Chapter 71 Water and electricity restrictions (33)
According to her memories from her previous life, this job was actually recruiting workers to build a base, and those who went to work there never came back in one piece. Broken hands and feet were all minor injuries, and many people could not come back. Although there would be subsidies, such a small amount of subsidies would become a conspicuous existence in the end times, so it would be better not to go.
Huang Jinghe didn't even have the chance to ask his parents before he was ruthlessly rejected by them. Once they left, what would happen to the supplies stored at home? Who would feel at ease without anyone at home to look after them?
And, most importantly, how hard this physical work was, how could they not know it? Their son was still young, and they really didn't want Huang Jinghe to get hurt. By then, it would be too late to go back.
So before the recruitment information was released, Huang Jinghe's idea was dismissed by his father and mother.
Huang Jinghe: [No, my parents won’t let me go.]
Lan Jin breathed a sigh of relief: "It's right not to let you go. We have so many supplies at home. If you're not here and someone breaks in, it'll be more trouble than it's worth. Working outside won't earn you more than a few packs of instant noodles a day. It's better to keep it at home."
Huang Jinghe: [Sister Lan said the same thing as my parents. I didn't quite understand it at first, but then I thought, if someone breaks into my house even when I'm home, let alone when I'm away, I decided not to go.]
It's a good thing that the child listened to advice. No matter what Huang's father and mother thought at first, as long as Huang Jinghe stayed, it's fine.
As for the base, she remembered that the base in J City was completed half a month before the end of the insect plague. In the remaining half month, the staff also persuaded the residents to bring food to the base.
Having a base to settle down is definitely a good thing, but the base in the previous life took nearly 8 months to build after half a year of poisonous fog and a month and a half of insect plague.
But the duration of the poisonous fog has been shortened in this life. If the insect plague duration is not extended, it will naturally mean that the three-month heavy rain period will come earlier, and then the base will not be very safe.
She didn't mean that the base was poorly built, but that during heavy rains, floods would reach the 18th floor, and the height of the base was not enough to withstand such high floods.
The residents in the previous life suffered heavy casualties, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will suffer the same fate in this life, so there is no need to build a base or go to the base.
But no one else knew about this. Almost everyone was immersed in the joy of recruiting, so Lan Jin naturally wouldn't get into trouble.
Of course, she didn't think of reminding anything.
After these workers were hired, they were picked up by a car that afternoon.
Just like in the previous life, workers were sent out in batches and sent back in batches. In any case, there were always a few people coming and going within a few days.
Although the workers have a hard time, those who stay in the community don't have an easy time either.
When the insect plague was rampant, everyone just felt annoyed at first, but after a long time, subsequent problems followed one after another.
The redness, swelling, discharge, pus and ulceration of the areas bitten by mosquitoes are just basic symptoms. If the wound does not heal for a long time, symptoms such as fever and epilepsy will follow.
The gradually rising temperature, the proliferation of mosquitoes and the number of patients made the entire J city in a state of panic.
Want to cure.
Not that fast at all.
But prevention is simple.
No matter how these mosquitoes mutate, they will only get bigger. They are still the same insects. Just spraying insecticide at home can prevent most of the problems. Spraying floral water or wind oil on the bitten areas can also reduce most of the swelling. In addition, as time goes by, the wounds of people who have used these two things may not be healed, but fortunately they have not worsened.
But--
Yes, but no.
There is no insecticide, no mosquito coils, no mosquito repellent wormwood... nothing at all.
These things are not necessities. The only reason there are any leftovers is because they were not used up last year. Even if some people have one or two bottles, how could there be any left after more than a month of insect plague?
After knowing their importance, supermarkets have put these products on the shelves.
Not to mention that contribution points are required to pay, the price is really prohibitive for many people.
Lan Jin was not worried about these things. Not only did she have a mosquito net at home, she also had insecticides, so she didn't need to worry about insect infestations at all.
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In such an anxious life, more than a month passed in a flash, and finally it was November.
Half a month has passed since the two-month insect plague period that Lan Jin remembered. However, not only has the insect plague not ended, it is showing a tendency to become more widespread. The temperature outside is also frighteningly high.
The thermometer on Lan Jin's balcony showed that the outdoor temperature reached 71 degrees, and the indoor temperature exceeded 40 degrees at one point. This was when she was using an air-conditioning fan, not to mention other people's homes. Outdoor work was directly banned, but the work of building the base did not stop at all.
Because of the high temperature, many workers suffered from heat stroke.
In short, it is not as good as those major or minor injuries. At least you can still see the person come back.
The lake outside turned into a deep pit, and the river water level dropped a lot compared to before.
A few months ago they were still worried about floods, and now they are worried about the river drying up. Of course, this is just an adjective, and the river is not so easy to dry up.
However, due to the long duration of high temperatures, water and electricity restrictions have been put on the agenda again.
However, the current water and electricity restrictions are very different from the original ones.
Previously, electricity could be used freely, but water was now available only during limited hours in the morning and evening.
But now, not only were the water and electricity cut off, but if you needed water, you had to go out with a bucket to get it.
In other words, it will be difficult to restore water and electricity in the short term.
As for the place to get water, it is the newly installed faucet at the entrance of the cafeteria where they go every day.
Someone will be assigned to guard the faucet, and residents will collect water at each household. No matter how many people are in your family, each household can only collect water once a day, and can only collect one bucket of water at a time. The standard bucket is 6L. No matter how many people are in your family, or whether it is enough for your family, there is only this much water, so you can use it however you like.
Although the residents had many complaints, no one dared to say anything. Otherwise, if they couldn't even get this bucket of water, they would have to drink mineral water. In this special period, no matter how many contribution points they had, they couldn't do this.
But there are some things that deserve to be complained about. I can tolerate the water shortage, but I cannot tolerate the power rationing.
The heat is one thing, but without an elevator, how can residents carry the water upstairs?
People on the lower floors can go up if they grit their teeth, but people on the higher floors refuse to do anything.
"No, can you please consider those of us who live high up? The 33rd floor is really not suitable for human beings to climb. Plus, we have to queue up, and it's so hot during the day. It's really annoying."
(End of this chapter)
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