Rebirth in the end times: The whole family keeps a low profile

Looking out the window at the pouring rain, Su's father became even more anxious. The hot weather made it hard to go out, and the heavy rain made going out a luxury. He was worried that the children would get bored after being stuck at home for too long, but in fact, he himself was also stuck at home doing nothing every day, and he felt that he was about to get bored.

I have been at the base for half a year. Because there are so many people and so few positions, the competition for a position is extremely fierce.

Su Zhangming once said that it was really unnecessary to go to work in the sun and rain every day for that little bit of supplies. After all, other people could ensure that their families would not starve to death by relying on their jobs, so it would not have much impact on them if they had less food and points.

Therefore, Dad Su decided to enjoy his later years at home with Mom Su and the others, just as early retirement.

There is a cliff on the west side of Gui K base. This unique geographical advantage is indeed very convenient for the base to deal with garbage or drainage. Li Yimin did not dare to take it lightly. He opened eight canals last time and this time he also recruited a lot of labor and actively opened canals.

Li Yimin thought carefully and knew that he could not rent Sun Wukong's excavator like last time. Although this would be faster and save points, the base's labor force would not be able to play a role. In the long run, the base would lose its most important cohesion. If it encountered difficulties again, those who were used to relying on relief food would definitely be unwilling to make efforts.

The policy issued by the superiors requires not only to protect the personal safety of the people in the base, but also to quickly cultivate the base's self-defense and self-reliance capabilities. As the head of one of the 988 bases in the Longguo system, Li Yimin knows more about Longguo's grain reserves than others. The grain reserves that were originally enough for everyone to eat for 5 years were forcibly planned to be rations for years, which means that this disaster is far from over.

It seemed that the country had no preparation for natural disasters. In fact, after the Meteorological Bureau detected abnormal weather conditions, Longguo quickly formulated a policy. However, it put the overall situation first and after assessing the national conditions, it decided not to announce it to the public in order to maintain social stability.

But they also actively activated the highest emergency alert for natural disasters. Unfortunately, the time was too short. When they found out, there were only more than 40 days left before the arrival of the extreme cold.

Important production equipment was moved to a safe area overnight for safekeeping, and important cultural relics were replaced with fakes and moved overnight. Important data was stored in advance, and the information security department was ordered to rush to produce a communication device and software suitable for the entire base to connect. The most important seeds, books and food were also secretly purchased by the major grain merchants, leaving only an empty shell.

It rained heavily for a week. Even if the people on the 5th and 7th floors wore bamboo hats to dig the canal, it was useless. The most they could do was to prevent the rain from pouring into their ears, noses and mouths, but their bodies were basically soaked.

In contrast, they were more willing to work in the rain. Most of the strong people in the base signed up to dig the canal. There were so many people that Li Yimin asked them to dig the canal deep and wide. He was afraid that they would finish the work too early and would not be able to find work to do and would have to go to the base to get relief food. So he simply added another main task, adding a large canal ten meters outside the protective wall surrounding the base.

How big is it exactly? It is 3 meters deep and 5 meters wide. When the neighboring base found out, they teased him in the base leader group, asking if he wanted to dig a moat and become the king himself.

Li Yimin said helplessly: No way, no way. Didn’t the higher-ups require us to be self-reliant, self-reliant and self-protective? Our relief food is distributed every day according to the population. It is distributed whether you work or not, so the more you work, the more you get. There won’t be so many people thinking of eating for free.

Fan Xiao, the head of the Gui D base 130 kilometers away, wondered: "Don't you distribute relief food on a regular basis? Only when you work, won't some people who have lost their ability to work have nothing to eat?"

Li Yimin from Gui K Base: For the elderly, women and children without labor, we first applied for their daily relief food eligibility and opened a special channel for assistance. We also set up a minimum living security picket team to conduct irregular investigations every day to ensure that those who really need relief food can get help. In order to save food to the greatest extent, we have formulated a set of strict labor assessment standards. Of course, if the weather is really not suitable for outdoor work, we will agree to distribute relief food at our discretion.

Thinking about Li Yimin's words, Fan Xiao of Gui D Base fell into deep thought. He began to reflect on his base management model. Compared with the practices of Gui K Base, he realized that there might be some problems with his base. In normal times, they do have a policy of distributing relief food, but there is no provision requiring base residents to participate in labor in order to obtain food.

He began to understand that even in a disaster year, only by allowing the masses to participate in the construction and maintenance of the base can their enthusiasm and sense of self-worth be truly stimulated. He decided to ask Li Yimin for specific methods of base management.

Fan Xiao from Guizhou D Base: I think your approach is very worth learning from. I would like to ask you, how can we give them something to do?

Li Yimin from Gui K Base: Looking for trouble when there is none, making things up out of nothing, it depends on the specific situation of the base.

Zhang Ke, material coordinator of the base: We should all learn from Comrade Li Yimin of the Gui K base and arrange relief food rationally.

Zhou Tao from Beijing E Base: This is how you deal with waterlogging. It’s raining so heavily that the water is up to our knees. We took the altitude into consideration when we chose the site, but we still couldn’t handle it. Now the entire base is transferring supplies.

Fan Xiao from Guizhou D Base: Our feet were also flooded. The most terrifying thing was not the accumulated water, but the mountain torrents.

Li Yimin from Gui K Base: We don’t have this worry for now. Our base is located at a higher altitude and one side is a cliff, so drainage is relatively smooth. In addition, we also took this into consideration when selecting the site and avoided low-lying areas. However, in order to further prevent waterlogging, we are also actively digging drainage channels and strengthening flood control measures.

