Chapter 112
The two people got into the car quickly.
Jiashu started the car again.
In just a short while, the car seemed to be frozen through, and he stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, but it still didn't move.
"Let's go down and push the cart?" Father Shen couldn't sit still anymore.
"Sister-in-law, you drive the car. Uncle and I will go down and push the car." Jiashu made a prompt decision.
But even if someone was pushing the car from behind, the car still couldn't start at all, as if it was dead and had no response at all.
On the contrary, Shen's father and Jiashu, who were standing outside the car, were already too cold to bear it.
"Still can't move?" Father Shen knocked on the car window and shouted loudly.
His hair and eyebrows were covered with snow, his eyes were squinted and couldn't open at all, and the hands that were knocking on the window were purple and curled up as if they couldn't be stretched out.
Chen Cong knew that now was the time to make a decision.
She had to get another car out of the space, otherwise, in such weather, every minute she stayed outside would increase the danger.
Jiashu is one of her own after all, and she believes in his character.
What's more, at this time, saving life is the most important thing, and other things can only be considered later.
"Dad, let's change the car." Chen Cong said as he pulled out the car key, opened the car door and got out.
Hearing her say this, Father Shen was stunned for a moment, he opened his mouth but did not say anything to stop her.
Obviously, he had thought of what Chen Cong had thought, and his thoughts were the same as his daughter's.
Coming out of the cab, Chen Cong shuddered violently.
She looked up at the sky and found that it had become much darker in just a short while.
If we wait any longer, it will probably be dark soon.
The snow that hit my body no longer felt like snowflakes, but like broken ice chips, hitting my face and neck and causing pain.
"Sister-in-law, why are you coming down too?"
Jiashu didn't know what the father and daughter were thinking, and he became anxious when he saw Chen Cong get out of the car.
In weather like this, it would be fatal if the car broke down on the road. Who would dare to give up without trying until the last minute?
He ran quickly from behind the car, looking anxious.
Jiashu’s current situation is even worse than Shen’s father’s.
Even his eyelashes were frozen, and his cheeks were red from the wind, as if they were about to bleed.
"Stand back."
Without waiting for Shen Cong to speak, Shen's father grabbed Jiashu and pulled him to his side.
And Chen Cong didn't have time to explain to him, he just took action to put the car into the space.
She thought about it as she changed cars.
There were no people on the road at this moment, not even a car in sight.
I guess the situation won’t be much better even if we enter the city.
In this case, there is no need to worry about what others think. Safety comes first.
So she didn't take out her father's electric car, but took out the small SUV that Shen's father had driven before.
Because he lived in the countryside before, he would occasionally go hiking and fishing, so when Shen's father bought a car, he directly bought an off-road vehicle.
It consumes a little more fuel, but it is more convenient and durable than an ordinary family car when taking a long trip or driving on a mountain road.
The tires and chassis are much more practical than electric cars in this kind of weather.
Seeing his daughter take out her car, Father Shen was in high spirits, opened the door without saying a word, and said, “You all sit in the back, I’ll drive!”
Jiashu was completely stunned.
Standing there like an idiot.
He didn’t even hear Father Shen’s shouting, and he was still standing there motionless.
Jiashu couldn't believe what he saw.
In the blink of an eye, the car disappeared!
In the blink of an eye, the car came out again!
I also changed one!
Jiashu felt that maybe his brain was frozen and had problems.
What's the weather like?
No matter how surprised he was, no one could give him time to digest it.
Shen Cong didn't even look at his obviously dazed face, he pulled his arm directly to the front of the car and ordered: "Get in!"
Jiashu finally reacted.
Once the car enters the space, it will remain in the same state as when it was first placed in.
When it was just put in, Father Shen and Gu Kai were just coming back from the gas station buying gasoline.
Not only is the car's fuel tank full, but it has also been serviced recently and is in excellent condition.
