Chapter 015 Chapter 15
Jiafu Community was not the first community that the soldiers had delivered supplies to. They had experienced similar scenes too many times.
But every time, they could only remain silent.
After being on the road carrying out missions for so long, they all know something about the situation. This natural disaster may be just the beginning. Now the country is making every effort to integrate resources, build bases, and prepare for the more difficult challenges to come.
But these things cannot be told directly to ordinary people because they cannot bear it and the situation will only become more chaotic.
Lying may appease them temporarily, but when they face a bigger disaster later, the authorities will lose the bigger picture by doing the small one, so everyone keeps silent.
Therefore, a mature soldier finally held a megaphone to maintain the overall situation: "Everyone calm down, we will do our best to lead you through this disaster. Now is the time to distribute supplies. Please go back to your building and send a building manager as a representative to count the population and distribute supplies in batches!"
The crowd didn't get the answers they wanted, and they became anxious. They pulled the sleeves of a group of soldiers and asked questions, but still no one answered.
Another group of soldiers has begun to sort out supplies.
The loudspeaker was still persuading them to go back and elect a building leader to count the number of people.
In the end, the crowd persuaded each other and went back dejectedly.
Ji Yang didn't intend to get involved in these things, so he didn't go down immediately. He thought that with a few fewer people there, no one would care. Sure enough, about ten minutes later, someone came and knocked on the door.
When she opened the door, she saw a middle-aged man who greeted her enthusiastically, "Hello, I'm the building manager you elected, Qiao Huijun, and this is the deputy building manager Liang Zhen."
As he spoke, he pointed at the slightly reserved man standing next to him.
Ji Yang glanced at the two of them and nodded: "Hello."
Qiao Huijun said cheerfully: "We are here to do a population census. What is your name? Who else lives with you? You need to call them out to register their identity information."
He was already familiar with the process along the way, and handed over the form in his hand: "The soldier over there said you have to write your own identity information to prevent over-reporting."
Liang Zhenze reminded: "Children can also be registered. As long as they have their ID information, they can all receive supplies, but children under ten years old can only receive half of the supplies."
Ji Yang understood, took the form and quickly wrote down his information.
Qiao Huijun was stunned: "Are you alone?"
"Yes." Ji Yang replied.
Qiao Huijun took a closer look, a little surprised, and a little more scrutiny in his eyes, and then he found that this little girl was really pretty!
The little girl loved beauty. The house was warm and she didn’t wear many clothes. That face, that figure... His throat moved and he stared at her for a moment.
"Ahem!" Liang Zhen frowned and said in a deep voice: "Then you must be careful. The world is a bit uneasy now."
Ji Yang silently took out the Tang sword that was placed behind the door, with the tip of the sword facing downwards, and stabbed into the tile floor with a crisp sound. She curled her lips, her pretty face looked extremely harmless, but her words were chilling: "It's okay, I'm a lawyer, and I've studied self-defense thoroughly. I guarantee that if anyone dares to come over, they will never come back, and I will be fine."
Qiao Huijun:!
The little bit of heat that had just arisen cooled down in an instant.
He said dryly, "Very, very good."
Liang Zhen was a little surprised, but didn't say much: "Okay, let's go. Remember to come to the first floor to distribute supplies in about an hour."
"Okay." Ji Yang said with a smile.
When he put away the Tang sword, he also made a sword flower with his hand, his movements were neat and graceful.
Before Qiao Huijun had time to look away, he left at a much faster pace.
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After counting for an hour, Ji Yang didn't go down immediately.
The main thing was that she could see the distribution of supplies from the balcony. There were nearly a thousand people in the entire community, and it was not easy to distribute supplies to so many people.
The military always uses convoy escort.
Therefore, by the time the supplies actually arrived at their building, it had been almost two hours. There were more than just two building managers taking the supplies. Everyone in the building who had a little strength went to help. There were bags of coal, boxes of food, pieces of clothes, etc. The quantity was really huge.
Seeing that all the things had been moved in, Ji Yang told Xixi to keep an eye on the door and went downstairs.
She wrapped herself up tightly, so that nothing could be seen except her eyes. The same was true for everyone else, so no one noticed that she was clean and her hair was fresh and not greasy.
In such a cold day, most people don't dare to wash their hair, otherwise the hot water will freeze into ice halfway through washing, and the wet hair will become lumps of ice before it has time to dry. If you use too much force, it will break into pieces.
Therefore, most people's hair is oily.
Some people have to shave their heads to feel more comfortable.
However, when going out, you have to cover your head well, otherwise the temperature of more than 50 degrees below zero can freeze your brain.
At this moment, Ji Yang didn't see many greasy-haired people.
At this time, Qiao Huijun and Liang Zhen were preparing to distribute supplies. The former was responsible for arranging everyone to line up according to the floors, while the latter was busy sorting the supplies. Everyone had been looking forward to the supplies for a long time, and even if they still had a lot of food at home, they would not waste the relief food. Therefore, everyone was very honest, fearing to waste time.
Soon the crowd formed a U-shape with supplies piled in the middle.
