(MTL) Natural Disaster Apocalypse

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    The government's control over people's hearts is still very accurate. Knowing when to make which decisions can calm the restless people's hearts to the greatest extent.

When Mu Nan's community's water supply also became difficult, their local news station and the community also announced the announcement. Starting from Monday, residents of each community will go to a specific place to receive state subsidies according to the notified time. Everyone needs to bring their own ID card to collect daily necessities, and they are not allowed to pick them up on their behalf. If there are special groups of people with limited mobility who cannot go out, they must report to the community, and the community will pick it up and distribute it to their homes in person.

At the beginning, the materials given were optional. Each person had a choice of three bottles of one liter of water, two catties of rice, or one bag of five small bags of instant noodles. There was really no way to do it in terms of dishes. Rain, no matter whether it is vegetables or grain grown in the open air, almost none of them are exposed to the sun. Although there are some high-end vegetables grown indoors, those that specialize in soilless cultivation, the amount of indoor cultivation is only so large, let alone supply It can't afford a city, and maybe even a district can't satisfy it. With such a scarcity, there is really no resource from above to distribute to the masses for appeasement. Moreover, these supplies are received every three days, that is to say, such a small amount is a three-day ration for one person. This is completely excluding living consumption and only giving the minimum survival needs.

But even so, many people are still appeased. At least they can get food for free, even if the amount is small, but they can't starve to death. That's good. After all, many people have been forced by high prices There is nowhere to go, and even if you are willing to spend money, you can't get many things at all.

When it was Mu Nan's turn to pick it up in the community, except for Zhang's family, the others on their floor had agreed to act together. Now the outside is already a bit chaotic, with speeding people, people blocking the road, people entering the house, and everyone else. This kind of robbery has even become blatant, but the binding force of the law is still there, so most of those people will find some single ones, or those who look easier to bully, and run away after the robbery for fear of being caught. They are a group of big boys, one of them is tall and burly, and they are not easy to mess with, so if they go together, they will feel more secure.

Since the last time Mu Nan got food poisoned, Qin Huai never let him go out again, but now because he couldn't pick up the things on his behalf, he could only let Mu Nan go out, as a way of letting him go. When the agreed time came, the three families almost got stuck in time to go out together, just in time to meet at the elevator entrance.

As soon as they met, Jian Chu asked the other two families: "Are there many cockroaches in your house?" He felt that he had already suffered from cockroach anxiety, and he always felt that there were everywhere in the house.

Xu Ming smiled and said: "Fortunately, I got a lot of pet deworming from the hospital, which is also somewhat effective against cockroaches, but the hospital is out of stock for the time being, and a batch will arrive next week. Do you have any?" If you need it, I can fix it for you first."

Mu Nan glanced at Qin Huai, saw Qin Huai nodding, and quickly said: "We want it! Can you just take a box?"

Xu Ming said: "We will see this when we see it." The quantity of goods will arrive, let's see when the time comes, if you can get more, I'll try to get you a box."

Jian Chu was more realistic, even though she wanted it very much, she still asked, "How much is a bottle?"

Xu Ming said: "I can directly take the current purchase price of the hospital, 361 bottles, 500ml, mainly for deodorizing and insect repelling, such as cockroaches, mosquitoes, fleas and ticks that pets are more likely to provoke, etc. In the past, these The purchase price is very cheap, seventy or eighty, and now as long as it has something to do with insects, the price will skyrocket."

Hearing this price, Jian Chu couldn't help but sigh: "It's so expensive, forget it, it's cheaper to kill insects manually

The elevator came soon. Fortunately, the elevator was relatively empty. After all, they came out a bit late, because today they can go to collect things for free. Many people go out as soon as it gets dark, so they go up and down the stairs at this moment . There are fewer people.

Jian Chu looked at the spray fan in Mu Nan's hand, and said with a smile, "You're pretty good, just spray the fan, the wind blows on the face with the coolness of water vapor, why didn't I expect to be able to Buy this."

Mu Nan took a spray fan and sprayed it on Jian Chu twice: "I used to draw cartoons at home. In summer, I can stay away from the house for several months and stay in the air-conditioned room. I just saw this kind of fan that can spray water, and I thought it was very interesting, so I bought it."

This fan was indeed bought by him before, but he didn't expect that it would relieve the heat much more than ordinary fans, so it was reborn In the end, he specifically looked for this kind of fan and bought a lot, but Qin Huai would rather use a hand fan than hold such a cute little fan with its own spray.

Looking at Qin Huai who was fanning with a hand fan, Mu Nan took the spray fan in his hand and sprayed it on his face a few times to help him add some water to cool him down.