Even though the water outside was freezing, the car itself was not frozen, and the starting process was still very smooth and it started in an instant.
Because the temperature outside was too low and the three of them had just been frozen, Father Shen didn’t dare to save gasoline at this moment and turned on the heater as soon as he got in the car.
Soon the temperature inside the car rose a lot.
Although it can't be compared with usual times, at least I no longer feel cold all over when sitting in the car.
After Jiashu got in the car, he became very silent. Apart from taking off his hat and brushing off the snow on his body, he leaned in the back seat without moving or saying a word.
People look wooden.
Chen Cong didn't say anything either.
It’s not that she didn’t want to say it, but she didn’t know how to explain this space to Jiashu for the moment.
Jiashu is a bit sensitive to begin with. Now that he knows that I have a space but I’ve kept it a secret from him for so long, wouldn’t that make him feel like an outsider?
Chen Cong also leaned back in his chair in silence, and the car suddenly became very quiet.
The only sound left was the dull clatter of snowflakes hitting the car window.
Father Shen looked behind him from the rearview mirror, with a hint of worry in his eyes.
But he had to focus all his attention on the outside of the car at this moment, and had no extra energy to think about anything else.
It took a while for Jiashu to react.
He sat up straight, quietly touched Chen Cong with his arm, and asked in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, have you awakened two superpowers?"
Shen Cong looked at him and nodded: "Yeah."
Jiashu looked at her, his expression showing a little more caution: "That was a spatial ability just now, right? Did your ability awaken earlier than the metal ability?"
Shen Cong nodded again.
Jiashu understood it so clearly, she didn't know how to explain it.
Faced with her silence, Jiashu was silent again.
Then he looked at her seriously and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I won't tell anyone about this. I know this is the foundation of our family."
His words "our family" made Shen Cong and Shen's father, who was driving in front, feel relieved.
Shen Cong then sat up straight, stared into his eyes, and asked softly: "Are you angry that I haven't told you about this before?"
There was a flash of surprise in Jiashu's eyes: "What's there to be angry about? You didn't tell me, but you never missed me, did you?
The food and drinks you ate before, as well as the food that Shi Chencancan and I ate the earliest, and the clothes we wear now, were all stored in the space by you a long time ago, right?"
Jiashu said this and patted the windbreaker he was wearing.
As he spoke, he had already connected many things that had happened before.
Those life-saving foods at critical moments, everything can be turned out, as if it is a storage room that hides everything, as well as the fine food that pops up from time to time in the house, various tools...
Now thinking about it again, everything makes sense.
Thinking about the past days and looking at his sister-in-law's somewhat uneasy expression as she looked at him, Jiashu felt a mixture of emotions.
What right does he have to be angry?
Whether it is my brother and sister-in-law, or my uncle, including my sister-in-law's family, has anyone done anything wrong to me?
No, not at all.
Not only that, they all treated him with sincerity.
Just as he said, although his sister-in-law did not tell him about the space, he still received help from his family.
When he was in the most difficult and painful times and felt like he couldn't survive, it was his family who helped him through the hard times.
Just like now, if it weren't for his sister-in-law and Uncle Shen coming to pick him up, one can foresee how miserable the days ahead would be.
Besides, what time is it now?
Now, any supplies are life-saving!
Who wouldn’t hide and protect the money that can save their life?
The less people know, the less risk there is.
If you don't hide it, are you going to use a loudspeaker to tell the whole world about it?
Unless you're crazy.
Therefore, Jiashu not only did not feel any anger at all, but his whole heart was filled with gratitude.
He was grateful to his family for not giving up on him at a time like this, and grateful to his sister-in-law for revealing such an important secret to him.
As he thought about it, his eyes suddenly turned red.
Chen Cong didn't know what kind of mental journey Jiashu had gone through.
She saw the young man first assure her that he would never tell the secret to anyone else, and then his eyes turned red.
Before she could say anything to persuade him, he turned his head and wiped away his tears.
