happy apocalypse

Chapter 57

The days passed like this.

We went to the supermarket a few times after that, each time there were more people in it, but the supplies we could buy were less each time, and almost every time we went, we would see people quarreling and even fighting. At first, it was still a supermarket. The security guards came forward to deal with it. When I went again later, there were a few policemen in full armor on duty outside the supermarket, ready to subdue the troublemakers who appeared in the supermarket at any time.

I saw Li Cheng several times when I went to the nearby big* supermarket. He looked very busy and had no time to talk to us, until one day he knocked on the door of our house suddenly. After entering the door, he finally said in relief: "I am laid off".Only then did we know that the big* supermarket in City D was officially closed in mid-December due to a shortage of goods.

And revealed some internal information, the supermarket could have persisted for a few more days, but someone above took away all the goods in the supermarket, so the supermarket suddenly closed.Seeing that the big* supermarkets fell first, other supermarkets followed suit and closed their doors.

I cursed in my heart, how come there are such black sheep all the time.Disregarding the interests of the state, the masses, and the people, and doing things that enrich one's own pockets, your behavior and morals are extremely corrupt.

No matter how angry I am, I still can't stop this kind of thing from happening, and I can't stop the bad weather outside from getting worse.

It's strange these days, it's no longer the next snowfall, two days' rest to give people a buffer time, these days in the sky of D city, large flakes of snow are constantly falling, everywhere is a piece of white.The temperature dropped to minus 30 degrees.

The snow-clearing vehicles were no longer visible near our community.Because the snow was falling too hard and too fast, the snow plows were working non-stop, and they could only clear the main road.But I don’t think it’s really meaningful for them to do this job now. With this kind of weather and such a low temperature, without any special circumstances, who can hang out on the street? Everyone hides at home and doesn’t go out.

On the night of December 12, after a night of heavy snow and hail, the power grid in City D finally couldn't support the power outage.

The next day, the heating also stopped due to the low temperature in the past few days, and many pipes burst. The house was out of electricity and gas, and immediately it was as cold as an ice cellar. Jiang Ma went to turn on the faucet when she woke up in the morning. Some water, she happily said that the water has not stopped, but before she was happy, the water in the pipe stopped flowing, and there was no drop of water.Father Jiang said that the little water was stored in the water pipes in the building, so it was not frozen, and it was gone after it was released.

Early in the morning, the neighbors asked each other in the corridor, "Xiao Lizi, is the power outage in your house?" "Aunt Zhang, is the heating in your house still hot?" "Aunt Liu, is there still running water in your house?" ?”

After everyone confirmed that the situation at home was the same, they began to call the relevant departments such as the property management company, the power company, and the water company, but most of them were "OK, we understand and record your situation, but our maintenance The personnel have already rushed to repair it outside, please wait at home, we will arrange it for you as soon as possible." Such an answer.

I picked up the phone to ask Qu's parents, Qu's mother and sisters about the situation, but the phone didn't work either. Jiang Zhi said that maybe the heavy snow yesterday broke the phone line, and the neighbors can make calls, so that's for sure. It's a mobile phone, but it works. Let me try it with my mobile phone.

I tried it, and it really worked, so I called Qu’s father, Qu’s mother, and my sisters. There was nothing wrong with them, and there were a lot of supplies at home, so I told them, what’s the matter, what’s missing Just give me a call.

Then I called Ran Ran, Han Han, and Wei Wei, and they were fine for the time being. I gave some charcoal to each family before, and it should be able to support it for a while.But I also told them, if you have any difficulties, tell me, you are welcome, my sister is a rich man now.Before hanging up the phone, I said that if there is anything missing, come to my house to pick it up. If the conditions there are too poor, don’t hold back. Come to my house, and I will take care of everything.

After I hung up the phone, I was relieved that the people I was worried about are doing well now.

Jiang Zhi is also on the phone beside him, who is he calling, is it my aunt?After Jiang Zhi hung up the phone, I leaned forward and asked, "Who are you calling?"

"Guess." Jiang Zhi put his arms around my shoulders and walked towards the dining table together.

When we were calling, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang had already taken out the charcoal stove from the ring, lit it in the restaurant, and took out some hot food from the ring and put it on the dining table.

After we entered the restaurant, I felt a burst of warmth. I shivered and squeezed out the cold air from the gaps in the sweater. Only then did I realize how cold it was at home just now.Looking at the millet porridge, steamed buns, and side dishes on the table, all of which were still steaming, I immediately felt that the previous hard preparations were worthwhile.

I sat down at the dining table and said, "Is it for my aunt?" I guess he should be calling for my aunt. Jiang Zhi is rather cold, and the common people say that he is lonely.He didn't have many friends, but if he thought this person could be a friend, he never stingy with his enthusiasm.But so far he only has a few classmates that he can talk about, and he is nodding acquaintances with his colleagues, let alone friends, so I guess he has no friends to call, so he can only call his aunt.

"I also called my aunt, and I told her that there are still some autumn vegetables in the cellar of our house, let them get them to eat by themselves, we may not be able to go back this year." Jiang Zhi sat on the chair and gave me millet porridge Shengdu bowl and pushed it in front of me.

"Your aunt didn't say what's going on there, is it snowing?" Mother Jiang asked when she heard that Jiang Zhi had just called her aunt.

"It's down, it's quite big. There is a family's house in the village that was crushed by heavy snow at night, and the family members didn't come out. People in the village are a little scared when they see this. Now they go to the roof to clear the snow every once in a while. My aunt and uncle have cleared the houses of our family several times, saying that we don’t need to worry, they will take care of them.” Jiang Zhi said while eating breakfast.

"Well, I'm relieved to leave it to your aunt." Mother Jiang nodded reassuringly.

"It seems that your aunt's house was also affected by the disaster, but theirs should be better than ours. At least they have firewood in their own house when it's cold. They can't be frozen. We can't do it here. Just watch it. In less than two days, something will happen." Father Jiang sighed.

I listened to Jiang's father and Jiang's mother and nodded, but I didn't forget that Jiang Zhi said "yes" when he answered just now, which means he called someone else.

I then asked Jiang Zhi: "Who else did you call?"

"Li Cheng, let me ask him how he is doing." Jiang Zhi said this, not forgetting to take care of his son, and picked up a chopstick of bean sprouts for Han Han, signaling that Han Han, who was frowning and pouting, would eat it.

"When did you get so familiar with him?" I looked at my son's cute appearance, and at the same time as I was asking, I gave him another chopstick of bean sprouts.

"This is a friendship between men, you don't understand." Jiang Zhi said serious nonsense. "He lives alone now. He must not be doing well in this kind of weather. I asked him to live with us. He said he would wait and see."

"Our family has so many secrets, don't worry about letting him live in our house." I was very puzzled, Jiang Zhi has always been a very cautious person.

"It's okay, he is a trustworthy person."

(End of this chapter)