◎Happy 34th Day: Registering at the Rescue Center◎
Jiang Muyun found 1503, told her two neighbors about her guess, and asked them if they needed help. Zhao Jiahao and the others were very surprised about this.
Zhao Jiahao blurted out, "You can guess this?"
After he finished speaking, he knew that he had said the wrong thing.
Seeing Jiang Muyun's understanding, Zhao Jiahao and Li Anxuan exchanged glances, unconsciously reaching out to scratch their hair, and said a little embarrassedly, "Well, it's the confidentiality agreement. Sorry."
Li Anxuan was also a little embarrassed, but he couldn't explain himself clearly, so he could only vaguely say, "This matter is indeed strictly regulated. The reason we were qualified to participate in the work was because it happened suddenly and the authorities were unable to mobilize any manpower. We also happened to be recent veterans and are not locals."
Of course Jiang Muyun wouldn't be angry about this.
During the initial reconstruction of the rescue point, it must be kept as confidential as possible.
Otherwise, if one person tells his relatives and friends, and the relatives and friends tell other relatives and friends, and one person tells another, then no one will line up to buy coal, and they will all be blocking the door waiting for a spot.
From now on, the supermarket square will be a battle royale scene. Whoever is the last one standing will be the first to check in.
Li Anxuan emphasized at the time that he had to go to the square to queue more often in the next few days, which was already the limit of what he could do.
Jiang Muyun waved his hand to indicate that it was okay: "This is just my own guess anyway, so just pretend you don't know. So, will you be living in the dormitory from now on?"
Li Anxuan thought for a moment and said, "We should move in early and not live in the same area as the residents. Anyway, you should store your things for a few days. We'll come to find you when you move in."
Jiang Muyun saw that Li Anxuan had not finished speaking.
Considering the confidentiality clause he had just mentioned, Jiang Muyun didn't ask any more questions. He just nodded and said, "Okay, we'll talk about it later."
With the full support of the authorities, the reconstruction of the rescue points was carried out at a very fast speed.
After Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen reached a consensus, they would go to queue up at around six o'clock every day with their ID cards.
Fortunately, they only had to endure the cold wind in the square for three more days before they received the news that the relief center was opening.
They had just arrived at the square that morning and the shopping windows were not open yet. They copied each other's ID numbers and lined up in the left and rightmost queues of the crowd respectively, so that no matter when the registration window opened, they could rush to register first.
Before the shopping window opened for sale, they saw soldiers coming to set up a cordon.
A bright yellow cordon separated everyone two meters away from the window.
The lists of items originally posted by the windows and on the outer walls of the square were covered by the soldiers with the "Registration and Check-in Procedures for Rescue Points."
In the cold wind, there was a slight commotion among the originally silent crowd. Some people who were sitting at the back of the queue left the queue directly, wanting to see what was written on the notice posted by the soldiers.
Immediately afterwards, the broadcast that had been announcing precautions for burning coal indoors stopped.
The content of the broadcast was changed to basic information about the rescue point.
The people in the square were in an uproar.
When the first temperature drop came, everyone was celebrating the holidays. When the second temperature drop came, everyone started to worry about the future.
By the time the cold wind brought the third drop in temperature, everyone was already a little confused.
I am at a loss as to how the world has suddenly become like this, and when my life will be able to return to the way it was before.
The news of the rescue point undoubtedly gave everyone a direction when they were most confused.
Don't panic, the situation is not out of control yet. It doesn't matter if you don't know what to do in the future. Just follow the authorities first.
What else is there to think about?
Since the authorities have given the option of a rescue point, of course you should check in first.
In any case, having heating is better than burning coal at home.
The team in the square dispersed immediately, and everyone ran around to check the "Registration and Check-in Procedures for Relief Points" that had just been posted.
According to the "Regulations on Registration and Check-in at Relief Points", residents whose household registration is in the community where the relief point is located only need to register for check-in with their ID card or report their ID card number. Family members can register on behalf of the same household registration.
At the same time, in order to prevent a family from registering separately in order to obtain a larger living area, the authorities will automatically classify residents with the same household registration in the same relief point into the same household and allocate living area as appropriate.
Non-local residents who move into relief centers will need to provide additional supporting documents such as temporary residence permits and rental contracts. Residents with the same residential address will also be automatically grouped into one household.
The rescue center will officially open for occupancy at noon two days later.
