◎Happy Day 22: Winter water storage issues for people in the central region◎
Two o'clock in the morning is not the time for some young people today to enter deep sleep.
For example, Jiang Muyun was chatting enthusiastically with several roommates in the alumni group, and there were also several young girls downstairs across the building who reacted quickly, dressed neatly, and were holding small microphones, trying to wake everyone up.
Jiang Muyun was familiar with the layout of Qin Shiwen's house, so he went to 1502 first to find Qin Shiwen and Qin Shiwu's clothes, and then went to 1503.
1503 The two tall guys put the spare key on the windowsill of the corridor window, which was conservatively estimated to be two and a half meters from the ground. Jiang Muyun had to go home and move a stool to get it.
She chose the thickest cotton-padded coats and sweaters for the others, and even didn't forget the ugly thick cotton trousers at the bottom of the box, stuffing them tightly into two large bags.
After Jiang Muyun got the clothes, several young girls downstairs across the building were still calling for help, but the lights of many houses in the community had already been turned on, and Jiang Muyun heard people shouting "thank you" one after another.
Jiang Muyun's movements were a little slow because she suddenly had to put on thick clothes. She spent a lot of effort looking for clothes. By the time she closed the door of 1503 with two large packages, Qin Shiwen was almost there.
The temperature dropped too quickly and the temperature difference was too large in a short period of time. Jiang Muyun didn't dare to take the elevator, so he simply ran down the stairs with his bag.
When Jiang Muyun went downstairs, the young girls seemed to have seen that most houses had turned on the lights, and were turning around to go into the corridor, apparently preparing to go home.
Jiang Muyun hurriedly stopped them: "The temperature difference is too big and the elevator might malfunction. Remember not to take the elevator when you go upstairs!"
The fastest of the girls had already pressed the elevator button. Upon hearing this, she immediately withdrew her hand and shouted gratefully to Jiang Muyun across from her, "I know. Thank you."
Jiang Muyun waved to someone and turned around to see Qin Shiwen's car braked just under the street light.
Jiang Muyun deliberately put Qin Shiwen's clothes on it so that he could take them out and give them to her directly.
Qin Shiwen got out of the air-conditioned car, took the sweater and put it on her head tremblingly. Her movements were so stiff that Jiang Muyun needed to help her stretch the collar. She didn't feel better until she put on the down jacket.
Jiang Muyun opened the back door and put the package of clothes in. Then he sat in the passenger seat and exhaled a puff of white mist from his mouth.
The air conditioner in the car was turned on very high. Jiang Muyun rubbed his cold face, took out a thermos from his backpack, and took out a few paper cups in a plastic bag.
Amber liquid flowed out and a spicy smell spread throughout the car.
Jiang Muyun handed Qin Shiwen a cup of ginger tea. Qin Shiwen took it and drank it in one gulp. The slightly hot tea made her hiss.
"Let's go to the city hospital first. It's close. After passing the city hospital, it's right where Zhao Jiahao and the others are."
Compared to Jiang Muyun, who always commutes between school and home, Qin Shiwen is obviously much more familiar with the roads in Nanshi.
Jiang Muyun nodded and pointed to the two large packages at the back. "The black bag contains Brother Wu's clothes. I see he hasn't replied to my message yet. Should we call him when we get to the hospital?"
Qin Shiwen drove out of the complex, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's try calling now. There aren't many cars on the road right now, and we'll be there in twenty minutes. If we wait until we get to the hospital to call, we'll have to wait there for him."
If the temperature was just dropping abnormally fast when Jiang Muyun woke her up before, then now the temperature is actually abnormally low.
Such a low temperature is no joke. She was afraid that if they went too late, the two neighbors in 1503 would be frozen to death. It would be better not to waste time.
Qin Shiwu's call was quickly connected.
"Brother Wu, Sister Wen and I will be there in about twenty minutes. Where should we meet?"
There was a lot of noise on the other end of the phone.
The clattering sound of rollers, hoarse shouts, cries, and the medical staff's constant calls of "make way".
You can tell from the phone that the hospital is extremely busy.
Qin Shiwu's voice was a little hoarse: "Just at the entrance of the emergency room..."
