◎Happy 35th Day: Moving◎
When it comes to what is needed to live in a shelter, the first factor to consider must be the conditions in the shelter.
Although the official document was very euphemistic, Jiang Muyun knew the specific situation.
Take the rescue point where Jiang Muyun stayed in his previous life as an example.
The so-called specific resettlement sites are grids marked on the ground with spray paint and numbered.
These marked grids are where each person or family unit is placed.
There are no walls between the sites, just a few metal poles separated by soft plastic.
Perhaps the rescue site was built too hastily, so whether there are plastic partitions at the resettlement site and whether the plastic partitions are opaque or frosted is almost entirely a matter of luck.
If you have the conditions, you can bring a few pieces of cloth and hang them up to block the space and create a small space.
If you don’t have the conditions, just live there and watch people pass by you every day.
To charge, you need to go to a fixed charging point and scan your ID card. Each person has a limited time per day. If you want to use it for a longer time, you need to spend points.
There is a shopping window in the relief store, selling drinking water and daily necessities.
However, the number of items each person can buy is permanently limited, and purchases require ID cards, so purchases must be made in person.
If you want to buy more, you can only use the points from the rescue points.
The government has opened canteens to the public, but they cost money and are not cheap.
You can also cook your own food if you want.
There is a carbon monoxide alarm installed in the rescue center. If someone sets off the alarm while cooking, a fine of 5,000 will be imposed for each alarm.
It is not a punishment for a specific person or family, but for all people who light a fire to cook in the area at that time.
But based on Jiang Muyun's experience, the ventilation in the rescue center is still very good. At least Jiang Muyun has never seen normal cooking trigger an alarm.
Unless you want to run a small business privately, it is no problem for you to cook and boil water at home at the resettlement site.
The rescue point has a sewage treatment plant, and all sewage must be poured into the sewage treatment plant, but now everyone prefers to settle and filter the sewage themselves and keep it for further use.
There are also garbage disposal points for garbage. A fine of 5,000 yuan will be imposed for dumping garbage at the rescue point.
All fines have a lower limit but no upper limit. The more you do, the higher the fine.
In addition to these, anyone found to have committed an illegal act within the relief point will be directly moved out of the community relief point and sent to a special relief point for unified management.
Of course, before sending them away, the compensation and fines that should be paid must not be reduced.
If they can't come up with the money, the government has plenty of ways to make people make up the difference through labor.
The public security department set up in the rescue center is responsible for handling these matters.
In addition to the public security department, there is also a medical department in the rescue center.
After Qin Shiwu checked into the Nan'an Community Relief Center, he was likely assigned to work in the medical department—during this critical period, there was a shortage of staff everywhere. It was unlikely that a scarce talent like a doctor would be able to freely choose a job, even though Qin Shiwu was still in regular training.
It is worth mentioning that there are paid bathrooms in the rescue center, which have no disadvantages except being expensive.
Although there have always been rumors that the water in the bathrooms is all from the sewage treatment plant, the bathrooms are still the most popular place in the rescue center.
These were only generally introduced in the "Rescue Point Information". Jiang Muyun did not give the details, but simply listed these infrastructures one by one on paper.
Jiang Muyun pointed at the words on the notebook and said to Qin Shiwen, "The official document is quite brief. To be safe, let's assume the worst-case scenario."
Qin Shiwen turned the pen in his hand around and wrote the five words "clothing, food, housing, transportation, and miscellaneous" on the notebook.
"Let's start with the most basic 'living'." Qin Shiwen wrote something on the paper: "The first thing I must bring is a curtain for shelter. And a chain lock."
Jiang Muyun added: "It would be best to get a bell or something and hang it next to the door."
The "Information" does not mention whether there are barriers between resettlement sites, but it does suggest that residents bring their own shelter and locks.
To be on the safe side, Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen discussed it and decided to follow the standard of not having any partitions in the rescue point.
Jiang Muyun wrote it down in his notebook, noting the word "thick": "For a lock, use a bicycle lock, and for a curtain, it's best to use one that's opaque, otherwise it'll be very troublesome to turn on the lights at night."
The lights in the rescue center are turned on and off uniformly from 6 am to 10 pm. If you need lighting after 10 pm, you have to bring your own lamp.
If the curtains allow light to pass through, then when the lights are turned on inside at night, people outside can enjoy the shadow play.
Qin Shiwen thought for a moment and said, "Do I need to bring a backup account? It would be a bit annoying if I was woken up by the light every morning."
