Chapter 101 A visit from a friend
The reason why Shuiyue Bay has a cohesion different from other communities is that a group of retired veterans live in the community.
Before the natural disaster, the surviving veterans followed Aunt Xing and Luo Youqiang to manage the community property. After the natural disaster, some comrades with incurable diseases passed away one by one, and their children took their place and continued to protect the community. That’s why Shuiyue Bay is what it is today.
Many of the patrolling guards are children of veterans. For example, Wang Shijin, whose eldest and second brothers joined the army to protect the country, chose to stay in the community to look after his family and assist Aunt Xing and others in managing the community so that his brothers would not have to worry about anything else.
In addition to these, Aunt Xing also told Xia Xiaoman that half of the items made by the Logistics and Handicraft Department would be purchased by the army, so as long as he stayed in Shuiyue Bay honestly and didn't make trouble, he would basically not starve to death.
"You live in Shuiyue Bay now, so you belong to us. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can communicate with us, and we will do our best to help you. But if you do anything that harms Shuiyue Bay, don't blame us for being ruthless."
Aunt Xing said this to warn Xia Xiaoman that even if she knew the inside information of the community, she should not think about touching Shuiyue Bay.
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "Aunt Xing, I don't have any big goals in my life. I just want to eat and wait for death. If no one offends me, I won't bother to care about others."
Auntie Xing stared at her for a while, then looked away and took out a 10kg bag of vacuum packed rice. "Here, this is compensation for your bucket of water."
Xia Xiaoman thanked him, picked up the rice and went home. As soon as he walked out of the property department, a patrolman ran over and said, "Hey, is that you Xia Xiaoman?"
Xia Xiaoman looked at the unfamiliar face in front of him and nodded, "Well, what's wrong?"
The patrolman pointed to the entrance of the community and said, "Two people are looking for you. They say they are your friends. One is Zhou... Zhou Qiuyang, and the other is Su Ran."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. Why did Zhou Qiuyang and Su Ran suddenly come to see her?
Following the patrolman to the gate of the community, she saw Su Ran waving at her from a distance. She ran over and asked, "Why are you two here?"
Su Ran smiled and said, "I came all the way here to thank you and to tell you a piece of good news: Sister Yu'e is getting married to the coach."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, "Sister Yu'e married the coach? So soon!"
"Yes! They even went to the office to get a marriage certificate. However, due to limited conditions, they couldn't make a formal marriage certificate. The office wrote a marriage certificate for them and stamped it with their seal and fingerprints. When conditions permit in the future, they can exchange this marriage certificate for a marriage certificate."
Su Ran kept talking, and Xia Xiaoman even suspected that he was possessed by Xiao Zheyu. He talked so much that she didn't even have a chance to say a word.
After waiting for a long time for him to stop, Xia Xiaoman quickly said, "Don't stand here and chat, come with me to my house and have a drink of water first." After that, she took them to the security booth to register their information.
Shuiyuewan does not allow outsiders to stay overnight, but allows relatives and friends to visit the community. However, there is a time limit, and relatives and friends can only visit the community for a maximum of 4 hours, and they must register their information and fill in the date and time of visit when entering and leaving.
After entering the community, there will be patrol officers following you and you are not allowed to wander around.
When registering their personal information, the patrolman checked the things they brought. Su Ran saw someone touching the fan he modified and immediately stopped them, "Don't move. I didn't glue the bottle on it firmly. Be careful not to drop it!"
Xia Xiaoman followed his line of sight and saw five plastic bottles stuck to the cover of the oscillating fan. "Su Ran, why did you stick the bottles on the fan?"
Su Ran carefully took back the fan and explained, "I saw someone online saying that if you tie a mineral water bottle to a fan, the wind will be cooler. Last month, Brother Yang and I experimented with it and found that it really worked, so I made one for you."
The patrolman nearby heard this and said, "Tying a few water bottles to the fan will make it cooler? Is that true?"
Su Ran affirmed: "Of course it's true. Although it's not as cool as an air conditioner, it's at least better than an ordinary electric fan."
The temperature of the gas decreases as the aperture decreases. This is the same principle used in the fan. If you tie a mineral water bottle to the fan, the wind it blows will be cooler than the wind blown by a normal fan.
The patrolman didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing Su Ran was so sure, he stared at the fan for a long time. After the information was registered, he asked another person to follow Su Ran and the others in, and he walked towards the property department.
Xia Xiaoman noticed his little action, but didn't care and took Su Ran and Zhou Qiuyang home.
Seeing the high wall of Xia Xiaoman's house, Su Ran and Zhou Qiuyang showed envy, "Xiaoman, where did you find so many bricks? We also want to build a wall, but we haven't found a place to buy building materials after searching for a long time."
In the post-disaster reconstruction of the city, the good building materials had already been taken away by the people above, so it would be strange if they could find them.
Xia Xiaoman said, "The bricks and mud for building the wall are all cleaned out from the collapsed houses. If you want to build a wall, you can look for collapsed houses near your home."
Zhou Qiuyang thought thoughtfully, "There don't seem to be any collapsed houses near my home, but there seem to be some near my workplace."
Speaking of work, Xia Xiaoman asked, "How is your work at the indoor planting site?"
Su Ran replied, "It's OK. Brother Yang is serious about his work and was promoted to team leader. Today he was arranged to study in the indoor planting area nearby. It just so happens that I am on vacation, so I will come with him and bring the fan to you."
"I'm still using the oscillating fan you gave me last time. You can take this back!" She has an air conditioner, so she doesn't need the fan even if you give it to her.
Su Ran placed the fan in front of her and said, "This is a thank you gift that I worked so hard to bring here. Sister Xiaoman, you must accept it."
"What thank-you gift? Thank me for what?" Xia Xiaoman was confused.
"Of course, thank you for telling us that there was a vacant room, which made us think of moving and leaving Chenyang Community in time. Otherwise, Brother Yang and I might not have the chance to see you." Su Ran said solemnly.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "What do you mean, please explain it clearly, is Chenyang Community on fire again?"
Su Ran shook his head, "It's not a fire, it's a robbery."
About half a month after Xia Xiaoman and his friends moved out of Chenyang Community, a gang called the Green Wolf Gang suddenly broke into the community at two o'clock in the morning without any warning and started burning, killing and looting. More than half of the people in the community were killed or injured.
If Xia Xiaoman hadn't told them that there was a vacant house near their workplace, perhaps they wouldn't have made up their minds to move out so quickly, and wouldn't have been so lucky to escape this catastrophe.
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