Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 29:

It is not troublesome to rent a freezer. Although they are not a coastal city, the seafood industry is not developed, so there are not many special warehouses such as freezers, but there are several large seafood transshipment markets on their side, equivalent to a Haishi is a transfer station for inland seafood, and many fresh markets need to use ice, so the amount of ice cubes coming in and out is still very large. He made a move from it, and it wasn't too conspicuous.

After Mu Nan added insulation film and heat insulation curtains to the windows of the houses on both sides, Qinhuai also took care of it properly. During the day, such large trucks are not allowed to go on the road. In addition, it is relatively hot during the day, so Qinhuai also took care of it. I didn't want to take Mu Nan out in such a hot weather, so I happened to take Mu Nan to and from transportation every night. The ice storage needs to hire workers to help with the ice. After loading the ice into the freight ice truck, he will drive the truck away to the rented warehouse on the other side, let Mu Nan collect the ice into the space, and run for a night. Several tons of ice can be smuggled into space in two or three trips.

The oil side is even simpler, and you don’t even need false certificates. After contacting a private buyer, you drive a small truck directly to pack the boxes. To the outside world, he is also a middleman, and people don’t bother to ask a few more questions. There are a lot of people who transfer them from private oil dealers like them and then find buyers to make the difference. As for how others sell it, whether it will be investigated if the movement is too loud, it is none of their business.

But because Qinhuai purchases more frequently, he can pull a few cars from them almost every day, which makes the oil seller a little curious: "Your business is good?"

Qin Huai handed a cigarette with a smile, looked at the workers who were helping to load the goods, and said, "If the last supply hadn't been unhappy, I wouldn't have looked for a new supply. I never worry about what I have in my hand Selling, but worrying about not having enough goods.”

The oil dealer was a little surprised to hear him say this. He didn't expect that this man looked young, but he turned out to be a veteran. Seeing that the other party seemed to have a lot of offline, and every time he gave money, he was very straightforward, so he tentatively asked: "You guys Just dump the oil?"

Qin Huai glanced at him: "Why, do you have other goods?"

The oil dealer said, "Yes, do you want white wine?"

Qin Huai had some boxes of liquor in City B before, but he doesn't drink, and the boxes he prepared were just for future preparations. Of course, if the price is right, it doesn't hurt to get some more for storage: "What brand and what price? "

The oil dealer said the brand, took out his mobile phone, turned on the calculator, and counted a few numbers. Qin Huai shook his head when he saw it: "It's too high, I can't make much profit even if I sell it at this price, it's not worth my trouble."

Seeing that there was something interesting, the oil dealer smiled and began to discuss with him, and finally almost found the other party's low price, Qin Huai then let go and said: "Okay, I've never dealt with liquor before, try it first, I'll get a batch of goods first, if you leave Well done, I'll see you again."

The oil dealer was immediately happy, and he called Qin Huai all kinds of brothers and brothers, as long as there was money to be made, they were brothers! And baijiu is more profitable than oil. After all, the price of oil is there, and there is only a little profit. Liquor is different. The channel is different, and the price is different. It can be said that selling one or two bottles of baijiu can earn It is much more than selling one or two barrels of oil. Like Qinhuai, there seem to be many merchants who have gone offline and can sell all kinds of goods. He is naturally happy to make friends. If the liquor line can be stabilized, the epidemic will The loss of these months can be made up.

It's a pity that the oil dealer thought very well, but he didn't have so much time to make money for him.

On the day when the temperature in their city broke through 40 degrees for the first time, a car exploded on the way. Fortunately, there were no casualties. I stopped, and hurried to the back seat of the car to get a fire extinguisher. Some passing vehicles also stopped to help, but unfortunately the fire could not be put out, and the car exploded in the end. When they realized that something was wrong, the people who helped put out the fire and the owner of the car subconsciously ran a little further away. Just as they ran away, the car exploded with a bang.

