Chapter 46
When Chen Cong and his team arrived, the property management staff had already carried a lot of supplies to the center of the square.
In order to allow everyone to see more clearly, they even had the luxury of turning on five emergency lights, illuminating the middle area brightly and making those things look more eye-catching.
Seeing that everyone in the community had gathered, Lao Cao first briefly summarized this major action that brought together all the community members, and of course also gave special praise to the Shen sisters.
They are said to be the biggest contributors to this harvest.
Then they talked about the method of material distribution this time.
Because supplies are not food, they cannot be calculated by weight, and it is impossible to assess the actual price of each item.
So they could only be divided into several piles according to their approximate value, and then everyone could choose for themselves.
The residents in the community were divided into different levels based on the degree of their contribution.
The two sisters Chen Cong made the greatest contribution and received the most points, with each getting ten points.
Two young men were hit by falling debris while carrying goods. One injured his head and the other injured his hand.
Although the injuries are not serious, it will definitely delay my work for a few days.
Therefore, the total score for the two of them was eight points, which was regarded as compensation for not being able to work during these few days.
Others received five, three, or two points depending on how much effort they put in. Even a few children who followed the adults out were given one point as an encouragement.
Because the community gained a lot this time, the ratings given to everyone were very generous.
People who did heavy work were basically given five points, even the weak ones who were just picking up trash outside and the two ten-year-old children were given three points.
Cheng Ru and two other old ladies only stayed in the ruins for half a day and returned home early because they had to take care of their children, but they still each got two points.
Naturally, no one has any objection to such a rating.
Lao Cao had come to the Shen family in advance to discuss this scoring standard with the family.
After all, if we talk about suffering the most in the entire community, the Shen family is the one that suffers the most.
At the beginning of the earthquake, the community had a rule that individuals could take 20% of the resources found outside.
But this batch of supplies is too much and is too important to the lives of the people in the community. If the Shen family takes away 20%, it is likely to cause public controversy.
Lao Cao spoke frankly, saying that the Shen sisters had indeed suffered a loss this time, but there was nothing he could do as he also had to take other people's feelings into consideration.
In the future, the community will find ways to compensate the two sisters in other ways.
Chen Cong and the others naturally agreed.
The order of going on stage for selection is from high to low based on the points, and the first to go are naturally the Shen sisters.
The two walked around the center of the square and found that each item was marked with the points required for that item, just like a price list.
You can use your points to choose, and of course you can also pool your points to choose a more expensive one.
The two sisters discussed it and called the whole family up together.
The whole family worked together to choose a large coffee table, the kind commonly used in offices to entertain guests, four folding steel and leather chairs, and a metal cabinet.
I also picked up a few small plastic baskets and a few small stools, and spent all the points.
Seeing that the whole family went up together, many people below showed nervous expressions.
After all, people know that the most valuable of these things are the shelves, which can be used as seedling racks immediately after they are taken home.
Many people are now connecting with each other, hoping to join forces to take down one.
When you move into a new house, you can put it in the house or even in the corridor, and grow some vegetables. It saves effort and is convenient.
Everyone was very worried, and the Shen family's collection of points was also aimed at the seedling rack.
So when they saw what they chose, they all showed surprised expressions.
Even Lao Cao couldn't help but suggested, "Uncle Shen, why don't you choose a shelf? At least choose one, it can save a lot of trouble!"
"Well, the steel frame house in my house collapsed, so we dismantled it these days and made a few shelves, which are enough for us.
Let's leave this shelf to someone else. We won't occupy it. Let's first solve the problem of the dining table." Shen Jianyi patted the coffee table and explained.
After hearing what he said, people suddenly realized!
In the past few days, some people passed by their house and heard the sound of cutting machines coming from inside from time to time.
But the wall of their house was high, and once the door was closed, no one knew what was going on inside, so no one knew that they were welding iron frames at home!
Thinking about the amount of work it would take to dismantle such a large steel frame house and turn it into a small seedling rack, many people couldn't help but shake their heads in amazement.
I think it’s a good thing that the Shen family has so many members, otherwise no other family would be able to do this job.
The Shen family's choice surprised many people in the community, but the people behind them were no longer willing to give in.
