Chapter 55
After hearing his daughter's words, Shen Jianyi immediately responded: "We have a large family and can all go out to work. I will also go to get some work tomorrow. In addition to electricity, my family will donate an extra two taels of grain to the community every day."
Before he finished his words, another family in the villa area interrupted and said, "We also donate an extra two taels of grain every day. It's just two steamed buns, we can save that! We have lived in the same courtyard for so long, how can we watch the people in the courtyard suffer like this? Who doesn't have troubles at some point? How can you add insult to injury like this?!"
After saying that, he glared at Lao Qian fiercely.
Since the two families have expressed their opinions in succession, it is impossible for others to just sit there and do nothing.
Especially those who came from high positions and luckily did not get infected this time.
Looking at those people standing in the middle at a loss, everyone felt extremely uncomfortable and felt a sense of sadness.
So everyone gritted their teeth and promised to squeeze out a portion from their own food rations.
After everyone expressed their opinions, Lao Cao's expression finally looked a little better.
Although the food that each household promised to provide has not yet arrived, with this and some additional food from the community's reserve grain, we should be able to get through the next month.
As long as he had food to eat, the biggest stone in his heart would fall.
He cleared his throat and said, "Let's deal with the food issue first. Now let's discuss how to distribute the work."
This time no one answered.
What happened today is so shocking. This infectious disease came unexpectedly, and the gates of the community were sealed without any warning.
Everything else is easy, but who is willing to do this kind of job that involves contact with patients?
What's more, even the doctor said that this disease is transmitted through feces and garbage. Who dares to clean up the dirty things they discard?
Everyone was silent again.
Chen Cong hadn't said anything before, but he was actually thinking about this issue.
From the conversation between the three leaders just now, she had already realized that eating was not the biggest problem for these people—
To put it bluntly, if such a large community wants to support more than a dozen people, it will definitely not be impossible to do so.
If they really can’t afford to support them in the end, the government will not let them starve to death.
Of course that will never happen.
She felt that the biggest problem was how the more than 100 people confined in the community would get along with the healthy people in the next month.
If the relationship is not straightened out early, big problems will inevitably arise in the future.
After all, for healthy people, no one owes anyone anything, and no one would be willing to waste their time and energy serving others in vain.
For those who have been banned, being banned for no apparent reason is an unprovoked disaster in itself. They don’t want to be banned, especially for a month!
People are going crazy in circles, why should they have to endure this blame?
If things go wrong within a month, the harmonious atmosphere in the community may be completely gone.
There might even be a split or something like that, and that would be more trouble than gain.
Chen Cong looked at his father-in-law who was sitting next to him and said, "Dad, tell us more about the disease, mainly how it is transmitted and how to avoid being infected. We may not understand everything the doctor said just now. Why don't you tell everyone about it? If anyone has any questions, can you answer them?"
When everyone heard Shen Cong say this, they all nodded.
When the doctor was giving the presentation just now, many people only understood half of it, and some were so anxious that they didn't listen carefully at all.
Seeing that the old expert was willing to answer everyone's questions, they all naturally gathered around.
Mr. Gu did not refuse and explained to his neighbors everything he knew about the pathology and transmission methods of hepatitis A in a way that everyone could understand.
After he finished speaking, Chen Cong asked again: "Dad, according to what you said, as long as you don't come into contact with excrement, even if you collect garbage, it shouldn't have any impact, and the chance of infection is not high, right?"
"Yes." Gu Zhengchu gave her an affirmative answer.
He glanced at everyone and said, "Actually, you don't have to worry too much about whether you will get sick by cleaning up the patients' garbage.
The doctors sent by the town hospital all have many years of work experience. Their most important job in our community is to prevent the spread of the virus, so when it comes to fear of being infected, they are more nervous than we are.
Domestic waste and medical waste are different.
Doctors will deal with any waste that may be a source of infection first, and will never let our people have the opportunity to come into contact with it.
So, even if we have to help them clean up some of their garbage, it won’t have any impact on us.”
Everyone listened to the old man's words, but after all, the terrifying contagiousness had left a shadow in everyone's mind. Even if he continued to speak, the expressions on everyone's faces did not change. They were still very nervous and cautious.
