Next to him, Shao Shengfei felt sleepy after watching TV for a while and kept yawning.
Shao's mother also yawned, and Shao's father was also infected. The whole family was yawning. Qiao Qingqing's eyes were filled with natural tears. She also felt very sleepy. Normally, she would have gone to bed at this time. But there was no way. Now that the temperature was normal, the work and rest schedule must be adjusted accordingly. No one likes to sleep during the day and work at night. It goes against the rules of the biological clock.
She stood up and said, "I'll go upstairs to get some medicine. Mom, you guys should also find something to do to keep yourself alert. Don't sleep, or you won't be able to sleep tonight."
"Got it. I'll pack the clothes, put away the summer clothes, and you can come down and take them away when I'm done."
"good."
Shao Shengan followed her upstairs, and Qiao Qingqing supported him: "You don't have to accompany me. You have to take good care of yourself recently and get your foot healed quickly."
"It's okay, I feel much better now."
Finally having a chance to be alone, Shao Shengan couldn't wait to ask, "Is this the toxic fog weather you told me about before?"
"Yes, this period of time will not last very long. I remember it was only about a year in my previous life, but it tortured us terribly. The masks we stockpiled are very effective against the bugs in the poisonous fog, so it shouldn't be that painful this time—"
Shao Shengan couldn't help laughing when he saw that she was hesitant.
"What are you laughing at?" Qiao Qingqing also smiled helplessly. "Well, no matter how many or how few, as long as I think about the bugs crawling around in my body, I feel sick."
That's right, there are insects in this thick fog. They will first invade people's respiratory system by following the breathing, causing coughing, and then enter the body and drill into the internal organs, first entering the lungs and then other internal organs. They will also crawl into the blood, absorb nutrients from the human body to reproduce, using the human body as a hotbed and crawling throughout the body along the blood vessels.
A dry cough is only the mildest symptom, and then the stomach and intestines begin to react first, with abdominal pain and diarrhea. The coughing will not stop until you cough up blood-streaked sputum. You will feel that your lungs are like a broken bellows, and every breath is painful for you. Finally, you will cough out some fragments of damaged organs that have been eaten away.
Of course, you will not die at that time. You will only feel the pain of thousands of insects drilling into your heart, pain in your chest and ribs, sitting wrong, lying wrong, no posture can make your body comfortable, you cannot eat well or sleep well, and then you can feel your body getting weaker and weaker in extreme panic.
"The mysterious insects in the thick fog don't have a very high mortality rate in the short term," said Qiao Qingqing.
However, Shao Shengan pointed out the most important point: "If it lasts for a long time, will the mortality rate be very high?" If the organ fragments are vomited out, is the person still intact?
Qiao Qingqing sighed, "I remember clearly that in the first few months, no one died near me, although being alive is not much better than being dead... Then I don't know how long it was, but a few months later, people started to die. My place is a shantytown, and the management is very chaotic. People from outside would definitely be confused, but we live in it. Although we don't know the entire shantytown like the back of our hands, at least we are familiar with our neighbors. A few months later, an uncle next door to me died. He coughed very badly at noon on the day he died. He didn't stop for a second and coughed all afternoon. In the end, he vomited a lot of organ fragments that looked like meat, and then died."
"Face mask--"
"Masks can effectively prevent bugs in the fog from entering our bodies. If we don't wear them at all, a large number of bugs in the fog will enter our bodies when we breathe. I didn't have a mask in my previous life, but the cough was too uncomfortable. At the beginning, I suspected that there was something wrong with the sudden fog, so I cut a piece of clothing and sewed a mask with five layers of cloth. Later, my cough was relieved a lot. Soon, the experts above also came up with a solution and said that there were bugs in the thick fog and asked everyone to wear masks, but people can't wear masks forever. We have to eat and drink water. Once we take off the masks, the bugs will pounce into our mouths and noses. No matter how tightly the doors and windows are blocked, it is useless. There must always be a gap to breathe." Qiao Qingqing sighed, "So wearing a mask can only slow down the speed of the invasion of bugs in the body and let yourself live longer until the experts develop insect repellent."
