At dawn, Si Nan stood in the living room of the Zheng family, looking at his eldest cousin's body covered with a white sheet. He whispered to his eldest cousin's wife, whose eyes were swollen like walnuts from crying, "Please accept my condolences."

The eldest cousin's wife knelt in front of the corpse, staring at the white cloth covering Zheng Hao's body, with a dazed look on her face, as if she didn't hear what she said.

Si Nan sighed and looked at Si Yufang who was squatting in the corner. She was banging her head against the wall again and again, muttering to herself with a dull look in her eyes: "I killed Ah Hao, I killed my son..."

Si Nan walked over to stop her: "Aunt, stop hitting her. Your head won't be able to bear it if you hit it again."

Si Yufang seemed not to hear her words and continued to bang against the wall again and again.

Si Nan wanted to take her to rest, but as soon as he did, she started crying and struggling hysterically, saying that she was a sinner, that she had killed her child, that she should die with Zheng Hao, and that she wanted to bang her head against the wall.

Si Nan spent a long time trying to persuade her, and finally persuaded her to return to her original corner. He found a pillow for her and put it behind her back to relieve the impact.

Seeing Si Yufang's almost crazy appearance, she felt uncomfortable. When she learned that the culprit was Si Chengye's family, flames appeared in her eyes and the idea of killing her father emerged in her mind.

She took out a cotton-padded jacket, a dusted-off cotton-padded clothes, and a small bag of sweet potatoes that had been packed in a bag and looked very old, and handed them to Zheng Jian, who had been standing in the living room in silence. "Second cousin, please accept my condolences. Take these things. Let me know if anything happens. When your eldest cousin is buried, remember to notify me so I can see him off."

Zheng Jian said thank you with a wooden face and had no intention of taking her things.

Si Nan stuffed the quilt into his wife's hands and whispered to her, "My aunt's mental condition is not very good. Second cousin, please help me pay more attention to my aunt. If she is not in good condition, remember to send her to my house and I will take care of her."

"Don't worry, I will take care of mother-in-law." The second cousin's wife tightly grasped the two bags of supplies, "Thank you for the things you gave me."

"You're welcome. We're all relatives. This is what I should do."

Si Nan walked out of Zheng's house. The sky outside was gloomy and the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping. The snow on the ground was nearly three meters high.

The houses, trees, buildings and everything else in the world outside were covered with ice and snow. It was so cold that no matter how many clothes people wore, they would still feel stiff.

Si Nan stood at the door of Zheng's house, wearing goggles, ear protection, and thick cashmere leather gloves. She picked up the big shovel at the door and walked towards the house laboriously, clearing the re-covered snow along the passage she had shoveled out before she came.

The snow was so thick that after a night of heavy rain yesterday, many people died or were injured. People were shoveling snow everywhere, clearing a path, and carrying their injured to the hospital for emergency treatment.

As a doctor, Cheng Suming and Sheng Youbin helped carry the seriously injured Zheng Guang to the hospital late last night, but he never came back.

He called Si Nan and told her that the hospital was full of injured patients and they would have to stay in the hospital to treat them. He asked her to take care of herself and call her if there was anything.

Sinan returned home and took out a package of black pepper beef fillet rice that he had stored in his space to have breakfast.

The rice was still steaming when it was brought out, but it became cold in less than half a minute. Then she remembered that she had turned off the air conditioner in the living room on the first floor when she went out.

She picked up a disposable spoon and quickly stuffed the rice into her mouth. Although the food was cold, it still did not affect the tender and spicy taste of the black pepper beef tenderloin.

She finished her meal in no time, put the thermometer outside the door for a while, and when she brought it back, she found that the thermometer showed -51°!

"The temperature dropped to minus 51 degrees Celsius overnight. I don't know how many people will die outside." She muttered, and took out a lot of heat-insulating film and old clothes strips from the space, and blocked the gaps in the door and windows tightly to prevent cold air from entering the house and freezing the household appliances.

