Chapter 186 The Possibility of Another Epidemic
Thirteenth day of heavy rain.
The star has grown a lot bigger than it was at the beginning.
The tiny body has become a little bit taller, with more cute orange fur on its body. Most importantly, it walks more steadily and can use its claws to hook onto the sofa or curtains to climb to higher places.
Water from the top floor began to flow back into the building, and the entire stairwell was flowing like the Flower-Fruit Mountain Waterfall in Journey to the West. Every day when Tan Zhaozhao took Xingxing out, she had to carry an umbrella and wear rain boots, and she had to always prevent slipping.
A few days ago, Tang Jin and his team found several water tanks, cleaned them, and placed them on the roof to collect a lot of water. They planned to filter and purify the water and use it as domestic water when the high temperature comes.
The ducklings, chicks and geese on the 17th floor are growing very fast. At first they were small and yellow and furry, but in the past few days they have been walking more and more steadily, just like the stars, and can even flap their little wings for a short distance.
Even the vegetable seeds planted quickly broke through the soil and sprouted in this humid spring.
"Can we eat fresh green vegetables before the high temperature comes?" Su Mingyue asked as she moved closer to the tender green sprouts that had just emerged from the plastic box.
After several people have been together for a long time, they will discover another more everyday personality hidden in each other.
For example, Su Mingyue is more lively when she has no tasks on weekdays.
Chen Yi is relatively stable, but her thoughts sometimes jump out of control more than others.
Just like now.
Chen Yi stared at the young shoots and thought for a while, then asked Tan Zhaozhao, "If they can't survive the high temperatures or the extreme cold, then what's the point of planting them? Why not save the seeds until after the extreme cold?"
Although this kind of green vegetable grows very fast, it is also relatively fragile. There will not be much harvest in a short period of time, let alone when they can produce seeds.
If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be a waste if we plant it now?
Tan Zhaozhao met the two...three people's puzzled gazes, was silent for a moment, and explained: "It won't be wasted. Natural disasters occur frequently across the country, but not all places are affected uniformly. So I grow these small green vegetables just for our own consumption to prevent insufficient vitamin intake from burdening and damaging the body. It is also an experiment to see if these plants can barely survive the high temperature and severe cold under our care. If they can, it will be a pleasant surprise. If not, there will be no loss."
After all, at the beginning, she and Li Shan had never thought about becoming neighbors with the official team, let alone relying on the country's material distribution. These vegetables were grown just to adjust the dietary structure during the disaster so that they would not suffer from nutritional imbalance and all kinds of diseases due to not being able to eat vegetables.
The same reason applies to the houseful of poultry they keep.
Chen Yi nodded in understanding, put on gloves and helped spread "fertilizer" on the vegetables.
"Now the entire city has basically been completely submerged, but according to Song Qianyi's memory, this rainstorm will continue for at least ten days."
Chen Yi chatted and looked out the window at the heavy rain that had not stopped. Worry flashed in her eyes. "Although the resettlement point we originally set was high enough, many people have started coughing and catching colds recently due to the humid air. Doctor Bai said that if it continues like this, it may cause more serious lung diseases and may even cause infection."
Hearing this, Tan Zhaozhao paused.
"If that's the case, then fate won't change much in the future."
Li Shan frowned and asked, "Could it be that after we have avoided this epidemic, another one will emerge? This is too..."
What is too much? She couldn't think of a good adjective for the moment. Anyway, in the end, she just wanted to curse that the so-called fate was simply sick.
"Doctor Bai and the doctors at the resettlement site are already doing their best to prevent it, but basically every part of the country is in the midst of natural disasters. The situation in other places is worse than here, so there are more people injured and dead, and it is difficult to supply medicines in time." Su Mingyue was also a little worried.
She also specifically reminded Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan, "When you go out in the future, try to avoid people. You don't have to worry about someone robbing or hurting someone, but you have to worry about them coughing at you. If you can't control the infection, it will be terrible."
"I basically don't go out." Tan Zhaozhao shook her head and said to them, "You need to be more careful. Remember to wear masks when you go to the resettlement site. Also, don't let your guard down and try not to touch the stagnant water. We can't be sure that the epidemic that Song Qianyi mentioned will really disappear just because there are fewer corpses and garbage."
Tan Zhaozhao had said at the beginning that those were just preventive measures and could not eliminate the source all at once.
So we should still be cautious when we need to be cautious.
The three of them nodded seriously and took her advice to heart.
Although Tan Zhaozhao did not go out with the team to carry out the mission, unknowingly, her words were almost on the same level as Tang Jin's orders.
Li Shan had already been integrated into the team a long time ago, and she didn't look like someone who had just joined the team halfway through.
While the team of seven got along better and better, Xingxing didn't get along with them for long.
Many times, Su Mingyue and Chen Yi asked if they wanted to touch Xingxing, which was fine with them, but Tan Zhaozhao never let Xingxing stay with them or other team members for too long.
