Chapter 56

In order to prove what he said about cleaning up garbage for patients not being infected, Mr. Gu applied to be included in the list of the first batch of water delivery personnel.

Since he had joined, the rest of the Shen family naturally had to participate as well, so the first list of fifteen people included Grandpa Gu, Father Shen, and the two sisters of the Shen family.

Cheng Ru definitely can't go, because if she goes out, she has two children at home!

At that time, Gu Kai was not at home, so his name was not included. But now that he is back, there is no reason for the old man to leave and stay at home.

So he resolutely replaced his father-in-law.

During this period, Shen Jianyi has been busy with the vegetable garden on the roof, building a sunshade and a flower rack, climbing up and down.

Even though he practiced breathing techniques with his in-laws every day and insisted on practicing Tai Chi, he was in his forties after all, and it was still a bit too much for him.

I have been complaining about lower back pain these days.

So when he saw that his son-in-law wanted to take his place, he didn't insist.

Sooner or later it will be your turn anyway.

Perhaps everyone had the same idea, wanting the elderly to have more rest, so those who came out to work today were relatively young.

It's natural for these people to work quickly together.

Everyone brought their own family's normal water containers, including iron buckets, clean oil drums, large mineral water barrels, etc.

As for the methods of transportation, there are various methods, such as carrying by hand, pulling with a cart, and carrying on a homemade shoulder pole.

Fortunately, collective strength is enormous, because of the large number of people, the large water vats and tanks placed at the entrance of the community were quickly filled up.

As for how to divide the people in the closed area, you don't have to worry about that.

After carrying the water, Gu Kai took the people from the Shen family and went to the place where the garbage was stored.

Because last night the medical staff delivered special garbage bags to each household, requiring them to put all the garbage into the bags and then seal the bags before sending them to a centralized location.

So the garbage is not as dirty as everyone imagines.

The four people from the Shen family, plus a few young people who came to help, loaded them all onto the truck and delivered them to the garbage disposal station outside the community in a short while.

After finishing the work, everyone was a little surprised, feeling that the workload was not as much as they had expected!

They were prepared to work all morning.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, this is normal.

What time is it now? No one can cook three or five dishes for a meal. It’s good enough to have a pancake.

If there is less kitchen waste, domestic waste will be reduced by at least two-thirds.

It is normal to clean it well.

After cleaning up the garbage, there was nothing left for us to do, so everyone prepared to go home.

On the way back, they happened to see the property staff delivering meals to the quarantine area, and everyone curiously went over to take a look.

After seeing this, many people fell silent.

Because the food rations for the confined personnel are distributed according to the standards for people with no ability to work, the daily ration is only half of that for full-time workers, that is, one person's daily ration is two and a half taels.

Eating 2.5 taels a day is not enough for a young man, let alone a child!

So, in fact, many families now eat two meals a day, that is, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

What was delivered now was breakfast.

The large stainless steel bucket was filled with half a bucket of steaming porridge. If you look closely, you can see that the porridge is black.

In addition to some broken rice, the porridge also includes various grains, millet, corn grits, beans, dried sweet potatoes... I guess they just put together all the grains that can be gathered.

But obviously all these added together are not enough.

In order to make the porridge thicker and so that everyone can eat more, a lot of dried vegetables are mixed into the porridge.

These are the dehydrated vegetables that the government used to distribute.

But this is different from those dehydrated vegetables that are made by mixing several kinds of vegetables together and taking nutrition into consideration. What’s here are the most common dried vegetables that are dried in the sun. They are black and make people lose their appetite just by looking at them.

The key point is that even if dried vegetables are added, the porridge is not thick enough. Not to mention that it will not fall over when chopsticks are inserted, the water and rice in the bucket are separated.

After drinking this bowl of food, at most you'll just be full of water.

Mr. Gu sighed first.

He is a doctor and he knows best. In the past, people would call liver diseases "rich diseases". Usually, they need to supplement nutrition and advocate high-protein and high-vitamin diet. Only when nutrition is sufficient can the regeneration ability of liver cells be promoted and recovery be facilitated.

