At night, Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu slept on the floor in the living room. The couple couldn't sleep and talked in low voices. The next morning, the couple got up early. Their grandson Hu Yihang drove a speedboat to the community when it was just light. Seeing the two black spots under their grandson's eyes, the couple felt heartbroken.
"I'm fine. I slept for three hours last night. Grandpa and grandma, let's go! I'll take you to the library." Hu Yihang thanked Qiao Qingqing and the others. The water had accumulated on the second floor and was ankle-deep. The top floor of this building must be the safest. If his grandparents hadn't said that they stayed at 801 last night, he would definitely be worried and would have rushed over to pick them up overnight.
"I have waterproof cloth at home. I'll help you wrap the rice, flour, clothes and quilts." said Qiao Qingqing.
"Thank you so much, Sister Qiao. I will treat your family to a meal when the water recedes." Hu Yihang said with a smile.
While packing supplies, Hu Yihang asked his grandparents, "Where are the residents of 201?"
"I think he lives on the fifth floor. I'll ask for you."
"Okay, I'll make some arrangements and come back to pick them up later."
After making some arrangements, Hu Yihang first sent his grandparents to the library, and then returned to pick up the residents of 201.
The news of the day still made people feel heavy. Various geological disasters caused by floods occurred frequently. Many riverbanks were in critical condition and downstream residents were evacuated urgently. From the news footage, we can see that the situation is urgent, which makes people worried. Then they tightened their nerves.
"There are big cockroaches! Lots of big cockroaches!"
Qiao Qingqing and the others were watching the morning news in the living room when they suddenly heard Shao Shengfei's panicked cry, and Shao's mother rushed over.
Shao Shengfei jumped out of the bathroom. The 1.8-meter-tall man hugged Shao's mother and cried aggrievedly: "Mom, mom, there is a big cockroach... wuwuwu..."
"Don't be afraid, mom will kill a big cockroach. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."
Mr. Shao also walked over quickly, bent down, took off one of his shoes, and walked into the bathroom holding it with a serious expression.
"We have cockroach spray at home. I'll go get it." Qiao Qingqing was prepared for this.
There were several sounds of shoes hitting the floor in the bathroom, and Shao's father shouted, "They're all beaten to death! Feifei, don't be afraid!"
Shao Shengan poked his head out and looked: "So many! They must have been caused by the flood. I'll get something to block the drain. If the water doesn't recede, there will definitely be cockroaches in the drainpipe."
As he was talking, a cockroach came out of the toilet and kept kicking its legs in the water. Shao's father pinched it out with his bare hands, threw it to the ground and stomped it to death with his shoes. His dark face was full of worry: "If the drain can be blocked, can the toilet be blocked too?"
He turned around to look at his son. Shao Shengan was also worried. The family had already prepared cement, sand and stones to seal the water outlets, but the water and electricity were still unobstructed. If they sealed the toilet so early, would they have to use... cat litter?
"Okay, the cockroaches are all dead. Didn't Qingqing say there's spray at home? Let me spray it."
Qiao Qingqing took out the spray, and Shao Shengan sprayed it several times on the drain and toilet bowl, then covered the toilet lid and closed the toilet door.
"Just let it sit for a while, don't go in yet, the smell is not good."
Shao Shengfei was very frightened. He was timid and had to be held and coaxed by Shao's mother for a long time before he smiled again.
"The fruit ice I made yesterday is ready. Do you want some, Xiaofei?" Qiao Songzhi asked with a smile.
"I want to eat it!" Shao Shengfei said loudly. While eating the fruit ice, he immediately put the scary cockroach behind his mind.
But the cockroaches that appear in the bathroom today are just the beginning. More and more cockroaches are crawling up from the water, along the walls and drains, and into thousands of households.
After kayaking merchants were flooded with orders, insect repellents in supermarkets and convenience stores were also in short supply and sold out in two days.
