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Chapter 1479 Extremely Drought World 20
Fortunately, the top officials, as well as the province, have known for a long time that the drought will continue, and fresh water will not be able to bear it. So as early as two years after the drought, that is, last spring, they began to negotiate with coastal cities to lay pipelines, laying pipes from the sea Come here and pump seawater inland.

City Q took a portion of the main pipeline from the province, which made it possible for City Q to have seawater that could be desalinated even though it was not a coastal city.

This is also thanks to the fact that country C is a country with a huge territory. Otherwise, like other places, a country of tens or hundreds of thousands of square kilometers is a country. The coastal countries take over the pipeline, and I don't know how much national interests have to be sacrificed to do it.

So a country with a large area is so good. Every time there is a natural or man-made disaster, there are always other places to survive in a large area; a country with a small area, once there is no way to survive, it will be trapped to death, and it will move if you want to. If you can’t afford it, you can flee abroad if you have money, and if you don’t have money, you can be a refugee, and they will stop you outside the border. After all, every country is very difficult at the moment, and the people in their own country can’t eat enough to drink Not enough, how is it possible to accept refugees? If you want to be a refugee, it is difficult to go to other countries to grab food. Unless you have fought in that country, otherwise you can only starve to death in your own country or even die of thirst without drinking.

There are already several small inland countries like this. Except for the rich who have run away, those who have no money either starved to death or died of thirst. Most of them died. There is no way. These small countries do not have enough military force and want to go to other countries to grab food They can't get enough to drink, so they can only work hard in their own country. Some people are taking other people's food to survive. After eating other people, their stomachs are full and their blood quenches their thirst.

So, the most terrifying doomsday is not zombies and aliens. In such a world, as long as there is water, land can be farmed, and humans can still live, only this kind of natural disaster, such a force of nature, you don’t even have to drink water, even It is even more frightening if the land cannot be planted.

This is not to mention later, but to talk about the present. Sure enough, a month later, the water supply in the city was limited again. This time, it was half less than the last time.

At the beginning, the limit was that one person could use one ton of water a month, but after two times it was reduced by half, and now one person can only use [-] catties of water a month.

Five hundred catties sounds like a lot, but every day, it’s still less than twenty catties of water. It’s summer and it’s extremely hot. Drinking water alone requires a lot of water in a day. Other things such as eating, washing, bathing, washing clothes and mopping You need water to flush the toilet, etc., which is not enough at all, unless you don’t go to work, at home, it doesn’t matter if it’s dirty, or you’re ashamed to go to work without washing your face or clothes?Even if you don't take a bath, you should at least take a shower, otherwise it will stink to death, and in this way, the water consumption will be too much.

In order to drink less water, take less showers and wash clothes, some people keep the air conditioner on all the time at home. Although the electricity bill is expensive, there is still electricity. As long as they go to work, the electricity bill can still be used.

City Q does not use hydropower, but the nearby nuclear power, so there is still electricity, unlike those places with water and electricity, there is a problem right now, the power is insufficient, and they can’t do anything, but the people in City Q, at least Electricity is sufficient. As long as you have money, you can use it vigorously. The air conditioner is turned on 24 hours a day, and water is saved as much as possible.

But no matter how much you save, you can't continue to lack water, or you won't even have enough food and drink, but, but after another month, the city issued a water restriction order again, this time reducing it to one person for a month. The amount of two hundred catties of water.

Many people began to complain on local forums, wondering if the city was trying to kill them with water restrictions in summer.

Soon someone found out about the situation of the Q River—I saw that the formerly wide river was now dry, leaving only the appearance of a small stream.

In this way, many people patrolled around the river, just to prevent people from disobeying the prohibition and coming to the river to irrigate the fields.

Seeing such a situation, everyone couldn't help being silent. Knowing that under the scorching sun, the creek might stop flowing soon. Let alone water restrictions, the water will probably be cut off. At that time, I really don’t know what to do.

Soon, someone started to scold those who ran into the river to steal water to plant the land, saying that if those people hadn't stolen water to plant the land, the water wouldn't have dried up so quickly.

Yes, although the city has issued a ban long ago, it is not allowed to take water from the river to irrigate the fields, but even if someone prohibits you, it will still be done, so in order to protect the water source, the city has to hire people to patrol 24 hours a day to prevent people from stealing water. water; at the same time, monitoring was installed along the way, and if anyone violated orders and stole water, they were asked to go to the detention center and be locked up for a few days.

So it’s normal for people to scold at this moment. Those who didn’t scold the people who fetched water before the ban was not bad—the main reason is that there were too many people who fetched water before the ban, and scolding others often scolded themselves or their family members, so I had to Not scolding, just scolding the ban, and still stealing water.

In fact, after the ban was issued, there were not many people stealing water, so the river dried up because the water source was gone. It really didn't work, so it dried up. It had nothing to do with the people stealing water, but a large number of people ran away before. Going to fetch water really has some influence, but when people are angry, they always lose their minds, so it is normal to scold those who steal water, after all, they should scold them.

At this time, Zhang Yuanyuan came to visit An Ran, thanked her for telling her to buy more water storage tanks and store more water, and said: "Fortunately, I listened to your words and bought a few more tanks. Now I still have more water. There are several tons of water, save it, and it will take a while, otherwise, with this increasingly time-limited posture, maybe one day there will be no water, and if I don’t have water by then, I will not be able to live.”

An Ran smiled and said: "You don't need to thank me, if you want to thank you, thank yourself. After all, I have told other people that some people think that I am making a fuss out of a molehill, and they don't believe it at all. It is useless if I say it. You believe it, so now It’s not you who should be thankful for having water?”

After a pause, An Ran continued: "I also stored an extra ton of water. Even if the water is stopped, Miaomiao and I can last for two or three months with this much water."

Zhang Yuanyuan glanced at her extra bucket, nodded, and said, "If you just eat and drink, you can use two tons of water for four months."

An Ran said: "You should be able to save for four months, which is almost enough, and the desalinated seawater should be supplied by then."

Zhang Yuanyuan sighed, and said: "I heard from people on the Internet that desalinated seawater is not good for health, so I still want to save more fresh water. It doesn't matter to us adults, but I am afraid that children will drink that seawater. it is good."

An Ran nodded, and said: "That's right, so I will save some of this water and give it to the children when the time comes."

Zhang Yuanyuan said: "I think so too."

"Oh, by the way, but, did you know that Liu Meihua is having a conflict with the old couple!" After saying this, Zhang Yuanyuan excitedly said to An Ran again.

(End of this chapter)