◎Happy Day 33: Hotpot Rookie◎
Jiang Muyun just changed his hands, but he didn't hold the leash tightly, and Xiaobai jumped out.
Before she could react to what was happening, she saw Xiaobai showing his ferocious side for the first time, chasing after a tall man with a backpack and barking wildly.
The man was originally walking on his way. When he heard the voice, he looked up and saw Xiaobai rushing straight towards him. His eyes immediately flashed with murderous intent and he raised his foot to kick Xiaobai away.
Xiaobai let out a howl and used the excellent jumping ability he usually used to pounce on Jiang Muyun to bite the man's wrist directly.
Fortunately, the man didn't wear gloves for some reason, so Xiaobai actually bit the man's flesh.
The man waved his hands in pain, and the thing in his arms was revealed.
Jiang Muyun was very familiar with that thing. It was a bag of anthracite, and she still had a few bags of it in her bag.
However, the bag exposed in the man's arms was stained with a lot of blood clots that had solidified into broken ice.
It is almost time for the sales window to close, and many people who know that they will not be able to get in line for the next time will choose to go home directly, so there are actually quite a few pedestrians on the road at this moment.
When Xiaobai was barking at the man, many people had already noticed this side.
Now, seeing the blood-stained bag in the man's arms, how could she not understand what had happened?
For a moment, everyone subconsciously moved aside and held on tightly to the supplies in their hands, fearing that the man would go crazy and commit violence.
Xiaobai was very smart and dodged the kick from the man. Perhaps knowing that he couldn't beat the other party, he stopped biting the man and fled towards Jiang Muyun as soon as he let go.
Jiang Muyun couldn't catch up with Xiaobai just now. When the man pretended to kick it, Jiang Muyun was so scared that his breathing stopped for a moment.
If Xiaobai was really injured, she wouldn't know where to find a doctor for it.
Jiang Muyun finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiaobai at least knew to run away if he couldn't win.
Thanks to the few seconds that Xiaobai delayed, Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen also rushed over.
After the man was bitten by Xiaobai, he subconsciously reached out to grab Xiaobai, but Jiang Muyun swung a crowbar at him.
She deliberately avoided the man's head, but aimed at his elbow.
Jiang Muyun knew very well how much strength he had. If he had aimed at someone's head, that person's brains would have been splattered all over the floor.
Killing someone in public at this time? She's not crazy.
The man's right arm bent upwards at an abnormal angle for a moment, and then his forearm dropped limply.
The man screamed, his legs went limp, and he fell to the ground, covering his arms.
Some sharp-eyed people noticed that there was a lot of blood on the man's palms, and there were splashes of blood on his dark down jacket.
Without waiting for Qin Shiwen to say anything, Jiang Muyun stepped forward and kicked the man to the ground, then used his toes to push aside the bulging clothes around the man's waist.
The man had a blood-stained machete on his waist and a pair of blood-soaked and frozen gloves.
Jiang Muyun broke both of his legs with a clean and decisive move.
The man fell to the ground, wailing miserably. Jiang Muyun continued to strike him twice, calmly adding to his wounds. Then, with a sullen face, he reached out to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, come here."
Xiaobai wagged his tail and rubbed Jiang Muyun's trouser leg in a flattering manner. He picked up the leash by himself and handed it to Jiang Muyun.
There was no trace of the ferocity he had just shown.
Jiang Muyun didn't buy Xiaobai's tricks at all. He took the leash, wrapped it around his hand twice, pinched the back of Xiaobai's neck and said, "You've really ruined your ability. I'll settle the score with you when I get back."
If Xiaobai hadn't rushed over just now, Jiang Muyun wouldn't have even looked at the man.
There were so many murders and arson in the apocalypse, and Jiang Muyun had nothing better to do, so he went to seek justice for them one by one.
If Xiaobai develops the habit of rushing forward whenever he smells blood, the two of them will eventually become hot pot together.
Qin Shiwen was stunned by Jiang Muyun's decisiveness. She stood there for two or three seconds before she came to her senses and said, "I, I'll go call the patrol."
Perhaps infected by Jiang Muyun's calm attitude, Qin Shiwen was surprisingly calm at the moment. He even had time to think about whether it would be closer to go to the community to call someone, or to go directly back to the supermarket square.
