The sun came out in the afternoon, and the sunlight evaporated the accumulated water, leaving an indescribable sour and bitter smell in the air.

The ground was dry, and everyone began to go out tentatively. Qiao Qingqing's family was as cautious as they were during the thick fog, and since there was no shortage of supplies, they didn't go anywhere.

Mayor Luo worked overtime for several days in a row and was in very bad spirits, but he was relieved. At least the acid rain had stopped. If it were like the rain that flooded the world a few years ago, no one would have to live anymore.

He had just signed a disaster relief document and was resting on the back of his chair, but the tragedy in the shantytown left him without a moment of peace. Thinking of those data and the few statements in the report, he understood that the scene must be very tragic. The surviving bases

Construction is the result of multi-party unity, multi-party games, and multi-party checks and balances. He cannot do whatever he wants in a short period of time.

He knew that the survivors in the shanty towns wanted to be closer to the base before building shacks there. He also wanted everyone and every household to have a house to live in, but that was not something he could decide alone. The base

The rental and sales industry of empty houses involves many interest chains, and the reconstruction has gathered the efforts of many people. After completion, it has been restrained by many parties, and there is nothing to do!

Just as he was sighing, there was a knock on the door, and Tan Jianling came in before he could respond.

The confidant secretary had never done anything so imprudent. Mayor Luo sat up straight and frowned: "Acid rain is coming again?" He looked out the window. There was no sign of rain outside, and the sun was warm. He breathed a sigh of relief.

, but then my heart became hung up again.

If it wasn't acid rain, then what else could make Tan Jianling's face change drastically?

Tan Jianling was breathing rapidly. He held a stack of letters in his hand: "Uncle Luo, I have something to report to you. These letters seem to be prophetic letters! They predict thick fog and acid rain. Although the time is not specified, they can be

It was mentioned before the thick fog and acid rain came. This is amazing enough!"

"What? A prophetic letter?"

"Yes, please take a look. It should be from the same person. The handwriting is the same, and the letter paper is of the same material and appearance." Tan Jianling handed the letter to him.

When Mayor Luo opened the letter, he continued to add: "These letters have been sent to the mayor's mailbox in the past few years. As you know, the mayor's mailbox receives a lot of letters every day. Residents have many suggestions and suggestions about construction.

These ten letters were included in the demands for life and work. At first, Xiao Chen thought they were pranks and filtered them out. Mayor, this is also an oversight on my part. As Xiao Chen’s superior, I should review them personally on a regular basis.

The mayor’s mailbox, I am willing to accept the punishment.”

Mayor Luo didn't say anything. He opened one letter after another, his expression getting increasingly ugly.

These ten letters were signed at different times, the latest one was from a month ago, but the contents of these letters are exactly the same.

"Hello, Mayor Luo, after experiencing heavy rain, cold and high temperature, there will be dense fog, acid rain, eternal night and earthquakes in the future. After the earthquake, I don't know if the end of the natural disaster has come to an end. What can I do now?

I just want to tell you what I know. There are bugs in the thick fog that can harm the human body. Bugs don’t like white vinegar. The thick fog will last for about a year. Then there will be acid rain. Acid rain will corrode everything in the world. It rains sometimes and it shines. Please don’t do it when it rains.

Relax your vigilance during the pause, which lasts for about a year. The eternal night means that the sun disappears, and the world falls into darkness regardless of day and night, which lasts for about two years. On the day when the sun rises, a major earthquake will destroy everything. The duration of the disaster is only approximate, extremely

There may be changes, and I cannot give an exact date. I hope you can take precautions in advance and be prepared."

Every letter was written like this, which made Mayor Luo's back feel cold and he lost the ability to speak in a short time.

After hearing Tan Jianling's request to be punished, he stretched out his hand and made a pause gesture.

"...Don't talk about that first, how did you discover these?"

"Xiao Chen was sick before the heavy fog came. Later, he inhaled too much fog and his health has been poor. It was you who approved him to recuperate at home. When the acid rain came, he finally thought of these letters and no longer thought it was a prank.

Unfortunately, the acid rain has not stopped, and he was unable to inform me. Until yesterday, his wife came to my house to tell me the news. I went to the warehouse that held the letters in the mayor's mailbox all night and found these letters - "Tan Jianling has never

I have blamed myself and despised myself in this way.

After Xiao Chen fell ill, no one was in charge of the mayor's mailbox. He had too much work at hand and he was too busy!

But he also knew in his heart that being busy was an excuse. He just felt that the mayor's mailbox was not important. Everyone has their own dissatisfaction, their own "opinions" and "suggestions". If you spend a lot of time satisfying some people's needs,

In terms of "wish", isn't that putting the cart before the horse? As long as he assists Mayor Luo in his work and their entire team works together to build a better survivor base, then the people will live a good life. If the life is good, then naturally there will be no

What would be the dissatisfaction?

That's called focusing on the overall situation, that's called coordinating the overall situation.

This is what I thought and did when talking about Jianling before.

After Xiao Chen took medical leave, Mayor Luo occasionally remembered the mayor's mailbox, so he took out a few letters from it and showed them to Mayor Luo. In his opinion, Mayor Luo was too soft-hearted, while Yu Jingshen was too soft-hearted in his opinion.

Damn, it would be nice if the two of them could neutralize each other?

But everything changed drastically after hearing what Xiao Chen's wife said.

Tan Jianling must pay the price for his arrogance. At this moment, his heart was filled with guilt and shame.

Mayor Luo sighed. He didn't expect that the secretary he always valued would do such a treacherous thing. He was very disappointed.

But he also knew that now was not the time to pursue the case.