Chen Cong looked at him, not knowing what to say for a moment.
I want to persuade her, but I don’t know where to start?
She actually didn't have much experience dealing with Jiashu.
After thinking about it, she simply took out a box of fried rice cakes from the space and handed it over: "Want to eat?"
This rice cake was fried by Cheng Ru on New Year's Day.
The rice cake is made from flour ground from rice grown at home, and then steamed with glutinous rice flour stockpiled previously. It is then placed in a basin and kneaded by Shen's father and Shi Chen in turns. It takes a long time to knead it.
The two men were very strong and willing to work hard, so the rice cake they kneaded was dense and chewy.
Speaking of which, the reason I thought of making rice cakes in the first place was because of something Jiashu said.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival dinner, he said: "When our rice is grown, let's steam some rice cakes. I haven't eaten that for a long time, and I'm craving it."
When he said that, Shi Chen laughed at him and said that he knew nothing and that rice cakes could not be made with rice, and that glutinous rice had to be used.
The two of them also had a series of fantasies about where to exchange glutinous rice.
The two of them just said this casually at the time and didn't really take it to heart.
But Cheng Ru took it to heart.
I spent a lot of time making it specially on New Year's Day, just wanting Jiashu and other children to have something new to eat.
As a result, Jiashu hasn't returned yet.
For this reason, Shi Chen met him several times later, and every time he would deliberately show off, which made him so angry that he lost his temper.
At this moment, Jiashu was a little dazed looking at the rice cake that was suddenly delivered to him.
The outer layer of the rice cake was fried to a brown crust, but the bottom was still white. Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell that it is crispy on the outside and glutinous on the inside.
This rice cake is made very delicately. Not only is it fried fragrantly, it is also sprinkled with soybean powder and drizzled with brown sugar juice.
I don't know how Chen Cong did it? At this time, the box was still steaming, looking like it had just been taken out of the pot, exuding a sweet scent.
Looking at the box, Jiashu was a little dazed again.
"My mother saved this for you. She said you've been wanting this for a long time. After it was fried that day, she scooped out a big box and gave it to me to keep. She told me to keep it and not give it to anyone else, and to wait for you to come back and eat it."
Before Chen Cong finished his words, Jiashu reached out, picked up the bamboo sticks beside the box, tied them together and stuffed them into his mouth.
The warm and sweet feeling instantly spread throughout his body from the tip of his tongue, making him involuntarily squint his eyes in happiness.
For a moment, there was even a thought—
The idea of dying like this, with no regrets in this life.
Seeing him like this, Chen Cong didn't say anything more and directly stuffed the box into his hands.
She knew that it would take time for Jiashu to accept this matter, and it was definitely impossible for him to fully digest it in just a few minutes as he showed.
Having this box of rice cakes to eat actually gave him some time to digest it on his own, so after handing it to him, she ignored him.
The two people at the back were still in the mood to discuss food, but Father Shen in the front was becoming more and more nervous.
At this time, the visibility outside the window was already very low.
The wipers outside the car window had completely lost their function and were frozen directly onto the snow.
A layer of white frost condensed on the car windows. Even though he turned the heater to the highest setting, it still couldn't stop the ice from forming outside.
But even though he couldn't see clearly at this time, Father Shen didn't dare to stop the car. The lesson just now was still in front of him. Who knew if the car could be started again once it stopped?
In desperation, he could only drive forward slowly based on his feeling and experience.
Fortunately, there were no other vehicles outside and the ground was frozen solid.
Today's roads are simply made by leveling the ground, and are not as particular as the highways of the past.
So as long as the general direction is correct, there is no need to worry about driving the car off the main road.
Just like a donkey pulling a cart, the journey that was supposed to take two or three hours took the three of them almost a day.
In the middle, Father Shen and Jiashu switched positions again, and it was not until around five in the afternoon that they returned to Fulin safely.
