Chapter 217: Super Cold Wave is Coming
After leaving the interrogation area, Xia Xiaoman found a nearby trading point and used his work points to buy some of the various agricultural products available at the trading point.
The staff at the trading point saw the newly updated work points record sheet and knew that Xia Xiaoman had made a great contribution. Seeing that it was her first time to buy these crops, they kindly reminded her: "This purple potato is called Xinggang No. 06 potato. It has a high content of solanine. It is recommended to eat only one pound a day. More than that may cause poisoning."
"This is Snow Valley No. 3 sweet potato. It doesn't taste very good. I suggest you use it to make sweet potato soup instead of cooking it directly. This is Foggy City No. 1 corn. The skin is a bit thick. You need to cook it for a longer time, otherwise it won't be cooked through. This soybean tastes bitter. Blanch it in water before cooking, and it will taste much better..."
Xia Xiaoman wrote down everything, thanked the staff, and took the crops back.
On the way back, passing by where Sun Haiyun lived, Xia Xiaoman saw a tightly wrapped person putting a large bag of things on Sun Haiyun's small bed.
When the person turned to leave, Xia Xiaoman looked at her and recognized that the person was Fu Baiwei. Fu Baiwei was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and left in a hurry.
Xia Xiaoman curiously asked the aunt who was helping Sun Haiyun look after the house, "What did that person come here for?"
The aunt recognized Xia Xiaoman and knew that she had a good relationship with Sun Haiyun, so she said, "That woman is Weiwei. She would secretly give some supplies to Xiaoyun every once in a while."
After that, the aunt sighed and said with some regret: "You said that the two of them obviously miss each other, why do they break up?"
"In today's world, accidents can happen at any time. If they separate like this and someone gets into an accident someday, the survivors will probably regret it for the rest of their lives..."
The aunt's children all died in natural disasters. As someone who has experienced it, she knows best the infinite regret of not cherishing one's life and regretting it after death.
Xia Xiaoman somewhat understood why Fu Baiwei was determined to leave.
What Fu Baiwei did was considered unscrupulous in the eyes of most people.
Using human lives to catch steel-toothed rabbits, even if the people they catch are all evil people, it cannot whitewash the fact that they feed the steel-toothed rabbits with living people.
Once this matter is exposed, Fu Baiwei will definitely be criticized and condemned by many people, and Sun Haiyun, who is closely related to Fu Baiwei, will not be spared. It may even cause Sun Haiyun to lose his current stable and easy job.
But it was impossible for Fu Baiwei to give up joining Hong Shuangyan and the others. Fu Baiwei was fed up with staying in the sewer every day. If she continued to stay in the sewer, she would sooner or later become a lunatic that everyone hated.
In Xia Xiaoman's opinion, Fu Baiwei was just being too stubborn. There were many ways to solve the problem, and it didn't necessarily require separation.
But in the final analysis, this was the couple's private matter, she had no right to get involved, nor did she want to get involved. They could do whatever they wanted, she still remembered the last time Fu Baiwei stood by and watched, so she was not so kind as to repay kindness with evil and help them resolve their conflict.
When they got home, Maodan threw himself on her excitedly, complaining that Xia Xiaoman didn't take him with her. Xia Xiaoman had to use two duck legs to calm Maodan down.
After eating the duck leg, Maodan seemed to remember something. He whimpered at Xia Xiaoman twice, turned around, picked up a steel-toothed rabbit from the corner and threw it in front of her.
Xia Xiaoman picked up the rabbit and looked at it. "Did you go out to catch rabbits while I was away?"
When Maodan heard this, he ran to the corner and waved his paw at Xia Xiaoman, "Awoo~" Come here quickly!
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman walked over curiously. Before she reached the corner, she noticed something was wrong. Why was there a cold wind blowing on her feet?
"Huh? What's going on? How come there is a hole?" Xia Xiaoman was confused. "Is this a hole dug by a steel-toothed rabbit? This is too scary! It can even dig through a cement wall!"
"Awoo~Awoo~" These are the dead rabbits. There were five or six of them in the yard, but they all went into its stomach.
Xia Xiaoman frowned and walked to the yard to check the wall. Sure enough, there was a rabbit hole at the foot of the wall. It was difficult to repair such a small hole, so he simply froze two ice bricks and blocked the two holes in the wall and the villa.
After blocking the hole, Xia Xiaoman took Maodan to carefully check the yard. Seeing that there were no other steel-toothed rabbits or holes in the yard, Xia Xiaoman felt a little relieved.
Just as I was about to go back to the house, I suddenly heard a roar outside, followed by a horn sounding.
"Attention, citizens! Attention, citizens! In three hours, the floating city will be hit by a severe cold wave, with the lowest temperature predicted to reach minus 130 degrees Celsius..."
"This cold wave is expected to last for 7-10 days. Citizens who are running low on fuel and whose living environment cannot withstand the cold wave, please enter the sewers as soon as possible, cooperate with the arrangements of the sewer staff, and make preparations to keep warm..."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment, then realized what the loudspeaker was saying, and immediately turned around and ran, "Maodan, follow me!"
"Ao!" Maodan responded, using all four limbs to return home before Xia Xiaoman.
After returning home, Xia Xiaoman nailed the doors and windows of the first and second floors, including the attic, with wooden boards and strips from the back, and then covered them with a layer of plastic wrap to prevent the wind.
Then she put some large items in the space to block the stairs. If the doors and windows of the attic and the second floor were broken by the wind, it would be difficult for the cold air upstairs to come down if there were a bunch of things blocking the stairs.
After tidying up the house, Xia Xiaoman cleaned the basement and moved down with Maodan.
Seeing that the cold wave was coming soon, Xia Xiaoman lit five or six braziers on the first floor, and also lit the kang and stove. The fire on the first floor could at least stop the cold wave.
He placed the burning braziers one by one to avoid causing a fire. Then, he took Maodan into the basement, sealed the basement door, and placed two braziers at the basement door to block the cold air.
It's no wonder that Xia Xiaoman was so nervous. She was scared by the last snowstorm. If Maodan hadn't woken her up in time, she would probably have become one of the ice sculptures.
After finishing all the preparations, Xia Xiaoman sat next to the brazier and took out a bag of starch sausages and bamboo sticks, planning to string some starch sausages together and make fried skewers when she had time.
Maodan leaned over and sniffed the starch sausage curiously, smelling the scent of technology and hard work. He ran to the fireplace and lay down beside it in disgust.
At the same time, the sky outside the house changed suddenly, and gusts of wind suddenly blew, bringing with them a chilly breath...
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