family's soil as possible before the heavy rain came.

This way, it's better than soaking in water.

As a result, when they returned and saw what Chen Cong had done with the big iron shell that looked like a turtle shell, they all laughed so hard and felt that they had never seen a more amazing operation.

But such a decisive operation is really effective.

Because Chen Cong had wrapped the entire house with iron sheets and built it directly outside the courtyard wall.

In addition, the members of the working group deliberately blocked all the door cracks and gaps in advance, so the heavy rain did not cause any damage to the house.

Not even a drop of water got into the house.

The soil in the yard wasn't even wet.

This development was really beyond everyone's expectations, and it was also extremely good news for Chen Cong and the others!

The old man immediately asked to go home to tell his two relatives-in-law the good news.

After handing the account book recording the exchange of GPA for vegetables to Liu Tuan, the group returned home.

Sure enough, after Shen's father and mother learned the news, they were even happier than them.

Shen's mother Cheng Ru was so excited that she had to add more food for everyone in the evening!

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The flood completely receded after a month, leaving the land in ruins.

Many houses were washed away in the flood, and many farmlands that people had worked so hard to cultivate became wasteland again.

But overall, people were lucky this time. At least after such a big flood, not many people in the city died in the flood.

The situation is much better than what everyone expected.

After the flood, all the people were busy with post-disaster reconstruction.

Cleaning, clearing garbage, spraying insecticides, and boiling Chinese medicine to prevent epidemics...

Everyone is so devoted to completing their work that they always feel that there is not enough time.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and the overall condition of the city has improved a lot.

The houses that were still habitable were cleaned up, and the streets that were once full of sewage were made clean.

The people in those temporary gathering points were relocated and evacuated again, and several new gathering points were opened in the city.

Everything is moving in a positive direction.

It’s almost May.

But because the weather has not changed much over the years, except for the two months when it rained heavily, everyone has been wearing short sleeves all the time, so everyone is numb to those months and has no feelings at all.

But one day, someone suddenly looked up and was surprised to find that the leaves on the tree had turned yellow.

It seemed as if the city entered autumn overnight.

Most people are happy to see such changes.

After all, we have been through three consecutive summers, and people have had enough of the heat. The weather has turned cooler, and we can feel the coolness brought by the wind, and everyone feels extremely comfortable.

Some people have become more or less vigilant after experiencing weather changes in recent years.

Feeling the arrival of autumn, many people have taken out their long-collected wool sweaters, down jackets, and thick quilts to dry in the sun upstairs, on balconies, and at windows.

But more people didn't think much about it, always thinking that it was just a little bit cooler, and it was only May, so it was too early for the weather to get cold.

Many people also showed sarcasm and ridicule towards those who made preparations in advance.

But those who ridiculed others were soon slapped in the face.

That night, Chencong was suddenly woken up by the cold in the middle of the night.

At first she thought that Gu Kai had snatched her quilt away, but when she opened her eyes, she saw that she had wrapped both quilts around herself, while Gu Kai was not covered with anything and was clinging to her because of the cold.

She patted her husband, then lifted a corner of the quilt and put it on him.

But as soon as I got close to his cold body, I shivered from the cold.

"Why is it so cold?" she complained.

"Is the window open?" Gu Kai woke up after being tossed around by her.

"I'll go take a look." He said and sat up.

Chen Cong also sat up: "I'll go get the bed and quilt from the closet. This won't work. I'll freeze to death."

As she spoke, she turned on the light.

As soon as the light was turned on, Chen Cong's attention was attracted to the electronic watch next to the desk lamp.

It was a multifunctional electronic watch that displayed not only the normal time, but also temperature and humidity.

Chen Cong took a look and then blinked in disbelief.

She grabbed the electronic watch, pointed at the number on it, and said to her husband in shock: "Octave! Gu Kai, there is only octave in our room now!"

Gu Kai was also shocked.

He first glanced at the window and found that it was closed tightly, with no sign of opening at all. Then he looked at the electronic watch and confirmed that Chen Cong was right, the temperature in the room was really only eight degrees.

"No wonder it's so cold! Winter has come early."

Even though they were mentally prepared, neither of them expected that the cold weather would come so quickly!

She was still wearing a short-sleeved shirt the night before, and before going to bed that night, Shanshan told everyone that she was going to make ice cream again in the morning.

Who would have thought that the temperature would drop by more than 20 degrees just during a nap!

"Give the quilts to everyone first, and we can talk about other things later."

Chen Cong has recovered from his shock.

She first took out two long down jackets from the space, put one on herself, and threw one to Gu Kai.

Although it is a bit inappropriate to wear a down jacket at this time, it is also troublesome to find clothes in the middle of the night.

Gu Kai said nothing and put it on directly. Then he and his wife took the quilt they had found and knocked on the door of each bedroom one by one.

In fact, everyone in the family was awakened by the sudden cold, but they didn't react for a while.

After receiving the quilts, everyone realized that the extremely cold weather that Chen Cong had mentioned before had really come.

Chen Cong took out three more quilts and went to knock on Shi Chen's door with Gu Kai.

Shi Chen and Can Can returned to Fulin from the rental house near the school with their parents in the summer. Most of the daily necessities at home were left there and they had no time to take them back.

Not to mention Zhou Ying's family, all their belongings were buried under the rubble.

I'm afraid that all of them combined wouldn't even have a decent thick quilt.

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