Chapter 9
The window smashing incident made many people sigh, and those living on lower floors also became alert. Many families nailed a layer of quilts and blankets near the glass, fearing that some newspapers would do it again. The community group also took this incident very seriously, and constantly comforted everyone in the group, asking them to report to them if there were sick people at home, and they would definitely find a way to arrange for hospital treatment as soon as possible.
But no matter how much the group tried to persuade him, the father who had lost his child still rushed out of the house as frantically as Mu Nan remembered, and smashed the community committee with a bone-cutting knife.
However, this time the neighborhood committee was prepared. They lowered the iron gate early and called the police immediately. The police arrived quickly, and although they struggled hard, they still subdued the frantic father. The whole process did not cause any casualties.
Soon, the residents on the lower floors could see the residents of the neighborhood committee from the windows and sent the video they took to the group. Although the man was very pitiful, as he had just become a father and his child was killed by a madman, this crazy act of revenge was still condemned by many people.
Looking at the various texts in the group that were criticizing and blaming the father, Mu Nan closed the WeChat group. No one was involved in the matter, and no one could understand the despair of others.
In the evening, Mu Nan received a thank you from the community director. Mu Nan replied with a smiley face emoticon, saying that this was also an unexpected coincidence and it was just a matter of being cautious.
The community director was actually scared. If Mu Nan hadn't posted a few videos of people smashing and destroying things in the community because they couldn't get into the hospital for treatment, and reminded him that there had just been a smashing and destroying incident in the community, he would have been afraid that someone would be sensitive and follow the trend of the newspaper, so that the community would be alert to avoid another tragedy. It just so happened that he had been in a state of fear after watching those videos. When he saw the father who had lost his child walking towards the community, he suddenly felt a chill in his heart and quickly asked someone to lower the iron gate first. Fortunately, it was lowered in time. If he had waited until the father walked to the door and then took out a machete to smash the glass and rushed in, he couldn't imagine how many casualties would have been caused.
Mu Nan was also very fortunate that the director took his reminder seriously. He couldn't tell others directly that the child's father would come for revenge, so he could only remind them indirectly. It would be best if he could prevent a tragedy. He still remembered the current director. In the year when his parents passed away unexpectedly, he was just a community employee and had not yet become a director. At that time, he saw that he was the only one left in his family, so he was busy helping. Later, after he lived with Grandma Qin Huai, she came to see him several times and told him that if he had any difficulties in life, he could go to the community to find him.
Although the director did not die in the previous life, he was said to be seriously injured. If he was seriously injured in such a severe situation in the future, he might not be able to survive for long. This time, we can help him avoid the disaster, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of helping his parents with the funeral affairs.
Qin Huai saw Mu Nan's chat interface. Qin Huai also remembered Director Li. He was a very kind uncle who smiled at everyone. When Mu Nan had just moved into their house when he was a child, Director Li, who was still an employee, had come to see him twice. At that time, he was always worried that this man would see that they were not Mu Nan's relatives and would forcibly send Mu Nan back to his relatives. So he was a little repulsive to Director Li, so he still has an impression of Director Li until now.
Seeing Mu Nan put down the phone, Qin Huai asked, "Have you dreamed about this too?"
Mu Nan was stunned for a moment before nodding. He glanced at Qin Huai and said, "Well, it's not really a dream. I just have a vague impression. In the dream, I was locked in the house and couldn't get out. Then, it seemed that a few bad things happened in our community, such as the neighborhood committee being smashed. I have some impression of it, so I subconsciously reminded myself. I didn't expect it to be this time."
Qin Huai just glanced at him without saying much. He reached out and hugged Mu Nan. He knew that Mu Nan was hiding something from him. Even though they had been separated for all these years, he had raised Mu Nan since she was a child. He understood Mu Nan, but even though he knew it, he had no way of asking for the truth. He just hoped that one day he and Mu Nan could return to being close.
After being confined at home for almost a month, many people have run out of food at home. Just like in the previous life, the prices during this period have risen to sky-high levels, but even at sky-high prices, people still have to buy food, otherwise they will have nothing to eat.
The two rooms of vegetables planted by Mu Nan also had some harvest. His vegetables were not planted as seeds, but ready-made seedlings, so they grew faster. The vegetables might still need some time, but the peppers have grown, but because there is not much sunlight, they are not growing very well. Now they are still green with a little yellow, and have not turned red.
Looking at the room full of dirt and vegetables, Mu Nan looked at Qin Huai: "It seems that there are several lonely elderly people in our building."
He said this not because he was kindhearted. Mu Nan knew him well. He had the selfishness and indifference common to modern people, but he had not completely lost his kindness. When things did not happen to him, he could ignore them coldly. Even if they happened to him, he could only show a little compassion that would not harm him. But he was afraid that he had so much food, a whole space, but when he was indifferent to those elderly people who might not even have anything to eat at home, Qin Huai would think he was cold-blooded. So this question also had the meaning of testing Qin Huai's attitude.
Qin Huai didn't think much about it. When he heard Mu Nan say that, he just frowned in disapproval: "A little bit of kindness is a debt of gratitude, and a big bit of rice is a debt of resentment. The days in the future will become more and more difficult, and you will see more and more misery. So Nan Nan, I don't want you to start this. What's more, the national order is still there. If those lonely elderly people are really in need, the government will not ignore them. At least now there are only deaths of illness, not starvation. Nan Nan, if you meet someone in need of help in the future, I hope you can do your best. You have a little more vitality than others, but it doesn't mean you need to carry something heavier than life. This little vitality may also become a fatal crisis. So in the face of hunger or struggling for help before death, I hope you can always put yourself first."
