Chapter 32 Lou Yuncheng
The bathroom was filled with steam. At nine o'clock in the morning, before Shu Fu turned off the faucet, the water flow under the shower head gradually became smaller and soon stopped completely.
Fortunately, Shu Fu had already washed herself by then. Fortunately, she had not been idle in the shelter in the past few days. She had been checking and researching the various current situations and life tips of Lou Yuncheng on the Internet. Finally, she took a shower before the water was cut off.
She changed into clean and comfortable home clothes, and when she walked out of the bathroom while drying her hair, she couldn't help but smell her hair and hands again and again. She didn't know if it was because the domestic water flowing out of the tap in Lou Yuncheng was now purified water, or because she used sulfur soap to disinfect herself from head to toe.
In short, she felt like she was emitting a chemical smell all over her body.
The purified water here cannot be compared with the purified water in the Drifting Island House. She thinks it would be more appropriate to call it filtered water.
This was the second day since she entered the security wall of Louyun City. At this moment, she was in a hotel in the urban area. In Louyun City, most of the commercial facilities were operating normally.
However, apart from the two limited water use time periods officially stipulated, if you want to take a shower at other times, you have to pay extra money. Just like calling the front desk to request meal delivery in the past, now you have to call to request purchase first. The hotel will only provide daily water for a certain period of time after deducting the fee from the deposit.
Such extra purchase of domestic water is very expensive. She only bought water for 10 minutes yesterday and simply washed herself. Today, she got up early on purpose to thoroughly wash herself during the water supply period.
She remembered that a long-standing and popular post on a certain online platform described Lou Yuncheng's current situation in this way.
——Except for the fact that domestic water has been changed to purified water and its use is limited to a certain time each day, the price of electricity doubles if it exceeds a certain amount, prices have soared and some water purchases have been restricted, entry to some areas in the city is restricted, there are guardrails and checkpoints everywhere, some roads are restricted, a large number of refugees have led to an increase in street fights and thefts in some areas, conflicts between local residents and outsiders have become increasingly intensified, endless rain has made the walls moldy and damp, and the probability of people suffering from rheumatism and bone pain has increased... In addition, Louyun City has done very well in all other aspects during this period of disasters. It is worthy of being the first big city in Muzhou Province to start building high water-blocking walls. It is a reassuring and desirable existence in this period of disaster.
To be honest, Shu Fu was a little unsure whether the poster of this post was praising or mocking.
In fact, in her opinion, the officials of Louyun City have done a very good job. After all, here, the people of the city can still study and work as usual as before, and foreign refugees also have a shelter that can shelter them from the wind and rain.
Of course, there are still many problems, but they cannot be solved in a short period of time.
After all, this disaster has not passed. Now is still a precarious period of disaster. New disasters may strike at any time. There are too many disasters to deal with, and it is inevitable that some details will be missed.
Just like the tsunami, or the huge wave, yesterday afternoon, when a terrible disaster strikes, all human beings are equally small and helpless.
From Sankou Province to Muzhou Province, and then to Xiren Province to the north of Muzhou Province, from Suicheng to Guanyu County to Louyun City, as well as many large and small cities in Muzhou Province and Xiren Province, all encountered huge waves and hurricanes to varying degrees.
This is also the first time that these inland cities have faced such a terrible disaster.
The huge waves that hit Louyun City were not the highest. According to monitoring, the highest wave reached 48 meters and hit another city in Muzhou Province.
The city also built a water barrier dam, but because it was started late, the height of the several water barriers is only about 40 meters. Compared with the depth of the water outside the water wall, this was originally a very safe height, but no one expected that such a huge wave would appear in the inland area.
The 48-foot-high waves did not destroy the water-blocking walls, but the roaring waves passed over the safety walls and destroyed the top fortifications that were still under construction. The flood poured down from the top of the high wall like a waterfall, destroying all the buildings near the safety wall.
Large tracts of farmland and farms in the suburbs of that city were destroyed, residential buildings in the suburbs collapsed, and countless people were swept away by the floods. The death toll has not yet been counted...
The people in Lou Yuncheng, who had been complaining every day about the government's inaction and about how their lives had become a mess, fell silent after watching the videos, news, and continuous posts asking for help online.
In the early days, when Lou Yuncheng went against all odds and prepared to build a water-blocking dam, he invested too much manpower and material resources. During that period, the construction of the water-blocking wall led to a decline in people's living standards and caused inconvenience to most people, so there were all kinds of voices on the Internet.
Many people are condemning this crazy official. This is a hilly city! The lowest altitude of the city is 120 meters, and the highest is 350 meters. What reason is there to devote half of the city's strength to building a few cold walls that may never be used?