"Anti-worm medicine?"
"Yes, there will be anthelmintics. It will be very painful after taking it, and the dead bodies of the worms will be excreted through excretion." Qiao Qingqing blinked quickly as if she remembered some scene.
She didn't elaborate, but Shao Sheng'an could imagine the scene. He smiled bitterly, "It's good to have insecticide, otherwise the human race would be wiped out."
"Before the development of anthelmintics, people can only suffer. By the time they take the anthelmintics, the damage to their bodies has already been done. I have already prepared the medical expenses for our whole family to go to the hospital for treatment. We will talk about it then! By the way, the food crisis is coming too. With such fog, we can't even see the sun."
Shao Shengan sighed: "How can we still live like this? Plants need sunlight to grow. In the past two years of high temperatures, the Academy of Agricultural Sciences has finally developed heat-resistant crops. Now we are back to the days before liberation."
"After the thick fog came acid rain, which is the real crisis that destroyed agriculture." Qiao Qingqing simply introduced everything she had experienced at once. "The acid rain lasted for more than half a year, and then there was eternal night, the sun disappeared, and then there was an earthquake... After the earthquake, I don't think it's over yet."
"We have already overcome several levels together, and we must also have confidence in the next levels."
"I'm not that worried about the thick fog and acid rain. What I'm afraid of is the big earthquake that's coming."
Not because she died in the earthquake, she was not afraid of death.
What she feared was the despair of annihilation, and she didn't know whether she and her family could escape together.
"Don't be afraid. Before the big earthquake, we can conduct earthquake escape drills for mom and dad. We will try to escape together. If we are really unlucky and separated, Qingqing, don't be afraid! Don't be afraid even if we are separated. As long as we are alive, a short separation is nothing. As long as we are alive, there will always be a day when we will meet again and reunite. You have to believe me."
"...Okay." Qiao Qingqing looked into his eyes.
Shao Shengan continued, "After the eternal night falls, each of us must carry a bag of supplies with us at all times. You will arrange the supplies inside. I believe you can arrange all the post-earthquake survival supplies in the bag. This way, even if we are separated, each of us can get the greatest chance of survival and we will definitely meet again in the future."
"……good."
Shao Shengan touched her head and said, "You can only say it, okay?"
Qiao Qingqing leaned on him: "Then what else can we talk about." She sighed, "Let's focus on the problem at hand first. It's a pity that I don't know how insecticide is made, otherwise I would definitely give the research institute some inspiration."
The thick fog came suddenly, and there seemed to be something harmful in the fog that caused the coughing. The military and the government responded quickly. The lights in the institute were on all night, the logistics department began to transfer supplies, and grassroots community officials were also mobilized.
The base's radio sounded, announcing the suspension of all work and production, calling on residents to stay at home and not go out. At the same time, it was announced that there were unknown components in the mist, and residents were advised not to inhale the mist directly and to take protective measures.
The broadcast was made on the afternoon of the second day after the thick fog appeared, and Qiao Qingqing also heard it at home.
"That's good, otherwise Dad would have said he would have to go to work tomorrow." Shao Shengan breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to facilitate care, Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan moved downstairs and lived directly in the living room.
The meal was cooked by Qiao Qingqing. She added a lot of white vinegar to the food, making it so sour that it was unbearable.
"Qingqing, why is it so sour? I smelled the smell of your cooking and thought you only made sweet and sour fish, but I didn't expect you even added vinegar to the rice." Qiao Songzhi's face wrinkled with sourness.
"Vinegar can kill bacteria. The fog is so strange right now and there's nothing we can do. Let's just eat some vinegar to kill bacteria."
It was a feast filled with vinegar, and everyone looked hideous after eating it. Even Qiao Qingqing felt her teeth ache after taking a sip of the spinach and meatball white vinegar soup.
After two days of eating vinegar-filled meals, Shao's father and his friends felt their teeth ache whenever they heard the words "time to eat".
"But it works, doesn't it? We cough less often now."
