Paternity

Chapter 104

"It's not just our city. According to the current known situation, nearby Yunzhong City, Kaiyun City, and Fubei City all faced signal loss and power outages."

Su Yiqing worked in the city government office, and had climbed up a bit over the years. In the city, except for a few wealthy businessmen with relatively strong energy, those who work in government departments can get the first prize of information.

There was no power outage and no signal. They had no way of getting information from the outside world through the phone or the Internet, but all of those methods were invented by people. Thousands of years ago, there was no Internet and no cell phones Could it be that the ancients had no way of communicating?

What's more, they now have more convenient and faster means of transportation. Government leaders are sending people to nearby towns and provincial capitals as quickly as possible. From last night's power outage to now, enough people to go back and forth .

The information obtained so far is not very optimistic, and this is not just a change that is happening within his own city.

The leader immediately called some cadres in the unit for a centralized meeting, in the middle of the conversation, another person rushed in and whispered something into the leader's ears, after the leader listened, his face changed drastically.

"People sent to the provincial capital have returned. The coverage I just mentioned is still too small. Not only the nearby cities, but the entire Huaguo is now in a state of total power failure."

As a political center, the capital is much faster than the local government, once the problem is found, a special team is sent to the provincial government to maintain order.

Colleagues sent to the provincial capital soon returned after hearing the news and delivered the bad news.

The satellites disappeared, so their phones and other communication devices lost signals. The impact of satellite loss is much more than that. Many devices that rely on satellite navigation also fail. Relying on satellite navigation, aircraft that rely purely on inertial navigation can be used.

Around nine o'clock last night, at the time the satellite disappeared, there were countless traffic accidents such as planes and ships, many people may not even know that their relatives were at the time of the accident.

The second is a power outage. No one can know the cause of the power outage. There were no problems with the equipment, and the electrical energy disappeared from this world inexplicably. It is impossible to find the reason, let alone recover it .

The provincial capital has issued the highest level of security alert This sudden change is undoubtedly the most serious challenge to the capabilities of the local government.

Soothing the emotions of the people and maintaining order and stability are the top priorities of their current work.

But clearly, after hearing the news, all the government cadres sitting in the meeting room panicked, they knew how heavy their responsibilities were, but at the same time, they were, they care more about their families.

How do you deliver that message and prepare your family?

Unexplained blackout, loss of all unexplained satellites.

What about other countries, they are the same as Hua, or is this change actually a conspiracy against Hua by Ugly, Fool, Thief and other countries?

In any case, they seem to have to prepare for the long-term loss of satellites, electric power, and all the facilities that rely on satellites and electric power for the foreseeable future.

It will definitely change the way of life of most people today, especially those who live in the city.

Food, water, and various supplies. This was a message that everyone present wanted to convey to his family immediately. Just remember that the phone can no longer make calls.

Su Yiqing pulled out her hand that had grabbed her pocket.

He was not too worried about food. His mother always had a habit of hoarding food. When new rice was harvested each season, he would buy several hundred catties of rice and put them in his barn. The whole family can save food ., it can also be for two or three months, not to mention besides rice, yam, potatoes, dried corn and other grains that are easy to store will be stored in the granary.

Moreover, his family still owned several acres of land in the countryside, and his mother grew all kinds of vegetables and fruits, compared to her colleagues who grew up in the city, she was not too worried about eating.

Su Yiqing felt that even though he wanted to hoard items, he had to stockpile some materials that were not easy to produce in the future.

If there is going to be a power outage in the long run, then all the items that need to be reprocessed will probably be luxury goods, such as toilet paper, sanitary pads, drugs commonly used... He thinks there are too many things to buy .

Too bad he could not contact his wife, Su Yiqing could only pray that his wife had a good understanding with him and immediately work to find him.

*****

Kong Yao and Su Yiqing did indeed have quite a deep tacit understanding, but that tacit understanding was not in terms of finding it, but in the procurement of materials.

The first time he came to Shanghuo Street, he, Kong Yao bought twenty ten-roll toilet paper bags and twenty-dollar old-fashioned toilet paper from one of the few daily necessities shops on the street. The paper was roughly the size of A4 paper, and each bag contained a hundred sheets of toilet paper, cheaper and more durable than toilet paper packaged in rolls and pumped, also more coarse, than the paper, Deng Caihua likes to use this type of toilet paper, except In addition to the cheap price, it is not easy to tear when wiping the buttocks, unlike toilet paper which requires several sheets to be stacked at once.

