Chapter 036 Do you have a younger brother named Wang Baba?
They were the elderly couple who wanted to take a ride to buy water a few days ago.
At around seven or eight in the evening, the sky was already pitch black. There was no moon or stars in sight, and the temperature had dropped. The police car sirens sounded. Jingshu's family had just finished their meal when they heard the noise, so they put on their coats, windbreakers, masks, and hats before going out to see what was going on.
There were more and more kinds of flying insects under the street lights, buzzing non-stop. When Jingshu and her family arrived, there was already a security guard standing there, as well as six or seven nearby residents, police officers, and forensic doctors.
The aunt who was going out to hitchhike that day and her lover were lying on the bed wrapped in thick quilts. Their bodies had rotted and many maggots had grown. Flies were also crawling up and down laying eggs. It seemed that a batch of them had already hatched from the maggots. The whole house was filled with the unpleasant smell of corpses.
Jing's mother hid in Jing's father's arms out of fear. Jing's father subconsciously covered Jing's mother's eyes. Then they remembered that they had a daughter... Maybe they were true love, and Jingshu was just an accident.
However, Jingshu not only looked at the corpse calmly, but also had an urge to study it. She heard a neighbor aunt describe what happened:
"I couldn't stand the nauseating smell for two days straight, so I told the security guard. He later found the source of the smell coming from their house and pried open the door, and that's what it was."
The medical examiner carefully examined the body with gloves on. He pointed to the unused air conditioner and said, "The temperature difference between day and night is huge. At night, the temperature dropped below zero. They probably didn't turn on the AC to save electricity. Instead, they covered themselves with quilts and closed the windows. Then around six or seven in the morning, it rose to 4°C. The high temperature, coupled with the lack of water, caused heatstroke. And with no air circulation, they suffocated."
"It would be better to install a constant temperature air conditioner. There have been more than a dozen such deaths in the city." The forensic doctor is used to it.
The old lady was hitchhiking everywhere to save money on taxis and air conditioning...but she didn't expect to end up like this.
The forensic doctor took a few photos, and the police wrapped the person in a body bag and took him away, leaving two staff members to start disinfection and handle the funeral.
"Hello, are you the new neighbors? I'm Wang Qiqi from Building 13. I've created a community group with more than 60 members. Would you like to join so we can discuss anything together?" A dark-skinned young man in his thirties said enthusiastically.
Jingshu and her father joined the group. Jingshu wanted to ask, "Do you have a younger brother named Wang Baba?"
"Which building are you guys in? For your convenience, please note the building number, but don't mention the specific unit or floor."
"In the villa area."
Wang Qiqi looked at the family in surprise, then quickly noted to Jingshu and the others, "There are very few people staying in the villa area right now, and the location is quite remote. If you need anything, please let us know in the group chat, and we'll definitely help if we can."
"Okay, thank you for your help."
"Don't be polite, we're all neighbors. You can check the notices. There's the phone numbers of food delivery, water delivery, sports car delivery, supermarkets, etc. If you have any additional information, you can tell me."
Wang Qiqi went to find the aunt who had just spoken, as well as a few people who were watching the fun, and even pulled the security guard into the group to write a note.
After a while, the group leader Wang Qiqi came to everyone's rescue, recounted the incident of the aunt and uncle's tragic death at home, and reminded everyone to save electricity, set the air conditioner to a constant temperature, and those who did not have air conditioners should buy one quickly.
Young Master, I Have a Baby, Building 13: "Fuck, I'm so scared, I quickly turned on the air conditioner."
Wang Xuemei, Building 2: "If anyone in the group sells air conditioners or has a phone number for one, please let me know."
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There are few air conditioners in the north and no heating in the south.
Due to the high temperature during the day, the cool temperature at night, and the loess water, air conditioners, refrigerators, and water purifiers are sold out across the country. Second-hand fans in electrical appliance stores are sold out. Orders posted online are queued up for two months later, and scalpers can deliver to your door within three days at a high price.
The chaos at the beginning of the last days began from here.
The dust has been falling for over a week. Snowplows are used to clear the dirt from the streets, and those that are not have snowplows are swept manually. All primary and kindergarten classes remain suspended, and middle and high school students, as well as various units, have been assigned their own areas for sweeping. If they are not swept for a day, a thick layer of dirt will accumulate.
A gentle breeze blows and the sky is filled with dust.
There are many people suffering from heatstroke and pneumoconiosis in the hospital, and various dissatisfactions have also been exposed on the Internet.
"You're kidding me! I've been sweeping snow in the north for over a decade, and now I have to work in the south, and now I have to sweep dirt every day..."
"Sweeping the dirt is still okay, but eating the dirt is the worst. Everything I eat, use, and live in is covered in dirt. There's no way to prevent it. Even my bath water is filled with dirt."
"You're all lucky. The reservoir here is filled with mud and blocked, and now the water supply has been cut off. We have to rely on water trucks to survive every day!"
"Our rivers have been filled up with earth and dried up. People line up every day to buy mineral water. Even earth water is fine."
Across the country, due to the excessive power consumption caused by running air conditioners 24 hours a day due to alternating high and low temperatures, power outages and circuit burnouts have occurred. In some areas, rivers and reservoirs have been filled with soil, and when extremely high temperatures during the day accelerate evaporation, droughts have occurred.
Many lakes and reservoirs are dropping at a rate of several centimeters per day, and the country has also launched various remedial measures.
Every day, the Internet is exposed to news that reservoirs have turned into mud reservoirs and mineral water companies have to stop production, which has further exacerbated the situation of everyone scrambling for mineral water.
The price of a bottle of mineral water has also risen to 10 yuan, and various beverages are even more expensive. The supermarkets have plenty of food, but the first things to be taken out of stock are water and beverages. This is something no one expected. Water plants across the country began to filter water 24 hours a day to speed up production, and water trucks were used to transport water to blocked reservoirs.
And we call on the general public to save water. If there is water in the tap, just use it. It is good to have water. Don't be picky.
Before one problem is solved, another one arises. The problems of soil and water have not been resolved. Some areas have entered an extremely high temperature of nearly 5 degrees Celsius, and an epidemic has broken out, causing chickens, pigs, and cattle to die from heatstroke.
The number of deaths from heatstroke has accumulated to tens of thousands. The highest number of deaths is found in the north, while the lowest number of deaths is found in the hottest south, namely Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan. I heard that people are used to the high temperatures and are therefore more resistant to them.
Classes and work have been suspended in half of the north, but people in the southern city of Shanghai are still working as normal.
The police, doctors, government, etc. will definitely not stop working. Jingma worked continuously in her previous life, which led to heatstroke later.
"Mom, the refrigerated mung bean soup is in the cold and warm cup, the cold cucumber and boiled chicken are in the insulated box, and you must eat the tortoise jelly." Jingshu handed over the small box.
In this life, I still can't stand the persistent Jing Ma to go to work, but with Lingquan around, it won't be so easy to get heatstroke.
"Eat less chicken, duck, and pork. There's an epidemic in the south."
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