Read Novel Full Chapter 213: Boiling Water
Chapter 213: Boiling Water
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, He Tianming wished the residents of the community a happy Mid-Autumn Festival through the broadcast.
Whether they were truly happy or not, they knew in their hearts, but with the blessings of others, even if it was just spiritual chicken soup, they could feel a hint of humanity in this world.
Moreover, he also shared a short inspirational article.
It might not be useful for someones who’s hungry or dying, but having just received welfare benefits from the city yesterday and collected a lot of hail to replenish the water source, the sweet potatoes planted by each household would soon be harvested.
So, his blessings and sharing were quite timely.
This was the power of a psychologist. Jiang Ning felt that she should read more books on this topic.
In the evening, the three of them, along with the dog, celebrated the festival.
Jiang Ning remembered that she had some mooncakes before. After rummaging for a long time, she found them: lotus seed paste, five nuts, white lotus seed paste with salted egg yolk, and snow skin mooncakes.
She liked the ones with salted egg yolk. After eating the yolk, she took a few more bites of lotus seed paste and then tossed the rest to Huo Yishen.
Doudou didn’t eat much either. After nibbling on a few bites of red bean paste and snow skin, he also handed them to his brother.
Huo Yishen, who had a pile of mooncakes in front of him, “…”
In the end, the dog was the happiest. It really enjoyed the mooncakes.
Crunching away, it helped the instructor finish a few, this revolutionary friendship was unparalleled.
“Good dog.” Huo Yishen secretly rewarded it with a piece of beef jerky.
After raising it for a few days and not even letting it do a bit of work, Jiang Ning felt like her limbs were about to deteriorate.
She had to go downstairs and move around no matter what, so she carried a bucket downstairs to fetch water.
When she got to the well, she found that the water level had dropped again. The old man who dug the well and two other residents were still digging deeper in the well, and there was already a lot of yellow mud piled up not far away.
The people above the well looked serious. They had been digging for half a day, but not much water had come out.
If the drought continued, not only would the sweet potatoes be dried out, but there would also be no water for people to drink. When would this end?
If they couldn’t stay here, where else could they go?
Jiang Ning sensed their helplessness and confusion, and her heart grew heavy.
The extreme heat wasn’t going to end so soon.
As she walked back with the bucket, something suddenly splashed onto her face.
It was warm, hot even.
Bird droppings?
Splatter, there it was again.
Jiang Ning reached out to touch it and indeed found it wet.
But there was no smell.
She looked at the water on her fingertips, puzzled.
Then she looked up at the sky.
Splatter, splatter…
Raindrops were really falling, and they were hot.
“It’s raining, it’s raining!”
The workers at the well shouted excitedly, their voices distorted with excitement, “Oh God, It’s raining.”
But soon, they realized something was wrong with the rain. It was actually hot.
It was indeed raining, but it was raining of boiling water.
Hot enough to soak your feet directly.
The workers quickly grabbed ropes, trying to pull the people in the well up, “Hurry, it’s raining.”
The ropes were covered in yellow mud, and the rain made them slippery. It was impossible to grip them properly.
The boiling water poured down, and soon the world became blurred.
The well was dug very deep, at least seventy to eighty meters deep, and there were several people at the bottom. If they weren’t pulled up in time, once the rainwater flooded in or the groundwater seeped out, they would be in danger.
Jiang Ning went back and forth, helping to pull the ropes.
But it was too slippery, and her hands hurt badly from gripping them.
She reached into her pocket and took out a handkerchief to wrap around the rope.
The rain pelted down, forcing people to keep their eyes shut.
The unusual temperature made everyone afraid. What if it got hotter and hotter? What if they were cooked alive?
Fear surged, and someone took off their shirt and wrapped it around the rope, joining forces to pull it with all their might.
One person was pulled up, and then they threw the rope back down to pull up the next one.
The community patrol found shelter from the rain and saw everyone rushing to the well, so they rushed over to help.