Before Qin Shiwu finished speaking, a sharp female voice came from the other end: "Arrange defibrillation over here, someone come and push it."
"I'll go busy myself first and come find you later." Qin Shiwu hung up the phone in a hurry. Qin Shiwen and Jiang Muyun looked at each other.
The car drove out of the residential area. There were quite a few cars passing by on the road. The sounds of sirens of various frequencies were mixed together. From time to time, you could see an ambulance with its lights on rushing past.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen hurried to the hospital.
The parking lot outside the hospital was full, so the two had to park their car on the side of the road and run to the emergency building carrying a bag of clothes.
The two could hear the bustling noise in the entire building from a distance. Outside the building, medical staff and family members were pushing beds and rushing around.
When Jiang Muyun and the other person arrived downstairs at the emergency building, Qin Shiwu was running out with a few people.
Those people were all wearing white coats, their clothes were a little messy, and there were fine beads of sweat on their foreheads. When they came into contact with the cold air outside, they emitted wisps of white mist.
Qin Shiwen took out the clothes from the bag and distributed them to them.
Qin Shiwu and the few people who ran out with him thanked him while taking off their white coats and handing them to Qin Shiwen, and then put on the clothes tremblingly.
The city hospital doesn't have a central heating system, relying on air conditioning for both cooling and heating. Today's temperature drop was so sudden that it would take several hours for the air conditioner to heat the entire building back up.
They had been busy before, their feet never stopping, so they could still hold on. But now, after standing there for a while, they felt like they were frozen.
Jiang Muyun took out a paper cup and poured a cup of ginger tea for each of them.
Qin Shiwu said as he put on his clothes, "We just heard that the temperature dropped by 40 degrees in two hours. Did you guys keep your car running?"
Qin Shiwen said: "No, I dare not put it out. I am afraid that if it goes out, I won't be able to light it."
Qin Shiwu breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good."
After a few people put on thick clothes, put on their white coats again, and drank a cup of ginger tea, they felt like they were alive again.
From minus thirty degrees to minus ten degrees, and from an environment close to thirty degrees to minus all of a sudden.
The body's perception of cold is completely different under these two conditions.
It is no exaggeration to say that they really couldn't and didn't dare to stop. They always had the illusion that once their bodies stopped moving, they would be frozen in place.
The hospital is currently short of staff, and Jiang Muyun and the others also have to rush to the fire station, so neither side has any intention of delaying.
Amidst the countless thanks from Qin Shiwu's classmates, Jiang Muyun and the others drove to their next destination.
The fire station was not far from the city hospital. Jiang Muyun called them and by the time he hung up, he was almost at the door of the fire station.
There were also cars coming and going outside the fire station, not only fire trucks, but also many private cars and electric vehicles, which seemed to be team members who had temporarily returned to the team.
There were several middle-aged men and women who got off the bus without even putting on their clothes, and hurried inside holding their coats.
Zhao Jiahao and the other man were not in as much of a hurry as Qin Shiwu. They even had time to take off one of the short-sleeved shirts they were wearing and put on a woolen sweater.
Jiang Muyun was a little curious: "I see that things are getting pretty busy outside, how come you two still have time to be so particular?"
Zhao Jiahao said as he put on his sweater, "Nowadays, most of the police calls are to the bar area. Nine out of ten of them are drunk at night. As soon as they go out, they hold onto the railings to vomit. Then, the temperature is so low that their hands stick to the railings. We can pick up eight drunks on a single call."
Zhao Jiahao put on his clothes and began to demonstrate to Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen, "I heard that some people even sleep with their arms around the railings, with half their faces stuck to them. They try to pull it away unconsciously, and they can't stop it."
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen simultaneously covered their faces with their scarves.
Li Anxuan didn't follow the gossip. He took a sip of ginger tea and explained to the two people, "The reason we see so many team members returning is because the higher-ups are rushing to hold a joint meeting and are preparing to sound the citywide alarm to wake up the citizens first."
Zhao Jiahao followed up on the topic, "I heard that sounding the air raid sirens requires too many procedures, and even for the authorities to send out notices to each community and have them call for help, it takes time. The higher-ups are worried they can't wait, so they're making two plans. First, they're sending idle police cars and fire trucks from various detachments to residential areas to sound their sirens, and then they can call everyone back."
