Chapter 143 Hail
The sky suddenly became gloomy, with strong winds, lightning and thunder.
Fist-sized hailstones mixed with rain fell one by one through the haze. In just a few seconds, a lot of ice cubes appeared on the ground.
Xia Xiaoman grabbed Sun Qing with one hand and raised the other hand above his head to protect it, and quickly rushed to the eaves to avoid the hail.
Sun Qing was dragged halfway through the run, and after she came to her senses, she broke free from Xia Xiaoman's arm and said, "You go hide first, I'll be there later." After that, without waiting for Xia Xiaoman to answer, she turned around and rushed back to the door to direct her men to move the goods back from the car, and drove to find a place to hide from the hail.
At this moment, someone in the community wearing a helmet ran out and waved at Sun Qing and the others, shouting, "Come in! Go to the basement! Hurry up!"
The patrolmen guarding the gate pulled aside the roadblocks one after another. Seeing this, Sun Qing immediately ordered his men to drive into the basement.
Xia Xiaoman was a little surprised when she saw this scene. If she remembered correctly, the basement of Shuiyue Bay had long been used as a processing plant and warehouse by the Logistics Department. How could the Property Department agree to let Sun Qing and others enter the basement?
Something was out of the ordinary, Xia Xiaoman subconsciously had a conspiracy theory, suspecting someone was trying to frame Sun Qing. It happened that Old Man Luo walked out of the property department and stood under the eaves to observe the weather.
Xia Xiaoman covered her head with her hands and ran over quickly, "Mr. Luo, why did the Ye family fleet enter the community? The community is not registered, so outsiders are not allowed to enter, right?"
Old Man Luo glanced at her and said, "The Ye family fleet is our partner in Shuiyue Bay. Now that it's hailstorming, it's only right to let them come in and take shelter."
Knowing what Xia Xiaoman was worried about, Old Man Luo said, "Don't worry! We won't let them into the logistics area. As long as they don't run around, they will get out the same way they came in."
Xia Xiaoman was slightly relieved when she heard this. She was sure that the order to let Sun Qing and the others into the community was issued by Old Man Luo, so basically there would be no problem. She was just afraid that someone would deliberately frame Sun Qing and trick them into coming in.
On the other side, Sun Qing drove the lead car and followed the person leading the way into the basement and parked the car according to the other party's request.
After getting off the car, the other party quickly said, "Your activity area is within this area. You cannot go beyond the specified area. If you want to go to the toilet, you can find the guards over there and ask them to take you there. You cannot leave without permission."
Sun Qing looked in the direction the other person was pointing. Wow, a row of people were blocking the way into the basement like a wall, and everyone was holding a crossbow in their hands.
She had no doubt that if they dared to leave without permission or break into the basement, they would be shot to death on the spot.
After explaining everything to Sun Qing, the man didn't wait for her answer. He quickly ran out of the basement and took the residents who were injured on the road to the nearest eaves to avoid the hail.
Fist-sized hailstones hit the ground densely, making crackling sounds.
Passersby panicked and ran around, trying to find a place to hide. However, the hail fell so fast that some people were hit before they could even run a few steps. They immediately had bruises and wounds on their bodies, and some even fainted on the ground with blood on their heads.
Some people wanted to escape, but in their haste they accidentally stepped on hailstones, slipped, and fell heavily to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
The property department opened the door wide and let all the injured people go in to bandage their wounds, but there were so many injured people that in just a few minutes, the property department was crowded with people.
The eaves where Xia Xiaoman was standing was originally quite spacious, but after a while, she was pushed to the corner by others.
"Don't come over here! There's no room left!" The person standing in the front row shouted at the person who was about to run over.
But the other party was almost losing his mind due to the hailstones, and rushed over regardless, "Let me go up and hide! Let me go up!"
"Fuck! I told you there's no room left, can't you see?" The person in the front row was pushed and almost fell off the stairs. He was so angry that he kept cursing and yelling.
Someone kindly reminded me, "It's only a few steps to the residential building next door. Instead of wasting time here, why not run over there in two steps?"
"You sound so nice, why don't you go? Get out of the way and let me get on! I'm going to be crushed to death!"
In the face of danger, human nature is fully revealed. Neighbors who usually greet each other at ordinary times, at this moment, all tore their faces apart, pushing and shoving each other, just to occupy a little space under the eaves.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed Xia Xiaoman's shoulder tightly, trying to push her out. Xia Xiaoman's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she quickly pulled out a fruit knife and cut without hesitation. With a scream, the other party withdrew his hand in pain, and blood gushed out like a fountain, splashing on the people around, scaring everyone around.
The man used his left hand to hold his right arm tightly to prevent himself from losing too much blood. At the same time, he glared at Xia Xiaoman fiercely, "You wait for me!" After saying this harsh word, he squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty, walked towards the property department, raised his injured hand and asked to go in to bandage the wound.
Everyone around looked at Xia Xiaoman with strange eyes. They didn't expect her to suddenly use a knife.
Xia Xiaoman ignored the looks around him, put away the knife expressionlessly, and stood quietly in the corner.
Only 20 minutes had passed since the hailstorm began, but the hail on the ground had already accumulated to half a meter high, and the cold hailstones were spreading up the steps.
People standing in the front row were not only beaten by the wind and rain, but also had to endure the torture of their feet frozen by hail. They couldn't bear it anymore and moved back, squeezing the people behind them and making them miserable.
Xia Xiaoman looked up at the sky. The hail was unlikely to stop for a while, and she didn't know if her solar panels were damaged.
After waiting under the eaves for nearly half an hour, the hail gradually stopped and only cold rain fell from the sky.
Someone stretched out his hand from the eaves to test and make sure that the hail was no longer falling, and then tried to step on the hail to see if he could walk home.
The hail on the ground had accumulated to more than half a meter high. I stepped on it and was immediately sunk into the hail. I walked two steps but couldn't stand the cold and ran back.
There was no choice but to stand under the eaves and wait until the hail melted a little before going home.
While waiting, some people took out the bottles they carried with them to collect rain water, while others took out bags to collect the hail on the ground.
About half an hour later, the hail on the ground had melted a lot. Some people took a few tentative steps outside, and when they felt they could stand the temperature of the hail, they quickly ran back home.
Seeing that people were leaving one after another, Xia Xiaoman walked out of the eaves to test the temperature of the hail water under the steps. Feeling that the temperature was okay, he immediately ran back home.
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