Qin Huai was driving a car at that time, following the traffic flow around the turntable, the car behind him exploded, and when the car exploded, all the cars behind him were blocked, if he didn't happen to be in front, he might have died too. Being stuck in the middle of the road and unable to advance or retreat. Although Mu Nan said that he dreamed that many vehicles and some electronic equipment would suddenly explode when the temperature became higher, but seeing it with his own eyes now, it still makes people feel a little horrified.

As soon as his car drove off the bridge, Mu Nan called: "Brother, where are you?"

Qin Huai: "On the way back, we've reached Qingchuan Avenue."

Mu Nan on the other end of the phone seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Come back quickly after you've dealt with the matter. If you have anything to take, I'll go with you at night. I just saw the news of a car exploding on the Konggang Bridge. I'm so scared." I'm dead."

Qin Huai said: "It's on the news so soon? The car behind me exploded just now. I saw it too. Don't worry, I'll be right back and I'll be home in ten minutes."

Mu Nan urged: "Then hurry up, I'll wait for you at home."

Every day Qin Huai would tell him where he was going and what he was going to do because he was not with him and he was afraid that he would be worried. Mu Nan was making dumplings at home, and when he saw someone in their community post the news about the vehicle explosion on the Konggang Bridge, he was so frightened that he quickly called Qin Huai, because the Konggang Bridge is the only way for Qin Huai to go home, and when he heard that Qin Huai was coming back soon Now, Mu Nan felt relieved. He felt that he couldn't let Qin Huai go out again. Now that the temperature had started to rise, he couldn't take chances and run outside. Anyway, they had accumulated enough things, so let's forget about the unspent money. Life matters.

Qin Huai parked the car in the underground garage. It took less than five minutes to get home from the elevator in the garage, and his body was already drenched with sweat, which shows how high the temperature is now.

As soon as he entered the door, Mu Nan handed over a wet towel: "Hurry up and wipe off the sweat to cool down. Wipe off the sweat before going to take a shower. It's so hot. Let's eat cold noodles later. Would you like to drink iced cola or iced beer?" ? I put a few bottles in the freezer, and it’s probably frozen into smoothie by now.”

Qin Huai: "Beer."

After washing off the heat, Qin Huai sat in the cool air-conditioned room, eating cold noodles and said, "I'll collect the ice again tonight, and I'll return the freezer, and I won't collect the oil, which is flammable and explosive. Things, on such a hot day, if they can’t be stored in the space immediately, the road is too unsafe. The daily consumption we have prepared for a few years is almost enough, and we have to go out again tomorrow night. The car we booked It can be handed over, and when the time comes, drive directly into the warehouse and put it away first, otherwise our community needs multiple RVs, which will definitely attract people to watch, and it will be too conspicuous."

Mu Nan asked, "Then how much money do we have left?"

Qin Huai took out his mobile phone and looked at the account, except for the remaining balance that needs to be settled: "There are almost 300,000 left." The RV was bought with a loan, and the first thing he could do when he was able to go out was to take Mu Nan there Look at the car, and then apply for a loan. It is estimated that the economy has been depressed after the epidemic. The speed of loan processing is quite fast. It took about ten days to come down, but the car he wanted has not yet arrived. He has been urging the 4S shop, and finally it is Urged the car.

Mu Nan bit her chopsticks and sighed: "There's still so much money."

For more than half a month since they came back from City B, they have been receiving goods in the warehouse almost every day. The most troublesome thing is ice cubes, but everything else is fine. They bought a lot of mineral water, drinks, various frozen foods, fresh There are also several varieties of vegetables and fruits for the meat. I am afraid of attracting attention. The amount I bought is not too large, but I have accumulated a lot every day. In addition, I bought some clothes and shoes, quilts and other bedding I also bought a bunch of them. I also bought a lot of storage batteries for generators and solar panels on large items. I spend money like running water every day, but there are more than 300,000 yuan left. I have never felt that spending money is difficult. Things, if it weren't for the fear of attracting attention, it would be much easier to spend the money.

