When they went to Linjiang Wharf to pick up the boat, something went wrong. Due to the high temperature and drought, the water level in Linjiang River dried up and the cargo ship could not be moved out. If they wanted to leave the boat, they had to wait until the water level was high enough.
There is drought everywhere now and global water resources are in urgent need. If the water level is to rise, it will take several months for the high temperature to drop and heavy rain to come.
Sinan didn't want to wait that long. The boat was left here, exposed to the high temperature every day, and it would be easy for the hull to crack. It would be easy for water to enter when it was launched. If it was not taken away, they would have to come to maintain the hull every day.
The temperature is getting higher and higher now. Every time she goes out, she is playing with her life. After today, Sinan no longer wants to go out during the day. She feels like she is being roasted on a fire, and her whole body is so hot that it is almost smoking.
Cheng Suming had the same idea as her, so he went straight to the dock manager and said that they would find a way to get the cargo ship away at noon, and asked him and the dock staff to help them then.
Si Nan was very observant and took out five bags of ten kilograms of rice and five buckets of five thousand milliliters of drinking water from the space. He pretended to take them out from the trunk of the car and gave them to the dock manager, asking him to distribute them to everyone.
Linjiang Wharf is a small inland wharf. Normally, there are only ten staff members working at the wharf. After the high temperature, the water level of Linjiang River bottomed out and all ships on the river could not sail. They usually have no work to do, so only four people take shifts to guard the ships in the morning and evening every day.
Nowadays, food and water are in short supply, and Sinan provided such a large amount of supplies. After the dock manager distributed them to the staff, everyone was very happy and said that if they needed help at noon, they would come to help and would not take their supplies for nothing.
Si Nan quickly refused. The price of a bucket of water and a bag of rice was much higher than before, and they were things that could not be bought even with money. The reason why she was willing to give them was that she wanted them to stay away and not cause trouble at the dock and affect her operations.
Si Nan had paid off the subsequent money for the cargo ship half a month ago. The person in charge of the dock was short-changed, and during the high temperature at noon, no one could withstand the temperature that could kill people. There was no one guarding the dock at noon. He thought that the water level was shallow, and there was no trouble when no one was guarding the dock. Although he didn't understand why the couple wanted to take the boat away in the middle of the day, and didn't know how they could take the boat away, but everyone had settled the money, and the couple even gave them rice and water to ask them not to come, so there was no need for them to make trouble.
More than an hour before noon, Si Nan and Cheng Su Ming returned to the Hummer parked in the shade of the dock. The air conditioning in the car was turned on full blast, and it was very cool after entering.
Si Nan wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out two bottles of frozen mineral water from the space, and handed one to Cheng Su Ming: "The weather is too hot, drink some water to cool down."
The space exists at a constant temperature. Everything you put in will be the same as when you take it out.
In such hot weather, there is no difference between drinking water at room temperature and drinking hot water. Sinan specially bought two large freezers like the ones used to sell ice cream in supermarkets. He put half a freezer full of water in them, and froze barreled and bottled mineral water, various beverages, and milk in them. When there was an ice cube two fingers wide in the middle of the bottle, he moved them into the space, and they kept the frozen temperature all the time.
After two months of being with Cheng Su Ming, Si Nan discovered that he was indeed not picky about food, but he always had his own preferences. For example, he didn't like spicy food or fish, but liked scrambled eggs with tomatoes and various light soups, which was exactly the opposite of her appetite.
She likes spicy and numb food, and she likes soups, but she doesn't like scrambled eggs with tomatoes or various sweet and sour foods.
The two were surprisingly consistent when it came to drinking water. They both liked to drink mineral water and boiled water, and didn't drink much milk or other beverages. The reason was that they both felt that drinking beverages was unhealthy and could not fundamentally solve physiological thirst, and was far less comfortable than drinking boiled water or mineral water.
In an era when most young people like to drink soda, milk tea and other beverages, those who usually like to drink boiled water and mineral water are simply the outliers.
When the two of them discovered that the other had the same preference for drinking water, they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing for a long time.
Cheng Suming took the water, exerted a little force with his hand, unscrewed the cap, and placed it naturally in Sinan's hand. He took another bottle of water from her, opened it and drank the water. He did not make any sound while drinking, and drank the whole bottle of water in a gentle and elegant manner.
Si Nan held the opened bottle of mineral water in her hand, feeling mixed emotions. Because of her family, she had been independent since she was young. When she was with Zou Shichu, she had never thought of asking Zou Shichu to help her unscrew the bottle cap, and Zou Shichu had never thought of opening it for her. The two had never argued about such things.
At that time, she never understood why some girls were obsessed with asking their boyfriends/husbands to help them open bottle caps, carry bags, buy milk tea, tie their hair, and other things they could do themselves.
Later, after she married Cheng Suming, he always did trivial things for her like unscrewing bottle caps without her noticing. Only then did she realize that girls' obsession with these trivial things was not because they were pretentious, but because they just wanted to get the favor and love of their loved ones.
Only if a man favors/pampers you, will he willingly bow his head to you and do these extremely subtle things for you.
Si Nan's heart ached slightly and his eyes gradually turned red. He didn't know whether he felt sorry for the wrong things he had done in the past, or he was touched that someone finally cared about him.
