Chapter 158 Chapter 158 Flood
Everyone was stunned.
Rearrange your travel plans?
Looking at the smile on the young man's face, except for a few people who knew the inside story, the others felt a little uneasy.
For them, the current travel arrangements are quite good and fair. Each household gets a turn every three days, and each time they bring a lot of food, so they gradually have a surplus.
They would rather stick to the original schedule than to come up with a new one where they don't know what changes will occur.
Maybe not better, but not worse either.
Wang Xianglian on the fourth floor smiled and said, "Xiaoxing, I think the current schedule is quite suitable."
Zhao Xingchao on the second floor also said, "Yes, everyone is satisfied, so there's no need to change it."
He Junxia shook his head.
"It has to be changed, otherwise my family will take up a spot every day, which is unfair to everyone."
Aunt Wu on the fifth floor disagreed: "Xiaoxing, what are you talking about? The kayak originally belonged to you. We are so grateful that you are willing to lend it to us."
"We're not the kind of people who don't know what's good for them. How shameless!" She turned and glanced at everyone. "Xiaoxing, did someone say something unpleasant in your ear? Tell us who it was."
Some people were so embarrassed by Aunt Wu that their faces turned red and they looked away, not daring to look at her. Others kept agreeing with her and trying to persuade her.
"Aunt Wu is right."
"Guizhi, please persuade Xiaoxing. We really don't have any objections."
Even if some of them were dissatisfied with the matter and had complained to their families, speaking out now would only show everyone that they were shameless and ungrateful.
A tree lives by its bark, a man lives by his face.
Now that the entire building is trapped by floodwaters, it's time to help each other. If you have lost your dignity, who would want to deal with your family?
He Junxia raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"Everyone, listen to me first, Aunt Wu. Thank you for your concern. The people in our building are very nice. No one has said anything unpleasant to me."
"The reason I brought this up is because after discussing it as a family, we decided to leave more opportunities for everyone."
"Hello, I'm fine, hello everyone."
Aunt Wu was the first to stand up in support. She applauded and said, "Well said! You intellectuals are truly more conscious."
This time no one stood up to object, and everyone was thinking about whether they could get more benefits from the new travel plan.
He Junxia cleared his throat and said, "In addition, I have decided to appoint four team leaders, each with three members, who will rotate every three days. The team leaders will be elected by everyone, one vote per household."
Sister Zeng on the sixth floor suddenly understood: "Xiaoxing, you mean to fix the number of people who travel with you every time."
He Junxia nodded: "That's right. After the previous group is done using the kayaks, the team leader will be responsible for putting them in the storage room on the rooftop."
"But the next group leader must carefully check to make sure the kayak is not damaged before using it."
"From now on, the kayaks are public property of our building. If any group damages a kayak, that group will have to compensate everyone in the building."
Everyone on the rooftop suddenly quieted down. The cool breeze was blowing, but it couldn't extinguish the excitement in people's hearts.
Public property is good!
Now that the kayaks have become public property, they no longer have to worry about offending the Miao people or being unwilling to lend them the kayaks.
After a brief silence, the people in the building began to praise He Junxia's family, saying all kinds of good things that made people feel jealous.
He Junxia signaled everyone to quiet down again: "Everyone, discuss this for a while. Voting will begin in fifteen minutes."
"Of course, we can't let the team leaders work for nothing. After each round, the four team leaders can use the kayak together once the next day. No more after the expiration date."
For a moment, everyone started discussing enthusiastically how to form groups and select teams.
In the past, they could only use kayaks to go to places specified by Miao Yuexing, but now they are in charge and can go wherever they want.
At the end of half an hour, three team leaders were selected through voting by the crowd. They were Zeng Qiaoyun from the sixth floor, Xu Tie from the fourth floor, Zhou Zhengwen from the first floor and Zhang Liqin from the fifth floor.
That's right, He Junxia wasn't the team leader. To be more precise, he hadn't even run for the position.
The family has stockpiled enough food, and he intends to keep a low profile, so naturally he will not run for team leader again.
Looking at the four newly appointed team leaders, He Junxia's lips curled slightly. It seemed everyone knew who was reliable and who wasn't.
——All four of them have families, children, good personalities, and are people who can manage things.
After the team leader is chosen, the next step is to arrange the team members. However, if the team leader directly selects the members, the person left last will inevitably lose face.
He Junxia asked the others to write down the team leader they wanted to follow on a piece of paper, and the team leader and team members would choose each other.
The Miao family was finally assigned to Zhang Liqin's group, along with Uncle Li Li Zhengping and Aunt Wu Wu Runli. They smiled at each other.
They had already communicated with each other.
