Shao Shengan opened the door, and Zheng Tiehui smiled warmly and earnestly: "Xiao Shao, right? I'm Zheng Tiehui from 801. When you and Xiao Qiao got married, our family lived here. Do you remember me?"

The other person was so hospitable that Shao Shengan didn't want to be upset. He smiled back at him, said he recognized him, called him Uncle Zheng, and opened the door.

Zheng Tiehui apologized first, saying that he had moved back last night and it was too noisy. He was sorry to cause trouble to their family, and then he stuffed cigarettes and alcohol over.

Shao Shengan declined: "We are all neighbors. Now is a special period. We should be considerate of each other." Then he told him about the incident with the laser pen last night.

Zheng Tiehui quickly apologized: "It's my son's fault. I apologize to you on his behalf first. I will definitely teach him a lesson later!"

Inside the house, Qiao Qingqing was carefully watering the newly planted green onions. When Shao Shengan came back, she looked up and asked, "Why did you say it took so long?"

"He insisted on apologizing to me and kept pushing it off for a long time." Shao Shengan shook his head. "He also told me one thing. He said we are on the top floor and people downstairs usually don't come up. It would be better to seal the staircase. He asked for our opinion and I agreed."

"That's great, let's pretend."

In the next few days, the Zheng family was renovating and reinstalling new security doors and windows. It was said that the labor cost was very high, five times higher than when Qiao Qingqing hired someone before. The iron door that Zheng Tiehui had ordered to be installed at the entrance of the corridor was not in place in the end. He said that there was an accident and he had to transport it himself.

"There was no such iron gate in my previous life. It seems that it could not be brought back..."

"He said he hoped I could come with him to bring the door back and install it—"

After hearing this, Qiao Qingqing clenched her fists, her eyes a little flustered: "You want to go out? Otherwise, I'll go, and you stay at home——"

Her uneasiness was so obvious that Shao Shengan was slightly startled and quickly held her hand: "I'm not going, I'm not going. I told him I'll pay for it and let him hire someone to transport it. I'm not going out."

The panic slowly subsided under Shao Shengan's comfort, and Qiao Qingqing's breathing slowed down. Looking at her husband's young face, she felt bitter in her heart. How could she have become so fragile!

"Don't go. I have an iron door in my space, which was originally used to seal the staircase. Now that they are back, it is just right to seal it." Qiao Qingqing held her husband's hand and said firmly, "Give me a little more time, I will recover."

Shao Shengan hurriedly comforted her: "It's okay, I will be by your side, we are all by your side, don't be afraid that we will disappear, don't be afraid!"

"I know, I just need some time to adapt, Sheng An, sometimes I always feel like this is a dream, I'm afraid that when I wake up you'll be gone again."

"No, don't be afraid. I promise you, I will never leave you. Do you believe me?"

The sound of rain was noisy in her ears, but Qiao Qingqing could only hear Shao Shengan's promise, so firm and powerful. She nodded heavily: "I believe you."

I believed you. In your previous life, you said you would come back to me, and finally you came back.

You said you would never leave me in this life, and I firmly believe that you can do it.

"An An and her sister are kissing!"

Shao Shengfei came out of the kitchen, his eyes widened in surprise, and turned to shout towards the kitchen.

From the kitchen came Shao's mother's low voice: "Stop talking nonsense, come back and help make dumplings!"

Shao Shengan coughed and said, "Brother, you need to take a shower. Come on, I'll take you to take a shower!"

The iron gate was finally installed by Shao Shengan and Zheng Tiehui together. Since the iron gate was provided by Qiao Qingqing's family, Zheng Tiehui asked about the price and transferred two thousand yuan to it.

In the days that followed, many people in the community moved back, and some relatives came to live with them. I heard that the environment in the shelter was not good, so it was better to live with relatives if possible.

The situation at Qiao Qingqing's two uncles' homes is currently fine. They said that the local government's rescue measures were very good, so they would not come to Huacheng because it was too troublesome and the journey was too long.

"Well, then you should take care of your health and buy more food and medicine. You have to buy them even if they are expensive! If the water doesn't drop, things will only get more expensive!"

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Songzhi sighed and asked Qiao Qingqing: "When do you think the communication will be cut off?"

"On the sixth of next month, in eight days. Mom, I have sent things to my uncle's family, don't worry too much."

"With you here, I'm not worried."

Three days later, the power supply company repaired the circuit and the community was restored to power, and residents rushed to charge their mobile phones and power banks. Five days later, communications and the Internet came to an abrupt halt, and people trapped in their homes by the floods suddenly had their windows shut to the outside world, and anxiety spread everywhere.

Qiao Qingqing bought five DVD players, a large number of discs, and various books. She also downloaded movies and TV programs day and night these days, and has stored enough movie and TV entertainment resources for the future.

After the Internet was disconnected, she calmly took out a cartoon disc and inserted it into the DVD player. Soon, the house was filled with cheerful background music again.

