Chapter 22 Freezing Rain【VIP】
Seeing him wearing a ski jacket, quick-drying pants, fleece gloves, and waterproof hiking boots, even though I didn't know him, I felt he was someone with some background, so I subconsciously asked:
"What's wrong?"
Li Feiyang was stunned. He naturally didn't know Tang Tian.
But I don't know whether he had heard about what the latter had done in the building, or he didn't think the situation was too bad. After thinking for a moment, he still said in a low voice:
"I'm wondering if my package has arrived. I bought something online during the few days when the hail stopped, but now I can't read messages on my phone, and it's hard to go out..."
When Tang Tian heard this, her heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that all those useful supplies she found from the blind boxes were bought by him?
But seeing that Li Feiyang also contributed the hand-cranked radio, Tang Tian felt that this was really possible.
She rolled her eyes and said softly:
"I can help you check the post station, but...it's so cold, I have to charge a little. Isn't it too much?"
Li Feiyang's eyes lit up, and he didn't care whether Tang Tian lied to him or not, and immediately nodded and said:
"Okay, sister, if you can help me get it, I will definitely give you a reward!"
It is not easy to carry so many tools at home. There must be countless pairs of eyes in the shelter, and they may not live as well as him. Li Feiyang still wants to stay in Hexinyuan for the time being.
He was usually used to paying service fees, and what he bought was something that could save his life. If he could get it, he would definitely survive.
But before the two of them could finish their discussion, a man suddenly appeared from the side, narrowed his triangular eyes, and asked with a smile:
"You're my new upstairs neighbor, right? And this young man, do you have any food left? I'm willing to pay for it. How about ten times as much?"
She was an old lady who was about fifty years old. As she spoke, she wanted to come over and hold the person back, especially since she saw that Tang Tian was a shy girl.
Tang Tian frowned. She remembered that this was her neighbor who lived in 1601.
In the previous life, when the Tang family ran out of supplies, they had no choice but to go outside to ask for them. The closest ones were the two houses upstairs and downstairs.
The two households on the 18th floor and 1602 both declined politely, but the aunt in 1601 not only refused sternly, but also pushed Wei Mingxia, as if she really regarded her as a beggar.
Although the Tang family had rejected her many times in this life, she didn't owe her anything, so she threw her hands and said sternly:
"No! Don't touch me!"
The old lady was instantly annoyed, but before she could say anything, Li Feiyang stepped forward to block her.
Considering the radio that could receive information, the former could only glare at the two of them angrily and turn away.
Li Feiyang gave the cargo list to Tang Tian, thanked her repeatedly and left.
Tang Tian glanced at it.
It's not a coincidence that his mother opened the door to coincidence - is it a coincidence that she got home? Sure enough, it was those compressed biscuits and energy bars she collected from the post station.
Thinking of being able to have sex for free, she couldn't help but smile and went upstairs with light steps.
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After Wei Mingxia finished tending to her crops, she went to the balcony with Tang Yi to fetch water.
However, as the temperature continues to drop, the rainwater collected by the awning will soon turn into ice lumps.
Tang Yi thought about what Tang Tian said that it would be extremely hot in the future, and it happened that she couldn't use the ice maker at home, so she planned to stock up on more ice and use it when it was extremely hot.
Unexpectedly, during the time Tang Tian was away, there was unrest at home - mainly because a relative from Wei Mingxia's side called.
The latter's parents had passed away long ago, leaving behind only a younger brother, Wei Mingyang, who has also started a family and a career.
He called while there was still some signal, asking for help like everyone else.
As the saying goes, one’s mother’s brother is the most important, but in the face of the end of the world, these are all empty talk. In the end, Tang Yi hung up the phone directly because of the poor signal.
Tang Tian remembered that Wei Mingyang had called her in her previous life.
But later the signal was completely disconnected, which was equivalent to losing contact. No one was as shameless as Tang's father's family to come to the door directly, so no one knew whether he was dead or alive.
If he came to visit, Wei Mingxia would probably take him in because he was her brother.
But in this life, she will never let outsiders into her house again!
The ten LV1 supernatural fuel balls can burn for three full days. After that, they will automatically turn into powder with a light touch and are very easy to clean.
The thermometers installed in the house are all industrial type, and the temperature on the balcony has dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Tian and Tang Yi took the large box of dry food and went to Room 1901 where Li Feiyang lived.
Li Feiyang really believed that the former had braved the extreme cold and gone through untold hardships to bring back the supplies, and he was so moved that he not only let the two into the house, but also showed them his equipment, which was particularly complete.
"Sister Tian, feel free to choose. This is what we agreed on!"
Li Feiyang is a senior, but he's been renting his own apartment since he started college. He doesn't have to worry about finding an internship, so he naturally stays at home during winter break.
But he didn't expect that after the New Year, he didn't know how to go on as he usually loved the outdoors.
Tang Tian picked them up without hesitation, and finally chose a flamethrower set. She also grabbed ten gas tanks and left in a state of love.
After everyone in the family finished training as usual, they opened a bag of braised food they had found and took out beer from the system.
This is a shop that sells duck products, as well as lotus root slices, bean curd sheets, kelp knots, fish tofu, etc.
