Chapter 84: Flat Tire
After being asked more than a dozen questions in a row, Xia Xiaoman roughly understood the pattern of Shuiyuewan's questions.
The questions about friends and family are to test whether you are a foolish person. The questions about the robbers attacking Shuiyue Bay are to test your ability to respond to disasters and whether you are a selfish person who only cares about yourself and not the community.
Office interviews are just one part of the interview.
After coming out of the office, Aunt Xing took Xia Xiaoman for a stroll in the community. Halfway through, Aunt Xing lied that she was going to the bathroom and left. During the time she was away, a child suddenly ran out and said that he couldn't find his mother. He cried and shouted for Xia Xiaoman to accompany him to find his mother.
Once Xia Xiaoman gets within 1 meter of the child, the child will take out a wooden knife and stab her, and the interview will be over.
Xia Xiaoman didn't let the child get close to her, nor did she take the initiative to approach the child. She just let him stay where he was, and waited for Aunt Xing to come back from the toilet and then take him to find his mother.
The second test was to have Xia Xiaoman carry the child to find her mother. During the search, a man holding a knife suddenly rushed in front of Xia Xiaoman.
If Xia Xiaoman pushes the child out to block the knife, or abandons the child and runs away, she will be judged as unqualified.
Xia Xiaoman kicked the man who played the robber away without hesitation.
The last test is to verify whether Xia Xiaoman is greedy.
Aunt Xing handed her over to a kind-hearted silly girl. After spending less than 10 minutes together, the silly girl became friends with Xia Xiaoman and even took Xia Xiaoman to her home to admire the various gold jewelry she had collected.
During the time, the silly girl went to pour water for Xia Xiaoman. During this period, if Xia Xiaoman became greedy and stole the gold, she would be immediately kicked out of the community.
Seeing a box full of gold jewelry, it would be a lie to say that she was not tempted. But Xia Xiaoman still had some bottom line. She could take away the things of evil people at will, but she would not touch the things of ordinary people.
By the time the test was over, it was already past eleven o'clock.
Aunt Xing took Xia Xiaoman back to the property office and handed her a form. "All the vacant houses in the community and the corresponding rents are listed here. Select the house you want to rent, fill in your personal information, sign and put your fingerprints. You can move in after paying the rent tomorrow."
She had just looked at all the vacant rooms on the form. Xia Xiaoman found a house she liked, and it said on the back that the monthly rent was 30 kilograms of food or materials of equal value.
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "This rent is a bit expensive!"
Aunt Xing held up her reading glasses and glanced at the room number she filled in. "Villas are large, so it's normal that they're more expensive. You live alone, why would you choose a villa? It's expensive and hard to maintain."
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "I raise some chickens and rabbits. It's not convenient to live in a building."
"By the way, Aunt Xing, why are there so many empty villas in the community? Aren't people living there?"
Aunt Xing explained, "Most of the people in Shuiyue Bay are original owners. They already have houses in the community, so there is no need to move just to live in a villa."
"Besides, there are not many villas. If one family lives in one, the other family will be unhappy. No matter how we allocate them, someone will be dissatisfied. We might as well not live in them and rent them out, and earn some food."
Xia Xiaoman nodded thoughtfully. No wonder there were still empty villas in Shuiyue Bay. She initially thought there was something wrong with these villas.
After filling out the form, Xia Xiaoman went to the security booth to retrieve his weapon and drove home.
All the way there she was thinking about how to tell her neighbors that she was moving away.
As she was thinking deeply, there was a loud bang and the car body shook. Xia Xiaoman immediately braked and stopped the car. When the car stopped, she quickly took out the axe and got out carefully.
After observing for a long time and making sure that there was no one around to ambush him, Xia Xiaoman turned around to check the pickup truck. Seeing that the left front wheel of the pickup truck was deflated, Xia Xiaoman scratched his head in annoyance.
This truck was probably also flooded, and the spare tire had been taken away a long time ago. Now that it had a flat tire, and she didn't have a spare tire, where could she go to get it fixed?
Feeling depressed, he parked the pickup truck, replaced it with an SUV and drove home.
The pickup truck had a flat tire, so our moving plan tomorrow has fallen through. We have to wait until the pickup truck is repaired before we can transport our household supplies to Shuiyue Bay in a legitimate way.
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Feeling depressed and due to the hot weather, Xia Xiaoman tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.
It was past five in the morning when the sound of a car starting was heard outside. Xia Xiaoman got up and walked to the balcony, where she found a military vehicle parked downstairs. Several soldiers got out of the vehicle holding some papers, but soon got back in the vehicle empty-handed and headed to the next place.
Thinking that she couldn't sleep anyway, Xia Xiaoman changed into sweaty clothes and went downstairs.
The weather was hot and there were many people who couldn't sleep like her. Before she even reached the first floor, she heard a lot of chatter coming from downstairs.
Xia Xiaoman walked down and saw a group of people gathered near the stairs. There was a notice posted on the wall.
She glanced through it and the main content said that the current temperature is as high as 56 degrees Celsius and will continue to rise in the future. It is recommended that people do not go out between 8 and 18 o'clock during the day to avoid sunburn and heatstroke.
The second notice is that the floating city has set up indoor planting sites in multiple places, and at the same time plans to convert the sports center into a solar power station, and is now recruiting workers. Survivors who want to sign up for the work can go to the recruitment office of the rescue point to sign up.
One last notice. Recently, several criminal gangs have appeared in Fucheng, robbing others of their property and killing many ordinary citizens. If you have any relevant clues, please provide them to the security team as soon as possible.
With three pieces of news released at once, they didn't know whether to complain about the extreme weather, be happy about being able to apply for jobs, or worry about attacks by criminal gangs.
Xia Xiaoman was not very interested in other news, but was only interested in the solar power station.
With the sun shining brightly every day, it seems a bit of a waste not to get a solar generator.
With an idea in mind, Xia Xiaoman immediately went upstairs to carry the bicycle, and took advantage of the fact that the sun was not so strong in the morning to ride the bicycle to the trading point as fast as possible.
Chen Guangli was fanning himself with a fan, sleepily eyes. Suddenly, someone slapped the table, and the sleepyhead was instantly scared away.
"Brother Chen, good morning!"
Chen Guangli narrowed his eyes, and seeing Xia Xiaoman's familiar face, he said unhappily, "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"
Hearing that Chen Guangli's tone was not right, he guessed that he might not have been asked about finding a house, and he became a little angry.
Xia Xiaoman smiled and said, "Brother Chen, I want to ask you for help with something. See if it's convenient for you." As she spoke, she took out two boxes of canned fish with fermented black beans from her bag and pushed them in front of him.
Chen Guangli looked up and raised his lips slightly, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Xia Xiaoman lowered his voice and said, "Brother Chen, I have a pickup truck with a flat tire. I wonder if your friend can fix it? How much would it cost?"
Chen Guangli clicked his tongue, "Girl, you have quite a lot of assets! Why are you still driving this shabby bicycle when you already have a pickup truck?"
Xia Xiaoman laughed and said, "Brother Chen, you are joking. These are all obtained by friends working together."
Chen Guangli just joked casually, without any intention of asking further questions, and said: "Take the car to the place where I bought it last time around 10 o'clock in the evening. Whether it can be repaired depends on whether there are corresponding parts."
Xia Xiaoman nodded and said, "Okay, I'll drive over there tonight. I have one more thing to trouble you with, Brother Chen, can you get a solar generator?"
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