"How many people are still alive?"
Everyone stared at the world of ice and snow in front of them, but there was no time to be sentimental, and they soon fell into busyness.
Tan's mother and Zhou's mother started a fire to boil water to thaw the frozen villa. The smoke from the cooking stove curled up, bringing a touch of fresh vitality to the whole world. Everyone was busy. Zhou's father even went to see his newly bought off-road vehicle. Although it was also frozen, fortunately the damage was not serious.
Xihe was wrapped up like a stupid bear, looking around the entire villa. Zhou Yan was helping the adults and came to see her from time to time.
Woof woof woof!
Xihe raised his head and saw a big black dog jumping happily outside the wall.
She raised her eyebrows and stepped on the thick snow to open the door. Zhou Yan hurried over: "Ruoruo, don't move, I'll open the door!"
Zhou Yan held a kettle of hot water in his hand and poured it on the lock. When the ice was almost melted, he hit the lock hard with a hammer and the lock opened. A big black dog rushed over, Xihe quickly dodged, and Zhou Yan was thrown to the ground, with his face licked.
Xihe: ...You really think you are a dog.
Zhou Yan's face was covered in saliva, and he finally got up. The dog wagged its tail happily.
"Ruoruo, it looks like the stray dog you picked up last time!"
Zhou Yan squatted down curiously. It was indeed that dog. After wandering for a month, it had now become a real stray dog.
It was dirty and its fur was messy, but it looked very energetic and spirited.
The dog says 'woof woof woof': That's right, it's me!
Zhou Yan's eyes curved and he said to Xi He, "Let's take it home."
We didn’t adopt it last time and let it go. But after experiencing the cold wave, the dog came back on its own, which shows that it is destined to be with them.
He touched the dog's head with his hand, and the dog rubbed it against him. He smiled and thought: Besides, this dog is lucky.
Xihe glanced at the shameless and cute Gouzi and said, "Well, you can bring him if you want, but I don't know if my mom will agree." Just as the chaos was about to begin, Gouzi came back at the right time.
The two people and the dog closed the door and went into the house. The whole family was shocked when they saw the dog. After recognizing the dog, they all sighed.
"This dog is really lucky, it's still alive. Since I met him, I might as well keep him."
After looking the dog over, Tan's mother made her final decision: "Since it's all black, let's call it Dahei. Let it guard the house from now on."
Gouzi: Dahei? Dahei?!
Woof woof woof, I'm a dignified system, my main body is a demon, and you actually call me Dahei? I don't agree!
Unfortunately, no one knew what it was saying. With the addition of a new member to the family, everyone's frowning faces finally showed a smile.
As the only person who knew about it, Xihe didn't care about it and didn't even ask where it had been wandering for the past month.
"It's almost noon, I'll go cook." Zhou's mother stood up.
"Okay, I'll go too. Let's have stewed chicken today." Mother Tan followed behind. Because the restaurant on the first floor was frozen and had not thawed yet, the two of them went into the second basement to cook.
Zhou's father and Tan's father moved stools and started replacing the glass. When the cold wave came, many glasses were cracked.
Grandpa Tan and Grandpa Lin also came to help, while Grandma Tan and Grandma Lin continued to boil water to thaw the things in the room... Everyone was busy, and at this moment, several shadows were approaching outside the villa.
"Xihe, someone is coming!" the dog barked.
Xihe looked out the window and saw several warmly dressed people wandering around the villa.
She called out "Zhou Yan," and the two of them arrived at the gate. The man, who was hesitating whether to call for help, suddenly ran over happily, "Girl, boy! Is anything wrong at home? I'm from the villa next door. I saw smoke coming out of your house just now, so I came over to check."
The man was about forty or fifty years old, fat, and wearing a thick cotton jacket. When he approached, an unpleasant smell came from him.
Xihe subconsciously took two steps back. The man seemed to notice it and quickly stepped back, saying embarrassedly, "When the cold wave came, we all hid in the basement. There was no toilet in there. After a month, I was... I'm really embarrassed."
Basement? Hearing this, Xihe raised an eyebrow: "Your family has a basement, it seems that no one in your family is in trouble."
The man nodded immediately. "My parents, my wife, and our two children are all home. Everything is fine. It's just that..." He scratched his head and couldn't help but look towards the house behind them. "It's just that we don't have much food. We've eaten it all. Girl, boy, do you have any left? I'd like to borrow some..."
A pair of black eyes looked at the two of them. Their faces were rosy and their clothes were clean and tidy. It was obvious that they were living a very good life.
Thinking of what his son had mentioned before, that trucks were driving towards the villa, and it was said that there were not only food but also various kinds of meat in them, he couldn't help swallowing.
In fact, he had wanted to come here to find food half a month ago, but it was too cold. He almost fainted from the cold within two minutes of coming out of the basement. He had no choice but to wait until now.
"Young man, is your family in there? I just want to borrow a little to get me through the next two days. I'll buy some from the store out back when it opens."
"And I'll give you three times the money for the food. No, how about five times?"
After saying that, he looked at the two of them eagerly.
But now the situation is so bad, most of the buildings are frozen, and the opening of shops is a long way off.
Zhou Yan said nothing and looked at Xi He, who then looked behind the man: "Are you here to borrow food too?"
At some point, some people who were wandering around the villa came to the front door. Some of them looked very bad, some had ruddy faces, some had dirty clothes, and emitted a bad stench. They all looked greedily at Xihe and the other person and the villa behind them.
"I've seen you transporting food into the villa." The leader was a tall, fierce man with a face full of flesh.
Zhou Yan subconsciously held Xihe's hand tightly and pursed his lips. At this time, the two sides were in a standoff, and the other party obviously had bad intentions.
"Little girl, the world is tough right now, and we don't know when the national relief grain will arrive. Since you have food, and so much of it, there's no reason for one person to monopolize it. Leave some space for us to survive, right?"
"Yes, and don't worry, when things get better, we will definitely pay you back. We will never default on our debt!"
"I see you've moved several trucks. There are only ten of you in your family, so you can't finish all this food. Instead of letting it go bad, why not give it to everyone?"
The other men spoke in a nonchalant manner and without any politeness, and they had actually already figured out the situation in the villa.
I know that there are old people and several women in the villa, and there are only three young and middle-aged people.
The meaning is to warn them not to overestimate their own abilities and confront them.
"You're just making a fuss! We bought all this food with our own money and brought it back with great effort. What does it have to do with you?"
Tan's mother rushed over and looked at the person opposite with a fierce look on her face.
There was a commotion outside the door, and everyone in the house was startled.
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