After the admission is opened, the authorities will not close the registration window and residents will be allowed to check in as long as the relief center is not full.
What should people who are not registered in this community and do not have proof of rental housing do if they want to live in the relief center in this community?
Then we can only wait until all the permanent residents of the community have moved in, and then see if there are any vacancies left, and try our luck.
The registration time is at seven in the morning, about half an hour from now, and the registration location is at the same shopping windows where anthracite was originally purchased.
The lucky ones who remembered their ID numbers or brought their ID cards and happened to be registered locally naturally started to squeeze directly to the window.
But for more people, their first reaction after hearing the news was to rush home to get their documents.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen acted faster than anyone else.
They didn't even look at the notice.
As soon as the crowd dispersed, the two of them squeezed to the front of the team and then struggled to merge into the middle.
Anyway, they have brought all the documents with them, so they are not afraid of any registration process. Now, of course, the more important thing is to take the opportunity to move forward.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen stood sideways along the cordon. As long as their approximate positions remained unchanged, no matter where others wanted to go, they would at most block them and would never fight with each other in a fight of strength.
The soldiers responsible for maintaining order set the cordon very tightly and did not allow anyone to cross the line before seven o'clock.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen were already at the front, and anyone who tried to squeeze in front of them was trying to break through the cordon.
The soldiers on duty in the square are not there just for show. They will definitely stop any attempt to break through the cordon and maintain order among the crowd as much as possible.
This is the advantage of them running directly to the front of the crowd.
Anyone who tries to rush in front of them will be stopped, and when the time is up, they will be directly swept forward by the crowd without having to worry about being squeezed out of the crowd.
Half an hour is neither too much nor too little, it is just within the acceptable range for most people.
The scene of people standing in silent queues in the cold wind is gone, and the square is now bustling with people.
Some were pushing and shoving, some were loudly asking for information about the rescue point, and some were shouting for people to notify their relatives and friends.
Jiang Muyun, who was in the middle of the crowd, felt like his ears were about to tinnitus, and the temperature in the square had to rise eight degrees in this bustling atmosphere.
As soon as seven o'clock arrived, the cordon was pulled to the middle of the crowd, and the crowd, which was originally crowded together, was forced to be cut in half, separated into two parts, front and back.
The crowd that was not separated by the cordon rushed forward like a tide. Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen were directly swept forward and pressed directly to the window by the force behind them.
Fortunately, after the crowd was separated, the people in front no longer had such an extreme sense of urgency. Under the arrangement of the soldiers, they gradually restored order and lined up again.
People tend to follow the crowd to some extent. If the queue in front has already formed, the people behind will most likely follow suit.
Even if there are some individuals who want to disrupt order, there is no need for the soldiers on duty to remind them, as their teammates will not allow them to do such a thing.
For those who failed to reach the square within half an hour, when they saw that everyone was lining up, it was too late to cause trouble even if they felt it was unfair.
The queue in the square was formed, and the shopping window opened with a swipe.
Behind the window is no longer the familiar list of items, but an electronic screen.
Jiang Muyun knew what would appear on the electronic screen, which was the floor plan of the zoning of this rescue point.
The supermarket near Jiang Muyun's home is of average size. According to China's basic construction requirements for large comprehensive supermarkets, the supermarket needs to have 400 to 600 or more parking spaces and no less than 1,000 bicycle spaces.
There are no parking spaces in the supermarket's ground parking lot, so cars are always parked in the underground parking lot.
By this calculation, there is at least 10,000 square meters of space under the supermarket basement, which can be used to accommodate nearby residents.
This area is actually not that large, about the same size as a single floor of a supermarket.
There are two floors in the underground garage. Based on Jiang Muyun's experience of living in a relief center in his previous life, if the two floors are squeezed together, it can accommodate about 15,000 people, assuming that the majority of the residents are families.
If it weren't for the high cost of cleaning out the underground garage in a nearby residential complex and the difficulty in keeping the news secret, the authorities probably wouldn't have chosen to convert this supermarket's garage into a relief point.
This space of more than 10,000 square meters is divided into hundreds of areas, and these hundreds of areas are squeezed onto a 40-inch screen. People with poor eyesight cannot see the area numbers clearly.
Now all the areas on the map are green. Once an area is full, its color will turn red, indicating that the area is no longer available for selection.
The fact that residents can choose their own residential areas was neither written in the "Registration and Check-in Procedures" nor announced on the radio.
