Chapter 041 Water Resources Polluted
At this time, Wang Qiqi came out and said, "Everyone, I've heard that if the water doesn't arrive tomorrow, the community water truck will come to deliver water at 2:00 PM. Remind everyone to fill up your tanks when the water arrives! Anyone with extra water, please help Zhang Bingbing."
Wang Cuihua sent a voice message on the 4th: "This girl's words are so rude. When I was riding in your car today, I said I'd call you in the group if I had any problems. But who has mineral water now? I collect muddy water at home, let it settle, and then constantly change it. If you don't mind, I can bring you a basin of muddy water that hasn't been changed yet."
Li Wei No. 21: "Auntie, could you bring me a basin too?"
Wang Cuihua sent a voice message saying, "I only bring water to my grandson." Li Wei never spoke again. Zhang Bingbing went to get water herself. The old lady's fighting power is sometimes quite impressive.
In short, even if Zhang Bingbing's problem was solved, Jingshu's family was happy to see it. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are right and wrong. Although people in the early days of the apocalypse still have some conscience, their human nature is still exposed. Just like Jingshu, she won't give away even if she has a pool of water. Water is stored by one's own ability, so why should she give it to others?
Jingshu has been keeping the water tank full every day these days. After the muddy water passes through several filters, it becomes like purified water and can be used as usual. The difficulty lies in the upcoming year-long water outage.
"I don't like this guy Wang Qiqi. He is too smooth." Jing's mother interrupted.
"What if you like it?" Jing's father said seriously, and then the stairs tilted, the topic deviated, and the two of them somehow returned to their bedrooms.
Jingshu: “???”
Aren't we talking about the water problem? ... Never mind, just be happy.
After inspecting the Rubik's Cube space in the evening, Jingshu ate two plates of spicy diced rabbit, three steaks and a bowl of shaved ice yogurt as a midnight snack, and then began to practice the 6th-order Rubik's Cube. This Rubik's Cube was more than one level more difficult, and Jingshu could only complete it after practicing for more than half a month. It was still a long way from completing it quickly.
Jingshu wanted to upgrade before moving the villa. She needed at least a 6th-order Rubik's Cube of 216 cubic meters or a 7th-order Rubik's Cube of 343 cubic meters to take away all the supplies in the villa. She had to take the bed and other things with her, and it didn't matter if she didn't have a chance to use them. She didn't want to wake up the next day and be bitten by all kinds of bugs and crawling corpses.
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Morning news reports said that despite a policy of catching fish in advance to prevent large numbers of freshwater fish from dying in the lake, twenty consecutive days of high temperatures and soil erosion caused the riverbed to rise, ultimately leading to the death of many freshwater fish. The high temperatures caused the dead fish to float and rot, polluting large areas of water sources. Local governments have been catching fish carcasses around the clock to remedy the polluted water sources.
70% of the Earth's water is undrinkable. Freshwater resources are extremely scarce, and river water is polluted! China currently only has drinkable water from deep lakes and reservoirs, but with high temperatures and continued rainfall, freshwater resources will gradually decrease.
The water will only get less and less!
It is foreseeable that there will be no water supply for the next year.
There was electricity in Jingshu's community, but there was still no water. The pretentious people stopped clamoring for mineral water and just quietly settled the muddy water themselves.
Wang Qiqi forwarded the news content to the group, reminding everyone to save water. Now the country's water resources are polluted, water supply is definitely tight, and the situation is quite serious.
The water truck arrived at 2:00 p.m., and each family was only given three buckets of turbid water. This was water that had been filtered several times, so it was relatively good. Compared to a few months later when each person only had 500 barrels of water per day, it was like heaven and hell.
Jingshu didn't expect that getting some water would cause trouble.
Wang Qiqi No. 13: "Everyone, if you haven't received water yet, hurry up. Once everyone in line has received theirs, the water truck will leave. Now the water truck comes every two days, and we'll keep bringing water!"
When they heard that they didn’t know how long the water supply would be cut off and the water truck would only come once every two days, everyone panicked.
Security guard Xiao Wang: "The one in Jing'an Villa District hasn't been registered yet."
Jing's father happened to be out buying some more cigarettes and alcohol today. Jing's mother said that colleagues have started to secretly hoard all kinds of grain. The documents above said that due to the high temperature, countless losses have been caused. Even after the dark days, no grain can be grown. The country plans to stop producing by-products in the next two years.
Including tobacco, alcohol and snacks.
The higher authorities also issued a document reducing the purchase limit from 500 yuan to 200 yuan. The total spending of each person in major supermarkets on that day should not exceed 500 yuan, so that people who knew in advance that the country was going to reduce grain sales would not be able to buy much.
Of course, scalpers and private supermarkets are not included. Jing's father, who is a smoker and drinker, went out to buy cigarettes and alcohol today. Fortunately, there is no purchase limit on cigarettes and alcohol.
Jingshu didn't want to go get water alone, but someone called her by name. Not wanting to give everyone the impression that her family had no shortage of water, she responded in the group and took three buckets to get water.
Wucheng has already started to restrict water use, and it is reported that the largest freshwater lake in Wucheng has also been polluted.
The water truck was at the entrance of the community. Jingshu put on a mask, a windproof jacket, and rain boots and ran for three minutes to get there. The street lights in the community were all off, leaving only the lights at the entrance. Under the lights, there were countless black flying insects the size of red dates, which kept making noises and swooping down on people, causing the woman leading the water to scream.
Jingshu knew that it would not be long before various flying insects would become rampant and spread diseases, and a large number of people would die from the disease.
Those who came to get water came one by one. After Jingshu registered, she looked at the people in line. They were all covered in dust and looked haggard, with chapped lips, indicating that there was not much water left at home.
At this time, an old lady in flowery clothes said, "My daughter, it's already hard for you to carry a bucket by yourself. Please share the rest with me. I have a large family and we don't have enough water."
The uncle next to her immediately said, "Beautiful girl, give me the extra one and I'll give you 50 yuan."
Someone else said, "Just give us some of it. You can't carry it all by yourself."
"You guys are very bad. You want water without paying. Miss, I will push the cart to take it back for you. How about you give me two buckets? You can't take it back by yourself anyway." Another fat man who was pushing the cart laughed.
The water truck only came once every two days, and everyone felt that there was too little water. Mineral water was not available in supermarkets outside, so muddy water suddenly became precious.
Jingshu rolled her eyes. "Why don't you help me carry it back if I can't lift it? You're very active in getting water."
"That's right." The fat man followed suit.
"Can't you just send them all back to me?" Jingshu asked the fat man.
"Who would be willing to deliver it to someone in such hot weather? Give me a hundred yuan and I'll deliver it to you." said the fat man.
Jingshu refused to share the water with everyone. The people in front took the water and waited to see how the little girl would take it back, and then they were dumbfounded.
Jingshu walked away easily, carrying two in one hand and one in the other. Those who wanted to get some water held the water in confusion. Didn’t everyone get water from the same truck?
Indifference and cold-eyed observation are Jingshu's evaluation of human nature after the apocalypse. Now it is slowly beginning to reveal itself.
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