But now, the facts have proved everything.
Since the huge waves occurred yesterday, the direction of public opinion on the Internet has completely changed. In this storm and huge waves, the only ones in Lou Yuncheng who suffered misfortune were the several shelters outside the safety wall.
Within the high walls, apart from heavy rain and strong winds that caused the collapse of flimsy houses in the suburbs, and short-term waterlogging in several low-lying areas in the city due to untimely flood discharge, the people suffered almost no other immediate harm.
The rescue operation for the shelter outside the wall was launched in the rain yesterday afternoon. As of this morning, all the rescue work was completed. The injured survivors were arranged to live in a suburban area, and the other survivors were arranged to live in several shelters inside the wall. Various relief supplies are also being distributed.
The Louyun City officials even had enough resources to assist several other towns that were hit by huge waves and hurricanes.
Cheng Yu and Liu Shuang also started the rescue work as soon as possible. Cheng Yu didn't even have time to treat the wound first. Because of their busyness, Shu Fu found the opportunity to leave.
She followed other refugees and was led by several staff members back to the ground through the internal passage of the dam.
People like them who escaped from the water and climbed onto the dam to save their lives were extremely lucky. There were several boats that happened to be in the middle of the water at that time, but only their boat reached the dam safely.
The total number of people on these boats exceeded 70. Not counting the three rescue team members including Cheng Yu and Liu Shuang, there were only 21 people alive. The strong man Shu Fu, who didn't care about the lives of others or even his own life for the sake of supplies, was never seen again...
Afterwards, she showed the green silicone wristband she had received at Suicheng Library a long time ago.
After the shelter registers personal information, the personal information in the wristband will be updated.
She was a native of Louyun City and was not among the refugees assigned to the city. There were no restricted areas for her to enter or leave, so she could take a bus or public transportation to the city on her own.
Heavy rain is the best camouflage tool. She is covered from head to toe in thick raincoat and rain boots. Others cannot see her figure and clothes, and do not know who she is. She only has a medium-sized backpack, which is also covered by the raincoat and is not conspicuous.
She went to the bus station, bought the ticket with cash, and then waited at the station for two hours until the heavy rain turned into moderate rain and the strong wind died down. The bus started to leave and then she went into the city smoothly.
**
It was already night when they entered the city. They had to cross a big river on the way - the Yun River. The lights were on in the buildings in the streets and alleys of Louyun City. Looking out through the car window soaked with rain, this city gave her a familiar yet strange feeling.
The reason for the familiarity is that she has the memory of living here for eighteen years in her brain. She is very familiar with the buildings and roads in many places here. This familiarity makes her feel a sense of belonging and security.
She felt strange because she knew clearly that she was just inheriting the memories of "Shu Fu". The real her - Shu Fu herself - had never really lived in this city.
This feeling is very strange, but no matter what, familiarity is always a good thing. At least she knows this city and it won't take a lot of effort to settle down like going to a completely unfamiliar city.
After leaving the bus station, she chose the most upscale hotel nearby. The public security is not as good as before, and hotels with higher entry barriers have stricter security, which can increase the safety factor.
She asked for a normal standard room on the ninth floor, which included a balcony and covered a total area of 40 square meters.
The hotel's balcony is different from her previous home in that it is open, so since the heavy rain started, the glass sliding door leading to the balcony in the room has been locked, and the guests cannot go out. A layer of stainless steel protective net has also been installed outside the glass sliding door to prevent strong winds and hail.
She left a deposit and booked a room for three days.
These three days were the buffer time she gave herself to analyze the current situation and make a survival (lying down) plan for the future.
As a screenwriter who has been making outlines and writing manuscripts for many years, she is accustomed to making plans first. With a plan, she can review it herself, check for omissions and deficiencies, and then move forward with the plan step by step.
It is always a good idea to be cautious. Just like when she entered the room last night, the first thing she did was to turn off all the lights and check the room. She then used the software on her phone to further rule out whether there were any cameras.
After making sure everything was safe, she did not rush to check the black notebook. Instead, she checked the doors and windows, locked the door, and then took a quick shower.
She had not slept well in the previous few nights outside, and the huge waves in the afternoon had made her highly concentrated. Now that she had entered the city and was in a relatively safe place, she felt tired and didn't want to eat anything.
She drank some water and a glass of milk and soon went to bed.
She needs to have a good rest first and regain her energy.
At this moment, she woke up, cleaned herself up, and wore dry clothes with a faint fragrance. She felt like she was alive again.
The hotel currently does not include breakfast, and she has no plans to go out for the time being. There is plenty of food in the space anyway, just like a buffet restaurant, so she can just take whatever she wants to eat.