Only when the window opened did Jiang Muyun hear a mechanical voice inside the window announcing: "Please select your living area after hearing the 'beep' sound. If you do not select a living area after ten seconds, the system will randomly assign you a living area."
“Beep—”
Jiang Muyun had also gone through the same process when she checked in in her previous life. She had already found a suitable seat as soon as she saw the electronic screen.
The supermarket's underground garage generally looks like a concave U-shape.
The sunken area is where the garage entrance is.
According to the markings on the schematic diagram, the garage entrance has now become the main entrance to the rescue point.
The place that Jiang Muyun was interested in was the concave corner of the wall on the far right side near the gate.
There are relatively fewer people in this location, and it is close to the entrance, so there is good air circulation and it is not too cold.
If you are lucky enough to be assigned to the corner, it is close to the wall on two sides and has excellent privacy.
Even if you are unlucky, this position is at the innermost part of the crowd and is relatively inconspicuous.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Muyun quickly gave the number before the beep sounded: "I choose area seven, thank you."
Qin Shiwen, who was standing next to him, had been keeping an eye on Jiang Muyun while she pondered the residential area on the electronic screen. When she heard Jiang Muyun say to choose Area 7, she followed without a second thought: "Area 7, thank you."
The staff inside the window moved quickly. As soon as Jiang Muyun finished speaking, the person inside clicked the mouse twice, and the mechanical countdown sound stopped.
"Nan'an Community resident Jiang Muyun/Qin Shiwen has been admitted to Area 7 of the Nan'an Rescue Center and has been successfully registered."
Only after the notification tone of successful registration sounded did Qin Shiwen have time to find the location of Area 7 on the schematic diagram.
While the two of them were reporting their constituencies, the other lucky ones who had registered for the first round had just heard a "beep" and were beginning to brainstorm and analyze the pros and cons of each location, or look for the interval number on the display screen, accompanied by a mechanical countdown.
Seeing that the ten seconds were almost up, those who had not yet decided where to live simply followed Jiang Muyun and the other person and chose number seven.
Regardless of how the blindly chosen position is, I just don't want it to be randomly assigned. Otherwise, wouldn't such a front position be a waste of time?
As everyone selected their partitions one by one, the window next to Jiang Muyun became chaotic.
No one knew what the man next to Jiang Muyun did. After the "beep" sound from his window, the mechanical sound that should have started the countdown did not come out, but instead a series of alarms sounded.
The alarm was so soft that it could not be heard clearly in the noisy crowd unless one listened carefully.
If Jiang Muyun had not been standing close by and had not chosen his area early on and had the energy to pay attention to other things, he would not have noticed anything unusual nearby.
But even such a small sound attracted the soldiers on duty the moment it sounded.
"Sir, your relatives have already checked in at another check-in point. Please come here and help us explain the situation."
Before anyone around could react to what was happening, the man was taken away by the soldiers.
The soldier's voice was not loud, and it was noisy all around, so only a few people nearby heard what he said.
Jiang Muyun's hand paused as he took the ID card, and the people around him who were watching the man being taken away were also talking about it.
Jiang Muyun heard people around discussing the man's identity.
But everyone was wrapped up like they didn't recognize each other, and the man didn't have any companions, so everyone was talking and guessing but couldn't come to a conclusion.
After the man was taken away, check-in registration continued. Jiang Muyun and others who had already registered were also reminded by the staff to leave as soon as possible.
In a situation that concerned their own vital interests, the man who was taken away was just a trivial episode and was quickly forgotten by the crowd.
The check-in was successful and the selection process went smoothly. Jiang Muyun breathed a sigh of relief.
According to Jiang Muyun's experience in his previous life, the so-called random allocation of specific positions is not truly random, but is just numbered according to the order of registration.
For example, if no one chose to register in District 7 before Jiang Muyun, then the specific location Jiang Muyun was randomly assigned to should be No. 01 in District 7.
If three people have chosen to register in District 7 before her, then she will be randomly assigned to No. 04 in District 7.
Jiang Muyun had noticed just now that she and Qin Shiwen acted quickly and were the first to choose Area 7, so if nothing unexpected happened, their positions would be No. 01 and No. 02 in Area 7.
There are all kinds of people in the rescue center. Being able to live next to familiar people and even live next to the wall is simply a five-star treatment.
As soon as Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen heard the news about the rescue point, they rushed to the front to grab a spot and had no time to read any other news.
