[Waiting for the end of the world] Dongli chrysanthemum

He only rented the warehouse for one month, and there are still more than ten days before it expires, and he is renting a house when it is due on October [-], to save some money.There were no beds in the warehouse, so a few cardboard boxes were dismantled and spread on the concrete floor, and then blankets were laid on the bed. The weather was a bit stuffy, and Eleven fell asleep vaguely with a thin quilt around their waists.

Two days before the weather forecast, a red rainstorm warning was issued. The masses have already experienced this. The company let employees go off work in advance. Controversy, sandbags piled up five meters high on the embankment of the river, soldiers and police have been busy all day, families living in low-lying areas also put their things on high places, the rescue team is ready, and the media is also ready to report the rain in time Prepared, but the rainstorm did not come on time.

It was dark clouds over the city at night, and the black clouds were extremely low. At this time, the night was deep, and most people had already fallen asleep. Outside the sky, the strong wind rolled the black clouds and rolled, and the thunder was accompanied by lightning. Between the lightning and the thunder, there was heavy rain. Shroud the entire age-old city with a destructive aura!

Street trees were bent over by the strong wind, and many branches were broken or even uprooted. A tall plane tree outside a certain community was hung up when it fell to the ground. The room was pitch black, except for the occasional lightning that pierced the clouds to illuminate the night sky.

Eleven heard the sound of thunder and got up to open the door. The wind blowing through the crack of the door brought raindrops and hit his head and face. Looking at the dim street lamps, the rain brought dust from the road and poured it into the sewer. Judging by the force of the rain, I'm afraid The sewers will soon be full, and the rainwater will not flow out. When the time comes, the street will be flooded. The terrain of this warehouse does not seem to be high, and the flooding is predictable.

I bought so many things, but I forgot the rainproof equipment. It seems that even if I have a rain poncho and umbrella, it may not work in the heavy rain.Take a step and see, there is no hotel nearby, otherwise you can leave early.

Several or even dozens of thunderbolts descended on the sky like the end of the world, and the white light in the dark night sky connected the sky and the earth with a force of destruction.Lightning fell, and a ball of thunder exploded in the nearby street, splitting a tree, and the shop next to it was not spared. The fire was burning, and even the heavy rain could not be extinguished. Someone in the shop ran out to the phone booth to call in the rain. Call for help.

The stagnant water on the road quickly flooded up and submerged the road. It seemed that he could not stay any longer. Eleven put all the things in the warehouse into the Dongli space, put on a motorcycle helmet, pushed the door out, and walked along the front of the shop a little higher. The ladder ran to the higher ground.

There were several people standing in front of Carrefour. They seemed to be nocturnal passers-by. They were standing close to the iron gate of the supermarket. They were soaked all over their bodies on Eleventh. They took off their helmets and held them in their hands. They stood alone in a corner. Too loud and drowns out most of the sound.

The water in the street was getting higher and higher. A small car came from the east, and it turned off after a while. The door opened and two people, a man and a woman, ran up in embarrassment, covering their heads with things.

The torrential rain lasted for four full hours, and the accumulated water flooded the steps in front of the door. In the next half an hour, Carrefour would be flooded. Their car was submerged in the water until it reached the top. Heavy rain, this day is getting more and more abnormal! The government is also collecting so much tax and advocating how well the city is built, and the next rain will flood everywhere..."

The stagnant water had an unpleasant smell, floating all kinds of garbage, and even the dead bodies of small animals. A small black animal was floating on a wooden board, whimpering twice from time to time, and a gust of wind blew by. Eleven Ji Lingling shuddered, and the board floated slowly to the front of the steps.

The woman was surprised: "A black cat! It seems to be injured."

The black cat struggled to climb down the wooden plank, jumped up the steps with trembling legs, tilted its head to look at the person in front of it, and finally moved to the side of the eleventh foot, lying still on its stomach.

A thunderstorm turned the entire urban area into an underwater city. The deepest part of the accumulated water reached five meters. The thunderstorm covered a large area, and the water from the upper reaches continued to flow down. The water will not recede. People who go out wear slippers and sandals and walk through the water. Several people in front of Carrefour have left, including the man and woman. Their cars are no longer visible. They can only wait for the water level to drop. drag.

Eleven has always disliked this kind of muddy yellow and dirty water, and his childhood memories are indelible. The "water monster" in the river a few days ago also made him palpitate, so he sat on the steps all the time, and the black cat did not leave. The injury was a little serious, and it was poured by the heavy rain for a long time, so maybe he couldn't walk anymore.

