After the disaster

The next morning, Qiu Chengcheng heard that someone died in Xinnan University.

Recently, the reason why the city government and the military came forward to control the victims who flooded into Xinnan City from other places is to prevent a large number of victims from flowing into the urban area and plunge this already precarious city into chaos.

The disaster victims who were arranged in Xinnan University didn’t mean they couldn’t get out once they got in. If someone wants to leave Xinnan City, they only need to make a verbal application to the soldiers guarding them. After ordering the train tickets, there will be a special person in charge Take them to the train station.

In other words, they either leave Xinnan City, or stay in Xinnan University in peace and order, and don't even think about wandering outside Xinnan City.

Some of these victims who fled from the famine left their hometowns for a bite to eat, and some left temporarily because the city where their hometown was located was about to be chaotic, and they left temporarily to avoid the chaos. New South University is a good choice.

But no matter what, so many people are locked up in Xinnan University, and quite a few of them don’t have enough food. It’s only a matter of time before something goes wrong. It’s said that last night, someone shot at other people’s food, which caused a little chaos , and then other people followed suit to fish in troubled waters, which eventually led to the expansion of the matter.

The Jiayuan community is next to the New South University. If the Xinnan University side loses control, the Jiayuan community will bear the brunt.

Shen Xing called Qiu Cheng and said that the situation was too tense recently, she was worried about letting her family continue to live in the old street, and she wanted to take them to the dormitory of the fish farming factory for a temporary stay, and asked Qiu Cheng if he wanted to move there too , Qiu Cheng refused, and he didn't want to leave his house unless it was absolutely necessary.

The atmosphere in Xinnan City has been very tense these two days. Qiu Cheng knew that some people had prepared for the worst.

In their Jiayuan community, many people are trying to find a way to move to the city center, or rent a house with an acquaintance, or rent a house temporarily with food.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, Qiu Cheng also killed the only pig left in the family. After killing this pig, their family would have no big animals. The three sheep raised before were raised with goats in the fish factory , I pulled it over there and handed it over to Shen Xing to manage it.

Shen Xing said that he would kill the two rams, one old and one young, on the morning of New Year's Eve, and then give Qiu Cheng a piece of mutton, and then cook a few large pots of haggis soup, so that the workers in the factory could also enjoy it. You Xing, when she slaughtered pigs last time, she was not very willing to give them to the workers. She used all the pig hearts, pork belly, and large intestines to the best of her ability.

The effect of sending these things out is obvious. The divorce case did not come to fruition so quickly. The issue of Ah Chang’s ID card has basically been resolved. , It’s enough to just say to apply for a new ID card.

That afternoon, with the help of Aunt Chen and other helpers, Qiu Cheng killed the pig, and gave each helper some pork, pig bones, and pig water, and asked them to take it back and have a good New Year.

Then, Qiu Cheng took a pig leg and a pig heart, and went to Wang's house with Ah Chang.

The Wang family no longer makes tofu, and some beans and moldy tofu that had been hoarded in the yard were also moved to Qiu Cheng's place by the Wang family brothers.

Now they live carefully with an empty yard and a little rations. The old people in the country have been taken over by them, and the children in the family are not allowed to run wild outside every day, and they are detained at home all day.

"Uncle Qiu! Ah Chang!" Those hairy children were kept at home by the adults all day, and they were very bored. Seeing Qiu Cheng and Ah Chang passing by, they were overjoyed.

"Why are you still taking things?" Boss Wang came out to meet them, saw Qiu Cheng was carrying something in his hand, looked left and right, quickly pulled them into the courtyard, and turned around to close the courtyard door.

"There is one pig left, and it was killed today." Qiu Cheng smiled and handed over the cloth bag in his hand. He didn't dare to come over with a pig's leg, which was filled with a plastic bag and covered with a plastic bag outside. A cloth pocket.

"Ah! There's pork to eat!" Several children cheered and gathered together.

"Hush! Shh! Why are you yelling? Are you afraid that others won't know?" Mrs. Wang hurriedly stopped the children.

"Qiu Cheng, sit inside. Our family made some tofu today, and we plan to eat it for the New Year. You can take some back later. Apart from this, there is nothing else good. Say it this year."

Boss Wang invited Qiu Cheng to come in and sit down. He was really embarrassed to accept such a big pig leg, but he was reluctant to let him push it. It had been many years since they had eaten pork. When the children in the family heard about pork, Those eyes are shining, let alone a doll, he himself is so greedy.