The next ones to go up after Chen Cong were the two injured guys. It was obvious that they had discussed it downstairs before going up. After going up, they didn’t even hesitate and directly chose a shelf.
One shelf is worth ten points, and two people have a total of sixteen points.
They didn't waste the rest and chose plastic storage boxes that could be used to collect water, store fertilizer, etc.
The items chosen were all popular tonight, and when they left, the people behind them became nervous.
While calculating what I could choose based on the combined points of myself, my family and friends, I stared at the center of the square, afraid that the things I wanted would be taken away by others first.
As each person stepped forward, various discussions were heard around, some expressing surprise and some expressing regret.
In short, the neighborhood is more lively tonight than ever before.
No matter how many people were satisfied or regretful, the process of selecting supplies was quickly over.
Because these points were calculated in advance, overall, basically everyone got something practical and was quite satisfied.
After everyone had made their choice, no one left.
After all, the big items picked up this time, the refrigerators and air conditioners are still piled up in the square. What to do with these things? The community leaders have to give everyone an explanation.
Soon, Shi Lei walked to the front and said to everyone: "Tomorrow, I plan to select a few people to go to the city with me. I will bring one or two of these things with me to see if there is any market for them.
These things are useless in our community. If there is no electricity, they are just waste to us.
But in the past few days in town, we heard that some key units in Bac Ninh have started to supply electricity, so we plan to ask them whether they will accept air conditioners and freezers.
If I collect it, the price will definitely be much higher than selling it to a scrap yard."
After hearing what he said, the people below started a new round of discussions.
This is really good news!
Although only key units called, does this mean that other places can also see some hope?
There is no electricity or running water in 40-degree weather, which really makes people who are used to modern life feel depressed.
Shi Leiling waited for a few words before making a downward gesture and continued, "Anyone who wants to go to the city with us tomorrow can come to me tonight to sign up. If there is anything urgent that you need us to do, you can come and talk to us.
But we have to make it clear in advance, don't let us find someone. No one knows what the current situation in the city is, and we have to go to do business, so we can't take on the job of finding someone."
After Shi Lei finished speaking, the meeting naturally ended.
Everyone left the square carrying their spoils.
As a result, not long after they got home, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Cong opened the door, only to find a little girl he was not familiar with standing outside.
The girl looked to be less than 20 years old, delicate and pretty. She was wearing a pair of ripped jeans and a large black T-shirt.
The short hair was too long to be styled at all, so I used a black rubber band to tie it up randomly on top of my head.
The little girl must have been a very fashionable girl before.
Her hair had been dyed before, a nice light pink color.
It’s a shame that so much time has passed and because there was no chance to touch up the color, black hair has already grown at the roots.
It is tied into a bun, pink on top and black on the bottom, and it looks like a small flower blooming on the head. It is impossible not to be impressed at first sight.
Chen Cong thought that if she had seen this girl before, she would definitely have an impression of her, but she really didn't remember anything at all.
Seeing Shen Cong's puzzled expression, the girl pointed to a place not far away and explained, "Sister Shen, I'm Sun Qing who lives in row 3, number 4. Auntie knows me. I want to discuss something with you. Is that okay?"
Number 4 in the third row is a villa two rows away from the Shen family.
There are also detached houses over there, but unlike the small detached house like the Shen family's, the four villas over there are the face of the community. Each one is beautifully built and very large, and of course, very expensive.
Moreover, the four villas were in a good location, and only the one closest to the outside collapsed in the earthquake.
The reason for the collapse was that the wall separating the villa area from the high-rise buildings collapsed, crushing half of it. It was not caused by an earthquake.
This is enough to prove how good the quality of the houses there is.
But Chen Cong had never seen anyone living there before, let alone knew this girl named Sun Qing.
But since she introduced herself and said she had something to discuss with her family, Chen Cong naturally had no reason to stop her outside and let her in.
As expected, Cheng Ru recognized her and was shocked when she saw her.
"Qingqing, why are you at home? When did you come back? Who else is home? Are your parents back?"
The girl smiled shyly at Cheng Ru and said, "Auntie, I came back a long time ago. I was here when the earthquake started. But I was injured at that time and didn't go out much. It was always my boyfriend who participated in the community activities, so you didn't see me much."