Unfortunately, the power supply was interrupted again in a heavy rainstorm a few days later, and the family started using a generator. The generator was humming, and Shao's father bent over with his hands behind his back to look at it. He felt sorry for the gasoline and called Qiao Qingqing: "Qingqing, why don't you turn off the disc? This gasoline is wasted. Just give Feifei toys to play with, and don't watch cartoons for you all the time."

Shao's mother agreed and coaxed Shao Shengfei to play with building blocks. Shao Shengfei said aggrievedly: "This episode is about to end."

"Dad, Mom, let's finish watching this episode for big brother. The rice cooker is cooking right now, so we can save a little while."

"Hello, sister. Thank you, sister!" Shao Shengfei shouted immediately. Shao's mother felt helpless and relieved, and looked at Qiao Qingqing with loving eyes.

At this time in her previous life, Qiao Qingqing was heartbroken by her missing parents-in-law and uncle, and worried about her husband and mother who had lost contact. In this life, she listened to the animation sounds in the background and walked back to the kitchen to prepare dinner. When she passed the second bedroom, she saw her mother sitting at the head of the bed knitting a scarf through the crack in the door. She smiled and pushed the door open, "Is it for me?"

Qiao Songzhi glared at her: "I made it for Sheng An, but you don't like this color."

"Then mom will knit me a red one. I like bright red."

"Then you have to wait a while. After weaving for Sheng An, we have to weave for Sheng Fei. You have to wait in line behind."

"It's okay, I can wait."

Seeing her daughter humming a song and going to the kitchen, Qiao Songzhi's smile disappeared. She looked out the window. The rain was really heavy. This was just the beginning... There were only two of them, mother and daughter. Although her in-laws were two years older than her, they worked hard all year round and were strong. Feifei had a low intelligence but was obedient and well-behaved. She was raised tall and strong by her in-laws. This family would rely more on her son-in-law and in-laws in the future. She had to make more plans for her daughter. Looking down at the scarf in her hand, Qiao Songzhi continued to knit.

After arriving at the kitchen, Qiao Qingqing took out a piece of braised pork and a bag of spareribs from the refrigerator, thawed them with warm water, picked and washed the vegetables, and made a cucumber salad. After the meat was thawed, she marinated the meat and spareribs. Shao Shengan came downstairs and came in after smelling the aroma: "What dish are you making? It smells so good."

"Make some crispy pork, steamed pork ribs with garlic sauce, stir-fried some green vegetables, and mixed cucumbers. Do you think they are tasty?" She picked up a piece and gave it to Shao Shengan, who praised her highly, "It's delicious, sour, spicy, and crispy. It's so delicious. I'll fry the crispy pork so that you don't get the smell of oil smoke all over your head."

"It's okay, I love cooking." Qiao Qingqing didn't like cooking originally, but after experiencing a shortage of supplies in her previous life, looking at the full reserves of supplies in this life, her inner desire to cook surged like a spring, and she always felt satisfied and happy when cooking.

Shao Shengan certainly supported this. He was happy for Qiao Qingqing because she could have fun cooking. "Then I'll help."

Qiao Qingqing instructed him to stir the fried meat powder, find a nice plate to put the ribs on, and asked him to find a steamer: "While steaming the ribs, heat up a few buns to fill your stomach."

The dinner was very sumptuous. The elders praised the dishes tonight. Shao's father and mother praised Qiao Qingqing for her good cooking skills, Qiao Songzhi praised Shao Shengan for his meticulousness and ability, and Shao Shengfei ate the crispy meat with such happiness that his eyes narrowed. The whole family was having a great time and they all felt very happy.

Although there was a power outage, every household lit candles or other lighting tools in the night. Outside the window, the surface of the accumulated water at night still reflected the lights of thousands of homes.

The first day of Internet outage passed just like that.

The next morning, Qiao Qingqing heard some noise outside early. She washed up, opened the door and went out to see that the residents of the building were chatting in the corridor. The main topic was communication and the Internet. In this era, daily life is inseparable from the Internet. How can people not panic when the Internet is suddenly disconnected?

"My aunt is trapped there, and I'm posting a message online asking for help for her. What should I do now? Will the rescue team come?"

"My daughter is fiddling with the radio. There seems to be some movement on the radio, but I can't hear it clearly. It's all noise."

"I'm quite scared. The Internet said the end of the world is coming. Do you think this is true?"

"I'm going to go out and buy some more food, who of you wants to come with me?"

After listening for a while through the iron gate at the stairs, Qiao Qingqing went home and planned to discuss with her husband whether she should go out with the residents downstairs.

"We have enough food, but we still have to pretend that we don't let outsiders know that we have ample supplies."

Shao Shengan had the same idea: "Then take out the kayak and don't use the speedboat for the time being."

"good."

They inflated the kayak and carried it downstairs.