After hearing what Qiao Qingqing said, Qiao Songzhi realized, "It seems that I cough less."
"Does vinegar really have an effect? Why don't you drink more?" Shao's mother asked in surprise.
Qiao Qingqing shook her head: "You can't eat too much vinegar, let's just eat normal food today."
Shao Shengan asked Qiao Qingqing privately: "You said that only insecticides are effective against the bugs in the body, what about vinegar?"
"This was also discovered by experts in our previous life. Vinegar cannot kill insects, but it can reduce their activity and slow down their growth and reproduction. The base once used white vinegar to spray the entire base, and the air was filled with the smell of acetic acid."
"But it's impossible to destroy them?"
"Yes, there is no way, unless the thick fog disappears automatically."
Hearing this, Shao Shengan suddenly had an idea: "I wonder if the acid rain that came later will have any effect on the thick fog."
Qiao Qingqing said, "You're right. Later, experts said that acid rain can completely kill the insects in the thick fog. I felt helpless after reading the news. Do you think this is a trick of God?"
"God's trick? Or maybe it can be called God's gift, but this gift came a little late." Shao Shengan acted optimistically, "It seems that God is sometimes soft-hearted, which is a good thing for us humans."
Qiao Qingqing couldn't help laughing, then nodded seriously: "Your statement is better, I like it, it seems that the future is brighter."
During the days of home protection, Qiao Qingqing and her family would not take off their masks except for eating and drinking, and even when they slept. There were few coughs in their home, but there were too many coughs in the building, which made people upset.
Although she wrote a piece of paper and posted it on the door, there were still patients knocking on the door. Qiao Qingqing never opened the door once, but just told them to go back through the door. The gaps in the doors and windows were blocked with wet cloth strips. The only ventilation in the house was the exhaust window in the toilet, but the exhaust window was only opened a crack, and two layers of cloth were sealed on the crack to filter it.
Qiao Qingqing tried to reduce her family's exposure to the fog and waited for the government to respond, but she was not optimistic. In fact, she had been sending letters to the mayor's mailbox, "predicting" the fog and that the fog was harmful to the human body because there were bugs in it and bugs didn't like white vinegar, etc...
If those letters really attracted the mayor's attention, then effective response measures should have been implemented earlier than in the previous life.
The entire survivor base was completely shut down. In the tense atmosphere, the base researchers worked non-stop for three days and finally detected the presence of insects in the thick fog.
The report was immediately sent to the top leaders, and Mayor Luo ordered a further investigation: "Find out the weakness of this damn bug! Ahem!"
Soon after his men left, someone knocked on the door again. It was the secretary who came in wearing a mask. She put the documents she had just received on the table and said, "Mayor, the data from the farm has been summarized. The situation is very bad. This autumn harvest is likely to be--"
Mayor Luo quickly read through it, his eyes red from working all night and showing anger, but he knew that he had to keep calm at this moment, so he took a deep breath and said, "Do your best to rescue. If there is a problem in the thick fog, then isolate the fog. Report as much technical support as you need, and the institute will cooperate."
"yes."
The secretary went out and Tan Jianling came in.
Mayor Luo pinched his nose and said, "Tell me, what bad news is there?"
Tan Jianling said: "The hospital is overcrowded. Although you have issued an order for people to stay at home for protection, there is nothing you can do if they are sick. Cough, cough, now almost the entire base is in a sea of coughing. Some people have coughed so badly that they have to seek help from the hospital."
"Then send more people over there to maintain order. Have all the masks been distributed?"
"It has been delivered half an hour ago. Don't worry, the soldiers going to guard the hospital will wear masks."
After talking about the hospital, Tan Jianling looked out the window. The window had been sealed, and no fog could get in, but Tan Jianling seemed to be able to see the lights of the building opposite through the closed window and the thick fog outside.
"Mayor, Mayor Yu is very active. I just received news that he seems to be sending a group of people to the grassroots to appease the people."
Mayor Luo thought he had heard wrongly: "Sending people to the grassroots now? Is he crazy?"