Jiang Muyun shook his head. "Rather than covering my head, I think it's safer to set up a small tent at the resettlement site. I can sleep in the tent at night and keep some important supplies inside. If I don't have a tent, a full-cover mosquito net will work too. I just need to cover it with cloth and open a door."
Although the tent cannot be locked, it has a zipper.
Whether someone zips up the tent in the middle of the night or simply cuts a hole in it, the noise is much louder than simply opening a curtain.
If you don't want to wake up and find that your belongings have disappeared without a trace, this basic protection is still necessary.
There are indeed clear regulations at the rescue center, and there is zero tolerance for all illegal acts, regardless of severity, and there are also many surveillance systems.
The surveillance at the rescue site is mainly to maintain general order.
For example, where a bloody conflict occurred, where someone disobeyed the order and dumped garbage indiscriminately, etc.
In order to protect the privacy of residents, the scope of these surveillance images will mostly be controlled in public areas, and will not be set at high points, so there are many blind spots.
If the amount of theft is large, report it to the Public Security Bureau and they will make time to help you check the surveillance and find the person.
But if you just lost something small, you probably just have to take the blame.
There are more than 10,000 people in a rescue center, and hundreds of people may pass by the owner every day.
If we have to check surveillance cameras to find thieves when a glass of water or a piece of paper is lost, then the Public Security Department will have nothing else to do every day. Even if they have 80 computers, they won't be able to keep up.
In peacetime, small thefts of personal property are not filed as cases. Special measures are required in special times, which is both helpless and necessary.
Qin Shiwen made a note: "I do have a mosquito net at home, but I don't know if it can fit in the resettlement site."
At the relief center, each person is allocated a basic living area of three square meters, and each household receives one additional square meter for each additional person. This is the same at every relief center.
But Jiang Muyun couldn't tell what shape this area of several square meters was, or what its length and width were.
Jiang Muyun was very practical: "Then take two first, and we'll deal with it later if you can't fit more. It's not like you can't leave once you enter the rescue center. If you take more, you can send them back. It's just an extra trip."
Qin Shiwen circled his thumb and index finger and made an OK gesture.
Jiang Muyun's thoughts followed the direction of camping supplies: "There are also bedding and tables, chairs and benches. Do you have those small tables and chairs at home? Do you have moisture-proof mats or folding beds?"
Qin Shiwen nodded: "There are small stools and folding tables, but I haven't bought any moisture-proof mats."
Jiang Muyun circled the words "floor mat" and said, "Then I'll bring you a few later. I have quite a few here, all picnic mats and the like."
Jiang Muyun had previously stockpiled a lot of things under the guise of a "camping enthusiast", and he could use them now.
"You have to bring toiletries, cleaning supplies, earplugs, eye masks, power banks, scissors, and all sorts of other things."
Qin Shiwen said this, listing down everything she could think of on the paper.
"You'll also need to bring a rechargeable lamp or flashlight." Jiang Muyun added: "The official introduction says there are charging points, but it doesn't say that every household has a plug for electricity."
Qin Shiwen often travels far away to participate in competitions, and he is very familiar with what he needs to prepare when he goes out.
After she lists the most indispensable parts, the two of them can check together to fill in the gaps.
After listing this category, Jiang Muyun continued, "Clothes, shoes, and socks are not important. Bring a set of both thin and thick items. You also need to bring home clothes and pajamas."
The average temperature in the rescue point is around ten degrees, which is clearly stated in the "Rescue Point Information", so you need to prepare some less thick clothes for easy wearing in the rescue point.
Home clothes are prepared because the rescue site does not restrict residents from entering and leaving, but the temperature outside will.
When the temperature reaches minus 80 degrees Celsius or even lower, unless you have specially bought polar cold-proof clothing and polar expedition shoes like Jiang Muyun, no matter how much you wear, you will feel freezing cold after three minutes of going out.
In his previous life, Jiang Muyun was trapped in a rescue center for several months without going out because he didn't have thick enough clothes.
When you are forced to stay at home, having a set of home clothes to wear can definitely double your happiness and comfort.
As for pajamas, Jiang Muyun wasn't being pretentious.
There are tens of thousands of people in the relief center, divided evenly between two floors, with several thousand people on each floor.
Thousands of people are crammed into one floor, and there's no soundproofing from the walls. Even a light sleeper would be driven crazy.
At this time, the external environment cannot be improved. If I can't sleep comfortably here, then life will be unbearable.
No matter whether it is special pajamas or the long-sleeved shirts and long pants you wear on a daily basis, you must prepare clothes that can be worn next to the body when sleeping.
