Doomsday hoarding: I build a global survivor base

Chapter 50 Water and Power Outages
"Dad, I put away the coffee table."

Shen Xiaoxiao blinked and touched the black card twice with her fingers.

In the blink of an eye, the 1.5-meter-long gray marble coffee table appeared in front of the three of them again.

In the living room, except Shen Xiaoxiao, Father Shen and Chen Juan looked stunned.

After a while, the two looked at each other and finally accepted the shocking fact.

Their daughter really has an invisible space, and she seems to be attached to an amazing organization.

Father Shen calmed down for a long time, and finally said with difficulty: "Xiaoxiao, is there no price for this?"

He always felt how could such a good thing happen to ordinary people so easily.

Shen Xiaoxiao smiled and shook her head, took her father's arm and reassured him: "No, but I estimate that when I enter the base, I may need to take on corresponding responsibilities. These are not problems."

Father Shen was finally relieved.

"Okay, since you all have plans, let's follow you young people."

"But you can't tell when it will rain again outside. Even if you have a rubber boat, it's not safe. It's better to wait for the water to subside a little before heading to the meeting point."

Shen Xiaoxiao nodded seriously, "Well. I'll go cook with my mother first. Taking advantage of the limited water and electricity now, I'll make all the edible things at home into cooked food and put them into the space. This can keep things fresh and warm."

"Okay, I'll collect all the valuables at home and see if I can bring anything useful."

The family had finished allocating the money and started working on it.

Now that the rain has stopped, every household is looking for tools to plug the cracks in windows and doors that are leaking and leaking.

What was even worse was the residents whose windows were scratched. The window on the balcony was shattered, leaking water all over the house. Most of the water had been scooped out, and the floor was still wet. They started sweeping and mopping the floor to clean up debris and broken glass. .

Some people also hurriedly contacted the installers in stores near the community and urged them to install windows.

But now the city has been hit by a disaster, and the windows of many homes are more or less damaged. So the workers are so busy that they can't take orders. People who placed orders late can only wait in line and pay a lot of money. The installation fee is high, almost two or three times more than the usual price.

In this case, no one dares to bargain. After all, their workers are now in high demand. If you are not willing to pay, they will do the work of another company and pay higher fees.

People whose homes were flooded had no choice but to bite the bullet and pay a large sum of money to invite others in.

After all, the official issued a warning, saying that the heavy rain will continue for a while, and the city will be seriously flooded. If conditions permit, you can move to higher ground.

Many people are trapped now. Even the rescue team must first rescue those in need and send them to emergency shelters. At present, they cannot take care of the people at the top.

To ensure safety, the entire city now also needs to have water and power outages during specific periods of time.

Residents can only take out various electronic products and power banks to fully charge them to avoid power outages, and they don’t even have lighting tools at home.

I also rummaged through all the containers in the house that could hold water. I filled basins, buckets, and various bottles and cans with clean water first.

It's just a phased outage at the moment, and the weather is starting to get colder, so don't worry about the food in the refrigerator just yet.

The rain only stopped for about three hours, and just as the water began to recede, it started raining again.

Shen Xiaoxiao opened the curtains and looked at the gloomy rain and the water that had submerged the roofs of cars and green trees. Some neighbors were wearing raincoats, sitting in boats made of swimming rings and various mineral water bottles, and rowed to the shops to buy some. Some supplies were found, apparently alone on the turbid water.

Community groups and unit groups were not idle either. Business-minded people took advantage of the opportunity and began to obtain goods from various channels, reselling high-priced supplies, food, life jackets, swimming rings, batteries, emergency lighting, and even electric Inflatable zodiac boat.

It had only been a day, and most people just asked casually. Those who bought some just wanted to eat some fruits and vegetables and buy some emergency lighting.However, this rain lasted longer and lasted for five days.

It's already autumn, the weather is getting cooler, and you have to sleep under a quilt at night.

Water, electricity and natural gas come and go, and residents can only boil water for cooking when they come, and store tap water to charge their mobile phones.

After all, the only way to contact the outside world is with a mobile phone. By reading this official rescue information, you can relieve your anxiety and uneasiness.

But after five days of eating, those who had little food at home almost finished all they could eat, and even those who were dumping supplies had no food in their hands.

So someone in the community group sent a message asking someone who had extra food and wanted to buy it at a high price.

That person was a small company leader, lived in another building, and had a lot of money.

After a while, someone replied to him in the group: "How much do you pay for food?"

"Do you sell instant noodles for 200 yuan a bag? Noodles, dumplings and the like are also fine. I'll buy them from anyone who has cooked food. Money is not an issue."

As soon as the price came out, many people were immediately interested.

But some people are still shameless: "I have two bags of instant noodles here, selling them for 500 yuan."

The little leader immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll buy it."

Seeing how cheerful this man was, some people started to get excited, "Can I have snacks? I have potato chips and bread here, and I'll sell them to you for 500 yuan."

"Okay, no problem. I'll transfer the money to you."

Although a few people who had enough food boldly started selling things, most residents remained calm, wondering what to do if the heavy rain continued and supplies could not be purchased.

After all, in this special moment, what should I do if I have the life to make money but not the life to spend?

This kind of people are also too greedy and are a very small minority in the community.

Some people can't stand this situation and say, "You are disturbing prices, I will report you."

The person who sold the goods was very proud: "If you have money, you can buy it. In this special period, when food is not in supply, I should sell my goods at a higher price."

Some people are also asking for medicine in the group: "My child is sick and I have run out of antipyretics. Is there anyone who has more medicine? I will pay for it."

With the example of selling high-priced food just now, someone immediately asked, "A box of antipyretic medicine is 500 yuan, do you want it?"

When these people see someone making money, they are naturally unwilling to sell things at a low price, and they always feel that they have suffered a loss.

But this time, someone finally couldn't stand the situation and said, "I have it at home. Come and get it for free. This kind of taking advantage of people and robbing people should not start."

The mother who asked for medicine for her child thanked her repeatedly.

Some people in the group also praised this selfless behavior.

But most people in the group know that since someone started it, it means that this phenomenon will not end because of the actions of one or two people.

If supplies are no longer distributed, this community will really be in chaos.

(End of this chapter)