Chen Cong continued to ask: "Dad, let me ask again, besides not eating together and not going to the toilet one after another, is there a high possibility of infection through daily contact?"
"Not big." The old man answered very straightforwardly.
Shen Cong nodded and stopped asking him, but turned and looked at Cao Hongmin.
She said, "Captain Cao, can I make a suggestion?"
Cao Hongmin immediately sat up straight and looked at her seriously: "Go ahead."
Chen Cong looked at everyone and said: "I am just talking about my own thoughts, which may not be correct, and I dare not say they are comprehensive. Everyone please listen to me. If anyone has better suggestions, please speak up and we can discuss them together.
I think that when such a big thing happens in the community, we should help each other, but after all, we have limited manpower and can only do so much to help.
In addition to counting on everyone’s help, the suspected people who are quarantined should also help themselves.”
"How do you help yourself?" Cao Hongmin leaned forward with a very sincere attitude.
"The doctors have said that they are only suspected patients, not confirmed cases, so at least for now, their mobility has not been hindered and they can still do their work.
My dad also said that as long as the contact is not too close, you will not be infected by just seeing each other occasionally. In this case, there should be no problem if we are in the same area.
Actually, we have been in the same area before today. If there was something wrong, we would have been infected long ago."
"Congcong, what do you want to say?" Shen Jianyi asked, sounding a little anxious.
"What I mean is that there are almost a hundred suspected people in the community at present. These people can't just sit in the house like this every day. It's unnecessary and a waste.
They can’t leave the community, but they can work in the community! Just like what the old man said just now, if they can’t go out to sell waste, can they pick up waste?
Our community can set up special channels or designate special times for them to collect waste and then put it in one place for us to sell.
This kind of division of labor and cooperation will definitely be much more efficient than picking up and selling at the same time, right?
In addition, if we sell waste and go out to find work, we will have to support more people, and their energy will definitely not be enough. Those who are at home can take over the work of growing vegetables.
They collected the scraps of wood and old iron sheets from the high-rise buildings and made some boxes and crates suitable for growing vegetables, which they did not have time to do before. Now they have time and can take on this job.
In this way, after a month, I feel that not only will every household have enough equipment to grow vegetables, but the extra ones can also be sold.
Isn't it more valuable to sell finished tools than scrap ones? "
"Yes! Not only boxes for growing vegetables, but other things are also possible. Look carefully at the higher-ups, there are so many things that can be used. For example, we can dig out the bamboo forest that was used for greening before, dry the bamboos that haven't rotted yet, and weave some baskets to sell for money!"
"It's also a good idea to pull some grass and make fertilizer! If you ferment it now, you can use it to plant crops when the weather cools down!"
"That's right. Why worry about wanting to work? There are so many jobs available in the community."
Chen Cong continued, “In addition to working, there is another point, that is, the garbage in the closed area and the isolation area can be cleaned by them, and then transported to the designated location, and we will send people to clear it away.
In return, we are responsible for carrying water for them.
Of course, the water is also transported to the designated area, and they take over and transport it back for distribution.
This way, the pressure on both sides is much less, and we don’t have to deliver water door to door.”
Delivering water is a big expense! How much water do more than a hundred people need every day?
If that's the case, the people outside won't have to do anything for the whole morning and just deliver water!
According to Chen Cong's arrangement, healthy people can go outside the community to bring in water, and then choose a place near the door and let them come out to carry it.
The journey was more than cut in half.
Chen Cong's suggestion immediately received support from everyone.
Because the matter was also related to the suspected group of people, Cao Hongmin suggested that those people should send representatives to participate in the discussion.
Some people who were very worried left early, but of course there were also people who didn't care and were willing to stay and listen.
There were five people from the other side, three of whom had just returned from outside this afternoon and were found to be suspected full-time laborers.
Several people had stern faces, with resentment and vigilance in their expressions.
It was obvious that they had felt the unkindness of these healthy people before, so they came here with caution.
Cao Hongmin looked as if he didn't understand anything.
He first told these people about the promise that each family would donate a certain amount of food to feed the seventeen people.
Then tell them that the little girl has been taken home by Sun Qing.
