Chapter 226: Fire trees are like colorful clouds, and bronze flowers illuminate the world

The fifth gathering area.

Xiong Dahai filled the fire with coal, and the flames burned weakly, and the heat dissipation effect was not good.

Because the doors and windows were closed and there was no ventilation, the smoke produced by the gas prevented the house from escaping to the outside.

The houses in Anshi are different from those in the north. They have chimneys to disperse smoke, so the smoke in the house is lingering and very stinging.

The whole family sat around the coal pile, warming their hands and feet, and enduring the coal smoke.

They warmed the fire, but they could not warm the front, and if they stretched their backs to warm them, the front would be very cold.

On the coal pile, there was a porcelain basin filled with snow. After the snow melted, rice and flour were put into the basin to cook and eat.

There were no vegetables. Such living conditions were enough to make others envious.

The reason why Xiong Dahai could still fill his family's stomachs was because he awakened the B-level superpower "bear transformation". He could transform into a hairy form for three hours every day, and

his strength and physique could be increased four or five times, and he was not afraid of the severe cold.

It was with this superpower that he became a member of Huang Ge's team. When searching for supplies, he made great efforts and received more rewards.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, he carefully took out a box of ham wrapped in iron.

"Wow! Ham!"

The two children drooled with greed, and realized that they were talking too loudly, so they quickly covered their mouths for fear of being heard by outsiders.

"This is what Uncle Huang gave to Dad."

Xiong Dahai said.

He was very grateful that he followed the right person. This can was specially given to him by Captain Huang Ge because he saw that there were old and young people in his family.

He was very grateful for this.

As he spoke, he opened the can, and a foul smell came out.

Although it was sealed, it still had some smell after experiencing the heat.

But the children did not dislike the smell, but came over to smell it.

That's meat, they haven't eaten meat for a long time!

Xiong Dahai cut the ham and gave it to his father-in-law and mother-in-law first. However, although the two old people swallowed their saliva, they were not willing to snatch the children's food.

Instead, they gave the ham to the two growing children.

"Children eat, children eat."

The two children were also drooling. They looked at their parents and gave them the ham: "Mom and Dad, you have worked hard outside, you eat it."

Xiong Dahai then gave the ham to his father-in-law and mother-in-law and said:

"Mom and Dad, my real parents died in the mouths of zombies. You are my real parents. You eat this ham first, and then we will eat."

The father-in-law and mother-in-law felt sad and guilty,

"We are a burden to you with our old bones."

Xiong Dahai hurriedly said: "What are you talking about? How can a family say this? You two old people, eat quickly!"

The wife looked at the tall man sitting in front of her tenderly. As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. This usually dull man was extraordinarily decisive when disaster struck.

His performance in crisis time and time again deserved the word "man".

She regretted that she had argued with her husband because he didn't understand the ways of the world and didn't make a lot of money.

This doomsday disaster made her grow up a lot!

"Mom and Dad, eat quickly."

She persuaded,

"Our family is in a very good situation in the gathering area. We are still here, and we will definitely get through the difficulties and live well as a family."

The two elders were not so optimistic. They saw the frozen corpses thrown into the ice and snow one by one. Although some people behind them were afraid of corpse transformation and dealt with them,

they still made them understand the severity of survival.

How much they hoped that they would not become a burden to their children, and when the ice melted, they could get a piece of land, plant some crops and vegetables, and help their children.

But looking at the seemingly endless snow outside, they felt that they might not be able to wait for that day.

However, not wanting to disappoint their daughter and son-in-law, they forced a smile on their faces and ate the ham.

"My daughter is right, we need to be a good family."

"Hey, let's eat, kids, you guys should eat quickly too."

The kids started eating, they didn't dare to eat too much, they just licked it, took a small bite, tasted it, and then ate a big bowl of rice noodles.

The wife chatted with Xiong Dahai,

"Captain Huang is really nice, I heard that some other captains are very demanding and monopolized all the supplies."

Xiong Dahai's face changed and he talked about the rumors he heard today.

"That's true. They are generally the confidants of the captain of our eighth gathering area. They pocketed all the materials they collected, and also asked them to privately collect the quota of rice and flour issued by the higher-ups. Many people died of hunger and freezing... They have no conscience!"

"I heard that they seem to have taken a fancy to a resident's villa and are joining forces to rob the house!"

"That family, I'm afraid they can't hold on!"

Xiong Dahai didn't say anything more serious. These people relied on their ability to trample on others recklessly.

They robbed materials, threatened others, bullied men and women... They did all kinds of bad things, short of murder and arson.

He couldn't help but take action several times, but when he thought of his wife and children at home, he suppressed his impulse, fearing that these people would retaliate.

After all, those who can become team leaders are all C-level or above.

Upon hearing this, his wife's face changed, "How can these people do this? They still do this when things are so difficult now."

This is not only bad, but also evil.

"Didn't anyone report these things to General Qian?"

Xiong Dahai sighed, "General Qian is also a human being. He has pulled everyone to Anshi to live and sent people to build a windbreak. He has done his best. How can he care about what's going on below? Besides, the captain has already become powerful and has everything under his control. Those who are bullied by them are either frozen to death, starved to death, or too scared to speak. The weather is so cold that countless people are frozen to death every day. How can we know how they died?"

His wife was silent and could only sigh: "Alas... This world is really not for human beings to live in!"

"If the weather is warmer, we can grow some things and raise chickens and ducks. Maybe we can get by. In such a cold weather..."

Xiong Dahai agreed with his wife: "Who says it's not true? But this snow will not stop for a while. The temperature is even lower today. I'm afraid tomorrow..."

I'm afraid there will be more corpses to deal with!

He was reluctant to say this. It was too cruel. He was afraid of scaring the old man and the children.

But at this moment, there was a burst of light outside the window, accompanied by bursts of red light, illuminating the dark and cold night sky.

"Is it on fire?"

Xiong Dahai immediately ran to the window, and his wife, children, and the two elders also ran over.

They stared at the strange scene outside the window in amazement.

Outside the window, there are pine and cypress trees, their branches release white light in the night sky, like small LED lights, shining brightly.

They extend their branches into thousands of homes, and the bright "lights" bring bursts of heat.

It's like thousands of stars decorating the world.

There are also plum trees, their flowers are like red flames, burning brightly, like flowing red clouds, beautiful and hot.