Qiao Qingqing's house had been remodeled, and the balcony and terrace were sealed. The windows had mosquito nets, so the only places where cockroaches could get in were the bathroom and kitchen. These creatures crawled out of the flood, carrying bacteria on their bodies. Qiao Qingqing had suffered from them in her previous life, and she hated and feared cockroaches. The next day, they began to mix cement and sealed all the drainage outlets in the house, including the toilet outlet.
"From today on, we will start using cat litter to go to the toilet. Come on, big brother, I will teach you how to use it."
Shao Shengan has the IQ of a six-year-old, but he is very smart. He is a very clever and well-behaved "six-year-old child". After Shao Shengan taught him twice, he completely learned it. After using the toilet, he even carefully shoveled the sand into the trash can.
The cockroach plague is just an addition to the flood and is not worth mentioning compared to the flood itself.
The daily rising water level concerns the people of the whole country. Except for the northwest, there is no place that is not flooded. The floods have brought public transportation to a halt, production to a standstill, and people's lives to a great extent.
Qiao Qingqing's family was well prepared, so they were able to adapt well to the water and power outages.
That’s right, when the accumulated water approached the third floor of the community, the city area where the community was located had a power outage and water supply.
"There is no electricity and no water. What can I do?"
Father Shao took the lead: "I'll go outside to buy candles and water."
Shao Shengan stopped him and said, "Dad, you don't need to buy anything. We have everything at home! Look, there's a water tank on the balcony and three on the terrace. The water inside is enough for drinking. It's also easy to use rainwater. We also have a generator at home, and we have candles and flashlights. We don't need to go out and buy anything."
Everyone in the community group was talking about it. Qiao Qingqing was swiping the screen. The resident of Room 401, Building 1 said that he couldn't sleep at night and saw a blue light coming from the community power room. It flashed a dozen times and then went out.
The residents downstairs were all rejoicing that the power was cut off after the damage to the electrical room, otherwise the consequences of the electric leakage would be disastrous.
[I can’t find an electrician to fix it now. It can’t be fixed until the water recedes.]
[The store downstairs was flooded a long time ago. Where did you buy the candles?]
[I went to Qinghui Supermarket. The third floor was still open, but the prices of everything had gone up...]
[The water is flooding the third floor. My toilet is overflowing. Is this happening to yours?]
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After watching for a while, Qiao Qingqing went to watch the news again.
"Don't look at it anymore. Your brows are so furrowed that they can kill a fly." Shao Shengan reached out and gently covered the screen of his phone. Qiao Qingqing sighed, "I won't look at it anymore."
A beam of blue light suddenly shot in from the window, causing Qiao Qingqing to squint. Shao Shengan quickly pulled her into his arms to avoid it, and when he looked back, he saw the blue laser shining in from the balcony, swaying. He was furious: "Who is shining this light randomly? Lasers can hurt your eyes!"
He went to the balcony to check and found that the light was coming from a speedboat approaching the community.
"Several speedboats are coming over. They should be the people from 802 who have returned." Qiao Qingqing reacted and remembered that at this time in her previous life, the people from 802 had indeed moved back. The son of this family was very willful. In her previous life, he had used a pen to shine on passers-by through the window. The passers-by got angry and threw ice cubes through the window of 802, breaking his head. The family scolded him for several days at that time.
"Didn't they move to the West City Villa a few years ago?" Shao Shengan remembered that the news said the West City Villa area was flooded. "I'll talk to his family later. You can't shine a laser pen on people like that!"
Sure enough, the speedboat near the community building in the night belonged to the Zheng family. Just like in their previous life, they spent a lot of money to hire people to deliver the luggage. They worked from late at night until dawn to move all the luggage. The last batch of luggage was delivered at noon, and the people in the building who had nothing to do ran to watch.
"Oh, how come 801 has made the corridor like this? It's so ugly to have this anti-theft iron door." Mrs. Zheng leaned against the door with her fingers curled up, staring at the nanny cleaning, and glanced at 801 with contempt and disdain.
"This kind of door is good and safe! I'll have someone make one for me later." Zheng Tiehui nodded repeatedly, went back to the house to get a bottle of wine and a pack of cigarettes, and went forward to knock on the door.
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