Because of the hot weather, if the bodies are not disposed of in time, they could rot in densely populated residential areas, causing disease outbreaks, which would be a serious problem.
Xu Lai looked up again at the six workers whose faces were flushed and who were almost out of breath, and took out three bottles of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water from her pocket and handed them to the uncle who had spoken to her.
"Uncle, these are for you!"
The notice recruiting workers to transport corpses was not posted in the group chat, but rather posted at the entrance of the residential compound.
Xu Lai saw the notice when she went out earlier, and even encountered people asking the community management staff for the reason.
The staff member sighed and replied helplessly, "It's because we're afraid of causing panic!"
Xu Lai thought that anyone who could go out and see this notice on such a hot day must be in good health.
Those in power probably share this view.
Xu Lai even went to check it out; these workers earned twenty work points a day.
The work points are the same as Xiao Rui and Lu Ping's daily wages, so there will definitely be a lot of people signing up.
So the notice was only posted at the entrance of the community for one day before it was taken down.
The man in his forties took a look at what Xu Lai handed him and found it was Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, a medicine for preventing heatstroke.
"Young lady, this is far too valuable..."
When this extreme heat disaster first broke out, this product was instantly sold out at the government supermarket and Qin's trading market.
Nowadays, even with work points and gold, these things are simply unavailable on the market.
This little girl actually gave them such a nice gift, and there were even three of them.
"It's alright, uncle, you can share it together!"
Xu Lai waved to the grateful uncles and continued downstairs.
As soon as I stepped outside the apartment building, I saw a truck parked on the road below.
People in the next unit and the building across the street were already carrying six bodies and placing them next to the truck.
Xu Lai, who was in a fairly good mood when she went downstairs, felt as if a huge stone was stuck in her heart when she saw this scene again.
So she only took Wanzi outside for a short while before going upstairs.
After Xu Lai checked the temperature, she looked up and saw that everyone's mood was unusually low.
To divert everyone's attention, she quickly asked Song Qiu'e, "Mom, can we make cold noodles this morning?"
As soon as food was mentioned, everyone looked up at Song Qiu'e.
Song Qiu'e remembers that when she was stockpiling food before the natural disaster, she had stockpiled several large boxes of alkaline noodles.
To eat cold noodles, you also need cucumbers, peanuts, and sesame paste. The cucumbers are available in the Space Garden, and the peanuts and sesame paste are also stored in the Space Warehouse.
So she agreed to Xu Lai's request without hesitation: "Okay, Lai Lai, send me into the space, and I'll go to the stove in the space to cook!"
With the weather so hot, they really can't swallow other hot foods, so cold noodles are definitely a good choice for this hot weather.
The air conditioner in the air-conditioned room had been running all night in the high temperature, and Xu Lai and the others were worried that if the outdoor unit continued to work, it would not be able to withstand the high temperature and would spontaneously combust.
So I just turned off the air conditioner.
"Bang bang bang!"
Just as she was about to bring her family into the space, she suddenly heard someone outside knocking on the fire door.
"Who is it? Knocking on the door so early!" Xu Chao muttered.
Hearing the urgent knocking, Xu Lai walked towards the door with some confusion.
After the devastating floods, the military believed it had swiftly eliminated a large number of criminal gangs, but surviving in such an environment still required constant vigilance regarding safety.
Therefore, the fire doors and connecting corridor doors outside the building are always locked.
Xu Lai opened the door and walked to the fire door, where she saw Liu Ziqian, the grandson of Granny Liu in apartment 1602 downstairs.
At that moment, he was holding a stick as thick as his arm, crying as he banged on the fire door.
"Ziqian, what are you doing here? What happened?"
When Xu Lai saw Liu Ziqian with tears streaming down his face, he asked him a question while taking out his key and opening the fire door.
When the fire door was opened, it was discovered that the child had come up barefoot, without even wearing shoes.
Could it be that something happened to Granny Liu?
Xu Lai felt a bad premonition rise in her heart.
"Sister Xu Lai, my grandma is dying!"
Upon hearing Liu Ziqian's tearful words, Xu Lai rushed out of the building.
Xu Haiguo and the others had followed closely behind and had also heard Liu Ziqian's words.
Xu Haiguo hurriedly called Xu Chao to go down and take a look.
As the father and son were leaving, they ran into Grandpa Xiao and Li Qingya, who were coming out of their house.
"Uncle Xu, what happened?"
The living room now has a layer of insulation, so they can't hear the noises outside as clearly as before. She and her father-in-law have no idea what's happening outside.
"Aunt Liu's grandson, Liu Ziqian, came upstairs crying and said that Grandma Liu was dying. We were just about to go down to see her when Lai Lai went down first!"
The two of them then went downstairs wearing slippers.
"Dad, you're at home, but I'll go downstairs to check on things!"
Li Qingya gave her father-in-law a few instructions, then hurriedly ran back to the living room, grabbed a small electric fan, and followed him downstairs.
Xu Lai ran to the door of 1602 before Liu Ziqian could. The door was half-open, but she pushed it open and strode inside.
Then I saw Granny Liu lying on the ground, her face flushed and covered in hot sweat and bluish-purple bruises.
"Grandma Liu, open your mouth!"
Xu Lai rushed over to Granny Liu's side and squatted down, immediately reaching out to unbutton a few buttons at the collar of Granny Liu's clothes.
"Ziqian, quickly go and get a damp handkerchief!"
Without looking up, she gave an order to Liu Ziqian who came in, then took out a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water from her pocket, opened it, and squeezed it into Granny Liu's mouth.
Upon seeing this, Xu Haiguo, who was following behind, quickened his pace.
At this time, most sudden illnesses are caused by excessively high temperatures.
Perhaps it was the effect of the Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, or perhaps it was the coolness from her forehead, but Grandma Liu finally managed to open her eyes with difficulty.
"Grandma Liu is awake! Grandma Liu is awake!"
Xu Lai took a bag of palm-sized ice cubes from her spatial storage when she and Grandma Liu were alone in the bedroom.
When Liu Ziqian came in and brought back a wet towel, Xu Lai wrapped the ice cubes in the wet towel and then used the wet towel to wipe Liu's forehead, neck, and armpits.
Upon seeing this, Li Qingya, who was the last to enter, quickly turned on the small electric fan in her hand and pointed it at Granny Liu.
"Grandma Liu, how are you feeling now? Shall we take you to the hospital to get checked out?"
Xu Lai looked at Granny Liu, who had just woken up, and hurriedly said something.
After surviving the apocalyptic disaster, Xu Lai constantly reminds herself and her family not to be overly kind.
The truth is that Granny Liu's family consists of only one old woman and one young girl, and they are neighbors who know each other very well.
She also remembered that during the torrential rain disaster, when the building manager, Xiong Zhong, often led people to frame her family in the community, this old lady Liu would often speak well of the Xu family in front of the neighbors in the building.
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