Qin Huai said: "It's a pity that we don't have enough time, otherwise we can modify a car and put it outside. If there is anything to do, the modified car will be more durable than this ordinary car, so the little money left in my hand may not be enough." During the epidemic If you can't go out, even if you have money, no one dares to risk your life to do vehicle modification at that time. If you can go out, time is too tight, so you can only give up the idea of ????vehicle modification.

"Forget it, let's go out for a stroll at night these few days, buy some casually, and we can go wholesale some ice cream later."

Mu Nan nodded, and asked again: "Aren't you going out this afternoon?"

Qin Huai: "I'm not going out, I'll make dumplings with you this afternoon."

Mu Nan smiled: "I've finished wrapping the meat I thawed, let's take a nap in the afternoon, the day of night out is about to begin again."

Qin Huai looked at him: "Again?"

Mu Nan paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have a lot of inspiration at night. I used to draw at night and sleep during the day."

Qin Huai frowned: "If you don't sleep at night and get up during the day, your body will be damaged like this."

Mu Nan snorted, didn't listen to Qin Huai's preaching, put down the finished bowl, climbed into bed, hugged the computer and started looking for TV dramas to pass the time.

The two slept together in the afternoon, finished dinner, and did housework for a while. Seeing that it was almost time, the two went out together. Feeling the double review separated by a door, Mu Nan sighed: "It's melted, the whole person is melted."

Qin Huai laughed and said, "I know how hot it is outside, but I still keep thinking about going out."

If he could stay away all the time, Mu Nan didn't want to go out, but now he can still hide in the air-conditioned room, what should he do if there is a power outage in the back? Although people are very adaptable, there must be a process of adapting. When it's hot, he won't be unable to accept it all at once. So it is better to go out every day, feel the heat outside, and let yourself have a process of adaptation.

There are more people in the supermarket than expected, but many of them are walking around pushing an empty cart. It feels that there are not many people shopping, and most of them are here to catch the air-conditioning.

Hearing that someone lamented that the price of something had increased again, Mu Nan subconsciously took another look. He is not sensitive to the price of things, unless it is something he knows in common sense, such as a bottle of mineral water that costs two yuan. Only when he sold it for five or six yuan did he realize that the price of the item had increased.

Qin Huai was much more sensitive than him, holding a bottle of yogurt that Mu Nan likes to drink: "This bottle used to cost twenty-three six yuan."

Mu Nan glanced at the price tag: "Now this bottle is 27.5 yuan, which is an increase of 4 yuan."

Qin Huai put a few more bottles in the cart: "The weather is hot, the sales of this kind of thing are high, and the transportation cost may also increase a little, so the price will naturally rise."

Mu Nan picked up a Yakult: "What about this one, has the price increased too?"

Qin Huai hummed: "This one has increased by two yuan, it's okay, do you want it, if you want, get a few more."

Mu Nan naturally wanted it. Although he had already stocked up many boxes of this thing in his space, there was never too much. I just picked up some yogurt and some snacks. A shopping cart was full. When I went to check out, I saw that there were still a lot of sandwiches he used to eat in the refrigerated area. Mu Nan walked over and took a few: "There's also microwave rice here, I haven't eaten it yet, do you want to buy a few boxes and go back and try it?"

Qin Huai pushed the cart and walked to him: "Buy it."

There are not many lunch boxes left on the shelf that can be eaten when microwaved, and they all have different flavors, so Mu Nan simply took them all. When he got the last one, he heard someone beside him smiling. Said: "Can you give me the last box?"

Mu Nan turned her head and saw that it was the doctor who lived on the same floor as them, and quickly said, "Doctor Xu, what a coincidence, which flavor do you want? It doesn't matter if you have more, we just haven't tried it before, so try something new."

Xu Ming took the last black pepper flavor from the shelf: "One is enough, thanks."

Qin Huai said: "Doctor Xu just got off work?"

Xu Ming nodded, and sighed: "The temperature is too high recently, even if you avoid going out during the high temperature period, some pets are still scalded, their paws are severely scalded, and there are many heat strokes, so the hospital is very busy. .”