Fortunately, Qin Shiwen didn't have to worry too long, as the soldiers had already arrived.
There were many people on the road now, and when the thing fell out of the man's arms, someone had already gone to call the soldiers.
Just as Jiang Muyun had judged before, China is now in a state of both order and disorder.
Lawful because most people have not been pushed into a desperate situation yet.
The low temperatures came just after the autumn harvest, and because of the extreme cold and drought, food preservation became much easier.
So although China seems to be in a food crisis now, in fact, most residents are not short of food at this stage, at least not of staple food.
Otherwise, the authorities would not have remained as steady as a rock and had no intention of using strategic grain reserves when food had been out of stock in the market for more than a month.
The same goes for water storage.
At low temperatures, water stored in homes is in the form of ice, requiring far less storage space than when it's in liquid form. The rate at which ice sublimates from solid to gas is also much lower than the rate at which liquid water evaporates at high temperatures.
Nanshi is right on the river, and several tributaries of the Yangtze River pass through the urban area. As long as residents are willing to run, they will never be without water to drink.
Basic drinking water is guaranteed, coal for heating is sold every day at reasonable prices, most people are not facing a real survival crisis, and social order will naturally not be disrupted.
Especially in the neighborhood where Jiang Muyun lived, thanks to his several intentional and unintentional guidance, everyone's food reserves were still sufficient. When life was okay, people's social side would also prevail.
Just like when the man's violent behavior was exposed just now, although everyone's first reaction was to keep the supplies in their hands and stay away from danger, some people still went to the soldiers on duty for help.
Of course, these are the majority, not all.
Even in times of peace and prosperity, there have always been people who rob, steal, and murder for money, let alone today when the environment is even worse.
There were no cameras or mobile phones, everyone wrapped themselves tightly from head to toe, and many people had no means of transportation.
The crime is about as difficult as breaking and entering.
They commit a crime and then run away. If they are not caught, they will continue to do evil. If they are caught and locked up, they will be provided with food and accommodation. The worst that can happen to them is that they will be caught and beaten. Anyway, they are wearing such thick clothes that it won't hurt much if they get beaten.
With this calculation, there is no loss anyway, and it can be said to be a huge profit.
Many people with bad intentions might have been forced to follow the law due to the high cost of committing crimes. But now that the cost of committing crimes is terribly low, the evil thoughts in these people's hearts will be infinitely magnified.
The most typical example is the man lying on the ground now.
Judging from Jiang Muyun's experience, this man was at most a low-level gangster in the past, and this might have been the first time that his hands were stained with blood.
Any experienced veteran would not have been able to be defeated by Jiang Muyun with just one blow.
It is even more unlikely that the first reaction after being injured is not to run away, but to fall to the ground, cover your arm and start crying out in pain.
Such a small scoundrel now dares to kill people for a few bags of coal. It is obvious that chaos has indeed begun.
The news that a murderer had been caught on the road spread quickly, and the soldiers arrived just as quickly.
The leading soldier's surname was Wu, and he was responsible for patrolling the residential area including Jiang Muyun's home.
Jiang Muyun briefly explained the situation to Captain Wu, and the soldiers under Captain Wu began to check the man's condition.
The soldier first briefly examined the man's injuries. Both legs and his right arm were broken. From the looks of it, it looked like he had been beaten multiple times, and the person who had done it was not a professional.
Another soldier dug out a few bags of anthracite from the man's overflowing backpack, some of which were stained with blood.
Judging from the condition of the blood, it should have been stained at the same time as the blood on the machete.
The soldier told Captain Wu about the situation. Captain Wu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing it and believed Jiang Muyun's words even more.
At present, it seems that this matter is indeed as the two girls in front of me said, it is purely a coincidence caused by the pets at home smelling the blood.
However, what exactly this man did and whether he killed anyone still needs further confirmation.
Captain Wu's expression softened considerably, and he asked gently, "Could you please leave your address? We may need your cooperation later..."
Before Captain Wu finished speaking, the man on the ground confessed his guilt.
The soldier who checked the man's injuries originally just wanted to ask about his physical condition and provide him with basic first aid.
