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If all else fails, he can just ask someone in the group to bring him a few tons of water and pour it into his water tank!

After finishing breakfast, Xiao Shan and Ding Qiunan were getting ready to go to work at the factory when they heard the factory's propaganda vehicle outside announcing a week-long holiday.

"Honey, you were right, the factory really is on holiday!" Ding Qiunan said to Xiao Shan.

Xiao Shan sighed and said, "I think the main reason is the water and power outage! Without water and electricity, the factory's machines can't operate! Hopefully, they'll be restored soon, otherwise the factory will suffer significant losses!"

Although Xiaoshan no longer needs to go to work, Ding Qiunan still has to go.

After all, there are still quite a few inpatients in the factory's staff hospital!

The days without electricity and water lasted for three days before the people of Beijing belatedly realized that they had encountered a snow disaster!

Due to the continuous snowfall and low temperatures, the snow outside was now almost up to the thighs.

Under these circumstances, even Ding Qiunan and the others were unable to go to work.

Fortunately, there are doctors and nurses on duty in the hospital, which can maintain the normal operation of the hospital.

At this time, government staff braved the wind and snow, trudging through the deep snow, and used loudspeakers to broadcast notices, telling everyone not to go out unless there were special circumstances.

Most of their manpower is now being used to rescue residents whose homes have collapsed under the weight of the heavy snow.

The residents living in the brick-and-tile courtyard houses do not have this problem for the time being.

But please stay indoors and don't come out to cause them any trouble.

Because of the current shortage of manpower, the snow on the roads is not being cleared, and it is easy to slip and fall if you go out.

In addition, they have contacted the local street office, which has organized a group of volunteers. Relief supplies will soon be delivered to the residents to help them get through this snow disaster safely.

Please remain calm and patiently wait at home for rescue.

Chapter 538: The snow keeps falling, and supplies are becoming increasingly scarce! (Please subscribe!)

Hearing the government officials' announcement over the loudspeaker, the residents, who had been confined at home for three days, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although people tend to stock up on food during winter, it can't withstand such prolonged consumption.

If more relief supplies arrive, then at least they won't go hungry.

Because Xiao Shan's family had enough food and coal stored, the three days of water and power outages had no impact on them, and they continued to eat and drink as usual.

It's just that we can't use a TV or radio anymore.

The supplies arrived quickly, but the quantity was not large.

Clearly, the government's reserves are not very abundant either!

Three more days passed, and the supplies previously distributed by the government had been used up, but the second batch of supplies had not yet arrived.

Most households in Xiaoshan Courtyard have used up their honeycomb briquettes.

Several households even ran out of food.

Yan Bugui was the first to get restless and braved the heavy snow to knock on Xiao Shan's door.

Yan Bugui's family was the poorest in the entire courtyard, given the large number of family members and Yan Bugui's low salary.

Yan Bugui came to find Xiao Shan because Xiao Shan was the deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

Moreover, since Yi Zhonghai, this old man, was dismissed and hasn't been reinstated, there are very few general meetings held in the compound now.

"Xiaoshan, why is there still no news about the second batch of supplies? My family has no rice or flour to cook!" Yan Bugui said anxiously.

Upon hearing Yan Bugui's words, Xiao Shan quickly instructed Ding Qiunan to go to the kitchen to pack some cornmeal and wheat flour for Yan Bugui: "This snow disaster came suddenly, and the higher-ups may need to wait for supplies to be sent in from outside!"

"What are we going to do? Many households in the compound have run out of coal!" Yan Bugui said with a frown. "Xiaoshan, you're a good person, why don't you go to the neighborhood office and ask? After all, I can't keep going to your house to borrow grain and coal!"

“Alright, Third Uncle, don’t worry, I’ll find a chance to ask!” Xiao Shan said to Yan Bugui. “Also, you and Second Uncle should organize a survey of the households in our courtyard that have no coal and are running out of food. Let’s think of a solution together. We can’t let everyone freeze and go hungry before the supplies arrive.”

As for Xiao Shan, although he couldn't take care of everyone in the entire city of Beijing, he could still take care of the people in his own courtyard.