Qin Huai just took a look at him and let him go.

Because there are more people going out at night, the street lights outside have been reinstalled later, not to mention bright as day, but definitely denser and brighter than the previous street lights, and some street lights are specially installed above them. Mosquito traps, the swarms of mosquitoes are crackling around the mosquito traps.

They walked out of the community, and along the way, many people had already received the supplies and returned. Some were saying that the government was stingy, and that giving such a small amount of things would not be enough to fit between teeth. Some people are lamenting that the government's goods are provided in a timely manner. If there is no distribution of these materials, the family will have no food. They just don't know how long the materials can be distributed. Many people hope that they can be distributed until their lives are back on track. Otherwise, they will be laid off and unemployed. The high temperature and the lack of food, without these subsidies, they might not be able to survive.

Jian Chu walked and said: "I heard that some communities have already started to install solar power generation. With the heat of the sun and the sunshine time, it is not easy to generate electricity."

Xu Ming said: "That kind of community should be a villa area, right? If you want to provide solar energy for a residential building, unless you paste solar energy on the outer walls of the entire building, that may not be enough. Only the roof of the villa area is suitable. Like the community we live in, if you want Relying on solar power, the electricity provided may only be able to maintain the consumption of elevators and street lights."

Yu Zibai said: "However, if the current high temperature and sunshine will become the norm of life in the future, then the popularity of solar power generation is absolute. I just don't know if this is temporary or it will be like this in the future." Jian Chu said: "

Everyone This is terrible, with so little rain and so much sunshine, the water on the earth will be dried up, and people will have no way to live."

Xu Ming asked them as he walked, "It seems that returning home has begun . Chao, there are many people who can't stay in the city and want the government to arrange to farm in the countryside."

Qin Huai didn't see similar news on the Internet, so he asked one more question: "How about the educated youth going to the countryside like before? "

Xu Ming: "It's definitely not the kind of educated youth going to the countryside. Even if the country wants to make such an arrangement to relieve the pressure on the city, those who live in the countryside may not be willing to accept it. It didn't take a while to develop it, not to mention, the native city people, who knows how to farm, with the current high temperature, even if they have land, they may not be able to grow." Jian Chu was also curious: "How did that happen

? "

Xu Ming: "Maybe there will be a household registration check at that time. Those with rural household registration should return to the village as much as possible. Few people are now looking for such resources around them, and it is said that if they can help settle down, they don't need to settle down, as long as they can have a place to live and a little land, they will be able to receive millions of thanks." In this way,

Jane Chu was even more puzzled: "With so much money, why don't you just go to the countryside and buy a house? How big is it, and you need someone to take it with you?"

Xu Ming smiled when he heard the words: "Do you think there are only good people in the city now? Seeing that the situation is getting worse and worse, among other things, in our thousands of years old concept, as long as there is land and land, it is better than others. There are more people to survive, especially in this kind of natural disaster. People who live in the city, once the water and electricity are cut off, they will die. They all flock to the countryside, which is equivalent to dispersing their original resource interests of the rural people. At the very least, the wasteland they could have reclaimed by themselves will be occupied by outsiders. If there is no relationship at this time, they will go to the countryside. Accept? People have long been united together and unanimously xenophobic."

Xu Ming's words are correct, and Mu Nan has heard about this in his previous life. It was after he had gone to those private bases and heard that there Some people have mentioned that when the temperature is high, some people see that the situation is not right, so they want to move to the countryside. As a result, no matter whether they go early or late, if there is no help from relatives and friends in the village, they will eventually die. Being excluded and driven out, there are also many people who bought relationships with money at this time, but later, the money is worthless, so those who bought in with money were also driven away.

At the beginning of his rebirth, he had no idea of ​​going to the countryside to settle down. First, farming is not something you can think about and think that you can be fine. Second, even if he went to the village a year before the order collapsed, he would still be punished in the end. As a possibility to be driven away by outsiders, at that time, he will have no home in the city, and he will not be able to live in the countryside.

Hearing Xu Ming's words, Jian Chu sighed, glanced at Yu Zibai, and said with some regret: "We have no such relationship, there is no good thing about the demolition of villages in the city, and the poverty alleviation policy cannot be enjoyed, and the conditions for farmers to make a living are even worse. No, a city hukou used to be very popular, but looking at it now, it's useless."

Yu Zibo said: "My grandfather is from a rural area."