After they finished registering and walked out of the crowd, they had time to go to the "Check-in Procedures" and carefully read the relevant regulations.
After reading all the regulations, Qin Shiwen frowned and said, "It really only tells you how to check in. There's no specific information at all."
Jiang Muyun asked her, "It's called 'Check-in Procedures'. What specific content do you want to see?"
Qin Shiwen and Jiang Muyun walked out of the square, saying as they walked, "It's like what to bring when moving in, how much living space is... that kind of thing."
"Oh, and what about daily food and drink at the aid center? We don't know any specific information like that. We don't even know where we've been assigned."
Although he had registered in advance, Qin Shiwen still felt a certain degree of uneasiness about staying in a completely unfamiliar shelter.
Although the radio was also broadcasting information related to the rescue point, it was all official language such as "the temperature inside the rescue point is X degrees, and air circulation is guaranteed."
Jiang Muyun suddenly stopped walking and pointed at the roll-up banners used to separate the teams outside the square and said to Qin Shiwen, "Here, isn't that the specific content?"
Qin Shiwen leaned in closer to take a look at the "Brief Information on the Rescue Center and Things to Note When Checking In."
How is drinking water arranged in the relief points, what temperature range is maintained, what items are provided by the authorities, what items are recommended for residents to bring themselves, the principles for allocating living space, etc. The introduction is detailed and thoughtful.
And the placement of this specific information is also quite amazing.
The authorities deliberately placed the specific information of the rescue point outside the square. The residents at the end of the queue had just arrived at the square and had no time to complain about why they were only notified half an hour in advance before their attention was attracted by the content on the roll-up banner.
These are all closely related to the lives of residents for a long time to come.
With all this information in front of us, of course, no one has time to think about things that have already been decided, such as "Why didn't you notify us a few days in advance so that we could line up and prepare in advance?"
By the time the people in front had finished registering and the news of "self-selection of residential area" came out, everyone had been queuing for a long time, and the anger in their hearts had dissipated.
Instead of thinking about how to cause trouble, it is better to use the information you already know and think more about where to live comfortably.
As long as there is no commotion at the first moment, no one will dare to be the first to make a scene later.
The most important thing is that the specific information of the rescue point outside the team clearly states that the residential resettlement area within the rescue point has two floors.
The electronic screen at the registration window in front did not show that there were two levels to choose from.
In other words, it doesn’t matter if you come late. If you are lucky, you can wait until the first floor is full before registering, and then you can enjoy the same treatment as the first batch of registrants.
Except for the first and last ones, 90% of the positions chosen by others depend on luck, and the official has done its best to maintain a balance.
Qin Shiwen and Jiang Muyun had just come out from inside. Their leisurely manner showed that they had already finished registering.
Now the two of them were huddled together to look at the information about the rescue point, and the people queuing behind them naturally couldn't help but ask them about the news at the front.
Before anyone could ask, Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen were asked to leave by the soldiers on duty.
The soldier didn't give anyone a chance to ask about the registration process. He simply stood between Jiang Muyun and the others and the group. "If you want to know more about the rescue point, please go to the notice boards on either side of the square. Please do not linger in the square and disrupt order."
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen looked at each other and quickly left the main square.
By the time they finished reading the "Rescue Point Information" in front of the bulletin board, more and more people gathered around them.
Jiang Muyun looked out and saw that the main square was surrounded by a cordon.
This time, I simply pulled a line directly from the window to open the exit to the bulletin board.
All registered residents will leave directly from both sides of the square, and then be attracted by the crowd gathered in front of the bulletin board to read the "Rescue Point Information".
The arrangements are clear.
After Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen understood the general situation, they decided not to continue to suffer the cold here.
Jiang Muyun squeezed out of the crowd, pulled down his scarf and exhaled a puff of white mist. He almost choked on the wind, so he quickly covered his face with the scarf.
It's minus seventy degrees, and you can hardly breathe freely.
After reading the "Rescue Point Information", Qin Shiwen felt a little more at ease, and on the way back he was in the mood to chat with Jiang Muyun about trivial matters.
"What happened to the guy next to you when we were registering just now? Why did he seem to be taken away all of a sudden?"
Jiang Muyun recalled what had just happened, making sure he had heard correctly: "There's a problem with his identity. I heard the soldier who took him away say that someone in his family had registered at another aid center, and they wanted him to explain the situation."
The incident happened suddenly and Jiang Muyun was unable to react.
