Qiao Qingqing didn't care about the complicated thoughts of others. When the day came for the material ship to distribute materials, she and Shao Shengan took Shao Shengfei out together. When they opened the iron gate, they met Zheng Tiehui and her daughter. Zheng Tiehui, who was always good at dancing, couldn't do it this time. His face twitched twice, and he hurried downstairs without saying hello.

After going downstairs, Qiao Qingqing met Wang Jiale and Chen Binggang's families again. The former greeted the couple cheerfully as usual, while the latter greeted them awkwardly in a low voice and walked away quickly.

"You guys go first. We plan to bring a few children with us today, so we have to walk slowly." Wang Jiale said.

"Okay." Shao Shengan nodded.

Several families moved separately. Qiao Qingqing and her husband skated very fast. When they arrived at the supply ship, they saw a lot of building materials piled up like a mountain. Qiao Qingqing knew at a glance that just like in her previous life, a shelter was going to be built here. This shelter will accommodate many elderly people and children in the future, until the temperature suddenly rises, the accumulated ice quickly melts, and everything will return to the flood.

Everyone was discussing the materials. Shao Shengan asked the soldiers for information. The soldiers pointed and said, "There is a notice over there. You can read it yourself."

Shao Shengan asked Qiao Qingqing to take Shao Shengfei to wait for him, and he squeezed into the crowd to read the announcement. Qiao Qingqing led Shao Shengfei to line up first, waiting for Shao Shengan to come back to find them after reading the announcement. Sure enough, Shao Shengan squeezed out of the crowd again, looked around, and quickly locked their position and hurried over.

"What did the announcement say?"

"We are going to build a winter shelter and recruit workers. We will provide two meals a day and pay them daily, which is a pound of rice and two bottles of water." Shao Shengan said the treatment was very good, and many people said they wanted to sign up after reading the announcement.

"Let's sign up as well." Shao Shengan asked Qiao Qingqing for her opinion.

Qiao Qingqing smiled and said, "Okay."

They always have to follow the crowd and take an active approach to earning supplies. As for whether they can be selected after registering, or whether they can go if they are selected, that is another matter.

Today's supplies are very abundant. Brother Jun said that this time the distribution is a five-day supply, so the next time to collect supplies will be five days later.

"The road was blocked by ice, so supplies were in short supply a while ago. Now the situation is better, and it will be even better in the future." The soldiers also said some encouraging words, and the atmosphere in the team was very good. Qiao Qingqing smiled and thanked him, and sincerely said thank you for your hard work. Shao Shengfei was very strong, and he carried the supplies for three people by himself, and it looked quite easy.

"Sister, give me yours too," he said.

"Brother, I can get it myself."

Shao Shengan took the things from Qiao Qingqing's hand and said, "I'll do it." He smiled and said, "Teacher Qiao, we will do the rough work, you go and sign up."

Qiao Qingqing laughed: "Okay."

She signed up for herself, Shao Shengan and Shao's father. This was a plan that had been discussed before.

"Come and see the list announcement in five days."

"OK."

Shao Shengan and his brother were standing not far away waiting for her. Qiao Qingqing walked over and suddenly heard a few cries from a distance. She stopped and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw several people pulling and tugging towards the supply ship.

“I want to call the police! Police comrades, I want to call the police!” A middle-aged woman cried out loudly. She broke free from being dragged and ran forward. She fell to the ground and got up again, crying and speaking in a shrill voice. “My brother starved my mother to death! He starved my mother to death! Wuuuu! My brother hid the fact that my mother was gone and still collected supplies as usual. My mother was frozen in the closet, wuuuu!”

The people around were attracted by this sudden change, and many people stopped to watch.

The soldiers reacted quickly and took action. Two soldiers rushed over, one helped the woman up from the ground, and the other stopped the group of people chasing the woman.

"Stand still! Don't move!" Seeing that one of them had a knife in his hand, Jun Ge drew his gun, "Don't move!"

The woman couldn't stand up. She clung to the arm of the young soldier who was holding her up and shouted, "Beasts! They are all beasts! How can they do this? That's our mother!..."

Qiao Qingqing retracted her gaze and walked over to Shao Shengan and the others.

Shao Shengan gently touched her head, his eyes still fixed on the changes happening over there.

"No, no! My mother just passed away yesterday, and now there is no place to bury her so I had to leave her at home. This is a misunderstanding! Big sister, don't talk nonsense, I am your own brother!"

"I've asked around! The neighbors said they hadn't seen Mom go out for half a month, nor had they heard her cough. Mom has been dead for at least half a month! The last time I came, she said she couldn't sleep at night because she was so hungry. I should have taken her away then. My mother! You've suffered so much! The corpse's stomach was flat, so flat! Wu Jianxin! You'll get your retribution, you'll get your retribution!"

Finally, the woman and her brother's family were taken away. The crowd was still talking about this, and Shao Shengan said softly, "Go home."

On the way, Shao Shengfei asked innocently: "Brother, what does it mean to starve to death?"

"People need to eat to live. If they don't eat, they will starve to death."

