Even though Zuo Ling arrived late, no one dared to say a word.
Not only did they dare not whisper, but they also cleaned up the corpses and bloodstains in the stairwell thoroughly.
At this moment, the 21st and 22nd floors of Unit 1 have become the guardians in the hearts of the people of Building 3.
No one has counted how many people died; all that is known is that the fire burned continuously for three days before it was completely extinguished.
Everyone's expressions were numb, indifferent, and empty, and the lingering stench of burning corpses permeated the air above Noah's Ark.
He Guizi convened a meeting of the community residents on the spot and proposed that the owners of buildings 4 and 5 should be given priority to move into the vacant houses in buildings 1, 2 and 3.
The tenants were in the second batch.
The owners and tenants of buildings 4 and 5 covered their faces and cried on the spot. There were not many original residents left in the two buildings combined.
Bai Hongwei, Lin Wang, Li Mingli, and He Guizi were clearly exhausted from not sleeping all night.
They weren't having an easy time either. These four noble young men from the prosperous era had matured considerably after the two battles.
He Guizi was furious and made no mention of how to resettle the disaster victims.
Now it's clear that some of the disaster victims colluded with foreign enemies, inviting trouble upon themselves.
Given Bai Hongwei and his group's personalities, they would have preferred to clear out all the disaster victims immediately.
With government tasks looming over him, he had no choice but to suppress his anger.
The relocation of owners and tenants in Buildings 4 and 5 proceeded very quickly, and was completed in two days.
The empty house had severely damaged windows, doors, and furniture.
They decided to demolish buildings 4 and 5 where possible, but Bai Hongwei and his group didn't even consider what would happen to the residents who would move into buildings 4 and 5 later.
Whoever lives there should figure out a solution; we're not wet nurses, we can't manage everything.
The government asked us to accept you, and we accepted you, but they didn't say they would manage everything. This is what Bai Hongwei and his group feel.
They had no one to confide in, so they took their anger out on the disaster victims.
You're the ones colluding from the inside and the outside, and you're the ones playing the fool. Since you don't see yourselves as Noah's Ark, why should we care about you?!
The people in buildings 4 and 5 have been resettled.
He Guizi announced that the disaster victims could freely choose from the vacant houses in buildings 4 and 5.
What is free choice?
The translation is: If you're capable, live in a nice house; if not, continue living in resettlement housing.
Yes, he was taking revenge on the disaster victims who brought misfortune to the community.
The armed conflict in buildings 4 and 5 lasted for more than a month, resulting in the deaths of several hundred people. Finally, the right to reside was determined.
When the disaster victims were fighting, He Guizi mobilized the residents of buildings 1, 2, and 3 to build a wall between buildings 4 and 5.
Building a wall in extremely cold weather is very difficult. Anyone who can move—from young children to frail elderly people and women—including Professor Zuo Ling and Professor Jin and his wife, all participated. Everyone was determined to build the wall.
Compared to life, putting in some effort is nothing.
Bai Hongwei and his three colleagues used their connections to bring in all the heavy machinery they could find, and the wall was built very quickly.
A two-meter-high wall, a one-meter-high electric fence, and sharp shards of glass mixed in with the wall; there wasn't even a door in the middle.
The east and west gates were sealed off, while the south gate was used for the entry and exit of people from buildings 1, 2, and 3.
The north gate was left for the residents of buildings 4 and 5; the security guards withdrew.
After looting the houses, the disaster victims turned around and found that the community had been divided in two, and they were isolated outside. They all understood what was going on, but no one could say it out loud.
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