Before going abroad, Qin Huai might have still had some innocence and kindness, but after so many years, his innocence and kindness could not allow him to survive in that cannibalistic society until today. The little softness and warmth he had left was all given to Mu Nan, and only to Mu Nan.
Hearing Qin Huai say this, Mu Nan finally felt relieved. He had experienced it once before and even died because of that last bit of unwillingness, so he could be cold-hearted this time. But he didn't expect that Qin Huai would adapt faster than he thought. But it's better this way. Sometimes, what makes people collapse the most is not the chaos of order or the hopeless future, but the complexity of human nature.
Although the haze has become lighter, it has not dissipated. The country has also issued an investigation notice, saying that there is a kind of toxic mycelium in the haze that is invisible to the naked eye. Some people can rely on their own antibodies to kill the mycelium, but some people are in poor health, or are very young or old or have some underlying diseases, and cannot resist the toxicity of the mycelium, which leads to lung swelling and death. However, the activity of the mycelium is not high, so the infection rate is not high, but once it survives in the body, the mortality rate is extremely high. Therefore, as long as proper protection is taken, the possibility of infection is very low. Although this very low possibility is accompanied by almost a 100% mortality rate.
After knowing the root cause of this global epidemic crisis, everyone will stay at home if possible. Poison is everywhere outside, and not many people dare to challenge their own antibodies. However, if people do not go out, the food at home will not be consumed.
In this regard, the government also began to think of ways to distribute biochemical protective clothing to each community, and then divide the supplies and let the community coordinate them by themselves. Each household should try to buy enough firewood, rice, oil, salt, vegetables and meat for a week to half a month, and then have people wearing protective clothing deliver them door to door. Although this is troublesome and has increased the workload of many people, it can appease more people and avoid panic caused by food issues.
Fortunately, most people know that the current situation is very serious, and it is not easy for the government to do this, so everyone is relatively cooperative. Of course, no matter what time, there are always some people who do not recognize the current situation, and even at this time, they are still picky.
Mu Nan looked at the packages of some products posted in the group. Perhaps to facilitate the purchase statistics, there were no single choices, only various packages, but the packages were not limited: "Brother, do we want to buy? I have all these things in my space. The current price is several times more expensive than when I bought them."
Qin Huai leaned over to his phone and took a look. After thinking for a while, he said, "Let's buy some. Although not everyone may pay attention to the situation of every household, we should try to follow the crowd at this time."
Mu Nan nodded, compared various things, and selected several sets of vegetable and meat meals. If the quality of those dishes was not good, he would grind them up and add ingredients to make big buns, meat buns or vegetable buns, so that nothing would be wasted.
Mu Nan had previously thought about staying at home without going out. When the smog dissipated, it would be extremely hot and he would not be able to go out, so he had almost spent all his money before. Now he only has a few hundred yuan left in his phone, but a few hundred yuan is not enough to buy two meat sets.
Fortunately, Qin Huai has a lot of money. Looking at the balance in Qin Huai's account, Mu Nan felt distressed: "If I could contact you, all this money could be used."
This was also a thorn in Qin Huai's heart. It wasn't that he felt sorry for the money, but if he had been able to contact her at the beginning, Nan Nan wouldn't have been alone for the past few months. Qin Huai touched Mu Nan's head and said, "Don't worry. You said that the money can be used for at least a few months. It won't be wasted."
Mu Nan nodded. Although there was indeed some time, after the smog in his previous life dissipated overnight, it took about half a month to a month for the weather to warm up. Although once it got hot, the temperature rose very quickly, there was still some time in between. He was just a little worried. Qin Huai had quite a lot of money left. If they bought too many things at that time, would they be targeted? He remembered that during that period of time in his previous life, there were reports that their country and several overseas tycoons donated a lot of money to invest in the aviation industry. At that time, it was another large donation. Thinking about it now, it always felt a bit strange. Perhaps the country had already begun to integrate assets at that time to prepare for future disasters.
So if the purchase was too obvious at this time, Mu Nan didn't know if it would be noticed. After all, in the era of big data, there are almost no secrets.
Qin Huai heard his concerns and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I know more about capital than you do. Even big data has loopholes. Don't worry, we will go to City B together and come back immediately after collecting the things."
Mu Nan said: "Then why don't we just stay in City B? After all, it is the capital."
He would stay here, firstly because this was his home, and secondly because he had never left until his death, because here he had a future that he knew and even experienced, so he subconsciously felt more secure. But no matter how much security there was, it didn't seem to be as important as the capital of a country, not to mention that he had waited for Qin Huai, and as long as he was with Qin Huai, it didn't matter where he was.
Qin Huai shook his head: "That place is not suitable. You said that we will experience extreme cold in the future. In terms of regional environment, we have an advantage here."
There is one more thing Qin Huai didn't mention. Although there may not be a distinction between locals and outsiders in the future, after all, with a decreasing population, it doesn't matter to the country which region the people are from, as long as they are alive. But for the local survivors, it may not be the same. Moreover, their city is also a first-tier city with a population of tens of millions. Even if their homes are rebuilt, their place may not be worse than the capital.
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