Chapter 181
The group of people looked at each other and then went back to their homes. Song Jia also said to Yang Jing and the others, "If there is anything too heavy to move, you can come and ask us for help."
Yang Jing nodded, but those were the only things they had at home, and even if they were all blown down by the wind, there was nothing that required much effort to move.
Seeing Qin Huai successfully unlock the door, Mu Nan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, there is no need to replace the door. The quality of our door is still very good. The windows have been replaced again and again, and the door is still good."
They opened the door successfully and went into the house. Because the wind was so strong, the electric poles outside were almost uprooted, so there was definitely no electricity.
While Qin Huai was checking the electrical box at home, Mu Nan ran directly to the second floor. He wanted to see if the chickens and rabbits at home were still alive.
However, this temperature was too terrible for the chickens and rabbits. Even with the fans blowing continuously, the rabbits and chickens were dying. Moreover, the generator was out of power and the fuel was used up. No one knew when it stopped. Seeing the rabbits and chickens lying on the ground motionless, Mu Nan's heart sank.
As soon as Qin Huai came up, he saw Mu Nan’s sad face and said to him: "They are dead, even the rabbit is dead!" These are wild rabbits with tenacious vitality!
The storage room was a mess. Fortunately, the walls were tiled, so they could just be washed with water. Looking at the rabbits and chickens, they were still breathing. I don’t know if they fainted from the heat after being cooped up for too long or what. Qin Huai: “Take them out, put them in a cage, surround them with ice, and see if you can save them.”
Mu Nan wanted to find a room to put it in, but there was no good room with glass windows upstairs and downstairs. Fortunately, Qin Huai had installed iron doors on every floor for safety reasons, so the iron door between the second and third floors turned out to be the cleanest place.
Mu Nan took out the chickens and rabbits, but they were covered in feces and were very dirty. However, he could not care less now and threw them directly into the cage. He put food and water in them again, and placed two large blocks of ice on the stairs to cool them down. He also refilled the generator with oil and kept the fan shaking, but he didn't know if they could be saved.
The situation in their house was not bad, because the house was empty and there was nothing in it, so even if the doors and windows were broken, there was only broken glass and dust and sand on the ground. Only the curtains and curtain rods needed to be replaced. It was probably because the wind was too strong that even the curtain rods in the room were bent. As for the curtains, no one knew where they were blown away.
Mu Nan had also put away the vegetable dishes on the top floor, so the upstairs was empty and there was nothing there, but the air conditioner was gone, and the entire roof of the top floor was blown away. Only half of the wall where the air conditioner was installed was left. When Mu Nan followed Qin Huai upstairs to check the situation, Jian Chu and the others were there too.
Jian Chu even took a photo with his mobile phone: "It's a rare sight to see in one's lifetime, it's worth commemorating."
After Jian Chu finished speaking, he glanced at the broken part of the wall and said, "If I hadn't built this wall myself, I would have suspected that it was a shoddy project. How strong must the wind be? I wonder if there was any video footage taken this time. I think there should have been some, after all, it was for record keeping. I really want to see it."
Mu Nan sighed: "I hope there won't be such a terrible sandstorm again in the future. It will cause heavy losses."
Jian Chu smiled and said, "Perhaps sandstorms will be a common occurrence in the future. After all, the land has become desertified, and there is no condition for planting trees, unless we can research plants that can withstand high temperatures and only need a little water to survive."
Mu Nan felt that it was not impossible. The Earth had existed for billions of years and had experienced all kinds of disasters. Humans and animals had been extinct countless times, but plants had always been there. It was just that the weather had suddenly changed abnormally and these plants had not adapted to it yet. Once they had adapted in the future, nothing would be impossible.
This is all that can be done with the upstairs now. After a quick check, they found that they didn't have the energy to clean and rebuild the roof for the time being, so they could only leave it alone for now. Mu Nan waved to Jian Chu and the others, "We'll go down first. We need to go to the garage to see if the vegetable basins we moved down earlier have dried up."