When he said this, everyone looked at him, even Jian Chu, he Although he has known Yu Zibai for many years, he doesn't know too much about the affairs of Yu Zibai's family. He knows that Yu Zibai's mother has been gone for many years, his father remarried, and he has a half-brother who is ten years younger. It was already a new family, so it had nothing to do with Yu Zibai anymore, but Yu Zibai didn't mention much about his grandfather.

Seeing their gazes, Yu Zibai shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I haven't even seen my grandfather. My grandfather left very early. At that time, my mother was still young. She lived under the fence and struggled out of the countryside. I never went back."

Jian Chu sighed: "You said that those people who struggled out of the countryside with great difficulty only found out in the end that it was best to stay in the village. What would those people think?" Especially They worked hard to take root in the city, but they didn't expect to live in the countryside in the end. I don't know if they will have a kind of sadness of being played by fate.

Xu Ming smiled: "Who knows, this is life."

Walking out of the gate of the community, on the road all the way to the supermarket, there are already sporadic sales stalls. It is estimated that they have started to distribute subsidies in the past few days. The flow of people on this road increased, so I saw the opportunity to do some business to make some money. In addition to selling some lighting toys, there were also clothes for daily use. Some people brought freezers and generators and sold popsicles directly on the roadside.

Mu Nan glanced over there, there were two signs on the freezer, one was thirty and the other fifty, it was estimated that it was directly divided into two sides, one for thirty yuan and the other for fifty yuan. Curiously, he walked over to have a look, wanting to know what was sold there. He poked his head in and found that the popsicles that used to cost two or three yuan were now directly sold for 30 yuan, and those that were slightly more expensive for 4 or 5 yuan were directly sold for 50 yuan. ten.

It's been a while since I went out, Qin Huai was afraid that he would be hot, so he said, "Buy one?"

Mu Nan shook his head, he just looked at it, besides, he has enough space for these things, and the house is closed in a low-key manner Is it not good to eat? Why do you want to buy it outside? It is so expensive, and you can only eat it on the road. He is not stupid.

Mu Nan directly pulled Qin Huai away, and as soon as they left, a child ran over from behind, pointed at the popsicle on the freezer: "Dad, I want to eat this." The child's father looked at the price marked on it, and

said He stretched out his hand to pull his son away: "Hurry up, let's get our things and go home, it's so hot!"

The little boy insisted: "I want this, Dad, I want ice cream, I want it, I want it!"

The child's father probably felt hot and dry, and he was not happy that the child was making a fuss, so he slapped the child on the back of the head: "Whatever to eat, you can't afford it, and you still have to eat expensive ice cream , can you understand something!"

The child was beaten and cried, and the child's father dragged him away without pity, and the passers-by just turned their heads and glanced, none of them were troublesome, as for the outrageous There is no one who talks too much about the popsicles. Now, anything that can cool down, be it popsicles or water, there is no cheap one. Thirty to fifty is considered normal, and some places sell it for one or two hundred.

When they finally reached the supermarket, there was still a bunch of people queuing up at the door, and all the people who distributed supplies were men in camouflage military uniforms, and there were two men with guns next to them. They were not supermarket employees at first glance. There was also a large advertising cloth beside those people, and a few headlights shone on the advertising cloth, clearly illuminating the words on it.

Both Qin Huai and Mu Nan's eyesight are very good, so they could read the content clearly from a long distance. It was written about the rules for the distribution of supplies. They can be picked up once every three days and cannot be picked up on their behalf. Parents have to bring their household registration to receive it, but they must be immediate relatives of the parents. If they are over 12 years old, they have to bring their children to collect it. There is no upper age limit for the elderly. Those who can move come by themselves, and those who cannot move report to the community, and the community will collect and distribute.

Mu Nan took a small fan and sprayed it on Qin Huai's face and neck, so that the wind that fanned his body would not be so hot: "Brother, do we want rice or noodles?" Qin Huai: "One person is the same

. Now, you get the rice,

and I get the face." Yu Zibai, who was behind them, said to Jian Chu, "We are all the same."

Xu Ming, who was standing at the front, looked back at the four people behind him: "Looking at you, suddenly I feel that the freedom of a lonely family is not good in an instant."

Mu Nan comforted: "It's okay, you still have a dog, although it belongs to another family."

Xu Ming said: "Speaking of dogs, you know that many cats and dogs in the community have been beaten to death recently Is it?"

Jian Chu frowned: "Do you eat meat after beating? Cat meat too?"

Xu Ming also looked disgusted: "People are extremely negative, they eat grass roots, and cats are nothing." That is to say, but he really hates this behavior, although he knows that it is also forced to survive. But some people who have never had pets will never understand the feeling of treating pets as family members. In peaceful times, there are still many people criticizing some people who do not hesitate to spend money on pets, let alone now.

