Survival [End Times]

"Hengle is back! Come and see, there's a thief in your house!"

Liu Jianjun from next door called him. Yu Heng broke out in a cold sweat. When he entered the house, he saw Wu Changxin was fine, but a young man was crying in the trap under the wall. He fell into the ditch as soon as he jumped down. Yu Heng had just deepened the ditch with great effort a while ago, which was 1.5 meters, plus the wall was 2.5 meters. He twisted his foot when he fell, and was pierced by thumbtacks all over his body, and he screamed in pain.

Wu Changxin was startled in the house, but he remained calm. While the person in the trap hadn't climbed up yet, he grabbed the steel bar behind the door and knocked it down, breaking the person's body again. She called for people outside the door again, and then a circle of people gathered.

The onlookers were amazed at the trap of Wu's house, and some people's eyes changed-so many thumbtacks, it was really cruel. Some people thought this method was good and planned to try to dig it out when they got home.

Yu Heng called the police directly and asked the police to take the person away directly. Wu Changxin also recorded a confession. Yu Heng was relieved after the crowd dispersed. He also saw the machete in the trap!

"Brother, I'm fine, don't worry!" Wu Changxin felt that he had accomplished a feat and was in high spirits.

Yu Heng concentrated on doing the follow-up work and persuaded the onlookers to leave. When he heard Wu Changxin say that the Liu family next door was the first to come to help, he took two bags of candy to thank them.

Ping Sao was a little embarrassed: "No, no, it's a small matter." Yu Heng insisted on putting down the candy, glanced at Pang Pang, and didn't hug him like before, and turned around and left.

"This..." Ping Sao looked at her mother-in-law in embarrassment, and Liu's mother also looked a little bad, saying: "Put it away."

Between neighbors, it means that they don't want to have a deep relationship.

After Ping Sao returned to her room, she said to her husband: "Heng Le's imprisonment is a long time ago. Look at his behavior after he came out. Why did my parents-" She couldn't say anything wrong about her mother-in-law and father-in-law! It is true that when someone else's family is robbed by an acquaintance, it is right for the family to be on guard, but it is too arbitrary to stay away from the Wu family for no reason.

Liu Jiancong smiled bitterly: "They are also doing good for us. If he really has bad intentions..."

Ping's wife rolled her eyes and didn't want to talk about this topic anymore.

Yu Heng didn't know about the Liu family's lawsuit. After returning home, he dealt with the trap and fixed it again. He believed that after today, the bad reputation of their family would spread, and the thief would also think twice. Unexpectedly, someone cried and shouted at his door in the evening.

It turned out to be the parents and other relatives of the young man. This family is from the next village, shouting: Anyway, the Wu family has no losses, let them write a letter of forgiveness and settle privately.

But Yu Heng knew that in order to maintain social order, the punishment for this kind of theft and robbery has been very severe recently, and it is not that you can solve it privately. Even if he can, why should he write it? If Wu Changxin is frightened or injured, this task will have to start all over again!

He didn't even open the door, letting them cry and curse. He couldn't make a gesture of forgiveness, otherwise any thief would come to his house in the future?

The cruelty of Wu Hengle from the Wu family was spread for the first time.

The days passed by hard in the hot summer. Yu Heng guarded his own one acre and three mu of land, which was considered safe and sound, but the water in the well at home was getting lower and lower, and the water quality was getting more and more turbid. He went to the town to change five plastic buckets with lids and filled a little every day.

At this time, the south had already been in chaos. As the first batch of refugees from the north and west flowed to the town where Yu Heng was, the calm under the turbulent waves was also broken.

In the middle of the night, more than a dozen stores in the neighboring town were robbed and smashed. Because the power grid collapsed again, the surveillance did not leave any evidence. Only two days later, a group of people appeared in Yu Heng's village. They pried open doors and locks on the street in broad daylight. Supermarkets and convenience stores were not spared. The village security team was completely unable to control them, and there were casualties.

The blood spilled on the dry and hot cement floor and quickly dried, leaving a dark mark.

