Chapter 54
There are seventeen such people in total.
A little girl, an old man in his sixties, two old ladies in very poor health, and the rest were all disabled.
After staring at these people for a long time, Cao Hongmin had no idea what to do. After thinking about it, he decided to take them back to the villa in the west where he currently lived.
Some people in the villa have moved to new houses, and a few others followed Shi Lei to the city. Now only he and two other people live there, and it's quite spacious.
These people can move in and live there for a few days.
It’s easy to find a place to live, but what else?
Chen Cong stopped him and said, "Captain Cao, let's have a meeting first. This is a matter for our entire community no matter how you look at it. You can't take the responsibility, and it's not your responsibility."
Cao Hongmin stopped.
He nodded and said, "Hold the meeting. Each family should send at least one representative, and others can come if they want. Hold it here!"
After saying this, he sat down on the ground in the square.
You can see that he is tired both physically and mentally, and he looks a little depressed.
Even though we could see that he was annoyed, who dared to say anything?
Not only did they not dare to say anything, everyone was eager to coax him a little more.
After all, if Lao Cao gave up at this time, there would be no one in the hospital who could take over!
Without a word, Mr. Gu immediately started to notify every household. The three elderly people who were still able to move did not dare to sit there and wait, and ran to the neighbors to tell them to come to the meeting.
Soon, the healthy people who had left before came back in groups of two or three.
Lao Cao informed everyone about the current amount of reserve food in the community. Based on the assumption that each person gets three or two ounces of food a day, the reserve food would only be enough for these people to eat for less than twenty days.
If the community were to rely solely on them, there would be a gap of at least ten days.
Lao Cao didn't say anything else, just asked everyone how to solve this problem.
In fact, he didn't need to say anything else, the crowd exploded as soon as he said this!
Old Qian was the first to stand up: "The reserve food is owned by all our residents. How can we waste it like this? If they eat it all, what will we do if something happens in the future? I don't agree!"
Lao Qian was the uncle and aunt that the Chen Cong couple saw in the community after the earthquake. At that time, they were picking up leaks in someone else's collapsed house.
Although such incidents happened quite frequently later, the earthquake had just ended and many people were still struggling on the line between life and death.
Instead of saving people, the couple took advantage of the chaos to pick up things from other people's homes. This behavior made the Shen family very disgusted, so they didn't have much contact with each other afterwards.
Hearing Lao Qian say this at this moment, Chen Cong felt that there was nothing to be surprised about. This was something he would normally say.
Lao Qian’s wife immediately agreed: “That’s right! They are not helpless, just go pick up the trash, pick up as much as you can, it’s not like they don’t have a chance to survive.”
No matter how difficult it is, you can't rely on others to support you, right? Who doesn't have difficult lives?!"
This is actually true. Whose family doesn’t have a hard time? Who should support others?
But the actual situation is - except for the old man who is willing to go and pick up trash, it is really difficult for others to do so.
The little girl just turned eleven this year, which is just over the government-required age of ten for providing food.
The two old ladies were in poor health. They could move around in the yard, but it was too difficult for them to carry things and walk to the town.
It’s so hot today, I guess the old man won’t be able to walk anywhere, and his life will be half gone.
The other few people who were disabled either had difficulty walking or their previous injuries had not fully healed, so they were unable to use gravity.
Because these people were not seriously injured, they were classified as semi-laborers and the government did not provide them with food.
But it is indeed difficult to ask them to pick up garbage to support themselves.
Before, because people had families who were willing to grit their teeth and support their loved ones, others had nothing to say.
But now that they have been pushed to the entire community, it is understandable that some people are unwilling to take over.
No one dared to speak until Mr. and Mrs. Qian spoke.
They took the lead and many people followed suit.
All of a sudden, the faces of those who were despised present all turned pale.
The little girl was so scared that she started crying.
"I'll take her back with me. Every bite I eat will be for her. I can't feed too many people, but I won't let her starve."
No one expected that Sun Qing would be the first to stand up under such circumstances.
She walked over, took the little girl to her side, took out a napkin and wiped her tears.
Then I said to her, "Don't cry, stay with me for a while, and then go back when your family comes out. I will support you."
The little girl was shaking with tears, but she nodded heavily sensibly, and then she held the corner of Sun Qing's clothes and refused to let go.
As soon as Sun Qing spoke, the others stopped making any more noise.
After all, everyone in the villa area knows about Sun Qing's situation.
Her boyfriend simply left her alone because he had no food. She ran to the Shen family crying and begged for help. Then the Shen family took pity on her and allowed her to charge her battery for two hours every day.
Everyone saw all of this, and they all knew that she had no food stored at home.
At this time, she took the initiative to adopt a person, so that those families who were still complete and able to work suddenly didn't know what to say.
The old man who had been silent all this time spoke up: "I don't need you to support me, I can survive on my own."
He glanced at the two old ladies and said, "You go pick up the trash, and I'll carry it to sell. If we sell more, we'll eat more. If we sell less, we'll eat less. Anyway, if there's a bite to eat, I won't keep it all to myself. We can always get through this!"
The two old ladies wiped their tears vigorously, both said "hmm", and then lowered their heads.
Chen Xi really couldn't bear to hear this, she wiped away the tears in her eyes and glanced at her father secretly.
But I saw my father with his head down, his eyes fixed on the ground.
Although he didn't speak, his clenched fists showed the pain in the old man's heart at the moment.
There are too many secrets in their family, so it is not convenient to invite anyone to live in their home.
But how can we claim it if this is the case?
How much food should be taken out every day?
The old man doesn't want to create hidden dangers for his family, but he feels guilty because he has the ability to help others but can't.
So I can only remain silent.
Shen Xi gritted his teeth and spoke on behalf of the family.
"We have a large family, and all the spare rooms are used to grow vegetables. It may not be convenient to bring someone in. Every household is short of food, so it is a bit difficult for us to get it, but we can donate some electricity to the community."
She looked at Cao Hongmin and said, "Captain Cao, we don't have that kind of large outdoor power supply at home, but I think if we collect a few power banks in the community, we should still be able to collect it.
In addition to Sun Qing's, our family can provide electricity for six more power banks every day, and the food exchanged from this electricity can almost feed several people."
The author has something to say:
There was a power outage at my house today, and there was no internet. I wrote this chapter using the remaining battery on my laptop.
Don't wait tonight. I don't know what time the call will come. If I can't send it at 12 o'clock, I will definitely send it during the day tomorrow.
Feel sorry.
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