All three people in the well were pulled up.
By now, the sky was already dark with heavy rain, and everyone hurriedly ran home, braving the rain.
Jiang Ning picked up the bucket, intending to shelter from the rain and go home, but her arm was suddenly grabbed.
Suddenly, a large umbrella appeared above her head—it was Huo Yishen.
He actually brave the rain to bring her an umbrella.
“Let’s go quickly.” The natural disasters were strange, who knew if boiling water would really pour down later. Huo Yishen took her hand and hurried along, tilting the umbrella towards her side instinctively. “Be careful.”
The two hurried home through the pouring rain.
Doudou was waiting at the entrance of the building and the dog was wagging its tail frantically.
Jiang Ning suddenly felt her eyes moisten.
In her previous life, things were unbearable, but in this life, not only did someone risk their life to come and get her, but there were also people waiting for her to come home.
Jiang Ning, soaked like a drowned rat, went upstairs. Huo Yishen took out clean clothes from the closet and used a dry towel to help her dry her hair. “Hurry and change, don’t catch a cold.”
Though he said that, he didn’t seem to have any intention of leaving.
Jiang Ning pushed him out of the door and quickly changed clothes.
Huo Yishen, who was pushed out of the door, “…”
After changing her clothes, Jiang Ning dried her hair and took out ginger soup with brown sugar from the space to drink. She didn’t forget to prepare a cup for him too.
She realized he was also soaked all over. She couldn’t help but urge him, “You should change too.”
The community loudspeaker sounded, with He Tianming urging residents with the means to do so to stock up on water as much as possible.
Huo Yishen came out drying his hair, “Anning, should we stock up on water too?”
Jiang Ning thought for a moment, “Yes.”
The water could be used for irrigation and also… for renovation.
“Let’s renovate our house.”
To be honest, having seen too much malice and darkness, Jiang Ning had developed a habit of being wary of even the light. She had always been wary of He Tianming’s identity as a psychologist.
It couldn’t be denied that he had the ability to heal psychological illnesses, but at the same time, he could also… manipulate people’s hearts.
But after this strange rain, Jiang Ning was touched. The true character of a person is revealed in the smallest details. If it were others, they would have fled long ago when they encountered boiling rain.
They were worried and afraid, but they still insisted on rescuing those at the bottom of the well.
The patrol team did the same.
If they all left, the people at the bottom of the well would be drowned by the rain.
True selfishness and fear cannot be concealed.
They were able to maintain a good mentality today, thanks to He Tianming’s efforts. Jiang Ning was looking forward to her new life in Aoyuan.
Outside, the torrential rain grew heavier, and the parched earth finally received long-awaited rain.
Watching the pouring rain, Jiang Ning felt her heart lighten.
Whether it was nature’s punishment to humanity, but it still gave a glimmer of hope.
She put on her raincoat and took out all the buckets and basins she had just obtained from Sharp mouthed monkey.
There was a sunshade on the large terrace, where the water gathered and flowed down smoothly, making it easy to collect water.
She filled the buckets first, and when they were full, she poured them into the water tower in the space.
The overly enthusiastic dog wanted to help, but Jiang Ning drove it back.
Help? It would only make things worse. If it got wet, she’d have to dry it and groom it later, which would be a lot of work.
But Jiang Ning didn’t expect to be driven back by Huo Yishen too. “Keep an eye on Doudou and Coke. I’ll take care of it.”
After being driven away, she called the two into the living room, took out some snacks, and turned on the cartoons. “Be good and stay here, don’t move.”
The rain continued, but the sun didn’t disappear. It still fiercely roasted the earth, continuously adding light and heat to the rain.
The heavy rain and intense sun coexisted, and the sky reflected a strange color, hazy and intense, like an unknown misty forest.
Having lived for so long, Jiang Ning saw such a scene for the first time and couldn’t help but feel a bit horrified.
In the face of natural disasters in the end times, was there anything that was impossible to happen?
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