"You can't eat this fish. The water is not clean." Qiao Songzhi said, "If Feifei likes it, let him raise it."
Qiao Qingqing agreed: "I originally caught it for my brother to play with." She actually had some ideas and planned to discuss it with her husband in private.
Eating these fish is indeed a bad idea under normal circumstances, but the environment will change drastically in the future, and a body that is more adaptable to the environment will be very important.
In her previous life, she had eaten a lot of fish caught from the water. At first, her stomach was not used to it, and she vomited and had diarrhea. But there was nothing she could do. When she was hungry, she had to find something to eat. If she didn't eat, she would starve to death. Her body was tossed around, and later she became stronger. In the absence of sufficient heating conditions at minus dozens of degrees, although she often fell ill, she still survived. She believed that her physique had changed, so she could withstand the cold winter and the wandering life that followed. When she arrived at the survivor base, she lived in a dirty and messy shantytown, and she even rarely got sick.
Everyone who lives to that time is an excellent example of the old saying "If you eat something unclean, you won't get sick."
It is true that there are always "classes". There are many rich people in the survivor base whose lives are no different from before the end of the world. Even if the environment is harsh, they can live in a greenhouse without any hardship.
But for ordinary survivors like them who were short of supplies, if they wanted to survive, their bodies had to endure the test of various germs. If they could survive, they could continue to live. For those who couldn't survive, the grass on their graves would have been three feet high.
There was a small bucket for raising fish at home. After seeing Qiao Qingqing's achievements, Shao Shengfei was convinced that fishing could successfully catch small fish, so he no longer wanted to go downstairs to play in the water with other children. He patiently sat on the balcony for a day to fish, and then carefully took care of the fish he and his sister caught. Later, a small fish died, and he was sad for several days.
Their family lives a peaceful and stable life, but the residents on the sixth floor are facing the risk of losing their homes.
Chen Binggang from Room 602 squatted on the furniture, staring at the accumulated water in the room all night without sleeping. The next morning, he took his son and grandson to the seventh floor.
In the afternoon, the Chen family moved to the seventh floor. When Qiao Qingqing came down to check the water level, she saw it and called Shao Shengan, and the couple came to help.
Chen Binggang thanked her and carried the things to the seventh floor. Grandma Tian was waiting at the door. Chen Binggang called out "godmother". Grandma Tian smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into slits and she responded repeatedly.
"My godmother and I have become godparents, and we'll be a family from now on. The world is not good right now, so we can't set up several tables. I'll treat you later." Chen Binggang said with a smile.
Shao Shengan also smiled: "This is a good thing, congratulations."
After moving everything, the couple returned to the eighth floor and saw Zheng Tiehui's wife leaning against the iron gate, looking down and eating sunflower seeds. When she saw them coming up, she smiled and said, "How strange! They've recognized each other as godparents so soon. They've lived here for so many years and didn't recognize each other, but now they do. Tsk tsk, don't let the old lady get ripped off."
No one paid any attention to her. Qiao Qingqing and her husband went into their home on their own. When they closed the door, they heard Mrs. Zheng spitting out melon seed shells with a few "Puh" sounds.
The 602 family had found a place to stay, so the Song family in 601 didn’t know where to go. 702 was really suitable, with only two elderly people and plenty of space, but it was taken by 602 first, so 601 could only consider 701, 801 and 802.
All 701 houses are full, and I almost have to live in the aisle. I won’t consider this one.
That leaves the eighth floor, which is good because it is the highest place in the building. In the future, when rescue supplies are delivered, they can be received first. There are six people in 801 and seven in 802. Judging from the number, it seems that 801 is more spacious.
"Let's go to 801. Wasn't Xiao Qiao doing renovations last month? I saw that her house had a new water tank installed. She must not be short of water. Not only that, she also installed new anti-theft doors and windows. Last month, there were a lot of noises in her house and I didn't know what they were doing. I asked her and she said she was doing waterproofing. She was so tight-lipped. So I secretly asked the craftsman who was doing the work in her house, and he said she was installing floor heating. Didn't he carry something big upstairs later? There are no stairs in our building, and it would cost a lot of labor to carry that thing up to the eighth floor. I asked around and it seems to be a solar generator. Her house is full of good things, so let's live in her house." said Song Jianmin's wife.
Song Jianmin frowned when he heard this: "What nonsense are you asking at home? Who doesn't have anti-theft windows? We have them too. What's the use of solar energy? There's no sun now, so where can we generate electricity? A water tank is good, I'll go and borrow some water later - her family is really not good, her uncle, her husband's brother, is a big fool, I don't know if he will beat people, if it weren't for the only eighth floor left, I wouldn't want to be too close to her house. Just find 802, I'll go and discuss it with Zheng Tiehui."
"The Zheng family is rich, can they let us move in?" Song Jintao looked up, "Qiao Qingqing's family is fine, what is there for a fool to be afraid of? I can just flick my finger and I don't want to go to the Zheng family to see their faces. His wife looks at people with squinted eyes, as if she is nothing special, huh."
It was night when the iron gate was knocked. Candles were lit at Qiao Qingqing's house and the family was sitting in the living room chatting. Shao's mother and Qiao Songzhi were learning to knit sweaters, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan were leaning against each other and quietly watching the rain outside the balcony, Shao Shengfei was holding his bucket and chatting with the fish, and Shao's father was repairing a chair in the attic.