Upon hearing that the girl was injured, Cheng Ru asked a few more questions and even took a special look at the injuries on her arms and calves. She was finally relieved until the girl confirmed again and again that her injuries had healed.
It was not until then that she remembered to introduce the girl to Chen Cong.
"This is Sun Qing. Her father and your father are fishing friends. They used to go fishing together often. Her mother is a good cook and can also make kimchi. She always shared some of the kimchi with us old neighbors.
Sun Qing was studying in another city before and rarely came back, so you don’t know her. "
At this point, she turned around and asked, "Oh, by the way, Qingqing, I remember your parents went to your sister's place in Beijing. They said your sister was about to give birth and they wanted to go and take care of her during the confinement period. They didn't come back? How are they doing now? Have you contacted them?"
Sun Qing shook her head.
She looked a little depressed. "My parents went to my sister's place and originally wanted me to go there too. But my sister was having a baby and the family must be very busy, and I didn't want to cause any more trouble. Then Xu Bin and I went home first.
Xu Bin is my boyfriend. He was originally going to send me back and wanted to spend a few days here, but who could have imagined that an earthquake would happen. "
At this point, Sun Qing raised her head and looked at Chen Cong: "Sister Chen, I want to discuss something with you. Can I use your electricity? I want to charge my phone. Didn't Captain Shi say that Beining has electricity today? I thought maybe Jingcheng has already arrived?
If the cell phone works, I want to contact my parents.”
"Okay, go get your phone!" Without waiting for Chen Cong to answer, Cheng Ru agreed.
However, Sun Qing did not take out her cell phone immediately.
She smiled gratefully at Cheng Ru, but looked at Chen Cong and said, "Sister Chen, I'm not using you for free. I'm paying you. How about charging a cell phone and giving you a bottle of Coke?"
As she spoke, she stretched out her hands, which had been behind her back, tightly clenching a red drink bottle.
Shen Cong: "..."
She finally knew where the Coke she had seen on the property came from.
"Do you have anything besides Coke?" she asked.
The girl bit her lip a little embarrassedly, and then said, "There are two more bags of potato chips. But..."
She raised her eyes and looked at Shen Cong: "Sister Shen, can we not use potato chips? I only have two small bags left."
That look looked pitiful.
"Gurgle!" Cheng Ru shouted in dissatisfaction.
The girl saw that Cheng Ru wanted to speak for her, but she obviously didn't want to take advantage of her.
In a moment of urgency, she pointed at her ears and said, "Sister, can I give you this pair of earrings? I know they are worthless, but I'll give them to you first. We'll go out and find work tomorrow, and I'll come back to give you a cake in the evening. Is that okay?"
As she spoke, she quickly took off the pair of diamond earrings on her ears and stuffed them into Chen Cong's hands.
Then he closed her hands tightly and wrapped them with his own hands.
He looked like he would not let go unless she agreed.
But there was already a hint of tears in his eyes.
Shen Cong sighed.
She didn't actually mean to make things difficult for the girl just by charging her phone.
The reason I asked her what else she had at home besides Coke?
It was because she had been hanging around in the yard every day these days and had never seen this girl before.
I saw the Coke she gave me at the property management again, and I was afraid that her family had run out of food and only had drinks left.
After all, it’s a family my mother knows, and it seems that my mother has a good relationship with the girl’s parents.
In this case, she definitely didn't want to watch her starve to death at home.
It’s not that Chen Cong is overthinking it. He has encountered similar things in his previous life.
As the end of the world draws closer, many mentally fragile people will actually lock themselves up at home until they run out of ammunition and food and die in despair.
They would rather die than struggle in misery.
The girl is so young, Chen Cong doesn't want this to happen to her.
I thought that if this was true, I should say hello to Lao Cao and the others and ask them to pay more attention to it.
But now, her daughter actually took off her earrings and wanted to exchange the battery with her, which made Shen Cong feel a little bit stuck.
"Show me the earrings."
At this time, Shen Xi came over. She naturally pulled the girl's hand away and took the earrings from Shen Cong's hand.
After reading it, she didn't comment, but turned to look at the girl: "You just want to charge your phone, do you have anything else to charge?"
