Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

It all started with a rain.

No one thought that the rain would stop and get heavier. After a month, when the urban drainage system was unable to load, and the water was getting deeper and deeper, it was too late.

The terrain of Huacheng is high, and the terrain of the community where Qiao Qingqing's family is located is the highest in the area. When it was developed, it was advertised to enjoy the scenery of Huacheng, and everything could be seen at the moment.

In such a community, the sixth floor was submerged when the flood was at its highest, while in other low-lying places, it had already submerged up to a dozen floors.

The flood lasted for nearly a year, and then the temperature plummeted by 40 degrees Celsius, from 22 degrees in autumn to below 20 degrees below zero, and the temperature continued to drop, with the lowest even reaching minus 80 degrees Celsius.

After that, disaster strikes without warning. When people think back to the beginning of the apocalypse, they find that the disaster was relatively "gentle" at the beginning. The flood did not appear suddenly. At least the previous month's rainfall gave people a chance to react. The state machine was able to handle it at first, until the water level was getting higher and higher, and all parts of the country were soaked in water... According to news reports, except for the provinces and cities with high terrain in the west, all other provinces and cities were caught in the flood.

When the temperature cools down, the Huacheng in the south is more than minus 80 degrees Celsius, and it is hard to imagine what a terrifying number the temperature in the north of the country will be.

When shopping online, Qiao Qingqing first purchased the necessary supplies for disaster avoidance, and then placed an order for a large amount of bottled mineral water. Because the order was too large, he also negotiated a discount with the store. After placing the order, she rented another factory warehouse in the suburbs and sent the address to the store.

Then I ordered rice, noodles, flour, down jackets and quilts and other thermal supplies. It is reasonable to say that it is more cost-effective to go to the grain producing areas and wholesale markets. This week, it is raining lightly, and it will take a week for the rain to get bigger. , There are still half a month of effort to turn around. But Qiao Qingqing didn't dare to take risks. What if he was stuck on the road and couldn't come back? Buying so many things, renting warehouses in other places to receive goods is inconvenient, so it is better to be familiar with them everywhere on your own site. She specially rented the warehouse of the closed garment factory in the suburbs, gave a rent of 10,000 yuan a month, and paid a deposit of 4,000 yuan in advance.

In her previous life, she had seen too many vicious incidents with the intention of getting rich, and even this home was targeted and robbed. She collected so many materials, and she absolutely could not be noticed.

There is no need to save at this time, anyway, money will be waste paper in the future. In order to buy a house, the family has saved 1.2 million, all of which are used to buy materials!

An hour later, the master who installed the floor heating and the solar generator arrived, and Qiao Qingqing welcomed people in. The house started construction. The bed cabinets and other movable things in the master bedroom were put into the space by her, and the floor was not tiled, which saved time and effort to lift the tiles. This house is more than 20 years old, but good materials were used in the construction of the community. After more than 20 years, the quality is still very good. Two years later, when the sweltering heat came, the ice and snow thawed and the floods reappeared. Qiao Qingqing was driven away, and the house was fine.

"Do a good job of the partition, don't affect the downstairs." Qiao Qingqing explained to the floor heating master, and brought the solar energy master to the terrace.

Her home is on the eighth floor of the top floor. The attic that was included when she bought the house has a 15-square-meter terrace. In the past few years, the drainage was not good, and it flooded when it rained. After Qiao Qingqing got married, the house was used as a wedding room. Shao Shengan took his master to improve the drainage of the terrace and attic, and it got better.

She bought a 10KW solar generator and installed it for free. The final price was set at 110,000, and she paid a deposit of 20,000 in advance.

Seeing that the rain was light, the masters were doing well, and Qiao Qingqing went downstairs. She looked around at the attic. The attic was low and only two meters at the highest point. It was cold in winter and hot in summer and was not suitable for daily living. She usually used it to put debris. She saw a box and pulled it out. It was already covered with dust, and the lid opened to reveal a stack of old photos inside. She turned one by one, full of family photos of her and her parents, from the full moon to the age of seven. With a sneer, she threw the photo back, planning to find a time to cut out her and her mother.

At noon, she ordered seven takeaways, the same as the chefs.

After dinner, my husband sent a video invitation: "Look, I got on the plane, the plane was delayed for an hour, and I'm going to shut down in a while, you wait for me, I will arrive at Yuecheng around 5:00 p.m. domestic time, and then transfer later. By high-speed rail, you can get home at about eight o'clock."

"Okay, come back quickly." Qiao Qingqing received the video communication from the balcony, Shao Shengan only heard the background sound was very noisy, but he didn't think much of it. The flight attendant came to remind him, and he reluctantly warned him to cut off the video.

There is not so much time to feel sorry for the autumn, Qiao Qingqing does not place orders, the large quantity will be sent to the warehouse, and the small quantity and the distance will be sent to the same city for express delivery. The couriers brought her parcels in one after another in the rain. There was no elevator in the old community, and the couriers were sweating from exhaustion. Qiao Qingqing gave five-star praise one by one, and also gave them rewards on the platform.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the master who came to install the water tank and the master who refitted the doors and windows also arrived. All of a sudden, there were construction sounds going up and down the house.