Tan Jianling said calmly: "Wealth and honor are sought through risk. This is a good opportunity for him to improve his reputation."
"That's a waste of his men's lives!" Mayor Luo was a little angry.
"Mayor, you can't control the people under him."
Mayor Luo was discouraged: "Yu Jingshen is capable and good in every way, except that he is too power-hungry."
Tan Jianling actually smiled slightly: "Uncle Luo, when you accepted Huacheng's leadership team, you thought that one more person would make more efforts to build a survivor base together. Who could have imagined that you were inviting a wolf into the house? He didn't want to be the mayor, he just wanted to be the mayor."
Mayor Luo frowned at his sharp words. He thought for a moment and said, "It's also a good thing to appease the people. If he wants to do it, let him do it. Squeeze some money and send them a batch of masks to remind those grassroots officials to pay attention to protection and put safety first."
Tan Jianling sighed in his heart, but what he admired was the character of Mayor Luo.
"Okay, I'll do it right away."
"Also, the distribution of supplies is almost complete. Please keep an eye on it and make sure the supplies are delivered to every household."
"I understand. Don't worry."
Two days later, Qiao Qingqing's family received home relief supplies. The next afternoon, she heard knocks on the door again, and someone outside was shouting:
"Qiao Qingqing's home, right? We are community officials, and we are here to investigate your family's current situation. We will provide a questionnaire. Please move the cloth strip on the door and we will put the questionnaire in. We will collect it in half an hour. Please fill in the truth about your family's situation. If there is anything you need help with, Mayor Yu will do his best."
"OK."
A questionnaire was stuffed in. Qiao Qingqing picked it up and flipped through it. At the back, she saw a sentence: "Solemnly promise to resolutely safeguard the rights and interests of the lives and property of the majority of survivors." The signature was "Yu Jingshen." This sentence and the signature were handwritten, and should have been printed on the questionnaire after being handwritten.
"Let me fill it out." Shao Shengan took the questionnaire and started filling it out.
Qiao Songzhi didn't know Yu Jingshen. Maybe if you asked her the name of Lin Mingyong's current wife, she wouldn't even remember it. She was only worried about the community officials outside. She said, "Why are you still going out at this time? It's too hard and too dangerous."
Half an hour later, someone knocked on the door. Shao Shengan stuffed the questionnaire out and blocked the gap in the door.
"What are you thinking about?" Shao Shengan saw Qiao Qingqing standing by the window in a daze, so he walked over and asked.
"I was wondering, how did Yu Jingshen fail in his previous life when he was so ambitious? In his previous life, every time the base leader gave a speech, he was never seen." It was also in this life that Qiao Qingqing learned that Yu Jingshen had once been so active.
"Whatever he does, let's go watch TV."
Downstairs, several yellow lights shot out from the thick fog, and Yu Manshu shouted loudly: "Is that Xiaotian and the others?"
"It's us, Sister Manshu!"
Yu Manshu breathed a sigh of relief and shouted again: "Count the number of people. Once the number of people is reached, we will leave and go to the next community."
"Ahem, cough, cough, Sister Manshu, can you take a break? Ahem, I'm so tired."
The suppressed itch in Yu Manshu's throat was brought out by these coughs. She coughed heavily a few times and felt pain in her lungs and stuffiness in her chest. She couldn't help but pinch her chest.
"Sister Manshu, are you okay?"
Yu Manshu grabbed the hand that was supporting her and coughed desperately for half a minute before stopping. She smelled a fishy taste in her mouth and her heart sank.
"Sister Manshu? Sister Manshu?"
Her colleagues surrounded her worriedly, and several of them began to breathe faster and start coughing out of anxiety.
"No, ahem, it's okay! I'm fine!" Yu Manshu straightened her back and comforted her colleagues, "Let's go! Let's go to the next building."
"Sister Manshu, why don't you just take a rest? We'll just go and pick you up later."
How could Yu Manshu agree?