He always puts his hands in the pockets of his jacket to cover things when he takes things from Dongli Space. When he takes out a pack of beef jerky, the black cat makes a low cry, straightens up slightly, and stares at the beef with its big and round eyes. Dry, it seems to be very hungry, the front two paws are pawing the ground, if it is not injured, I am afraid that it would have rushed over and quickly grabbed the beef jerky in Eleven's hand, just like those cunning and greedy wild cats.

Of course, there will be no wild cats here, perhaps abandoned domestic cats, wandering outside by themselves, because of accidental injuries-once a stray cat is injured, it is easy to die, there is no food, starvation is common.

Eleven looked at the beef jerky in his hand, put it in his mouth under the black cat's piercing gaze, and fed the beef jerky to the stray cat?He used to be reluctant to buy this stuff to eat, and he never thought about buying beef jerky for hoarding food. It was put in Dongli Space by Yan Changnian.

He seemed to see strong emotions in the black cat's eyes, and even gritted his teeth. It's not fun to be bitten by a stray cat, but now the street is flooded and he can't leave for a while. Come up and take a sip, and have to go to the hospital for an injection.

There were still a few pieces of potato beef left over from the goulash I ate last night. Eleven looked around and lowered his head to put a few pieces of potatoes in front of the black cat.

The black cat sniffed it, but didn't eat it.

Also picky eaters!Are stray cats eligible to be picky eaters?Eleven endured it for a long time, and then sat on the other side. The black cat barely propped up its limbs and walked to his side with difficulty, still lying twenty centimeters away.

After eating a bag of beef jerky, he was finally not hungry, and began to look at the black cat that had been looking at him in the mood. The black cat was all black, and it was dirty and smelly after the muddy water dried up.In the eyes of some traditional people, black cats symbolize auspiciousness. They believe that black cats can ward off evil spirits and keep ghosts and ghosts from approaching. I don’t believe this. If this is a dog, maybe he will keep it. It’s hard to say that it will grow up He can herd cattle and sheep, but a cat—what can it do?

It is impossible to have mice in Dongli space, not even bugs.Let a cat herd cattle and sheep?It's so comedic.

Carrefour also has a basement floor, but you can only go down from the first floor to get in, so there should be no water in the ground floor, but many nearby shops suffered. Some shopkeepers took out the goods inside overnight, and the shopkeepers had no time to come to the shop All the goods were soaked in sewage, and the loss is estimated to be not small.

The black cat seemed to finally be unable to bear the hunger, and crawled back slowly, swallowing the potato pieces one bite at a time. Eleven took out his mobile phone, and the mobile phone signal was intermittent, which was not a good sign.At this time, Yan Changnian had already woken up, maybe he was sitting at the dining table reading a newspaper while eating a hot breakfast—discriminatory treatment.

"Ah Nian! Are you up yet? There was a big thunderstorm here last night! The street was flooded! How is your place?"

Yan Changnian suddenly received a call from the 15th, and his depressed mood has improved for no reason recently: "It is colder than a few days ago, and there has been a snowfall. It has not snowed in S city for a long time. In previous years, it is mostly sleet, snowflakes It turned into water before it hit the ground. I just read the morning paper, the South Island typhoon was [-], and the heavy rainfall continued. The authorities moved hundreds of thousands of people overnight—are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I've eaten a lot these days. Last night I ate up three catties of beef stewed with potatoes." Eleven replied, "I'm going to be overwhelmed." I can’t eat, and when I’m not cooking, I just eat whatever I want, and often I can’t eat it after one or two mouthfuls. After cooking by myself, whether it’s rice or vegetable porridge, if I force my mouth, I feel nauseous. I spit it out in a while and drink it. After a few days of soup, I can eat something slowly.But he didn't tell Yan Changnian about this.

Yan Changnian laughed softly.This kind of Jingming really makes people want to love him from the heart.

Someone from Carrefour went to work, and the black cat was still eating potato chips in front of the iron gate. A middle-aged woman who seemed to be the supervisor saw the black cat and showed disgust in her eyes: "Someone throw this stray cat away! Squat a dirty cat early in the morning." The cat is at the gate, bad luck!"

The black cat has inconvenient legs and feet. When a male employee was holding a garbage bag and was about to pack it up, it lay down on the ground in an attacking posture, baring its teeth and screaming sharply. The male employee was startled, but Seeing that the black cat seemed to be injured, he boldly stepped forward again, but a voice stopped him: "That cat is mine! I'll take it away!"

Holding the phone in one hand, Eleven pierced the black cat's stomach with the other to pick it up. He walked away quickly. The water was too deep. A rescue team had already rowed rubber boats to help the victims, and the water subsided a little. He took off his shoes and socks, and walked barefoot on the steps in front of the shop.

