Chapter 111

The front door of the house showed obvious signs of damage.

It can be seen that all the gaps have been filled with cement and the door has been sealed.

Then after the water receded, the sealed door was knocked open again and someone went in.

There were water marks on both the wall and the gate.

The key is definitely useless as the door had been sealed and pried open, and had been deformed by the flood.

But this is also normal. Both Shen Cong and Shen's father have seen many similar situations and are no longer surprised.

With Shen Chong's special ability, any iron door seemed to be as soft as silk, and she opened the door without any effort.

After entering the door, the two people found that the yard was unusually clean, obviously having been cleaned by someone.

Although the soil in the yard was also frozen, it was obvious that the signs of previous flooding were not serious.

This also indirectly proves that what Wei Yan and Liu Tuan said is still somewhat reliable.

"There must have been water in the yard, but because it was blocked tightly outside, not much water came in, and someone came in to clean it up after the rain stopped." Chen Cong said after taking a look.

"It's not water coming in from the door. It's obviously rain water seeping down from the roof. Wei Yan and his team have put a lot of effort into this house."

Father Shen pointed to the iron roof covering the roof and sighed.

No matter where the water came from, we are fortunate to see that our house did not suffer any major damage in the flood.

"Dad, where does Jiashu live? Didn't he say he lives in a residential area? This house doesn't look like anyone lives there."

Chen Cong looked around the yard again and asked.

When it was raining heavily, Jiashu asked Wei Yan to tell his family that he had moved back to the community and was safe, and asked them not to worry about him.

So this time when they came back, Chen Cong and the others went straight to the villa.

Since Jiashu is in the community, he must be living in his own home!

But I never expected that there was no one at home.

Not only was there no one there, there wasn't even a trace of anyone ever having lived there.

"Go ask the property management." Father Shen said.

Before he could finish his words, voices were heard outside the door.

"Sister Congcong, are you back?"

It’s Sun Qing.

"Ask Sun Qing." Chen Cong said as he went out to meet her.

After not seeing each other for a few months, Sun Qing has lost weight again. Her small face, which was originally small, is now so thin that there is not even a trace of flesh on it.

There is only a pair of big eyes left on the whole face, which makes people feel distressed just by looking at them.

Seeing her like this, Shen Cong took a few quick steps, held her hand, and asked, "Sun Qing, why have you lost so much weight? Is there no food at home?"

"No, no!" Sun Qing quickly shook her head: "My family still has plenty of food, sister, you don't have to worry about me."

Chen Cong didn't believe her lies.

She looks like she could fall down at the slightest gust of wind, does that mean she has extra food at home?

She wanted to ask a few more questions, but Sun Qing obviously didn't want to continue this topic. She turned to look at Father Shen who had followed her, smiled and said, "Uncle, it's so cold, you and my sister are going on this trip to find Gu Jiashu, right?"

"Do you know where he is?" Father Shen asked quickly.

"He went to look for firewood. It was a cold day, and there was not enough firewood, so everyone in the yard went out to look for firewood."

"Do you know where he lived before?"

Seeing that Sun Qing didn't want to talk about food, Chen Cong didn't ask any more questions and instead asked about Jiashu.

"He and his drilling crew have been living in my house. I rented half of the house to them. Sister, you and uncle should go to my house and wait for him. They should be back soon."

"Live in your house?" Chen Cong was extremely surprised.

But Father Shen seemed to have figured out the reason and nodded: “Your house is not flooded, right?”

"It was flooded, but not too serious. Only a little water got into the first floor, and the floors above the second floor can be used." Sun Qing replied.

After listening to the conversation between his father and Sun Qing, Shen Cong belatedly remembered that his parents had said before that the Sun family’s villa was at the highest point in the community and had the best location.

Their row of houses is built on a small gentle slope. If there is a place in the whole community that is not flooded, it must be their row of houses.

It seems to be true.

While a few people were talking, Lao Cao had already received the letter and ran over.

He and Shi Lei all came from the upper floors. When they escaped from the upper floors, they didn't have time to take any clothes.

So what I wear now is a hodgepodge of things.

He wore a military coat on the outside, but underneath the coat he was only wearing a white shirt that had changed color due to washing.

He wore a pair of sweatpants underneath.

After running all the way here, my lips were frozen purple.

"Captain Cao, stop standing here and talking. Let's go to my house first."

Seeing Lao Cao, Sun Qing spoke before he could even open his mouth.

Lao Cao did not refuse. He nodded quickly and pointed to the road ahead: "Let's go, your house is the warmest in the whole courtyard now!"