Shao Shengfei covered his stomach in fear: "Then I don't want to starve to death."

"No, none of us will starve to death."

Today's supplies include rice, flour, oil, cabbages frozen into works of art, chili peppers and mung bean sprouts frozen into popsicles.

"I don't know where the supplies come from. How can we still have vegetables now?"

"There must be a way to grow it. Aren't we going to build a greenhouse? We should be able to grow it here in the future."

"Let's have cabbage stewed with vermicelli tonight. The factory cafeteria used to make this very delicious."

So at noon, Qiao Qingqing ate the cabbage stewed with vermicelli made by Shao's mother, which was cooked with chili peppers, bean curd sheets, and dried tofu. It was well-seasoned, and when she took a bite of the dried tofu, the spicy juice burst in her mouth.

"It's delicious." Qiao Qingqing praised.

"It's really delicious, better than any I've eaten before." Shao Shengan also gave a thumbs up.

Shao's mother was so happy that her eyes were slit: "If it tastes good, eat more. I cooked a lot."

This dish is really refreshing and goes well with rice. In the end, even the soup was eaten up by Mr. Shao with rice.

After waking up from a nap in the afternoon, Qiao Qingqing first exercises and then reads.

"Have you finished reading that book?" Shao Shengan asked after completing the training task assigned by Qiao Qingqing.

"Well, I've finished reading that book. Come on, can you help me recognize my school position?"

"Okay." Shao Shengan sat in front of Qiao Qingqing and let her touch him. He thought it was a little funny: "Is it really possible to learn Chinese medicine by yourself?"

"Yes, of course." Qiao Qingqing concentrated on finding the spot on Shao Shengan's back, marked it with a red pen, and said casually, "I met a barefoot doctor in the survivor base. He said he was a barefoot doctor and a top student at a traditional Chinese medicine university. He would find herbs to treat people, and then he saved up enough supplies and moved away. I heard he moved to the city center. I wished I could have books to read, no matter what I learned, but unfortunately I didn't have any. Books were very precious at that time."

After she finished speaking, she felt Shao Shengan fall silent. Just as she was about to lean forward to see his expression, she heard Shao Shengan say in a relaxed and cheerful tone: "That sounds great. I'll learn it too. We can both get reemployed and find jobs together, develop a second skill, and be able to support our family in the future."

"Sure, the book is there anyway, you can read it at will."

The results of Qiao Qingqing's self-study of Chinese medicine soon became apparent.

The weather was too cold. Although it didn't snow and the air was dry and cold, the temperature of more than 50 degrees below zero was really bad. The ground was slippery and one could fall if he wasn't careful. Three days later, when Shao's father went downstairs to throw away the garbage, he slipped and couldn't get up. Fortunately, he met Chen Binggang who was also downstairs to throw away the garbage. He hurried back to call for help, and Shao Shengan immediately went downstairs to carry Shao's father back.

"How do you feel?" Shao's mother was so anxious that she was running around in circles. Shao Shengfei was also uneasy, clenching his hands and his eyes were red.

Qiao Songzhi asked Shao's mother to look after Shao Shengfei: "Don't let the child get scared." He turned around and asked Qiao Qingqing, "What did you see?"

Qiao Qingqing pinched Shao's father's ankle and asked carefully.

"…It doesn't hurt… Ouch! It hurts! It hurts here!"

Qiao Qingqing nodded: "The bones are fine, it should be a sprained ankle, apply cold compress first."

Shao Shengan immediately went to get a towel, dug some ice water from the bucket in the kitchen, broke a few pieces, wrapped them in a towel, and brought them in to apply a cold compress to Shao's father.

During this time, Shao's father couldn't help but groan twice. Qiao Qingqing asked him if it was still painful. He nodded slightly and hissed, "It hurts a lot, just like being cut by a knife."

"Then I'll get some medicine. I have a medicine box at home."

The medicines that Qiao Qingqing stockpiled were only slightly less than the food, and they were extremely complete. She quickly found the right Chinese patent medicine for Shao's father to take.

Seeing her confident movements, Qiao Songzhi still reminded her: "You learned it by yourself. Others have to study medicine for three to five years. If you are not sure, we will send your father-in-law to the hospital."

"Don't worry, Mom. I have confidence." Apart from anything else, traumatic injuries were the area she specialized in from the beginning.

At night, after taking care of his father and putting him to bed, Shao's mother asked him worriedly, "How do you feel?"

"It seems to be a little better. It doesn't hurt as much. I'll get some sleep and everything will be fine after a good night's sleep."

The next morning, Shao's father's ankle did not get worse. Shao Sheng'an asked him if he wanted to go to the hospital. He kept shaking his head: "The medicine Qingqing gave me is very good. When I was in my hometown, I went to the hospital every time I fell. I have money but nowhere to spend it. It's okay."

That day, Qiao Qingqing prepared some ointment to wrap his feet. The next day, Shao's father felt the pain was greatly relieved and praised Qiao Qingqing highly.

"She is indeed a college student. It is good to be educated. She can learn anything quickly. Now Qingqing is also a doctor."

