Chapter 55: Preparing for the Extreme Cold



"You...you're just making excuses, aren't you?"

When Sun Fang saw Su Keke's shameless expression, she became so angry that her face turned blue.

But she didn't dare to fight Su Keke directly because her unlucky brother's hand hasn't healed yet.

"What? You are the only one allowed to splash others without reason? Do you think all of us are blind?"

Su Keke took out a fruit knife from her pocket and put it against Sun Fang's cheek.

"If I cut another knife from this side, will your face be symmetrical?"

"Ah... I... I won't dare to do it again! Please... please don't scratch my face!"

When Sun Fang heard that her face was going to be cut, she was so scared that she fell to her knees in front of Su Keke. The others didn't dare to say a word when they saw this.

They dare not mess with someone like Su Keke who always draws a knife!

"If I see you picking a fight for no reason again next time, you'll forget about keeping this face."

Su Keke put the knife on Sun Fang's face and gestured a few times, and spoke in a cold and fierce voice.

"No... No more... I won't dare to do it again!"

After Su Keke walked away, Sun Fang seemed to be exhausted and sat down on the mud.

On the other side, Lu Mei had already helped Shi Huan apply to go home and change clothes first.

After this incident, no one dared to come and cause trouble on the 20th floor anymore.

Everyone started to work seriously, and the garbage and sludge in the community were cleaned up much faster.

Time flies, and it is already past five in the afternoon, with a hint of sunset glow still left in the sky.

The first and second floors of the building have been completely cleaned. After opening the windows for a few days to let in some air, those residents who moved upstairs can move into their own homes.

The large public areas downstairs in the community have also been cleaned up.

Everyone is in a good mood and is queuing up to get today's dinner.

At noon, the city government kitchen still distributed steamed buns and milk to everyone, but there were only two steamed buns at noon, and they were filled with meat.

Now everyone is guessing what is for dinner?

It's not going to be steamed buns again, is it? Is the kitchen of the municipal office going to change its business and open a steamed bun shop?

"Ah! Today's dinner is finally not steamed buns, hahaha!"

"Hmm... this rice ball tastes really good. It even has fried dough sticks, pickles and bacon in it!"

"It's good that it's not a bun!"

"Oops! Those of you in front of me, please move up quickly. You are not even actively eating. There must be something wrong with your thinking!"

"Mm! This rice ball tastes so delicious! I'll ask my wife to sign up to clean the streets tomorrow!"

When the people in the queue saw the delicious rice balls, they became very enthusiastic and no longer felt the stink even though they were dirty.

I guess I got used to it after smelling it for a day.

Su Keke and a few others were at the end of the crowd. Who would have thought that just because they were a little slow in packing up their tools, the line for food would become so long.

"Oh! I'm so hungry! If I had known, I shouldn't have gone to hand in the shovel first. Many people only return their tools after receiving their meals!" Chen Li touched his stomach and said in annoyance.

"I wonder if one rice ball is enough to fill you up? I've been carrying wood all day and my shoulders are now covered in blisters!"

Meng Yi showed Shi Huan his shoulder which was red from being pressed by the wood, which made Shi Huan feel very distressed.

"I'll give you a massage when we get back. Your husband has worked hard today!"

"Okay! Is it appropriate for you two to feed me such a big mouthful of dog food? Who doesn't feel sorry for someone? Mom... my shoulder hurts too!"

Chen Li winked at Meng Yi and Shi Huan, then turned back to complain to his mother Lu Mei.

Su Keke and Grandma Qiao were watching and laughing on the side. Chen Li was the one who created the atmosphere on the 20th floor!

As a few people were chatting and laughing, it was soon Su Keke and the others' turn. Each of them received a rice ball and a 500 ml bottle of mineral water from the logistics staff.

After everyone went home, Su Keke hurried back to the space and took a hot bath.

It has been a long time since I have done such a heavy workload in a day. After taking a bath, Su Keke felt refreshed.

After taking a shower, Grandma Qiao went to the kitchen to make some tomato and egg soup. She said that rice balls must be eaten with soup so that they would not feel dry.

A few days passed by unknowingly, and the cleanup work in the entire Lingcheng urban area was basically completed.

Chen Guodong assigned new tasks to his subordinates in his office in the municipal building.

"Section Chief Lu, starting tomorrow, you will lead your section to search for various cold-resistant supplies, such as those from quilt processing factories, down jacket processing factories, charcoal processing factories, etc. The more the better."

"Whether they were flooded or not, they were all taken to the municipal materials storage warehouse. The materials that were not flooded were directly stored, and the flooded materials had to be moved out to dry in the next few days. The female comrades in the office were asked to do this, so that they would not have to come here every day and do nothing."

"Xiao Liu, ask Director Zhang to organize more people to go to the mountains in the suburbs to collect firewood. The sun has been out for more than 20 days now, and no matter how wet the firewood is, it should be dry. Let them collect as much as they can."

"Also, the logistics section chief standing in the back row, you are responsible for finding people to build several vegetable greenhouses within the next few days. Ask the people from the Botanical Research Institute to go to the warehouse to get vegetable seeds, and have them pick some cold-resistant crops to plant."

Chen Guodong handed over all the work plans for the week that were written in his little notebook in one breath.

According to the anonymous letter, the extreme cold weather will come in ten days. If no preparations are made, who knows how many people will die. Just thinking about it makes him feel cold.

They have just finished clearing the entire city, and most of the people in the temporary relief center have returned to their homes.

However, there are still some people whose houses completely collapsed in the typhoon and floods, and they are now waiting for resettlement in temporary relief sites.

Chen Guodong had already arranged for people from the Ministry of Public Security to go door to door every day to do population statistics.

Clear out the empty houses that no one lives in first, and then let the people in the temporary relief centers move in.

This natural disaster caused huge losses to Lingcheng and even the entire China.

Agriculture, industry, commerce, all aspects of productivity were destroyed, and countless lives were lost in the natural disaster.

"Yes! Mayor Chen, we'll do it right away."

The people who received the task walked out of the mayor's office together.

"What do you think of the mayor? Now that the disaster is over, shouldn't we start to restore production? Why did he let an office director lead people to the mountains to collect firewood?"

"Yeah! I'm wondering too, the Municipal Office Logistics Department is going to start growing greenhouse vegetables? Are they trying to steal jobs from farmers?"

"My answer is even more outrageous. I'm going to look for a quilt or down jacket. It's only autumn now! What are you looking for?"

Xiao Liu was standing at the door of Chen Guodong's office. He could clearly hear the reckless discussions of the section chiefs who had just left.

"Mayor, do you really believe the extreme cold that anonymous letter said? Why do I feel like that person is writing a novel?"

Xiao Liu still thinks it is unlikely. Most people can guess that there will be floods after a typhoon.

Such a long period of disaster is truly unprecedented, and that person guessed right.

"Xiao Liu! It's always better to be prepared. Have you forgotten that we moved the granary in advance? This typhoon and flood lasted for such a long time. If it weren't for the supplies in these warehouses, many people would have starved to death."

Chen Guodong said with a serious expression.

"Got it, Mayor!"

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