As a result, the man now looked like he was unconscious due to the pain. The soldier lifted his arm and moved it, and asked him how his arm felt. He replied that the body was thrown in the small front alley, and kept crying, admitting his mistake and shouting for help.
The soldier looked up at his captain speechlessly.
Captain Wu was also speechless.
Well, what's the point of investigating this? The people have already confessed everything.
You could say he was brave, but they didn't ask him a single question, and he just cried his eyes out. You could say he was timid, but he wasn't dressed like he couldn't survive, and yet he killed someone for a few bags of coal.
I don’t know what kind of world this is.
Captain Wu waved his hand irritably. "Take it away, take it away. Xiao Chen, take the men to the police station. Xiao Wang, contact the patrol team in Xiaoqian Alley and have them search for the victim's body."
Captain Wu sighed and saluted Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen. "I'm sorry, thank you both very much for your help. It's our fault that something like this happened."
Jiang Muyun shook his head: "There are only thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but there are no thieves who can guard against thieves for a thousand days. You are protecting us by standing here. We should thank you for your hard work."
Li Anxuan had said before that the official is also short of staff, so short of staff that interns like them are too busy to go home every day.
It is no exaggeration to say that the authorities have tried their best to squeeze out manpower to maintain public order at this time.
But it is obvious that the number of people squeezed out under such circumstances will not be that much.
This residential area consists of several communities, and it takes more than an hour to walk through them all. This is all thanks to the patrol teams consisting of dozens of people under Captain Wu running back and forth. It can be seen how difficult their work is.
At this point, it doesn't matter whether the patrol team can catch the thief or not. What matters is that the patrol soldiers are here.
The presence of patrols acts as a deterrent to criminals and those who intend to commit crimes.
Captain Wu's brow relaxed slightly.
He has a heavy workload and has been under a lot of pressure these days.
After confirming the general situation, Captain Wu simply registered the basic information of Jiang Muyun and the other person, and said that he would contact them at any time if the official had any commendations or rewards in the future, and then led the team away.
Qin Shiwen patted Jiang Muyun on the shoulder: "Son, you are very brave today."
Jiang Muyun directly scooped Xiaobai into his arms and calmly changed his target: "No match for it. Our Bai is really promising. He bravely fought against the murderer."
As he spoke, Jiang Muyun became really angry.
Xiaobai usually seems to be quiet, and his biggest ambition is to compete with the two chickens at home for attention. This time, he even learned how to catch criminals.
Otherwise, how could it be said that Jiang Muyun didn't need to use his eyes to look at Qin Shiwen? Qin Shiwen's attention was really diverted by Jiang Muyun's words.
Qin Shiwen reached out and scratched Xiaobai's head, wondering, "Didn't your Xiaobai say he found it on the roadside? Could it be that its parents were police dogs?"
Jiang Muyun: "Wake up, I remember that police dogs are sent to the police dog base after they retire. Our Xiaobai's parents are the most ferocious, and they are guard dogs in the countryside."
Jiang Muyun lowered his head and looked at Xiaobai for three seconds. Xiaobai tilted his head with an innocent look.
No matter how Jiang Muyun looked at it, Xiaobai looked like an ordinary little dog.
If there is anything special about it, it may be that its ears are a little erect. Maybe it has some wolfdog blood?
Thinking about the place where she picked up Xiaobai, maybe Xiaobai's parents are really guard dogs raised by someone.
Qin Shiwen was very dissatisfied with Jiang Muyun's attitude towards Xiaobai: "What's wrong with a guard dog? Guard dogs in the countryside are so fierce. Do you look down on our Xiaobai's bloodline?"
Qin Shiwen pulled a small steamed bun from his pocket and quickly stuffed it into Xiaobai's mouth, treating it as a reward for his bravery today: "Our Xiaobai is a hero dog today. Right, Xiaobai."
Xiaobai swallowed the steamed bun with a slurp and wagged his tail happily at Qin Shiwen.
Fortunately, Jiang Muyun's scarf covered half of his face, otherwise Xiaobai's slender tail almost flew into Jiang Muyun's mouth.
Xiaobai, the heroic dog who was praised by Qin Shiwen, was scolded by Jiang Muyun when he returned home.