Qiao Qingqing was embarrassed by the praise: "Dad, I just learned a little bit, I still have a lot to learn."

"What a pity! I can't leave for now. I can't let you take my place. What a pity!"

Today is the day to collect supplies and announce the list of recruited workers. Five hundred people are being recruited to build the shelter. The list is drawn by lottery, and only Shao's father's name was drawn. After seeing Shao's father's name, Shao Shengan immediately contacted the staff to see if he could transfer the job to his relatives, but was rejected.

Shao Shengan raised his voice from the kitchen: "Dad, there's nothing to regret. We'll just wait for the next opportunity. You're so lucky to have your name drawn. You'll definitely be able to do it next time."

Mr. Shao liked to hear this and felt better.

At the dinner table, Shao's father brought up the matter again. He found it hard to let go of missing out on this job.

"Who else in our building has been selected?"

Qiao Qingqing shook her head and said she didn't pay attention.

"There are more than 500 people. It's impossible to see them all clearly."

"Then how did you see your father's name?" Shao's mother asked curiously.

Qiao Qingqing smiled and said, "The list is arranged alphabetically. I didn't find my name in the letter Q, but Sheng An saw my father's name in the letter S."

"So that's how it is. Where are the letters for the guy next door named Zheng?"

Knowing that Zheng was the last letter of the surname, Qiao Qingqing and her husband didn't pay attention to it. Shao's mother felt a little regretful: "You should have taken a look. I hope he won't be chosen. That man is too bad, just like the former deputy director of the factory. He looks smiling, but he actually has evil intentions. He even bullied your eldest brother."

Shao Shengan touched Shao Shengfei's head and said, "It doesn't matter if the Zheng family gets the quota. We just need to live our own lives well." After saying that, he looked at Qiao Qingqing, and they smiled at each other.

In the cold wind, a corner of the notice posted on the supply ship was blown up, and at the bottom of the list, the three words "Zheng Liangdong" were clearly written.

But in Room 802, Building 4, Jinyuan Community, the atmosphere was not cheerful, but rather solemn.

"Anyway, I won't go, even if I die!" Zheng Liangdong glared with a dead look on his face, said these words stiffly, and then slammed the door and walked into the room.

"You, you! Zheng Liangdong! If you don't go, who will go? If I can replace someone, I won't force you. The spot cannot be transferred! You're not going? You actually aren't going!" Zheng Tiehui was so angry that he was shaking and knocked on the door to ask him to come out.

Mrs. Zheng tried to comfort him, but Zheng Tiehui was not so easily angered this time and almost broke down the door.

"Dad, my brother's mental condition is not right. Haven't you noticed it?" Zheng Liangying said, "Don't force him."

"He stays at home every day, eating and drinking well, and doesn't do any work. Is he in a bad mental state?" Zheng Tiehui sneered, "He is just idle!"

The Zheng family was in a commotion for a while, and Zheng Liangdong did not come out for dinner.

"Let him starve to death!"

Mrs. Zheng couldn't really let her son starve, so she looked for the key to open the door, but it was locked. No one answered her calls. As Zheng Tiehui complained about how Mrs. Zheng spoiled her child, Zheng Liangying said worriedly, "Could something have happened? He told me a few days ago that he didn't want to live anymore, and I thought he was joking!"

"Nonsense." Zheng Tiehui didn't believe it, but became even angrier. "You're such a grown-up, but instead of helping to reduce the burden on your family, you're trying to avoid work by threatening to die. How can you be so arrogant!"

"Really! He said he doesn't want to live anymore, there's no point in living! No, Dad, we have to pry the door open!"

801, Qiao Qingqing heard some noise next door, but she didn't pay much attention to it. It was not until she saw Zheng Liangdong's name on the list that she connected the noise next door to him during the two days when the list was announced. However, she was not interested in the reason why Zheng Liangdong did not participate in the work.

The shelter was built in a hurry on the original site of Jinyuan Primary School.

If there was a way to take a photo, the picture would have been very shocking, with the frozen primary school under the ice and the new buildings on the ice surface more than ten meters high.

It was Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan who went to get supplies every five days. Every time they went, they could see the changes in the shelter.

A special material that feels like foam but is stronger and heavier than foam. I heard it can prevent fire, cold and keep you warm.

Twenty days later, the shelter was built, but no one moved in for the time being. The soldiers said they had to wait for the next batch of supplies.

"Got to make the bed."

Later, Shao Shengan realized that "making the bed" was not that simple, because the materials transported were steel pipes, and the beds had to be made on site, so the material ship issued a new recruitment notice: recruiting welders and workers with relevant experience.

This job cannot be selected by lottery and requires an interview.

Since no one in Qiao Qingqing's family knew how to weld, she didn't sign up.

Shao's father's foot was completely healed later, but Qiao Songzhi caught a cold. After taking medicine at home for a few days, his condition improved at first, but on the sixth night, he suddenly had a fever, his cough intensified, and he had difficulty breathing. Qiao Qingqing, a half-baked medical student, could not sit still, and at dawn, she and Shao Shengan rushed him to the hospital.