As the saying goes, "When poor, one should cultivate one's own virtue; when successful, one should benefit all under heaven."

Soon, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui compiled a list of households whose supplies were running low.

Except for the Xu Damao, Yi Zhonghai, and Liu Haizhong families, all the other families had run out of coal briquettes.

Four households have run out of grain.

Looking at the data compiled by Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui, Xiao Shan decisively took out some coal briquettes and grain from his own home and sent them to everyone, ensuring that they would not go hungry or cold for at least the next two days.

At the same time, Xiao Shan also asked Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui to inform the residents in the courtyard.

During the day, three households would stay in one room to light a fire for warmth, and then go back to their own homes to sleep at night, in order to conserve charcoal as much as possible.

If more supplies don't arrive, then everyone will have to sleep in groups of three and try to make do for now.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui naturally had no objection to Xiaoshan's arrangement.

Soon, they delivered the coal briquettes and grain that Xiao Shan had brought to the families in need, and also conveyed Xiao Shan's message.

The people in the compound were naturally very moved to see that Xiao Shan was actually sharing his own supplies with everyone.

Therefore, there was naturally no objection to Xiaoshan's decision to gather them together to reduce the consumption of resources.

However, people are still worried that if more supplies don't arrive, the supplies in Xiaoshan's home might not last long!

The food problem can be put aside for the time being, since people can go hungry for two or three days without any problem.

But if they were starving and freezing, they probably wouldn't last two days.

The heavy snow continued for two more days, and the second batch of supplies finally arrived.

However, the second batch of supplies was even less than the first batch, and it couldn't solve the actual problem at all.

Therefore, Xiaoshan had no choice but to gather these supplies together and distribute them uniformly.

Not only these supplies, but all the supplies from every household in the courtyard were gathered up by Xiao Shan.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to gather supplies, Xiao Shan secretly took out a batch of flour and cornmeal from his system backpack and mixed them in.

At such times, even people like Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family, who were at odds with Xiao Shan, obediently handed over their family's supplies to Xiao Shan for unified distribution.

As for returning to work, the factory's promotional vehicle has already come to announce that the holiday will be postponed by one week!

When everyone learned that the collected supplies, even at the lowest consumption level, were enough for them for a week, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They simply couldn't believe that the heavy snow would continue for another week!

If that's the case, then it's not a snow disaster, it's the end of the world!

At this point, it was the neighborhood committee that started to get anxious.

Because they knew very well that although the second batch of supplies had been distributed, it certainly wouldn't last more than a few days.

Moreover, no further relief supplies have been sent. It is said that there is a shortage of supplies in the entire city of Beijing and the surrounding areas, and they can only wait for supplies to be transported from other places.

However, vehicles transporting relief supplies from other places were also stuck on the road due to heavy snow. Currently, surrounding areas are concentrating manpower to clear the roads, so the delivery time of the next batch of relief supplies is yet to be determined.

At this point, even the coal supplies for the subdistrict office were severely insufficient.

People from every compound volunteer at the neighborhood office, so they are naturally aware of the current predicament of the neighborhood office.

These compounds didn't have someone like Xiao Shan with a cheat code to provide supplies, so their situation was much worse than Xiao Shan's compound.

Although we know there will be more relief supplies coming, the fact that they are currently stuck on the road is very worrying.

Even if it's like Xiaoshan's courtyard, with three households crammed together, it won't last much longer.

The next day, Xiao Shan learned of the plight of the other compounds.

Because when people from the neighboring compound came to fetch water, they had already started asking the people in their compound for supplies.

Of course, they were all firmly rejected by the people in Xiaoshan's department.

Moreover, even if they wanted to borrow, they couldn't, because their supplies have now been centralized and used in a unified manner.

Supplies are allocated according to strict quotas every day.

If they lend out the supplies, they themselves will go hungry and cold!

Chapter 539, Distributing the Steel Rolling Mill's Materials to the Workers! (Please Subscribe!)

Xiao Shan released his divine sense and found that the situation in the nearby courtyards was not very optimistic.