In order to teach Xiaobai a profound lesson, Jiang Muyun stroked the two chicks in front of it.
Now the two chicks have grown a lot, and their originally dense fur has turned into feathers, which has nothing to do with the word soft at all.
Jiang Muyun stroked the chick's fur twice, and with the gurgling sound of the clay pot in the background, he warned Xiaobai with a serious face: "See? If you dare to run out like this again, you will become a hot pot sooner or later. Then I will have no choice but to live with them."
Xiaobai whimpered twice in grievance, lying on Jiang Muyun's knees and refusing to move.
Jiang Muyun had a heart of stone: "Get out of here, there's no point in being coquettish."
To show his determination, Jiang Muyun deliberately did not bring Xiaobai with him when he went out the next day.
Jiang Muyun queued in front of the supermarket square for a whole day under the pretext of stockpiling fuel.
As soon as the shopping window opened, Jiang Muyun would be waiting in the square. She would just eat a few cold steamed buns and dry flatbreads for lunch, and she would never go home until the shopping window closed and the soldiers on duty left.
Jiang Muyun spent two days like this, punching in for work. Qin Shiwen was puzzled by his persistence. "I remember you bought a lot of coal before. Isn't it enough? I'll give you some first."
The strong wind has never stopped in the past two days, and the temperature is getting lower and lower. The consumption of coal for heating is indeed much greater than before.
Many people even have to get up in the middle of the night to check the burning status of the fire.
The temperature is really too low now. If I really sleep until dawn, the fire might go out.
Once the fire goes out, the person will soon die.
Before, whenever Qin Shiwen wasn't at the training base, she would buy as much as she could online and offline. And since she had her brother's account, she could buy double the amount online.
So even though she was going out with Jiang Muyun and queuing up to buy coal together, she wasn't in a rush. At night, she would usually leave when the time was almost up, and wouldn't wait until the window closed like Jiang Muyun did.
Jiang Muyun was just waiting for Qin Shiwen to ask.
After all, her behavior of waiting for the window to close and all the soldiers on duty to leave before going home every day does require a reasonable explanation.
Jiang Muyun lowered his voice: "Do you remember when we came back from the provincial team base, we saw soldiers moving things into the supermarket?"
Qin Shiwen was puzzled: "What does that have to do with it? Are they going to increase the variety of goods at the counter? Or increase the purchase quota for anthracite?"
Jiang Muyun leaned close to Qin Shiwen's ear and whispered her guess about the rescue point.
She didn't say anything definite, but only said that she accidentally saw what the soldiers were carrying, which looked very much like central heating equipment, so she speculated that the government would build a number of central heating points.
The weather was so cold that the small coal stove could no longer withstand the heat. Qin Shiwen felt that Jiang Muyun's guess was not unreasonable.
Qin Shiwen and Jiang Muyun exchanged a glance and asked uncertainly, "So you think, if the government really has plans to build..."
Qin Shiwen gestured with his hands but didn't say the words "central heating point" aloud: "So what's the order and location of check-in?"
Jiang Muyun nodded: "It can only be first come first served, otherwise there will definitely be a big mess."
In such a short period of time, the Chinese government has to rebuild so many relief points on Chinese soil. The resources required are absolutely beyond anyone's imagination.
Buildings in northern cities have thicker walls, so an entire building could potentially serve as a resettlement area for residents at a relief site.
But the buildings in Nanshi are not good.
The thickness of the exterior walls of buildings in Nanshi is usually only around 20 centimeters. It is simply a dream to want to withstand the extreme cold of minus 60 to 70 degrees Celsius.
If the authorities do not want to waste limited and precious resources on such a trivial matter as battling the cold wind outside, the rescue points can only be set up underground or in the mountains.
Underground garages, subway stations, and air-raid shelters are places where the heating that the authorities have worked so hard to create can be retained for a longer period of time.
According to information previously released by the Chinese government, Nanshi has eleven large air-raid shelters, more than thirty medium-sized air-raid shelters, and thousands of small air-raid shelters, which together can accommodate approximately two million people.
The major subway stations in Nanshi were once claimed to be able to accommodate a million people for refuge.
But Nan City has a population of more than 10 million.