Jiang Muyun was halfway through writing in the notebook when she suddenly asked, "Sister, do you wear clothes when you sleep?"
Qin Shiwen's hand paused: "What do you think?"
Jiang Muyun smiled awkwardly.
There is precedent for this.
Wearing too much when sleeping will make you uncomfortable, but if you like to sleep naked, the risks are also quite high.
Jiang Muyun once witnessed a scene where someone was caught stealing in the middle of the night, which ultimately led to a group fight. The makeshift barriers at the shelter were toppled over, and many people were woken by the barriers.
Most people couldn't swallow this humiliation and rolled up their sleeves to apply to join the war.
There are also a lot of innocent people who are affected and don't want to get involved, so they can only stay away.
Many of them held on to their blankets tightly, refusing to let go even when they were sweating.
Jiang Muyun lowered his head and changed the subject: "In terms of industry, it's some weapons for self-defense, as well as common medicines and the like."
In terms of travel needs, Jiang Muyun follows the standards of the BOB escape backpack.
Including this time when she goes to the rescue point, she also plans to bring the escape backpack she had previously prepared.
There are always unexpected things in this world. The timing of the temperature drops in this life does not match that in the previous life. What if some uncontrollable accidents also happen in the rescue center?
Jiang Muyun's belongings are all in the space, so he can take his family away no matter what happens.
But as long as she didn't plan to leave the crowd immediately and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, she had to do her best to maintain her appearance.
After finishing this part, the daily necessities are almost complete.
The remaining two are drinking water.
Jiang Muyun first wrote down the coal stove, gas stove, and fuel.
When they went camping before, in addition to the large boxes of charcoal, they also bought a lot of gas stoves and gas cylinders.
A cassette stove is much more convenient to use than a small coal stove. If available, a cassette stove should be given priority.
Qin Shiwen spun the pen in his hand a few times: "I tend to cook for myself on weekdays. After all, there are so many things at home. If I don't eat them, they might go bad when I get home."
Jiang Muyun felt that what Qin Shiwen said made sense. Apart from the fact that their cooking skills were not up to standard, there was no disadvantage in cooking by themselves.
Jiang Muyun scribbled a few words on the notebook: "In that case, the staple food is not a big deal, but the preservation of frozen food becomes a problem."
People were stockpiling food before because it was freezing cold outside and there were refrigerators everywhere.
But things were different after moving into the shelter.
The temperature in the rescue center cannot support the long-term storage of frozen food.
Qin Shiwen looked at Jiang Muyun with an incredulous look: "Frozen? Do you still have any at home?"
Jiang Muyun was stuck.
This is the result of not having enough understanding of external information.
It has been two months since the market was completely out of stock of drinking water, and fresh vegetables have become scarce since the first drop in temperature.
If there are no vegetables, or there is only cabbage, and you don’t want to eat the staple food every day, you can only have meat dishes.
Even families that had previously stockpiled meat could not withstand such consumption.
At this time, the food in everyone's home is basically cabbage, except for the staple food. Even if ordinary people have meat at home, there is not much left, so they just need to eat it in the next two days.
It is really a luxury to consider how to preserve frozen food in the rescue center.
Jiang Muyun's mind raced: "There are still a few shrimps that I've been saving and not wanting to eat. The rest are some cabbage and sausages."
Qin Shiwen was extremely envious: "With your ninjutsu, even the Six Paths Sage would have to call you Master."
Jiang Muyun sighed, "I can't hold it back any longer. Since we're here, let's eat before we go. Just consider it a goodbye to the past."
Qin Shiwen thought she was saying goodbye to her free past, so he smiled and comforted her, "Don't be so pessimistic. It's only December. Winter will eventually pass."
After the two of them listed the things they needed to prepare, they calculated that if they wanted to move this pile of things to the rescue site, they would have to make at least two trips back and forth.
Making two trips is not a problem, but the problem is that after the first batch of goods are delivered, we can't just pile them up at the rescue point. Someone must be left to watch them.
Qin Shiwen tore off the list of belongings and put it in his pocket: "I'll ask my brother tonight. When I registered him, it was successful. He should be moving in at the same time as us."
Qin Shiwen's inquiry revealed that Qin Shiwu had a day off that day.
Although he will be assigned to work in the medical department after moving into the rescue center, he still has to stay with Qin Shiwen.
This was good news for the three of them, as it meant they could check and move the luggage in batches.
In order to be as efficient as possible, Jiang Muyun also borrowed the cart from Zhao Jiahao and others in advance.