After that, he pulled Father Shen, held his arm intimately, and said, "Uncle, let's go together. I have asked someone to find Jiashu, and he will be back soon. Let's go to Xiaosun's house and wait for a while."

Although he was wearing a military coat, he didn't feel warm at all. As he spoke, he pressed hard against Shen's father.

Father Shen was amused and angry by him, and pulled off the scarf from his neck and wrapped it around his head: "I've never seen you so affectionate with me before. Are you very cold?"

Although his idea was exposed, Lao Cao was not embarrassed and just laughed along.

Sun Qing's home did not suffer much damage during the earthquake.

Although she had not lived here much before and did not have many clothes of her own, her parents' clothes were all there.

So at this time she was wrapped in a long black down jacket, which was wide and large, like a quilt, covering her tightly from head to toe.

Chen Cong glanced at the label and recognized that this was the extremely expensive goose down jacket that was said to be able to be worn to the Arctic, and then he didn't ask anything.

I know that this girl is definitely not short of clothes at least.

This was Chen Cong's first visit to Sun Qing's home.

Her house and my own are both three-story buildings with a rooftop terrace on the top floor.

But her house is much bigger than mine, and the yard is even bigger.

Even though there is no backyard, the front yard is very large.

The yard had indeed been flooded before, and there were still traces of the water on the ground.

But the water was cleaned up after the flood, and rows of wooden racks were rearranged in the yard.

But there are no vegetable boxes on the shelf now, obviously they have been carried into the house in advance.

Sun Qing led the way, and several people entered the house together.

After entering the house, the most eye-catching thing is the various pieces of wood piled up in half of the living room.

There were some dried branches and a few dry leaves, but other than that everything was miscellaneous wood that had obviously been bought from a scrap yard.

There were broken window frames, door frames, small pieces of scraps from building houses, and piles of sorted shredded paper and waste newspapers.

In the corner farthest from the fuel, there was an enamel basin on the ground with a few pieces of wood in it, burning a small flame.

Although the fire was not big, one could feel the warmth as soon as one entered the house.

This is probably because when the house was renovated before, the doors and windows were made of good materials and the sealing was done very well.

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"Did you buy this?" Chen Cong asked in surprise, looking at the pile of wood.

"That's right! This girl seemed to have gone crazy some time ago.

It was okay when it rained. As soon as the rain stopped, she sorted out all the vegetables and food stored at home and took them out to exchange for these things.

Not only that, she also rented out half of her house.

She doesn't want food or vegetables for the rent, she wants fuel! Look, the guys in the well-drilling team are doing nothing now, running around everywhere to collect firewood for her every day."

Even when Lao Cao talks about this now, he still has a speechless expression on his face.

"At that time, everyone in the hospital said she was crazy. Shi Lei and I even came to talk to her. In the end, she said it was you who said to prepare more fuel."

Lao Cao said as he looked at Chen Cong with a look of admiration: "Hey, Xiao Shen, who can compare with your brain? You really can predict the future!"

"What do you mean by foresight? You are just scared by the weather conditions before! There have been earthquakes, droughts, and insects. When it rains, won't it be colder?"

Fearing that Lao Cao would say something strange again, Father Shen quickly interrupted him.

Lao Cao not only did not think that this rebuttal was wrong, but he also nodded vigorously in agreement.

"Uncle Shen, you are absolutely right! When we first went home, Xiao Shen told us something similar.

But what I said was also sincere. We have experienced all those disasters before. But experience is experience, who can think of the next step from it?

Xiao Shen is really smart, I would never have thought of that."

"If you don't think about it, just follow what the smart people say. When Sister Cong Cong said that we had to make preparations, both of you captains were there. Who can you blame for not listening?"

Sun Qing still remembers what the people in the hospital said and the sarcasm when she went to change the fuel.

Hearing Lao Cao bringing up the old things again, I felt a little annoyed.

It sounds a bit unpleasant to say it out loud.

"Yes, yes, yes, you still understand." Lao Cao didn't bother with her.

Instead, he looked at Shen's father and Shen Cong again: "Uncle Shen, Xiao Shen, do you think the weather can get any colder? It's already below zero degrees today!"

"What do you think?" Chen Cong asked instead of answering.

Lao Cao said nothing.

What's there to ask?

At this time, the cold wind was howling outside the house, and the sky was blown into gray and yellow by the wind and sand.

In just a short while, the temperature has obviously dropped a lot.

Although Sun Qing's family doesn't have a thermometer and she can't tell exactly what the temperature is, her body feeling can't lie.

"I have a stove upstairs with a bag of fuel. If you can't hold on, you can take it down and use it, or you can let someone stay at my house.

If it really doesn't work, just go live at home.