These compounds were inhabited by the families of workers from the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. If the situation was this bad, one can only imagine the situation in other compounds in Beijing.

Xiao Shan was willing to help them.

However, if I were to take out so many supplies, I would no longer be able to hide my identity!

Although Xiao Shan didn't think that his exposure would necessarily lead to his superiors targeting him, he didn't want to put his fate in someone else's hands!

So Xiao Shan shared the situation in the chat group, hoping everyone could give him some advice.

Zhang Chulan: "If you ask me, why don't you just smash the clouds in the sky and stop the snow from falling?"

Group owner Xiao Shan: "Speechless gif! Although I'm already at the sixth level, I'm powerless to change the celestial phenomena that cover almost the entire North China region!"

Zhang Chulan: "Hmm, that seems to be true! Right now, the only ones in the group who have the ability to change such a large-scale celestial phenomenon are Yan Daxia and Han Tianzun!"

Although Ren Weiyong's strength was similar to Yan Chixia's, he was not very proficient in magic.

Han Li: "...Can you please stop calling me by that nickname! I'm just a seventh-level Void Refinement cultivator, what kind of Heavenly Venerable am I!"

Zhang Chulan: "Then I'll call you Li Feiyu?"

Han Li: "...I can't be bothered with you!"

Han Li: "Group owner, there should be a lot of daily necessities at the steel mill where you are, right?"

Group admin Xiao Shan: "Because it's almost the end of the year, our purchasing department has indeed stockpiled some supplies!"

Han Li: "Then why not take these supplies out and distribute them to your steel mill employees so they can get through this difficult time?"

Seeing Han Li's suggestion in the chat group, Xiao Shan's eyes lit up.

Although these materials from Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill belonged to the public, in times of emergency, human life always comes first.

Besides, there are relief supplies, but they are currently stuck on the road.

When the relief supplies arrive, we can return them to the factory!

And even a rabbit will bite when cornered!

If the workers at these steel rolling mills really reach a dead end, they will inevitably take risks and rob the mills of supplies.

If the supplies are looted, then we really won't be able to get any of them back!

Group owner Xiao Shan: "Thank you for your guidance, Venerable Han. I'll go find Li Huaide and discuss it with him right now!"

Han Li: "I'm truly impressed by all of you!"

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Although the snow outside is so thick that it's difficult to go out, Xiaoshan is clearly not among those areas where it's difficult to go out.

When Xiao Shan knocked on Li Huaide's door, Li Huaide was stunned: "Xiao Shan, it's snowing so heavily, what brings you here? Come in, come in and sit down!"

After sitting down inside, Li Huaide's wife served Xiao Shan hot tea.

Clearly, Li Huaide's family had ample supplies.

After watching Xiao Shan take a sip of tea, Li Huaide continued, "Xiao Shan, what brings you out in this heavy snow?"

Xiao Shan didn't beat around the bush with Li Huaide and directly told him his thoughts.

After hearing Xiao Shan's idea, Li Huaide hesitated and said, "Xiao Shan, I definitely agree with your idea! But the factory's materials are public property after all. If we distribute them without reporting to our superiors, what if we can't collect them later? That would be a huge problem!"

"Factory Director, do you think that if the workers really have nowhere else to turn, they might 'borrow' supplies from the factory?" Xiao Shan asked calmly, looking at Li Huaide's hesitation.

Li Huaide had seen his share of storms and knew that when people were pushed to the limit, they were capable of anything!

Seeing Li Huaide remain silent, Xiao Shan continued, "Factory Director, if it was 'borrowed,' do you think we can get those supplies back?"

"But it's different if we distribute them proactively! At least we can register how much each person took, and then collect it back based on the registered quantity!"

Li Huaide's eyes flickered slightly, clearly swayed by Xiao Shan's words.

Looking into Li Huaide's eyes, Xiao Shan continued, "Besides, the current government is different from the previous ones. This is the people's government! If we do this, the higher-ups might not only not blame us, but might even reward us afterwards!"

After a fierce internal struggle, Li Huaide decided to trust Xiao Shan.