After they counted the parts needed to transform the cart, Jiang Muyun took the initiative to apply to buy the parts and asked Qin Shiwen to check the list of items they had made with the "Rescue Point Information" outside the square.
Jiang Muyun has a lot of small low-temperature resistant parts in her space. Even if she can't buy them all at the shopping window, she can throw some substitutes in.
Everything was ready, and everyone got up early on the day the rescue center opened.
Although residents are supposed to move in at noon, the entire community has been bustling with activity since morning, as lively as a market.
Zhao Jiahao and Li Anxuan checked into the relief center this morning, half a day earlier than the residents checked in.
It is said that they may re-enlist. Now all their food, clothing and other expenses will be provided by the army, and they only need to take some personal belongings.
The two of them walked away with their bags so relaxed and carefree that the other three neighbors who were working hard to pack their belongings were moved to tears.
Zhao Jiahao was very loyal: "Don't worry, we are taking turns to have a day off today, and we will come to help you move your luggage when the time comes."
The reconstruction of the rescue point was completed, and the officials breathed a sigh of relief. Zhao Jiahao and his colleagues were finally able to take turns to rest.
Jiang Muyun patted Zhao Jiahao and said, "Even if the king of heaven came today, it wouldn't stop me from calling you two brothers."
Brother Zhao and Brother Li left in high spirits, while the remaining three continued to struggle with the luggage.
During these two days, Jiang Muyun almost emptied out the house.
All the things that could be packed were packed into the space, and then the doors of each room were locked. Only the furniture in the living room remained as it was, covered with a layer of dust cloth.
Jiang Muyun had a simple lunch at noon. Seeing that it was almost time, he took his planned luggage and went out to find the next door.
When she walked out of the house with her escape backpack, she was pulling the suitcase in one hand and holding Xiaobai in the other, looking like she was going out for a trip.
"What are you doing?"
As soon as Jiang Muyun went out, he saw the two siblings taking down the two boxes on the top of the cart, and then tying a bag on it again.
Qin Shiwu took a deep breath: "There was a little accident."
Qin Shiwen seemed to be in better shape than her brother. "After we tied it up yesterday, we tested the tilt angle on the stairs. When it didn't loosen, we thought it was fine. But this morning, when we carried it down a few steps, it couldn't hold up for three minutes. We had to take it apart and start over."
Qin Shiwu recovered, and together with Qin Shiwen, he carried the cart and continued to try to go downstairs: "Give us two more minutes. It should be OK this time."
Jiang Muyun carried the suitcase and closed the door: "It's okay, take your time."
Anyway, I have already registered and the resettlement site has been allocated. It doesn’t matter whether it is earlier or later.
The only thing to worry about is whether the two chicks will freeze to death.
However, she secretly fixed a battery and an incubator in the cage, so that the incubator could be used as an electric heater for a short period of time. The two half-grown cubs who were born after the temperature dropped seemed to be able to adapt well.
After Qin Shiwen and Qin Shiwu confirmed that everything was alright, they went downstairs carrying their things.
Jiang Muyun divided his things into three batches.
First, something that could be packed in the suitcase.
For example, power banks, electronic products, some daily necessities, and egg roll tables.
There is also a survival backpack on his back, and Xiaobai.
Jiang Muyun can move these things by himself, and they also need to be taken downstairs in the first batch.
According to their previous plan, when they first went to the rescue center to confirm their check-in, they would run up the stairs twice. This was the first trip.
Jiang Muyun first took downstairs the things that could be handled by one person, and then Qin Shiwen and Qin Shiwu carried a small cart downstairs.
After the first batch of luggage was brought downstairs, Qin Shiwen stayed downstairs to watch the luggage, while Qin Shiwu and Jiang Muyun went upstairs again to move Jiang Muyun's camper van down.
This time, the camper van was loaded with Jiang Muyun’s second batch of luggage.
It contains large items such as tents, clothes, bedding, etc.
These things that cannot be eaten or drunk are not as tempting as water, and will not directly arouse other people's greed, so they are more suitable to be sent to a rescue point first.
These things were organized together, clothes and quilts were compressed in vacuum bags to save space, and neatly stacked in the camper.
To be on the safe side, Jiang Muyun used a manual vacuum pump, which was definitely not as effective as an electric one. The bag containing the clothes was a bit soft, and the vacuum holes didn't look very tight.
In order to prevent them from scattering halfway, Jiang Muyun surrounded them from head to toe with membrane cloth and tied them up with strong parachute ropes.
Jiang Muyun's luggage pile was not as big as the cart at Qin Shiwen's house, but these things were all solid and not lighter than the ones at Qin Shiwen's house at all.