Then she went to check on the two greenhouses. She had burned a lot of firewood in the kitchen yesterday evening, heating up the chimneys and fire walls connecting the two greenhouses. The fruits and vegetables in the greenhouses were all in good condition, with no signs of freezing to death.

Guessing that the temperature had dropped by now, she went to the kitchen and put some firewood into the stove to keep the fire wall warm.

The ice and snow were melted by the scorching heat of the fire wall and could not condense into ice. Water was dripping from all sides of the fire wall and immediately solidified into ice cubes in the shape of water drops when it fell on the corners of the wall.

Last night she was afraid that the Dabai couple would freeze to death, so she built a nest for them in the herb greenhouse downstairs.

"It's your fault!" Seeing her appear, Dabai, who was curled up in Sinan's nest covered with thick cotton wool and a thick blanket, raised his head from the nest, shouted at her, and struggled to get out of the nest.

"Dabai, don't come out." Si Nan squatted in front of the nest and reached out to touch Dabai's head gently. "It's too cold outside. You and Xiaobai will freeze to death if you go out. You stay here and help me look after the house. I'm going out in a while. I'll make you something delicious when I come back, okay?"

“Guga guga…”

Go ahead, and be careful on the road.

The big goose put its white and clean head against her cheek and called softly twice, looking particularly gentle.

"Hey, have you changed your personality and stopped being such a jerk?" Si Nan was not used to Dabai being so gentle.

On second thought, the weather outside has changed. As a sensitive poultry species, Dabai should have felt the freezing temperature outside. He was probably afraid of making her angry and leaving the couple to freeze to death in the wild, so he suddenly became so gentle just to please her.

Sinan closed the greenhouse door with a smile, took two woolen scarves, one around his neck and the other around his face, leaving only the part where he was wearing windproof glasses exposed, put on five pairs of thick cotton socks on his feet, put on thick snow boots, a thick hat and thick gloves, and a backpack, and went out again fully armed with a shovel in his hand.

It was so cold outside. The sky and the earth were covered in white. All kinds of trees were bent and swaying in the strong wind, and were frozen by the ice.

The various electric wires pulled next to the snow-covered houses were also frozen with a thick layer of ice, like crystal clear musical scores. While it was beautiful, it also made people worry that the wires would be broken by the freezing.

The stream outside the alley had long since frozen and stopped flowing, and the river channel under the stream was covered with a thick layer of white ice from bottom to top. Some people wanted to go down to fetch water, but when they saw the scene under the stream, they could only sigh and walk back.

There were many pedestrians along the way, most of them were soldiers clearing snow and rescuing civilians. They wore thick military cotton hats and gloves, and had thick scarves around their faces and necks. They were busy shuttling back and forth between the cleared roads.

Occasionally, other pedestrians would go out to do business or work, wrapping their clothes tightly and running very fast on the road.

However, the road surface was too slippery, and the roads that had just been cleared were covered and frozen by the heavy snow falling from the sky. As a result, many people could not run a few steps without slipping and falling, screaming in pain.

Fortunately, everyone was wearing warm clothes, so if they fell, they wouldn’t suffer any serious consequences. At most, their buttocks and elbows would hurt, and they could get up and continue walking.

At this time, children are basically not seen outside, and parents with children at home will order their children to play at home and not allow them to go out.

Overnight, the world changed dramatically. The temperature of minus 51°C was close to the coldest temperature in a border city in the northernmost part of my country. It was so cold that it was frightening.

Most parts of S Province rarely see snow in winter. The coldest temperature is only minus 7 or 8 degrees Celsius, which only lasts for two or three days before rising.

The temperature dropped to minus 51 degrees Celsius. According to the doomsday warning, after the severe cold drops to this temperature, it will slowly drop by five degrees every three months. In the last three months, the temperature will drop to nearly minus 70 degrees Celsius. How can the people in the southwest who have never experienced severe cold weather bear it? If possible, stay at home.

Si Nan was wearing too many clothes and had to walk very carefully on the cleared road, like a clumsy penguin walking on Antarctic ice. Every time he walked a distance, he would fall because the road was too icy and slippery, and then he would struggle to get up from the ground.