By the time they got out of the car, all three were exhausted, and even felt like they had survived a disaster.
But even though they were prepared, the three were still surprised after getting off the car.
When they were in the car, they had already felt the difficulty of the journey, but if they didn't get off the car, they really didn't know it was so bitterly cold outside!
The snow on the ground was already above the ankles.
While in the car, Chen Cong had already found all the warmest clothes in the space, and the three of them could be said to be fully armed.
They all wore warm clothes, thick fleece coats, and extra-long thick down jackets. They even wore bulky and heavy down pants over their trousers.
The three of them were all dressed like bears, and Chen Cong felt that his legs couldn't even bend.
But even so, within a few minutes after getting off the bus, before they even entered the community, they felt their clothes were frozen through and the cold air penetrated into them.
In order to keep out the cold, the three of them were wrapped tightly in scarves and hats, and one of them wore a motorcycle helmet. In this situation, it was impossible for them to communicate.
But in fact, there was no need to communicate. After Shen Cong put the car back into the space, the three of them ran towards home as fast as they could.
Only after entering the building did they all breathe a sigh of relief.
Chen Cong took off his helmet and put it into the space. The other two followed suit, took it off and handed it to her.
It was already dark at this time, and the building was pitch black without a single ray of light.
She took out a high-powered flashlight and walked in front.
But before he took two steps, he heard a hissing sound from behind.
Chen Cong quickly stopped and turned to look.
Then she saw Jiashu standing two or three steps behind her with a grin on his face, holding the handrail of the stairs without moving.
"What's wrong?" Father Shen was walking at the end and couldn't see what was happening in front of him. He was the first one to ask when he heard the call.
"It's all right."
Seeing that his sister-in-law and Uncle Shen both stopped because of him, Jiashu answered quickly with embarrassment in his voice.
Chen Cong ignored him and took out the flashlight to look at it, only to find that the guy's fingers were stuck to the stair railing.
The stair railings of the house here are the most common ones, with wood on top and metal railings on the bottom.
Jiashu was wearing too many clothes, so it was difficult for him to bend his arms and legs. When he went upstairs, he just pulled the metal railings on the upper floors.
Who would have thought that the metal railing had already been frozen through after a day and night of severe cold, and his fingers would stick directly to the metal when he pulled it.
Jiashu now realized that he had done something stupid, and he felt extremely embarrassed being looked at by his sister-in-law and Uncle Shen.
He raised his hand and was about to pull it out, but was held down by Shen's father who came over.
"I dare not. If I pull it, I will definitely lose a layer of skin! What kind of weather is this? What if I get hurt?"
Chen Cong had never experienced such a situation before, so she didn't know what to do.
After thinking about it, he simply took out a bottle of warm water from the space and poured it on the railing.
Fortunately, this method is feasible. As the metal heated up, Jiashu immediately took his hand away.
This time, the three people walked more carefully.
Because the weather was so cold, all the doors were closed tightly, so I hardly heard any sound along the way.
It was not until they reached the thirteenth floor that they suddenly heard a man's suppressed crying coming from inside the building.
Chen Cong paused, and the two people behind him also stopped.
Father Shen took two steps forward, listened quietly for a while, then sighed and said, “The old lady of the Xie family should be gone.”
Chen Cong also thought of this, but after hearing what his father said, he still felt heavy in his heart.
Old lady Xie had just returned home from the hospital.
He was already old, and then he fell seriously ill.
It is inevitable that the body cannot withstand such a sudden drop in temperature.
But even though they knew this was normal, everyone couldn't help feeling sad when they heard the crying sounds coming from the Xie family.
Xie Song and Lin Jie are still working in the group. It is estimated that due to the sudden drop in temperature, the two guys did not have time to go home.
There should be only Xie Benliang and the old lady left in the family. Now the old lady is gone, and she didn’t even have the chance to see her grandchildren before she died.