My house was originally built for growing vegetables, and it has heating installed, so it can withstand cold weather better than other places."

Looking at the sky outside, Father Shen felt heavier in his heart, and his brows were furrowed tightly.

He did not answer Lao Cao's words, but looked out the window and spoke slowly.

Sun Qing had actually told the community about this matter before, but Lao Cao and Shi Lei discussed it and decided not to use it for the time being.

Save it until you really can't bear it anymore.

Hearing Father Shen mention it again at this moment, he didn’t hesitate, nodded and said, “Okay.”

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became depressing.

Jiashu was called back ten minutes later.

He was not as disheveled as the Shen family thought. At least he was wearing a thick woolen coat.

The style of the coat is a bit old-fashioned, but the texture is very good and it looks very windproof.

Seeing Shen's father and Shen Cong, Jiashu was like a traveler who had been lonely for a long time and finally saw the light. He let out a cry and rushed over to hug Shen's father directly.

"Uncle, you guys finally remembered me! If you didn't come, I would have frozen to death!"

He was over 1.8 meters tall, and rushed over from a long distance, hugging Father Shen so hard that he took several steps back.

Moreover, the old man never expected that the bad kid would pounce on him like this. He was completely unprepared for the moment and did not say a word after being held in his arms for a long time.

Chen Cong snorted, went over and grabbed Jiashu by the collar and pulled him off his father.

"Aren't you going to go home? Now you know you miss us? You still have the nerve to say that? You're just waiting for us to pick you up, right?"

The more Chen Cong spoke, the angrier he became.

Jiashu was not angry even though his sister-in-law scolded him like that. He just smiled and did not refute.

But Father Shen couldn’t stand it.

He rubbed Jiashu's head distressedly: "Your face is frozen blue! How long have you been out?"

"Not long."

Jiashu raised the plastic bag in his hand and said with a wry smile, "We only found this little bit of grass. How long can we stay out for?"

Chen Cong snatched the bag from his hand and stuffed it into Sun Qing's hand, then said, "Stop talking and hurry up. I think it's going to snow today."

After hearing her words, several people looked out the window together, and the more they looked, the more worried they became.

Jiashu took off his coat without saying a word and handed it to Sun Qing: "Thank you, if it weren't for your coat, I would have lost half my life today."

Sun Qing took it, nodded at him, and said nothing more.

After putting on the jacket handed to him by Shen's father, Jiashu returned to his room and packed his luggage as quickly as possible.

Then he told Sun Qing a few words to other colleagues in the drilling team, and they quickly left the Sun family.

Time is life at this moment, no one dared to say a word, and the three of them got in the car and started to rush back as fast as possible.

The electric car was only parked outside for half an hour, and it took a lot of effort to start it again.

After finally starting it, Chen Cong discovered that the battery had dropped by half in an instant.

She suddenly felt uneasy.

If she and her father were the only ones there, if the car stalled on the road, they could put it back into the space and get a new one.

But Jiashu is also in the car now, and even changing cars is impossible. What will happen next is really up to fate.

Since I was driving my own car today and Chen Cong was more familiar with the route, she drove the return trip again.

Both Father Shen and Jiashu sat in the back.

Jiashu was so cold outside just now that he couldn't help shivering even after getting in the car.

This is easy to understand.

Although he borrowed a coat from Sun Qing, he still wore his own clothes underneath.

It's just a short-sleeved T-shirt and a pair of summer trousers. It would be strange if he wasn't frozen to the bone.

Seeing the clothes he was wearing, Father Shen felt very distressed and couldn't help complaining: "How dare you run outside dressed like this? If you get frostbite, it will be difficult to cure it in the future!"

As he spoke, he took out the blanket he had prepared in advance from behind the seat and wrapped Jiashu around it.

Jiashu let the old man fix him, and he curled up in the corner, sighing comfortably.

After hearing his father say that he had few clothes, he more or less explained: “Uncle, I am lucky. Sun Qing’s family has her father’s clothes, and she is willing to take them out for us to wear.

Many other families don’t have a single piece of thick clothing and can’t even go out!

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Lao Cao is wearing a military coat. There are only two of them in their entire property, and they were there before the earthquake.

One was given to the guard, and the other was worn by whoever went out. If he wore it, others could not go out.

With this temperature, even if you don't go out, you'll be frozen to death if you stay indoors!"

He pointed to the bag he had thrown on the front seat and said, “I just left all the clothes and blankets for the people in our team.

If they don’t stay, they won’t be able to survive tonight.”

At this point, Jiashu himself seemed to realize that something was wrong, and he said to Chen Cong with a chuckle, "Sister-in-law, I have nothing left, so I am going to you naked.