The task of sounding the sirens was delegated to the various detachments; they didn't have to shoulder the entire responsibility for the combined efforts of several departments. Furthermore, the detachment had a limited number of fire trucks, so even if they wanted to help, they had nowhere to go.
So although people and cars were coming and going outside, these two people were not as busy as Qin Shiwu.
Jiang Muyun understood.
This is a very practical question.
The air raid alarm is not a toy that can be activated at will, so the application and approval naturally takes time.
At two o'clock in the morning, it takes a lot of time for official instructions to be passed down to various communities and for community workers to return to their posts and start working.
It’s not like every community worker lives in a nearby neighborhood and is on call 24 hours a day.
Moreover, a community is responsible for several residential areas, some of which are quite large. Even if all the community staff are brought in, it may not be enough.
Not to mention the old town area, where there are more cockroaches in the community office than staff members.
Once these places are mobilized, all the morgue beds in hospitals across Quannan City will be in urgent need of emergency medical services tomorrow.
But it is different for the military and police. There are people on duty 24 hours a day. The system is accustomed to occasional emergency tasks, and few people turn off or mute their mobile phones when they go to bed at night. Naturally, the mobilization speed is much faster than in the community.
Jiang Muyun thought about it and it seemed that the West City in his previous life had handled things in the same way.
She was still in the dormitory at the time. In the middle of the night, all the classmates' groups suddenly exploded, and then the school radio sounded.
Not long after, sirens blared in the university town.
At that time, because the school responded quickly, she didn't realize that the sirens were meant to wake her up, and she thought there was an accident due to the rapid drop in temperature.
After a few brief words, Zhao Jiahao and the other person went back.
Although they have nothing to do in the team now, they still have to be on standby at all times in case they are needed.
The same-city express delivery arrived, and Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen were no longer in trouble.
Qin Shiwen sent Jiang Muyun home and drove back to the provincial team. Before leaving, he asked Jiang Muyun for a few packets of ginger tea.
Jiang Muyun's action of bringing ginger tea reminded her that she had to go back and give a cup to the children in the team as well, otherwise she would be worried.
Jiang Muyun tossed and turned for half the night. When he opened the door, he saw Xiaobai huddled in the corner, staring at the door pitifully with his little head stretched out.
As soon as Jiang Muyun came back, it pounced on her and hummed around her feet.
Jiang Muyun returned to his room, turned on the air conditioner and heater, and scratched Xiaobai's chin: "Other dogs bark so loudly, why do you only whimper all day long?"
Xiaobai turned his head and ignored her.
Jiang Muyun glanced at the thermometer, it was minus sixteen degrees.
It has dropped below the lowest temperature ever recorded in Nanshi.
She took out her cell phone and opened Weibo. As expected, the hot search list was full of topics related to the drop in temperature in various places.
It seems that the early drop in temperature is not due to geographical location.
I went into the weather forecast and looked at the temperatures in different parts of the country, and it seemed that there was not much difference.
Except for the fact that it was one day earlier, everything else was exactly the same as in the previous life.
The end of the world has finally come.
Jiang Muyun fell onto the sofa, and because she was wrapped in too thick clothes, her whole body bounced twice.
The phone's notification tone continued to vibrate. Jiang Muyun opened it and saw that the community group was reminding everyone to store water in time.
Jiang Muyun rubbed her head. It had been so long since the last winter with running water that she had actually forgotten the winter characteristics of Nanshi.
After waking up on a cold morning, I found that the faucet at home was frozen and no water came out. This is the humility of people in the central region during the low temperatures in winter.
Every time Jiang Muyun poured boiling water on the faucet to wait for it to thaw, she felt like a beggar, eagerly hoping that the other person would warm up and give her some water.
Sometimes, if she happened to be on winter vacation and was in a hurry to go to school in the morning, I would almost shout at the faucet at home, "Please be kind and send me off."
Of course, this is not the worst thing.
The worst thing was that after I had poured all the boiling water, I found out that the faucet at home was not frozen, but that there was no water supply in the area.
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