Because they had just dealt with the Xie family before, Chen Cong and the others knew very well how filial the father and son of the Xie family and Lin Jie were to the old lady.
How good the family relationship is.
Before, everyone was sighing that the old lady was lucky and that she was very blessed to have such a younger generation.
But in the blink of an eye, she was killed by the severe cold.
No one would be able to accept such a sudden disaster, right?
The three people continued to go upstairs, accompanied by the crying of the old lady's son Xie Benliang along the way.
He cried so sadly that the people who listened to him felt even more depressed.
I finally got home.
Chen Cong had just taken out the key to open the iron door on the 18th floor when the sound of a door opening came from upstairs.
Then there was the sound of footsteps and someone ran out of the house.
"Gurgling? Dad?"
Following the shout, Gu Kai ran downstairs.
"It's so cold, why did you come down here? It's not like we can't find our way home."
When she saw her husband, the corners of her gloomy mouth couldn't help but curl up, and the heaviness in her heart was suppressed.
Gu Kai did not answer her.
Without saying a word, he rushed over, grabbed Chen Cong into his arms and hugged him tightly!
He hugged her so tightly that he wanted to squeeze her deep into his body.
Shen Cong was startled by his action and froze.
Mr. Shen and Jiashu, who were following closely behind, were also startled. They both stepped back at the same time and stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do for a moment.
After the shock, Chen Cong felt a little embarrassed.
She helplessly reached out and patted Gu Kai on the back, trying to signal him to let go.
Because she was wearing thick clothes, she didn't actually feel anything when Gu Kai hugged Chen Cong.
But when her hand touched her husband's body, she found that Gu Kai was trembling.
His back was tense and he was obviously in a state of extreme tension.
Chen Cong then realized that their trip had frightened her husband.
She quickly hugged him back and comforted him softly, "It's okay, we're back. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm fine, feel it, my arms and legs are all intact. Don't worry, we're all back safely."
Hearing her say this, Shen's father and Jiashu also came to their senses.
Only then did they realize that Gu Kai's loss of composure was due to being too nervous.
The previous awkwardness disappeared immediately, and recalling the previous experience, the two began to feel scared.
Father Shen also spoke up.
He comforted her softly, "Xiao Kai, don't worry, we are all back and have brought Chen Cong and Jia Shu back to you safely."
Gu Kai was really frightened today.
It was unusually cold that day.
The thermometer seemed to be broken and the temperature was dropping rapidly.
I watched the snow fall and the snowflakes formed into flakes.
His heart was like the sky outside, growing darker and darker.
As time passed, it was already dark and my wife and father-in-law had not returned yet.
Gu Kai couldn't sit still anymore.
He was so restless that he couldn't even do the work of inducing labor.
Fear and worry made his heart feel like it was stuck in his throat and he couldn't even speak.
He walked around the room again and again, until the whole family couldn't stand it anymore and no one even tried to persuade him anymore.
He regretted very much and only regretted not going with his wife in the morning.
Gu Kai had never been so scared.
He was only thinking about what Chen Cong had said to him before.
Shen Cong said that she had never experienced extremely cold weather and had no idea what she would encounter during this period.
The more Gu Kai thought about it, the more regretful he felt, and the more scared he became.
He wanted to go out and look for her, but his mind told him that he would definitely not find her if he just went out like that, and it would be easy for him to get lost from his wife and the others, which would then lead to more trouble.
But Gu Kai couldn't wait any longer in the room.
Especially just now, Xie Benliang's crying voice suddenly came from downstairs.
After confirming that the old lady on the 13th floor had frozen to death, his worry and fear instantly reached its peak!
He walked out of the house directly, stood at the elevator entrance and stared at the downstairs, refusing to miss any sound.
So, when he heard the door opening on the 18th floor, he could no longer control himself and rushed down.
After being comforted by his wife and father-in-law, Gu Kai finally recovered.
When his senses returned, he also felt embarrassed.
