On the tenth day of the apocalypse, Su Keke was forcibly driven out of her home by her adoptive parents and sister. The reason was to reduce one person's consumption of supplies, even though Su...
The extreme cold has been going on for several days.
It only took two days for the weather outside to change from a sudden drop in temperature to heavy snow.
Everyone was trapped at home again, and those who were still looking forward to days getting better were suddenly caught off guard by the extreme cold.
In the south, the winter temperature used to be around 4 or 5 degrees Celsius at its coldest, but now it has dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius overnight.
Many people did not react in time.
Those who were luckier pinched their thighs hard after waking up from the cold.
Only after making sure that it was not a dream did he scream.
They rummaged through their homes to find thick clothes and quilts. In short, they put on whatever was thick.
Su Keke and Grandma Qiao were like this in their previous life, wrapped in layer upon layer of down jackets and down quilts.
The few vegetables planted on the balcony were also frozen, and the only things left at home were the biscuits and mineral water distributed by the government.
Life on the 20th floor at that time was not as comfortable as it is now, with warm food to eat and firewood to make a fire.
At that time, they relied on wrapping themselves in quilts and shivering at home to keep warm.
In this life, Su Keke, through her own efforts, has made those who have treated her well live better than most people.
It’s just that her personal ability is limited, and many things are still developing in the bad direction.
Overnight, many people froze to death in Lingcheng where Su Keke lived.
The majority of them are elderly people, some of whom have children who are away from home, and some of whom live alone.
Mayor Chen Guodong has tried his best to ask people from the municipal office to deliver quilts and cotton clothes to these elderly people to keep them warm, and reminded them to keep warm, especially at night.
However, this time the extreme cold came too suddenly. It can be said that the temperature in the first half of the night was still that of summer, but it dropped directly to below zero in the second half of the night. Such a temperature difference made many people unable to adapt in time and they froze to death in their sleep.
Three people in Changhong Community were also infected. Two were older and one was only 28 years old. What a vibrant life! He just passed away like that.
It is said that this young man is very afraid of heat and takes cold showers even in winter, but he has always been in good health and seldom catches a cold or cough.
That day, the young man found a bottle of white wine from somewhere.
I was alone at home, eating biscuits and drinking white wine, and got myself drunk.
He was so hot from drinking that he took off his clothes for some reason. In the second half of the night, the temperature dropped to the extreme point and he never woke up again.
When the municipal office sent people to carry the man away, there were still several curious people wrapped like bears whispering in the corridor.
Even in such a cold weather, it couldn't stop these people from gossiping.
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Because the road was blocked by heavy snow, Su Keke and Grandma Qiao stayed at home for several days.
The spinach, rapeseed and mushrooms planted in 2004 were picked in advance by Grandma Qiao, for fear that the vegetables would be frozen by the sudden drop in temperature.
Su Keke took a lot of fresh, large vegetables from the space and mixed them with the vegetables picked by Grandma Qiao and gave them to Lu Mei and Shi Huan.
"Keke, why do I feel like these vegetables suddenly become more abundant after I picked them?"
"And this milk cabbage, have we planted it before?"
Lu Mei looked at the big pot of vegetables that Su Keke gave her and frowned in confusion.
"I don't know about that. Usually it's Grandma Qiao who takes care of it. Maybe she planted it! Anyway, more is better than less, right?"
After delivering the food, Su Keke quickly ran back, "That was a close call! I almost got caught."
"What's the matter? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Grandma Qiao was preparing the soup base for the hot pot in the living room. When she saw Su Keke rushing in from outside like the wind, she asked curiously.
That’s right! They are preparing to eat hot pot!
Su Keke has stockpiled so many hot pot ingredients, if not now during the extremely cold weather, when else would she eat them?
It’s just that they couldn’t share it with other people on the 20th floor, and Su Keke and Grandma Qiao felt a little guilty about it.
"I just mixed the vegetables from the space in and gave them to Aunt Lu and Sister Shi Huan. I also put some vegetables that we didn't grow in there. I almost got caught!"
Su Keke took off her down jacket as she spoke.
The temperature in their room is 26 degrees, and it would be so hot to wear a down jacket here.
There is a mobile air conditioner in the capsule house, which is as big as a 20-inch suitcase, and it can actually be used in the space.
This mobile air conditioner is built into the capsule house, and was not brought into the space by Su Keke from the outside, so at the beginning she just wanted to give it a try.
Su Keke didn't dare to use the air conditioner outside because the outdoor unit was outdoors. If someone found out that the air conditioner was always running, it would expose that there was electricity in Grandma Qiao's house.
It will be very troublesome to explain at that time, and other people on the 20th floor will also feel resentful towards Su Keke and Grandma Qiao when they know about it.
You won’t know until you try it, it’s so delicious!
The mobile air conditioner in the capsule house does not need to be plugged in, it can be used for cooling or heating, and the effect is great.
Now all the curtains are drawn tightly, and no one outside can see that there is a light in Su Keke's room.
From a distance, it looks like a firefly at best, just like the candles that everyone has.
"What should we do in the future? If we send too much, they will get suspicious. And what excuse should we make to send the meat and seafood?"
Grandma Qiao handed the chopsticks and soup spoon to Su Keke and said.
"Let me think about it. This is a bit tricky. If it doesn't work out, I can just deliver the supplies to them outside the gate in the middle of the night, just like I did to Uncle Lei and his men."
Su Keke suddenly understood what was going on. This was a good idea. She could just leave some supplies in front of Grandma Qiao's door when the time came.
This way it's hard to tell where something came from.
"Now that you've figured it out, let's eat first! Your favorite seafood soup base is already boiling. Now you can put the vegetables in it!"
Grandma Qiao picked up tripe, beef and prawns and put them into the small hot pot in front of Su Keke.
"Okay! I'll start eating then! Grandma Qiao, you should eat too!"
Su Keke picked up the mutton that Grandma Qiao liked and put it in the pot opposite. Grandma Qiao had the spicy hot pot base. She said that hot pot must be spicy to be enjoyable in extremely cold weather.
The coffee table in the living room is now filled with all kinds of ingredients that the two of them like.
Swimming crabs, snow clams, mantis shrimps, squids, prawns, beef rolls, lamb rolls, various meatballs, chicken gizzards, duck blood, crab sticks, spinach, enoki mushrooms, tofu skin, rapeseed, etc.
In just a short while, Su Keke had filled the small pot in front of her.
“Hoo…Hoo…”
Su Keke picked up several pieces of fatty beef from the boiling pot, blew on them gently a few times with her mouth, and then dipped them in the soy sauce and vinegar.
This tastes delicious!
The all-purpose dipping sauce that Su Keke always has when eating hot pot is a small dish of soy sauce and vinegar, and a little hot pot soup base poured into it.
It’s so simple yet so delicious!