The construction site exploded instantly. Many people on the site were experiencing acid rain for the first time. They put down their tools, jumped down from the scaffolding one by one, and ran towards Manager Zhou.
Of the hundreds of acid rain protective suits that Su Keke sent, most were given by Li Zheng to the municipal office, and Manager Zhou only kept the protective suits for the first batch of workers and a few managers in his office.
The rest of the protection is in the construction site dormitory at the foot of the mountain, where there is a special container for storing some more important equipment.
For example, generators and electric saws. Since there was still a lot of space inside, Li Zheng put the remaining protective clothing and military rations sent by Su Keke in this container.
Manager Zhou did not expect that acid rain would start to fall so suddenly just after the second batch of workers arrived.
"Run! Go get the protective suit from Manager Zhou!"
Chen Da saw a few drops of hot acid rain falling to the ground, and his heart tightened. The chaotic scene of the acid rain that night appeared in his mind. He frowned and immediately shouted to the people around him.
"What? What the hell?"
Lin Xiao, a younger brother, didn't seem to understand what everyone was so nervous about. He even glanced at his boss in confusion.
On the night of the first acid rain, Lin Xiao and his four companions had just stolen Tian Ge's supplies and were hiding in a dark basement, eating and drinking to their heart's content.
He didn't come out until all the stolen food was eaten by them and he could no longer hide.
Therefore, Lin Xiao and the other three had no idea that acid rain existed.
"Never mind what's going on. Just follow them! It looks like it's going to rain."
Lin Xiao threw away the shovel in his hand and quickly ran out of the construction site with Chen Da and the others.
Li Zheng went to the material exchange point to look for materials again today. Once the construction site started, all kinds of materials were in short supply.
There is a shortage of steel bars here and wood there. Building a house really consumes too many materials. Li Zheng, who is in charge of human resources, is now in charge of the construction site, but he doesn't recognize many of the materials.
Managers Zhou and Hu had already taken out the protective clothing in the office and prepared to distribute it to everyone.
"Old Zhou, we don't have enough protective clothing! What should we do with the twenty or so people who just arrived? It's too late to ask them all to run down the mountain to the construction site dormitory now."
Manager Hu looked at the people running over from a distance and was extremely anxious. There were only two containers at the construction base that could shelter from the acid rain.
Minister Li’s container was locked, and their container was very small, so even if they moved two desks out, more than 20 people could not fit in.
"The protective suit will be given to whoever runs over first. Those who come later can only hide in the container to avoid the rain."
"Lao Hu, let's move these two tables out first. If there is one more person standing there, it will count as one more person."
"Okay! Okay! This is the only way!"
The two men quickly put on their protective clothing and carried the table in the container out. At this time, three or four workers from the construction site had already run over.
Manager Zhou asked Lao Hu to distribute protective clothing here, while he carried an axe and went to chop the door lock of Li Zheng's container next door.
If the door lock of this container is opened, it may be able to hide the extra workers.
Many workers came running over to Lao Hu's side at once. They couldn't wait for Lao Hu to distribute protective clothing one by one, so they swarmed over to grab them, making the small container a mess.
The acid rain outside had become increasingly dense, from one or two drops at the beginning to several drops all at once. Chen Da picked up a piece of iron sheet and used it to block the rain over their heads together with Lao Li.
Everyone finally ran to Manager Zhou's place when the acid rain became heavier, but found that the place was in chaos and many protective suits were damaged as several people pulled hard.
"Everyone, stop rushing. Those who don't have protective clothing should hide in the containers first. Those who have protective clothing should not crowd in the containers. Everyone, come out and go to the dormitories at the foot of the mountain. Return to your dormitories as soon as possible!"
Lao Hu was shouted loudly while being squeezed out of the container by the crowd. He had put on protective clothing long ago, so he was not afraid of being drenched by the acid rain after being squeezed out.
Due to the chaos, many people didn't wear protective clothing. Even if you managed to get one, you couldn't put it on because when you put it on, it would be snatched away by someone who didn't have one.
Most people here have experienced acid rain for the first time, so they know even more how terrible it is.
The people who were injured last time are still staying at home. Their wounds have not healed fully, so they definitely cannot do the heavy work on the construction site.
Some families rely on one person to earn points to make a living. Now they can't do heavy work and the base only subsidizes 100 points. Just think about how difficult their future life will be.
So they have to grab the protective clothing, they can't let themselves get hurt.
"Xiaojun, Wang Gang, don't go grabbing the protective clothing, go grab a seat at the container."
Chen Da threw the piece of iron sheet above his head to the side and pulled Lao Li into the container.
"Those wearing protective clothing, get out! Do you have any sense of public morality? You have already grabbed the protective clothing, but you are still trying to grab the containers from those who are not wearing protective clothing!"
"Yeah! There are so many people outside with nowhere to stay! Those wearing protective clothing, get out now!"
"I'm talking to you two! Get out now!"
There were already more than a dozen people crammed into the small container, and they were so crowded that they could hardly breathe. There were even two people wearing acid rain protective suits hiding in the innermost part and refusing to come out.
I don’t know if those two were frightened by the acid rain last time, as they refused to come out even though so many people were blaming them.
Seeing that it was hopeless to put on protective clothing, Wang Gang and Xiaojun gritted their teeth and squeezed into the crowd in the container.
"Ah... who the hell pushed me out! Ah... my arm hurts..."
The man who was squeezed out happened to have his arm drenched by the acid rain. In an instant, white smoke came out of one part of his arm.
"Ah...ah..." The man screamed in pain and dragged his injured hand into the crowd of people in the container.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Xiao and his four companions had already hidden under the two wooden tables that had been moved out.
"Boss! Boss! The wooden table won't last much longer!"
"You have to bear it even if you can't. There is no place to hide from the rain now!"
Lin Xiao glared at the subordinate who spoke, his eyes full of depression. Their luck was really bad. They just thought they had escaped the pursuit of Brother Tian, but now they are facing a new disaster.
"Why is the rain so weird? It's like sulfuric acid! The guy just now had smoke coming out of his arms!"
"You two, be careful. You can talk, but don't put your hands outside the table. Be careful not to get burned by the scalding of a pig's trotter!"
The unlucky four shrank towards the middle of the table again, fearing that the scalding acid rain would drip onto them.
“Ah…ah…don’t push in here!”
A few people with smoke coming out of their clothes saw that they couldn't squeeze into the container, so they ran to squeeze under the table of the four-person group.
"Damn it! Who pushed me hard?" One of Lin Xiao's men was pushed out before he could squat steadily.
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