In order to avoid heat stroke, welfare is distributed in two time periods, from 5 to 7 in the morning and from 7 to 9 in the evening.
Huo Yishen's team got up at 3 in the morning. Jiang Ning coaxed Gouzi with fried fish, "Cola, the responsibility of watching the house is handed over to you. Wait for us to come back."
Gouzi whined and finally agreed firmly.
With their bags and buckets on their backs, the three of them arrived at the gate. All the residents who had set out in the morning had arrived. There were more than 70 people in total, including the elderly and children.
They were worried at first, but when they saw Huo Yishen and Jiang Ning appear, they felt reassured.
He Tianming called the roll and confirmed that everyone was correct before setting off.
No one was pretentious after two years of tempering in the end times, and they hurried on in the dark with flashlights.
They had no complaints. After all, Huo Yishen had a car, but now he was taking them on foot.
The neighborhood committee was a bit far away. When they arrived at 4:30, they were surprised to see a long queue of people.
After arranging the queue, Jiang Ning and the other two went to another window to line up and update their residence information with their certificates.
At five o'clock, the welfare window was distributing benefits on time. There were police on the scene to maintain order. Although there were many people, there was no chaos.
I was so hungry that I was skin and bones, and I was so thirsty that I was smoking. Who would have the energy to cause trouble?
Aoyuan didn't come early, and it was not his turn after waiting for an hour.
It was already dawn at six o'clock, and everyone was a little anxious. They wanted to get their things as soon as possible and hurry back before the sun hit them.
You know, the extremely hot sun is not only hot, but also quite poisonous. When it shines on the skin, it will quickly turn red and itchy. Even if it is only for a while, you will get sunburned. If it is serious, you will get blisters, which can easily cause infection.
Jiang Ning calculated that it would take about ten minutes to get in line.
It is estimated that if she can get back before eight o'clock, it is still ideal.
However, she felt that something was strange today. Usually, the east was already very bright, but today it felt more gloomy and the air was getting more and more sultry.
Just as she was about to talk to Huo Yishen, she suddenly heard a hurried sound.
"Puff, puff, bang, bang..."
Immediately afterwards, screams came one after another, and the crowd was instantly in a panic.
Before Jiang Ning realized what was happening, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her shoulder...
"Hurry up, it's hail."
Huo Yishen shouted, pulling Jiang Ning to run towards the neighborhood committee house.
Countless hailstones fell from the sky, shaped like pigeon eggs, eggs, and even as big as fists...
While dodging, Doudou's feet slipped on the hailstones and he fell to the ground.
Fortunately, Huo Yishen pulled his arm, otherwise he would have been trampled if he fell.
He carried his sister and Jiang Ning and squeezed forward.
While fleeing, the huge crowd desperately squeezed towards the neighborhood committee, and soon it was overcrowded.
Huo Yishen's team was not particularly far away, and his reaction speed was particularly fast, so he squeezed in quickly.
The neighborhood committee office is not big, and those who are at the back of the line or who are slow to react can't squeeze in.
They have to squeeze in even if they can't squeeze in, risking their lives to squeeze in. Soon, people are squeezed together, and some children are crying with fear.
People are shouting and cursing, pushing and shoving, being stepped on, and grabbing water and food in the chaos. The scene is chaotic.
Those who can't squeeze in can only hold bags or buckets of water on their heads and go to the nearest eaves or sheltered places.
The hail came without warning, and many survivors were hit. Those who were hit on the body were fine, some were hit on the head and bleeding, and some were hit by fist-sized hailstones on the spot, and fell to the ground and never got up again, holding the bucket of water tightly in their hands.
After entering the neighborhood committee office, Huo Yishen did not stop, but squeezed through the crowd to go deeper.
The toilet was at the back, and the smell was a bit strong due to the lack of water. He kicked open the utility room next to it.
The utility room was very small, with mops, brooms and other sundries, and it could barely fit three people.