"Can you guarantee that these letters are not a recent prank?" He stared closely into Tan Jianling's eyes.

Tan Jianling's palms were sweating, and he nodded affirmatively. He knew that he had gotten into a big trouble. He stayed up all night last night and started rummaging. After rummaging, he started to verify, checked Xiao Chen's previous work reports, and finalized the first letter.

It was indeed sent two years ago. Two years ago, the prophetic letter successfully predicted thick fog and acid rain.

Seeing him nodding, Mayor Luo has completely believed in the authenticity of these prophetic letters. He doesn't have the energy to pay attention to the eternal night and the big earthquake that will follow. He first looks at the reminder of acid rain - sometimes rain, sometimes sunny? What?

Is it called sometimes rainy and sometimes sunny?

Now everyone thinks that the acid rain has passed. There are so many people outside activities. If there is another acid rain, wouldn't it be a repeat of the tragedy of the acid rain a week ago?

"Immediately issue an emergency broadcast, asking residents to stay at home to avoid disasters and not to go out for the time being! Call Guiyang in!" Mayor Luo's fingers tightly grasped the letter, and the four words "rainy and sunny" were replaced by his

Press the crease with your fingers.

Tan Jianling left in response, and Mayor Luo looked out the window. His eyes seemed to fall through the undulating buildings to the ground. There were countless vehicles on the ground carrying the injured and supplies, trying hard to connect the stagnant survivors.

Base to maintain its life and endurance. Looking upward, you can also see the planes flying out of Hayama, which also bear various important responsibilities.

But what if acid rain falls suddenly?

Mayor Luo couldn’t imagine it!

Guiyang came in a minute later and gave an order to Guiyang: "Help me connect to the Yeshan General Command Office!"

Today's communication equipment requires dedicated personnel to maintain, and it is very troublesome to activate it. Guiyang agreed, and Mayor Luo took out the key and opened another small door in the office, allowing him to enter the communication room.

In Ping An Community, Qiao Qingqing was rummaging through the space to see if there was any material to mend shoes.

Shao's father and Lu Ping ran home, and the soles of their shoes were burned by the rain on the ground. He couldn't bear to throw them away, thinking that they could be worn for a while after repairing them, so Qiao Qingqing helped her find materials.

Suddenly there was a hissing sound in her ears, and she raised her head.

"It seems like the radio is broken. The radio must be broken!" Qiao Songzhi walked to the window and looked out. "It's broken. The buzzing sound is so harsh that I can't hear what's being said."

"Let me listen and see." Qiao Qingqing also walked over and vaguely recognized the word "return".

"Return?" Shao's mother said strangely, "What does return mean? It's so strange."

Qiao Qingqing's heart moved and she looked at Shao Sheng'an. Could it be that those letters were finally accepted?

After she settled down in the new community, Qiao Qingqing began to deliver letters to the mayor's mailbox. It was ostensibly to deliver letters of thanks, but in fact she delivered two letters each time. Along with the thank-you letters, there was also a prophetic letter.

Unless there is surveillance in the mailbox, no matter how the letters are checked, they will not be able to be traced to her.

During the thick fog, she could tell that those letters had not been taken seriously. Otherwise, white vinegar should have been included in the latest batch of home protection and relief supplies, or in other words, the vinegar factory in the base should have been expanded before the thick fog hit.

Produced.

"Maybe the radio at our end was burned out by the acid rain. I'll go to Building 10 and have a look. The radio over there may not be broken."

Shao Sheng'an immediately went to change his shoes, and Qiao Qingqing followed: "I'll go too!"

The couple ran down the sixth floor to Building 10. When they reached Building 15, they could vaguely hear the broadcast from Building 10.

"...According to expert predictions, there is a high possibility of acid rain again. Residents are asked to avoid outdoor activities and return to buildings to avoid disasters..."

After hearing this, the couple did not continue forward, but turned back home.

On the way, the two talked quietly.

"Is it that--" Shao Sheng'an also guessed this.

"It's possible. Let's see how it develops in the future."

After returning home and telling their family the news, Shao's father and Shao's mother were shocked: "No, is it possible that acid rain will rain again? How can people live like that!"

"Acid rain has burned many small craters on the rooftop. I'm afraid that if it rains for a few more days, the ceiling on the seventh floor will be burned out," Shao's mother said worriedly.

"Fei Fei's vegetables were soaked by the acid rain and turned into a black mass. Fortunately, he is too lazy to look at them now, otherwise he would definitely cry." Shao's father was worried.

"The ceiling on the seventh floor is very thick, and a thick insulation layer was laid out to avoid the heat. There will be no problem for the time being. If there is a problem, we can move to the sixth floor. The difficulty is only temporary. After this period, we will be able to live there."

Okay, let’s just treat this period of time as a vacation at home. Right Qingqing?”

Qiao Qingqing nodded.

Others had different reactions after hearing the broadcast. Some people hurried home, some stood there pointing at the sky and cursing, some questioned, some shouted, some were lying on the hospital bed, feeling the pain in their bodies, closing their eyes and shedding tears.

…

Living is a very simple thing. Everyone has the instinct to live, eat, sleep and breathe. But sometimes it is very difficult to live. All kinds of obstacles come one after another. One hurdle after another is crossed, and it seems that we will never reach it.

The end.

Later, Father Shao mended the pair of shoes. He put them on, walked a few steps, and jumped a few times: "Can't they still be worn? When they are broken, I will mend them. If they continue to break, I will continue to wear them."

If you keep filling it in, I won’t believe it!” His tone was vicious, and he stared at the sky as he spoke, and he didn’t know if he meant shoes or something else.

The days of sheltering from disaster at home have begun again.
To be continued...