Qiao Songzhi smiled and said, "Mother-in-law, it's okay. We are all family. Besides, life is all about eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. There is nothing to be shy about. Father-in-law is right. We do have a lot of storage at home, enough for our family."
"Qingqing is really capable. She has stockpiled so many things at home. It's all thanks to Qingqing." Shao's mother said embarrassedly, "And that cat litter, that's also useful."
"There is no smell in our house, but the water outside smells very bad. Cat litter is really useful." said Qiao Songzhi.
"As soon as the door of the neighboring house was opened, there was a foul smell. It smelled like the water downstairs. It should be that the drain was backflowing and could not be blocked tightly." Shao's mother added.
"There's nothing we can do. When will the water recede?"
Most of the topics discussed by the people were similar to those of Qiao Qingqing's family, and ended with them hoping that the flood would recede.
Yes, when will I withdraw?
Qiao Qingqing remained silent. She would retreat, but not now.
After dinner, Shao Shengan went to wash the dishes, and Qiao Qingqing went to the terrace to see his harvest today. The wet branches had been sorted by Shao's father and spread on the ground to dry. She looked up at the sky. After the rain stopped, the sky was still full of clouds. She probably remembered that the sun would not appear until the temperature rose.
There will be a big drop in temperature before a big rise in temperature, and it will take several years for the sun to come out.
There is enough fuel at home, so these woods can be used to dry clothes.
"Sister, there's someone knocking on the door!" Qiao Qingqing heard Shao Shengfei say this as soon as she went downstairs.
"I'll go and take a look."
It was Zheng Tiehui knocking on the door.
"Is there anything wrong, Uncle Zheng?" Qiao Qingqing asked through the crack in the door.
"Ha Qingqing, the lights in your house are quite bright. It's good to have a generator. I want to bring my cell phone and computer to your house to charge. Is that okay?"
"Sure, as usual, just bring something in exchange."
Zheng Tiehui sighed, "Neighbors, you just calculated too much. You guys are running the generator anyway, and charging electronic devices doesn't use much electricity."
"As long as the generator is turned on, it has to burn gasoline. I can't help but understand this. Uncle Zheng, if you don't charge it, I'll close the shop."
"Okay, let's exchange. How many times can this jade ring be charged?"
Qiao Qingqing took it, looked at it, and said, "Ten times."
Zheng Tiehui could not hide the pain in his eyes, but there was nothing he could do now that supplies were in short supply!
After stuffing a bag of electronic devices into Qiao Qingqing's hands, he went back. She opened the bag and saw five mobile phones, two laptops, three iPads and six rechargeable flashlights inside. Just as she was about to close the door, there was a noise in the corridor. It was Grandma Wang who came over. She also stuffed a bag through the crack of the iron door and handed her another bag: "These are the bean sprouts I grew myself, thanks to someone who sent the wrong item two months ago. The courier said he couldn't contact the sender and sent it to me. Oh, I'm so sorry! Now there are so many green beans and potatoes at home. We can't even finish them. Everyone in the family is afraid of eating them. There happened to be a lot left. I tried to grow them these few days, and they really sprouted. Now I'm planting potatoes, and I'll bring potatoes to exchange for your battery later."
Qiao Qingqing smiled and agreed: "Okay, then I'll wait for you to give me some potatoes in exchange. This bag of bean sprouts is really fresh, and I'm in need of this kind of rare stuff right now, so I'll use it to charge five times."
Grandma Wang happily went downstairs holding the railing. When Qiao Qingqing entered the house and closed the door, she heard her loud voice saying, "It's changed! Go to bed early tonight so you can have a flashlight tomorrow night."
Only two lights were on in the house: the living room and the kitchen. Qiao Songzhi was folding clothes. She smiled when she saw her come in. She looked around and saw her mother-in-law and the others upstairs. Shao Shengfei was dozing off nearby. She whispered, "You're really good at this. Aunt Wang really grew potatoes out of bean sprouts. This is what they call teaching a man to fish is worse than giving him a fish."
"Mom, I'm not that great." Qiao Qingqing smiled bitterly.
Qiao Songzhi touched her daughter's head with tenderness in her eyes.
This bag of bean sprouts was fried the next day, and the side dish was green onions grown on the balcony, which tasted crispy, tender and fresh.
In fact, the family grows a lot of things, but because there is enough storage at home, even if they don’t grow anything themselves, there will be enough, so Qiao Qingqing didn’t spend too much time on it. She just grows some green onions and garlic sprouts, and just picks a little to use when cooking.
Shao's father and mother thought this was a good idea: "We can also grow bean sprouts ourselves. Do you have mung beans at home?"
There is everything at home.
Qiao Qingqing took out mung beans and potatoes, thought about it, and then took out some vegetable seeds. Sure enough, Shao's father and mother were very surprised!
"Oh, why do we have everything at home? Qingqing, you are this, the blue cat!"
Shao Shengfei shouted loudly: "Doraemon!"
Shao's mother smiled until her eyes wrinkled: "Yes, Feifei is really smart, just like Doraemon."
From that day on, Mr. Shao finally found his own business, which was growing vegetables. Previously, the small onions were not enough for him to grow, but now he had room to develop his skills.
Qiao Qingqing realized that she, her husband and her mother all knew that the family had enough supplies, but only her parents-in-law were kept in the dark, and the couple's anxiety was growing day by day.
