Chapter 178

The wind was still blowing, bringing the raindrops on the leaves to fall down. The people standing outside turned their backs to the wind, letting the turbid water droplets hit the clothes protecting their backs.

The police recruiting volunteers welcomed Wen Zheng's joining, but they bent down slightly to look at Tuan Tuan, whose height just reached Wen Zheng's waist: "The cleaning work requires contact with accumulated rainwater and difficult-to-clean garbage. Can the children stay inside the building to help?"

Tuan Tuan nodded. He knew that he would not be allowed to participate in the cleaning outside. He thought he would be sent home. It was a bit unexpected that he could stay downstairs to help.

Tuan Tuan felt much better because he was not considered a child who would only cause trouble.

The nearby street neighborhood committee sent people to the gate of the community. When the police and the neighborhood committee staff handed over, more and more residents put on equipment similar to Wen Zheng and came out to apply for volunteer cleaning.

The police arranged the volunteers to line up in groups. Tuan Tuan, who was the first to be assigned a task, was registering with a pen and paper. The back compartment of the truck driven by the police was opened, and the staff of the neighborhood committee were distributing the things inside to everyone.

First, there were rows of long boots. Unlike the boots that residents found at home, these long boots were specially produced industrial products with strong acid, alkali and corrosion resistance. In addition, there were gloves with the same characteristics, protective caps that could completely protect the head, and thick masks.

As soon as these protective equipment came out, the volunteers breathed a sigh of relief, and those who were still hesitating joined the volunteer team.

After each team of five people changed into protective clothing, they were assigned the locations and tasks to be cleaned by the police, and were given the tools needed for cleaning.

Wen Zheng's team was arranged to the vicinity of this building. They needed to salvage all the garbage including animal carcasses within the range and send them to the recycling vehicles that were specially driven over so that they could agree to burn them later. Then they would dredge all the blocked drains to allow the accumulated rainwater to flow and clear the ground for people to walk on.

This is not an easy task. When you step into the water from the stairs in front of the building, you can feel the resistance brought by the accumulated water, and from time to time you will touch the garbage floating on the water and sinking under the water.

The turbid accumulated water full of garbage makes it impossible to see the underwater situation. The shallowest part can flood over the feet, and the deepest part can even reach the calves.

Even with the protection of long boots, everyone has to be careful with every step.

The most uncomfortable thing is the garbage that needs to be cleaned up in the water, especially the animal carcasses that have been floating on the water for so long that they have already rotted and even grown maggots. The scene is very disgusting.

Moreover, the stench produced by these garbage is mixed with the pungent smell brought by acid rain that has not yet dissipated. Even two layers of masks are difficult to block, and continue to irritate the nasal cavity and even the eyes.

Wen Zheng walked at the front of the team. When he reached the location where the cart was placed, he waved the tools distributed by the police. The long metal pole could sweep a large area around him. The metal net at the other end of the metal pole could catch the floating garbage nearby, and then under Wen Zheng's action, all the garbage was transported to the cart.

The amount of garbage on the water surface was really large, and the water was still flowing. Every time Wen Zheng took away a net, the rest of the garbage would immediately be replenished to the area just cleared. Wen Zheng didn't even need to move his legs, he just needed to repeat the action just now with his arms.

The volunteers in the same team followed Wen Zheng, dispersed and found a direction to start working, but working in such a scene, the psychological and physical pressure was doubled.

Especially when someone picked up a net of garbage, there was a mouse floating on the water that was not dead. After being picked up, it actually climbed towards the person along the long pole. The tall and strong volunteer couldn't help but scream and threw the net in his hand directly.

Wen Zheng, who was standing not far away, saw this scene. He moved his arm and the net in his hand quickly attacked and caught the mouse in the net. His arm rotated again, and the net bag trapped the mouse tightly. Wen Zheng used the force to throw it onto the garbage in the cart, and the dying mouse was completely motionless.

"Are you okay?" This continuous action happened within a few seconds. Wen Zheng asked after dealing with it, and the others hadn't come back to their senses yet.

The man who was almost climbed by the mouse calmed down and replied, "It's okay." After saying that, he took two steps forward and picked up the net that was thrown out and was about to drift away. After picking it up, he saw the garbage hanging on the long pole, and used gloves to push it away and planned to find a place to wash it.

As a result, after his hands touched the garbage, even through the gloves, the nausea that had been suppressed came overwhelmed. He walked quickly, ran to the trash can in front of the building that was not flooded, threw his gloves on the stairs, pulled off the mask and vomited.

Moreover, once the mask was removed, the surrounding odors, including the stench of the trash can in front of him, became more fierce. He could not stop the urge to vomit, and vomited out everything in his stomach.

