Chapter 177 Loaning a Snowplow
The snowplow slowly drove over, and the driver skillfully operated it, lowering the shovel close to the ground.
As the vehicle moved forward, the shovel quickly scooped up a lot of snow and pushed it to one side. The snow was like a small snow mountain, which was continuously piled up by the snowplow.
After a while, the road that was originally covered with snow gradually revealed its black road surface.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman took out her high-beam headlights and flashed the snowplow. The driver saw the light and turned the car in the direction of Xia Xiaoman.
The snowplow was moving slowly. It was only a distance of a few hundred meters, but it took nearly forty minutes, shoveling snow as it moved forward.
The driver thought someone was trapped in the house by the snow, so he walked closer and found that the owner had already cleared the snow in the yard. He opened the window and asked, "Why did you call me over?"
Seeing the snowplow coming, Xia Xiaoman hurried to the yard and threw a cigarette to him, "Brother, help shovel the snow. Clear all the snow within 10 meters of my house."
She was still a little worried about the five-meter distance. This ferocious rabbit was a pervert. It could jump over a two-meter-high wall, so it might be able to jump over a five-meter distance. She made it 10 meters wide because she didn't believe that the ferocious rabbit could fly!
The driver took the cigarette and asked in confusion, "Why did you clean up the area so clean? It will be the same when it snows in two days. I can just clear a path for you."
Xia Xiaoman's smile did not reach his eyes. "Brother, I don't like being surrounded by snow. Can you help me shovel it? After it's clean, I'll give you a pack of good cigarettes."
The driver was a little tempted after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Okay then! It's a deal. After I finish shoveling, you have to give me another cigarette."
Xia Xiaoman nodded sincerely, and the driver drove to shovel the snow upon seeing this.
While the driver was shoveling snow, Xia Xiaoman was still making ice bricks to build the fence. Perhaps because of the snowplow, there was no vicious rabbit today, so Xia Xiaoman could concentrate on building the fence.
About two hours later, the driver came back with the snowplow and said, "Hey, it's been cleared. Come out and see if there's any problem."
Xia Xiaoman raised his head, stood on the ice bricks and looked around, making sure that all the snow nearby had been shoveled away. He smiled and said, "Thank you, brother. Go and do your thing!"
The driver didn't move, "You haven't given me the cigarette yet!"
Xia Xiaoman said: "Didn't I give it to you already?"
The driver was stunned for a moment, "When did you give it to me?"
"Didn't I give you a pack of cigarettes at the beginning? The cigarettes are still in your car."
The driver was unhappy when he heard this. "Girl, how can you be so rude? We agreed that after I help you shovel the snow, you will give me another cigarette."
"Brother, what I'm saying is that after you finish shoveling the snow, I'll give you a cigarette. Look, isn't there exactly one cigarette in your car?"
The driver came to his senses and realized that the little girl was playing word games with him!
"Little girl, I worked hard to shovel snow for two hours, and you just give me a cigarette to get rid of me. That's not the way you should behave." As he said that, the driver turned the car around and faced Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman sneered, took out a pistol from his pocket and pointed it at the driver's head, "Then tell me, what should a person do?"
The driver was stunned when he saw the gun, and said with a stiff face: "Forget it, just think of it as me doing a good deed for free!" Before he finished speaking, he quickly turned the steering wheel and drove away.
After they were some distance away, the driver dared to mutter in his heart, "What bad luck! I thought I could earn some extra money today, but I didn't expect this damn girl had a gun."
Forget it, next time I see someone holding a light to beckon him, I'd better observe him first. If he is an easy target, I'll ask for a higher price to avoid being played word games by others.
On the other side, Xia Xiaoman put away his gun after seeing the driver walk away and continued to build the ice wall.
If she hadn't thought that this man was affiliated with the government and it would be troublesome to kill him, she would have shot him to death when he turned his car around and wanted to run her over, and she would have also gotten a snowplow.
This snowplow was borrowed by Fucheng from the north.
Fucheng is located in the south, where heavy snow only happens once a century, so Fucheng does not have a single snowplow. After the first snowstorm, Fucheng sent people to the north to borrow 10 snowplows.
After rushing all the way, we finally got back before the second snowstorm and put it to use.
In addition to these 10 snowplows, Fucheng also made some snowplows by itself. Although they are not as easy to use as real snowplows, they can at least clear a road without snow.
Snowplows were used to clear the snow, and within a few days, several passable roads were cleared in the Shuiyue Bay area.
Xia Xiaoman hid at home every day, turning a deaf ear to what was happening outside the window. He was only focused on freezing ice bricks to build the wall. Occasionally, he would freeze some ice cubes for himself and throw them into the space, or when he boiled snow water, he would get some warm or hot water and put it in the space for emergency use.
The temperature outside was much colder than before. Xia Xiaoman estimated that it was at least minus 60 or 70 degrees Celsius. During the snowstorm, the temperature was at least minus 90 degrees Celsius or even over 100 degrees Celsius. Otherwise, how could it be so cold that frost formed inside the house?
The extremely cold weather made her very tired and hungry every day. After building the wall for a while, she felt inexplicably exhausted and her stomach was growling with hunger.
In order to fill her stomach, she now stops doing puzzles every night and instead cooks various foods.
For example, for braised beef noodles, cook the noodles in alkaline water, drain and set aside. Then pour the canned braised beef into the pot, add water and boil. When the soup is cooked out, pour the noodles in, stir evenly and divide it into portions. When you want to eat, just take out a bowl and eat it.
In winter, you should eat more of these steaming foods.
Tired from moving bricks, Xia Xiaoman stood there gasping for breath, and his consciousness entered the space, thinking about what to eat to replenish his energy.
"Hurry up! Over here! Follow me!"
A voice interrupted Xia Xiaoman's thoughts. She looked up and saw several people who were wrapped so tightly that it was difficult to tell whether they were men or women, rushing towards her with flashlights in one hand and sticks and forks in the other.
Xia Xiaoman's face turned cold, and she drew out her axe and stared at the people rushing over. She didn't seem to have provoked anyone during this period, so where did these people come from? Could it be that the snowplow driver went back and felt unconvinced for a few days, so he brought people here to cause trouble?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw one of them thrust a fork into the snow, and another person next to him shouted excitedly: "Too slow, it's gone over there, hurry up! Don't let it escape!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a white shadow jumped up and appeared in front of Xia Xiaoman.
Xia Xiaoman swung the axe reflexively, and the axe hit a ferocious rabbit.
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