The rich marinated flavor is moderately spicy, with a sweet aftertaste, crispy and delicious. Paired with a sip of beer, it is simply amazing.
Wei Mingxia and Tang Yi wiped the sweat off their face. Opening the system and unlocking the food were not done by Tang Tian alone.
In the R-level recipes, they have unlocked quite a few delicacies: mashed potatoes with earth attribute LV1; French fries with sand attribute LV1; eight-treasure porridge with supernatural blind box LV3; soy milk with poison attribute LV1; crab roe soup dumplings with metal attribute LV3, etc.
Wei Mingxia was no longer satisfied with the wood attribute at level 1, so Tang Yi specially unlocked and made a dish of pickled pork with preserved vegetables for her, which had the wood attribute level 3.
There are also new recipes in the red cuisine: such as the chopped pepper fish head with Fire Barrier LV3, the glutinous rice and red dates with Energy Spark LV1, and...
Flame LV5 spicy chicken!
Although many of them are useless for the time being, at least the delicious food can be eaten, and it is suitable to eat these when the weather is cold!
Moreover, it is not just these delicacies with supernatural labels, Tang Yi has also unlocked many ordinary delicacies:
For example, home-cooked dishes such as xiaolongbao, braised pork rice, egg fried rice, moo shu pork, shredded pork with green peppers, mushrooms and rapeseed, etc.
These system dishes can be made without using any fire or electricity, so they need to unlock not only supernatural delicacies but also ordinary recipes.
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These days, everyone in Building 15 is extremely busy.
Wang Hui and others went out to look for supplies, but unfortunately they set out too late. Many grocery stores and supermarkets around them had been sold out at zero yuan, and there were not many daily necessities left. In the end, they had to return disappointed.
But every day without rescue supplies, they were closer to death, so they had to discuss again to go to a farther place to look for supplies.
During this period, there were naturally some shameless people who wanted to pay them to help bring back some supplies, acting like rich people.
Fortunately, Wang Hui was clear-headed. Not only did he refuse directly, he also firmly stated that they could only search together as a group and would not accept anything else.
Those who originally wanted to take advantage of the loophole like Jiang Yao had no choice but to join the team after seeing how determined they were.
Someone suddenly suggested that Hexinyuan should have backup power generation, which undoubtedly gave Building 15 some hope. However, after checking, they found that the backup generators had already been occupied.
The most important thing is that they are all diesel generators, and diesel would have solidified and become unusable at such low temperatures, so an anticoagulant is required.
But who has this thing these days? Furious, they simply discarded the diesel and its container, staring blankly at the generator.
But when Tang Tian learned the news, she became cautious.
After finding out the approximate location, she took advantage of the power outage at night to collect it. After all, she had anticoagulants.
Although there wasn't much diesel, she felt that the fuel she had collected was too little, so it would be best to store more.
In order to keep warm, people had to start making fires. At first, they looked for fuel at home, such as various cloths and papers, especially clothes and books.
Because of the extreme cold that was ravaging large swathes of the world, officials were forced to continue suspending work and classes, prioritizing survival. Some families with students resorted to burning books to stay warm.
Tang Tian noticed that there was a commotion upstairs again, and then she remembered that 1802 was a family of teachers. All the walls in the house were installed with built-in bookcases to store books. It was a complete ocean of knowledge.
So someone came up with an idea and organized a group of people to go upstairs to buy books as fuel. Jiang Yao and Tang Yi also went there at that time.
Unexpectedly, the teacher was an old stubborn man who regarded knowledge as his life. He would rather die than destroy his collection of books. He also kept saying that these books were to be left for future generations and would not be handed over no matter what.
After the natural disaster, no one respected him anymore, and his temper was also very bad. Seeing that he would not be persuaded by persuasion, the group simply forced their way in, stealing the books in the room box by box, and beat him up to vent their anger.
However, this old stubborn man would rather let his wife and children freeze to death than burn the books. Being plundered so wantonly, he could do nothing but curse. Instead, his wife and children had a breakthrough and were able to keep warm and survive.
After all the old clothes and books were burned, people had to start burning furniture.
Try your best to use force to break it open. If it is solid wood furniture, it will be fine if it burns, but if it is composite board, it will be terrible.
Not only is there a lot of smoke, but there is also a very pungent smell that makes it impossible to stay in the house.
So most people chose to burn things in the corridor to keep warm. After all, the temperature indoors and outdoors was about the same, and the corridor was covered with a layer of ice.
When the fire is lit, drops of cold water will fall from the top.
Tang Tian thought that after experiencing a series of natural disasters, even the plants would be destroyed, so he did not continue to use the dry firewood he had stored in advance, but continued to use the convenient supernatural fuel balls.
The continuous freezing rain outside is still making everything in the world freeze, as if it were shrouded in a crystal ball.
It is beautiful, but the scars it brings to people are shocking and painful.
Until one day, when Tang Tian went to the balcony to collect ice cubes, she found that the freezing rain had stopped.
The cold wind, as sharp as a dagger, raged, and she frowned.
Because she understood that the extreme cold had finally reached its peak, and not only would the temperature drop again, but a blizzard was also waiting for people...
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