Chapter 260 Construction Begins
“No, no… We haven’t thrown away the clothes we wore last summer yet!
We are here to remind you that it has suddenly become hot outside, so remember to turn off the heating and change into thinner clothes to avoid heat stroke. Medicines are very scarce nowadays!
Um, we have already notified Le Yan and the others across the street! You guys can go back and have some rest! " After Wei Dong finished speaking, he pulled Tong Zi back to their own room.
Back in the next room, Tong Zi's fun of gossiping came to an abrupt end. He glared at Wei Dong with an unhappy look on his face, "Why did you pull me?"
"Can you please have a little more understanding? Didn't you see that Xie Yun's face turned black?" Wei Dong explained.
"Really? Where?" Tong Zi looked confused.
"You really can't tell - whether you are pretending or not, what is Xie Yun's attitude towards Duoduo? You are planning to ask Yu Duoduo for two sets of clothes so that everyone can wear them as team uniforms!" Wei Dong said.
Tong Zi said as a matter of course: "It's revolutionary friendship, what's wrong with everyone wearing the same clothes?
Besides, weren’t our clothes from last summer eaten by rats when we were living in the apartment building? We have nothing to wear! Otherwise, we would have found them and changed into them!”
"Have you ever seen any revolutionary friendship that requires one to go to great lengths to live with a girl? Isn't Xie Yun's profession as a doctor more valuable than Le Yan's in the base?
I'm afraid that only your best friend who is worryingly slow in feeling can't feel this!" Wei Dong said.
Tong Zi… “Huh?”
Then Wei Dong took Tong Zi downstairs to the next door mall to buy clothes overnight, also short-sleeved shirts and shorts, couple outfits!
In addition to those inside the base, people outside the base who had been queuing all night to enter, as well as those who were suffering from the extreme cold weather, were also excited.
In just one night, everyone witnessed the process of the white frost receding from the earth.
The entire world was completely thawed in just one night.
People were excited because they could finally take off their heavy cotton jackets, put out the fire that had been burning all night, and run around to survive!
But the road that was originally on the ice soon turned back into a waterway.
The water was about 50 meters deep. People and vehicles who did not have time to run out of the water area were trapped in the flood forever.
The base is located at a higher position and was never submerged during floods, so the ice thawed into water.
Apart from making the roads within the base very muddy, there were no other changes.
Because the situation of permafrost thawing was taken into consideration when the buildings within the base were first constructed.
So the end of the extreme cold and the sudden warming of the weather had no impact on the buildings within the base.
The next day, Guan Qing arrived half an hour earlier than the agreed time.
Her Fire Card lost the ability to enter Building 180 after early yesterday morning, so she stood silently in front of the stairs waiting for Yu Duoduo and the others to come out.
The temperature in the morning rose directly from -60℃+ before going to bed last night to 30℃+.
People finally saw the long-lost scorching sun, or rather, the poisonous sun without its outer coat.
Although you can see the sun in extremely cold weather, that sun looks like a decoration. No matter how long you expose it to the sun, you can't feel any warmth. But this is different.
Guan Qing came wearing a single layer of long sleeves and long pants. When she walked from her residence on the Third Ring Road to the Second Ring Road, her face was sunburned red. A few strands of hair stuck to her face, and her clothes were completely soaked with sweat.
She stood in front of the building, with the sunlight shining directly on her. She could have moved to the side to avoid the shade, but she was afraid that Yu Duoduo and the others would not be able to find her when they came downstairs, so she stood there and dared not move.
Yu Duoduo, Xie Yun, Tong Zi and Wei Dong came downstairs on time, wearing two similar yet different couple outfits.
After opening the door of the building and seeing the sunshine outside, Tong Zi exclaimed "Wow", expressing his comfort and pleasure. It was the long-lost real sunshine!
Then everyone walked out of the door one by one, and saw Guan Qing standing behind the door with an uncomfortable look on her face.
Yu Duoduo took out two meat buns and a bottle of water from his bag and handed them to Guan Qing. "This is breakfast. We've already eaten. This is for you."
Guan Qing lowered her head and took it. Before she could say thank you, Yu Duoduo and the others had already walked towards the alley on the side of the building. Tong Zi took out the key from her bag and opened a door on the side wall.
It’s not that Yu Duoduo doesn’t want to talk to her more, but the time they have known each other is too short and it’s not time for them to open up to each other. There is no need to pretend to be enthusiastic and just do his part.
Guan Qing didn't act pretentiously. She finished the bun in a few bites, took a few sips of water, and then joined Yu Duoduo and the others who were busy working.
The basement is large and dark, and the perceived temperature is at least 5-10 degrees lower than outside. It's not hot at all, just right.
The task that Yu Duoduo assigned to Guan Qing was not difficult, but it was somewhat strenuous.
She was given a stack of sandpaper and a pair of gloves, and asked to imitate Tong Zi and Xie Yun and polish the slightly rusty surface of the iron rack.
Then it was put aside, and two experienced people, Duoduo and Weidong, came to paint the iron rack, giving it new life.
After one day of cooperation, the number of completed projects exceeded Yu Duoduo's expectations - 350 beds were refurbished! That's 3,500 points!
At 8 o'clock in the evening, after the five of them finished their meal in the basement, their work for the day was considered over.
Guan Qing also gradually became familiar with Yu Duoduo, Tong Zi and others, occasionally chatting and laughing with them, and was no longer as reserved as she was in the morning.
Yu Duoduo then found out that she had studied art in college and did graphic design. In this case, perhaps it would be more suitable for her to paint!
When everyone was packing up and preparing to go home, Yu Duoduo took out a bag of rice from his bag, handed it to Guan Qing, and said:
"This is your remuneration for this month. I'll give you an advance. It's 6 kilograms in total. The extra 1 kilogram is a reward for exceeding your target today.
You should pay your rent now. After tomorrow, the base will evict everyone.
Go to the government hall right now. These are enough to pay for three months' rent. There are guards patrolling the base at all times, so no one would dare to steal food on the street.
But don’t bring the food back to the Sanhuan Residence, as there are people there who will steal it. It’s safest to exchange it for points as soon as possible.”
Yu Duoduo reminded her earnestly that that was the rain she had been caught in in her previous life, and she didn't want others to repeat the same path.
Guan Qing took the bag from Yu Duoduo with a grateful look on her face and held it tightly in her arms.
In the following period of time, the renovation work of the basement became normalized, and the five of them devoted themselves to it.
Especially Guan Qing, who was favored by others, worked extra hard and seriously.
But for those who were no longer wearing thick cotton-padded jackets and holding big fire pots, this happiness did not last for a few days before they discovered something was wrong. The temperature outside seemed to be rising endlessly...
The temperature quickly warmed up from 30 degrees at the beginning, then it became a bit hot at 35 degrees, and then it became difficult to do outdoor activities at 40 degrees. Recently, it has gradually risen towards 45 degrees or even 50 degrees!
Even Yu Duoduo and the others in the basement began to be affected and felt a strong sense of heat.
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