New World 1620

After repeated scrutiny by the self-rescue committee on the actual progress of the construction progress of the settlements, the red-faced young engineers received a gentle reminder from Qi Jianjun, and could only adjust the project plan they had set out with enthusiasm, in order to achieve the goal before the end of the year. The 498 residents must have actually usable houses and the most basic community supporting service facilities.

The pier does not need to make too much expansion for the time being, the most important thing is the residential area.Every time a piece of flat land is sorted out, the next step of housing construction will be carried out immediately. As for the other corners, the next stage of the project will check for omissions and fill in the gaps.

As a result, the progress of settlement construction has improved markedly.With the efforts of more than 100 people, including the workers of the former wharf expansion construction unit, on October 10, the first 1-square-meter building in the settlement planning area was built with logs and some precious cement and steel bars. Large double storey building completed.It will serve as a community hospital for Manhattan settlements, and ten single-storey wooden houses have been built before, giving priority to the elderly, weak, women and children.

The traversers held a small celebration, and someone seriously said that it was a gift for the National Day.Some even regard this community hospital as a symbol of opening up new territories.Everyone has his own interpretation of such a little joke.

According to the plan, by mid-October, all planned wooden buildings of more than 10 will be completed one after another. If you don’t consider the family attributes among the people, these houses can already accommodate all the people.

But the dock workers, who didn't care much about the living conditions in the original time and space, didn't accept this idea.It is everyone's psychology to be able to have a house that truly belongs to them in a new world.

More wooden house buildings are still being built, and more complex architectural plans are still being introduced and then overthrown under the manipulation of several young second-rate architects...

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Compared with the Manhattan community construction in full swing, after entering October, the temperature began to drop gradually.And the cross-travelers in the community have also experienced various illnesses one after another. This situation has a tendency to gradually spread and expand from the second day after the catastrophe.

Symptoms are varied, some have severe hair loss, some have constant diarrhea, and some simply have persistent low-grade fever.

Chen Changyuan, the retired medical director of a hospital in a southern city, and his wife, Wang Suhong, a 58-year-old retired gynecologist, were also part of the tour group on the day of the catastrophe. The couple in the health industry planned to take a trip to the island for their 35th wedding anniversary.

In addition to the two couples with a medical background with absolute iron qualifications, there are also two emergency doctors from the Second Hospital of Y City, and four nurses. They were the medical force called by the government to prevent serious conflicts caused by migrant workers. , As a result, they crossed together with their two 120 ambulances.

In addition, there are three ship doctors and a private dentist, plus a few young girls who are still studying medical care in the traveling group, which can be regarded as a "strong" medical team.The entire medical department is currently the most professional department of the Manhattan Community Self-Help Committee.

At this stage, all kinds of medical supplies found concentrated can basically guarantee the consumption in the next two years as long as they are not too serious and complex diseases.

Now, Chen Changyuan, the leader of the medical department under the self-rescue committee, had to put all his medical strength into this big battle about the life and death of the Manhattan community.

The diagnosis of sudden epidemic has been ruled out. Except for a very small number of patients who were diagnosed as endocrine and electrolyte metabolism disorders caused by special environmental stress, most patients were classified as acclimatization.

Living in an unfamiliar and harsh natural geography, the imbalance of bacterial flora in the human body caused by the difference in pH of the water and soil in the living environment has become the diagnosis result of the seemingly innocuous disease of acclimatization to water and soil.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the extremely high mortality rate caused by the acclimatization of the soil and water during the European colonization of North America has long been a model textbook for the history of world health development.

Knowing the seriousness of the problem, Chen Changyuan immediately prescribed a solution to the disease. In addition to supplementing the patient with a large amount of body fluids, the self-rescue committee allocated all the fermented food collected to the community hospital.Even so, several elderly residents almost lost their lives.

It is said that a few years later, when people recalled the situation at that time, they almost shuddered—hundreds of people were lying weak in every corner of the simple community hospital, and no one knew that they had just brushed past the Grim Reaper.

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The calendar has come to October 10th, and it has been a full month since the catastrophe, and the autumn colors in North America are more obvious.

A long wooden fence has been formed around the Manhattan neighborhood, and two-story wooden buildings have been built at key locations, on which lamps dismantled from abandoned freighters are placed.At night, several marine spotlights, like the searchlights of a concentration camp, slide across the community and inside, piercing through the gaps in the log walls of those houses.

Such a weird arrangement has made the residents disgusted and complained more than once. Although the self-rescue committee explained that it was to prevent unpredictable wild animals or Indian attacks, the curses still swept a certain house every night with a beam of light. rings.

At dusk, Su Zining and Yan Xiaosong walked into a two-storey building with a wooden sign of "Community Welfare Institute" in the northeast corner of the Manhattan community.Their task is to coordinate the follow-up arrangements for the community welfare homes.

Because just a few days ago, the self-rescue committee gave everyone a well-prepared decision-making adjustment: before more food materials were sorted out, the supply of some food began to be rationed to a certain extent.

Although this inevitably caused some turmoil among the people who have become accustomed to random access, most people have seen the actual situation of stacking in the cargo area, and the small-scale noise was actively mediated by sensible people.

