jdhmnovel Chapter 115 As a member of this city, she also has to contribute
Chapter 115 As a member of this city, she also has to contribute
In mid-July, with continuous rain, the water level rose further to people's knees. The railways stopped running and shops closed.
Xu Man led all the shop assistants to move all the goods to the second floor and asked everyone to go home and rest and come back to work after the flood receded.
The water level continued to rise, and by mid-August, the water on the road was waist-deep, making it impossible to travel normally and the only way to get around was by wooden boats.
Every day, small vendors row their boats along the streets selling eggs, rice, noodles, vegetables and other items, and the prices are two to three times more expensive than usual.
The government is currently doing its utmost to protect the levee and has no energy to take care of them.
Some families who had little food in stock would tie a rope on a bamboo basket and hang it down through the window, or let their children sit in a wooden basin to trade with vendors for the items they needed.
Zhou Rong and his colleagues moved all the movable items on the first floor to the second floor early on, even the water tanks, honeycomb coal and firewood were moved to the stairwell.
Every day we rely on two small coal stoves to boil water and cook.
The water room has been closed, and everyone uses basins or buckets to collect rainwater outside. Experienced people have prepared alum in advance and use it to sterilize water before boiling it for drinking.
Some people did not prepare alum, or ate it directly for the sake of convenience, and often suffered from diarrhea and were infected with epidemic diseases.
The government organized medical staff to go door to door in small boats to distribute medicine to everyone.
But they have limited manpower and medicines, some people's conditions are getting worse, and there is a trend of cross infection...
Primary schools had their holidays at the end of June, and night schools were originally scheduled to have a one-month holiday after exams at the end of July, but now that the city has been blocked by floods, the holiday will have to be postponed.
In the final exam, Zhou Jiaguang barely passed because he was careless in answering the questions, while Zhou Qingping both scored over 80 points in Chinese and math.
Now that they are trapped at home, Zhou Rong and Zhou Cai use this time to teach their children the content of the previous semester while previewing the courses for the new semester.
The three sisters also studied at home, striving to get perfect grades in the night school exams...
This flood turned many places into vast oceans, and everyone had no choice but to flee to the mountains to take shelter, building some temporary huts with thatch, reed mats, and tarpaulin.
The place where Yang Kaiyun and his friends lived was in low-lying terrain and there was no second floor to shelter from the water, so they had to go up the mountain with everyone else.
They had bad relations with their neighbors, had no experience in disaster prevention, and did not stockpile food.
After going up the mountain, Yang Jinsen and Jin Mei had a fight with someone. The old couple Yang Kaiyun pretended to be sick and blackmailed them, and only then they were able to snatch some straw and build a simple shack. Otherwise, they would have nothing to shelter from the wind and rain.
They had no food and little money, so they could only wait for relief food from the government every day.
Yang Kaiyun complained a lot about Yang Jinlin, who ignored them when there was a flood in the city. He also regretted coming to Jiangcheng, because he didn't get to live a good life and was almost washed away by the flood.
If I had known this, I would have stayed in Yanglinpo...
Zhou's mother wrote back to Zhou Rong, saying that everything was fine at home and that they had stockpiled food. Zhou Chuanyi led the villagers to harvest the early rice in the fields in the rain. The village would not have to worry about food for the time being, so she didn't need to worry.
But without seeing it with his own eyes, Zhou Rong was still worried about his father and mother, so he secretly drove his RV back to Zhoujiawan in the middle of the night.
Seeing that there was no damage to the houses in Zhoujiawan and the chickens and dogs were barking normally, she felt relieved.
On the way back, passing by the river embankment, Zhou Rong saw many lights and crowds of people on the embankment. He drove the RV closer to take a look and realized that it was the flood prevention soldiers and civilians who were driving piles overnight to carry out rescue work.
Zhou Rong's eyes were moist. As a member of this city, she also had to contribute her part.
After returning home, Zhou Rong closed her eyes and thought about what she could do about the disaster.
She went to the river to carry sacks, but her thin shoulders couldn't do much work. Besides, she was worried about her children at home.
After the rain stopped, the day was as hot as a furnace. Animal carcasses, dirty garbage, etc. were floating in the stagnant water, and under the high temperature, they gave off a foul odor.
In this situation, it is easy for a plague to break out, and once it spreads, neither she nor her child will be spared.
Zhou Rong took a look at the balance in her space account. She had spent nearly 150 million on expanding the space and trading supplies on a daily basis. With the remaining 400 million, she could trade for a batch of medicines and food.
Zhou Rong copied some of the medicines such as "Aspirin", honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, plantain, houttuynia cordata, alum, and also copied some of the clean old clothes, rice, and noodles at home.
Zhou Rong planned to donate all the clothes collected from Yang Jinlin's house.
Zhou Rong knew Mrs. Fang's ability to hide money, so he checked every piece of clothing carefully and found more than 20 yuan in cash, which was an unexpected surprise.
The next morning, Zhou Rong filled two baskets with medicines, rice, flour, clothes, etc. at home, as if he was going out.
Zhou Gui asked in confusion: "Sister, what are you doing?"
Zhou Rong: "Donate these things to the neighborhood committee and give them to the people affected by the disaster."
Zhou Gui: "I'll go with you and help you get your things."
Zhou Rong: "No, the door is blocked by water, we can only climb out through the window. You have no experience and it's easy for you to fall into the water. I'll call a boat to take me over, and you help keep an eye on Qi Guang and Da Wa.
A few mischievous people used a pencil sharpener to carve marks all over the table. If the landlord knows about this, he will definitely ask us to pay for it. You should keep an eye on them and don't let them continue to damage the furniture."
Zhou Gui: "Okay."
Zhou Rong stood at the window, stopped a small boat, and negotiated a price of 5000 yuan for a round trip to the neighborhood committee.
A long rope was tied to a large table, and Zhou Gui, Zhou Cai and others helped to pull it. Zhou Rong tied the other end of the rope around his waist and climbed down the window along the rope.
After Zhou Rong stood firmly on the boat, Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai worked together to put the two baskets down.
Zhou Gui reminded by the window: "Sister, you have to be careful, and put your own safety first. We will wait for you to come back for lunch."
Zhou Rong: "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
The first floor of the neighborhood committee was also flooded. Tao Fen and other committee members who needed to be on duty in the office set up some floating boards on the first floor to facilitate travel.
A few people were getting anxious about the lack of disaster relief supplies in the area. When they saw Zhou Rong coming in with a basket, Tao Fen asked, "Xiao Zhou, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
Zhou Rong put down the basket and smiled, "I heard that many people were trapped by the flood, homeless, with food and shelter becoming a problem, and some people are sick.
Before the flood, I stocked up some food and medicine at home. Now that I have some extra, I want to donate it to the neighborhood committee to serve more people.
The clothes in the basket are all clean and safe to wear. Please give them to those in need, Sister Tao."
After hearing this, Tao Fen took Zhou Rong's hand and kept praising him: "Comrade Xiao Zhou, you are the most ideologically conscious comrade I have ever met. When the flood recedes, I will report your noble act to the organization and apply for a commendation for you!"
Other members of the working committee also praised Zhou Rong for his deep understanding of justice and said he was a rare good comrade...