LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 80 Outing
There was a buzz in the crowd, which was quickly drowned out by Ms. Zhao's voice.
"Everyone should have seen the news that power rationing will begin tomorrow. The property management company has contacted us to purchase household power supplies. When we come back, we will count the number of people in the group chat and try to give everyone a preferential price. We have plenty of time, so there is no need to rush."
She paused, and then continued in a slower tone: "The situation is not good now, but we have experienced worse. Didn't we come here when the community was closed? It's the same this time. Everyone is hoarding You have enough to eat, don’t panic, you can get through it.”
Wei Jiao listened and sighed in her heart. There had been a global epidemic before, and the community she lived in had also been sealed off. That time was in the past, but this time...
Ms. Zhao's voice sounded again: "That's all, everyone, please pay attention to safety on the road. There is a map in the group, don't go to the wrong place, let's go!"
After hearing this, Wei Jiao paused for a moment and waited for the people around her to disperse to the parking spaces, then she followed suit.
At this moment, there was a sound of kicking footsteps coming from behind, and a male voice came over in a drawn-out voice: "Why are you leaving? I just arrived!"
Wei Jiao didn't stop and glanced as she walked. A figure wearing black clothes with a round belly walked over with the sound of slippers.
Then, she heard Ms. Zhao's voice: "It's almost time. Are you driving by yourself or with someone else?"
The male voice echoed again with a drag: "I have my own car——"
Ms. Zhao neatly cut off the man's drawn-out voice: "Then let's go straight away. It's hot outside. Get in the car and turn on the air conditioner."
The male voice stopped again: "Hey, wait a minute - I just came out to hear what you are talking about? Why don't you wait for someone?"
Ms. Zhao said: "Hi, just a little reminder. I have posted the details in our group. You can take a look. You can see it whether you are going or not."
"I said - why didn't you wait for someone?"
This tone was so annoying that Wei Jiao stopped beside her car and turned away with a frown.
Ms. Zhao was in the field of vision. Opposite her was a hand on her belly. She looked at Ms. Zhao and said, "We have decided to gather at 50 points. I just said a few words about 50 points. It's not confidential."
After a pause, he added: "You seem to have a bit of a misunderstanding. Our property management department has just started to remind everyone to buy some things and stock up. Everyone is going their own way. There is nothing to wait for."
The hand on the belly was unforgiving: "Why did you summon us if we didn't wait? We are here to lecture you, right?"
Ms. Zhao's tone was still the same, showing no other emotions: "After all, our property management took the lead in saying this. It was a hot day and it was late at night. I told everyone to pay attention to safety. As for the other words, they were all spoken in the group. They were easy to say in person. After mentioning a few sentences, everyone can remember it more."
The hand seemed to be scratching, and Ms. Zhao raised her voice and finished: "Don't stand here on a hot day. Let's hurry up and go back early."
After saying that, Ms. Zhao no longer waited for a response and walked away.
Wei Jiao smiled, opened the door and got in the car, turning on the air conditioner to cool down first. During the delay, many cars had already set off, but as Ms. Zhao said, it was not a school outing in the first place, so everyone just went their separate ways.
Regardless of whether those who responded to the registration are calculating or simply following the crowd, since they choose to act together, they are generally people who are more clumsy and organized. They have stocked up and have food at home. They are a group of people with relatively low risks.
When everyone gathers together to say a few words, it actually slightly improves the cohesion; and compared with the words seen in the chat box, the words spoken in person are indeed more memorable.
Moreover, doesn't this make her remember a prickly face?
After the temperature in the car dropped a little, she took another piece of ice from the space and put it into her mouth. She also joined the traffic that was leaving one after another and drove to the warehouse supermarket at her destination.
The road at twelve o'clock at night was busier than she expected, and when she arrived at the supermarket, the situation inside was even more crowded than she had predicted.
But it wasn't particularly chaotic. There were quite a lot of people, and you would bump into other people's shoulders accidentally when walking in the aisle, but everyone was still orderly. Although they seemed to be busy loading things into the shopping cart, they didn't grab anything. of.
She didn't take the shopping cart and walked in along with the crowd. At the entrance, she saw several booths filled with mooncakes.
…When did you start selling mooncakes?
I looked at the calendar and saw that indeed, the Mid-Autumn Festival is at the end of the month, and there is still more than half a month to go. Logically speaking, mooncakes should indeed be on the market.
She came out just to see the situation, and she wasn't really short of supplies, so she just symbolically picked up a bag of mooncakes from the pile with the highest number. When she saw it in her hand, she saw that it was stuffed with fruit.
It's said to be fruit filling, but it's actually made of winter melon, and it's sweetened. It's not surprising that most of it is left.
She carried it and walked inside again. Everyone basically had a bag of rice or flour in their shopping cart. The instant noodles area was all over the place, the same was true for the canned food area, and even more so in the fruit and vegetable area. There was a lot of people and it was quite lively.
She didn't squeeze in, but walked around the supermarket along the way to check out the situation and felt a little confident.
As soon as the power outage news came out, everyone did have a sense of crisis, but maybe it was affected by similar experiences in the past, or maybe they were paralyzed by the rising temperatures in the past few years, so they didn't feel particularly panicked.
At least that's the case with the residents around here.
She wandered around, picked up another carton of milk and some snacks, paid the bill and left directly.
After getting into the car, she turned on the air conditioner to cool down first, and she took the opportunity to look at the group chat.
As Ms. Zhao said, the few words she said in front of everyone were expanded in writing in the group, reminding people who have to go out to work at night to pay attention to safety, mentioning some precautions for stocking up, and specifically writing everyone You can buy some medicines for daily use.
There is also another issue regarding the unified procurement of household power supplies, which is used to count people and let the property management keep prices down.
Different from this activity of purchasing supplies, the property management company emphasizes the freedom to purchase household power supplies. It is recommended that everyone purchase them in a unified manner. It is also best to report if you purchase it by yourself, because power supplies always have safety hazards.
The property management company stated that after the unified purchase, the community's electrical maintenance union will share detailed instructions and precautions. If you have any questions, you can call maintenance at any time to ensure the safety of residents' electricity use.
Wei Jiao was very happy after watching it, just to stop some people from pretending to know how to fool around and end up causing trouble.
She couldn't help but think of the bare belly just now, and shook her head. She hoped that such a person would be a little more cowardly - at least he would listen to advice if he was afraid of death.
After once again praising the reliable property, she drove back to the community and didn't meet anyone else when she arrived at the parking lot.
After checking the time, I guess she came back early. Although she walked around the supermarket, she didn't squeeze in to get anything, which may have saved her time and effort compared to other residents who really needed to stock up.
Finally returning home, she breathed a sigh of relief, rushed into the bedroom, turned on the air conditioner again, and took advantage of the time to cool down the house to take a shower.