Chapter 126 Extreme Cold. Vision of the Future
1112 saw Chu An's gift and had almost the same expression as Gu Ye. He couldn't believe that she had prepared so many "weapons".
"These belonged to my former neighbor." Chu An explained, "He...is a gangster."
"Okay, okay." Tang Xiao first welcomed the guests into the restaurant. They had prepared barbecue and had already filled the table.
Beef, pork belly, luncheon meat, chicken wings, prawns, ham, enoki mushrooms, onions and coriander. There was a box of beer and a box of drinks under the table.
Huo Sisi was wearing an apron and heating the bottom of the pot. She smiled sweetly at Chu An and Gu Ye, "Xiao An and Xiao Ye are here."
It seems that their status changes quite quickly.
Six people sat around the table, and this seemed to be the first time they had eaten together since they met.
Tang Xiao opened the drinks for Chu An, Gu Ye and Huo Sisi, and the three of them drank beer.
"There's no seasoning, don't be disgusted." Yin Tianlin said.
At the beginning, they had to queue up and pay extra money in the trading market to grab two bags of salt and two bottles of soy sauce. They couldn't even think about other condiments.
Chu An knew that they had already provided the highest standard of hospitality to the two of them.
However, if we eat so much and eat less each time, there will be two months from today, and no one will be able to come back alive from the blizzard.
After three rounds of wine, the dishes have five flavors.
Yin Tianlin drank a lot, his face flushed, "I, Yin Tianlin, used to have a lot of friends, but none of them were good, nothing."
"Those were just drinking buddies before." Huo Sisi added, "They were all after your money."
"Yeah, I thought my life would be like this and I would be stuck in that circle. Unexpectedly, a natural disaster came and gave me a chance to rediscover myself.
All of you who are here today are my lifelong friends. From now on, whenever I, Yin Tianlin, eat, you will also eat."
Tang Xiao and Li Rong toasted him with wine, and Huo Sisi also took a sip of the drink. After this incident, she also restrained her temper.
Everyone is equal in the face of natural disasters. It is not the case that natural disasters will spare you just because you graduated from a certain university, have a lot of money in your family, or your father is someone.
If you don’t have the ability to save yourself, you’re nothing.
Tang Xiao also drank a lot, but he was much better at drinking than Yin Tianlin. He patted Gu Ye on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Ye, you and Xiao An are really good. You two are good kids."
Gu Ye was a little overwhelmed when he was called. He came late and just got familiar with everyone. Recently, he found that his wife was even less familiar with them and was not as good as him. "Brother Tang, you just need to praise Xiao An, I don't need it."
Several people laughed, and Tang Xiao continued, "Praise them all, you are all great."
Chu An had eaten a lot in the morning, so he wasn't hungry. He was full after eating two bites of meat, and just watched their performance.
"We were terrified in the morning," Huo Sisi said with emotion, "We knew the temperature would drop, but who could have imagined it would drop 50 degrees overnight."
Li Rong was also a little tipsy and talked a little more. "I wonder what will happen after the cold wave passes. Is it really God's punishment for us?"
Speaking of punishment, Tang Xiao suddenly thought of something and said mysteriously, "I remember there was a very popular apocalyptic post three months ago. The current situation is developing according to what was written in that post. It also said that this is the earth's punishment for mankind's endless demands."
Li Rong was surprised, "What did the post say?"
Tang Xiao's eyebrows were squeezed into a "川" shape, and he said in a calm voice: "Heavy rain, extreme cold, extreme heat, earthquake, acid rain, white fog, insect plague."
Chu An raised her eyebrows, as if she was being named, but she didn't say who was punishing whom. Someone must have taken advantage of her prophecy.
She picked up the drink and took a sip, then said calmly, "Do you believe it now?"
"You have to believe it. The day she talked about is exactly the same as what is happening now." After Tang Xiao finished speaking, he took out his cell phone and handed it to everyone.
Chu An took a quick look and found that it was not her original post.
Yin Tianlin and Li Rong really didn't know about this post. Huo Sisi had heard of it, but she didn't take it to heart. At this time, the three of them stared at the phone screen with wide eyes.
If there was internet, one could still say it was photoshopped, but now communications are cut off, and even if someone photoshopped the picture, they can’t send it. The content of this picture has undoubtedly become a miracle in everyone’s eyes, and of course it is also a death warrant in the hands of the King of Hell.
For a moment, the only sound on the dining table was the sizzling sound of grilled meat.
"Don't be discouraged, didn't the higher-ups say there will be a resettlement site soon?"
"Do you think we can still work when it's so cold?"
The table fell silent again, and finally Chu An spoke, "I heard from the trading market that the government will build a base next year."
The base in City C is just the beginning. After this, many bases will be established across the country. Some are owned by the military, some by the central government, some by provincial and municipal governments, and some by large families and wealthy people. In the end, even civilians who cannot enter the bases will unite to form a base for the poor.
In short, the base is very cheap, and you can collect supplies and recruit people just by hanging a sign.
The C City Base was established by the C City Government. It was prosperous for a while and had a maximum population of three million.
However, the head of the base had extreme ideas and followed the rules of other private bases, canceling the free relief food and requiring everyone to be paid according to their work. In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, as it just avoids the situation where a few strong people support the majority of people who do not work.
However, the base commander did not get the right measure and the rules he set put a heavy burden on those who were given the task. If they did not comply, they would be deducted points. In the end, the supplies they retrieved at great risk might not be exchanged for food, and they might even have to owe money to the base.
This extreme rule allowed those with ulterior motives to take advantage of loopholes and caused honest people to suffer. After forcing several people to death, people left one after another.
The base commander not only did not try to retain those who left, but also said that they were not worthy of living in the base in City C. The most infuriating thing was that the base did not allow women to hold any positions, openly discriminating against women.
Chu An suffered a lot of losses and was humiliated a lot, but fortunately, she used her cleverness to win over some people, and naturally she also made many enemies.
"base?"
Huo Sisi was very interested. Now that the base had been established, how far would press freedom be? Perhaps she still had a chance to continue working as a journalist.
Yin Tianlin's eyes also lit up. After being abandoned by his family, he had always wanted to be proud of himself. There might be a chance to show his talents at the base. He wanted to prove to his father that he could achieve success without the Yin family's background.
Li Rong didn't have any ideas. He would go wherever the young master was.
Among all the people, only Tang Xiao had a sad face. He didn't want to go into the base. If possible, he wanted to go south to find his parents.
His parents went to the south for a trip before the end of the world and were blocked in the tourist area. His brother used his connections to contact the local government and temporarily settled the two elderly people. But he was still uneasy because he didn't see them well with his own eyes.
The group of people ate and drank, cried and laughed for two hours. Finally, they finished the meal. Chu An's waist was sore from sitting.
Before Chu An went home, he told them to practice with their weapons.
"Okay, when someone causes trouble again, I will kill him with a knife." Yin Tianlin vowed, and he didn't expect his words to come true.
The two of them went home and resumed their previous lives, eating, studying, and sleeping. However, the study was changed to half a day, two papers, and the rest of the time was for Gu Ye to use freely.
After a week, Chu An found that Gu Ye had a tendency to grow sideways. He hurriedly took out a treadmill and dumbbells from the space, and lied that they were left by the previous tenant and had been placed upstairs.
Gu Ye had the same idea and began to seriously develop an exercise plan.
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