Chapter 42: Humid Weather
Who can tolerate being bullied at home?
Since everyone in the building said that the people on the 15th floor had robbed their supplies, she would confirm this statement and fulfill their wishes.
After getting his spirits up, Xia Xiaoman picked up an axe and called on Sun Qing and the others to go door to door to rob supplies.
The residents in the building knew that the people on the 15th floor would not let them go, but they did not expect that they would come to their door so soon.
The armed police arrested people from Building 12 in the morning, but in the afternoon they came to grab supplies from Building 15. How arrogant!
But no one dared to resist, and those who resisted were beaten.
Xia Xiaoman and his men were not cruel people. They only stole 20 kilograms of food from each household as a lesson for these people who stabbed them in the back.
After this incident, the residents in the building became much more obedient. They only dared to talk about the people on the 15th floor behind their backs. When they met people from the 15th floor, they all walked with their heads down, as timid as quails.
Life returned to normal, and the next day, Wen Jianfeng and his team went to the mountain where they caught ducks to look for supplies.
Xia Xiaoman still stayed to look after the house and take care of the ducks in the space.
It is not easy to handle more than a hundred ducks. Fortunately, she has the space, otherwise the ducks would probably have gone bad.
At 11:30 am, she went to Room 1502 and made lunch for the twins using the ingredients prepared by Wen Jianfeng.
While eating, Wen Xu twisted and turned as if he had fleas on his body and almost dropped the bowl on the ground.
Xia Xiaoman said sullenly, "A Xu, just sit down and eat your meal, don't force me to slap you!"
Wen Xu pouted in grievance, "Sister Xiaoman, I feel itchy."
"I think your butt is itchy!" Having said that, Xia Xiaoman still put down the bowl and chopsticks and lifted up Wen Xu's clothes.
When he lifted up his clothes, he could see that his fair back was covered with red pimples.
"Why do you have so many red spots on your body? Does your dad know?"
Wen Xu shook his head, "I don't know."
Xia Xiaoman thought for a while, went home and got a bottle of cooling oil to apply on the red bumps.
Worried that it might be contagious, he lifted up Wen Ling's clothes to check, and was relieved to see that she didn't have the virus.
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At around seven o'clock in the evening, a speedboat towing several kayaks and rafts slowly entered the community.
The speedboat's motor was so loud that everyone in the neighborhood who heard the sound leaned over to check, worried that another group of people like the one in Building 12 were coming.
Seeing the speedboat stop in front of Building 3, people in other buildings felt relieved to go back.
Xia Xiaoman didn't pay attention to the situation downstairs. At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Wen Xu had been suffering from diarrhea and was completely exhausted.
She didn't know any medicine, so she asked Wen Xu to take a few stomach-soothing pills, but the effect was not very obvious.
Looking at Wen Xu's pale face, Xia Xiaoman was sweating anxiously.
Just then, there was movement at the door and she approached the corridor with the axe in hand.
"Sister Xiaoman, we are back, open the door quickly!"
Hearing Xiao Zheyu's cheerful voice, Xia Xiaoman put the axe on his waist and hurried over to open the door.
"Why did you come back just now? Where are Coach Wen and Xiaojie?"
"They are downstairs." Xiao Zheyu said excitedly: "Sister, guess what we brought back this time? You will be surprised when you see it."
Xia Xiaoman was in no mood to play the guessing game with him. "You stay here, I'll go downstairs to find Xiaojie and the coach."
After saying this, Xia Xiaoman ran downstairs.
Xiao Zheyu scratched his head. "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
Downstairs, Wen Jianfeng and Ye Xiaojie moved the supplies from the raft into the building. Xia Xiaoman ran down and shouted at them, "Coach, A Xu is sick, go back and check on him."
Upon hearing that his son was sick, Wen Jianfeng immediately dropped his things, turned around, climbed into the building and ran upstairs.
"Xiao Jie, you should go back too. You know a little bit about medicine, so maybe you can help."
"A Xu has a rash on his body. He started having diarrhea at 4pm and is now a little exhausted. Before I came down, I touched his forehead and felt that he had a slight fever."
Xia Xiaoman quickly informed Ye Xiaojie of Wen Xu's current situation so that she could be prepared.
Ye Xiaojie wrote them down one by one, then turned around and ran upstairs.
Sun Qing was some distance away from them and didn't hear clearly what they said. When she saw Ye Xiaojie and Wen Jianfeng leaving, she casually asked what happened.
After hearing Xia Xiaoman say that Wen Xu had a rash, she said, "It may be due to excessive moisture that caused the eczema."
"In this kind of weather, not to mention Xiaoxu, even I, an adult, can't stand it."
Sun Qing sighed sadly, "The weather is too humid. The clothes at home can only be dried in the dryer. I have gynecological inflammation because I wear half-dried clothes every day."
Xia Xiaoman didn't say anything. She had collected a batch of supplies before the flood became so severe. There were many underwear and clothes in them. Although they were all middle-aged women's styles, at least they were dry, so she didn't have to worry about gynecological inflammation.
"Didn't we get a lot of sanitary napkins back earlier? You can wear a pad every day. It's useless anyway."
Sun Qing shook her head. "It's okay if I don't go out. If I go out, it will be more uncomfortable to put on a sanitary pad."
It's raining so hard that wearing a raincoat is useless because the rain will penetrate the sanitary pad. Only those who have tried it know how uncomfortable it is.
"Let's not talk about those unhappy things. Come, let me show you what good things we brought back." Sun Qing lifted the rainproof cloth on a kayak.
Xia Xiaoman looked at the square machine inside and guessed, "Is it a generator?"
"Smart! How did you guess it? Have you seen it?" Sun Qing asked.
Xia Xiaoman shook her head. "I haven't seen it, but I can guess it blindly. Isn't it the generator that makes you excited now? Where did you get it from?"
Sun Qing chuckled twice, "We stole these."
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, they packed up their supplies and went back. On the way, Xiao Zheyu wanted to go to the bathroom, but he refused to do so in the kayak and insisted on finding a place to squat.
The only one on the 15th floor who can deal with Xiao Zheyu is Xia Xiaoman. He is not afraid of anyone else because Xia Xiaoman means it when he says he will beat him.
There was no one to hold Xiao Zheyu down, and Wen Jianfeng was so annoyed by him that he found a secluded alley to stay and let Xiao Zheyu go to the toilet.
While squatting in the toilet, Xiao Zheyu witnessed the whole process of a group of people hiding supplies.
After the group of people left, Xiao Zheyu told Wen Jianfeng and the others about this. After discussing it, they decided to steal the supplies.
Sun Qing patted the speedboat and said, "I don't know where those people got all these good things from."
"In addition to generators and assault boats, there is also a lot of diesel and gasoline. These are hard currencies that are hard to find outside."
After a pause, she continued, "But the coach said we can't keep the speedboat, so we want to send it to the rescue point later."
"Can't keep it? What do you mean?"
"This speedboat is too heavy and too big for us to lift to the 15th floor. If we leave it downstairs it will definitely be stolen, so we might as well give it to a rescue center as a favor."
Xia Xiaoman was quite satisfied. "It's just a small problem. Leave it to me."
"The place where I hid the emergency kit the day before yesterday was hard to find. If I drive the assault boat over there, no one will find it."
Are you kidding? She finally got a speedboat with fuel, and she would never give it to anyone else.
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