It is true that she was parachuted in at the beginning, but she convinced her subordinates with her own skills and abilities. To this day, who dares to say that she used a backdoor? Yu Manshu has real hard power. When doing things, she should lead by example and set a good example. This is why she is now called "Sister Manshu".
Moreover, this crisis is an opportunity for her cousin. Perhaps it should be said that every time something unexpected happens, it is an opportunity for her brother. The more stable the survivor base develops, she knows that her brother will be more anxious. He needs a stage and a chance to perform. Of course, Yu Manshu will assist with all her heart and soul. This grassroots research is not only her brother's political achievement, but also her resume. She must do it to perfection.
"Ahem, it's okay. How can I rest and see you guys tired? We are a whole. Only by uniting as one can we achieve victory. Let's go!"
While climbing the stairs, Yu Manshu felt that she was getting more and more short of breath, and the pain in her chest became more severe. At this moment, she suddenly felt terrified, and the chill went straight from her feet to her head. No one saw, not even she herself, that her lips had turned purple and black under the mask.
"It's not good." Yu Manshu thought so and was about to touch the medicine bottle in her pocket.
The next moment, her trembling hands could no longer hold the medicine bottle, and it rolled down the stairs. Yu Manshu lowered her head, and just as she lowered her head, she found that everything in front of her eyes was pitch black. She could not see anything in an instant, and then she suddenly lost consciousness.
Bang!
She tumbled down the stairs.
The colleague who was climbing on top of her heard the noise and quickly turned around and called out, "Sister Manshu?"
No one answered. He heard the sound of a human body falling. He had a very bad feeling in his heart. He turned around and reached out to touch, but he couldn't feel anyone! There was no one behind him!
Then, get downstairs--
"Sister Manshu!"
An hour later, Yu Jingshen got the news of his cousin's death in his busy schedule. He was stunned for a moment: "What did you say?"
"Your brother-in-law, Mr. Lin Mingyong, came to report the death. He said that your cousin, Ms. Yu Manshu, died in the line of duty two hours ago on the fifth floor of a building in Heshun Community."
Yu Jingshen couldn't believe it: "How could it be! She is so young! Was she attacked?" He became angry. Heshun Community is one of the most central communities in the base. Who has the courage to commit a crime there!
The secretary shook her head and said, "There was no attack. Mr. Lin said that Ms. Yu must have died of a heart attack. She fell from the fifth floor to the fourth floor. When her colleagues went up to help her, she was already dead."
"Heart disease..." Yu Jingshen murmured. Oh, yes, Manshu asked him to help find a cardiologist two years ago. Manshu had a bad heart since childhood, and had the surgery after she became an adult... In the past few years, Manshu worked very hard to help him. Could she have died suddenly like this?
He was very sad: "Let Mingyong come in, I will talk to him."
The two of them spent ten minutes remembering their cousin's wife. Finally, they wiped away their tears, turned their grief and anger into strength, and started talking about business.
"Can you take over Manshu's work by working on it for a while?"
Lin Mingyong wiped his tears with a tissue and nodded with sobs: "I will work hard. That is Manshu's hard work. When we met the day before yesterday, she happily told me about this work plan. Manshu has always kept your words in mind, Brother Shen, and she really wants to help you."
Yu Jingshen sighed: "Manshu has always won my heart. If I had brothers and sisters, I'm afraid they wouldn't be as caring as her. I'm still thinking of nominating her to be the director of the Urban Construction Bureau next month. She has enough qualifications and strength. Oh! Mingyong, you must handle this matter carefully. The voice of the people cannot be ignored. Now the fog is so thick that I don't know when it will recede. The work of appeasing the people is the top priority."
"Yes, I understand Mayor."
Yu Jingshen's mouth twitched slightly. Mayor? Only his own people would call him mayor. When he went out, others would call him Mayor Yu, which sounded particularly harsh.
"Collect all the 'demands' on those questionnaires and organize them into categories, such as food demands and medical demands. Once you are done, give the information to me." He had to carefully select which demands could reflect his presence as the mayor and could be used to publicize and expand his influence...
Lin Mingyong lowered his eyes: "I understand, Brother Shen."
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