Mu Nan was puzzled: "Pets?"

Xu Ming smiled: "I'm a veterinarian."

Mu Nan snorted, he thought Xu Ming was a human doctor.

Just as he was talking, Xu Ming remembered something, and said to the two of them, "Are you in the community group? Can you help me? I don't have time to go to the community during the day at work, and I didn't join the group before. Now there is some news from the community I can't even get notifications."

This is not too much trouble, Mu Nan took out his mobile phone directly: "Then I will add you first, and then pull you into the community group, were you not at home during the epidemic?"

Xu Ming shook his head: "I lived in the hospital for a few months. If it weren't for the kind volunteers over there who would occasionally send some food over there, I would have starved to death. At that time, I didn't expect things to develop like that. A cat and dog who had just undergone an operation needed to be looked after, and it was raining and smoggy, and I was worried about what might happen on the road, so I thought about staying in the hospital temporarily, but ended up staying here for a few months.”

Mu Nan sighed: "It's not easy, I'll pull you into the group and wait for the group owner to pass."

Xu Ming smiled and said, "Thank you."

Xu Ming probably just came to buy dinner, so he took the microwave rice and went to pay the bill. Then Mu Nan said to Qin Huai: "When I heard about the operation that day, I thought he was a human doctor, and I wanted to say that he is so young. They are ready to go on stage for surgery, which is pretty amazing.”

Qin Huai said with a smile: "When you were young, you thought about becoming a veterinarian when you grew up. At that time, your aunt would not let you keep a dog. You expressed your unwillingness that you would become a veterinarian when you grow up. Being a veterinarian will allow you to have countless cats and cats." Dog."

Mu Nan also laughed: "I had a lot of dreams when I was young. I wanted to raise pets and be a veterinarian. I wanted to eat snacks and open a small shop. If I liked to ride a car, I wanted to be a bus conductor. The egg pancake at the school gate was delicious. I also thought about being an egg. The bakery boss, there are those who sell fried chicken, those who make milk tea, dreams, don’t they just change at any time according to preferences.”

Qin Huai smiled even more: "Then your dreams are quite down-to-earth. You are all scientists and astronauts. No matter how bad you are, you are still a big boss."

Mu Nan said: "Facts have proved that people still need to study more. In the future, those scientists and astronauts will definitely have a better life than the big boss. After all, they are talents who have been cultivated with great difficulty, and they are considered the foundation of the country. But the boss, unless he can do it If people’s livelihood is shaken, and there is still some accumulation after the incident, otherwise, we can only squat on the side of the road and dig the roots of trees.”

There are not many rich business owners who can do that level in the whole country. The development is similar to Mu Nan's last life in memory. The funds are said to support the country's aerospace projects. Of course, ordinary citizens like Mu Nan don't know where the money is actually used, but since the government has been able to produce some supplies, it can be seen that the higher-ups are probably already there. Prepared for the future.

At this time, it is really irrational to hoard a large amount of things. Even if it is just a small amount for the above, it may not be noticed by people, but if you can't stand it, there will be unexpected events. One, so staying at home and doing nothing is the safest thing to do.

But it’s said that they don’t do anything, but Mu Nan and Qin Huai can still spend a lot of money every day, go to the supermarket every other day or two, drive a little farther in the evening, put away the things they bought when they get in the car, and go back to the community empty-handed. It will not attract attention, and buying some things online, spending thousands of dollars a day, receiving express packages for a few daily necessities, is not eye-catching.

Although the temperature is a bit strangely hot now, the temperature is still hovering around forty-two forty-three. Even though it is so high that some people are already vigilant, but more people just lament that everything is not going well this year, and it is too hot .

Until an old man fainted to the ground due to heatstroke, passers-by hesitated for a moment, and more people came to testify to each other and carried the fainted person to a cool place, but the skin of the fainted person touching the ground was scorched red. After being sent to the hospital, even if the first aid was first aided, the news that he could not be rescued in the end was exposed. Only then did people realize that this high temperature is not only weirdly hot, but also deadly.