"Who is knocking on the door so late at night?" Qiao Songzhi was startled.
"I'll go open it." Shao Shengan stood up, opened three security doors, and saw a dark shadow standing behind the iron door at the stairs.
"It's me! Uncle Song. Xiao Shao, please open the door first." Song Jianmin gestured with a smile.
Shao Shengan didn't open it, so he asked him why he came: "It's really inconvenient this late at night. If it's not urgent, let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Open the door, I'll go in and talk."
"You should go back. My family is asleep. It's not convenient." Shao Shengan closed the door and went back to the house.
Song Jianmin didn't expect Shao Shengan to do this. He shouted more than ten times, but no one paid any attention to him and acted as if he didn't exist. He was so angry that his hands were shaking.
How rude!
He had no choice but to knock on the iron gate and shout Zheng Tiehui's name.
Zheng Tiehui also opened the door and came out, but he also didn't let him go to the eighth floor. How could he be willing to accept outsiders to live in? He rejected the person through the iron door, and even considered him: "Now the flood has reached the sixth floor. You can't be sure that the eighth floor will not be able to hold out one day. The sooner you evacuate, the better, so you don't have to move back and forth. So, I will lend you my speedboat. You go to the shelter first to ask for help, and return the speedboat to me when rescue arrives."
Shao Shengan stood behind the door and heard their conversation. He lowered his eyes and closed the remaining two security doors, completely blocking out the noise outside.
When Qiao Songzhi and the others asked what happened, he simply said, "It's all right now. The Zheng family will lend him a speedboat to go out and ask for help."
Shao's mother said worriedly, "We are only on the eighth floor. I am afraid that the water will come up. Today I heard people on the seventh floor complaining that their drainage outlet was overflowing."
Father Shao, who came downstairs after hearing the knock on the door, said, "Don't we have a kayak at home? How about I move some of my things to the shelter first, so that we don't have to worry too much. Last time I heard someone downstairs say that the nearest shelter is the library. Which direction is it? Or the Four Seasons Community is also fine. Didn't Xiao Hu, the firefighter downstairs, say that the Four Seasons Community can also arrange for people to live there?"
"Dad, no need. Our house won't be flooded. Just rest assured." Shao Shengan comforted.
Qiao Qingqing said, "We will still have time to leave after the flood." As she was speaking, the sound of rain outside suddenly stopped.
"Has the rain stopped?"
Everyone was surprised. Qiao Qingqing's heart moved. She remembered that in her previous life, the rain also stopped suddenly one night. She took out a flashlight and walked quickly to the balcony. When she shone the light out, she could only see rows of water droplets flowing down from the roof. There was no trace of rain on the water surface not far away or above the water surface.
The rain stopped suddenly.
"The rain has stopped, it has completely stopped," she murmured.
Shao Shengfei clapped his hands: "It's stopped raining! It's time to go out and play!"
Song Jianmin, who had just launched the speedboat into the water from the balcony, was also very happy. The rain had stopped and the water level would not continue to rise, and might even recede!
But things did not go as he wished. The rain did stop, but the water level continued to rise and the beds of the residents on the sixth floor were flooded.
The Song family had no choice but to move away, but Qiao Qingqing didn't feel anything about it. She had already taken revenge on the spot, and she had no intention of hating Song Jintao who had not done anything to hurt her.
"Now that the rain has stopped, let's go out. We have to go somewhere." Looking at the backs of the Song family as they left, Qiao Qingqing said this to her husband.
Shao Shengan didn't ask any more questions. He first carried the speedboat down from the seventh floor and lowered it through the corridor window. Qiao Qingqing hammered nails into the wall under the window and tied a rope around it.
"I'll go down first." Shao Shengan jumped onto the speedboat first. Qiao Qingqing followed closely behind. She had been exercising whenever she could while collecting supplies for the past month, and she had been exercising more intensively during the days of staying at home to avoid disaster. Now, it was easy for her to slide more than three meters holding the rope, and her arm and waist strength could support it.
"Mom, Mom and Dad, we're going out, don't worry!" Shao Shengan looked up and shouted.
How can I not worry? The two kids go out as soon as they say they want to, and then it starts to rain heavily. What should I do?
However, the two children have always been very opinionated. Qiao Songzhi and the others suppressed their worries and waved at them.
Qiao Qingqing also waved to Qiao Songzhi with a relaxed smile on her face: "We will come back safely!"
"Which direction?"
It was only a little after nine o'clock, and the sky was covered with thick dark clouds, which looked very depressing. Qiao Qingqing said, "Let's go to Yulong Bay. I want to get something."
The days of her previous life were desperate and depressing. Qiao Qingqing didn't want to think about it too much, but after her rebirth, she gradually realized that those memories were not only painful, but also contained a lot of useful information. What she had to do was not to escape completely, but to face it and get more information that would be beneficial to her survival in this life.
The speedboat moved forward steadily on the water. Shao Shengan was very careful and cautious. He tried his best to distinguish the buildings on the roadside water and recognize the location of the original road. He tried his best to keep the speedboat on the original road, for fear that the speedboat would hit something unexpected under the turbid water.
Looking up towards the wind, Qiao Qingqing felt the dampness and smell of earth in the wind, and began to talk about the purpose of this trip.
Yulong Bay is where Lin Mingyong lives with his current wife and their next children. Qiao Qingqing has never been there. This time she went there to get something that Lin Mingyong left behind after he took refuge.
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