By the evening, the supplies were finally distributed and Li Mu returned to his home. Hearing the noise, Xu Ling and the other two came to visit again.
"Brother Li Mu, you have a good physical condition! I see that the people distributing supplies have been replaced several times, but you have persisted to the end!" The three people looked at him in admiration and handed Li Mu a cup of hot water.
"You still have hot water?" Li Mu was a little surprised. In this temperature of more than 30 degrees below zero, the natural gas would have been frozen long ago.
"Haha, yeah, you didn't expect that, did you? We used the leftover candles from the past, but the water isn't boiled yet, so you have to just make do with it and warm yourself up." Guo Xinyi said with a smile.
"Haha, thank you very much!" Li Mu drank the hot water.
"Take these things. I have no need for them." General Li Mu handed the supplies he brought back to the three people.
"Ah~? No, no, the supplies are distributed equally. What will you do if you give us your share? Besides, this is only the first batch of supplies. There will be more to come. We won't be able to use up all of them even if you give them to us!" The three people refused one after another.
Li Mu smiled bitterly. Although the supplies distributed this time were not much, each person had a thin quilt, a few commonly used medicines, two boxes of compressed biscuits, three boxes of instant noodles, two kilograms of rice, and a few other ready-to-eat foods. Even if one could find a way to cook the rice, an adult could only eat it for a week. But you have to know that this was distributed to the whole city. Where did they get so much stock to distribute to the citizens? Moreover, the temperature was still dropping, and I was afraid that the helicopter would not be able to fly in two days.
Seeing Xu Ling and the other two like this, Li Mu did not insist any more. After all, there were still many days to go. He just reminded them before they left: "This kind of weather will continue for a long, long time. In the future, food is everything. Don't trust anyone."
But the three of them didn't care too much. After all, with the government distributing supplies, they were not worried at all. Moreover, with the development of technology, the extreme low temperature weather would always be solved. If it really doesn't work, there are still immortals, right? The immortals on Kunlun Mountain would not sit idly by.
That night, the wind and snow became even more violent. The sea, which was once brightly lit, was plunged into darkness, making the residents wrapped in quilts feel very uneasy.
At this time, Xu Ling and the other two were huddled on a bed, shivering with their heads covered. Even though they were wearing thick clothes and covered with five quilts, they still could not feel a trace of warmth.
Xu Ling trembled and said, "What kind of tattered quilt is this? Why is it like cardboard?"
"Ling'er, stop shaking. The cold air is getting into the quilt."
"You're talking about me, but you're still shaking just as badly!"
"I don't know when this damn weather will return to normal. I miss the feeling of going out under the scorching sun so much!"
"Alas~ I don't know how my parents are doing now!"
For a moment, everyone fell silent.
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The next morning, the three of them got up early. Seeing the sunlight shining into the house through the curtains, they were immediately refreshed. They hurried to the window and opened the curtains, allowing the sunlight to fall on them. However, they were soon discouraged. Even though the sunlight fell on them, they did not feel any warmth.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's still early. It will get warmer when the sun rises." The three people comforted them.
Next, they lit the only remaining candle to melt two cups of snow water and quickly shared them to drink. There was no other way; if they didn't hurry, the snow water that had been melted with great difficulty would freeze. After eating a few compressed biscuits, they had finished their breakfast.
It is already mid-morning after working so hard. The sun is already too high above our heads to look directly at it, but there is still no sign of the temperature in the air rising. Looking at the snow downstairs, it has completely buried the second floor. The sounds of the loudspeakers and helicopters that were used to appease the people yesterday have also become less frequent.
Xu Ling shuddered and said, "Why does it feel colder today than yesterday?"
Jia Qian and the other person nodded repeatedly, and then the three of them quickly got into the quilt.
In the following few days, there was no more noise of playfulness in Mingyue Community. Instead, every night, the sound of low sobs and cries for loved ones could be heard echoing between the buildings in the community, making people feel a little creepy.
"How long will it take for this damn weather to warm up? Can anyone give me a definite answer?" Some residents who were devastated could not suppress their emotions and shouted angrily. They had not heard any horns on the street for two days, and the helicopters had disappeared long ago. The quieter it was outside, the more uneasy they felt. It was said that the natural disaster would be over soon, but the temperature was getting lower and lower, reaching more than 50 degrees below zero, and the snow had piled up to more than 8 meters. They were now completely trapped in their homes. There was not much food stored in their homes, and the food distributed by the government on the first day was almost gone.
Coupled with the fact that they cannot receive any information from the outside world, the fear of the unknown makes them despair.
On the 10th day of the extreme weather, the Mingyue Community began to have electricity. The people who had been in despair suddenly felt hopeful and quickly turned on the TV to see if there was any exciting news. However, there was no TV signal, but they did receive a lot of text messages on their mobile phones, all from Haidu officials. They were nothing more than some inspiring anti-disaster slogans, and experts estimated that the natural disaster would end in about half a month. The last message was a power supply instruction: Due to the tight power supply, only one hour of electricity would be supplied to residents in different areas every day. We hope that everyone will not use irrelevant high-power electrical appliances, otherwise the power will be cut off immediately to that household.
Everyone was helpless. Only 10 days had passed and everyone felt like a century had passed. Even some elderly people with poor physical conditions couldn't make it. How could such extreme weather last for another half a month?
But the only thing to be thankful for is that at least they have one hour every day to boil water and cook. These days, they can only drink water by melting snow with their body temperature, eat instant noodles dry, and even chew a lot of rice. One hour of electricity time is already a very happy thing for everyone. With electricity, perhaps it won't be so difficult to hold on for another half a month.
Li Mu wanted to try to contact Kyoto and Miancheng with his cell phone, but he still couldn't get through. It seemed that the signal range of the cell phone could only cover a small area, after all, the satellite had fallen.
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