"Hello, Auntie. I'm Xiaoqin's colleague, Xiaoxu. You can just call me Xiaoxiao. This is a gift for you. I prepared it in a hurry. Please don't mind."
"Oh, good, this kid is thoughtful."
Liang Shuyu obviously likes Xiao Xu very much. Judging from her appearance, it's almost like he's looking at a future son-in-law.
However, Lu Qin on the side was desperately winking at him, so Liang Shuyu had to take his daughter's mood into consideration and restrained himself a little.
After dinner, Xiao Xu confirmed that Lu Qin was fine. With Lu Ma's full love and Lu Qin's attitude of not rejecting him, he set out on his way home.
Since there were no flights, Lu Qin booked him a train. It was an old-fashioned one that took more than ten hours.
There is no way, the high-speed rail has almost stopped.
…
Liang Shuyu continued to persuade Lu Qin: "Why are you so stubborn? Xiao Xiao has chased you all the way to Rongcheng. He is so thoughtful. It can be seen that he really cares about you."
Lu Qin just shook her head: "Mom! Stop talking. I have a plan."
"What are your plans? You've quit your job and are staying at home all day. Finally, a man came to you, but you don't like him. It's really frustrating."
"With all this snow, maybe everyone will have to stay at home for a long time." Lu Qin retorted, "I'm still young, let's wait until the snowstorm is over." But in her heart she thought that after a few days, her mother would understand that having enough food and drink to live is much more important than finding a partner.
Liang Shuyu sighed, "Okay." Finally, she said, "Mom is not rushing you. Aren't you just bored? If your dad were still alive, you would have a companion. Now I'm alone. If I had a nephew, it wouldn't be so boring."
Lu Qin was amused. "So a good daughter like you isn't a companion? Am I not considerate?"
"My daughter is grown up now and not as fun as she was when she was little." Liang Shuyu said deliberately.
So in order to make her mother less bored at home and for the future, Lu Qin bought various mushroom bags, seeds and hydroponic equipment, planning to tinker with them at home.
She ordered them all from the same city.
Although some express deliveries are still being made, they are almost all stranded or not delivered at all due to weather reasons.
Lu Qin finally found a store in the same city that sold these things and spent a lot of money to have them delivered to her door.
Fortunately, no one has thought about growing vegetables at home yet, so these things are not very scarce. Most people always think that after the snow passes, there will always be a place to buy vegetables.
Lu Qin bought a lot of them at once.
She is a novice in this area, so it is better to buy more to be prepared for any unexpected events.
…
The days of staying at home go by quickly.
Only a week had passed, and the snow outside showed no sign of stopping. The sky was still gloomy, but the light outside was dazzling. It was the light reflected from the snow, dazzlingly white.
The snow was falling heavier.
Snow disasters have already occurred in 80% of the country's areas.
Television stations are now reporting on snow disasters in various places, including collapsed houses, broken cables, casualties... Many remote areas have suffered serious losses.
Fortunately, the economic conditions in the rural areas around Rongcheng are very good, and it seems that the snow disaster did not cause any trouble in Rongcheng.
But Lu Qin knew that this was far from the right time.
The snow on the ground was already several dozen centimeters thick. Every time I stepped on it, it was like stepping on cotton, leaving a deep pit. Walking on such snow was simply a waste of energy.
Most of the schools and factories in the city have stopped operating, and only essential units such as the power company and the gas company are still operating.
Lu Qin and her mother placed a small coffee table in the upstairs bedroom. An electric kettle was boiling water on the coffee table. The mother and daughter each held a cup of instant coffee and were staring at the picture on the TV.
"Our station reports: The once-in-a-century nationwide snowstorm has caused massive economic and agricultural losses... Last night, the North City power grid failed... The government dispatched troops for rapid repairs... The Rongcheng government urges the public to refrain from going out unless necessary..."
Lu Qin sighed. The heavy snow had brought quite a lot of impact. The government had begun to call on everyone not to go out and stay at home safely during the snowstorm.
But who could have known that this cold would never end?
“Ding Dong——”
Suddenly the doorbell rang, and Lu Qin hurried downstairs, probably because the courier had delivered the various mushroom bags and hydroponic equipment he had bought online.
When the door opened, Lu Qin was stunned, "Ah... hello."
The person who came was Qu Dongbo.
Lu Qin looked at his weathered face and felt a little strange. Why did her cold-faced neighbor come here?
Qu Dongbo was obviously a little embarrassed. He just carried the things and said with a stern face: "Hello, Miss Lu, I am here to bring this to you. Thank you and Auntie for the dumplings you sent last time." Qu Dongbo moved the things in his hand forward.
Finally, he added: "It's delicious."
Lu Qin was speechless. It turned out to be a matter of reciprocity. She reached out and took the large box from Qu Dongbo's hand.
I don’t know what was in the box, but it looked very heavy. With Lu Qin’s small arms and legs, she almost couldn’t catch it.
Qu Dongbo saw Lu Qin stagger and subconsciously reached out to support her, but just after touching Lu Qin's arm, he retracted his hand.
The tips of his ears were slightly red, I don't know if it was because of the cold or the heat.
Lu Qin looked at Qu Dongbo and thought it would be inappropriate to let the neighbor stand at the door, so she said, "Come in and sit for a while."
Liang Shuyu happened to hear the noise from upstairs, "Xiaoqin, who's here?"
"Mom, it's nothing, it's the neighbor next door!"
Liang Shuyu also came down from upstairs. Seeing that it was Qu Dongbo, he smiled and said, "It's Xiao Qu. Come on, come in and sit down. Would you like some tea or coffee?"
"No need, Auntie. Don't worry. I'm here to deliver this." Qu Dongbo couldn't refuse, so he took the box from Lu Qin's hand, carried it in, and placed it neatly in the living room.
"This is a portable power bank. Yesterday I went to the city power grid. The snowstorm had a significant impact on the grid. I think there will be power outages soon. Everything will be inconvenient when that happens. This power bank can also be charged with solar energy."
Lu Qin was stunned. She hadn't expected this to happen. Soon, all kinds of water, electricity, gas and other utilities would be cut off one after another.
But she had already imagined the situation of most families one year after the end of the world in her mind. The backup energy sources were coal, alcohol, etc., and she had never thought about buying a backup power supply.
Indeed, if there were a clean energy source like electricity, that would be even better. In his previous life, only a small number of families in Rongcheng Base could afford the limited power supply. As a member of the lower class, Lu Qin certainly couldn't use it.
The small power supply that Qu Dongbo brought her is really a practical thing.
Thinking of this, Lu Qin's attitude towards Qu Dongbo improved a lot, and she no longer cared about his previous cold face.
Liang Shuyu was even more enthusiastic and insisted on inviting him to have lunch. After that, he immediately went to the kitchen.
Qu Dongbo had never seen such a passionate atmosphere. He had grown up in a military family, where family affection was weak but rules were numerous. In the end, he had no choice but to stay, sitting upright on the sofa, his back straight.
Lu Qin noticed his discomfort and handed him a cup of hot tea with a smile.
"My mother is like that, warm and enthusiastic. She doesn't have any bad intentions."
"Auntie is fine."
The words left people speechless.
Lu Qin wasn't used to awkward conversation, so she asked, "I heard you're a soldier?"
"Yes, I belong to Unit 756."
"I just saw on the news that the army was there to repair the power grid. Are you there too?"
"Right. The power grid was repaired yesterday."
“The soldiers have worked so hard.”
“It’s not hard.”
“…”
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