Chapter 51: Transfer Begins
This situation occurs in many cities.
However, because official power is still there, social order has not yet gotten out of control. At most, people will start to resell at high prices.
This kind of private behavior, where someone buys and someone sells, is difficult to manage.
Finally, when the heavy rain stopped on the seventh day, the authorities began to announce the release of supplies and started disaster relief. Some large supermarkets also continued to be open, allowing the affected residents to purchase at affordable and reasonable prices.
As soon as this plan was put forward, it quickly gained the support of a large number of people.
But a new problem arose. There was still water outside. How could they get out?
We need a ship to bring the goods back.
As a result, the families who owned rubber boats were sought after by the entire community. Some people paid high prices to ride on the rubber boats, and seeing this, others had no choice but to pay as well.
Those who don't want to spend money, seeing others making small boats with lifebuoys and plastic bottles, also have an idea and start making their own boats using large basins for children to bathe, large wooden boards, etc.
On the tenth day, at Shen Xiaoxiao’s house.
Chen Juan brought out the freshly made Tremella and Red Dates Soup from the kitchen and said to the father and daughter, "Eat something first so you have enough strength to go out."
This time, the father and daughter put down their work, started drinking soup, and exchanged their current views.
"It's not a chaotic situation right now, but everyone is still storing food so they won't go hungry. Once everyone runs out of food at home, it will depend on whether the authorities can manage the situation properly and distribute supplies to the people of the city."
"There's a shelter accepting people now. I saw someone from our community planning to go there, right in Huanxi Valley. Everyone's busy going out to look for supplies, and no one knows if we've returned home yet. Anyway, we've already packed our things, so why don't we go out now while the chaos is going on?"
"I think it's okay. The rain is much lighter now. We won't catch a cold easily if we wear raincoats."
After discussing it, the family finally took action.
Shen Xiaoxiao also breathed a sigh of relief.
These few days, she finally convinced her father completely.
She knew that her father was still concerned about the hospital, but the hospital leaders had long forgotten about her father and had not sent any news.
There is also a shelter in the resort area around the mountain valley, so it is relatively easy to persuade Dad to give up this place and go to the shelter.
When they went downstairs, they met Aunt Wang in the corridor.
Seeing them dragging a rubber boat downstairs, I felt even worse.
She said sourly, “Oh, isn’t this Doctor Shen’s house? Didn’t I see your daughter bought so much food and drinks that day, and now she’s out shopping?”
"Look at this rubber boat, it's quite new. Why didn't I see you take it out for everyone to use a few days ago? You really are selfish."
Shen Xiaoxiao was worried that her father couldn't argue with her, "What's wrong with me having an inflatable boat at home? I just don't want to use it. What if it breaks? Will you compensate me?"
Aunt Wang snorted angrily, "Why should I compensate you? You're charging money for such a small thing. I'll buy one myself when I get to the store. Who needs your stuff?"
Behind Aunt Wang followed the young couple who had just moved in. They looked at Shen Xiaoxiao, who dared to turn against her, with envy. It seemed that they had tasted Aunt Wang's skills.
When it rained that day at Aunt Wang's house, his family kindly took Aunt Wang and her family in. Unexpectedly, Aunt Wang fished out a lot of things from her flooded home and put them in her house, making the whole house wet, under the pretext of keeping them well.
Now the three of them have taken up all the space in the house, and the couple only has this spacious space in the bedroom.
The young couple had only taken two steps when Aunt Wang hurriedly urged them: "Come on, let's go and see if we can get on the rubber boat. It seems that the three of us don't need such a big place. It's a good deal."
The young couple were both confused.
Even after saying such things just now, you still want to take advantage of others. You are so shameless.
The two of them felt more and more regretful in their hearts. Why did they have to say that one sentence in the group, causing such a big plague for themselves?
At that time, they felt sorry for the old lady and watched her cry miserably about her experience, without thinking much about why her neighbors did not help her.
Here's the reason.
Who would want to mess with such an unreasonable old lady? She was angry with you just now, and now she is shamelessly trying to use other people's things.
The young couple regretted it so much.
The water level now submerged the second floor, and Shen Xiaoxiao lowered the rubber boat from the window on the third floor.
She threw her backpack out first, let her parents sit on it, and finally jumped on herself.
Aunt Wang followed behind, anxiously ready to jump: "Wait for me."
Shen Xiaoxiao was prepared and immediately pulled away, “My rubber boat is small and can’t accommodate a big Buddha like you, so I’ll leave first.”
She looked up at the place not far away and said, "Oh, I see there's a lifeboat coming in from outside. It should be a private one too, and the experience is much better than our inflatable boat. Aunt Wang, you can take this one."
Watching the family walk away, Aunt Wang started cursing again, and the swear words she used were very ugly.
Seeing the young couple following, he said dissatisfiedly: "Look at you, why don't you help me stop them? I need to go to the hospital to pick up my son. How much money will it cost to go back and forth?"
The wife of the young couple said, "We were just being kind and helping you carry your son. Why are you being so nosy?"
Aunt Wang sneered: "We're neighbors, so what if I help you a little? Are you still not satisfied? Are you two bullying me because I'm an old lady? Oh my, why is my life so hard?"
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Shen Xiaoxiao was not very skilled in driving a rubber boat, so the speed was relatively slow.
The three of them were wearing warm and waterproof jackets, hats and masks, and each of them carried a travel bag to hide from others.
I originally thought this outfit was rather strange, but I didn't expect that everyone who came out did the same, and it actually made me seem sociable.
Now that I have left the community with a flooded gate and come to the flooded road, I see quite a few speedboats, rubber boats, etc. coming and going. It seems that they are all taking the opportunity to come out and buy things.
The water was extremely turbid, with a lot of garbage and debris floating on it, and small black bugs flying around on the water surface.
Occasionally, you can see the corpses of stray cats and dogs. In this case, no one cares about these little guys outside and can only let them rot.
There are even rats, birds, etc., and the smell of these things mixed with the smell of garbage is very bad, so people who come out subconsciously wear masks.
The whole family looked at the scene in front of them, feeling extremely heavy-hearted and not knowing what to say.
Moreover, this disaster is global, and no one can help anyone else. They can only save themselves by relying on their own management and emergency response capabilities.
(End of this chapter)
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