When she fell again, several soldiers who were clearing ice and snow nearby saw her and hurried over to pull her up from the ground. They asked her with concern: "Comrade, are you okay? Why did you go out in such a cold weather? Is your family member injured or sick and needs help, or are you going to work?"

"Thank you, I don't need any help for now. I just went to the agricultural park to check on my greenhouse and whether my employees are safe."

Si Nan stood up with the help of the two soldiers who pulled her. She felt exhausted just from walking, falling, and getting up, and she kept gasping for breath.

The soldiers were still knocking off the ice and sweeping the snow. A thick layer of snow had formed on everyone's hair and eyelashes, but they just wiped their faces casually and continued to work with chisels and shovels. From the sound of their chatter, it seemed that they wanted to clear out the people who were frozen outside last night one by one to see if there was anyone who could be saved.

The relatives and friends of the frozen people nearby kept pointing here and there, telling the soldiers that their relatives and friends were freezing in certain places, and crying for them to move faster.

A young soldier from Rasnan said: "Three corps have taken over the area. According to the order from above, the greenhouses in the agricultural area are temporarily open to the public to receive disaster victims from the shantytowns to avoid the cold. It's a bit chaotic there now, so be careful if you go there alone."

"Thank you." Si Nan said this from the bottom of his heart, and with great effort he put down his backpack, took out a dozen high-calorie chocolate bars from it, and stuffed them into the hands of the two soldiers: "This is for you to share. Thank you for helping everyone."

As she spoke, she ran away quickly without waiting for the two soldiers to react.

The two soldiers, holding the chocolate bars in their hands, were at a loss. They wanted to chase her, but she had already disappeared in the crowd.

The two had no choice but to find the officer in charge of them and handed over the chocolate bars in their hands: "Platoon leader, we just caught a comrade, I think it was a female comrade. She was dressed tightly and her face was not clear. She stuffed these things into our hands and ran away. We couldn't catch up with her."

"What's wrong with you? Don't you know the rules of the army?! According to the rules, we soldiers cannot take things from ordinary people!"

The officer looked at the two soldiers in front of him whose cheeks were red from the cold, and sighed, "But it's hard for us to refuse the kindness of the people. Take it and divide it among you, half a piece each. After eating, hurry up and work, and be worthy of the trust of the people."

"Yes!" The two soldiers saluted the officer happily, gave him half a chocolate bar first, and then broke the remaining chocolate bars one by one and distributed them to their comrades working nearby.

"Chocolate bar? Where did that come from?"

"A lesbian gave it to me."

"Of course you can, kid. Could it be that this is a gift from an aunt who has a crush on you?"

"Go, go, go away. This is a gift from a female comrade we picked up after she fell to the ground. Eat it if you want. If you don't want to eat it, forget it."

"Eat, of course you should eat it. It's been a long time since I last had this. I almost forgot what it tastes like."

"It's so sweet. I never ate this stuff before the apocalypse. I thought it was something that women and children liked to eat. Why would a grown man like me eat it? Now when I eat it, the rich chocolate mixed with the sweet taste is so sweet that I want to cry. I miss the rich supply of various sweet foods before the apocalypse so much. Oh, this damn natural disaster, when will it stop?"

......

The officer listened to the discussions of the soldiers nearby, looked down at the half chocolate bar in his hand, and smelled the faint sweet scent of the chocolate bar in the air. He couldn't help but move his throat, and finally resisted the desire to eat it. He carefully wrapped it up and put it in his military uniform pocket.

He has a three-year-old daughter who is very greedy. She must want to eat this sweet and fragrant chocolate bar.

When Sinan arrived at the agricultural park, rows of armed soldiers were arresting criminals and counting the number of people in the greenhouse. There were noisy voices everywhere, and the scene was quite lively.

"Stop, what are you doing?!" A soldier saw her and stopped her and asked, "Are you a staff member here, or are you here to visit relatives or friends to avoid the cold?"

"I am the owner of a private greenhouse. I came to take a look at my greenhouse." Si Nan took out the greenhouse work card from his clothes bag with great effort and handed it to the soldier: "This is my certificate."