Fan Xiao from Guiyang D Base: I really envy you. We need to be on guard against waterlogging and mountain torrents at all times. Now I can’t sleep at night.

At this time, other base leaders in the group also joined the discussion, asking how to quickly build cohesion, how to reasonably settle residents with different labor forces, and how to resist floods. Everyone is sharing experiences and strategies, trying to find solutions to the problems. Each base has its own accommodation indicators and death indicators. Based on big data monitoring, it automatically calculates various materials to be allocated. Only when the survival rate of the base is high can more materials be allocated. Therefore, each base has made every effort to make survival plans and strive to improve its survival rate.

Li Yimin from Gui K Base watched the discussion in the group and felt emotional.

He believes that as long as everyone unites and works together, they will be able to overcome difficulties and find a way to survive.

The Su family doesn't understand national planning. They just want to live their own lives well. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. It should be a sunny day, but it is covered with heavy rain outside.

Su Yun glanced at the hygrometer hanging on the door. The air humidity was 90%. Such high humidity would inhibit the body's heat dissipation, making people feel very stuffy and irritable.

Moreover, the clothes hung out to dry never dry. Several pieces of clothes have grown mold because he forgot to put them back in the drying space. Tang Tang is also in a bad mood because his favorite pillow has grown mold. He has to hug the pillow every day to sleep well.

Wang Jie remembered that they had stockpiled a lot of types of dryers before and were about to use them.

There are still three beds side by side in Su Ma's parents' room. Su Dad has already set the air conditioner to dehumidify, and he dares not open the doors and windows for fear that the moisture outside will come in.

Su Xiaogu put baking soda in a washbasin and hid the washbasin under the bed. Baking soda can absorb moisture and can be used as a cleaning agent after forming lumps. It can be used to scrub pots and pans. It not only removes oil and dirt but also prevents mildew, and the effect is quite good.

Zhang Lili occasionally lights a scented candle containing natural plant fragrance oils. Such candles can not only dry the air but also remove the musty smell in the room.

Everyone uses their best tricks to at least keep the sleeping area dry at night, otherwise it would be damp and uncomfortable all day long.

Su Yun did not think that her family was exaggerating. According to her, they had stockpiled so much bamboo charcoal before the extreme cold and had not used it up. If it was really necessary, they could just put charcoal under the bed. The gaps on the surface of charcoal can absorb water vapor and have a deodorizing effect. It is very suitable for dehumidifying the room where they sleep at night. It can also be dried and reused without harming the environment.

Two dryers that were specially purchased were taken out from the space. One was a cloth wardrobe specially for drying clothes, and the other was a fully automatic quilt dryer that could dry the quilt with hot air in 360 degrees. As long as the air outlet pipe was extended under the quilt, the wet quilt could be continuously dried, and it would automatically cut off the power if it overheated.

How could we not eat Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival? Zhang Lili made a lot of sesame and meat Zongzi and alkaline Zongzi in the town. Su Yun's space also had some vacuum-packed egg yolk Zongzi, but tonight no one had an appetite. They were listless and huddled in their parents' room playing with their phones.

I don’t know how long this kind of life will last, it’s really too painful.

Su Zhangming was lying on the bed with his legs crossed and browsing the social circle.

Liang Chaowei: Mushrooms have grown inside my quilt, so I can have one more dish to eat during this rainy season.

Comment below: Wei Ge, you are so optimistic. I can even wring water out of my quilt. How can I sleep?

Liang Chaowei replied: I told you, don’t call me Weige, I don’t even have a woman now.

Lanlan: Humid environment has a great impact on patients with tuberculosis, kidney disease, coronary heart disease, chronic back and leg pain, etc. Please pay attention to your physical condition. Lanlan is still popularizing the knowledge she has learned as always.

Li Xingxing: It can’t be dried. It can’t be dried at all. I’ve put these clothes in the sun for five days and I can still wring water out of them.

The following comment: Director Li, the walls of our hospital are covered with water droplets, like a water curtain cave. It would be strange if the clothes could be wet.

Li Ergou: Don’t open the door. It’s more humid outside than inside. My underwear will dry just by hanging it in the sun.

Illustration: Little yellow duck underwear.

Duan Min: Ahhh, my brother Gou is finally here. I haven’t seen you in Versailles for a long time. I missed you so much. My underwear is wet. If you don’t believe me, come and see.

Illustration: Pink panties dripping with water.

Zhang Lili picked up the book next to her and threw it at Su Zhangming who was not far away: You should be more restrained and stop flirting with other girls in the social circle every day.

Su Zhangming said aggrievedly: No way, I have been very low-key during this period and have not been acting like Versailles at all.

Zhang Lili: If you send it, I will send it too, who is afraid of who?

Su Zhangming: Don’t send it, don’t send it. You were a teacher before, after all. It’s inappropriate to do this.

Su Yun was eating melon seeds while listening to two primary school students quarreling, his eyes were on "The Legend of Zhen Huan" on the tablet.

Li Yimin felt that his eyes were dirty. Because of Li Ergou's exposure of his underwear, a group of people in the social circle started to show off their underwear. It was really an eye-catching sight. Some people's underwear had several holes in it, some were yellow and could not be washed clean, and some were even more outrageous, rotten like a rag. He casually closed a few accounts that spread bad information and put them in a small black room. After hesitating for a second, he put Li Ergou's account in the small black room for a week.

Su Zhangming didn't realize that his account was locked in the small dark room, and was still arguing with Zhang Lili. At this time, Su's father opened the door and walked in and said: Have we forgotten something?

Several people looked at him and asked in unison: What's the matter?