Fang Huaimeng opened the door, stood at the door and said a lot of words of thanks, then licked his dry lips and said, "Miss Cheng, I'm sure you've heard about my family's situation from others. Tongtong and I haven't eaten or had any water for two days. Can you lend us some food and drink? I'll pay you back when we get the government relief food."
Cheng Wei thought that she came to thank her sincerely, and was very happy about it. She felt a little proud of herself and thought that what she did was right, and it was her brother who was wrong. People should help each other, and not judge others by their own standards and be petty about everything.
But when Cheng Wei heard Fang Huaimeng's words, her smile froze on her face. She turned her head to look at Yang Wentao and saw a bit of helplessness in the other's eyes.
They did have a lot of food and drinks stocked up at home, so there was no problem in giving people some, but Cheng Wei just felt weird. It was like the beliefs she had always held on to were slowly collapsing. Although she didn't want to face it, it was undeniable that her worldview was changing.
After all, she was too young, not even twenty years old, and had been growing up in a greenhouse. She had not yet had a deep understanding of this disaster. She subconsciously felt that this disaster would surely pass under the leadership of the national government, and that people would not be able to commit illegal acts under the control of the JC army. No matter how sinister human nature was, it was impossible to break the lowest bottom line.
She was silent for two seconds, then said "wait a moment", turned around and went into the house to pick up a small bag of five kilograms of rice and half a bucket of tap water stored in the bathtub, handed them to Fang Huaimeng and said, "I don't have much food and water at home, but since you and Tongtong are so pitiful, I'll give you some. But Sister Fang, you must not be weak again and let your husband eat up all the food and drink. For your daughter, you have to stand up for yourself."
Fang Huaimeng's eyes flashed, and it was unclear whether she heard it or not. She kept thanking Cheng Wei and limped away with her things.
Because of this, Cheng Wei was angry with Cheng Su Ming for several days and did not go to 1501, just to prove that she was right.
As a result, within two days, Fang Huaimeng came knocking on the door again, with an embarrassed look on his face: "Miss Cheng, can you give me some more food and drink?"
Cheng Wei frowned: "Sister Fang, the rice and water I gave you last time are enough to support you and your daughter for a week. Even if your husband is at home, the three of you eat frugally, and that's enough."
"It is indeed enough, but Tongtong's father owes a lot of foreign debts." Fang Huaimeng said with red eyes: "Those debt collectors can't get the money, so they come to our house to take our rice and water as compensation. We really have no choice..."
"You have no other choice but to come to us?" Yang Wentao leaned against the door with his arms folded across his chest. His already ferocious features were knitted into a ball, making him look even scarier. He sneered, "Do you think we are being taken advantage of? Do you think we will be so foolish as to help you?"
"That's not what I meant." Fang Huaimeng hastily denied. She was a little afraid of the ferocious Yang Wentao and didn't dare to look at him. She only looked at Cheng Wei, who looked like a student and was easy to talk to, with red eyes: "Ms. Cheng, I really have no choice, otherwise I wouldn't have come to you. You are a kind person, and we are neighbors. You don't want to see us die of thirst and hunger, right?"
Cheng Wei really couldn't refuse Fang Huaimeng. After all, they were all neighbors. Would she really watch them die? She gave her some food and drink.
Unexpectedly, Fang Huaimeng took advantage of her soft heart and good temper, and came to her house again and again to ask for food and drinks. Once, he even brought her domestic violence husband down with him, and broke into her house without asking for Cheng Wei's consent. As a result, Yang Wentao kicked him out. Fang Huaimeng's husband got up cursing and wanted to fight with Yang Wentao, but was pulled away by Fang Huaimeng.
After Cheng Wei finished telling Si Nan about these things, she secretly glanced at Cheng Suming who was queuing up to receive supplies. Seeing that he was concentrating on the queue in front of him, she retracted her gaze, stuck out her tongue at Si Nan and said, "Sister-in-law, I finally understand why my brother wanted to collect medical expenses before treating his illness. In today's world, it's really not possible for others to repay your kindness just because you are kind. After Fang Huaimeng's incident, I also understood a lot. I was too kind-hearted before and made my brother unhappy. Sister-in-law, can you say something nice to my brother so that he won't be angry with me anymore?"
"Your brother has never been really angry with you, he just wants to teach you a lesson and let you see how evil people are." Si Nan pinched Cheng Wei's nose and said with a smile: "Don't worry, even if you don't say a word to your brother, you are still his sister. Come to our house, your brother will still cook for you."
"Really?" Cheng Wei smiled. "That's great. I want to eat the fish you raise on the balcony. Sister-in-law, can you ask my brother to cook some boiled fish for us?"
"OK."
The aunt and sister-in-law were chattering under a flower bed tree not far from the team. Cheng Suming and Yang Wentao lined up in front of the military supplies delivery vehicle in front of the community square, waiting to receive each person's supplies.
Starting from last month, the army has been distributing supplies in various communities on a weekly basis. The contents of the supplies vary from week to week. This week it may be a few packets of instant noodles, some bread, some potatoes, etc., and next week it may become rice, cornmeal, onions, carrots, or sweet potatoes.