"Contracting Card No. 01?" The soldier looked at Si Nan with some surprise.

Sinan cooperated and pulled down his scarf, revealing a small and pretty face, and smiled kindly at the soldier.

The soldier was distracted by her smile. After confirming that the portrait on the work card matched her, he coughed and said, "The greenhouse area is in a mess right now. There are vicious criminals hiding everywhere. It's not good for people who are alone. Come with me. I'll take you to the private greenhouse area."

"Thank you." Si Nan did not refuse. He followed the soldier with heavy steps on the thick snow.

Along the way, they indeed encountered many criminals hiding in greenhouses and trying to rob passers-by. The soldier intimidated them with his gun all the way and shouted loudly to his comrades nearby to capture them.

Everywhere there were figures struggling to escape in the snow, soldiers holding their guns, firing, roaring, and struggling to capture people in the snow.

About forty minutes later, the soldier brought Si Nan safely to the greenhouse she had contracted.

He did not rush to let Si Nan in, but walked around the two-acre wide greenhouse to make sure that the greenhouse was not damaged and no one had run in. The main door of the greenhouse was locked from the inside and could not be entered. He could not help but exclaimed in surprise: "Many greenhouses had their doors and windows destroyed by those disaster victims and thugs last night, and they rushed in to avoid the cold. Your greenhouse is intact. It's incredible."

As they went along, they saw that most of the greenhouses were crowded with people seeking refuge, and the crops planted inside were naturally destroyed.

The same was true for privately contracted greenhouses. The soldier was surprised that Sinan's greenhouse was spared.

"There was an employee on duty in my greenhouse last night. She should have driven away those who wanted to enter my greenhouse."

Si Nan said this, but he himself did not believe it.

Mother Sheng has a heart disease. She is in poor health and is weak. It was so chaotic last night. How could she protect the greenhouse by herself?

As the two were talking, the shed door opened from the inside. Mother Sheng carefully poked her head out of the door, holding a hoe. Seeing that it was Si Nan, she happily opened the door: "Xiao Nan, you're here! Is it cold outside? Come in and warm up."

"Thank you for bringing me here." Si Nan thanked the soldier and also stuffed two chocolate bars into his hand to thank him for bringing him here.

After watching the soldier leave, she walked into the greenhouse and saw a dozen strangers standing next to Sheng's mother. After she came in, they hurriedly helped Sheng's mother lock the door from the inside, then carried a dozen bags of soil and fertilizer weighing hundreds of pounds from the side to prop up the greenhouse door, and smiled ingratiatingly at Si Nan.

Si Nan glanced at them and his eyes fell on Sheng's mother who was wearing two thick sweaters: "Aunt Sheng, are you okay? Sheng Youqing was here?"

"I'm fine. Youqing came to see me at midnight yesterday and brought me some clothes. I think he's busy working with the patrol team now."

Mother Sheng grabbed the corner of her clothes, like a child who had done something wrong, not daring to look Si Nan in the eye. "Last night, the temperature suddenly dropped, and a lot of people came, smashing and destroying nearby greenhouses, and even trying to break into our greenhouse. I quickly locked the door of the greenhouse. But I couldn't deal with so many people alone. Fortunately, Brother Pang and the others were nearby, helping me drive away wave after wave of bad guys, so our greenhouse was safe and sound."

Pang Xingan, who was called "Big Brother Pang" by Sheng's mother, was about 60 years old, tall, looked honest and healthy. He scratched his head embarrassedly and said to Sinan: "Girl, you are the owner of this greenhouse, right? Last night, we brothers were just like those people, planning to find a greenhouse to hide from the cold. But we have always been honest people. Whether it was before or after the end of the world, we have never done bad things and have lived honestly. We can't stand those people's stealing, looting, and smashing, so we didn't go along with them. Look at this Sheng Da The girl was bullied, so we stepped forward to help. The girl from Shengda saw that we were wearing short sleeves, so she let us in to hide. We heard from the soldiers outside this morning that the base will distribute thick clothes, quilts and other supplies to the victims in the shantytowns in the next two days, and will build winter shelters as soon as possible, and will recruit workers at that time. We are going to sign up, and when we find a place to live, we will leave here. Before that, can we stay here temporarily? Don't worry, we will never touch the crops in your greenhouse, and we will solve our own food and drink. "

