The middle-aged women dancing in the square were sweating profusely as they exercised with megaphones in hand. The roadside barbecue stalls and various snack stalls were crowded with hungry migrant workers. Everywhere was brightly lit and bustling with noise.
Today, all around is deathly silent.
Considering that the water supply will be cut off in a few days, the water heater and shower will be unusable, and the only way to take a shower is to draw well water and heat it.
Qiao An'an carried Ya Ya up to the second-floor bedroom, intending to give Ya Ya a nice hot bath while there was still running water.
After washing Ya Ya thoroughly, drying her hair, and putting her in a bathrobe, Qiao An'an placed her in a soft bed and told her not to make a sound or turn on the lights. Then, Qiao An'an went back to the kitchen and divided the cooled steamed buns into portions, putting most of them in the freezer and a small portion in the refrigerator for later use.
Then she washed a handful of rice and put it into the rice cooker, clicked the timer to make porridge, so she could have porridge to eat the next morning.
After finishing all that, Qiao An'an went into the bathroom to take a shower.
When Qiao An'an came out after taking a shower, she saw Ya Ya lying in front of the large French windows on the balcony, quietly watching outside with the toy binoculars that Qiao An'an had given her.
Hearing Qiao An'an's footsteps, Ya Ya turned around and said softly in her childish voice, "Mommy, it's dark, Ya Ya wants to turn on the light."
Qiao An'an squatted down and patiently explained to Ya Ya, "Zombies are sensitive to light. For Ya Ya's safety, we may not be able to turn on the lights anymore..."
Ya Ya leaned against the floor-to-ceiling window on the second floor, pointing indignantly at the stairwell of the apartment building across the street: "Then why can Ma Xiaotiao's family turn on the lights?"
Ya Ya was pointing to the opposite side, which was a demolition community just across the street from Qiao An'an.
The land previously demolished has been turned into a park. The residential area has three buildings and is surrounded by a ring of shops. People who were relocated from nearby areas live there.
The Ma Xiaotiao family that Ya Ya mentioned is a resident on the third floor of a building directly opposite Qiao An'an's house.
Qiao An'an took Ya Ya's toy binoculars and looked over.
At this moment, in the pitch-black apartment building, only the light in Ma Xiaotiao's house was suddenly on.
Through the window, you can see Ma Xiaotiao's grandmother trying to persuade him to turn off the light, but Ma Xiaotiao refuses and even shouts, "No, I want the light on! I want to watch cartoons!!!"
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