This situation was obviously not expected by the previous few people, and they were extremely shocked for a moment.
When they came, they were already prepared to bargain with the community leaders, telling them that a considerable portion of the reserve food was contributed by them and they were qualified to use it!
But they were really surprised at how things would develop.
Seeing that their attitude had obviously softened, Cao Hongmin told them about Chen Cong's previous proposal.
When they were asked to grow vegetables, work on high floors, and process various tools, these people did not express any objection and agreed readily.
After all, I'm just sitting there doing nothing, so I'll feel at ease if I have something to do.
However, when they were asked to dispose of the garbage of patients in the closed area, they showed hesitation.
There was no other choice but to ask Mr. Gu to educate them again about the knowledge in this regard and tell them that a positive blood test result usually means that there are antibodies in the body.
Whether they themselves are contagious remains to be determined, but at least they can rest assured that they can be infected again.
Also agreed to the community’s request.
Up to now, this matter has been progressing smoothly.
Lao Cao had recovered by now, and led several of his capable men to begin dividing the activity areas for the suspected crowd and setting up special passages for them.
No matter how earnestly the doctors try to persuade them, there are still people who are afraid. So, in this case, it is better to separate the activity areas and time periods, and everyone will feel at ease.
In addition to dividing the activity areas, Lao Cao also drew up a shift schedule, assigning fifteen people to be responsible for fetching water for them and cleaning up the garbage every day.
These people change shifts every day, which means everyone has a chance to get a spot.
The reason why so many people are arranged is that there are too few healthy people in the full labor force and too few means of transportation, so the elderly and children may have to wait in the end.
These detailed arrangements are property matters, and the Shen family will naturally not interfere.
It was getting dark now. After another busy day, everyone was tired, so they went home first.
Gu Kai didn't return until almost nine o'clock in the evening. As soon as he came back, he was grabbed by the medical staff who stayed behind and had his blood checked. He was allowed to go home only after confirming that he was fine.
So when he got home, it was already past ten o'clock and the whole family was getting ready for bed.
The whole family was surprised to see him come back.
After all, when they left in the morning, Master Zhu specifically told them that they might not be able to go home every day because of the work they did.
It is normal to come back every two or three days, or three or four days. Don't worry if you don't come back for a week. The reason why the fertilizer factory is in a hurry to recruit so many workers is to save time.
They promised to arrange accommodation and didn't want everyone to waste time on the road.
So when they saw Gu Kai suddenly come back, everyone knew that he must have heard about an incident in the community and came back to check on him out of concern, so they all resisted the urge to sleep and told him what happened during the day.
After that, Shen Jianyi comforted his son-in-law: "Just work outside peacefully, and don't worry about the things at home. Our family is all healthy, even if you are a little tired, it's okay, everything will be fine after this period of time."
But obviously Gu Kai was not as optimistic as his father-in-law.
After hearing this, he frowned slightly and said solemnly: "Things may not be that simple."
"What do you mean?" Chen Cong asked sensitively.
Gu Kai looked at his wife and said, "The fertilizer factory is at the westernmost end of the town. It's so remote. We have received the news that our community has been sealed off. That means everyone in the town knows about it."
Shen Cong nodded. This was to be expected. After all, the town hospital and the town government had sent so many people.
"I can't go back." Gu Kai said: "Today, the person in charge of recruiting workers at the fertilizer factory came to us and told us to go to the town hospital for a physical examination immediately and get the physical examination report before going back to work.
They also specifically told us not to go back to the community and told us to stay in the factory until the construction was finished. The construction would take at least ten days, but it might not be completed in half a month. I was worried about my family, so I quit my job and came back."
Everyone in the Shen family was silent.
They would not blame Gu Kai for quitting his job, because there would be another opportunity like this in the future.
What they were worried about was the attitude of the townspeople.
Faced with infectious diseases, people in the community are afraid and terrified, not to mention people outside who don't understand the situation.
The people at the fertilizer factory have made their attitude clear today, so what about tomorrow?
Will more employers express their attitudes?
Will there be discrimination against people in the community?
The most important thing is - will all the healthy workers in the community be able to find jobs tomorrow? !
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