There was a white mist of ice and snow all around, and a blizzard was still blowing outside the window.
"Oh, it's been snowing for almost a month, why doesn't it stop?" Sitting by the window, Zhao Xingguo's wife Zhang Cuifen was curled up in a ball wearing a cotton coat and wrapped in her own thick quilt. Even though there were five charcoal fires burning in the room and dozens of people were crowded in, the temperature in the room could barely be maintained at around five or six degrees.
"Who says it's not true? In the past, it was rare to see two snowfalls a year. If the thickness of the snow could exceed ten centimeters, these naughty kids at home would have been flying with joy... Look at these naughty kids in my family now, they are all frozen and huddled in the room. If they couldn't play in the room with other children in the village every day, they would have been suffocated long ago." Aunt Gao also sighed while wrapped in a quilt.
These days, everyone's bundled up in their warmest clothes. If they can't fit, they'll just wrap themselves up in blankets and come here to keep warm. It's the same for everyone, so it doesn't really matter what their image is; being comfortable is what matters.
Many people had come here to keep warm, wearing cotton coats and trousers to preserve their appearance, but they all ended up catching colds. He Guiping didn't have much cold medicine, and they couldn't afford to waste it at this time. What if the children or elderly at home got sick and there was no medicine? Wouldn't that be terrible? So everyone just dressed up and wrapped themselves up.
According to Zhao Xingguo's original plan, all the villagers would stay at Zhao Zhengde's house for heating during the day, and then go home to eat and sleep at mealtime. Each household would only need to contribute one or two kilograms of coal every day.
But later when they found that one household could not accommodate so many villagers, everyone had to go to three households on their own initiative. The other two were He Guiping and Zhu Dahai.
Each household shall give coal and firewood to the other party according to the number of people, with each person receiving two kilograms of coal or three kilograms of firewood. For children under ten years old, the amount shall be halved.
Seeing this, everyone didn't think it meant much.
No matter how you calculate it, this is much more economical than burning a fire to keep warm at home before.
In order to save charcoal, many people are too lazy to go home to cook every time, so they prepare all the meals for the whole day in the morning and bring them directly here. Anyway, in such cold weather, the food will not go bad. Just heat it up on the brazier and you can eat it to your heart's content, saving the trouble of running back and forth.
In order to make it more convenient for everyone to heat water and meals, Zhao Xingguo and several other village cadres specially made several racks that could be placed on the brazier.
It is precisely because several cadres in the village care about everyone that the whole village is so united.
Cao Shufen's family can still produce six pounds of coal a day, but the three of them always feel like a thorn in their backs when they are with everyone every day. Cao Shufen always feels as if countless people are pointing fingers at her. She has already discussed with her husband that after the snow melts, the three of them will go to the temporary base to avoid being looked down upon by others in the village and causing embarrassment.
At such times, Cao Shufen would sometimes wonder if she had lost her mind, or if she had done something like that. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been better to just buy coal from someone else's house? The villagers would have sold her some no matter what.
During this period, the blizzard never stopped, whether it was day or night. Except for Qin Suyun and two other families in the village, everyone stayed in these three households during the day to save coal.
It is not convenient for Qin Suyun to go and play with other people with her furry friends. If some naughty children want to scratch Dahei and get bitten or scratched by them instead, it will be a big trouble. The deterrent effect of nine dogs is quite great.
Moreover, Qin Suyun also discovered these days that the bodies of her own dogs, Dahei and Xiaoqi, seemed to be significantly larger than before the snowstorm, at least one-third heavier than their original weight, and their brown-black fur was even thicker. Xiaoqi and the others didn't like to run outside because of the cold weather a few days ago.
These days, I have to go running in the snow every day, and I will never go home until I have played for two hours!
Early this morning, Xiaoqi took Dahei and the others and plunged into the mountain forest covered with heavy snow.
They hadn't been home since morning. Now it was afternoon and Qin Suyun had already prepared dinner for Dahei and the others, a pot of fragrant chicken soup and their favorite boiled beef, but they still hadn't come back from outside.
While eating, Qin Suyun looked out of the courtyard gate from time to time. There was a three-meter-high wall outside her courtyard, so she couldn't see what was happening outside at all.
