Chapter 5 Not only cold-blooded, but also cruel and destructive
The relief supplies distributed by the rescuers were 3 bags of 5-pack instant noodles and 10 bottles of 500ml mineral water.
This is the amount for five days. If there are no emergencies in the next five days, rescue workers will not come.
Xia Xiaoman had no worries about food and drink and stayed at home doing nothing.
Xia Xiaoman never had such a leisurely time after her grandfather passed away. Every day, she either had endless housework to do or endless work to do.
Xia Xiaoman couldn't sit still, so she cleaned up the house and tried to put as many things as possible in space.
After clearing a space, Xia Xiaoman took out the two large branches he had brought back in the morning, used a fire axe to cut the branches into pieces of similar length, and stood them up in the corner of the wall to dry.
The wind outside grew stronger, and the dark sky covered the earth. Occasionally, a few white lights flashed by, followed by deafening thunder.
The floodwater has risen to the third floor, and the supermarket opposite the community has also been completely submerged by the flood...
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On the third day of the flood, there were fewer office workers who were glad not to have to go to work and fewer students who were glad not to have to go to school.
People are feeling uneasy due to the continuous heavy rains and floods that continue to rise.
When you open your phone, you will be flooded with information about disasters in various regions.
Heavy rain in the south and hail in the north.
Foreign countries were not immune either, with either tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, or tsunamis.
The Blue Planet seemed to be sick, and all disasters broke out at the same time.
Bang, bang, bang——
There was a regular knock on the door.
Xia Xiaoman looked out through the peephole and saw Qin Yali standing at the door uncomfortably with obvious marks of a slap on her face.
She thought for a moment and opened the door, "What's the matter?"
Qin Yali turned her head and said in a crying voice: "Xia Xiaoman, can I stay at your house for two days?"
"I had a fight with my boyfriend and he kicked me out. I have no place to live now..." Qin Liya burst into tears.
Xia Xiaoman glanced at her, her hands empty, not even a bag, "Sorry, I can't."
Qin Liya didn't expect her to refuse, and was stunned for a moment, "Why? We are classmates, can't you take me in for two days for the sake of being classmates?"
"I will move out immediately after the rescue team arrives in two days."
Xia Xiaoman rolled her eyes. "I'm not your father, nor your mother. To me, you are at best just a familiar stranger. Why should I let a stranger live in my house? I'm not mentally ill."
"Besides, you came here empty-handed to stay here. Are you trying to get free food and drinks from me? You are really calculating!"
Qin Liya cried in grievance, "Xia Xiaoman, you are too much. I just want to stay at your house. If you don't want to, forget it. Why are you slandering me!"
"Okay, then I'll tell you clearly now that I don't want to stay with you. Please just get out of here as soon as possible." Xia Xiaoman made a gesture of invitation.
Qin Liya glared at her with red eyes, "Xia Xiaoman, how can you be so cold-blooded and heartless that you don't even want to help your classmates."
"Not only am I cold-blooded and ruthless, I'm also ruthless. Do you want to try it?" Xia Xiaoman said with a clenched fist.
Qin Liya's face changed, not sure whether Xia Xiaoman was threatening her or would really beat her.
At this moment, the man with glasses from 702 next door, who had been eavesdropping behind the door, suddenly opened the door and said, "Beauty, don't you have a place to stay? You can come to my house. I live alone."
After saying that, he did not forget to throw two seductive eyes at Qin Liya. However, his glasses were broken, and the seductive eyes made people wonder if he had eyelid cramps.
Qin Liya took a step back in disgust, "No need. I'd better go back and comfort my boyfriend!"
As if she was afraid of being harassed by the man with glasses, Qin Liya left in a hurry.
The man with glasses stared at Qin Liya's leaving back with regret. After retracting his gaze, he subconsciously looked at Xia Xiaoman.
Seeing Xia Xiaoman raising his fist, he slammed the door shut as if there were jackals, tigers and leopards outside.
Xia Xiaoman closed the door, took out a bag of potato chips from the space, and just opened it when someone knocked on the door again.
She threw the potato chips back into the space, put her single eye in front of the peephole, and saw who was outside before she opened the door.
Sun Qing saw the door open and smiled brightly, "Hello, are you interested in going with us to pick up bargains?"
"Picking up a bargain? What does that mean?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Sun Qing didn't answer directly, "Are you free now? Can you come over to my place and talk?"
"That's convenient. Wait a moment, I'll get the key." Xia Xiaoman was very interested in what she said about picking up bargains.
The house Sun Qing rented was the same as Xia Xiaoman's, with two bedrooms and a living room.
Entering the living room, Xia Xiaoman saw Ye Xiaojie doing push-ups in the living room wearing a vest and shorts. Her muscles were tense and full of explosive power.
Seeing Xia Xiaoman coming over, Ye Xiaojie stopped exercising and stood up. The sweat-soaked vest clung to her body, and her abdominal abs could be vaguely seen.
Sun Qing closed the door and walked in and said, "Xiaojie is an eighth-degree Sanda fighter. She started learning Sanda at the age of 6 and practices every day."
Xia Xiaoman was a little surprised. Ye Xiaojie was so thin and small that one could not tell that she was a Sanda master.
Ye Xiaojie smiled shyly and said nothing.
Sun Qing asked Xia Xiaoman to sit down and said straight to the point: "Xiaoman, when I said picking up leaks, I meant I wanted to fish out some useful things from the water. Do you want to join us?"
Xia Xiaoman did not answer directly, "Why do you want to salvage things from the water? If you need anything, you can ask the rescue team. As long as it is reasonable, the rescue team should be willing to help."
"In the short term, we can indeed rely on the rescue team. But if we are trapped in the building for a long time, the rescue team will run out of supplies sooner or later."
Sun Qing took out a piece of paper, pointed at what was written on it and said, "This is the information I collected these days while my phone and computer were powered."
"Three cities upstream of the floating city have already experienced flooding."
"If the rain continues, the seven cities upstream of Fucheng, including the three cities that have already experienced flooding, will be submerged."
On the white paper, Sun Qing wrote the names of the seven cities and connected them with lines. The end of the line pointed directly to Fucheng.
"Our city is downstream. If the upstream is flooded, our downstream is not much better."
"According to the information I have found, there will be widespread rainfall in southern China in the next 40 days, and all of it will be extremely heavy rain."
"That is to say, our floating city will be submerged for the next 40 days."
Sun Qing's expression was solemn. "These 40 days are because the weather forecast can only provide information on the weather for the next 40 days at most."
"After 40 days, if there is still heavy rain, we may be trapped in the building for a longer period of time."
"That's why I want to take advantage of the fact that the flood has just started and the water level is not too deep to salvage some useful things from the water..."
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