He took the high-intensity flashlight from his wife's hand and walked in front to light the way, but his other hand was still tightly clenched in Shencong.
The group went up to the 19th floor. At this time, the whole family heard the noise and ran out, all standing in front of the security door.
Seeing them, they breathed a sigh of relief but couldn't help but laugh at Gu Kai.
"Oh my god, I've known Xiaokai for so many years, but I've never seen him so anxious. He was spinning around in the room and made Shanshan fall asleep! He made me dizzy." Chen Xi was the first to speak.
Shi Chen, who had also been waiting for a whole day, couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Cheng Ru slapped her eldest daughter on the arm in anger: "You are so grown up, and you are still talking nonsense. Xiao Kai is just worried about your sister!"
After saying that, she quickly ran out and started slapping her daughter and husband hard with the dry towel in her hand.
Although Chen Xi was joking, his hands were not idle.
While he was talking, he had already handed over a pair of warm slippers and asked the three people to change into them before entering the house.
…
With so many people "serving" them, the three of them quickly shook off the snow on their bodies, put on warm slippers, and walked into the house.
As soon as I entered the door, I felt a wave of heat coming towards me.
The heat caught Shencong off guard and he sneezed several times in succession.
"Pour each of them a glass of ginger sugar water." Mr. Gu said.
Cheng Ru and Shi Chen walked quickly into the kitchen together.
Gu Kai turned around and went upstairs. When he came down, he was holding Chen Cong's thick pajamas and a hot water bottle in his hand.
Chen Cong changed his clothes, held a hot water bottle, sat next to the radiator, soaked his feet in the hot water, and held a cup of steaming ginger sugar water in his hand...
At this moment, she finally realized that they had escaped from the difficulties and finally returned home.
Jiashu and the old man were in a similar situation to her. The only difference was that Jiashu refused to let anyone pour water for washing his feet and insisted on soaking his feet before going to bed at night.
So at this time he sat obediently on the sofa.
However, Shen Cong and his father were not restrained. They sat next to each other by the radiator, soaking in the same hot water in the same posture and answering the same questions.
When they heard Father Shen say that they changed cars on the road and finally came back in an SUV, the expressions of the family members changed at the same time.
But the change was extremely small and it was all over very quickly.
It can be seen that everyone does not have much objection to Jiashu knowing the secret.
The family talked for a while. After the father and daughter soaked their feet, the three of them ate something together. Then Shi Chen brought Cancan and knocked on the door again.
Just now, after making sure that the three people were safe, Shi Chen returned home.
The child obviously wanted to give the family some time to talk and eat.
I thought the time was about right and came back now.
Shi Chen was holding a huge handful of broken wood in his hand, while Cancan was holding an enamel basin with some small pieces of broken wood in it.
When they saw what they brought, everyone in the Shen family was stunned.
Without waiting for anyone to ask, Shi Chen spoke first: "I split the wooden strips at our door. Uncle and aunt, you can keep these for tonight. Uncle Xiaofeng and I will go out and look for them tomorrow morning. We will definitely find some more."
After Shi Chen said this, everyone realized that he had just taken advantage of the time when everyone in the family was having dinner to chop up the broken wooden boards and wooden doors that had been piled up in the corridor.
"Shichen, take it back and use it. We have fuel here." Chen Cong immediately pushed the wood back.
Then she turned back to look at her family.
Didn’t we agree in the morning to send two stoves to Shichen and the others?
Didn’t you send it?
Gu Kai took over his wife's words: "Didn't I tell you before that we bought a lot of fuel at home, so don't worry, just come home and get it when it's used up."
Shi Chen shook his head.
He did not try to push Shen Cong away, but instead turned his body to the side and squeezed past her into the house like a loach.
After Shi Chen entered the house, he took the wood directly to the kitchen and arranged it. He also placed the basin in his sister's hand next to it, and then said: "Mix the fuel and wood together, it can last longer."
After he said that, he didn't stay any longer and took Cancan and walked back.