She said thank you to Cheng Su Ming, turned her head to look out the window. Not wanting Cheng Su Ming to see her red eyes, she drank the cold water in her hand in one gulp. She felt her burning chest cool down and burped comfortably.
Drinking water like an old cow, a tomboy with no image, makes other people think that Si Nan is too rude and does not have the elegant image of a girl.
But in Cheng Suming's eyes, this is the true appearance of Si Nan.
Si Nan was just like him. On the surface, she looked quiet, delicate, and a gentle woman who was easy to get along with. But underneath that beautiful, smiling face, she actually hid a cold, ruthless, and cruel face.
When he first met her in his previous life, she always behaved gently and quietly. After several years of being together, she was too lazy to pretend in front of him. She had a wooden face and lifeless eyes every day. She seldom smiled and lived like a walking corpse every day. Only when she drank water and ate with her careless movements could one feel that she was alive.
After being reborn in this life and seeing how full of energy she was, no matter how rude her drinking action was, he would never correct her, nor would he let her change the habit of drinking water.
Many people always force others and restrain themselves for various rules and regulations, but they forget that life is short and a lifetime passes in the blink of an eye. It is not certain which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.
In such a limited life, a day spent happily is a day, and a day spent unhappy is also a day. Why should we constantly restrain ourselves and make ourselves unhappy just for the sake of other people's opinions?
People, just live the way you want.
At twelve o'clock noon, the scorching red sun was baking the earth, and the air was filled with distorted heat waves, and it felt like the earth was about to melt in the sun.
The staff at the dock couldn't stand the heat anymore and said hello to Cheng Suming and the others. They were going to go home for lunch after work and would return to work around three in the afternoon. The two men said they understood and after watching them leave, Si Nan moved.
She walked to the dock and found the cargo ship "Hope" that they had purchased. She concentrated her mind, stared at the cargo ship, and silently said to herself, load the cargo ship in, load it in!
No one knew if it was because the cargo ship was too big or she was not concentrating, but she failed after several attempts. She was staggering, her face was pale, and she felt dizzy and looked like she would faint at any moment.
"If you really can't put it in, just leave it here. Don't be stubborn." Cheng Suming held up a large black parasol to shade Si Nan from the sun. Seeing that her face was extremely pale, he stood beside her, slightly raising his slender arm to prevent her from fainting. "The person in charge of the dock has gone to the Ship Management Office to help us with the registration and transfer procedures. It's safe to leave the boat here. I will take care of the boat every day from now on."
"You're going to maintain this boat in such scorching heat every day? Don't let the water rise before you die on the road."
Si Nan endured the dizziness and nausea, inhaled and exhaled, took a few deep breaths, and focused all his energy on the cargo ship. He raised his slender arm and gently touched the hull of the "Hope", silently saying in his heart: "Go in."
The cargo ship weighing thousands of tons disappeared in front of his eyes in an instant. Si Nan had consumed too much mental energy, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
When she woke up again, she felt a splitting headache.
After thinking for a while, she remembered that she fainted because she put the large cargo ship into the space. However, when she was stockpiling goods before, she put thousands of tons of rice into the space in one breath, and she didn't faint. What happened?
She struggled to get up and found herself in a hospital bed. The only two beds in the ward were occupied by her and another old lady, and there were people crowded around them.
The two-person ward, which was originally less than 15 square meters, now has at least 15 patients housed in it. They are either lying or sitting on the floor or leaning against the wall. They are all receiving intravenous drips and wearing respirators. Their faces are pale and sallow, and they do not look well.
Family members stood next to the patients, each holding a small fan to fan the patients who were receiving intravenous drips.
The room was not big to begin with, but it was crammed with more than 30 people. Although the hospital was an important place and power would not be cut off in the hospital even if power went out elsewhere, the central air-conditioning was on, but the temperature was not low. With so many people crowded together it was like taking a sauna, and the air was filled with a strong smell of sweat.
Si Nan couldn't hold it in any longer and stood up and retched.
Cheng Suming came in carrying a five-layer stainless steel lunch box. Seeing Si Nan wanted to vomit, he quickly walked over, put the lunch box on the bedside table, took out a small basin from under the bed, patted her back, and asked her to vomit in it: "Vomit, you will feel better if you vomit."
Si Nan dry heaved for a long time but couldn't vomit. There were so many people watching her in the ward and she was under a lot of pressure. She wanted to vomit but couldn't.
Cheng Suming saw that she really couldn't vomit, so he helped her lean against the pillow on the bed. She asked him weakly, "What's wrong with me?"
"You have heatstroke and almost died from heat stroke." The person who answered her was a young woman sitting on the floor next to her bed.
In one hand, she held a homemade triangular bamboo pole with two IV bottles hanging on it. In the other hand, she held a large fan and fanned the little boy of about four or five years old who was sitting in her arms. She smiled and said to her, "Most of the patients hospitalized now are suffering from heat stroke and heat stroke. You are lucky. Your husband is a doctor. When you fainted, he found that your body temperature was not right. He kept cooling you down with ice water. He sent you to the hospital for emergency treatment and spent a lot of money to rent a bed in the ward for you to lie on. Unlike us, we have no money to rent a bed and can only squeeze into a place in the ward."
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