Now that Qin Shiwen mentioned it, Jiang Muyun remembered a rule about relief points in his previous life - those with a criminal record in the past three months can only enter special relief points and are prohibited from staying in community relief points.
This is like the political review before entering a relief center.
Anyone found to have committed a crime after the temperature started to drop is either currently serving a sentence, or will be left alone outside to endure the extreme cold, or will be moved to a special relief center by the authorities.
Although the soldiers who came to take the people away said that they were taking them to understand the situation, seeing their tough and unyielding attitude when they took the people away, Jiang Muyun felt that it was probably an excuse.
As for why we have to find an excuse to take people away now instead of just writing this rule directly?
Of course, that is to take advantage of this opportunity to control these potentially dangerous elements.
Those currently being moved into special aid centers are not considered to have committed serious crimes. Those who have committed serious crimes have not yet been released.
Most of them committed some petty thefts after the temperature dropped. After being caught, they were not sentenced to long terms and were released after being detained for a period of time.
But in the current situation, after everyone moved into the relief center, there are empty doors everywhere outside.
If the authorities directly announced that people with criminal records would be prohibited from staying at home after the temperature dropped, then these people could just hide at home and not come out. Once everyone entered the shelter, wouldn't they be allowed to do whatever they wanted outside?
Now is not the time to talk about human rights.
If we don't control people, do we have to pray that these people who have taken advantage of the chaos to do evil can maintain their moral bottom line when faced with neighbors without doors in the relief center and uninhabited houses outside?
Qin Shiwen's ability to grasp key words was very accurate: "Have you registered at other aid centers? Does that mean the official computers can connect to the internet? A local area network? A wide area network would be great. I really miss the days when I could go online."
Jiang Muyun was impressed. "I can see how much you miss it, but sister, please be more clear-headed. If you're really bored, I've downloaded a lot of movies. Isn't there electricity in the rescue center? I'll bring my hard drive and laptop over and we can watch movies every day."
Downloading and saving movies you have watched is something that many movie lovers do.
Because China's censorship system is so strict, many classic films are, for various reasons, only saved and circulated among fans' hard drives. Over time, everyone has become accustomed to the "seeing and leaving traces" mode.
Jiang Muyun said at this time that she had downloaded a lot of movies, and Qin Shiwen didn't think it was wrong at all.
When Qin Shiwen heard that he wouldn't have to count floor tiles at home anymore, his anticipation instantly shot up: "Let's go, let's go home and pack our things. I didn't feel the crowds just now, but the wind on the main street gives me a headache."
Wouldn’t that be a headache?
Jiang Muyun looked at the thermometer before going out in the morning. The temperature this morning had reached minus 72 degrees Celsius.
Even though the temperature usually rises during the day, it won't rise by more than a few degrees without the sun.
Compared with the two previous sudden and decisive attacks, this drop in temperature was like cutting flesh with a blunt knife.
The temperature dropped a little bit every day, and people couldn't tell when it would end. For someone like Jiang Muyun who had a thermometer, the horror was no less than the previous two sudden drops of dozens of degrees.
But for others who don't have thermometers, they will be freezing cold after three minutes of going out, so no one will notice that the temperature is two degrees lower today than yesterday.
The two of them climbed back to the fifteenth floor, and Qin Shiwen immediately took Jiang Muyun to start planning their future life.
Because Jiang Muyun had three little ones at home, she did not turn off the small coal stove in the room before she left. Now it just served as a temporary meeting room for her and Qin Shiwen.
Jiang Muyun sharpened two pencils and opened two notebooks. "First, list the conditions at the aid center and the items recommended by the authorities, and then see what else we need to bring. We also need to revise things like the stroller in the next two days."
If they want to move, they will definitely need a means of transportation like a camper van.
But at minus seventy or eighty degrees Celsius, ordinary steel will become as brittle as glass.
For example, if the crowbar in Jiang Muyun's hand was not made of aluminum-bronze alloy but ordinary No. 60 steel, even if she broke the crowbar, the person might not even have a bruise on his body.
If this kind of brittle steel is used in places like wheels, it will definitely not be able to bear the weight of luggage.
While the unlimited shopping window is still open, quickly check to see if there are any replacement parts made of aluminum or other low-temperature resistant materials.
Otherwise, if the car breaks down at the last minute and your luggage is scattered all over the ground along the way, that would be a real devastation.
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