Jian Chu nodded: "We also need to go down and check the well to see if we can get some water."
The situation in the yard was even worse than inside the house. Half of the wall had collapsed, and the installed awning had been blown away, leaving only a few isolated frames. As for the well, a pile of collapsed bricks were falling on it, and it was not known whether it could be used. Mu Nan felt tired when he thought of the things that would happen next.
"I just want to live a peaceful life, why is it so difficult? I am going crazy from all the troubles I have to endure."
Qin Huai rubbed his head which had not been washed for five days: "We are already doing well. At least our house is still there and we are all fine. Think about those who have lost their houses. They are the ones who have it hard. Are you tired? If you are tired, go take a shower. Let's sleep in the corridor today. We can talk about the rest after we have rested well."
Mu Nan shook his head. He wasn't really tired. He had been staying down there for a few days, either eating or sleeping. He didn't do much, but he was mentally tired. However, he could at least take a shower. They hadn't had a shower for a few days and they felt smelly.
Mu Nan pulled her clothes and sniffed them: "Why don't we just take a break today and take a shower first. We haven't checked the bathroom upstairs yet. The bathroom has such a small window, it should be fine."
Qin Huai took a look when he came down from the top floor just now: "Fortunately, the room is also fine, except that it is a little sandy and dirty. Now there is too much dust outside, so we won't clean it for the time being, otherwise the windows can't be installed, and it will be dirty again in a short time after cleaning." Mu Nan thought it made sense: "Then we will live in the corridor for the next few days."
Anyway, there was a door blocking the upper and lower floors of the corridor, and there were no windows. Ice cubes were placed upstairs and downstairs. He and Qin Huai slept at the corner. He first tried to find a way to repair the windows of the house. Otherwise, with the air quality outside, the house would be covered with dust in minutes.
After taking a comfortable bath, Mu Nan spent nearly half an hour in the familiar bathroom at home preparing for his emotions before finally coming out feeling relaxed. Then he lay on the cooled floor of the corridor and rubbed his belly: "Comfortable."
After an hour or so of cooling down, the rabbits and chickens seemed to be more lively than before. Although the rabbits were still motionless, their noses were moving noticeably faster. The chickens had started drinking water and eating food, and although they were still listless, they didn't look like they would die anytime soon.
Seeing them like this, Mu Nan was finally relieved: "They are really tenacious. They have been locked up at home for a few days. I don't know when the electricity went out, but they are still alive now. It's amazing."
Qin Huai was sitting on the ground drying his hair, and Mu Nan rubbed against him directly: "We are obviously using the same thing, why do I think you smell particularly good?"
Qin Huai said with a hint of meaning: "Either you go to sleep obediently, or I won't be the one who suffers if you toss and turn on the ground."
Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai with a look of "How could you do this?" "Aren't we soulmates? Brother, you've changed."
Qin Huai pinched his chattering mouth and pushed him down onto the mat. Mu Nan immediately quieted down, but still clung to Qin Huai with his hands and feet: "It's still more comfortable at home, brother. When do you think we can settle down completely and stop making trouble?"
Qin Huai stroked his back with one hand: "That day will come."
Mu Nan sighed silently. There will be that day, but he doesn't know when it will come.
After waking up, Mu Nan saw the note Qin Huai left for him. There was no internet at the moment, so he could only leave the note like this. The note said that he, Yu Zibai and Wu Zheng went to the glass factory to see if they could get some replacement glass windows.
As soon as I finished reading the note, I heard the sound of a car driving in outside, so I hurried to the garage to open the door.
It was not convenient to talk outside. The dust in the air had not yet dispersed, and it was just a yellow cloud of dust. Wu Zheng and Yu Zibai went home directly after getting out of the car. After Qin Huai parked the car in, Mu Nan closed the garage door and asked, "How is it? Did you buy it?"