When everything was settled, the crowd gathered on the rooftop dispersed in twos and threes.
Su Guizhi returned home feeling a little distressed: "Did we really give the kayak away?"
Miao Yueze closed the door and said, "Mom, didn't I tell you that too much is as bad as too little?"
"We were able to go out every day a while ago, which was already eye-catching enough. Now we have to keep a low profile."
Su Guizhi muttered: "You know, am I such a brainless person? It's just a pity that our family can't even get a team leader."
He Juanxia chuckled: "Being a team leader means you have more opportunities to go out than others. There is no need for us to grab a team leader back."
"Forget it, forget it. You two brothers are of the same mind. I can't persuade you. Do whatever you want."
Su Guizhi pulled Wei Lingyu to sit down: "Lingyu, is there anything you want to eat recently?"
Miao Yueze shrugged at He Junxia and made a helpless expression, and the two smiled in tacit understanding.
*
The days that followed were boring but peaceful.
The four team leaders gradually became the influential figures in the building, and He Junxia's family, who had lost their privileges, were forgotten in the corner.
Wei Lingyu's belly gradually grew bigger.
Calculating the time, the baby in her belly is already five months old. A woman takes ten months to give birth, and in another five months, or even earlier, a little life will be born.
Miao Yueze has been having trouble eating and sleeping recently.
Once when it was his turn to go out, he made a special trip to the bookstore and brought back a few books on early childhood education and prenatal and postnatal care for pregnant women.
"What's wrong?"
Wei Lingyu stood up and gently massaged her husband's temples: "What's the problem?"
Miao Yueze sighed, but didn't dare to express his guess, for fear of scaring his wife.
Wei Lingyu saw the hesitation on her husband's face and didn't ask any further questions: "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it, but don't keep it in your heart. You can talk to Mom and Xiaoxing when you have time."
It’s not that she doesn’t care that her husband is hiding something from her, but he is unwilling to say it, and there is no point in forcing him to tell her.
After all, it's impossible that he has taken a fancy to any woman.
After all, everyone has been trapped by the flood for almost two months. Even if they want to cheat physically or mentally, they need the opportunity to do so.
Miao Yueze listened to his wife's words and turned to He Junxia to complain: "Little brother, how long do you think it will take for the flood to recede?"
He Juanxia said calmly: "Maybe I will never retreat."
Miao Yueze subconsciously wanted to say that it was impossible, but when he thought about his brother's behavior after returning from internship, a light bulb went off in his head and he came up with an incredible guess.
"Do you know something?"
He asked in a somewhat tactful way, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. His brother's behavior during this period was completely different from before.
The maturity of thought can be said to be the result of the baptism of society during internship, but it is impossible for a person to suddenly become a physical monster.
After all, his brother's internship wasn't about moving bricks at a construction site.
And there's something wrong with Mom too.
No matter what my younger brother said, she believed it unconditionally, and it was always my younger brother who convinced her.
She is the most "independent" person. She wants everyone in the family to listen to her and do things according to her. Sometimes she would rather trust outsiders than her own family members.
When she encounters something that is contrary to her understanding, even if I explain it to her several times, she will run out to ask other people, and only reluctantly believe it after getting the same result.
How could such a stubborn person suddenly obey his youngest son who had not yet graduated and was looking for a job?
Miao Yueze raised his head and said seriously, "Little brother, you and mom must be hiding something from me!"
He Junxia raised her eyebrows slightly. Finally figured it out. It seems the wisher's brother isn't that stupid after all.
Miao Yueze looked at his younger brother's expression of no surprise and said angrily, "Okay, I knew you were hiding something from me. Come on, confess quickly."
He Junxia chuckled and said, "I won't tell you."
Miao Yueze's eyes were as big as copper bells, obviously he didn't expect his younger brother to give such an answer.
But since he didn't say anything, there seemed to be nothing he could do. He was already an adult, so he couldn't just call his mother over to judge the situation like he did when he was little.
Miao Yueze was so angry that he walked around in circles in his younger brother's bedroom.
He simply said helplessly: "If you don't tell me, I won't let you go out. No, I'll let your sister-in-law ask."
Miao Yueze knew that his younger brother had always felt guilty towards his wife because of that incident, and if his wife asked him about it, his younger brother would definitely not hide it.
He Junxia looked at him with pity.
Miao Yueze didn't understand the pity in He Junxia's eyes, and said in a nonsensical way: "It's only natural for a husband to rely on his wife!"
He Junxia: ...
He Juanxia said in a tone that was almost pitying: "Brother, do you think sister-in-law doesn't know?"
Miao Yueze: ???
Miao Yueze:!!!
So he is the only one in the family who doesn't know about this?
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