"Tell your son-in-law to tell his parents, they are scared." Qiao Songzhi said to Qiao Qingqing, "We are all family. It's pointless to hide it now. It seems alienated." She is a wise mother who thinks about her daughter. After two months of getting along, she is sure that her son-in-law and his brother are the weak points of the in-laws, just like her daughter is to her. As long as it is for the sake of the child, the in-laws will keep this secret and will value their daughter more.
"I've talked to Sheng An, and he said he'd find time to talk to us. Mom, just let Sheng An make the arrangements."
In addition to survival supplies, Qiao Qingqing also bought a large number of electronic books, most of which were reference books, agricultural books and medical books. Seeing that Shao's father was very interested, she took out an iPad to teach him how to use it. Shao's father couldn't learn it and didn't dare to touch it with his fingers. As a result, Shao Shengfei, who was watching from the side, learned it and became Shao's father's assistant in reading agricultural books. In addition to fishing, watering scallions and helping in the kitchen, he also added a new task every day: reading books for his father.
Soon, the family had fresh bean sprouts, and other vegetables also sprouted. But Qiao Qingqing still accepted the deal with Grandma Wang's family, and when Chen Binggang and his family needed to charge, they also exchanged branches or other supplies.
Humans are adaptable in that way.
Until this day, the rescue plane did not show up as usual, and the atmosphere in the building suddenly became solemn.
"It seems that today's plane didn't come. It's so strange."
"What's going on? Why is it that the rain has stopped but there are no planes delivering things?"
Originally, countless rescue planes could be seen in this area every other day. They would fly over buildings, drop boxes of supplies, and bring hope of life to everyone. Chasing the sound of propellers in the rain became the children's greatest pleasure. Children could even detect the arrival of planes faster than adults.
But on this day, the sky was so quiet that the only sound was the flapping of birds' wings and the chirping of birds.
"What's going on? There's really no movement! Normally, they would have flown to the building in front at this time!"
Three days later, there was still no sign of the plane.
In Jinyuan Community, residents on the seventh and eighth floors gathered on their rooftops. Qiao Qingqing's rooftop was fenced off, so everyone gathered at Zheng Tiehui's house, looking up to catch the changes in the sky.
No movement.
"Then let's divide the previous stock first. It's probably impossible to give each person a portion, so let's just cut it in half." Grandpa Wang suggested.
Shao Shengan went home to move the boxes and divided all the supplies at Zheng Tiehui's house. Everyone took their share and left, feeling very heavy-hearted.
Someone in the next building was shouting, "The last time I went out, I heard that the supplies were delivered from the Furun Building! The plane was parked on the rooftop of Furun! Do you want to go to Furun Supermarket with me to check out the situation?"
Zheng Tiehui was tempted, but Qiao Qingqing didn't want to go because she knew the result. The ship delivering supplies would arrive in the afternoon, and there was no need to waste the speedboat's energy.
Zheng Tiehui and his son went out, and everyone was looking forward to them bringing good news.
"Don't be afraid. The vegetables at home are almost grown and will hold up." Father Shao said as he went upstairs to take care of the vegetables.
Qiao Qingqing glanced at Shao Shengan, and Shao Shengan smiled at her.
Two hours later, Zheng Tiehui and his son returned.
"There is a ship! The ship is sending supplies today! I've inquired about it, and they will send three days' worth of supplies at a time in the future. Ships are good and can load a lot of things. We should have used ships a long time ago!" Zheng Tiehui's cheeks flushed with excitement!
"Is this true? This is great! If we send supplies by ship, will they no longer be limited to compressed biscuits that are small and easy to carry? I want to eat something else and don't want to eat compressed biscuits anymore!" Zheng Tiehui's daughter Zheng Liangying was very excited and asked again and again.
Zheng Tiehui assured that the news was true: "I even took photos. There are so many boats. They will arrive in our area by the afternoon at the latest!"
The photos were passed around and everyone was delighted and looking forward to the arrival of the rescue ship.
It started to get dark around five in the afternoon.
The patience of many people waiting is gradually running out, and those who have no food and have to rely on relief supplies are becoming even more anxious.
Qiao Qingqing and her family were on the terrace, quietly waiting for the arrival of the boat.
"Here it comes! The ship is coming!" Shao Shengfei stood up and pointed into the distance.
At the same time, a cry of surprise came from the Zheng family next door: "Ship! Relief supplies have arrived!"
A ship came around a corner, followed by a dozen speedboats breaking through the waves, and the sound of horns spread across the water:
"Notice! The former Jinyuan Primary School is a temporary material delivery point. Relief materials can be collected by ID card or household registration book. Everyone please come and collect them in time!"
"Notice! The former Jinyuan Primary School is temporarily providing supplies..."
The people who heard it were delighted, leaned out of the window and shouted: "I have no tools to go out! Can you send them to my home?"
"Yeah! Can't you send it home?!"
Someone on a speedboat raised a loud speaker and replied loudly: "If you don't have tools to go out, hang a banner outside the window! We will deliver it! But you have to wait!"
"Let's go to Jinyuan Primary School to collect supplies and pick up Wang Jiale and Uncle Chen on the way." Qiao Qingqing exhaled and said with a smile, "Let's send out two assault boats today."
"I want to go too, can I go, sister?"
"Fei Fei, let's not go. My brother and sister have important things to do." Shao's mother hurriedly coaxed him.
"How about taking Big Brother there another day? Today is the first time a supply ship has come, and I'm afraid it will be chaotic." Shao Shengan pulled Qiao Qingqing's hand, "Let's go and get the supplies."
Qiao Songzhi went downstairs first: "I'll go get my ID card!"
Shao's mother also reacted: "I'll go get the household registration book!"
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