Chapter 95: Let Her Compromise
Carrying stones? Moving bricks? Labor punishment?
When Lu Xingtang and the others heard these words, they were sure that the official base of the imperial capital was under construction.
"The water's coming out! The water's coming out!"
"Finally, there's water. We don't have to worry about dying of thirst anymore!"
"Thank you, government, thank you, well diggers! Thank you for giving us a way to survive!"
Water was indeed coming out of the well, which was 1,500 meters deep! The well driller said it was the deepest well he had ever dug.
After the community had water, the government stopped distributing it. Min Weihuan, worried about water grabbing or other communities or survivors hoarding the water source and damaging the well, immediately assigned people to protect it, specifically those in their own building, as he was concerned about those in other buildings.
After getting water, everyone went home and brought down buckets. For the time being, each household had one bucket of water. If there were many people in the family, they could bring an extra bucket of water, but the whole family had to come down to register and confirm the number of people. He didn't want anyone to lie and cheat for water.
In order to maintain a stable queue for water, Min Weihuan specially invited Lu Xingtang and three others to guard the queue. Lu Xingtang and three others were bored and finally had something to do, so they naturally agreed. The reward was a 300ml bottle of water.
Water is drawn in the morning and evening, not during the day.
Lu Xingtang didn't want to keep watch after a day, so she asked Min Weihuan to arrange for people from the apartment building to keep watch. They could be in groups of two or three, because they would be on guard all day long, not just for a short while. Although it was not as hot at night as during the day, it was still unbearable. Even a bottle of water was not enough to quench her thirst.
Lu Xingtang was unwilling, but the people in the apartment building were willing, even if it was only half a bottle of water. Min Weihuan did not force them. In order to ensure everyone's safety, Min Weihuan arranged a group of three and gave them a megaphone. If anyone grabbed the water, they would shout with the megaphone so that everyone in the community could hear it.
We are not only on guard against people in the community, but also people from other communities stealing water.
Su Cheng was more ruthless. He asked the people in the apartment building to carry guns with them, even if they were empty guns, because having a gun would have a deterrent effect.
Since the community had water, Lu Xingtang had hardly ever gone downstairs to fetch water. It was always Ji Yanmo who helped her fetch water, carrying a bucket in each hand, always filling it up without spilling a drop. Lu Xingtang also strongly requested to fetch water herself, but Ji Yanmo would never agree, always making various excuses to get her to compromise.
For example: "I help you fetch water, and you help me sew a piece of clothing. One of the clothes is torn, and I don't have needles and thread."
"I want to eat Liangpi today. I know you can make it. I will use my labor in exchange for a portion of Liangpi."
"A bucket of water for a bowl of mung bean soup. I'm a bit heat stroked."
“…” In short, she didn’t fetch a single bucket of water.
Although the water quality was a bit poor, Lu Xingtang didn't mind. After settling, he poured it into a clean water tower and added water purification tablets. The sediment was poured into the grassland in the space to nourish the grass.
One day, Lu Xingtang heard a rumbling sound in the sky. He went to the window and saw planes flying by.
Confused.
That evening, Lu Xingtang learned from Ji Yanmo that fires had broken out in many of the capital's mountains. Because there was no water available to put out the flames, water had to be brought in from outside. Besides the fires in the mountains, which spread widely, fires also broke out in many shelters, high-rise buildings, and residential areas throughout the city, resulting in an estimated 10,000 deaths, including soldiers who died while trying to save lives.
This is all caused by the lack of water. The government has tried very hard to find a solution, but no matter which method it uses, it is not very effective. There is a lot of water in Lu Xingtang's space, and there is even a river that runs across the grassland. The river water is clean and clear. It would be fine if the water in the space could be given to the GJ to build a base, or the GJ could use it on the survivors.
But, she tried.
Water can enter the space, but the water in the space can only be used by her and no one else can use it.
Once the water in the space leaves the space, it will become air.
What made Lu Xingtang furious was that when she took a bucket of water out of the space, it evaporated, but when she put the bucket back into the space, the water came back!
The water in the space can only be used in the space!!!
Lu Xingtang didn't dare to donate the water she had stored before the apocalypse to GJ because there was a water shortage everywhere. GJ would have searched all the water sources in the capital as soon as possible, and her lies would have been exposed at once.
A few days later, Lu Xingtang saw that the water quality was getting worse and worse, so he asked to go downstairs to fetch some water to see the situation. He guessed that there was no water left in the well, so Ji Yanmo silently let go of Lu Xingtang's bucket, and the two went downstairs to fetch water together.
"Oh, the water quality is getting worse and worse. It was quite clear yesterday, but today it's murky. It looks like this well is going to dry up! We have no water to draw again!"
When it was Lu Xingtang's turn to fetch water, he saw that the water was indeed murky, so Min Weihuan immediately decided that each family would get half a bucket of water, and families with more people would get a full bucket of water.
If all the water is in one bucket, the people queuing behind probably won’t get any water.
Seeing this, Lu Xingtang went upstairs with the empty bucket, not fetching water anymore, leaving the water for those in need.
Ji Yanmo didn't fetch any water either. His excuse to others was that he had been frugal during this period and there was still some water at home, so he didn't fetch any water for the time being and would wait until there was no water left.
The next day, the community well was completely dry, and everyone fell into panic again. Min Weihuan went to find the government, and the government also called in the well driller to continue digging. Unfortunately, the well driller was helpless: "There is no water! We can't pump it out!"
There was no water. Even if the government officials were in chaos, there was no water. Everyone threw a tantrum for a long time, but it was useless. They tried every possible way, but there was no water.
Not only in Sunshine Community, but all the wells in the capital gradually ran out of water.
So everyone decided to leave the imperial capital and go to other cities for help, hoping they might find water.
Watching the survivors bringing their families, some driving cars, some pushing carts, and some relying on their own two feet, taking all their supplies, they fled the imperial capital overnight, hoping to find a place to rest before dawn and not be burned to death by the sun.
"Since April 7th, the weather has warmed up and the ice and snow have melted. Until today, it has only been over a month, and yet everyone has been forced into a desperate situation. They can't even wait for the news of the base being completed." Su Cheng sighed helplessly, "I don't know what the situation is at the base now."
Many people in their apartment building also packed their luggage and left the community.
Two more days passed, and several more people in their apartment building left, including the widow's family. The widow was truly lucky, living across the street from Min Weihuan and still alive. In her previous life, she had died long ago.
The apartment building suddenly became quiet. That day, Xu Yan came back with supplies. "This time, I won't go back to the hospital. There's no water, and the hospital has no patients anymore. Everyone has fled."
The government wouldn't let us doctors and nurses leave, saying they'd need us after the base was built, and asked us to wait a little longer for the base, saying we could move in early, probably around the end of the month."
It's the last day of this month, do you have monthly tickets? Please give me some monthly tickets, please~ Thank you, muah
(End of this chapter)
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