The accumulated water had already made all the light furniture on the third floor float up, and the corridor was full of luggage and supplies. The people on the third floor were discussing with the residents upstairs about temporarily staying there, and several residents who were planning to go out to buy food were blocking the corridor to discuss. When they saw Qiao Qingqing and his wife and the kayaks in their hands, their eyes lit up: "Xiao Qiao and Xiao Shao, you have kayaks, are you going out too?"

Qiao Qingqing saw that there were six of them but only one kayak, so she smiled and said, "Yeah, we don't have much stock at home, so we have to go out and buy some."

"Oh, that's perfect. We don't have enough kayaks. The price of kayaks has increased so much that I couldn't bear to buy one at first, and now I can't buy one anymore. Oh! We can go shopping together. Can your kayak carry two more people?"

"Can."

Two people from Qiao Qingqing's family took the kayak, and a group of eight people put on raincoats and set off in the rain.

Using a kayak requires skills. After trying for several minutes, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan were finally able to find the direction in the rain.

The kayak glided on the water, and the surrounding buildings were covered in mist. The Flower City looked like a city on the water. There were a lot of debris on the water, and drifting objects often hit the surface. The other two people on the kayak had nothing to do, so they started to fish. They fished up a bucket, a broken basin, several bottles, some rags and a shoe.

"They are all garbage, just throw them away!" The resident of 401 threw the things back into the water angrily.

Qinghui Supermarket was open yesterday, but it closed today. Everyone looked at each other in confusion at the entrance.

"Why don't we try another supermarket? There's another one just ahead."

"There's one near the middle school, but I don't know if it's still open."

"Oh, the transportation is inconvenient! Usually I can get there in five minutes by bike, but now it takes a lot of effort. I'm afraid the bus won't be open when I get there!"

Qiao Qingqing said, "Let's go to Furun Plaza. Before the communication was interrupted, I heard from a colleague that the supermarket there is still open and has moved to the amusement park on the sixth floor."

“Is this true or false?”

"I want to give it a try. If you want to go, let's go together."

After discussing it, everyone decided to give it a try. After all, everyone knew that Furun Plaza was indeed built very large and had the greatest chance of surviving the flood.

"Then let's go!"

In fact, the supermarket that was always open nearby in the previous life was Furun Supermarket. Later, there were police guards there. I heard that it was the transfer station for military support materials. In the previous life, Qiao Qingqing and the residents of the community searched for a long time and went through hardships along the way before they found Furun Supermarket four kilometers away. There were not enough kayaks, so Qiao Qingqing used the bucket at home. Every time she went out and came back, she was soaked all over. She could wring out half a bucket of water from her clothes after taking them off.

Until later, the rescue supplies arrived. At the beginning, the relief supplies were airdropped to the top floors of various buildings. At that time, the upstairs of Qiao Qingqing's house was the supply delivery point. People downstairs had to pass by her house if they wanted supplies. At that time, order was still there and everyone was polite. Qiao Qingqing's life was not bad at that time.

But as time went by, in a closed environment like an isolated island, the dark side of some people's hearts erupted.

Many vicious robberies occurred in various places, and many elderly people and children starved to death at home because they could not get food. Qiao Qingqing was also threatened. She was a woman living alone, and was coveted by a man with bad intentions. He was the son of the resident of 601 downstairs, named Song Jintao. The man broke into her house and she chopped off one of his hands with a kitchen knife.

His hand was broken at the wrist and his screams echoed throughout the neighborhood at night.

The family wanted to hold her responsible, but she waved a kitchen knife like crazy, slashing anyone who came close to her, acting hysterical and crazy, which scared them away. The family took their son to the hospital in a speedboat, but the water level rose and submerged the sixth floor, so the family moved away. Before leaving, they brought a bucket of feces and poured it on her doorstep.

Later, the rain stopped and relief supplies were delivered in the form of supply ships. There was also a supply ship near the Jinyuan community where Qiao Qingqing lived. In the early days, supplies were collected with an ID card or household registration book. However, the situation of receiving "empty salaries" was rampant. After supplies became scarce, the policy changed and the person himself had to come in person to collect the supplies, and no one could replace him.

Thinking about this, Qiao Qingqing's eyes could not help but fall to the back, that is the resident of 601, the father of the man whose hand she cut off, Song Jianmin. She glanced at him and then retracted her eyes and continued rowing. On the way, they changed to the other two people in the kayak to row, while Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan took a rest.

We left home at nine in the morning and arrived at our destination at noon. We were all exhausted. Although it was summer, it still made people feel uncomfortable to be in a humid environment for a long time.

"The door is open! Look, there's a banner saying the supermarket is open as usual!"

"Really? That's great! Come on, let's get closer!"

A piece of cloth cut from a bed sheet was hung outside the window, with a line of large characters written on it in black marker:

“Supermarkets are open as usual!”

This was like a shot of adrenaline injected into everyone's hearts, and everyone's mood became excited.

"Hurry! Let's get to the shore!"