The community Mu Nan lives in is relatively lucky. Because it is an old community, many equipments and the like have reached the maximum service life, so there are potential safety hazards. When the old community was remodeled last year, their community was the first to be remodeled. . In the past, the middle and lower floors on their side used groundwater, and the upper floors used water from water tanks. After the second renovation, all of them were changed to groundwater. The power supply box outside and the cables in the entire community have all been replaced.

And the community next door had just started to renovate the water supply, but the epidemic shut down. Now the water pipes have not been renovated, so naturally they can’t move the electric box, so one afternoon, there was a loud noise, and the transformer of the electric box in the next community blew up. The two buildings in the box, with nearly 600 households, were all without electricity.

It was two or three o'clock in the afternoon when the electric box exploded, and Mu Nan and Qin Huai, whose work and rest had become upside down day and night, were startled awake by the explosion at the same time. Opening the curtains and seeing that there was nothing unusual downstairs in the community, the two were relieved, and soon someone posted a photo of the transformer on fire to the group.

Mu Nan said: "With such a loud voice, I thought something was wrong with our building."

Qin Huai was also taken aback: "Last night, the transformer at the civil aviation dormitory exploded, and today another one exploded."

Mu Nan fell on the bed again: "Fortunately, the equipment on our side has just been replaced, otherwise it might be bombed three times in a row."

Qin Huai also lay back on the bed, but after waking up from the fright, he lost sleepiness, so he started looking at his phone.

The hottest topic on the Internet right now is the global high temperature. Some people say that the polar glaciers are melting at a speed visible to the naked eye. Once the glaciers melt, there may be another unsolvable virus. There are many corpses of fierce beasts from ancient times, and ancient viruses from tens of thousands or even millions of years ago.

In addition to viruses, the sea level rise caused by the melting of glaciers will greatly threaten the existing living environment of human beings, and may make some cities or some small countries disappear forever in the rising sea water.

Of course, these future or foreseeable crises are still a little far away from their current lives. The biggest problem around them now is that medical resources are once again strained.

Excessively high temperatures make it difficult for people to travel, but they have to go out in order to live. Not everyone has such good conditions to stay behind closed doors. The previous epidemic has caused many people to carry debts. Now if If they don't work as soon as possible to make money, what do they live on. Many people think that it is just a little hotter, as long as they are not exposed to the sun and pay attention to drinking plenty of water, there will be no major problems. But I don't want those who overestimate their own conditions to end up in the hospital with heatstroke, or even die.

There are also people who have died before being sent to the hospital, and there are not a few people who died of heat. Of course, it is impossible to announce the specific death toll. Hoarding items to resist disasters, but fearing that once it is announced, it will cause greater turmoil and chaos.

There are many rational and orderly people, but there are many more crazy and unbearable people. There are even those with ulterior motives who do not hesitate to use some public opinion traffic to make money, and there are more. Those who are for profit, who cares whether others will do something that causes social harm because of their provocative words, the profit is obtained, and the life and death of others is not important.

So many times some people blame the higher authorities for concealing things, but if they don't hide things, the situation will only get worse.

There is a nurse in their community, who may not know much, but because of work, I have seen more, such as heat stroke, heat death, because I have too much contact with each other every day, so I have no idea about the seriousness of this high temperature. I paid more attention to it, so I told everyone in the community group that if possible, stock up on more food and drink, especially water, and do not go out during the day. Even if you go out at night, try to stay with relatives and friends to avoid heat. If no one finds out after being dizzy, then by the time someone finds out, he might die early.

If it was before the outbreak of the epidemic, everyone might not be vigilant in the face of such high temperatures. Even if it is stockpiling, stockpiling enough to eat for a month is almost enough. But now people have just survived the last fatal disaster. Even if there is no such high temperature, some people may start consciously hoarding some food and drink supplies with lingering fear. Now the abnormal high temperature makes people panic even more.

As a result, all parts of the country, and even some foreign countries, have started a wave of stockpiling.