"I took tofu from your house again. In the past few months, the tofu at home has never been broken." Qiu Cheng laughed.Although the Wang family no longer sells tofu, they still occasionally make some tofu for home use. Every time they make tofu, Qiu Cheng and the others are not left behind, so Qiu Cheng and the others have really eaten tofu in the past few months.

"What is a little tofu worth?" Old Man Wang said.

"It's been a rough time recently, so be careful." Qiu Cheng sat down in the room and said to them.

"I know, something happened in the alley next to it." Old man Wang said.

"What happened?" Qiu Cheng asked.

"The man went out to gather medicine, while the woman and child stayed at home, and they were robbed for some reason. One of the mother and child was laid down in the house, and the other was laid down in the yard. There was blood everywhere, waiting for the man When I came back, my wife had passed away, and the child is still in the hospital, so I don’t know if he will wake up.” Old man Wang said with a sigh.

"The neighbors didn't hear anything, and now everyone guesses that it was done by an acquaintance." Wang Chengliang added from the side.His stall selling stoves is no longer there.

Qiu Cheng was silent for a while after listening.

"Hey, it's also that the daughter-in-law is not careful. Her husband brought some good medicine back a while ago and exchanged a lot of cornmeal. She told her neighbor, but the neighbor didn't know what he was thinking about, and brought her cornmeal everywhere. Go out and spread the word, so that every household in this street knows that they have food at home." Wang Ersao said.

"Hey, people are gone, so don't talk about this." Old man Wang raised his hand, telling his daughter-in-law not to say this, the dead are the deadliest, so don't say anything wrong about her at this time.

"Shots were fired at Xinnan University two days ago, is your community okay?" Boss Wang asked Qiu Cheng.

"It's okay, another group of soldiers has been stationed in the university." Qiu Cheng said.

"Then you have to be more careful. I heard people talking about the six buildings in your Jiayuan community two days ago. They said that your building is rich and must have food. I was shocked to hear that." Mrs. Wang said.

"When I give up all the food, they don't have to worry about it." Qiu Cheng said helplessly.

"Giving it out? That's not allowed. If you don't know, you might think you have rice and noodles at home." The old lady of the Wang family quickly dissuaded.

"For those who are celebrating the new year, at least let them have a full meal." Qiu Cheng didn't want to make this limelight again, but those people in Xinnan University really had a hard time.

"Then what do you think?" Boss Wang asked him.

"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and I plan to go to Xinnan University to buy some corn bread and big pot dishes." Qiu Cheng said.

"Tomorrow, I will ask the eldest couple and the second couple to go with you, and Cheng Liang will watch the house with us." Old man Wang said.There are still some rations at home, and there are so many dolls, and someone has to watch them, so they can't all go away.

"Okay, at 06:30 tomorrow morning, you all wait for me downstairs in Jiayuan Community." Qiu Cheng said.

After the matter was finished, Qiu Cheng didn't stay any longer, and went home with Ah Chang. After returning, he greeted Shen Xing and asked her to arrange some people to come over to help make cornbread tomorrow morning.

At the fish factory, Old Hu's sister is the one who makes the best steamed buns. Since the summer began to collect insects, after Shen Xing learned that Lao Hu's sister has this skill, he recruited her to work in the fish factory as well. After living, he is responsible for making steamed buns, and now he has a few apprentices under him.

The next day, the two couples of the Wang family, Miss Hu and others came to Jiayuan Community early. In addition to Miss Hu, there were also two women who were in charge of the canteen and two young men from the fish farming factory. , they were all arranged by Shen Xing, fearing that they would not have enough manpower at that time.

With their help, the things that Qiu Cheng sorted out last night were all moved to the truck downstairs in no time. Boss Wang also rode a bicycle. It's a stove, iron pan and steamer.

Qiu Cheng and others came to the gate of Xinnan University in a mighty manner. There were already several soldiers waiting there. As soon as Qiu Cheng and the others arrived, they opened the door and led them to the square in front of the main building. shed.

Looking at these soldiers running back and forth, Qiu Cheng also felt very complicated. He knew that in the chaos of the previous two nights, these soldiers who were in charge of guarding the victims were also affected, and some were injured. Receive treatment at the medical center over there at the temporary base.

Even so, they were very happy when they heard that someone was coming here to give food to the victims, and they did not hold hostility towards all the victims because of the injury of a comrade-in-arms.

