Chapter 31: Wooden Board Nail Trap
"Sister Xiaoman, there are people coming!"
Wen Xu climbed on the balcony railing and pointed at the street.
Xia Xiaoman pulled up his collar and slapped him on the butt, "You are so brave. Who told you to climb the railing? If you want to try diving, just tell me earlier and I will throw you down."
Knowing that she was trying to scare him, Wen Xu was not afraid at all. He twisted his body and said, "Hey, Sister Xiaoman, don't pull me. Look outside the community, there are a lot of people coming."
Outside the community, seven or eight rafts followed by three kayaks and two speedboats, like a well-trained fleet, lined up neatly and rowed into the community, with a few scattered rafts following behind.
The fleet sailed directly into the residential complex and headed for the innermost 12 buildings. The other scattered rafts dispersed to find the buildings they liked.
Xia Xiaoman observed for a long time and found that the team was a group, with a lot of supplies. In addition to the small mountain of supplies piled on the raft, there were also a lot of supplies dragged underwater. After the assault boat landed, several nets of supplies were pulled out from underwater.
Among the other scattered teams, five rafts and two kayaks entered Building 13 at staggered times.
Judging from their reaction after entering Building 13, they are probably in the same group, and they might want to rob the supplies of the group in Building 12.
The remaining people were probably attracted by these two groups. Some really wanted to find a place to settle down, while others wanted to see if there was any chance to get something for free.
Two groups of people also came into Building 3 where Xia Xiaoman lived. One group included both elderly people and children, and the other group consisted of young men and women.
The world is suffering from disasters, and the theory of the end of the world has long been rumored.
The dirty and messy environment at the rescue site makes people feel uneasy every day. The sudden surge of flood waters makes people wonder whether they can really return to civilized society?
Some people who firmly believed that Xia Kingdom would not fall gradually began to waver.
The wind became weaker and the people who were trapped in the place went out one after another, looking for suitable places to live. The long-silent water surface became lively again.
There are neither too many nor too few high-rise buildings in the Floating City. If one wants to arrange for all citizens of the Floating City to live on the 7th floor or above, the high-rise buildings in the Floating City will obviously not be able to accommodate them.
The high-rise buildings near the city center are packed with people, and newly-sold communities such as Chenyang Community have suddenly become popular.
Xia Xiaoman looked at the rafts that came into the community one after another, and considered how to strengthen the defense line on the 15th floor.
Wen Jianfeng repaired the welding machine. When he was trapped in the building two days ago, he asked Xiao Zheyu and Su Ran to help install an iron door.
The fire door frame was only big enough for two doors, so it was impossible to add another door. It was also impossible to power the door, because the battery I brought was used up by the electric welder when installing the door.
Since there is no way to do anything on the door, let's set a trap in the corridor.
Ten minutes later, after gathering all the materials, Xia Xiaoman squatted in the corridor and started hammering away.
The twins were jumping rope with sandbags tied to their legs on the other side of the corridor. Lingling finished jumping 100 times, took a two-minute break, squatted in front of her and asked, "Sister Xiaoman, what are you doing?"
Xia Xiaoman didn't even raise his head, "Set a trap."
Lingling curious baby came online, "What is a trap?"
"I know!" Wen Xu answered quickly, "The trap is to dig a big hole in the earth and put a few leaves on the hole. When someone walks on the leaves, they will fall into the hole. That's how Bald Qiang caught Xiong Er."
Xia Xiaoman gave him a thumbs up and said, "You are really smart. Come on, use this to dig a hole and make a trap."
Wen Xu was so praised that he smiled like a flower. He happily took the engineer shovel that Xia Xiaoman gave him and went to dig the floor seriously.
Before they even started digging, Lingling knew something was wrong. "Brother, you are so stupid! This is the floor, we can't dig a hole."
Wen Xu reacted and was dumbfounded, "But, but this is how Guang Touqiang set the trap!"
"Reality is not an animation, and you are not Baldy Qiang." Xia Xiaoman flicked his head and said, "The trap I want to make is a wooden board with nails."
Lingling tilted her head, "Sister Xiaoman, there are no wooden boards here."
Xia Xiaoman rubbed her little face, "Wooden nails are just a name, they don't have to be made of wood."
She didn't have suitable wooden boards in her space, so she used shelf boards with holes in them instead.
The height and width of the shelf board are about the same size as the fire door. If there are no suitable long nails and wooden spikes, fruit knives, scissors and forks are used instead, and then fixed to the holes in the shelf board with wire and silicone.
There are hundreds of holes on the shelf boards, vertically and horizontally. They are made into wooden nails and hung above the corridor. When someone breaks in, they untie the ropes and the wooden nails will instantly pierce the person into a sieve.
Xia Xiaoman explained in detail how to set up the trap with wooden nails. The twins were young and could not remember so much, but as long as they could remember a little bit, they could use this little knowledge to protect themselves and save their lives when there were no adults around.
Just after I finished explaining, there was a regular knock on the door, "Sister, open the door, we are back!"
Hearing Xiao Zheyu's voice, Xia Xiaoman stood up and opened the door. Xiao Zheyu didn't even enter the door, but left a pile of supplies and turned away.
Xia Xiaoman frowned and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry? Did you bring back a lot of supplies today?"
"It's okay, not many. Uncle Wen wants to recruit younger brothers, so I'll go and check them for Uncle Wen." Xiao Zheyu was anxious to watch the fun, and disappeared in a flash.
Xia Xiaoman was confused. What kind of younger brother was he recruiting? Was there going to be a new member on the 15th floor?
Soon, a quarrel was heard in the corridor. The sound came from far away and then got closer. Xia Xiaoman stretched her head to look outside and saw Wen Jianfeng and Su Ran carrying supplies upstairs, followed by a few people chattering about something.
"That family is really too much. The old ones take advantage of their age, the young ones throw tantrums, the women are rude and unreasonable, and the men are extremely vicious and beat people at the slightest provocation."
"Yeah! That family is unreasonable. I just put the supplies I brought back on the balcony, thinking I would climb in and take them home, but that kid dragged me away."
"You just saw that family steal your things. Aren't you going to punish them?"
"Brother, if you feel that you don't have enough manpower, I can go with you. I won't let you fight alone."
The people who followed were talking at once, and Xia Xiaoman had a lot of questions in his head, "What do you mean by fighting alone? Coach, who are you going to punish?"
Wen Jianfeng sighed and didn't want to talk. Su Ran beside him quickly explained: "A group of rude and unreasonable people came to the building and stayed on the 5th floor to rob other people's supplies. These are the victims whose supplies were robbed, and they want us to help them get the supplies back."
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
Was she still asleep? Why would the people in the building pick on them? Did they look like they were being taken advantage of?
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