Xu Ming can only be thankful that although he is a veterinarian, he doesn't have any pets, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to accept that the pets he raised with his own hands will be eaten by others.

The team moved quickly, and they arrived in a short while. When it was Qin Huai's turn, Qin Huai asked while submitting his ID card for registration: "Can I still go to the supermarket to buy things now?" The soldier in charge of delivering supplies said: "Can you?

" , scan the code over there and enter the online supermarket according to the prompts. You can get the pick-up number for the online transaction and pick it up directly at the store. Remember whose ID card you bought. There is a limit to purchase once, and the products to be purchased are also limited, so you can know the specifics by scanning the QR code."

Qin Huai took back his ID card, took the water and instant noodles, thanked him, and went to the side to scan the QR code. Soon Mu Nan got the water and rice, Qin Huai opened the bag and asked him to put the things in the bag, Mu Nan also scanned the QR code with his mobile phone, planning to take a closer look when he got back.

Looking back, seeing Yu Zibai packing the water that Jian Chu had received into his bag, and seeing Qin Huai directly carrying the things for two people, he couldn't help laughing.

Qin Huai packed up his bag, and when he looked up, he saw him smiling at him, and he couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong? What are you laughing at?"

Mu Nan picked up a fan and fanned Qin Huai: "Laugh when you think of something funny. Without further questioning, Qin

Huai took out a wet towel from the outside of the backpack and wiped Mu Nan's sweat. After wiping the wet towel on his forehead and neck, it became much cooler after he fanned it: "I'll let you come out wearing a vest. Just wear short sleeves."

Mu Nan looked at those who didn't even wear tops: "The ones who don't wear clothes are sweating." , How embarrassed to wear a vest outside.

After Yu Zibai and the others also scanned the QR code of the supermarket, they returned. On the way, Jian Chu couldn't help registering the app that had just been scanned. He wanted to see what was on it, so he couldn't help saying : "A bottle of water is 25 yuan, and the purchase limit is five bottles, and you can only buy it once a week."

Yu Zibai said: "How many liters?"

Jian Chu: "500 ml."

Xu Ming sighed: "It seems that the water resources I'm really nervous, even the official supermarket has this price, have you noticed those people who distributed the supplies today, they are all soldiers, the supermarket closed more than ten days ago and caused a panic, later it was said that it was rectification, it will be done soon Re-open the door, but when the door is opened again, there will be no ordinary employees."

Jian Chu also sighed: "The situation is serious." Soon he will become unemployed again, and he was working in this supermarket when the smog had not cleared. Running errands. After the smog cleared and the weather was too hot, supermarkets don't want to run errands and deliver goods. So he found a job in logistics, mainly for goods delivery. Now their logistics seems to be closed. I haven't found it yet, and at the current price, even those with jobs can't afford it. When there is no job, I really can only rely on these materials issued by the government to survive.

Knowing Jian Chu's pressure, Yu Zibai patted him on the shoulder twice to comfort him. Although he didn't have much money in his hands, it was better for two people to be together than to suffer alone.

When they were queuing before, they just talked about killing cats and dogs for meat. On the way back, they heard dogs screaming violently, and then saw a motorcycle, and the people on the back seat of the motorcycle were dragging A golden retriever's hind legs and the entire golden retriever's front body drove forward with the motorcycle, and were forced to drag on the ground, screaming and rubbing a dark trace on the road.

The speed of the motorcycle was very fast, and it passed by them in no time, but the screaming of the dog almost caused all the passers-by to stop and watch.

After the motorcycle dragged the dog past for a while, a girl behind who should have lost her shoes was holding a half-cut traction rope in her hand, crying and chasing, probably to the point where she was really Without strength, she fell to the ground and couldn't get up again. The girl's hands and feet were covered in blood, and she was still screaming for Rupees heart-piercingly.

The desperation and helplessness in the voice made the hearts of the listeners ache.

Qin Huai stretched out his arms to embrace Mu Nan, and put one hand on the back of Mu Nan's head, forcing him to turn his head and stop looking.

Xu Ming handed the backpack to Yu Zibai: "You guys help me take it back, my clinic is very close here, I'll take her to treat the wound." Gouzi obviously can't get it back, but if anyone can help, please help .

Yu Zibai responded, and couldn't help sighing, seeing Xu Ming walking towards the girl, he said, "Let's go, go home." When you get home and close the door, you won't see so many suffocating tragedy.