You have to provide me with food and shelter, otherwise I will be helpless."

Chen Cong rolled her eyes hard at the rearview mirror. Why didn't she know before that Gu Jiashu could be so shameless?

But she knew in her heart that Jiashu was just trying to hold on when he said that.

In fact, he is still the same person who is thoughtful and very afraid of causing trouble to others.

Although he said it in a joking tone, it was actually what he really meant.

He understood better than anyone that if his family didn't come today, his future life would be very difficult.

Chen Cong didn't want to continue this topic. She didn't want to hear her cousin say those words of weakness. She felt uncomfortable after hearing them.

She asked, "How many people are there in your well-drilling team? Who are they? Is it inconvenient for Sun Qing, a little girl, to live in her house?"

"It's not just our well-drilling team, Sun Qing also rented the upstairs house to two families in the yard.

You should know the sister-in-law of this family, the one with the little girl? That girl used to live with Sun Qing. "

"Yes, I remember it. How come they moved there?"

"Their family is unlucky. They just moved into the apartment not long ago, and it was flooded.

The house they wanted was on the first floor, but it was completely flooded and all the things in the house were destroyed. What would they do if they didn’t move out?

Another family’s home was also flooded, so the two families rented Sun Qing’s house together.”

Jiashu then reported the name of another household.

Shen Nong was not familiar with this family, but he knew that they had moved here with Shi Lei and his family and were considered old people in the community.

It can be seen from these two families that Sun Qing carefully selected them as tenants, and they should be relatively reliable families.

Knowing that the little girl now has the ability to protect herself, Chen Cong finally felt relieved.

After the car had been driving for half an hour, snowflakes began to fall outside the window.

At the beginning, it was light snowflakes, fine and dense, hitting the window glass and making crackling sounds.

Later it grew bigger and bigger.

From individual snowflakes, they slowly formed into flakes and soon turned into heavy snow.

The road had already become bumpy due to the water, and then it quickly froze, making it almost impossible to walk on.

There are potholes of all sizes everywhere along the way, and you can't avoid them.

The people sitting in the car felt like they were sitting in a bumper car, and they were shaken so much that they couldn't sit still.

Everyone felt terrible at the time and thought this road was too difficult to drive on.

But when the heavy snow came so suddenly, Chen Cong felt that the road he had just driven on was too smooth.

It's just a little click, at least it's not scary!

Electric cars tend to drift a bit when driving, and the chassis is unstable.

It's really easy to slip when it snows. If there's a small slope, I'll slide down uncontrollably.

Chen Cong put his foot on the accelerator, his whole body was stiff and he didn't dare to move at all.

"Sister-in-law, let me open it." The relaxed expression on Jiashu's face completely disappeared. He lifted the blanket on his body and said to Chen Chong.

Chen Cong didn't dare to act stubbornly at this moment. She slowly parked the car to the side and quickly changed seats with Jiashu.

Jiashu drives more steadily than Chencong, at least he doesn't panic like her.

But in such weather, no matter how good your skills are, they are sometimes useless.

After driving for about another half an hour, the snow got even heavier.

The snow in the sky could no longer be described as goose feathers. It had all condensed into flakes, like pieces of clouds pressing down from the sky.

The sky was becoming increasingly darker. Although it was only a little after ten in the morning, it looked like five or six in the afternoon, and it was about to get dark.

Suddenly, a large piece of snow flew straight towards the front window of the car!

All of the car windows were covered in a flash.

Jiashu was so scared that he stepped on the brakes to the bottom. The wheels rubbed against the ground and made a harsh sound. Everyone rushed forward and the car finally stopped.

Jiashu took out a towel from the passenger seat drawer, ran out and wiped the glass.

But after wiping it several times, I found that it was completely impossible to wipe it off.

Seeing this situation, Chen Cong hurried out and handed over a small shovel that he had just made.

Jiashu no longer cared about where the shovel came from. He took it and shoveled hard.

In just a few minutes, the snow had frozen into ice and stuck tightly to the window glass, unable to be shoveled away.

Chen Cong had no choice but to open the car door again as a cover, took out a thermos filled with hot water from the space, and poured it directly towards the car window.

The water was boiling hot. In fact, when pouring it, Chen Cong was unsure whether it would work.

Will the glass explode if it fluctuates between hot and cold?

With the temperature so low, will the water freeze instantly?

But there is no time to think about it now.

After the water was poured on, it stirred up a white mist and the ice on the glass did soften a little.

And this little bit was enough, Jiashu had already cleared a large area at the fastest speed.

It can barely ensure that you can see what's happening outside when sitting in the driver's seat.

"Get in the car!" he shouted at Chen Cong.

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