When he reached the door, he did not forget to say it again: "Uncle and aunt, don't save it. If it doesn't work tomorrow, we will go out and look for it together. We will definitely find more."
Shi Chen and his sister returned home.
But their actions completely destroyed the relaxed feeling that had just appeared in the house.
The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared again.
"Congcong, how long can the fuel you bought burn? Have you calculated it before?" Father Shen asked.
Chen Cong looked at Gu Kai.
"At that time, the calculation was based on two houses being used at the same time. If the fuel was burned at the same time in the community and here, and it was burned open for 15 hours a day, the fuel could be used for ten months. If it is saved, it can be used even longer."
His words made everyone feel relieved at the same time.
There is no need to worry about the residential area now, but at the same time, Shi Chen's family must be protected.
But Shi Chen's family is small, so the fuel used will definitely not be as much as when calculating the villa. This means that the fuel bought before should be able to last for a year, or even more than a year.
In theory, it's pretty good to be able to persist for this long.
But no one dared to think so optimistically.
Apart from anything else, how long did the previous high temperature weather last?
That's way more than a year!
Therefore, Shi Chen’s idea was actually not wrong. We cannot just sit back and do nothing. We must continue to collect fuel when it is time.
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After a tiring day, Chen Cong and the others went to bed early at night.
Because the heating was on all night, I finally had a good night's sleep.
But even in her dreams, Chen Cong remained extremely nervous. She dreamed all night long, and all she dreamed about was looking for wood.
As a result, she woke up before seven o'clock.
When Chen Cong woke up, Gu Kai was no longer in the room.
The temperature in the room was obviously much lower than when she went to bed last night. She touched the radiator beside the bed and found that there was only a little residual heat left.
Chen Cong put on his clothes as quickly as possible and went downstairs.
Before I even walked into the living room, I heard my mother standing at the door of my sister's room and whispering to the inside: "Xixi, I'm going to turn off the heating, please cover them with an extra blanket.
Your dad said that we are not allowed to use the radiator during the day, and at most we can put a brazier in the outer room. Otherwise, it would be bad if the neighbors knew about it."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw her second daughter coming down from upstairs.
He waved at her quickly: "Congcong, come here quickly. You can make a brazier, right? If you can't, just make an iron basin. Your dad insisted on using my vegetable basin this morning, and I almost got him kicked out!"
Hearing her words, Father Shen also came over from the living room, still complaining: “It’s already this time, and you’re still so particular?
How many vegetable washing basins are there in this house? I just counted five! How many vegetables do you need to wash? "
"Then there are the wash basins and leaky basins. Can you put them together? I can't let you use them randomly no matter how many basins there are. Who knows if this basin will be good to buy in the future? If you ruin it, where can I find it in the future?"
…
Chen Cong never expected that he would have to listen to his parents arguing over a vegetable basin so early in the morning.
She quickly took out several pieces of scrap iron nets that had been stuffed in from the space, and then said to Father Shen: "Dad, what does that brazier look like? Tell me about it, I haven't seen it before."
With her interruption, Father Shen stopped arguing with his wife and began to describe to his daughter what he wanted the brazier to look like.
After listening to him for a long time, Chen Cong really couldn't stand it anymore.
She couldn't help but interrupt her father: "Dad, we have so many stoves, can't we take out a small one and put it outside? Why do we have to get a brazier?
Isn't it for use when buying a stove? If someone asks, can't you just say you moved it from the community?
Besides, we can use that stove to boil water and roast sweet potatoes, but you insist on using a brazier, which produces a lot of smoke and is unsafe.
Tongtong won't say anything, aren't you afraid that Shanshan will encounter it?"
When Shen Cong said something else, Shen's father wanted to argue with her, but when he talked about his little granddaughter, he kept silent.
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Chen Cong didn't dare to give him a chance to regret. He directly took out a small stove from the space and placed it at the junction of the living room and the balcony.