In short, one person can claim it. Before claiming it, you must take your household registration ID card to the community to register. When claiming it, you must also bring your ID card or household registration for verification. No proxy claim is allowed. Even if you are sick or have difficulty moving, you must go downstairs to claim it. The purpose is to prevent people with bad intentions from claiming supplies.
This disaster is global. Many countries only distributed supplies to the people symbolically in the first week or so, and then there was no further response. However, Country Z has been distributing the country’s previously stockpiled food to the people.
Country Z has a population of over one billion, so many people need to eat, and there is no end in sight for the high temperature weather. Over the past month or so, the national treasury has spent more than half of its supplies. If someone collects the supplies on behalf of others or someone with ulterior motives steals the household registration identity card and claims the supplies, not only will people go hungry, but it will also cause unnecessary chaos.
In order to make it easier for the people to receive supplies, the army usually distributes supplies at dawn or after the temperature drops in the evening. Before distributing the supplies, the community will be notified, and the community will notify the homeowners in each community group. After receiving the notification, everyone will go downstairs to line up.
When queuing, usually one or two people from a family line up, and the others wait on the side. The main reason is that the weather is too hot. Even in the morning and evening, it is over 40 degrees. The elderly and children cannot stand the high temperature and have to hide in the shade. So when queuing, as long as there are not a lot of people cutting in line, everyone can understand and basically there will be no quarrels.
Of course, there are also those who have a bad temper, or who are dissatisfied with the people cutting in line. They will always make a fuss or even fight. The soldiers who are responsible for the safety of the supplies and are armed with live ammunition will take action at this time. If they can reconcile, they will reconcile. If they can't reconcile, they will stand aside and fight slowly, and then they will go to collect their supplies after others have received theirs. At this time, no matter how bad the temper is, they have to endure it. Everyone wants to get the supplies early and pick the good ones.
Today, we collected supplies at around 7pm. Many people held fans or rechargeable fans and sat in groups of three or four under trees in the community flower beds or in shady places, waiting for their family members in line to be in line, and then they would run over to collect supplies together with their family members.
At the beginning, good student Cheng Wei and good citizen Si Nan were not used to this kind of queue-jumping and insisted on queuing up by themselves. However, the weather was too hot and the line was too long. There were at least tens of thousands of people queuing in a community. If you went late, you would have to squeeze in one place for an hour or two, which was more uncomfortable than being roasted on fire.
The two of them queued several times and got prickly heat. Later, they couldn't bear it anymore, so they let Cheng Suming and Yang Wentao, two grown men, queue up.
The two of them sat under the tree in the flower bed for a while. Seeing that it was almost Cheng Suming's turn, Si Nan's phone vibrated. She lowered her head and opened her phone. She found that it was the community leader who tagged everyone in the group, saying that the water truck would be here soon and asked everyone to go home and get buckets and line up for water.
At the beginning, the army distributed food and drinking water uniformly, but as the weather became hotter, more and more water sources were needed and water resources were exhausted. The army could not continue to distribute drinking mineral water, so they began to drill wells everywhere to get water, dig ice from high mountain snow-covered areas to draw water, desalinate seawater, and other methods to transport water to all parts of the country.
In this way, a special water truck team is formed, and the time of delivery to the community is irregular, sometimes three days, sometimes five days, or seven days. When the water arrives, the community people will be notified and asked to come and get water.
Si Nan stood up and patted Cheng Wei on the shoulder: "Go tell your brother that the water truck is here. I'll go upstairs to get the bucket first."
Cheng Wei knew that Si Nan deliberately asked her to talk to her brother to ease the awkward atmosphere between them for the past week. She said "oh" reluctantly and walked to Cheng Su Ming in three steps to tell him about it.
Cheng Suming didn't say anything. He just turned around and went to find Si Nan.
Cheng Wei also wanted to go upstairs with Si Nan to get the bucket, but Yang Wentao stopped her: "No hurry, let's get the food first and then go get the bucket."
Cheng Wei was confused, so Yang Wentao pointed at the gradually shrinking line in front and said, "I gave the key to your brother, and he can help us get it. When they bring the bucket down, we can get the supplies, and they can come over to get them too, so your brother and the others don't have to queue again."
"Okay." Cheng Wei looked at Cheng Suming's receding back and sighed, "Wentao, I found that my brother is really good to my sister-in-law. As soon as she leaves his sight, no matter what he is doing, he will appear by her side and protect her safety at any time, fearing that something will happen to her. Why didn't I realize that my brother is such a loving and resentful person before?"
Yang Wentao held her in his arms and took a step forward with the slowly moving team: "If you are envious, I can follow you anytime and anywhere."
"No way." Cheng Wei pushed him gently and gave him a shy glare.
She was thin-skinned and couldn't stand the two of them hugging each other in broad daylight, for fear that others would laugh at them. If Yang Wentao followed her all the time like Cheng Suming did, she really couldn't stand it, that was too clingy!
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