Qin Huai shook his head: "No, half of the entire glass factory collapsed. We wanted to find two pieces of glass but couldn't find them. When we came back, we simply ordered a balcony door and made it into an iron door."
"Ah, do you really want to make it into an iron gate?"
Qin Huai smiled and said, "We need to make an iron door and a glass door. When the plants in the house need sunlight, we can open the iron door. When they don't need sunlight, we can close the iron door. This way, we can save the obstruction from the outside."
“Are there many people at the place where custom doors are made?”
"No, many people's homes haven't been cleaned yet. We went early and are considered the first batch to be customized. Plus, there are quite a few custom orders, a total of eight doors. We will come and install them together when the time comes."
After talking about the door, Mu Nan saw Qin Huai go to get the bucket, and then he asked belatedly: "Is the well in our yard okay?"
Qin Huai: "It's okay. Yu Zibai and his team cleaned it out before. I'll go get some water. You clean the storage room first. I'll help them build the wall of the yard."
Things in the house can be dealt with slowly, but the yard outside cannot be left alone, especially since there is a well in their yard and the place where the courtyard wall collapsed happens to be on the other side of the well. If it is left like this, and the well is seen by someone, it may be a small matter to come and borrow water, but they can just walk through their collapsed yard and enter the yard to fetch water directly, which will definitely cause conflicts.
Qin Huai didn't let Mu Nan go out. Their house only had two goggles for outdoor use. There was still a lot of dust outside, and they had to wear masks and goggles, otherwise they couldn't even breathe. So he lent one of the goggles to Wu Zheng to make it easier for them to work outdoors.
After Qin Huai brought up two buckets of water, Mu Nan changed into a sleeveless vest and shorts to clean the storage room. As the only place in the house without windows, it was of great use.
Those two buckets of water were definitely not enough, but the action of fetching water was just a cover-up. Mu Nan directly took out a container. The container was modified by Qin Huai. There was a faucet on it and a long plastic tube. Once the faucet was turned on, he could pull the plastic tube and clean the wall directly.
Fortunately, the storage room was also covered with tiles. He cleaned it directly from the wall to the floor with a brush, and then cleaned it again with a scented disinfectant. Then Mu Nan opened the door and turned on a fan to blow into the room.
Seeing that Qin Huai and the others were still building a cement wall downstairs, Mu Nan simply dug out a piece of thick cloth and nailed it on the balcony on the second floor, which could at least block the dust. He then cleaned the entire living room on the second floor with great diligence. Then Mu Nan carried two buckets of dirty water downstairs to pour them out.
As soon as he reached the door, he covered his mouth and nose with a wet towel and squinted his eyes, carrying the dirty bucket as he went out, when the gate of their yard was banged on frantically.
Because the collapsed area was on the side wall, people who came here might not know that the wall on this side had collapsed, and they kept banging on the door frantically.
Qin Huai and Wu Zheng looked at each other. Yu Zibai walked to the corner and took a wooden stick. Then he stepped forward and shouted, "Who is it? What's the matter?"
The people outside shouted in a very urgent voice: "Open the door quickly, help me quickly, help me! Please help me, I need a doctor, help me find a doctor in your hospital to save my life!"
Qin Huai did not open the iron gate, but only opened the small door on it. Then he saw a man covered in blood outside, desperately asking for help. He frowned and said, "We don't have a doctor here, only a veterinarian, but he has been at the farm and has not returned. If you need help, it will be faster to go to the neighborhood committee."
After hearing this, the man turned around and ran away without saying a word.
Yu Zibai, who was standing at the back, said, "He seems to be the one selling noodles in front, surnamed Fang."
Wu Zheng thought for a moment, turned around, went back into the house, and rode out on a bicycle: "I don't know how long it will take him to get there, I'll go check out the situation."
Yu Zibai said: "Then be careful, don't get too close if there's any danger."
