Chapter 23 Changes
The central city of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, Hangzhou.
"Mom, where have you been in the afternoon?"
Huang Zhenmei, who was browsing her phone, looked up at Wang Haimei who was opening the door.
"You damn girl, stop playing, come and help carry things."
Wang Haimei was sweating profusely and pushed a large pocket of things inward with great effort.
Huang Zhenmei threw away her phone and jumped up from the sofa, "Mom, what is this?"
"What else can there be? Rice, noodles, soy sauce, vinegar and salt."
Wang Haimei said angrily: "I'm so tired. You don't know that the things in the small supermarket below were sold out and nothing was left behind. I had to go to Wal-Mart to buy them... There are so many people, and I have never seen so many people line up."
"Mom, you are disobedient. Didn't I say not to go to such a crowded place? How dangerous is this situation now."
Huang Zhenmei was extremely angry.
"Don't worry, there are armed police on duty to guard the scene, and the order is very good."
Wang Haimei didn't care, "Your dad has parked the car, and there are still many things in the trunk. Don't play with your phone anymore, go down with me to get things."
As Wang Haimei said, when they went out this time, they lined up for an afternoon and did buy a lot of things. The three of them came and went to the underground parking lot and the 9th floor of the community. It took almost half an hour to move all the things.
There is no way, the number of people in the underground parking lot is quite large. Many families like Huang Zhenmei's family who have just returned from purchasing supplies are also transporting things to their homes. There are only two elevators in a building. This family occupies the use of the elevator, so others have to wait slowly. Basically, this wasted time is spent waiting for the elevator to get on.
Huang Zhenmei even saw several families, and Zhenzhen said that it was safer in the underground parking lot. She actually parked her car on the street outside the community and then set up a tent in her own parking space.
Huang Zhenzhong wiped the sweat from his forehead, "The square we just returned has placed many people. It is said that they are all from Donghai City."
Huang Zhenmei browsed the news and friend groups for the afternoon, and knew a lot about this. "Dad, there are fewer people here, and there are more people placed in Huzhou, Yangzhou."
"Hey, I don't know if we are safe here."
Huang Zhenzhong took a sip of water and sat down, sighing.
There is no way to go. Now the expressways and provincial highways are under strict supervision. Unless there is a special pass, they will not be allowed. As for the high-speed rail, it is also used to resettle the population of Donghai City, and it is impossible for ordinary people to use it.
Otherwise, there may be many people in the surrounding cities fleeing to the mainland.
"Dad, what are you worried about? We can't do anything anyway."
Huang Zhenmei was not worried at all. She was optimistic and did not like to consider the situation that had not happened: "And this situation will not last too long. If there was no problem, the government would definitely resume traffic soon, otherwise how would the economy work?"
Modern society is not ancient, especially a large country with a population of nearly 1.4 billion. It is impossible to end transportation and suspend various economic production activities, and it is a disaster for a large country.
What's more... Huang Zhenmei thought without hesitation, even an ordinary person could feel that a catastrophe had really happened, and humans might not be able to do anything. After all, this is not an American blockbuster. No protagonist will save humanity at a critical moment. Since that is the case, if nothing can be changed, how can we continue to live as long as we should.
Huang Zhenzhong was depressed, but he was not as confident as his daughter said anything.
"Hey, this little rice is enough for us to eat for two months."
Wang Haimei walked out of the kitchen, "It's a pity that the supermarket restricts purchases, so we can't buy too much rice."
"Mom, how can it be that exaggerated? So many meters are enough."
Huang Zhenmei said dissatisfiedly: "You really want to buy so much salt like you did back then, and you didn't finish it happily until last year?"
"What do you know, a dead girl? Can this matter be compared with that in the past?"
Wang Haimei kept chattering: "You don't take the lead in your family and don't worry about food and drink. What do you know? You only know how to eat, drink, and have fun, and you also hold your cell phone..."
Every mother likes most is to nag about her children. She usually talks about work and talks about getting married and having children during the Chinese New Year. Huang Zhenmei is most afraid that her mother will keep nagging, so she quickly evacuated and ran back to her bedroom.
There are nearly 100 people in the company, each of whom is posting various news links and photos taken by himself on the window, which allows Huang Zhenmei to have a general understanding of the situation in the entire Hangzhou without leaving home.
There is also a small group of more than ten people in his department. Huang Zhenmei didn’t click on it in just over half an hour, so she retained a lot of unread information.
When I clicked and found that everyone was discussing... how much supplies were purchased.
Huang Zhenmei was shocked to find out that she was the only one who didn’t think it was nothing? The colleagues in the department were all sweating profusely. Some were sending addresses where to purchase, where to close, where to go as soon as possible, otherwise they would have to wait in line for a long time.
Some have already brought coats and down jackets and are ready to queue up all night to buy food.
"It's not okay if you don't line up to buy it. My wife said, don't go home if you don't carry two bags of rice."
"I'm going to buy it too. Now my mother-in-law's family has moved to my house. The rice jar is not enough for a week... Who knows how long this situation will last."
"You all remember to buy rice and noodles, but no one remembers to buy some meat?"
"Who doesn't want to buy it? Isn't it good if there is no one in the vegetable market?"
“The meat area in the supermarket was also stolen.”
"That, my family seems to have bought twenty kilograms of beef and frozen..."
“…”
The group was silent for a while, and then someone shouted: "Tell me your address."
"Fortunately, my rice jar is full, soy sauce and vinegar are too much unopened, and the meat is enough. It's okay to eat the vegetables in the refrigerator for three days. Although the fruit shop downstairs of my house is closed, I know the owner and bought twenty kilograms of rock candy oranges, apples and strawberries."
“…”
"Who has his address, I want to kill him."
The group discussed that the overall direction was the same, that was to store enough food and water as much as possible, because no one knew when the water would be cut off or the food would not be available, just in case it was necessary.
"Did you buy medicine? I went to the pharmacy and bought a lot of emergency medicines."
"Yes, yes, there are medicines, everyone should buy them as much as possible."
"Now there is nothing I can do, the nearby pharmacies are closed."
"You remember to charge the power bank, it will be bad if the power is out."
"By the way, buy some self-heating food as much as possible, and you won't be afraid of power and gas outages."
Huang Zhenmei was stunned when she saw the discussion in the group. She didn't expect so much.
Oh, no, she actually prepared to get one.
The power bank must be fully charged.
Chapter completed!