Yu Heng specially invited the village's experienced midwife to come with courtesy. The midwife touched Wu Changxin's belly for a long time and breathed a sigh of relief: "It is very likely to be a natural birth. You must insist on walking every day in the days to come, and you can't lie in bed for too long." Yu Heng also breathed a sigh of relief. There is no electricity now, and the county hospital has been closed for a week due to various other reasons. I don't know when it will open next time. It would be best if Wu Changxin could have a natural birth by herself.

When he sent the midwife out, he happened to meet the village's self-defense team passing by. He greeted the son of the village chief who was in charge, and saw the midwife being taken away by her son, then he closed the door and locked it and went back to the house.

Since the last time the village store was robbed and smashed, the village and other villages in the town have cooperated to send some young and strong people to form patrol teams to patrol the town day and night. Yu Heng was originally on the list, but he refused on the grounds that he had to take care of his only pregnant sister.

Wu Changxin continued to sew diapers in the house, using fabric cut from old clothes. Even though she was more than seven months pregnant, she didn't look much fat, but her belly looked particularly big. Yu Heng took a look and went back to his room, sat for a while and went to the yard again.

He looked into the well and found that the water level had dropped significantly, and the original well rope was shorter. He found a hemp rope to connect it, and then threw the bucket down. The wooden bucket hit the bottom of the well and made a muffled sound. The water level had covered the bucket. The water that came up was also turbid.

Yu Heng pursed his lips and looked up at the sky. The sun was setting, and the sunset glow was layered and dazzling red. He went into the house and poured the water in the bucket into the water tank, and put alum in the tank.

The well was completely dry.

Early in the morning, Yu Heng heard crying from other people's homes. He went to the yard and saw that there was only water-soaked mud and sand at the bottom of the well.

The few buckets of water Yu Heng saved before came in handy. After that, he and Wu Changxin no longer bathed every day except for daily washing. Although we also store bottled water at home, it is the last resort to save our lives.

Anyway, due to the scorching heat and lack of water outside, the relevant sanitation conditions are poor, and many people are a little sloppy.

The drying up of water sources has triggered new unrest. Many people found out that there was still water in other coastal and river areas, so they dragged their families there. Those who have relatives go to their relatives, those who don’t have relatives... we’ll talk about it later. The Wu family was not at the end of their rope, and Wu Changxin was pregnant. It was extremely unsafe to travel far away, so they had no plans to go south.

Although the Liu family next door also prepared a lot of water, their family had a large population and a large amount of food. Especially when their married daughter came to join the family with her whole family, the family quickly ran out of money.

Liu Jianhui frowned as she looked at the empty well at home. Her son was lingering next to her: "Mom, Mom, I'm hot. I want to take a bath. I want to take a bath..."

The family had been here for half a month, and there had been no water in the city for a long time. After hearing from her mother that there was still water in her parents' well, she brought her parents-in-law and sister-in-law over with her family. It was indeed a good few days with water for bathing and drinking.

But now that the well is dry, how will people live?

Aunt Ping held back her anger and carried Pangpang back to the house. Pangpang touched her face and asked, "Why is mommy crying?"

"Mom didn't cry." Aunt Ping wiped her eyes, opened a bottle of water and let Pangpang take a sip, then twisted it and hid it. After Pangpang fell asleep, Aunt Ping started to cry again. She felt sorry for her children. In order to save water, Pangpang hadn't taken a bath for a long time, so she was only willing to wipe him with a wet towel. My aunt's family spent a lot of time fetching water for bathing after arriving, without any restraint. Even the water to drink is almost gone, what kind of dignity do city people need?

What now? She only hid five bottles of mineral water. How long would it last?

Her mother-in-law called her outside the door, and she hurried out: "Mom, what's the matter?"

Her mother-in-law smiled awkwardly: "You are familiar with the Wu family. Go to the Wu family to borrow water. There is not enough water at home."

How can you say this?