At four o'clock, the master who came to measure the size of the balcony and terrace came to the door, and took his apprentice to quickly measure the size of the balcony and terrace. Because it was introduced by an old friend, the master also said directly: "The balcony is a small problem. It will cost a lot of money to seal up your balcony. I think you are still making a solar generator. It does have to transmit light, but you don't have to. Just use tempered glass, and use ordinary aluminum alloy or stainless steel to seal the surrounding area. The price is lower and more affordable. I will send you the top from here to the attic, and it can be sealed."

"It's okay, just five layers of tempered glass, I If the roof is to be capped, please calculate the price, and how much deposit do you need to pay in advance?" Of course, installing stainless steel anti-theft protection is affordable, but when the flood reaches the sixth floor, and when the winter freezes the flood into an ice layer of more than 20 meters, the actual situation on the eighth floor will be reduced. The upper floor becomes the second floor, and malicious people can easily climb up. Install stainless steel anti-theft, isn't that convenient for them to climb? It should be installed with tempered glass to completely seal the balcony and let them climb enough.

After placing the deposit, the master left, saying that he was going to the factory to place an order.

The eighth floor was very lively all day, and the neighbors downstairs finally came.

"It's Saturday, you don't rest for renovations? Oh, you've demolished your home. Didn't you just renovate your home a few years ago when you got married?"

Grandma Wang came up, so to speak, looking at Qiao Qingqing Growing up, people are not bad, but they love to talk about her, and what she says is a little unpleasant.

"Well, the roof is leaking again. I will ask the master to repair it."

"It's leaking again. Back then, I told your dad not to buy or not to buy. This top floor hasn't been sold for a long time, and your dad insisted on buying it because of cheapness. Who can stand the leak every day." Grandma Wang read, " Your man is not at home? How can you have someone come to repair it when you are not at home? So many people going in and out are not good-looking, so why don't you wait for him to come back?"

"Grandma Wang, is it too loud, I will ask the masters Be quiet, go downstairs slowly."

Grandma Wang waved her hand: "It's not too loud, I just watched the stairs going in and out and there were strangers going up and down. Come up and see, it turns out that your house is doing renovations."

Just as he was talking, the worker came up with the water tank.

"The pipe is ready, just connect the water tank."

Qiao Qingqing helped Grandma Wang aside and nodded to the worker: "Then you can install it."

Grandma Wang stared and counted: "Oh, this is what your family wants to do. How many water tanks do you have? One is enough! You have three more?"

"Well, Grandma Wang, let me help you go downstairs." He just helped the person down the seventh floor, and said apologetically, "My family still has a few days. There is a lot of work to be done, and it is estimated that the workers have to come and go frequently, so I am sorry to disturb your house, so, when my husband comes home, I will ask him to come to apologize."

Grandma Wang loved to hear this, and patted Qiao Qingqing's Hand: "The family still has to be a man. You can't imitate your mother and push all your men away..."

"Goodbye, Grandma Wang." Qiao Qingqing turned and left.

"I still don't like listening to the old man's words, what the old man said is true--" Grandma Wang sighed and went into the room to watch TV. She only closed the anti-theft door, and she could still hear movement when someone came in and out of the stairs. She heard someone going up to the eighth floor again. She walked to the door with a cane to look at it. When she saw it, she couldn't help but scold: "This young man just doesn't understand. Save money, buy so many things, don't have children, don't raise children, money is wasted..." The

new arrival is that the master is here to measure the size of the interior walls, there is a measurement, the water tank is installed here, originally the terrace at home There is a water tank on the top, and sometimes the water pressure is not enough due to the high floor, and a booster pump is also installed. Today, three 0.5-ton stainless steel water tanks were installed, one on the balcony and two on the terrace.

When checking out, Qiao Qingqing asked, "My factory needs a large water tank. What is the capacity of the largest stainless steel water tank in your place?" The

worker said with a smile while ordering money, "That's huge! It is four meters in diameter and one year tall. Rice, can store ten tons of water!"

10 tons? Qiao Qingqing was satisfied as soon as he heard it. The things put into the space would be in a static state. As long as enough water was stored, there would be clean tap water to eat in the tenth year of the end of the world.

"How to sell one?" The worker knew that she really wanted to buy as soon as she heard her tone, and said happily, "Boss, wait a minute, I'll ask the boss."

He immediately called to ask and told Qiao Qingqing, "The factory still has There are eight in stock, and the market price is 5,230."

"Give me your phone, and I'll talk to your boss."

After bargaining, we finally settled on ten, with a price of 48,000.

"This is the warehouse address. You can deliver it when you arrive. When you arrive, tell me that I will pay on the spot." Qiao Qingqing wrote a note to the worker.