Then he ran over to get a bunch of fuel and lit the stove.
Their movement naturally alarmed Mr. Gu.
The old man came out of the kitchen and said to Shen Chong, "If you don't need a brazier at home, then don't use it. If you have extra ingredients, you should make as many as possible.
Some of our neighbors downstairs probably don’t even have a sink to wash vegetables in their homes, so it would be nice if we could make a few and share them with everyone.”
With his father-in-law saying this, what else can Chen Cong say?
Of course she agreed.
Fortunately, there was enough metal material stored in the space, so it didn't take too much to make a brazier.
The pot my father described was not complicated and was not difficult to make.
So before breakfast time, Chen Cong had already made more than a dozen.
"Dad, where are Gu Kai and Jia Shu?" Chen Cong asked towards the kitchen.
It has been such a long time since I got up and I haven't seen those two people. Without asking, Chen Cong knew that they must have been sent out to work by his father-in-law.
Sure enough, the old man's voice soon came from the kitchen: "I cooked some cold-repellent soup and asked them to deliver it door to door. It should be delivered soon. When they come back, I will ask them to deliver the braziers."
After hearing what his father-in-law said, Shen Cong stood up and said, "Then I'll go and take a look too. I'll send the brazier along while they're there, so I don't have to make another trip later."
"I'll go with you. I know which family needs it most." Before Shen Cong finished speaking, Shen Xi came out of the bedroom and interrupted.
After hearing what the two sisters said, the elderly people in the family did not stop them.
The two of them walked downstairs carrying the braziers. On the way, Chen Xi told his sister about the situation at home.
Yesterday, when the old man saw that something was not right, he immediately gave everyone ginger and chili peppers, and later made a soup to dispel the cold.
When we distributed ginger and chili peppers, people didn’t feel that deeply. At least at that time, there were neighbors who took the initiative to come out and help distribute them.
But when they got up in the morning, packed up the ingredients, cooked the soup and delivered it door to door again, they realized the seriousness of the situation.
From the time the temperature started to drop until the distribution of cold-relieving soup at around seven in the morning, it was only four or five hours in total, and three people had died in the four buildings.
A middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties died at home. She had a heart disease and died due to a sudden drop in temperature.
The other two were working outside and did not have time to return before the severe cold weather hit, so they froze to death on the road.
After the flood, the city began to focus on health and epidemic prevention, and especially added some positions for sanitation workers.
The work intensity of these sanitation workers is not high, but their working hours are basically in the early morning and midnight, which is very hard.
Therefore, the government assigns points to these positions based on the full-workforce workforce, but recruits part-workforce workers.
This is actually a disguised way of providing benefits to semi-laborers.
When these positions were first recruited, they were immediately filled up with a large number of applicants.
This would have been a good thing, but who could have thought that severe cold would come suddenly?
Those who went out to work had already left home at three or four o'clock to rush to their workplaces, and their thin clothes could not protect them from the cold at all.
Most importantly, being semi-labor force usually means they are either women, elderly people over sixty years old, or disabled.
When these people face disasters, they often have a lower chance of survival.
"Besides those three, there were probably several more people in our community who died later. The crying sounds in the yard continued all day yesterday.
I don’t know who lives on the other floors, but the old lady from the Xie family on the thirteenth floor above us died at night.”
At this point, Chen Xi sighed: "Besides distributing cold-repelling soup to everyone, there's not much we can do. We saw yesterday that many people didn't even have enough quilts, let alone clothes.
What can we do? We can barely afford bedding for ourselves, and we can’t give it to others. Let alone fuel.”
"Unless the government intervenes in this matter, there is nothing anyone can do but to fight it out," said Shen Cong.
She understood her sister's feelings, and in fact, she felt uncomfortable after hearing all these words.
But personal abilities are limited. At this time, apart from self-help, we can only rely on the government's help.
Who can save the world by personal ability?
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