In addition, Kong Yao also bought ten toothpastes, twenty pieces of soap, the two largest bags of packaged laundry soap, and other messy daily necessities in the same store.

When it was time to check out, Kong Yao subconsciously took out her phone and prepared to scan the QR code to pay.

"Beautiful, no signal now!"

Facing Kong Yao's actions, the boss did not immediately react, and he did not think about it until he handed Kong Yao a printed QR code himself.

Kong Yao patted his head, he was stupid!

Before, I only thought my phone still had a battery and could scan a QR code to pay, but I forgot that neither Alipay nor Fetion could be opened without the Internet.

"Wait, let me figure out how much money I have."

Kong Yao was slightly embarrassed, and as he searched inside the bag, cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Who will be carrying cash when going out lately? He only found a small dime in the middle of the bag, and he did not know when to be left behind. Probably less than twenty yuan if you put it together.

Kong Yao thought, he still has to go home, his parents must have some cash.

"The total is four hundred and twenty-eight, right? Let's clean it up."

Su Aobai opened his wallet and took out a 420 and handed it to the boss.

"Little business, forget it, for the sake of you being the first customer to visit today, I'll delete it for you."

The boss took the money, checked the hundred yuan note, and agreed with a smile.

Everyone may struggle with power outages and no signals. Today there is absolutely no business on this path.

"Fortunately, Erbai, you brought cash."

Together with the boss, the two packed the daily necessities they had just bought into the trunk of the seven-seater off-road vehicle.

Previously, Kong Yao had thought it would be an exaggeration if her sister-in-law borrowed a large wagon to pick up her mother-in-law, but now she was using it to pack things, and it turned out that she was borrowing the right wagon.

He bought so many miscellaneous items now that he didn't even fill half of the rear compartment, there were still two rows of spacious seats behind where items could be stored.

"Well, when I get back this time, I plan on giving Mom a big red envelope."

While talking, Su Aobai took the briefcase from the back seat, unzipped it, and let the sister-in-law see some pile of hundred yuan money inside, all of it was new money being taken out of the bank, and some of it. The rope on it hasn't been removed, and it looks like forty to fifty thousand.

"It's good!"

Kong Yao's eyes twinkled, and he led his brother-in-law straight to the next battlefield.

Now you have cash, what you're afraid of, a big buy.

He did not say a polite thing about lending her money to buy things. The relationship between the two families is close, and he is not the type of person who likes to take advantage. When the time came, when electricity was available, he would naturally return the money to buy something to him.

And if there really was a long-term power outage and no signal, it was likely that Kong Yao would choose to take the child back to the countryside to live with her mother-in-law temporarily. used together.

When Kong Yao bought it, he only bought it for one big family, without dividing it into two families.

"Oil, dry goods, dry noodles are also delicious, and several boxes of instant noodles are also available..."

Since the cash was relatively sufficient, Kong Yao counted the items to be purchased and the amount to be purchased with his finger.

"Really! The water!"

At the sight of the drink rack, Kong Yao suddenly thought about the water being cut off during the day.

If the electricity is not restored for a long time, drinking water will be a big problem. I had to buy some big buckets of water for storage. I can use old well water in the yard for washing and bathing. I can eat and eat. Drinking Kong Yao is really uncomfortable.

However, you do not need to buy bottled water on commercial roads, when you return later, you can pass the local drinking water plant and buy dozens of barrels, it can be shipped to the countryside.

"Erbai, why did you buy so much seasoning?"

Since her mother-in-law made a list of condiments for her sister-in-law, Kong Yao did not notice those things while hoarding, until she saw her sister-in-law stuffing all kinds of herbs into the box.

The most commonly used condiments such as salt, sugar, and monosodium glutamate, I bought two boxes each, and there were twenty packs of 500g seasoning in each box.

In addition, soy sauce, vinegar, oyster sauce, thirteen other condiments and condiments are also purchased in boxes.

Even though Kong Yao was thinking of stockpiling things, he had never thought of hoarding so much. He still felt strength and the signal would recover sooner or later. Maybe he would make fun of people for stockpiling so much stuff right now.

Who knew that he felt that he might be impulsive and quite reckless, his brother-in-law had no rules other than himself.

"Mother made a list, but didn't say how much to buy?"

Su Aobai looked innocent, carrying a ketchup box containing 24 bottles in his hands, with a submissive tone.

"Bos said if you buy more, it'll be cheaper than what you gave me, and you also said you need to buy more, so I bought this back."

