Chapter 99: Going Out (13)
The next day.
At dawn, the group of four met in the corridor. To be honest, apart from the kayaks, these people did not bring any rainproof equipment. They only wore a baseball cap on their heads. What use was it?
Ling Jiang explained, "I do have an umbrella at home, but with the rain outside, wouldn't it be more troublesome to hold an umbrella? I might as well just wear a hat."
Huang Jinghe and Lao Gao nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we don't have raincoats at home either."
So, it didn't seem appropriate for her to wear a raincoat alone. She said, "Wait a minute, I have some unused raincoats at home."
After saying that, Lan Jin turned around and went back home, bringing out three more raincoats. She explained, "This men's one belonged to my ex-husband, and this one is mine. They're both new and have never been worn. Please take good care of them. If everything goes well on our trip, I expect we'll have to wear these raincoats for a while."
But speaking of raincoats, when you really get on a kayak, they can only protect your body but not your pants. But it is definitely better to wear them than not to wear them. Besides, even a strong body cannot withstand such heavy rain pouring down on your body.
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After being fully equipped, the four of them officially went downstairs.
In order to avoid attracting too much attention, they chose to set off at 7 o'clock in the morning. At this time, some noises could be heard in the building, but there was no sign of people.
When they went downstairs, she found that the flood had already reached the second and a half floors. It had only been one night, and the amount of rain seemed to be heavier than she had imagined.
The four of them walked to the corridor, found a suitable spot, lowered the kayak, and then got in one by one.
Kayak is very simple to use. Although the three of them except Lao Gao have no experience, it is not much different from rowing in the park, so as long as you get the hang of it, you can use it correctly in a short time.
However, one thing was different from what they expected. Even though they left home early and even though they didn't meet anyone in the safe passage, it didn't mean that they wouldn't attract attention when they went out.
In just a moment, before the kayaks had even gone very far, people on the balcony and by the windows could hear exclamations from upstairs. "Look, there's a kayak! These people have kayaks. They must be out looking for supplies! Hey, take me with you! Take me with you!"
"Hey, don't go, Kayak, don't go, take me with you, there's nothing to eat at home, take me with you."
The exclamations in groups of three or four soon brought out those who had not yet gone out. Next, the four of them slowly marked out the area in front of everyone's onlookers. Among this group of people, the most surprised person was Su Han.
He really had no idea that the four of them had a kayak.
And the fact that these four people had kayaks was something no one expected.
After all, no one mentioned it at all during the meeting yesterday. If you think about it carefully, these people should have already made plans to go out and look for supplies today.
Of course, Su Han was not angry. What was there to be angry about? They were strangers to begin with. Who would tell a stranger what they had at home? He himself did not tell the truth. And the most important point was that there was no grudge between them. As the building manager, it should not be excessive for him to borrow the kayak from them for the sake of the lives of the residents of this building.
If these people don't lend the money, then the four of them will not only offend him, but everyone in the building.
At this time, Su Han was already immersed in his own thoughts and couldn't extricate himself. As for whether these people would follow his ideas, he didn't consider it at all.
As they paddled out of the complex, the shouts from balconies and windows continued, "Which building are you from? Lend us your kayaks. I'll borrow some supplies from you."
"Yeah, we're also borrowing supplies from you. Hey, give us some response."
However, how should they respond to this? They were eager to leave here quickly and find supplies, so they had no time to care about these people.
After they successfully paddled out of the community gate, Huang Jinghe couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "These people are too scary. I wonder if they will rush into our building to grab the kayaks soon."
"That requires these people to be able to swim and beat us. But Su Han will definitely lend us a kayak. Besides, we will definitely be seen by many people when we drag the supplies back." Just to save some small trouble, it seems that they have to lend the kayak. Ling Jiang felt very hateful when he thought of this.
Of course, this is the case when no one has a quarrel. If a quarrel breaks out, it will not just be a question of whether to lend or not.
But at this moment, no matter how these people shouted, they finally left the community.
After leaving the community, the four of them immediately turned around and rowed towards the supermarket.
As expected, the supermarket, which was only one story high, was definitely buried in the flood. But a supermarket is a house after all. Even if the flood was big, the water flow was not very fast. If there were supplies in the supermarket, then some supplies must be trapped in the house. So the purpose of their trip was to swim into the house to see if there was anything leaking that could be picked up.
Everyone had no objection to this idea, but who would pick it up became a problem.
It's true that all four of them can swim, but Lan Jin can only doggy paddle and can't even think about diving.
But among these four people, there was one person who was very surprising, and that was Lao Gao.
Ling Jiang said, "Of course Lao Gao will be the one to handle this kind of thing. Besides studying seriously, Lao Gao knows everything else."
For example, he knows a little bit about survival in the wild, he can box, and he can open a shop to make money. For example, he is good at diving. It is said that he even has a diving license. This time he even prepared a small oxygen tank himself.
So when they arrived at the approximate location of the supermarket, Lao Gao took off his clothes, revealing the diving suit he was wearing underneath, and after handing them his small kayak, he immediately jumped into the water.
But not long after, Lao Gao swam back. Ling Jiang thought he would have some good news, but, "What's wrong? Didn't you find the right place? I remember it was here."
Lao Gao, lying on the edge of the kayak, replied, "That's right, but there's nothing here anymore. I should have thought of it earlier. How could I be so stupid?"
After Lao Gao sat in his kayak again, he slowly explained it to them.
In fact, in order to quickly build the canteen and supermarket, the material used was color-coated steel plates. However, color-coated steel plates could not withstand the attack of acid rain. When Lao Gao swam down, he could not even see the shadow of the color-coated steel plates, let alone supplies.
(End of this chapter)
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