The number of people that air-raid shelters and subway stations can accommodate is simply a drop in the bucket compared to the permanent population of Nanshi.
Not to mention that these data are calculated based on the standard of accommodating 12 people per ten square meters.
If the residents are admitted to the relief center according to this standard, then everyone will have to stand there and wait for the extreme cold to pass without sleep.
It is conceivable that the number of rescue points needed in Nanshi alone is in the thousands.
Each rescue point must be equipped with an air circulation system, heating system, power supply system, cleaning system and even drainage system, and the resources required are unimaginable to ordinary people.
In this situation, it is a bit too outrageous to expect the authorities to set up beds and separate rooms for everyone in the relief center.
It is conceivable that except for the positions near the wall which are slightly better, those living in other positions will inevitably be surrounded by people.
If it is not based on first come, first served basis, but is divided according to current residence or something else, those who do not get a good position will definitely cause trouble.
Now the opportunity is given to you. If you don’t grab it, you can’t blame the official.
In her previous life, Jiang Muyun was arranged by the school to go to a shelter. At that time, many people had already moved into the shelter. The places near the walls were already full, so she had no choice but to live among the crowd.
Jiang Muyun felt that the pain was about the same as if someone had pressed his head into an ice hole and then hit it, sprinkled chili peppers on it and put it in a hot air box to cook it.
Anyway, Jiang Muyun would rather endure the cold and waste money every day, and try to register and move in as soon as the news of the relief center is announced.
She never wanted to live among people again.
After Jiang Muyun blurred the details of the rescue point, he briefly described to Qin Shiwen several possible life scenarios.
Qin Shiwen suddenly felt his head buzzing.
Qin Shiwen only needed to think about it a little to understand why the living environment at the relief center would not be very good, and naturally he also understood why the location of the relief center could only be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis.
It was precisely because she understood that she knew that the scenes Jiang Muyun described might very well happen - if their speculation that "the authorities are urgently renovating places that can provide centralized heating" was correct.
Jiang Muyun tilted his head to signal Qin Shiwen to look at the soldiers on duty in the square and asked, "Will you wait with me for the next few days?"
Qin Shiwen rubbed her face. The frostbite she had suffered two days ago had not fully recovered yet, so she had to try to avoid the wind when going out.
Thinking about the days of living among the crowd, Qin Shiwen gritted his teeth and said, "Let's wait. If your guess is right, it will definitely be worth it to wait a few more days."
Jiang Muyun spread his hands and made a bear-like gesture: "Anyway, you are going with me now. Whether you want to wait or not, I have delayed you for so long. Don't be so nervous."
Qin Shiwen got angry when he thought about how he had been forced to get up early these past two days. He reached out and punched Jiang Muyun: "How dare you say that."
Today, the two of them waited obediently until all the people in the square had dispersed and the soldiers on duty had withdrawn, and then they walked home with their heads down in the wind.
While climbing the stairs, Qin Shiwen suddenly remembered: "So, should we bring all the necessary documents and other things with us when we go out next time?"
What if registration requires some documents and they don’t have them with them, wouldn’t that be a waste of time?
As far as Jiang Muyun knew, local residents only needed their ID cards to register. If you didn't have your ID card with you, you could just report your ID number, but she couldn't tell Qin Shiwen about this.
Jiang Muyun could only say, "Bring the property title, household registration booklet, ID card, and everything else. It would be best if you could bring Brother Wu's ID card as well. No matter how detailed the registration is, it won't be much more than this."
Speaking of this, Qin Shiwen paused and took a breath: "If what we guessed is true, then Zhao Jiahao and the others will be in trouble, right?"
Zhao Jiahao and Li Anxuan had not been seen for several days. If Zhao Jiahao had not occasionally chatted in the group after get off work, they would have almost thought that the two of them were working 24/7.
But it was obvious that even if they had time off from get off work, they would not have the time to squat in the square and wait for news.
Jiang Muyun hadn't forgotten about these two friends either: "They're serving the people right now, so there's no way they'll be left behind by the authorities. I reckon their team will provide them with dormitories when that day comes."
Jiang Muyun took a step over the three steps. "I'll ask them tonight. If they don't mind, just give us their ID numbers. If we can register for someone else, we'll register them as well."
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