A young man next to him, who was no more than 25 years old, had fair skin and a gentle appearance, like a college student. Seeing Sinan pursed his lips and said nothing, he hurriedly said, "Sister, please rest assured that we really won't touch anything in your greenhouse. We came to the Shishan Base two months ago. At that time, most of the houses in the Shishan Base were rented out, and we couldn't get the better jobs. We have been doing hard labor in the West District to earn some points in exchange for food to feed our families. The temperature dropped too quickly yesterday, and we didn't have any cold-proof clothes. We had no choice but to follow those criminals and thugs in the West District to come here to keep warm."

There were thirteen of them in total, ten men and three women, including a little girl who was less than five years old. Each of them was thinly dressed and looked at Sinan with a pleading look.

Si Nan felt that if she didn't agree, they would kneel down and beg her to take them in at any time.

To be honest, in Sinan's opinion, none of the people who have survived various natural disasters and survived to this day are good people.

But not everyone in this world is a cruel and ruthless bad person. Many people still maintain a kind heart and live an honest and decent life without endangering their own relatives and friends.

In the chaotic situation last night, if it weren't for these thirteen people, her greenhouse crops would have been destroyed long ago. And with their physical strength, they could easily drive away the frail Mother Sheng and occupy the place.

But they didn't do that. Instead, they listened to Sheng's mother obediently and helped her drive away wave after wave of thugs with ulterior motives. Just for this reason, Si Nan felt that there are still good people in this world.

After thinking for a while, she said, "You can stay here temporarily, but I have one request. Once you find a place to live, you must move out immediately and keep it a secret what I planted. Otherwise, I will immediately ask the soldiers outside to take you away, and everyone will be in trouble."

The soldiers outside were arresting the criminals and thugs who had done bad things last night one by one. After those people were arrested, the soldiers did not give them thick clothes to wear, but instead escorted them to the prisons and jails in the west district and left them to fend for themselves in the severe cold weather to teach them a long lesson.

After freezing for a day or two, those who are still alive are released to build heated shelters. For those who are dead, their bodies are transported away by car and dumped in a mass grave outside the Stone Mountain Base to be fed to wolves and other wild animals that are looking for food in the ice and snow.

Everyone heard these things from the soldiers, so the criminals and thugs fought back desperately and fled everywhere.

In addition to growing a variety of vegetables in Sinan's greenhouse, she asked Sheng's mother and them to focus on growing fruit corn, tomatoes, strawberries, watermelons, cantaloupes, grapes, orange trees and other fruit crops that can be sold at high prices in today's world.

Although she could find excuses to explain where she got such a complete set of crop seeds and branches, such as she brought them herself, bought them from others at a stall, or went out to look for them...

However, she did not want the people from the Ministry of Agriculture to find out before the fruit crops matured, so that they would question her and even ask her for seeds. Therefore, it was necessary to keep it secret from them.

"Don't worry, girl. We will keep your secret. We will also guard your greenhouse for you during the time you live in it and prevent others from coming in to cause damage. We thank you for letting us live here."

After Pang Xing'an and others solemnly thanked Sinan, each of them introduced their name, birthplace, and told her the ID card information registered at the Shishan Base to show their credibility.

Sinan said: "There are water pipes in the greenhouse, you can use the water from the pipes. As for eating, drinking and sleeping, you can make a fire in the corner to cook, or you can use my plastic sheet as a cushion to sleep. I can't help you with anything else."

Pang Xing'an and his group expressed their gratitude again.

Si Nan walked around the greenhouse and made sure that it was adequately heated and the crops were growing well. She turned around and gave some instructions to Sheng's mother, saying that Sister Wang and the others would come home to take over after they finished their work, so she had to leave first because she had something to do.