There are many people doing business here now, otherwise they would not have been able to survive in District 2 with just the little assets they had found in that business district. After all, prices are getting more and more expensive, and although the rent here is not expensive, it is not cheap either. Not to mention, the electricity bill for the three-story house is a monthly expense that is more expensive than the rent.
So many people are trying to find ways to do some business. The most common thing here is growing vegetables. Now potatoes are also available. Many people have started to grow potatoes, whether they sell them or keep them for themselves, as they are staple food.
The person who just came to ask for help, his family makes noodles. Because he was lucky, he found a household noodle making machine in the abandoned business district, so he makes a living from it. You can buy the ready-made ones from his family directly, or you can bring your own ingredients and borrow his machine.
He also has a dryer at home. He can make some noodles and then dry them so that they can be stored longer. Although many people now make their own noodles, some want to save trouble, while others want the dried noodles to be stored longer, so they will buy ready-made noodles directly from his home. His business is pretty good.
Qin Huai had never bought noodles from outside. They had plenty of stock, so there was no need to buy these things from outside. Anyway, everyone in their courtyard knew that Mu Nan didn't like noodles very much, so it was reasonable not to buy them. But Jian Chu and Song Jia had bought them, and they had bought dried finished products, which were considered durable after all, so they had come into contact with the man just now.
Yu Zibai sighed: "I don't know what happened to him. Why is he covered in blood?"
Qin Huai closed the door again, then walked to his own door and took the two buckets of dirty water from Mu Nan's hands: "You go in first, it's very dusty outside."
Mu Nan glanced outside. It was difficult for him to speak because he was covering his mouth and nose. As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt like he was inhaling a lot of dust. He simply nodded and turned to go back into the house.
Perhaps they thought that if the electricity problem was not solved quickly, people might die of heat at this temperature. So when they just repaired the courtyard wall, the electrician in charge of this area came. He first took away the wires that were still hanging in the sky but had been broken, checked the electrical box, and said that it would take at least three days to repair and restore the power, because the entire line had to be re-routed and the connections had to be made to each house. Three days was the fastest way to finish the work.
It didn't matter to Mu Nan whether there was electricity or not. They had already moved into the storage room. Big ice cubes were used to cool down the temperature and a small fan was used to blow. The rabbits and chickens came back to life. Except for the fact that the house was dirty every day and had to wait for the doors and windows to be reinstalled, their lives had returned to normal.
Rather than the call coming in first, the communication base station was repaired first, and suddenly there was internet.
Jian Chu even called out to Mu Nan from the balcony next door, asking him to borrow a power bank. Mu Nan had a solar-powered power bank. Although the dark yellow sky blocked the sunlight, it still had some brightness when placed outdoors, and could still charge the battery.
Seeing Lai Le, Mu Nan went to check the official news first, but it only announced that the air had been dusty recently and asked people to stay indoors as much as possible and not go out. It also did not say when the yellow dust outside would pass. Seeing that there was no other notification in the news, Mu Nan jumped to the community group to see if there was any news in the group.
As a result, I saw them gathering in the community group to discuss the Fang family’s affairs.
That day, Wu Zheng caught up with the Fang family and took him to the neighborhood committee on his bike, so they had known about the Fang family's affairs for a long time. It was also an unexpected disaster caused by greed.
Cai Wentao had said before that when they were seeking refuge, some people chose to stay at home. Some of those who stayed at home died, while some were lucky enough to survive. At first, those people did not dare to leave the house. After all, they had not received any notification from the government and did not know whether there would be another strong wind in the future, so they could only hide carefully.
After hiding for a day or two, I found that there was an occasional breeze outside, which was completely different from the previous wind that could blow people into the sky. So I guessed that the sandstorm might have passed, and tentatively walked out of the house.
Most of the people in the entire residential area were led by the government to take refuge, and the whole place was like a deserted city. How could those with evil intentions give up when the situation was so good? Therefore, the better residential areas 2, 3 and 4 became the targets of many people.
