Chapter 118 Imitation
It seems that most people still follow the base's instructions.
Zhang Hongmei parked her electric scooter and prepared to take the cage inside for Bai Tang.
Bai Tang stopped her: "I'll call someone to come and get it. Xiao Yang, come out and get the things."
Bai Jiyang heard his older sister's voice and immediately ran out.
"Sis, what are you getting?"
Bai Tang pointed to the cage and said, "Let's move our rabbit to a shady spot."
Bai Tang invited Zhang Hongmei to come inside and rest for a while.
Zhang Hongmei originally wanted to refuse, but then she saw the sunshade that had just been set up in Baitang's courtyard.
Zhang Hongmei immediately became interested and, together with Bai Tang, pushed the cart into the yard.
"Hey girls, is this a sunshade?"
Bai Tang replied, "Yes, it was just installed, so we haven't tested how it works yet."
Zhang Hongmei quickly said, "Sister, I won't go in for a drink of water. I'll go back and talk to them about your sunshade."
Have them set up some shade for the house so the rabbits don't have to be moved inside.
Rabbits are prone to dehydration from sun exposure when outdoors, and the smell can be a bit strong indoors.
If there's a shady spot, you can move it outdoors.
"That's all for now, little sister, I'm heading back."
Bai Tang called out to her, "Sister Hongmei, we have some extra sunshade cloths here. You can take them back and use them."
As she spoke, Bai Tang asked Gu Yanxu to pack up the extra items and have Zhang Hongmei take them back.
Zhang Hongmei said, "No, no, I'll give you contribution points."
Bai Tang waved her hand and said, "Take it and use it first, we can talk about contribution points another day."
It's too hot now, don't go out, there's no rush.
Gu Yanxu packed the things and put them on Zhang Hongmei's electric scooter, and Zhang Hongmei rode the scooter home.
After Zhang Hongmei left, Bai Tang also closed the door and went home.
Back inside, Bai Tang took out a standing air conditioner fan.
Since an air conditioner couldn't be installed, Bai Tang used a plug-in air cooler instead.
Bai Tang only remembered last night before going to bed that she still had an air conditioner fan stored in her space.
It was only when the air conditioner and fan were blowing that Lin Fan and the others felt alive again.
Bai Tang said to Gu's mother, "Mom, my friend just brought the rabbit back."
If you really can't stay idle, then feed the rabbits.
Gu's mother said, "Okay, I can't stay idle anyway."
Even with the air conditioner fan on during lunchtime, the room temperature was still very high, which gives you an idea of how high the outdoor temperature must have been.
The entire planet seemed to be heated in an oven.
After lunch, Mr. Gu accompanied Mr. Gu to play chess, and the others also found their own things to do, but none of them went out.
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Now there's not a soul to be seen on the road to the base, and the staff on guard duty at the base entrance have gone into their guard booths to stand by with fans blowing hot air.
The base's official management is considering how to deal with this situation.
At this moment, Base Commander Gu spoke up in the conference room:
"We can inform the public to temporarily set up sunshades at home."
This can reduce some unnecessary losses.
Others are also discussing the feasibility of this measure.
This is when Commander Gu was on his way to Gu Yu's house, he passed by Bai Tang's house and saw their sunshade.
That's why he made this suggestion, which could help the base solve one aspect of its problems to some extent.
Soon, the base announced over the loudspeaker:
"Residents who are able can set up sunshades in their own homes."
Those who are unable to do so can wait for our staff to assist them in the early morning.
However, it's best if everyone installs it themselves, because our base is too large and we don't have enough staff.
We hope everyone can understand our work, and please cooperate.
After the base issued the notice, everyone immediately started imitating Bai Tang's family's sunshade method.
This significantly reduces the number of people suffering from sunburn, allowing the base hospital to breathe a little easier.
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Bai Tang and the others also stayed at home and didn't go out because they had plenty of food.
In other homes in the base, food is difficult to preserve due to the heat.
Therefore, the supermarket at the base is always packed with people every night.
Everyone was crowding to buy enough food for their family, and no one dared to buy too much.
Because of the hot weather, food will spoil in less than half a day.
The base is once again facing food shortages, and their stored food has begun to spoil to some extent.
The downside of extreme heat is that food is very difficult to preserve.
The base's crop experts are working overtime at the research institute to study drought- and heat-resistant crops.
Thus, extremely hot weather continued to surround the people of Earth.
Even at night, the temperature is still 40 degrees Celsius, so everyone chooses to stay indoors during the day and go out at night.
At least at night there is no extra heat from the sun.
If the people in the base continue not to work, then the operation of the entire base will soon run into problems.
Therefore, the base provides a certain amount of food subsidies to staff who are willing to work overtime at night.
Because it's so hot now, people who are willing to go out to buy things are those who have no food at home and have no choice but to go out to buy food.
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Bai Tang said to Gu Yanxu at home, "I really don't know how to get through this."
This heat is driving me crazy. I'm getting irritable and want to swear.
Gu Yanxu comforted her, soothing her with words, "At least there's a little bit of cool air from the air conditioner fan; a calm mind will naturally feel cooler."
Bai Tang slapped Gu Yanxu's hand away and suggested:
"How about we go inside and have a fight?"
Gu Yanxu's eyes were strange as he said, "A fight? Are you sure?"
Bai Tang said, "What are you thinking? I just want to have a fight so I can vent my anger."
Gu Yanxu smiled and said, "I was just trying to make you happy. Let's go."
Bai Tang led Gu Yanxu back to the bedroom, and then they went into the space.
Mu Mu floated over: "Sister, you're so hot!"
Bai Tang said angrily, "It's because it's so hot outside that I'm all sweaty."
Gu Yanxu practiced with Bai Tang in the space for an hour.
The heat in Bai Tang's heart dissipated with each punch and kick.
Finally, Bai Tang took a deep breath: "Phew! That feels so good!"
Gu Yanxu sat down on the ground next to him and said, "Rest for a while, then go take a shower."
Bai Tang also sat down next to him to rest. The two took turns taking a shower and getting ready before leaving the space.
As soon as the two of them stepped out of the bedroom, Lin Fan came over.
He said anxiously, "Boss, go check on Lin Feng quickly, he suddenly has a fever."
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu quickly went over to check on Lin Feng's condition.
Bai Tang noticed that Lin Feng's fever symptoms were unlike those of a normal fever.
As expected, misfortunes never come singly. In addition to the soaring temperature, another disaster followed.