The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and a look of surprise instantly appeared on her face: "Can I charge something else?"
Chen Xi looked at the earrings again and said, "This diamond is not big, but the quality is okay. This pair... I'll get you a three-socket extension cord, and you can charge it in the yard.
Within an hour, there are three sockets, so you can charge your phone or tablet, but if you want to do anything else, you have to tell us first.”
"Okay! Sister, I'll go back and get my phone now. Please keep the door open for me!" Sun Qing didn't give the Shen family any chance to regret and turned around and ran away.
The speed was so fast, as if he was afraid that if he was slower he would be caught and told that what he just said did not count.
"What are you doing?" Cheng Ru was a little annoyed.
"Qingqing's mother is a very nice person. She used to be a good sister to me and we got along very well."
"That's why I allowed her to come into my house to charge. Otherwise, do you think I would let anyone who comes to charge?"
Chen Xi was never afraid of offending her mother, so she started to scold him directly: "Mom, I'm telling you, sometimes you can't always think about the past, the good days in the past are gone forever!
Sun Qing’s mother used to give you pickles often. So think about it, would she still give you pickles now?
The days are different now!"
After saying that, my mother glared at Chen Cong again: "And you, you look normal when you are calm, but you forget everything when you are soft-hearted. If I had come out a minute later just now, would you have agreed to let her use electricity for free?
It's such a big courtyard, with so many people, and everyone is so well-connected, and you come here for free?!"
Chen Cong pursed her lips. She wanted to explain that she was not prepared to do it for free. She was also thinking of using charging as bait to encourage Sun Qing to work and earn food.
But when my sister glared at me, I swallowed the words that were about to come out of my mouth.
Seeing her aggrieved look, Gu Kai walked over without saying a word, held his wife in his arms, and even reached out to touch her head.
Shen Cong pressed against him and rubbed his face against him.
Having been force-fed a mouthful of dog food in the middle of the night, Chen Xi snorted and was no longer in the mood to care about these two people, so he turned around and left.
Gu Kaize obediently ran into the house and connected an extension cord.
Sun Qing didn't know about the debate in the Shen family.
She really rushed over as fast as she could.
This time, she was not the only one coming. There was also a young man wearing glasses who looked a bit gentle and refined following her.
"Sister, this is Xu Bin, my boyfriend." Sun Qing introduced him to Shen Cong a little embarrassedly.
Chen Cong didn't say anything. He said hello to the two people and went back to the house.
Chen Xi even came out to check the time with Sun Qing and the others.
When she went back, she noticed that Chen Cong looked unhappy, so she walked over and touched her arm: "What's wrong? I just said a few words to you, and you're still angry with me?"
"No." Shen Cong shook his head.
"Then what's with that expression?" Shen Xi was not prepared to let her go.
Chen Cong hesitated for a moment, but still whispered: "I know that man. I met him in my previous life. He also had a girlfriend at that time, but... it was not Sun Qing."
The author has something to say:
Finally finished! I will update it as usual in the evening. See you tomorrow~
I recommend my pre-collection. The next book I'll read is "Reborn to the Day When the Natural Disaster Strikes"
"Mom, wake up, we have to find my dad quickly."
This was the first sentence Ke Bei heard when she opened her eyes.
Then I felt my legs lighten as the heavy stone on them was lifted up and thrown aside by the boy in front of me who was less than six years old.
The severe pain came and she suddenly woke up, realizing that she was reborn, back to the moment before the natural disaster.
Returning with her was her son Cheng Tian, who was born after the end of the world.
"Can you get up? Hurry up, the bridge is going to collapse!"
Without waiting for her to respond, her son grabbed her up, threw her on his shoulders and ran away.
Lying on the baby's back, Ke Bei closed her eyes silently, and understood——
The cub's superpowers returned with him.
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After Cheng Gan retired from the army, he opened a car repair shop and had good business. In addition, one person's food fed the whole family, so he lived a happy life.
Until one day a bridge in the city collapsed, and a woman with a child found him and said to him -
"I am your wife and he is your son. Come with us now. We will die together as a family!"
Cheng Gan: “…”
I've never been in a relationship, so where do my wife and son come from?!
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