With a small ration adjustment, the previous uncontrolled waste of food can be brought under control. Although everyone can still ensure food and clothing, the degree of food waste has been reduced a lot.The committee member in charge of material management optimistically estimated that even if no other food materials were sorted out, the current food reserves would be able to last until the New Year.

But this kind of material control cannot be done across the board. Now in the entire Manhattan community, except for some people who take on higher-risk jobs, the Self-Help Committee must also pay special attention to the food supply of the community welfare home under the reminder of Mr. Liu.

Among the survivors of the catastrophe, there were 19 boys and girls under the age of 12, and 9 of them were orphans.

In the current situation, normal family life cannot be maintained. Therefore, together with the nine orphans, all children under the age of 9 are arranged by the self-rescue committee to live in a community welfare institution alone.

"It seems that the two of us are the natural panacea of ​​the self-help committee, and everything can keep us idle."

Yan Xiaosong smiled and looked at the two rows of children sitting at the wooden table in front of them eating without saying a word. Although they said so, their eyes were obviously much gentler.And in the afternoon, he had a small conflict with others because he prevented several migrant workers from looting supplies at the dock.

"If it's just to see what they lack, then it's easy." Su Zining said, carefully walking around the wooden table, and walked towards Li Lin, the temporary head of the community welfare institution and former preschool teacher.

"Lao Qi asked me to confirm what help you need here." Su Zining looked back at the children with dull expressions and buried their heads in their meals, and sighed slightly in his heart.

"Brother Su, there's actually quite a lot to eat and use." The eyes of the preschool teacher, who had only been working for less than two years, turned slightly red, and when she noticed that several children were looking up at her, she turned away quickly, her voice suppressed Low, "Nine children have lost their parents, the youngest of which is only 9 years old..."

Yes, only 5 years old... Su Zining followed the eyes of the preschool teacher. The little boy with only his small head protruding from the edge of the wooden table was holding a small bowl and greedily licking the food inside. He was chubby. The mouth is still dipped in yellow soup.

"That's one of the reasons why I came here. Lao Qi asked me to ask if it will take some time for some couples who have lost their children to adopt them..." Su Zining also lowered his head slightly, unable to bear to face the eyes of these children.

"It must be like this!" The preschool teacher nodded vigorously, but winked in a certain direction a little embarrassedly, "Bruno is 8 years old, and Tang Hanna is 11 years old. They are both foreign children. Their parents just emerged from the ruins a few days ago Dig them out...they are more difficult to adopt."

The two young men turned their heads at the same time, and at the end of their line of sight was the corner of the wooden table, which was obviously kept at a certain distance from other children.A little boy with beautiful short black hair was staring intently at a plate of wild fruits on the table, while the little girl with long blond hair just stared blankly at the untouched bowl in front of her with a dull expression.

"Su Zining, I can't do it...I can't stay here anymore! You can figure it out!" Yan Xiaosong suddenly turned around and strode towards the gate of the Community Welfare Institute with a trembling voice.

"Hehe, don't look at his usual optimistic look... Today he got into a fight with someone and his mind was destroyed." Su Zining shrugged and defended his friend, then took out a page from his pocket, "Here is I have sorted out the information of several couples who lost their children, and when everything is settled, you can go to each family to chat according to the above situation."

"Well, that's great!" The preschool teacher's lonely eyes lit up immediately, and he quickly put away the paper carefully, then pointed to the empty room next door with some embarrassment, "When I was in the ruins, I saw I have seen a lot of toys with broken packaging, I know that there are not enough people to collect and organize supplies, but I think..."

"For those exported toys, European countries point at the nose of our country's Ministry of Commerce and scold them every day, saying that the quality and safety are so bad, don't you mind?"

Su Zining was joking with a smile, and while juggling, he took out another handful of candy from his pocket and put it on the wooden table where the children ate.In the originally dull restaurant, several children rushed to stretch out their hands.

"Okay, I still have to go back to make an appointment with Qi Jianjun, so I won't bother you, just come to me if you need anything." Su Zining patted the head of the nearest child, nodded politely, and turned to leave.

"Brother Su, tell me, when these children grow up, what will they think of the world?"

Suddenly, the preschool teacher asked from behind.

How do you look at this world... Su Zining was taken aback for a moment, then slowly turned around, looking at the children who were scrambling for candy all over the room.

"I don't know..." Slowly shaking his head, Su Zining turned and walked away, leaving only the preschool teacher standing there blankly.

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Outside the door, Yan Xiaosong leaned against a tall oak tree that was not felled during the community construction process, looked up at the dark sky, and smoked a cigarette in his hand.

"It's really time to let those people who fight all day long over some bullshit come here to see it!" Yan Xiaosong threw the half-burned cigarette on the ground and let out a long breath.

"Cigarettes are a controlled product now, don't waste them..." Su Zining walked to his friend, took out his cigarette, and handed him another one, "Of course we can't delay the children's affairs, but I'm more afraid of the adulthood in Manhattan in the future." people……"

"Huh?" Yan Xiaosong was taken aback, staring at his friend's eyes full of strange gazes, and slowly nodded knowingly, "Su Xiaobai, I'm waiting for the day when you turn into a beast...why, I think Li Lin looks good, but I Just to remind you, Li Lin's boyfriend is a retired soldier."

"Just bury me..."

"You might consider an Indian woman."

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