Chapter 17 Moving
The strong wind raged in the rain, splashing the rain everywhere.
Going out at this time would be tantamount to suicide.
Xia Xiaoman said: "I didn't sleep from the second half of last night to the morning. I found that around seven or eight in the morning, the wind outside was obviously weaker than at night. We can leave in the morning when the wind is weak."
Severe convection also occurs in different time periods. If there is strong convection 24 hours a day, even the God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning need to take a break!
"I also found that the wind during the day was significantly weaker than at night these days, and the rainfall was not as heavy as at night."
Zhou Qiuyang was alone at home with nothing to do, so he would stare at the wind and rain outside. He had long noticed that the wind was weak during the day.
But at that time he didn't plan to move in the wind and rain, so he didn't share this discovery with his neighbors.
Sun Qing glanced at Ye Xiaojie and saw that she had no objection, so she said, "Then let's wait and see the situation in the morning. If the wind is not strong, we can leave together."
Relatively speaking, Sun Qing would rather take the risk of moving than competing for the land with the 8th floor.
It’s not that they don’t dare to compete with the 8th floor for the land, but they think the 8th floor is not safe either. If the flood continues to rise, even if they grab the 8th floor, they still can’t escape the fate of moving, so it’s better to move away directly.
The four of them still decided to go to Chenyang Community. Whether they would settle down in Chenyang Community would depend on tomorrow's situation.
If they encounter a suitable place to stay on the road, they can stop halfway. If they cannot find a suitable place to stay, Chenyang Community will be their last choice.
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Around seven in the morning, the wind and rain gradually subsided.
Zhou Qiuyang, who had been paying attention to the weather outside, knocked on the balcony of Xia Xiaoman's house as soon as he found that the wind had weakened a lot. After notifying Xia Xiaoman, he immediately went to notify Sun Qing and the others.
In one night, the water level rose several meters, and the corridor windowsill half a meter below was full of water.
Fifteen minutes later, Xia Xiaoman and several others launched kayaks out of the corridor window one by one.
The wind was still quite strong. As soon as the kayak was released, the strong wind blew it several meters away.
Fortunately, a rope was tied to the kayak in advance. Zhou Qiuyang pulled the kayak back by the rope, and Xia Xiaoman threw some supplies into the kayak and pressed down the kayak to prevent it from drifting away.
The three families had a lot of supplies, and it took Xia Xiaoman and his friends more than half an hour to pack up before they got on a kayak and left the community.
Fortunately, the wind was blowing in the direction they were heading, so the four of them didn't have to put in much effort and the kayak was able to move forward with the wind.
Fortunately, they had a lot of supplies, and they tied several inflatable mattresses to the back to drag the supplies. With enough weight, the wind did not overturn the kayak.
"There is someone in front!" Zhou Qiuyang pointed at a person floating in the water not far away.
Before Xia Xiaoman could see clearly, Ye Xiaojie said, "It's a dead person. The body is swollen."
Zhou Qiuyang's face turned pale instantly, and he silently paddled the kayak away and walked around the corpse.
Many people on both sides of the street crowded at the windows, asking for help. Xia Xiaoman and his group pretended not to see anything, and rowed the boat without looking around, looking for a place to stay.
They passed several high-rise residential areas along the way, but there were too many people in the communities, and the four outsiders who broke in with a lot of supplies were like sheep among a pack of wolves.
In addition to high-rise residential areas, we also encountered several office buildings and skyscrapers, but it seemed that there were people living there. They might be the people being transferred by the rescue team due to severe convection.
Xia Xiaoman and his friends were not satisfied with the tall buildings they encountered along the way, and after going around in circles they finally arrived at Chenyang Community.
Chenyang Community is full of unfinished houses, with nothing but doors and windows. Perhaps because of this reason, the rescue team did not use this place as a relocation site. The community is empty, with only a few new owners who bought houses, renovated them and moved in.
Xia Xiaoman and his family chose a building close to the road and moved in from the balcony.
This building has 25 floors in total. The first two floors are shops, and the water has currently flooded to the seventh floor.
Xia Xiaoman and his companions ran back and forth four or five times before they moved all their supplies to the 13th floor.
The 13th floor is neither too high nor too low, so no matter how high the floodwaters are, they can't reach it. There are several floors between it and the floodwaters, so the moisture is not that heavy.
The house has a layout of two elevators and four households. The room on the north side has four bedrooms and two living rooms, but the wind is relatively strong on the north side, and the balcony door and the windows of the north room were blown to the ground.
There are three bedrooms and two living rooms on the south side. The area is relatively small, but it is not affected by the wind and the room is relatively dry.
Zhou Qiuyang took the initiative to propose to live in Room 1 on the north side, and give Rooms 3 and 4 on the south side to Xia Xiaoman and Sun Qing.
Sun Qing pried open the room door lock with wire. The lock core was not damaged and could be used normally.
Xia Xiaoman locked the door, took out a broom from the space and cleaned the room.
The rough-finished house was very dusty, and just sweeping twice would bring out a lot of dust. After sweeping three times in a row, the dust and cement fragments in the house were finally cleared.
After wiping the inflatable mattress dry and hanging it to air, Xia Xiaoman took out the ingredients from the space to prepare today's lunch.
After eating noodles and buns for several days, I want to eat some rice today.
As the ingredients were limited, she cooked a pot of rice in a casserole. When it was almost cooked, she cut two Cantonese sausages and placed them on the rice, then beat an egg in the middle and drizzled some soy sauce on it.
Put the lid on, pour a circle of peanut oil on the lid and simmer for a few minutes, and the fragrant clay pot rice is ready. The only drawback is that there are no vegetables.
Xia Xiaoman sighed, took out an unopened bottle of dried radish, opened it, picked up a few pieces of dried radish with chopsticks and put them in the casserole as a substitute for the vegetables.
After eating and drinking and resting for two hours, Xia Xiaoman knocked on the door of room 1303 next door.
Sun Qing looked sleepy, obviously having just woken up from a nap. "Xiao Man, what happened?"
"It's nothing serious. I just want to practice fighting with Xiaojie. Haven't you guys had enough rest yet?"
Sun Qing yawned, "I woke up a long time ago, but my whole body ached and I didn't want to get up, so I lay in bed and played with my phone for a while."
Xia Xiaoman was surprised, "Does your phone still have a signal?"
"No, there was no signal on the day of the strong convection, but I downloaded stand-alone games on my phone, and I play them when I'm bored." She moved aside to let Xia Xiaoman into the house.
Inside the house, Sun Qing and her friends' supplies were neatly placed, and there was not much dust on the floor or walls, so they must have been cleaned.
Ye Xiaojie was collecting rainwater on the balcony. When she saw Xia Xiaoman come in, she nodded and greeted him.
"Why are you fetching water?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
"It can be used for flushing the toilet, washing, and washing clothes. Don't you collect rainwater?" Sun Qing looked at Xia Xiaoman in confusion.
She really doesn't collect rainwater. She uses plastic bags when going to the toilet, uses mineral water in the space for washing, and throws dirty clothes into the space, and washes them when her life becomes more convenient in the future.
She didn't use water much on a daily basis, so she hadn't thought about collecting rainwater.
Now with Sun Qing's reminder, perhaps she could collect more rain water.
Water bills are not cheap in big cities, and she has to pay dozens of dollars a month. If she collects more rainwater and uses it as much as possible in the future, she can save a lot of water bills.
The more she thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. She would get a water collection device when she returned later. For now, she should just focus on learning Sanda from Ye Xiaojie!
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