"Cover your nose with a mask." Just as he was vomiting, someone's voice came to remind him that it would be better if he covered his nose and could not smell anything. When he vomited out only acid water, he quickly moved away from the trash can. After rinsing his mouth twice, he felt much better and adjusted himself to go back to work.

It wasn't just this one person who couldn't stand it. Over the next half an hour, some people couldn't help vomiting. Only Wen Zheng insisted on staying in the water, which made the others admire him. His endurance was not simple.

Although the scene in front of him was not very good, Wen Zheng had seen more unbearable situations than this. When he was floating in the flood world, he saw such scenes.

The carts filled with garbage were full. The police who were also working asked everyone to take a break first and contacted the vehicles responsible for transporting garbage with walkie-talkies to come and empty the carts. After these vehicles were full, they would transport the garbage to a special incineration plant.

Wen Zheng then put down the scoop net in his hand, moved the slightly sore next door, and slowly walked to the stairs.

Tuan Tuan, who was waiting there, quickly handed over a bottle of water: "Dad, drink some water and take a break."

Wen Zheng took off his gloves and placed them aside. He took two sips of water. Smelling the smell outside, he couldn't eat anything at this time, so he could only drink some tasteless water.

The other volunteers admired Wen Zheng and envied him for having such a caring child. They thought that they should let their children come out to see how hard they worked. They felt sorry for the children. Even if they stood at the door of the building, they would suffer just by smelling the smell.

This thought made them feel that both the father and son of the Wen family were quite amazing.

After the cart was emptied, the volunteers started working again. They didn't want to eat any food during the lunch break. However, they had consumed a lot of physical strength. In the end, they ate some steamed buns and rice that didn't have much taste to fill their stomachs.

They were busy until the afternoon. Because the garbage would still float from other places, it was not completely cleaned up, but the amount was obviously much less than in the morning.

The sky was dark and it got dark early. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the police announced that today's work was over. They picked up the water tank and water gun loaded on the truck, washed the boots, gloves and raincoats that everyone wore today, and let everyone go back to rest early.

The volunteers took off their protective clothing and equipment outside, and then took off the masks on their heads. Everyone was sweating in the slightly cool temperature. After the equipment was flushed, there was still a little smell, but few people minded. When the volunteers came back, the residents in the building who did not participate almost applauded and cheered for them.

In the next few days, the volunteers adapted to the harsh working environment. No one could not help vomiting. If they encountered any unexpected situation, they would try to solve it first. If they could not deal with it, they would call Wen Zheng immediately.

When the garbage on the water surface was almost cleaned up, they began to deal with the blocked drains. The difficulty increased again. Later, professionals came to solve it, and the volunteers helped.

Once the drains were unblocked, the accumulated water on the ground quickly flowed into the ground. Although these accumulated waters will pollute the land and water sources after flowing into the ground, the environment where humans live has long been polluted by half a month of acid rain, and now it is a state of not worrying about debts.

The accumulated water gradually receded, and the garbage and dirt that sank to the bottom of the water and covered the ground were exposed. The danger of cleaning these was not so high, and more people joined the cleaning team.

First, the community and the main roads around it were cleared, and then spread to other places. More and more residents came out to help, and fewer people stayed at home. As a result, some people secretly targeted the residents on the first floor who were not at home.

Some anti-theft windows installed on the first floor were not corrosion-resistant and became somewhat fragile after being corroded by acid rain. As a result, when someone tried, he actually dismantled the anti-theft windows, which only made a slight noise and no one around noticed.

This person took the opportunity to climb through the window into the empty house, and then put the damaged anti-theft window back to its original position as a cover, and searched for valuables in the box.

When he came out with the harvest, he saw a child staring at the window and saw his movements.

The thief took a deep breath and his mind turned quickly. He covered his face with a mask, and there was no one nearby. As long as he controlled the child, he would be fine.

"Kid, my door lock is broken, I can only climb out through the window." The thief climbed out of the window and heard a tune from the child's mouth before he ran two steps.

It was quite nice.

As soon as this reaction appeared in his mind, a sound of flapping wings was approaching, and the thief felt pain from his head and body two seconds later.

He was besieged by a group of birds.

I don't know where these birds came from. They are very strong. It hurts a lot to hit their bodies with their wings and beaks. There are so many of them that he couldn't even resist. He had to run away with his head in his arms. As a result, he didn't pay attention to the direction and fled to the entrance of the building. He was just met by volunteers who came back to rest.

Seeing someone besieged by a group of birds, he was shocked at first. Before he went forward to help, he saw Tuan Tuan, who was following the birds, make a sound from his mouth. The group of birds flew back to Tuan Tuan, leaving only one bird. It stretched out its sharp claws and scratched the pocket of the besieged person's clothes.

The gold ring and gold necklace hidden inside fell down.

The bird stopped moving. The thief heard the noise and felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw the crowd staring at him. He felt suffocated.

Where did these damn birds come from?

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