But Qin Suyun couldn't help glancing back and forth with her peripheral vision, and she seemed a little absent-minded while eating.
"Are you worried about Dahei and the others? They should be fine. Their fur is so thick, it must be good for keeping warm... I've seen Siberian Huskies at a friend's house before, and those dogs' fur doesn't seem to be as thick as Dahei and the others' newly grown fur, so you don't have to worry." He Zhennan comforted while eating.
He Zhennan had been doing very well lately. He felt that in just 40 days, almost all of his injuries had healed. Even his broken ribs no longer hurt. He felt that his body's recovery speed had far surpassed its previous level.
He Zhennan was originally surprised by the changes in his body, but after seeing the changes in the dogs and cats in Qin Suyun's home, he felt that the increased speed of his body's recovery was not a big deal.
This earthquake and snowstorm were too strange. Although he was safe here, he had no way of knowing the situation outside. He quietly observed the situation around him in the village and found that not only his body recovered much faster, but even those villagers who were seriously injured in the earthquake recovered much faster than before.
The villagers had never encountered such injuries before, and had no idea how long it would take to recover from such serious injuries, and how difficult it would be. They simply assumed that these seriously injured villagers had a strong desire to survive and did not want to abandon their families, so they recovered.
But He Zhennan knew that wasn't the case. His former comrades had also suffered similar injuries. Didn't they have strong willpower and a strong desire to survive? Moreover, they were still living in the military hospital at the time, but their condition kept recurring and their recovery was very slow.
"Your friend's house? Do you remember what happened before? Then do you remember where your friend lives?" Qin Suyun suddenly forgot to worry about why her dog hadn't come back yet. Her eyes were all focused on He Zhennan.
The other party had lived in her house for more than a month, helping her with things within his ability on weekdays, and she had no displeasure...but he refused to go to the temporary base to look for his parents and friends, which made her very worried.
In the future, the police system and household registration system may never be able to be put online again. If the other party doesn’t find his family now before the world falls into chaos, he will not be able to find them even if he wants to!
Only after losing her loved ones did she realize the importance of family members. She did not want He Zhennan to regret it in the future.
But now…
Qin Suyun frowned and asked, "When did you recover your memory? Why didn't you tell me before?"
Being stared at closely by the woman in front of him, He Zhennan's heart skipped a beat. He secretly thought that this was not good. He had just relaxed a little because of the relaxed atmosphere in Wanxi Village and wanted to comfort her, but he did not expect that this misstep would lead to eternal regret. His heart was tangled and confused, but He Zhennan pretended to be nonchalant with a silly smile on his face, "Hehehehe, I only remember the dog, I don't remember anything else... Hehehehe."
Qin Suyun stared at He Zhennan suspiciously, always feeling that something was wrong. She was not very good at observing people's expressions, but every time she saw him showing a silly smile, she felt a little uncomfortable. She felt that this silly and dazed expression should not appear on his face.
"Are you really only thinking about your friend's dog? Don't you think about your family and friends? If you can remember your friends, it will be much easier for you to go back." Since the other party can remember his friend's dog, it should be no problem for him to remember his friends.
"Yes, hehe, I like dogs... Do you like dogs? I especially like those big, majestic dogs, hehe." He Zhennan continued to smile foolishly, trying to change the subject.
When Hei Dou and Zha Zha heard the two talking, they even stopped eating the cat food and strawberries in their bowls. They tilted their heads and looked at the two of them, looking like little kids sitting in a row listening to gossip.
In the past few days, not only Dahei and the others have grown a lot in size, but Heidou and Zhazha have also changed a lot, especially Heidou, whose weight and height have almost doubled, but his body is still slender and strong.
But at this moment, the cool cat face showed a puzzled expression which was really adorable.
"A puppy? I like it very much...but you really haven't recovered your memory?" Qin Suyun frowned, unyielding.
"Hehehe, no... If I recover my memory, I will definitely tell you the first time, hehe..." Seeing that the person opposite him still hadn't forgotten what happened just now, He Zhennan was really troubled.
However, at this moment...
Zhazha, who had been listening to the two people talking with his head tilted, suddenly flew up and flapped his wings and flew straight upstairs!
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