Similarly, Qiu Cheng also knew that among these victims, not everyone was grateful for what he had done, and some even had some bad ideas about it.

But Qiu Cheng didn't intend to give up some things that he wanted to do in his heart and could actually do because of this.

The truck was parked next to the shed, and Ms. Hu waited for the others to get out of the car, and began to knead the noodles to make steamed buns, which was a job they were used to.

Today they come here to work, and the fish factory has to ask others to take over first. Fortunately, on the New Year's Eve, not many people will go out of the city to mow the grass. Lao Hu and the others are still discussing, today It only takes half a day for the grass harvesting stall to be set up.

Several young soldiers found a very long leather pipe and pulled it out from a nearby teaching building. Qiu Cheng and the Wang brothers set up a large pot and planned to cook a few pots of cornmeal first.

In the nearby classroom upstairs, many people opened the windows to look this way. Qiu Cheng has good eyesight, and he can see the expressions of these people with a glance.

People are different. Some people, no matter how much suffering they have endured, as long as they encounter a little good thing, they can grin heartlessly, while some people always have a smile on their faces. There are winds and frosts that cannot be melted away.

The cornmeal batter cooks very quickly. Boil a large pot of boiling water in the pot, take another pot, mix the cornmeal and cold water in proportion, and when the water in the pot boils, pour the batter in the pot. Stir with a spatula while pouring, and it will be ready in a while.

After cooking a few pots of cornmeal paste, people in the building can be arranged to come out and line up to collect. The soldiers divided the victims into groups according to the classrooms they currently live in. Only those in the classroom in the back can come out and queue up after the people in the front classroom have finished receiving.

"They said that there will be cornstarch later, is it true?" When Qiu Cheng made cornmeal batter for these people, he often heard people ask this question.

"Really." Qiu Cheng replied with a smile, and the other party happily left with the cornmeal batter, and there were soldiers beside him to maintain order. After they received their share, they were not allowed to stay longer in the square of.

"Are the dolls getting enough to eat in the orphanage?" Sometimes someone will ask this question.

"The orphanage is better than here. Let's eat dumplings today." I heard that Shen Dingjun and the others slaughtered pigs today, so they sent some pork to the orphanage. There were also those who gave white noodles and leeks. The orphanage will make leeks and pork today. Dumplings to eat.

When Qiu Cheng and the others finished distributing the cornmeal batter, the first batch of steamed buns would almost be out of the cage.

At this time, take off a bag of suet and fat from the car, first boil lard in a large pot, then wash and rinse the potatoes, cabbage and carrots, cut them into pieces, divide them into several large pots, and stir fry them Cook, the pot is full of lard, and there are some oil residues.

People these days have not seen meat for a long time, and when they smell the smell of lard, they all feel that it is delicious.This kind of dish is also very good in Qiu Cheng's opinion. They used to eat vegetable oil, and they only ate pork lard a few times recently.

When the victims lined up for the second time, each of them received two cornmeal steamed buns and a bowl of cauldron.

Because there were so many people, Qiu Cheng and the others were busy from six or seven in the morning to more than two in the afternoon.The extra cornmeal and vegetables in the end were reserved for the soldiers in Xinnan University. Qiu Cheng knew that their rations were also very tight now.

Back home, after a short rest, Qiu Cheng also started making dumplings with noodles, kneading the dough in his hands, and the faces he saw at Xinnan University in the morning flashed in front of them one by one.

No matter how complicated people's hearts are, at the moment they take the food they handed over, most people's moods are pure and joyful, with a lot of gratitude and some heavier things in them.

In addition, Qiu Cheng has also seen greed and resentment. No matter how kind they pretend to be, when they turn their backs, when they think they are standing in an inconspicuous corner, they will always reveal the darkness in their hearts inadvertently.

Qiu Cheng has been busy cooking porridge and distributing food all morning. He is always smiling. No one knows that when his eyes are looking at you, he is also looking at this scene through his "eyes of heaven and earth". Not a single disturbance in the entire campus or in Xinnan University escaped his attention.

Qiu Cheng has now memorized the faces of several disaster victims, and he will pay more attention to these people in the next few days. Once they make a move, Qiu Cheng doesn't mind taking the first step.

It is not very difficult for Qiu Cheng to get rid of one or two people without anyone noticing, although he doesn't like this kind of thing very much.