The family involved in the accident was surnamed Fang. In order to expand their business, they also sold noodles online. Naturally, their personal information was remembered by someone with ulterior motives, and they were targeted. Thinking that there was no one at home, they wanted to steal the other person's machine. With this noodle making machine, they could do business in the future.
Unexpectedly, the two accomplices had just found Fang's house and broke into the house through the doors and windows, but before they found the machine, they heard the noise of someone coming back outside. The two men were brave, but not very brave, as the timing was too bad. If they had run away immediately, they would have run into the Fang family who had entered the yard.
Nowadays, the efforts to combat crime are very strong. The sentence for burglary is very severe, at least ten years of hard labor, so the two simply hid upstairs, hoping to find a chance to sneak out when the Fang family wasn't paying attention. As a result, they successfully hid for most of the day. After finally waiting for the Fang family to rest, the two sneaked out.
The bad luck was that he ran into Fang's youngest son who got up to go to the toilet.
After a scuffle, the thief who broke into the house was stabbed, but Boss Fang's youngest son was stabbed.
After Wu Zheng sent Boss Fang to the neighborhood committee that day, he no longer paid attention to the matter, but he thought the situation would not be good. For example, the entire residential area had just experienced a sandstorm and the power was out. No matter the extent of the damage to the hospital, it would be difficult to perform surgery without electricity.
As for the two people who broke into homes and injured people, they ran away and have not been found yet. The nearby cameras failed to capture their faces, but there were fingerprints on the knife. The people can be found through the fingerprints. When their ID cards were replaced, the fingerprints of all ten fingers were collected.
But what was discussed in the community group was not the break-in at Fang's house, but the fact that the Fang family was going to give away the pasta machine.
However, no one in the group mentioned the price, but I imagine it is not cheap. Anyway, among those who discussed it, not many people have the intention to buy it. I feel that a pasta machine is useful, then it is somewhat useful, but if you say it is redundant, it is indeed a bit redundant in today's world. It is neither good nor bad, and it is expensive.
Seeing that everyone in the group was analyzing the pros and cons of buying this noodle machine, it was obvious that it was more redundant than useful. Mu Nan complained to Qin Huai: "These people are really, if they don't want to buy it, then forget it. Posting these words, those who were originally tempted to buy it dare not buy it. People may be selling this machine to raise money to save their lives."
Mu Nan said, "Brother, why don't we buy some? You like noodles anyway. Although we have a lot in stock, if we have more machines, maybe we can open a noodle shop in the future."
Qin Huai smiled and said, "Let's open a noodle shop. You be the boss and I be the cook?"
Mu Nan chuckled and said, "Forget it. How can you be a cook with your hands that are used to typing programs?"
"Indeed, you can't. From today on, the kitchen is your territory."
Mu Nan quickly went over to Qin Huai and kneaded and squeezed his hand: "It's just a massage for you, it's no big deal. I'm just afraid that I'll poison you to death if I cook. Besides, my brother is the best cook in the world. It would be a pity if I can't eat the food cooked by my favorite brother in the future, right?"
Qin Huai raised his chin and spoke into that coaxing mouth, using all his eloquent skills on himself.
Mu Nan only mentioned the noodle shop casually when chatting with Qin Huai, and no one took it seriously. But the next day, Jian Chu pulled him and Song Jia to hold a group meeting, and focused on analyzing the pros and cons of buying a noodle pressing machine to open a noodle shop. At the end, he asked the two current partners and potential future partners: "How is it? Do you think this is feasible?"
Song Jia didn't have much business sense. He only knew how to edit videos. But after listening to Jian Chu's analysis, he felt that it seemed feasible, so he turned to look at Mu Nan: "What do you think?"
Mu Nan: “…”
"I think I may have accidentally picked up a prophet card."
How come this casual remark came true to his friend the next day? He must have a blessed mouth.
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