He had an honest face, and there seemed to be a line written on his face - I did everything as you ordered.

Kong Yao was helpless, he used to think that his brother-in-law was listening to his mother-in-law and husband, but he didn't realize that his brother-in-law was so concerned with his words.

Forget it, I bought everything, and at worst, cooked more often in the future, and tried using these spices like soy sauce and vinegar before the shelf-life ran out.

"Beauty, you guys buy a lot of stuff, I can give you another discount, you like this condiment package, fatty beef in sour soup, fried shrimp in oil, sweet sour pork tenderloin ... just prepare the ingredients, follow the instructions on the spice packaging The way is to add ingredients in it, and the taste is not much different from in a large restaurant. If you buy ten packs, I'll give you two extra packs.

"Beautiful, dried shrimp likes to be chopped..."

Spending money is very addictive, especially when it comes to big purchases. Lately, Kong Yao's mind was also swelled by the stall owner. Many things were not necessary in his initial plan, or his requests were not enough. So big, but under the temptation of various discounts and exclusions from the boss, I accidentally bought too much.

Only when the last crack in the car filled up did Kong Yao's consciousness gradually recover, and the cash in Su Ao's white bag was only left over a thousand yuan.

Looking at the rear compartment and the airtight backseat, Kong Yao blushed to himself who had just taught his uncle to buy too much seasoning.

Originally, I planned to stockpile items worth several thousand dollars, and if I were to hoard them, it would cost tens of thousands, with so much inventory, the family would have to use them for a long time, right?

Kong Yao had a headache, but ever since he bought it, he couldn't think too much about it.

This small regret, turned into happiness as I drove to the city government office and saw Su Yiqing rushing out of her work unit.

Kong Yao never expected the blackout signal to be national in scale, as it had not been contacted with any other country, and it was still uncertain whether the country's reach would be extended to the rest of the world.

If all the satellites in the world are lost, and electricity cannot be turned back on, stockpiling is essential.

Kong Yao even felt that the tens of thousands of dollars he had just bought might not be enough.

"Erbai, quickly return to the village to inform our mother and the village chief. You came by car, right? Don't return this car, and help stockpile some things when the time comes. Also, Yaoyao, I "I'll pick it up later. I gave you the car keys. When you left, you got out of our car and went looking for my father-in-law. Remember to tell your parents not to sell food at home. By the way, tell your village cadre about the situation so everyone is ready."

Su Yiqing did not know when this inexplicable situation would return to normal, but he knew that if it was abnormal on a national or even global scale and continued for a long time, it was not normal, the current social order will certainly be chaotic.

They have to prepare for the worst.

"Should hurry!"

Su Yiqing knew for sure that there were others who knew insider information trying to tell their relatives.Although communication was cut off now, there were still other ways to spread the news.

Once this news was widespread, I was worried that these supplies would not be easy to buy.

One was worried about rising prices, and the other was worried that the bosses would never sell them again.

As the three of them spoke, several waves of people came out of the office building one by one, and they also talked to their family members, the news might soon spread.

Both Kong Yao and Su Aobai seemed to be infected by Su Yiqing's urgency, and they left hurriedly without staying for long in the city office.

"Hey! I forgot to mention that!"

After Kong Yao and Su Aobai left, Su Yiqing suddenly patted her head violently.

As a small leader of the city government, Su Yiqing was also able to find out some relatively secret events Some time ago, many people had fallen ill.

Some suddenly sweat profusely, some suddenly have a magnetic force on the body, and without the use of glue or other objects, the skin sticks to the metal only, and without the use of the material, and some were suddenly burned in his clothes, but not burned to death ...

As soon as this strange news was reported, they were taken over by higher-level units before it could be dealt with, and those suffering from "strange diseases" were also taken elsewhere to be treated.

Since Su Yiqing did not deal with this matter, he did not pay much attention to these things at that time.There were so many strange diseases in the world, and did not rule out the possibility of faking or exaggerating reality.

But given back now, combined with the unexplained disappearance of satellites, and the unexplained inability of various power plants to generate electricity, he said, Su Yiqing felt that the strange illness might not be a strange illness. Perhaps these changes are also linked to a disease that began at midnight yesterday.

Su Yiqing felt a bit heavy.

Why do you think about it, it's increasingly looking like the end of the world?

That strange disease was the first sign of a supernatural power, and there would probably be zombies, natural disasters and the like in the future.

