Chapter 29 Meeting Topic: Should We Move to a Rescue Center?
The flood rose quickly and receded quickly.
In just a few days, the water receded to the second floor, making people feel that perhaps in a few days, the world will return to its former civilized society.
After practicing flying knives, Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie had not returned yet, so Xia Xiaoman stood on the balcony and did horse stance, observing the weather outside.
Suddenly, dark clouds rolled in from afar, and the gray sky was gradually shrouded in darkness. The wind became stronger and stronger, and waves appeared on the water.
A flash of white light instantly illuminated the dark sky, followed by earth-shaking thunder, as if the entire floating city was shaking.
Bang, bang, bang——
There was a hasty knock on the door. "Xiao Man, please come out and help. Sun Qing and the others are downstairs. But the wind is too strong and it's headwind. They were blown away as soon as they approached the building. Please help pull the kayak."
After hearing Wen Jianfeng's words, Xia Xiaoman stopped practicing and opened the door.
Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie swung their arms and rowed hard. Every time the kayak was about to approach the railing of the third-floor balcony, Ye Xiaojie reached out to grab the railing, and the kayak would be blown all over the place and moved backwards.
I went back and forth several times, but even though the building was right within reach, I couldn't go back.
Following Wen Jianfeng to the third floor, he swung the climbing rope that he had prepared in advance twice and threw it towards the kayak.
A mineral water bottle filled with water was tied to the top of the rope, and under the action of gravity, it was successfully thrown onto the kayak in one go.
Ye Xiaojie held the rope tightly, Sun Qing stretched out her hands and feet to stabilize the kayak to prevent it from capsizing, and Xia Xiaoman and Wen Jianfeng pulled the kayak over together.
Finally returning to the building, Sun Qing let out a long sigh, "I'm finally back."
"Why did it take you so long? Is the rescue point far from us?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Sun Qing pursed her lips and said, "I asked the people at the rescue center about the situation of my parents and Xiaojie's parents."
She and Ye Xiaojie are both from other places. They came here to study, and their hometown is not here. Since the flood, they have not been able to contact their families for so long, and they don’t know what the situation is like at home.
This time when I went to the relief center, I asked the staff to see if I could find out about the situation in my hometown.
There were many people like Sun Qing and her friends who were asking about their hometown. It took them a long time to find a staff member to inquire about the situation at home.
Sun Qing's hometown is in the north. The hail and heavy rain flooded all the cars, trapping everyone in their homes. There was no way for them to go out and salvage supplies like they did.
Ye Xiaojie's hometown is in the next city, which is as flooded as Fucheng.
From the rescue operation in the floating city, Sun Qing and her friends had already guessed that the situation in Xia Country was probably not very good.
Xia State, including the reserve forces, has at least 20 million troops. Add in the number of firefighters, auxiliary police, volunteers, etc., and it should be enough to rescue Fucheng.
However, since the disaster, Fucheng has not received any outside rescue, but instead asked veterans to participate in the rescue.
What does this mean? It means that the disaster in Xia Country was too widespread, and no one in the country was free to come to rescue Fucheng.
Therefore, Sun Qing and Ye Xiaojie were mentally prepared for the disaster in their hometown, but they still couldn't help but worry about the safety of their family.
After returning to 1503, taking a shower and changing into dry clothes, Sun Qing called everyone to Zhou Qiuyang's house for a meeting.
The topic of the meeting was a discussion on whether to move to the relief center.
Wen Jianfeng brought his two children to the meeting, but they were only qualified to attend and had no right to speak.
Xiao Zheyu asked actively, "Sister Qing, how far is the rescue point from here? Can we get there in an hour?"
He was very concerned about this issue. If the distance was too far, he would not be able to carry so many supplies to the rescue point even if he cut his hands.
Sun Qing shook her head weakly, "Don't even think about going to the shelter. Believe me, you guys definitely won't want to move there."
The rescue point was arranged at a hotel. The flood backflow blocked the sewers of the hotel. Before reaching the rescue point, you can see from a distance that the rescue point is surrounded by domestic garbage.
As you get closer to the hotel, the urine odor goes straight to your head, and you can smell the stench even if you block your nose.
At that time, Sun Qing wanted to turn around and leave, but she wanted to inquire about the situation in her hometown, so she endured the stench and continued to move forward.
The hotel is managed and the corridors are clean, but the rooms are so dirty that they are unbearable to look at.
There are so many disaster victims that the relief site is full. Each room is accommodated by at least eight people, and larger rooms may hold 10-12 people.
The room was damp and smelly, and the hotel's original snow-white quilt had turned black and had a greasy sheen.
Everyone was lifeless, huddled together numbly, waiting for the staff to distribute food.
"The relief center is like a beggar's den. The people inside do nothing but stay in the room waiting for food from the staff."
"The food is a round cake the size of a fist. Each person has two meals a day, two round cakes for each meal."
Sun Qing asked the staff and learned that these round cakes were made by mixing cooked food fished out from the water with a little water.
For example, among the supplies salvaged today were small vacuum-packed bags of cakes, bread, biscuits and puffed foods.
The staff will tear up all the food and throw it into a bowl, pour in a little boiled water, mix them together and knead them into semi-dry round cakes.
The taste of the round cakes depended on what was caught the day before, but without exception, the round cakes were so unpalatable every day that it made people question their lives.
"Two round cakes, a normal person won't be full!" Xiao Zheyu couldn't imagine himself having only two cakes for a meal. He would probably be as thin as a paper man because of hunger.
Xia Xiaoman said, "Two pieces of bread for one meal, not starving to death but not full either, is the minimum standard for normal people to survive."
Xiao Zheyu suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand. No wonder the notice says that homeless people who are struggling to survive should go to the relief center. Because the relief center will only prevent you from starving to death, but it won't give you enough food."
"If you go to a relief center just to get enough food, you'll go hungry every day. If you already have a hard time surviving, you won't starve to death if you go to a relief center."
Sun Qing nodded. "So it's not suitable for us to go to the rescue center. It's too dirty and messy there. It's best not to go there unless you have no other choice."
"I can't go now even if I want to." Wen Jianfeng looked at the balcony, "It's windy again, and I don't know how long it will last this time."
Xia Xiaoman frowned, "It doesn't matter if it's windy, as long as it doesn't rain too much."
If it rains as heavily as before, the floating city will become an underwater city again...
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