A bowl of salty tofu pudding sprinkled with dried shrimp and shredded seaweed, a portion of fresh meat soup dumplings, and a portion of glutinous rice cake wrapped in fried dough sticks.
Youtiao wrapped glutinous rice cake has a salty seaweed and meat floss flavor. The crispy fried dough sticks are wrapped with glutinous glutinous rice cake, sprinkled with a lot of seaweed crumbs and meat floss, wrapped up and cut into small pieces, packed in a takeaway box, still hot, with a fragrant and crispy outer layer and a soft and delicious inner layer.
There are not many soup dumplings in a serving, only six, but the dumplings here have thin skin and rich soup. When you take a bite, it is full of delicious juice, which gives you a very satisfying feeling.
Tofu pudding is smooth, salty and fresh, and she likes it very much.
Food heals the heart. When she was in the best mood, Cheng Yu called her. She thought that the other party had finished the rescue operation and returned to the wall, but found that she was not in the shelter.
Shu Fu looked at the six words "Classmate Ruoyun's uncle" jumping on the screen and answered the call, turning on the speakerphone: "Hello?"
“……” There was silence on the other end of the phone for a long time.
Shu Fu took a sip of tofu pudding and asked, "Captain Cheng?"
"...Yes." Cheng Yu was a little speechless, probably because he didn't expect that she would answer the phone so readily this time. "I just found out that you didn't go to the shelter. I'm sorry, the situation was urgent yesterday and I didn't have time to settle you first."
"Don't apologize. I should thank you. Thank you and Captain Liu for saving me yesterday. Also, I've already entered the city. Don't worry. After all, this is where I grew up..."
Shu Fu's tone was sincere, but he didn't mention what happened in Suicheng before.
Of course, she knew what Cheng Yu wanted to know most, but in his opinion, this matter involved her personal life and was likely to bring up a lot of bad and unpleasant memories, so she felt that as long as she didn't mention it, he would not rashly ask now.
Sure enough, after listening to her, Cheng Yu was silent for a moment, and only reminded her to be careful when living alone in the city, and if anything really happened, she could call him at any time.
"Forget about making phone calls. Phone charges have gone up now. It's so expensive. Besides, I'm making an inter-provincial call..." Shu Fu said seriously.
Cheng Yu: “…”
After sensing the other party's silence, Shu Fu slowly said the following words: "...Or, Captain Cheng, how about we add each other on WeChat?" After all, her phone has an unlimited data package, so using WeChat is free.
Not long after I hung up the phone, the other party sent a friend message.
Shu Fu passed the verification and sent the other party a hello emoticon of "Xiong Tiantian waving".
The other party’s “typing” was displayed for a long time, and finally replied with one word: Hmm.
His seriousness and his ability to make things awkward instantly made Shu Fu lose the desire to type. She didn't have anything else to say to him, so she exited the chat box directly.
She looked at the avatars of Lu Zheng and Yao Ruoyun, and sent messages to them respectively to report that she was safe, with an emoticon that said "Xiong Tiantian is very sorry."
The speed at which these two people responded to messages was much faster than Chen Fa and the others. They first asked about her current situation, and then asked her what happened before, and why there had been no news for so many days...
Especially Yao Ruoyun, who was flooded with emoticons of "Xiong Tiantian hugged and cried for comfort": I thought something happened to you! ! Why didn't you reply to the message?!
Shu Fu wanted to reply, "The world changes so fast, I didn't expect it myself", but because of Cheng Yu's reaction, she organized her words and finally replied to the two of them separately: You all know why I stayed in the first place, but...something happened that is hard to talk about, and I don't know how to say it now...
As expected, after she had said so much, neither of them asked any further questions. Instead, they comforted her and told her that the past should be left in the past, and that people should look forward and that being alive is the most important thing.
After the other party knew that she was currently in Louyun City, he told her about their current situation.
The Lu Zheng brothers evacuated towards Pincheng early in the morning. Pincheng is in Lankou Province, further northwest than Muzhou Province and Xiren Province where Lou Yuncheng is located.
Yao Ruoyun and other students had always thought that they would only stay in Ningcheng temporarily and would be able to go back when the rain stopped and the water receded. But the rain never stopped, and the water in Suicheng never receded either...
Later, the flood continued to rise, and soon it flooded Ningcheng. Cheng Yu was transferred to Louyun City because of the construction of a dam. As for other classmates, those who had relatives in other cities and the conditions for seeking refuge went there on their own, while those who had no relatives and no conditions for transfer continued to evacuate with the main force.