Ji Yang was standing right behind the Li family.
Seeing her, Li Yi greeted her warmly: "You're here. I just said I didn't see you."
Ji Yang: “Just arrived.”
The two of them could only be considered acquaintances, but not familiar with each other. Ji Yang's attitude was also rather cold. Li Yi was disappointed for a moment and stopped trying to find a topic to talk about.
She didn't know many people here and the internet was down, so she thought she could find a friend of similar age, but unfortunately the other person didn't think so.
Ji Yang pretended not to see the disappointment in her eyes. At this time, why bother making friends? Who knows, her friend might die one day, and she would be sad.
And when her friends are in trouble, will she help them or not? If she helps too much, the other party will become dependent on her. If she stops helping, it is easy to imagine what will happen next.
However, it was also at this time that Ji Yang found out that there were two families living upstairs from her. One on the 17th floor was occupied by a single man in his 50s or 60s; the other on the 16th floor was a middle-aged couple in their 40s with sad looks on their faces.
The speed of receiving supplies was quite fast because the amount of supplies distributed this time was not small.
Of course this is half a month.
Therefore, some people still raised objections, thinking that this was not enough, but they just complained a little and did not continue to find fault. After all, they didn't want money, and they each... still had some inventory.
The main thing lacking is coal and other heating supplies.
After about half an hour, it was Ji Yang's turn.
She gave her room number and quickly got her supplies, including a bag of coal, five kilograms of rice, five kilograms of potatoes, ten kilograms of vegetables, a bag of five packets of instant noodles, half a kilogram of meat, a bag of salt, a set of down jackets for each person...all sorts of things, but enough to keep everyone from starving to death for half a month to a month.
In addition, there is also a survival guide for snowstorms and extreme cold.
A thin piece of paper was filled with words, telling everyone how to save themselves if they got frostbitten, how to look at the weather to see if there was a snowstorm or hail, how to burn charcoal scientifically, how to find what they wanted when they went out to look for supplies, and how to better protect themselves...
A quick glance reveals a lot of useful information, and just looking at it gives one the impression of a teacher teaching with earnest patience.
Ji Yang smiled. She had also received this in her previous life and had written it down carefully, which saved her many times when she was searching for supplies later.
However, not everyone appreciated it. Some people who received it asked angrily, "Is this snowstorm going to end?"
"Oh my god, I don't believe the situation can stay this bad..."
"What? The words are too small, I can't see clearly, forget it..."
He said something about it and threw it away.
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Everyone had received supplies, and there was still enough food and drink at this time, so no one had any bad ideas. Ji Yang simply took out a sack, put the supplies in it, then carried one in each hand and went upstairs easily.
She walked past those people who had families and supplies several times more than her and hurried home.
Someone behind him was surprised and asked, "Was that a little girl just now? How could she be so strong?"
"Children nowadays are amazing. They eat much better than we did back then, so it's normal for them to be strong."
"Not necessarily. Look at my daughter..."
The girl who was being talked about smiled helplessly, took a deep breath, and wanted to climb up quickly to shock her mother. However, she ran out of strength halfway up. With her rapid breathing, the biting cold wind was sucked in, and her respiratory tract was so painful that it made her shiver.
She decisively sat down and took a rest.
No, no!
That young lady is really amazing!
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After the relief food was distributed, the building seemed to become much more lively.
This is reflected in the fact that the number of times people go to the rooftop to get snow has increased. There must be enough fuel and coal for heating, and they want to boil more water.
It is also good for soaking your feet and warming your body.
Anyway, there's no need to waste the heat.
It can also add some humidity to your home.
However, this amount of fuel is not enough to last for too long, and many people do not rely entirely on official relief food. When the snow is less, they will form teams to go out and chop firewood.
Fortunately, they have done a good job of greening here. Although the snow has buried many trees, the exposed spots can be dug down directly, and each cut is accurate. There is usually a cluster of trees around one tree.
After we take these trees back, each tree can be used for one or two days.
In this way, together with the supplies issued by the government, they could live a comfortable life. However, soon, when it was time to distribute relief food again, Ji Yang clearly felt that the sky above his head was a little darker than in the previous few days.
It had been snowing before, and although there was no sun, it felt a bit cloudy, but now the sky was covered with dark clouds.
There is danger!
The sky began to change when it was relatively warm at noon. Ji Yang happened to be eating on the balcony. He noticed it at the first moment and immediately looked up. However, within a few minutes, people who went out did not even have time to find shelter. "Pa pa pa——" lumps of ice fell down one after another.
Along with the snowflakes, fist-sized hailstones made holes in the snow.
"Ice, hail! It's hailing!"
"Dad, come back soon--"
A few people who had just arrived at the gate of the community after going out to chop firewood noticed something was wrong at the first moment. They didn't care about the firewood on their backs and rushed to the nearest building for all they could.
Some people ran fast and luckily found shelter just before the hail fell.
But some people were very unlucky. They were just one step away from the final step. The hailstones fell on their bodies and heads, and the force directly knocked them to the ground, making them unable to move. Then, dense hailstones fell, and blood gradually spread...
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