Chapter 138 Let’s go to Xishanye
"Lieutenant Lu."
After the severe drop in temperature ended, Meng Ci and Shen Que stayed at home for another five days before they thought about going to the official exchange to check the situation.
If I could meet Lu Chen, I could ask him if I could still live in Xishan.
At this time, the snow had already reached the ninth floor and above, and the official exchange should have been submerged.
However, in order to meet Lu Chen, Meng Ci still felt that he should try his luck.
Sure enough, not far from the exchange, I saw Lu Chen.
At this time, Lu Chen was leading his men and planning to set up a simple exchange at the original location.
"Hello."
Lu Chen handed something similar to a map in his hand to a soldier next to him and strode over.
"Lieutenant Lu, what are you doing?" Meng Ci asked curiously.
Lu Chen said: "Before the temperature dropped, we took away the things from the exchange."
"Now that the snow has stopped, we plan to rebuild an exchange."
Compared with the previous ones, this exchange is much simpler and is only surrounded by an iron net.
At two of the ends, there were still several large tents, just like before.
Meng Ci nodded. From his previous conversation with Lu Chen, he knew that he didn't like to beat around the bush, so he directly took out a house deed from his pocket.
"Lieutenant Lu, I heard that the villa area in Xishanye was requisitioned by the government."
"I came here just to ask, I bought a house there before, can I still live there?"
While speaking, Meng Ci handed the house deed in his hand to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen knew that Xishanye was the top villa area in M City, but he didn't expect that the person in front of him could actually afford it.
Although the two met many times, Lu Chen never asked their names.
After opening the property deed and seeing the owner's name on it, Lu Chen raised his eyebrows. Meng?
Previously, the richest family in M City was the Meng family.
Although there are many people with the surname Meng in City M, perhaps only the richest man can afford to buy a villa in Xishanye.
"Of course." Lu Chen handed the house deed in his hand back to Meng Ci.
"Are you from the Meng family, the richest family in City M?" Lu Chen asked curiously.
Meng Ci nodded, "That was all before the end of the world. This identity is useless now."
After getting Lu Chen's reply, Meng Ci said that if he needed to move in the future, he would tell Lu Chen in advance to avoid causing him unnecessary trouble.
Since the rainstorm began, despite the government's preparations, most adults have their own opinions and there is no other way to disobey discipline.
Especially with this severe drop in temperature, many people do not believe it. It is already very cold now, so even if the temperature drops, how cold can it be? Therefore, most people are unwilling to obey.
Many people did not take it seriously and did not cover themselves with extra blankets at night or prepare for a sharp drop in temperature, which resulted in many people freezing to death.
The M City Government received a serious letter. When the news about the Prime Minister of Country R in the letter was transmitted to the country exactly at the right time, the M City Government immediately took it seriously.
Relevant leaders reported the situation to higher levels, and then all provinces and cities began to prepare for the end of the world which would come in a month.
Province M has established a total of ten refugee resettlement sites in the province, two of which are in City M.
One of them is Xishanye.
The other one is said to be in a town south of City M, because the terrain there is flatter and the refugee resettlement site is larger.
Through chatting with Lu Chen, Meng Ci roughly knew that the population of City M was indeed not as severely damaged as in the novel, but there were only more than four million left.
The most serious loss was the temperature drop to minus 70 degrees Celsius.
No one wants to see such a serious population loss.
But Meng Ci had no choice, and he knew that with so many people left, this was the best the government could do.
After returning home, Meng Ci and Shen Que did not go out again. They just planned to wait for the right time and go to the western mountains.
The two of them would meet with Zhang Mingtian and others from time to time, and could roughly understand the current situation.
The extreme cold was about to end and the extreme heat was coming. Lu Chen and his colleagues began to organize everyone to dig snow, trying to rescue some things that were buried in the snow but were still useful.
The government had stored some bulldozers, snowplows, snow blowers and other machines in advance, which greatly reduced people's labor.
Meng Ci thought about it and realized that even if it snowed in the next month, the snow would only accumulate to a depth of more than one meter. There was really no problem in starting to dig now.
There were also some people who, seeing official organizations digging for things, organized themselves spontaneously and planned to keep the things they dug for themselves.
There were a lot of things in Meng Ci's space, and he could be self-sufficient, so he and Shen Que stayed at home and didn't go out again.
We waited until July 16th, when the temperature had risen to minus 33 degrees Celsius.
In another four days, the temperature will rise back above zero.
By that time, the melting of ice and snow and floods will affect travel again.
Therefore, Meng Ci and Shen Que first packed two large bags of things and carried them on their backs. They also took a bed sheet to tie some things up and let Qiezi carry it.
Because I just wanted to go and see Xishanye’s villa to see if the house was habitable or if it was occupied by someone, so I didn’t say goodbye to Zhang Mingtian and the others.
After locking several doors, the two men and the dog walked downstairs.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether those doors are locked or not. After all, the main things in the house are stuffed into Meng Ci’s space.
But you have to create an illusion.
The two headed west.
After walking for two hours, we started to go up the mountain.
At the beginning, Meng Ci, who didn’t know that the government had established a refugee resettlement site, planned to wait until the snow melted before going to the western mountains.
But now that we know that the authorities have built a refugee resettlement site in Xishanye, it means that the snow in Xishanye must have been dealt with by them, otherwise how would they live in the houses built before the blizzard.
Moreover, I heard from Zhang Mingtian that there are still people living in the refugee resettlement site.
Therefore, Meng Ci changed his mind.
“Shen Que, do you think we can find a house smoothly?”
Shen Que and Meng Ci each took a trekking pole and walked slowly.
"Okay." Shen Que said affirmatively.
"That's good." Meng Ci nodded.
Although the two people were carrying large bags, they were actually filled with cotton clothes. Only Eggplant carried some food.
However, even with such a small amount of food, it cannot stop the eggplants from growing wild.
After walking for a while, Meng Ci saw a cave in front of him.
Or, to be more precise, it's not a cave, but a snow cave.
There were more than a dozen soldiers waiting at the entrance of the snow cave, and they all had guns on their bodies.
When they arrived at the cave entrance, a soldier stepped forward and stopped the two men.
"You two, please show your passes."
Because the refugee resettlement site had previously moved out most of the residents and taken their belongings.
All those who decide to continue living in the refugee resettlement will have a pass with not only their photo but also the time of check-in.
Once the person inside wants to leave, the pass will be taken back.
New residents also have to check the time to make sure they are people who left six months ago before they can enter.
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