Chapter 123: I can go out (13)

On the first day, the four of them cleared away the wood on the 24th and 25th floors.

The next day, the 26th and 27th floors were also swept clean.

But after walking for two consecutive days, there were four floors and sixteen households in total. There were so many households, but they didn't see a single person. This made them very confused.

"Where are the people?"

But in fact, in order to prevent the four of them from running out of food and targeting other people in the building, the residents downstairs had already united and moved in together.

Because the water level kept rising, the lower floors were uninhabitable, and the higher floors were too close for the four of them. So, they decided to move to floors 28-30. After all, wasn't there a separate security door on the 31st floor? If nothing else, they could lock it; it would also provide a layer of protection for them.

So no matter how crowded it is, they only stay in these three floors, and naturally there will be no one on the floors below.

It was not until they arrived at the 28th on the third day that they discovered the figures of people who had frozen to death due to the rapid drop in temperature.

Looking at the people everywhere hugging each other for warmth, Huang Jinghe felt very sorry for them. He said, "How about..."

"Or..." Lao Gao looked at Huang Jinghe and repeated his two words.

Just when he thought Huang Jinghe was about to say something that would be hard for them to accept, Huang Jinghe simply said, "How about... throw these people off the building? I always feel uneasy staying in the same building with them, especially so close to them."

Ling Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and unconsciously teased, "They died so tragically, and you still wanted to throw them down. You're really capable."

Huang Jinghe said with a bitter face, "But I always feel that it's a pity. Besides, it's okay for these people to be frozen now, but it will be easy for them to have problems when the weather gets hot. It's better to just throw them down."

Lan Jin subconsciously asked, "Do you know when the weather will get hot?"

This..., he really didn't know.

Lao Gao said, "Okay, how about putting them all in one room and locking it up? Wouldn't that be better? If you're really feeling scared, let's confirm if there's anyone on the 31st floor. If not, we can lock the security door. When we need to leave later, we can open it ourselves. That should be fine, right?"

This is definitely better than being open, but as Lao Gao said, "I'm on the 33rd floor, I don't know what you're afraid of."

“This is different.”

The situations are different, and the living and the dead are also different. One is physical fear, the other is psychological fear, but they are all fear anyway.

Since Huang Jinghe had made this request, he naturally could not expect others to do it. Fortunately, Lao Gao came to help him. It didn't take long before he locked all the frozen people in a room.

At the same time, Lan Jin and Ling Jiang were also busy removing the wood that could be burned at home.

The four households on the 28th floor were completely wiped out, but when they were about to clean the 29th and 30th floors, they unexpectedly discovered that some people were still alive on these two floors.

Since there were people there, they naturally wouldn't disturb others, and then the group went to the 31st floor.

Actually, there was originally a household living alone on the 31st floor, but during the heavy rains, they moved downstairs because they were afraid of the people on their two floors. Now they had no plans to go back upstairs, so Lao Gao assumed that there was no one on this floor and directly demolished all four households.

After the four of them took all the wood from the four households on the 31st floor home, Lao Gao took out a general lock and locked the security door tightly.

The reaction was as if these people were coveting the wood they brought home.

Lan Jin teased, "Are you afraid those people downstairs will come and snatch it?"

"No, I'm afraid they'll come up and steal while I'm asleep."

…

After three days, all the wood in the building was finally collected.

At this moment, they still did not choose to go out, but were thinking about making charcoal.

Almost at dawn, the four of them went to the rooftop one after another and started working.

For the four people who had never done this before, the work of making charcoal went... quite unsuccessfully. Not only did they waste a lot of wood, but they also didn't make any charcoal at all. Instead, there was a small basin of charcoal ash.

Looking at the ash basin, the four of them felt distressed.

But just as the four of them were squatting on the rooftop, thinking carefully about whether they had missed anything, a scream came from below the rooftop.

Ling Jiang ran towards the edge of the rooftop and asked, "Hey...someone is shouting."

As soon as she finished speaking, she stuck her head out.

When Ling Jiang saw the scene below, she discovered that there was more than one person on the ice downstairs.

Some of these people were traveling in groups of three or four, while others were walking alone. But they all fell down from time to time, and the screams were endless. If one just wanted to watch the fun, it would be really interesting.

But seeing how hard these people fell, Huang Jinghe asked doubtfully: "Looking at this, can we get out?"

"It looks like it really works. Why don't we wait for a day of freezing and go out and try it tomorrow?"

The other three immediately agreed, "Okay."

But we can talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. No matter what we say today, it's impossible to finish this charcoal.

Looking at the piles of wood on the ground, Lao Gao felt really distressed. After thinking for a while, he finally said, "Sister Ling, why don't we take it to your house and let Grandma Ling teach us how to do it. Otherwise, it will waste too much wood."

They really have no experience in making charcoal, and if they just burn it directly, there will be a lot of smoke. After all, the wood is covered with a layer of chemical components. If they don't make it into charcoal, they really can't make a fire at home.

Ling Jiang looked at the things they made and couldn't refuse at all, so he agreed immediately, "Okay, even if you don't ask me, I'm going to tell you what kind of things they made. If I had cooked at home, I wouldn't be so cold."

…

After a few interactions among the four of them, the task of making charcoal somehow fell on Huang Jinghe.

Huang Jinghe didn't care. He turned around and went to the balcony to learn from Grandma Ling.

The other three people were also discussing near the balcony where to get supplies for tomorrow.

Lan Jin said, "We're only thinking about getting supplies, but the icy roads outside are definitely difficult to walk on. Several people just fell on the ice and got their clothes and skin stained and can't get it off. Shouldn't we also consider the issue of travel safety?"

Ling Jiang said, "Yes, this is also very important. Oh my god, I saw the skin that was stained with ice, it looked painful. I suggest you bring a bottle of hot water, in case it gets stained, you can use hot water to remove the skin."

(End of this chapter)