So everyone in the team knows that Tan Zhaozhao cares about her cat very much, the kind of care that she gives to her cat, protecting and pampering it like the apple of her eye.
So sometimes when they were searching for supplies outside, they would think of Xingxing and Li Shan's cats, and when they came across canned cat food, cat snacks, etc., they would bring some back as small gifts for their furry children when they came home.
From a side perspective, they actually also benefited from these furry kids.
After all, it was good that the toilet hadn't backflowed for so many days. Going to the toilet and so on were all solved by the cat litter that Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan had stockpiled...
After finishing the dishes and poultry, Tan Zhaozhao washed his hands, took the child who had come out of the hood and climbed onto his shoulders, and touched its head before saying softly, "Baby, what do you want for dinner today?"
Xingxing tilted her head to look at her mother, then jumped out of her arms after a moment, hopping all the way to the button on the ground, then raised her paw and pressed it accurately -
"Mother."
"chick."
Tan Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Xingxing wants to eat chicken, right?"
Star clicked another button: "Yes."
"Then let's have chicken tonight, and cook you a fish ball in the clear soup, okay?"
Star clicked, "Yes!"
Tan Zhaozhao smiled and clapped his hands, then spread them out.
The kitten, who had been standing in front of the button and looking at her with its head tilted, immediately understood what she meant, and its little body happily jumped into her open hand.
It was caught steadily by the mother's hand.
"Meow~" Xingxing's cat language has become very standard under the "teaching" of several other cats at home.
Tan Zhaozhao rubbed it, stood up, put it on the high stool in the kitchen, squatted down, washed his hands and started preparing today's dinner.
The country distributes supplies every three days, and the quantity each time is quite large. In addition, she has already stored enough food and water, so Tan Zhaozhao is not stingy. Usually when they are on a mission, she will cook rice for a few people at home, and then the members who stay at home will help prepare the ingredients and cook.
Since they have decided to eat hotpot today, there is no need to wait for them to come back. Tan Zhaozhao can prepare everything slowly by himself.
When her mother was busy, Xingxing would squat beside her and accompany her quietly.
There are three cats outside the kitchen that occasionally come in and out, but they are no longer very interested in the stars. They spend more time playing with toys and sleeping in their cat beds.
Cats don’t understand why cats are so clingy.
The cat couldn't understand why, among the same cats, only that cat could be carried by humans all the time and not let go.
And when cats breathe out at other cats or fight with each other, the ones being protected are never themselves.
Of course, what cats don’t understand the most is why the kitten would refuse to have its fur licked and would not lick it in return?
So in the eyes of the cat, the weak and special kitten is no longer regarded as a fellow cat with whom it can play.
But at the same time, four different cats all pricked up their ears, facing the door vigilantly, with their ears pressed back, their backs slightly arched, and muffled sounds coming out of their mouths.
Tan Zhaozhao was the first to notice that something was wrong with Xingxing.
She comforted Ah Xingxing, then reached out to pick up the knife on the chopping board, and walked lightly from the kitchen to the door.
She held her breath and put her ear to the crack of the door to listen carefully to the faint noises coming from outside.
There was the sound of footsteps stepping on water when going up the stairs.
No one spoke.
In the silence, Tan Zhaozhao heard his own slightly rapid and noisy heartbeat.
Many speculations flashed through her mind in an instant, but in the end they all calmed down.
Whatever the situation, there are only two options: friendly or hostile.
“Boom—boom—boom—”
There was a gentle knock on the door.
Tan Zhaozhao clenched the handle of the kitchen knife and said nothing.
The person outside spoke up, and asked politely, "Is anyone there?"
It was a woman's voice.
Tan Zhaozhao did not lower his guard, but he could also hear the hidden urgency in the other party's voice.
She thought about it, but still didn't respond.
The person outside tried knocking on the door a few more times, but got no response. He walked around the door a few times anxiously, but finally did not give up and begged, "Is anyone there? I'm not a bad person. My son is sick, so I want to ask if you have any cold medicine or fever-reducing medicine? I can exchange the supplies at home. I'm from the next door community, really..."
Tan Zhaozhao heard the urgency and anxiety in her tone, and what she said must be true.
At the same time, Tan Zhaozhao also heard the suppressed cough she couldn't suppress while she was speaking.
This made Tan Zhaozhao more alert than before.
Has the cold spread from the resettlement area to here? Or is it really just a common cold caused by long-term heavy rain?
Tan Zhaozhao was not sure, but she would not take the risk and did not dare to gamble.
She stood quietly behind the door, holding a kitchen knife. After listening to the woman begging several times without getting any response, she had to leave in frustration.
After the footsteps gradually disappeared, Tan Zhaozhao's tense body relaxed a little. He lowered his head to look at Xingxing at his feet, who was listening to the noise outside the door with his eyes wide open and his ears perked up.
"Did she go down?" Tan Zhaozhao asked in a low voice.
Xingxing's ears trembled and she shook her head at her mother.
Instead of moving away, the human’s footsteps simply stopped behind the door of the fire escape in the corridor.
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