Because there are many things to do at the shelter right now, Ye Ning didn't ask Wang Ma to cook today. Instead, she took out several portions of food that she had stockpiled before the apocalypse from her spatial storage.
There's rice with cured pork and rice with roast goose, served with steaming hot corn and pork rib soup and simple stir-fried vegetables.
After eating seafood for so long, it's nice to have something simple once in a while.
"Jingchen, has the Xiao family been looking for you lately?" Ye Ning suddenly asked.
"No!" Xiao Jingchen used a fork to spear the goose leg on the plate one piece at a time.
"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?" Xiao Jingchen looked up at Ye Ning.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that whenever there's a big change on our side, the Xiao family always calls you. Why is it unusually quiet this time? It feels a bit strange!"
"There's nothing wrong with that! The Xiao family can't afford to worry about me right now!" Xiao Jingchen's face was full of a mocking smile.
"What happened?" The woman's intuition told her that there must be some gossip involved.
"It's nothing, you'll find out when the time comes!" Xiao Jingchen said mysteriously.
"Alright then!" Xiao Jingchen kept his mouth shut. No one could get out what he didn't want to say, as Ye Ning had proven many times.
"I wonder how Uncle Gao and the others are doing! Jingchen, do you think we should take some time to go over there?" The temperature has dropped by more than ten degrees, and Uncle Gao must be having some trouble adjusting.
"Yes! I definitely have to go there, but I'll have to wait a couple more days, at least until the snow stops!"
Ye Ning thought about it and agreed. Since she wasn't going these next couple of days, she might as well call and ask first!
Ye Ning took out the satellite phone and dialed Gao Feng's number. Fortunately, communication was not completely cut off until now.
After the phone rang a few times, Gao Feng answered it quickly.
"Miss! You finally remembered us!" Gao Feng was both surprised and delighted when he received Ye Ning's call.
"Uncle Gao, the temperature has dropped rapidly lately. How's the situation at the base?"
"Overall, things are pretty good. Fortunately, Miss, you left us enough supplies for the cold weather, so there haven't been any problems so far. But..." Gao Feng hesitated.
"But what? Uncle Gao, just tell me if you have any difficulties!"
"However, when we built the dormitories, we didn't connect a boiler, and now the people living in the dormitories are freezing at night."
It's already close to -20 degrees Celsius, and the lack of centralized heating is indeed a problem.
Moreover, the indoor temperature will continue to drop in the future. Ye Ning remembers that in her previous life, when they hid in the mall to avoid the cold, many of her companions were still alive the night before, but because they didn't wake up in time due to a cold wave, they were frozen solid the next morning.
Although it is possible to live and keep warm individually without centralized heating, a large number of people can easily cause fires and carbon monoxide poisoning due to incomplete combustion.
"I understand about this. Jingchen and I will find a way to solve it for you. For now, you should all gather in the large dormitory to keep warm. I remember there used to be air conditioning there," Ye Ning instructed. She had indeed overlooked this issue before.
"Yes, Miss, I understand!" Gao Feng quickly and respectfully replied. "By the way, Miss, will you and Young Master Jingchen be coming over in the next few days?"
"We probably won't be able to come over in the next couple of days. We'll come after the snow stops. If you need anything in the next few days, just call me!"
After saying that, Ye Ning hung up the phone.
"Gao Feng, what did Miss say?" Sister Li handed Gao Feng a cup of hot water.
"The lady said they would come over in a few days, and she also reminded us that the temperature might continue to drop, until it drops back to the temperature before the arrival of the new season." Gao Feng frowned.
"Is it that serious? What should we do?" She and Gao Feng had also been there and had experienced extreme cold. They knew that even indoors, it was freezing cold in that temperature, let alone raising livestock or planting crops.
"We can't just wait for Miss to give the order; we have to take action ourselves." Miss has been incredibly kind to him, and he must share her burdens.
"Gao Feng, what do you want to do?" Sister Li asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Miss gave us some warm clothing before, and I plan to take them out in batches to collect supplies in the surrounding area." The weather will get colder and colder in the future, so we should collect some supplies while the buildings are still covered by snow, so that we don't run out of resources later.
“Great! I also think this plan is good! It will save Miss a lot of supplies.” Sister Li also agreed with the plan.
During dinner that evening, Gao Feng quickly discussed the plan with Uncle Yun and the others, and they all agreed.
The base is close to the city and there are many buildings around it. Although they had experienced two disasters, the extreme cold and the zombie outbreak, Gao Feng and his team still managed to find some supplies.
Ye Ning had already looted most of the large supermarkets in the area, but there were still some small supermarkets and convenience stores with a lot of supplies.
Apart from a few people who stayed behind at the base, almost everyone else came out to collect supplies.
Truckloads of supplies were hauled back to the base, including not only various kinds of ready-made food but also all sorts of daily necessities such as blankets, quilts, and thermal underwear. Even the wooden shelves were left unused.
They also encountered other people collecting supplies, but no conflicts occurred; instead, they each continued collecting their own supplies.
In just three days, Gao Feng and his team had collected so many supplies that they filled three warehouses.
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up and move it up!" Gao Feng urged, directing the people in the base to move things.
"Brother Gao! The truck is full!"
"Okay! Let's hurry back!"
When Ye Ning and Xiao Jingchen's helicopter arrived, Gao Feng had not yet returned.
"Sister Li, where did Uncle Gao and the others go?" Ye Ning asked hurriedly when she saw that Gao Feng was not there.
"Gao Feng has taken them to collect supplies!" Sister Li replied decisively.
"Uncle Gao has already gone out to collect supplies!" Actually, she came here this time also to collect some more supplies, but she didn't expect that Gao Feng's side had already started collecting them ahead of time.
"Are Uncle Gao and the others collecting supplies around here? Have they gotten into any conflicts with anyone else?" Ye Ning asked worriedly.
“There was no conflict. They were just collecting their own supplies. Besides, Gao Feng and the others were armed. Even if a fight broke out, they would have the upper hand. There shouldn’t be any problems!” Sister Li was always carefree and had no worries about Gao Feng and the others’ safety.
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