Jiang Ning's shoulder hurt so much that he was about to touch it with gritted teeth, but he found that Doudou's forehead was bleeding.
The blood had already flowed to his face.
"Doudou." Jiang Ning was shocked, "Where are you hurt?"
Doudou reached out to touch it, and his hands were full of blood.
His forehead was hit, and it hurt so much that he forgot to cry.
My brother said, don't cry, tears are useless.
Huo Yishen looked back and lowered his eyes, his pupils suddenly dilated.
Jiang Ning ignored the severe pain in her shoulder, and quickly took out her bag, took out the medical kit from the space, and took out medical cotton to help her stop the bleeding.
Stop bleeding, disinfect, bandage...
Doudou was about to fall, "Brother, I feel dizzy."
Huo Yishen held her in his arms and asked nervously: "Aning, how is Doudou's injury?"
Without medical instruments to check, Jiang Ning didn't know the actual situation. If it was a concussion, it would be okay. As long as the wound was healed and rested slowly, it would recover. If there was cerebral hemorrhage or fluid accumulation, it would be troublesome.
Seeing Huo Yishen's anxious expression, Jiang Ning did not dare to say the worst result, "It may be a concussion, stop the bleeding first and use medicine." When
the natural disaster just started, although the hospital's medicine was quickly used up, many doctors still insisted on their posts, only seeing patients but not prescribing medicine.
But there were too many patients, and some patients or their families who were dying due to lack of medicine became particularly extreme. They felt that the hospital had medicine but was unwilling to give it out. They were only willing to give the medicine to those who had money and connections, or those who felt that the doctors had a bad attitude, and many vicious incidents occurred.
Doctors are also ordinary people. Many people died in various disasters. Those who have the conditions will choose to go to the base.
Therefore, the hospital has been completely closed.
Even if it is open, those instruments can no longer operate.
Jiang Ning hoped that the worst would not happen, otherwise she was afraid that Huo Yishen would not be able to bear it.
"Doudou, how do you feel?"
Doudou fell into her brother's arms, "Sister, I'm in so much pain, I want to vomit."
Jiang Ning comforted her, "You are injured, but it will be fine, don't be afraid."
Huo Yishen noticed that Jiang Ning's expression was not right, "You are injured too?"
Jiang Ning nodded, pressed her swollen shoulders, took out two ice packs from her backpack and wrapped them in a towel to apply ice.
Huo Yishen took the ice pack and applied it to Doudou's forehead, and asked with concern: "Aning, are you seriously injured?"
Not wanting to make him worry too much, Jiang Ning applied an ice pack to his shoulder. "It was hit by hail, but it shouldn't be serious."
Huo Yishen was about to ask for a check when the door of the utility room was suddenly knocked. "Who's in there? Do you have medicine? I smell it. Open the door quickly. Please give me some medicine. I'm also injured."
Huo Yishen used his body to hold the door. "You smelled wrong. We don't have any medicine."
"Why don't you give me the medicine if you have it?" The man kept knocking on the door, and said excitedly, "I'm bleeding a lot. I'll die if I don't stop the bleeding and bandage it."
Seeing that he couldn't push the door open, he kicked it hard and even shouted, "The people inside have medicine, but they just won't take it out."
Jiang Ning did have medicine, but there were many injured people. Even if he took it all out, how many people could he save?
If he gave it to them, what would he do in the future? Waiting to die?
Doudou covered her forehead, "Brother, I'm scared."
"Don't worry, brother will protect you."
"I, I seem to see mom and dad."
Huo Yishen's face changed suddenly, "No, mom and dad are dead, but you won't die, brother won't let you die."
As he said, he looked at Jiang Ning anxiously.
Jiang Ning had no choice, "Doudou, don't think too much, don't sleep, be more energetic."
As he said, he took out a bag of tangerine peel, pinched a small piece and stuffed it into her mouth, "Taste it, it's delicious."
"So sweet."
"Sister will let you eat delicious food every day in the future, don't sleep, always be with brother and sister, Coke is waiting for us to go back."