Chapter 150 Extreme Cold. Something is wrong
The three of them entered the house and saw that the floor of the living room was covered with a layer of foam insulation board, with a stove in the middle and a smoke exhaust outlet to the guest bedroom. Exhausting smoke from the guest bedroom was an additional warming measure.
If you look closely, you can see signs of soaking on the bottom of the furniture, and the indoor temperature does not exceed ten degrees.
"These foam boards were bought back from the market by Uncle Liu." Zhuona changed her shoes first and went into the house. "And the two stoves. Hey, there were originally three, and I gave one to Wang Xintong."
"You can move back." Chu An reminded, "She probably won't be able to come back."
"Yes, I will move tomorrow." Zhuona hurried into the house to find thick slippers.
Chu An and Gu Ye put their backpacks against the wall and stood at the door without moving.
"You're welcome. My home is your home." Zhuona put down her slippers and went to add firewood to the stove, then turned into the kitchen to shovel ice into the ice bucket.
Zhuona's house is a small apartment with two bedrooms and a living room. There are many things in the living room. Apart from a stove, there is only a long sofa that can seat three people.
Neither of them dared to move and sat on the sofa obediently. Chu An was fine, but Gu Ye's long legs seemed to have nowhere to put.
"Don't look down on my simple home." She put crushed ice into the kettle and sat back on the stove.
"No, our house is not big."
"That's right. We still have food and drink now. According to the old standards, we should be multi-millionaires at least. Hahahaha."
When the water boiled, the three of them drank half a cup. Their stomachs felt warm and their bodies felt much more comfortable.
While they were drinking water, Zhuo's mother suddenly came into the room. She asked the team leader for a leave and came back to cook for them.
"We'll have garlic sprout and egg dumplings later. Auntie, put more eggs in it." She put on an apron and went straight into the kitchen. "There's nothing delicious at home, please don't be disgusted."
"We grew the garlic sprouts ourselves, in the master bedroom. When it got colder, my mom and I moved in together, and I used my previous room to store other things."
"No, no, it's not easy to get enough to eat now." Gu Ye stood up and walked towards the kitchen, "Auntie, let me help you, I've made chive dumplings before."
"Oh, you've done it before. Our Nana doesn't know how to do it at all, and doesn't want to learn."
"It's actually quite simple to make the dumplings, but it's hard to prepare the fillings."
Gu Ye's mother particularly likes to eat chive dumplings. Once on her birthday, he couldn't think of a gift, so he learned how to make one online. But he only tried it once, and the filling was too salty.
He entered the kitchen and stood beside Zhuo's mother, washing vegetables and chopping stuffing with skillful techniques.
"Not bad."
Zhuo's mother's praise is very helpful, and her laughter is very warm. If she sees that he has done something wrong, she will patiently guide him, and the atmosphere in the kitchen is full of joy.
In the living room, Chu An kept thinking about what the two gossips said about Zhuona, so he asked her what had happened.
Zhuona smiled easily, "It's really nothing, I was just scared at the time."
During heavy rains, many people in District 7 were stranded in the corridors, moving up floor by floor as the water level rose. In order to prevent the building from stinking, people would use their neighbors’ toilets.
On the day of the incident, Zhuo's mother went to deliver food to Liu Shuang. That is, the old man who was shot by an arrow today knocked on the door to borrow the toilet. He and his wife had been living in his nephew's house. The house was flooded, so the three of them lived in the corridor.
When the old man saw that there was no adult at Zhuona's home, he became malicious. Fortunately, his nephew sensed something was wrong and kicked the door open to rescue her.
"When Brother Liu came in, I had already fled into the house and locked the door." Zhuona said with a smile, "The old man didn't eat and didn't have much strength. I eat three steamed buns every day."
Although she said it lightly, the danger was imaginable. However, Chu An did not regret letting them live alone. The premise of helping them was that they could understand the cruelty of the end of the world and know how to save themselves. This balance was difficult to grasp.
After the two of them finished talking, the dumplings were wrapped.
Gu Ye brought the dumplings to the stove in the living room to cook. The smell was not very strong, and the gaps in the house were sealed with tape, so the smell could not dissipate.
Zhuo's mother took out the spicy cabbage and Laba garlic that had been pickled long ago, and Zhuona took out the happy fat house water that she had been reluctant to drink.
The dumplings were cooked. Mother Zhuo took off her apron and walked out, reminding them, "I have to go to a meeting. Eat and then go to rest."
The three of them were hungry, so they sent Mother Zhuo away and each took a plate of food and ate around the stove.
At the gate of District 7, Zhu Guangzhi came back from lunch to take over. Liu Liyang told him to be alert because some people who went out to look for supplies had not returned.
This kind of thing has happened before. Some people hid outside temporarily to avoid robbery; some went too far and couldn't get back; and some had to leave a few people behind to guard the large amounts of supplies.
Zhu Guangzhi felt something was wrong today, but he couldn't put his finger on it. If he had to associate it with something, it could only be related to the two children who came into the community.
Liu Liyang comforted him, "You may be upset because of what happened this afternoon. Don't think too much about it. I will pick you up later."
Zhu Guangzhi nodded, hoping that he was just worrying too much.
On the other side, a collective meeting was being held at Liu Chuan's home in Building 10, and the building managers and administrators of each building had already taken their seats.
Everyone voted for a new admission system, where anyone who has made a significant contribution to District 7 can invite relatives and friends to live in the community for a long time. However, they must submit a written application to the security team, clearly stating the identity and background of the person being invited, and then hold a collective meeting, and only with the consent of two-thirds of the building managers can they move in.
If the length of stay does not exceed three days, there is no need to submit a written application, but a person at the level of deputy captain or above and the team leader and administrator of the building are required to act as a guarantor.
After the new system was established, some people were happy and some were worried. The one who was happy was naturally Zhuo's mother. She had made outstanding contributions to District 17 and was also the administrator of Building 3. Liu Laohu, as the deputy team leader and the head of Building 3, naturally agreed to vouch for Chu An and Gu Ye.
The people who are worried are those who take shortcuts and love leisure. There are also such people among the building managers and administrators, but they dare not say a word because they cannot change their power.
After setting the new rules, Liu Lao Hu talked about going out to find supplies. Recently, there were often people who did not return home at night.
Zhuo's mother added, "It's very chaotic out there right now, with all kinds of gangs and factions recruiting people everywhere. No one can guarantee that every resident is on the same page with us, and there are bound to be people who hide well and are in Cao's camp but their hearts are with Han."
Liu Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Then we have to strictly screen those who go out to look for supplies."
Deputy Captain Hu Zhihao disagreed, "There are already few people going out to look for supplies. If we screen them more strictly, no one will be able to go out."
Someone else echoed, "That's right, it's dangerous even if there are not enough people going out."
"It's better to have fewer people than to have ulterior motives." The eldest sister who brought Chu An and the others here today is the material manager of Building 10. She told them about the robbery that Gao Yuan encountered today and emphasized, "They robbed Zhuona's classmates today. Fortunately, we passed by at that time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."
"Are you serious?" Mother Zhuo stood up and felt even more pity for the two children.
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