Pincheng, where Lu Zheng is located, is also one of the country's refugee cities. Pincheng has a small population and a high altitude. Compared with Louyuncheng, it is safer.
In the end, Yao Ruoyun and her family followed the evacuation team to Pincheng. Xun Huiming naturally wanted to follow, but his parents were in Xiangzhou Province.
Xiangzhou Province is to the west of Muchou Province, close to Louyun City where Cheng Yu is located. Yao Ruoyun has been urging him to go back and reunite with his family. After all, in the face of a disaster, nothing is more important than being with family.
Although Xun Huiming didn't want to be separated from Yao Ruoyun, he was also worried about his family and eventually returned to Xiangzhou Province.
At the end of the message, Lu Zheng sent an address and a number, indicating that this was the address and phone number of his and Lu Ce’s house in Pincheng. If one day she didn’t want to stay in Louyuncheng, she could go to Pincheng.
When refugees from other cities arrive in a city, if they have relatives or friends who own property and can take refuge there, they can quickly enter the city and move around freely after verification.
Regardless of whether Shu Fu could go or not, she knew that Lu Zheng meant well. After thanking him, she sent an emoticon of "Xiong Tiantian bowing".
**
During breakfast, Shu Fu contacted all the friends he needed to contact.
After breakfast, she packed up the takeout boxes, threw the garbage bags into the space, and began to make a plan for survival (lying down) in Lou Yuncheng.
First and foremost, she had to determine her current condition and whether she could leave Louyun City. Would she still be trapped in Louyun City by invisible barriers and invisible forces as she was in Suicheng?
She came from Suicheng. Currently, she has no restrictions on movement in the waterway from the eastern suburbs of Louyun City to Suicheng, as well as the entire Suicheng area. However, the remaining buildings in Suicheng should have been destroyed by the hurricane and huge waves, so it doesn't matter much whether this direction has restrictions for her.
What she wanted to confirm was the other direction of Louyun City. To put it bluntly, she still wanted to go to Sand City.
Secondly, if she couldn't leave Louyun City, did it mean that the entire Level 3 progress bar task would be completed here? She didn't know how long it would take. She couldn't stay in a hotel all the time, and she couldn't afford it. She had to rent a house and live in seclusion in the city.
This involves the issue of money. As long as social order does not collapse, living and traveling in a normal city will cost money.
Now that prices are soaring, the remaining savings she withdrew previously probably won't last long, and she really doesn't want to go out to work. Fortunately, during the time she was alone in Suicheng, her automatic water fishing rod salvaged a lot of gold jewelry.
She was familiar with the city and knew how to cash in the gold jewelry. Of course, it would be even better if the landlord was willing to barter.
She had been in Suicheng for so long, and the most things she caught with the automatic water fishing rod were vacuum-packed foods and canned foods. Not only did they fill up the space, she also moved some of them to the Drifting Island House, where they were neatly organized in boxes and stacked high.
She checked the most popular items in the trade here. Besides fresh fruits and vegetables, they were vacuum-packed and canned foods that could be stored for a long time, were not easily spoiled, and were easy to carry and eat.
…
At the end of the list, she wrote one word: car.
In order to travel conveniently, you still have to rent a car.
After writing the plan, she was finally in the mood to check the results of her work on this mission.
[Complete the check-in task at any shelter in the suburbs of Louyun City, and get a 15% progress bar for level 3 raft; get an additional 10% progress bar bonus; get a turntable lottery: 4 times. (Current progress of level 3 raft: 25%)]
Although the reward for this mission was not as much as the last time she checked in to the library, the level 3 raft was advanced by a quarter and she also got four chances to draw a lottery, so she was already very satisfied.
The lottery star couldn't wait to accumulate the number of draws, so he drew four times directly.
Green third prize: raft extended use card. (24 hours)
The first thing she drew was a good thing, which increased the usage time of the raft. Combined with the original usage time of the raft, this card gave her a chance to use the raft for two consecutive days and two nights!
No, more than that, in addition to the 48 hours of continuous use in the middle, you can also add the 12 hours of the previous day and the 12 hours of the next day, all added together, you can use it continuously for 72 hours! A full three days and three nights!
No wonder this is the green third prize.
after--
Red fourth prize: a milk tea gift pack.
Taro and jasmine milk tea, pearl and brown sugar milk, pudding and cocoa hot milk tea, cheese milk ice milk tea, snow-capped oolong pearl milk tea, buffalo milk mochi and taro paste... 50 cups of milk tea of various flavors are available.
Blue fifth prize: floor-to-ceiling windows.
Shu Fu's mood gradually calmed down, until finally, the pointer stopped on the golden grid, and it was not the smallest golden grid.
This is... the golden second prize! ?
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