Thinking of this, Su Yiqing quickly shook her head.

How could there be such a strange thing, he must have thought too much.

The electricity will come back, the signal will come back, I just hope everything is their unfounded worry.

*****

"Why is electricity not here? Guohua was the same. He said he went to town to ask for news. He's been gone for over an hour now, and he hasn't brought any news!"

"Stop complaining. Ren Guohua rode a bicycle here. Can the speed be the same as driving a battery car before? Besides, what if the city can't solve it? He rode a bike to the county seat, and it didn't." It didn't take long to go back and forth. More than an hour."

Without water or electricity, a group of villagers with little work in their hands gathered to chat.

It's now the hottest month of August, usually on the hottest day, everyone blowing a fan or AC at home, eating watermelon ice, but now there's no electricity, no electricity, so they could only sit on the tree enjoying the shade in the shade, with all kinds of fans in hand.

"Do you feel like today's temperature is lower than it was a few days before?"

There was an old woman who fanned herself twice. In the past, the wind coming out of the fan was very hot, and he had to turn on the AC to feel cool. Now he was sitting in the courtyard, fanning the wind, but he did not feel that special.

“What's his name? from the AC Exhaled by the engine is hot air, and the weather outside is already hot enough, with so much hot air blowing simultaneously, it will not overheat to death.

Another skinny old woman explained.

“I think it's good to turn off the occasional electricity, and the temperature will soon drop. Thinking about when we were young, and no AC was rare, it would be nice to have a fan in the house. I didn't think so at the time. It's so hot, the kind of heat that makes people feel stupid under the sun."

It is natural that temperatures rise and fall, and everyone does not pay much attention to whether the day is colder than the previous few days.

"I don't think the power outage was good at all. I was watching "Let Love Come Home" yesterday, and I just saw a daughter-in-law who's upset about having a miscarriage."

Another elderly woman said she did not want a power outage at all. Although they lived in the countryside, most of them in the south were relatively prosperous. What's up with the heat? Paying more electricity bills is a big deal, and that doesn't mean they can't afford to turn on the AC.

"You've also seen Let Love Come Home!"

Deng Caihua's voice soon rose, and a group of elderly women found a sidekick and began discussing the plot of the TV series intensely.

Some people stood as heroines, thinking that she was too pitiful and always met with trash.

Some people thought that even though the hostess of the mother-in-law was loud, she did nothing wrong. Who made the hostess unfit for her son? Cinderella jumped off the branch and became a hairless phoenix.Will not the mother-in-law be allowed to say a few words Most of those who had this thought were women who had already become mother-in-law.

The other part is the same as Deng Caihua, scolding both sides, not only angry at the heroine for not meeting expectations, stingy, but also upset at other characters in the TV series.

Under the shade of the tree, it suddenly became bustling, full of chatter about the character's name and plot.

"The old woman in the family is really poisonous..."

"That little daughter-in-law really, why ..."

"Ram Chi Ram Chi—"

"If I were that little daughter-in-law, if that old godmother dared to make me have no children, I would ..."

"Ram Chi Ram Chi—"

"The man is also dead. His wife was rubbed like that by her own mother, so she..."

"Ram Chi Ram Chi—"

The heat suddenly stopped.

Why do you feel that when they discuss the plot, there is a strange sound coming in?

"Ram Chi Ram Chi—"

In a silent atmosphere, this time the snoring sound sounded very clear.

"Mama!"

Ma Aifang leaped three feet high, and saw a huge boar running towards them not far from there, with a pair of tusks shining sharply in the sunlight.

The crowd suddenly dispersed, crying over their father and mother, some asking for weapons to subdue the wild boar, and some asking for help. Their voices are so loud that they don't pull the boar away, but focus on that cauliflower's ass Deng.

"Sin, why are you looking at me!"

Deng Caihua looked back and saw the boar following his butt, he was almost frightened.

"Don't follow me either!"

Ma Aifang who was running in front of Deng Caihua used all his strength to run, his face flushed red.

With so many people, why would they follow him in this direction?

Deng Caihua, the troublemaker, was eager to hurt him!

In fact, Deng Caihua really didn't think too much this time, but the two subconsciously ran in the same direction.

Birds first, then dogs, then chickens, ducks and geese, and now the boar is chasing, Deng Caihua is waving his old hands and feet quickly, she still has to help Susu face her evil mother-in-law, she must not die in the boar's mouth.

With a burst of spirit, he ran to Ma Aifang.