I ran back and forth to the fifteenth floor twice, carrying a pile of luggage each time. Even someone with the best physical strength would feel weak in the knees.
Jiang Muyun and his friends were no exception. Now, downstairs of every building, there were piles of luggage and people breathing heavily.
The scene of people moving luggage in the corridor was no less exciting than when everyone was rushing to buy supplies when the elevator just stopped.
Jiang Muyun rubbed his forehead, and several small icicles fell off. "Let's go. I see many people have left. If we rest any longer, we might catch a cold."
They had just sweated a little while moving the luggage, which was very dangerous in such low temperature conditions. Now that the cold wind was blowing outside, all the sweat would turn into ice. If they didn't move, their bodies would not be able to bear it.
Qin Shiwu pushed the cart, Qin Shiwen pulled the suitcase for Jiang Muyun, and Jiang Muyun himself held the camper in one hand and the white luggage in the other. The three of them took these things to the rescue center to confirm the check-in information.
The check-in process for the relief center is actually quite simple. Residents only need to swipe their ID cards to see their resettlement site information, and then find their own resettlement site according to the floor plan.
The process is simple and the queues are filled quickly.
As soon as a few people lined up at the entrance of the rescue point, they clearly felt a warm feeling coming towards them.
Jiang Muyun freed up one hand in the midst of his busy schedule to take off his scarf and took a deep breath of the warm, fresh air.
Looking around again, almost everyone was doing this.
The garage entrance was a steep downhill slope. Qin Shiwu leaned his back against the cart, pulled down his scarf, and let out a long sigh: "My God, I feel like I haven't breathed this freely in eight hundred years. Before, I would get a sore nose from the cold if I gasped for air a little."
So happiness is created by comparison.
In previous years, when the temperature in Nanshi was around 10 degrees, everyone felt that winter had arrived.
The temperature at the entrance of the rescue center may be less than 10 degrees Celsius now, but everyone feels as if it is spring and flowers are blooming.
With this comparison, many people who originally complained about the simple environment in the relief center are now beginning to waver in their hearts - although the place is a bit simple, it is really too warm, which is not comparable to burning a stove at home for heating.
Jiang Muyun took out his ID card and swiped it on the machine. The machine beeped and the words "Name: Jiang Muyun. Resettlement location: No. 01, District 7, Nan'an Rescue Center" appeared on the display screen next to it.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen registered next to each other at the time, so their seats were Area 7, No. 01 and Area 7, No. 02, respectively.
Position number one was tucked away in the corner, its two sides not against concrete walls but aluminum alloy walls, behind which were likely heating pipes or something. The remaining two sides were separated by translucent plastic panels.
Jiang Muyun was only sure that she lived in No. 01, District 7, but she didn't know whether No. 01 was in the corner or somewhere else.
Looking at this location now, with walls and gates, it can be said to be a place chosen by heaven. It was the place Jiang Muyun dreamed of living in his previous life.
Jiang Muyun breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he was really lucky this time.
Jiang Muyun moved in alone. Her accommodation was only three square meters and was a neat square.
Jiang Muyun estimated that it was about 1.5*2 in size, about the same size as a double bed.
The area of the two siblings next door is a little bigger. According to the documents, it should be four square meters, with the specifications of 1.5*2.6x.
Unlike what Jiang Muyun had imagined, where two sides were against the wall, one side was against Qin Shiwen, and the other side was against the road, Jiang Muyun had resettlement points on both sides.
The 1.5m long side is next to No. 02, District 7, which is the resettlement site for the Qin brothers and sisters.
The 2m long side is next to No. 09, Zone 7.
No. 09, District 7, should also be a single-person household. The resettlement site is also 1.5*2 meters in size, and the 1.5m long side is adjacent to the 2m side where Jiang Muyun lives.
The 0.5m of empty space connected to the walking passage is the location of the "door" of Jiang Muyun's house.
Jiang Muyun, who had never lived in a resettlement site with a door, tried it and found that the door opened inward.
It can only be said that the planning of the living area in this relief center has saved to a certain extent.
Fortunately, Jiang Muyun has lived in many dirty places, and the entrance is just a little narrow. If you think about it positively, the safety here is also among the best.
There is only one person living next door, so it is always better to guard against one person than a group of people.
Besides, the entrance is so small that thieves wouldn’t even want to touch it.
Jiang Muyun and the other two had just unloaded the things from the two cars when Zhao Jiahao and Li Anxuan came over.
"How much stuff do you have left? Shall we move it together?"
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