If the patient eats this kind of diet, at best he or she can save his or her life, and recovery later on will become a big problem.

But under current conditions, being able to ensure such a diet is probably the limit of the government, and asking for anything else would be too much to ask.

Thinking of this, the old man swallowed the sigh that was about to come out of his mouth and said, "I wonder if we can find some chickens and ducks to raise now? Our yard is big, if we can bring some back and let them eat grass seeds, they can survive. This way, at least we can have some eggs to eat."

The old man's words made people's eyes light up.

But then someone poured cold water on it.

"Where are there chicks for sale now? Not to mention chicks, all the chickens are gone. If they weren't killed in the earthquake, they would have been eaten long ago.

Where are the chicken farms now? If there are any, they have gone bankrupt a long time ago. What do they use to raise chickens? They don’t even have anything to eat themselves.”

The other person nodded in agreement.

"Of course. Even without the feed, the chickens can't survive in this horrible weather.

It's October now, and the chicks are about to hatch, but it's so hot today!

The chicks simply cannot be hatched, and even if they are hatched, they cannot be kept alive because they are killed by all kinds of diseases. No one will keep them anymore.”

These words made everyone sigh again.

I just felt that one way out was blocked.

No matter how heavy your heart is, you still have to do your work.

Because yesterday Lao Cao and his team had divided the activity areas and activity times for the two parties, and now it was still the time for the people in the closed area to be active at a high level, so everyone went home to eat and rest.

Prepare to go there to pick up the goods later.

Of course, the strong laborers who have to go out to work will go back to eat something and then set off quickly.

Last night, Cao Hongmin sent over six power banks, and said that he had discussed with Sun Qing that she should take the girl with her to sell the power banks.

The garbage she collected was taken to the collection station by other people in the community.

Thinking that he had to pull the line anyway, Chen Xi simply went to find Sun Qing, took her three as well, and charged them together.

This way she wouldn't have to waste two hours in the morning and wouldn't have to go through the same line twice.

Healthy people packed up their things and went to the upper floors according to the time stipulated by the community.

At this time, the suspected crowd had already withdrawn.

Before they left, they had already packed the collected waste into pre-prepared bags and cartons and placed them neatly in the designated area.

Not only that, also placed in the area are their previous means of transportation.

We have flatbed trucks, bicycles, and so on.

Originally, there was a severe shortage of transportation tools in the community, but now the number of people going out to deliver goods has suddenly decreased by half, and the tools are no longer in short supply.

We counted and found that it could be shared among everyone.

I suddenly felt happy.

This not only saves a lot of effort, but most importantly, it saves a lot of time.

A rough calculation shows that this way I can make at least one more trip every day.

Every extra trip would bring more food rations, and the problem of food shortage could be greatly alleviated.

The more everyone thought about it, the happier they became. Their mood, which had been suppressed for a whole day and night, suddenly became much more cheerful.

People helped each other, packed and tied the waste onto the cart, and then some pushed and some supported the cart as they headed towards the town.

There were more than fifty people going this time, and it looked like a huge group.

Everyone was talking and laughing, discussing whether this trip would shock people in other places again like last time.

After they left, residents of the closed area took action again and returned to the ruins of the high-rise.

They had to sort out another batch while the residents were selling their goods, and at the same time they had to find materials that could be used to make utensils.

In order to facilitate their production and processing, the community gave them all the outdoor power supply borrowed by the Shen family.

They were also provided with appropriate tools.

Even yesterday, Chen Cong carried the cutting machine from his home so that they could cut the iron sheets more easily.

With the support of the whole community, everyone is not panicking. Just close it if you want to, there is nothing we can do about it.

Anyway, you can work anywhere, and you can earn a living by staying in the community. There is no need to feel inferior to others, so just endure it for now.

At this time, whether inside or outside the community, everyone's mood is much better than before. Everyone feels that they are very strong and can overcome any difficulties.

Such a good mood completely disappeared until the person who was delivering the waste met the dozen or so full-time laborers who went out to look for work in the morning. When he saw them walking back with their heads down and frustrated looks on their faces, it was completely gone.

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