Qin Bai took out a large bag of food and gave it to Xia Lulu.
Xia Lulu was extremely grateful. At a time when food was hard to buy even with money, Qin Bai's willingness to give her so much food truly showed his deep affection in times of trouble.
"Qin Bai, thank you."
Qin Bai waved and returned home.
As soon as he closed the door, his face turned cold. The behavior of those people today had crossed his bottom line!
He just wanted to stay peacefully in his safe house, but some people kept causing him trouble.
"Not now, but supplies should arrive by air in a couple of days."
Qin Bai murmured.
The country has been working hard to cope with the current extreme environment, but the disaster-stricken areas are spread all over the country. How can the government, with its limited personnel, possibly save the more than one billion people in the country?
In densely populated cities, things are relatively easier, but in rural areas, providing aid is extremely difficult.
As night falls, many people prepare to eat something and then rest.
But suddenly, the entire neighborhood was plunged into darkness; the lights went out!
Qin Bai smiled slightly in the darkness; the power was finally off.
He knew very well that the problem wasn't with the power station, but rather that the utility poles near the neighborhood couldn't withstand the weight of the accumulated snow and finally collapsed.
Normally, repairs would only take half a day, but at this time, such situations occur everywhere, and there are simply not enough repair personnel.
In addition, the outside temperature has dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius!
At this temperature, very few people are willing to stay outside.
Standing at home, Qin Bai could hear many people cursing. After all, he could endure the lack of water for the time being; he could always get some water from the snow.
But they can't produce electricity themselves.
Not everyone has a generator.
Qin Bai wasn't worried at all. He turned on his flashlight, went to one of the interfaces he had left behind, and took out the generator from the space.
Activate immediately!
With a series of thumping sounds, his house had electricity.
He had already closed the specially made curtains beforehand to ensure that not a single ray of light would leak out.
From the outside, his room appeared completely dark, but no one knew that Qin Bai's room was as bright and airy as usual.
"There's no water or electricity, and the gas probably won't be back for long. I'll take a hot shower first."
"From now on, if I want to take a hot shower, I'll have to do it myself."
Qin Bai whistled as he walked into the bathroom.
At this moment, Qiao Lianyi and Lin Qin were using their phone flashlights to illuminate the area, but they knew very well that this was not a solution.
Since moving to the city, they have never experienced power outages, and they have never even considered buying things like flashlights or candles.
This means that now, when the power goes out, their only source of light is their mobile phones.
But the phone's battery is limited, and once it runs out, they can only grope their way forward in the dark.
Most importantly, they couldn't even charge their phones after the power outage.
"Qinqin, is your power bank charged?"
Qiao Lianyi and Lin Qin huddled together and asked in a low voice.
"I think I rinsed it, but I don't remember."
They quickly took out their power banks to check and found that they only had half the power left.
This amount of electricity isn't even enough for one full charge; once it's used up, they're gone.
For people in modern society, they can live without other things, but their mobile phones absolutely cannot be without power!
"What do we do now? We don't know when the power will be restored. If our phones run out of battery, we won't even know what's happening outside."
Lin Qin was somewhat flustered.
Qiao Lianyi was relatively calm. She said, "Let me ask first if it's just our neighborhood that's suspended, or if it's suspended everywhere else."
She immediately asked her few admirers and soon received a message.
It seems that only their neighborhood is experiencing a power outage; other areas still have electricity.
This relieved her, and she immediately sent messages to several sycophants, asking them to bring some food and power banks over tomorrow, the more the better!
It's just that the outside temperature is too low, and some people didn't prepare warm clothes, so they couldn't come.
"Couldn't you have come over wrapped in blankets? Is this all the sincerity you have for me?"
After being subjected to a barrage of psychological manipulation by Qiao Lianyi, several sycophants vowed that they would definitely come over.
Just then, Cao Fengjiao sent a message in the group that cheered them up.
"I just received instructions from my superiors that a batch of supplies will be delivered tomorrow morning, mainly consisting of compressed biscuits and a small amount of salt, etc. I will distribute them accordingly!"
These words excited many people. Some of them had run out of food at home, and if they didn't have any more, they would either starve to death or have to think of other ways to survive.
"Committee Member Cao, is this true?"
"Of course it's true. When have I ever lied to anyone? However, I will distribute the food according to everyone's situation. Those who have plenty of food at home cannot take it!"
It's obvious that Cao Fengjiao's words were directed at Qin Bai.
Qin Bai was the only one who showed off a lot of food in the group, but this time no one said anything bad about him.
The events of the day have already spread throughout the entire neighborhood.
Qin Bai actually shot and wounded a resident with a crossbow; the resident was armed!
For most people, the crossbow still had a certain deterrent effect, and no one dared to offend Qin Bai casually.
It can be said that Qin Bai has successfully achieved his goal.
Just then, Qiao Lianyi suddenly spoke up: "Sister Cao, we girls are already weak, could you please give us girls a little more food?"
Her words received support from many women in the community. They all showed their support for Qiao Lianyi, and some even said that Cao Fengjiao was also a woman and needed to be nurtured.
This appealed to Cao Fengjiao, since it represented the opinion of most people in the community, not just her.
Sometimes, even if she has certain intentions, she can't just act rashly.
But this time it's different; she has the support of so many people in the community!
Before Cao Fengjiao could even speak, some people in the group were already protesting.
"What a joke! Women are weak and need to eat more? Why don't you say that we, who have been shoveling snow for days, need to replenish our bodies?"
"At least we went out to shovel snow, what did you guys do?"
This person's words immediately garnered support from a group of men in the neighborhood, though their numbers were far fewer than those of the women.
It's not that there are fewer men than women, but rather that he overlooked a problem.
Most of the residents in this community are married men. How could they possibly dare to support this person in front of their wives?
At most, they would just offer silent support, not daring to utter a single word after being glared at by their own tigress.
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