"What's wrong?" Yan Changnian asked.

"A black cat was injured, and the people from Carrefour wanted to throw it into the trash can." Interrupted by this incident, Eleven changed the subject, "First it was the Y virus, then the north became colder, the south became hotter, and in winter came thunder. The torrential rain is another typhoon, tell me, is it possible that something will happen soon for Qin Lai?"

"No matter what happens in this world, Jingming, I will be with you." Yan Changnian comforted.

"Thank you, Nian." Eleven said gratefully, "I miss you..."

Yan Changnian was very happy, and said in a low voice: "Me too, let's meet up and find a place to enter Dongli space."

"...I can't do it now, I still have some things to buy."

Yan Changnian asked him if he still had money, and he called him when he had no money, but Eleven said no.Holding the black cat in one hand, he walked barefoot on the street and found the bus station. Most of the buses to the county were out of service, and the bus station was also flooded. It seemed that he could only go back by boat.

It rained so much last night, so I don’t feel at ease. I want to go back and have a look. I don’t want to go into the village, just take a look from a long distance on the mountain ridge.

I don't want to see the black cat put in a plastic bag and thrown into the trash can. Now that I reached out, Eleven didn't want to let go. I tried to touch it. The black cat grinned, and Eleven was still wary of being bitten, but The black cat appeared to be well-bred and hadn't been thrown out for long--or maybe it was just an accident on a thunderstorm night that didn't make it back to its owner.

It can't go back, and it can't go back by itself. It's really a pair of brothers and sisters.

The bone shouldn't be broken, maybe it's just injured, so Eleven took it away with confidence.

After finally arriving at the pier, there was a circle of people and police cars around the pier. The onlookers chattered a lot. After listening for a while on the [-]th, it turned out that a worker who unloaded the goods was dragged into the water by something. Hearing the eleventh here, I thought of the silver "water monster", hesitated for a while, and gave up the idea of ​​taking a boat. At worst, I would wait a day or two before going back by car, because it would be dangerous to take a boat.

The sun came out at seven or eight o’clock, and the light passed through the clouds and fell on the city in the water. The air was humid and hot. On Eleven, he took off his coat and wore a brown long-sleeved shirt. There were shirtless men on the road, most of whose trousers were soaked. Some embarrassing elevens are not conspicuous.

He found a small hotel with three beds in one room, 20 yuan a day for one bed, which is not too expensive, and there are already two people living in it, who seem to be outsiders, speaking words that Eleven can’t understand, and saw Eleven come in Just look at him, and don't talk to him, watch TV and talk to each other.

Washed the black cat in the bathroom, washed off the dirty and smelly things on its body, and put it on the ground beside the bed. The black cat lay obediently, as if exhausted, with its eyes closed.Eleven also took a shower by himself, wiped his hair and returned to the bed. The two strangers knocked on melon seeds and spittle flew all over the place. They spoke urgently and quickly, as if firing a machine gun.

The taller man asked Eleven in Mandarin, "How long do you stay?"

"A day or two."

The man nodded: "The thunderstorm last night was really heavy. We didn't sleep well in the middle of the night and had to go out for a run. This life is really sad. We may have to stay for a few more days. Are we roommates? Get to know them Everyone calls me Daqiang, this is Ning An. Don't look at him as gentle and gentle, he is very violent..."

As soon as the words fell, Ning An roared: "Xiaoqiang! Do you need a beating?" Without even looking at Eleven, he threw Daqiang down, raised his hands and stretched out to him, and began—creak!

Ning An squeaked loudly while dubbing.

Daqiang laughed so hard that he rolled around on the bed, and finally fell off the narrow single bed with a plop, rubbed the back of his head and got up, no longer disturbing Ning An, and watched TV honestly. He was quiet for less than 2 minutes. ADHD is normal, turning his head to talk to Ning An again, and occasionally talking to Eleven, piecemeal, and Eleven knows that they are all from H province, and there are always several people who come here to run business throughout the year. I ran outside for a month, exposed to the wind and the sun, got off the train and took a car, no wonder my skin was a little dark.

But black is better than white—in the eyes of rural people, people with dark skin must be more capable than those with white skin.

Daqiang had a loud voice, and he looked curiously at the curled up black cat: "Do you like raising cats? Raising these small animals is troublesome. Remember to give them food and drink, otherwise it will make people feel uneasy and everywhere. Scratch, my mother has a tabby cat, the sofa at home is always scratched all over the place, and at first she liked to defecate and urinate everywhere, it’s really not hygienic—oh, it doesn’t seem right to ask a cat to be hygienic Humanity, how can it understand people's words and understand people's meaning? It's a pity that the sofa..."