Aunt Ping disagreed in her heart: "Mom, we are not as close to the Wu family as we used to be." As early as when her mother-in-law and father-in-law refused Chang Xin to come to their home, saying that it was inconvenient to have something at home, they would let it go once, twice or three times. Heng Le knew that he did not want to associate with his family, so he simply stopped moving around.

Nowadays, every household is short of water, so they go to the Wu family to borrow it. How can this be embarrassing?

Aunt Ping's mother-in-law also felt embarrassed, so she asked Aunt Ping to go. "Go ahead, give it a try."

"Isn't there a bucket of water at home? Let's use it first. Jiancong and brother-in-law will be back soon, and there will be water by then." Aunt Ping didn't want to go. Her mother-in-law smiled: "That bucket of water, Huihui took it and heated it up for Tianci to take a bath."

You don’t even have water for cooking and you still need to take a shower? !

Mrs. Ping was so angry that she fell down, but Liu Jianhui came out of the kitchen and said: "Brothers and sisters, go and ask, they are all neighbors." She had an impression of the Wu family next door. When she was still married, she knew that the son next door was a gangster. , and later heard from her mother that she even entered the prison. Their family has a good social custom, and taking the initiative to follow the Wu family is already considered aggrieved. It's just a matter of borrowing some water, isn't it a small matter?

Aunt Ping's husband went out to look for water with her aunt's brother-in-law. Aunt Ping couldn't find her husband's support, so she had no choice but to go there.

Yu Heng was quite surprised when he heard Mrs. Ping knocking on the door. He knew that relatives from the Liu family were coming, and the two families hadn't moved around for a long time. It was surprising to come now.

Aunt Ping felt embarrassed even when she opened her mouth: "Hengle, my well is dry. I want to ask you to borrow some." Yu Heng understood. He invited Aunt Ping in and came to the well to show her: "Sister Ping, look. My well is also dry. But to be honest, I also saved some water. For the sake of my neighbors, I can lend you some. But as you know, our family is also in trouble. Chang Xin is pregnant and I dare not go out. Looking for water, use a little less water..."

Aunt Ping's face turned red with excitement, and she quickly said, "I know, I know, your brother Jiancong has already gone out to look for water, so I'll borrow it from your family just this time."

Yu Heng went to the house to pick up a basin. Their family couldn't use a basin of water a day. Liu has a large family, and a basin of water is enough for cooking. Even if you endure a little thirst and drink it, you can drink it for a day. Both he and Wu Changxin drank water when they couldn't bear the thirst, and even cooked rice.

One after another, the nearby wells dried up. The patrol team in the village also fell apart, and everyone went back to their homes to find ideas with their families, so there was more chaos on the streets. Yu Heng also knew that there were only two people in their family and one was pregnant. Even though he was a young man, he was the primary target of the thieves.

Why is he on good terms with the Liu family? It's because my family is thin and I want to take advantage of the situation. He considered inviting Zhang Tao and his father to stay at his home. There is also an old man in the Zhang family. The two families are weak and complementary, so they should be able to persuade him.

Before Yu Heng could open his mouth, Zhang Tao came over on his own. It turned out that Zhang Tao's father was hit by a gangster outside half a month ago, and his head was injured. He died after lingering for a week. There was no way to organize the funeral this time. He didn't tell Yu Heng. Zhang Tao was in a daze and didn't pay much attention to the changes around him. He was shocked when the well at home dried up. He didn't store water. He bought water at home. Not much, I've finished it this week.

He didn't take water from the Wu family for free. When he arrived, he drove a car with a bag of rice and a box of instant noodles. Yu Heng took the opportunity to tell him what he thought. Zhang Tao looked depressed. He was alone now. Where else could he live? So I went home to move things. Yu Heng packed up an empty room for him and asked him to put his own grain and food.

Zhang Tao's family didn't have a lot of stuff. His father was sick a while ago, and he went to a local doctor to see a doctor and buy medicine. It was hard to spend money, so he used food to exchange. Later, he spent some more money on the funeral. So he drove a van to move all the stuff here. Yu Heng didn't covet his stuff, and asked him to make a lock and lock the room himself.