Survival [End Times]

After evading the search, Yu Heng paid less attention to the news on the Internet. He had many things to do, including two more important tasks, one was to search the mountain, and the other was to dig his own cellar. These two tasks are to prepare for the possibility of another major cooling, so we should be prepared.

The previous mission had been carried out non-stop since he brought his family back to his hometown, but unfortunately the results were not satisfactory. His idea is to find a cave with ideal comprehensive conditions in the nearest mountain. The location of the cave should not be too low to prevent it from being flooded by snow. The terrain, wind direction, rocky soil, etc. must also be taken into consideration. You cannot avoid disasters and avoid risking yourself. Smashed into a hole.

It had been snowing most of the year when he returned to his hometown. As an old lady, he really didn't dare to risk his own life, so he could only use puppets to continuously explore. From the time he decided to return to his hometown, he did not put all his hope in the country's establishment of a safe zone.

He couldn't share his thoughts with other people in the village to get more help. After all, no one believes that this will be a sustained catastrophe. Even though many netizens on the Internet are shouting that the end of the world has come and the Ice Age is coming, most of them are joking, and there are still a few who really think so. In the past, it was a waste of effort to persuade Zhou Jianye and his family to buy more supplies. It was Xia Yuxue who made Zhou Jianye feel a sense of crisis - but his sense of crisis was the worry that prices would be too high in the future. Saving money was the biggest factor driving him to purchase supplies. power.

Because the first mission did not go well, he started the second mission at the same time when he was unable to go out in the snow. He was the only one who had the key to the cellar. He was usually digging with puppet substitutes, and the progress was not very fast. He planned to reveal this matter to Zhou Qingrong to attract new labor for the second plan.

Zhou Qingrong couldn't understand it, he thought it was unnecessary! "Our house has a generator, a kang, and a coal stove and a brazier." Yu Heng persuaded him hard, and he reluctantly agreed. He also told Zhou Jianye about this, and also greeted the clan leader, but obviously the villagers in Laokang Village are now focusing their efforts on building the kang. Oh, Jianjun and Jianye's kang, sitting on it makes Lao Nuan warm. Come on, hurry up and build one while it’s not snowing!

Yu Heng couldn't control it anymore, so he only took Zhou Qingrong to dig together. Seeing that his mother was still digging even at an old age, Zhou Qingrong changed from being willing to taking the initiative. If he digs more, his mother will dig less. A little?

The Zhou family was busy renovating the cellar and used this as an excuse to reject many villagers who came to inquire. They were well informed. This was the place where the clan leader led the police to search again and again! There must be something good there! I heard that they have the kind of snow-proof cover you see on TV in Xiangya Town! I don’t know which god stole it, maybe it’s in their village!

The villagers' thoughts may be complicated but actually relatively simple. They think this new yard is a blessed land and they unconsciously want to get closer. Of course, it would be better if they could easily touch the snow cover. Zhou Jianye's house is full of guests every day. He is also a very enthusiastic person. He greets people who have tea and peanuts and melon seeds, and turns on the TV, which makes it very lively.

After the Yu Heng family received him once, they closed the door and thanked the guests. People said that the family was digging a cellar. There was dirt and mud everywhere, and there was no place to even put their feet on, so no one was allowed to come in and get their shoes dirty.

"The second daughter-in-law is also a freak. What's the use of digging a deep cellar at this time? We can't even grow crops! There is no harvest and the cellar is empty."

"Oh, don't you know? The second daughter-in-law said that she is afraid that it will be too cold in the future and people can hide in the cellar!"

The two people talking looked at each other, and then burst into laughter. They both thought this was funny and funny, and it made no sense. The second child was gone, and the second child's wife had no idea what to do. "Where is that kid Qingrong? You don't even care about his mother?"

Zhou Jianye became more and more unhappy as he listened and coughed a few times. Then the two people remembered that Zhou Jianye and Zhou Laoer were brothers, and they were a little embarrassed, so they quickly made a joke and dropped the topic.

After seeing off the neighbors and folks, Zhou Jianye thought for a while and stood up next door. Zheng Han opened the door and invited him in. He smiled and asked, "All the guests from Uncle San's place have left. I heard your house is very lively."

"Hey, just leaving!" Zhou Jianye walked in with his hands behind his back, looked around the yard, and finally cast his eyes in the direction of the cellar, "Is your mother still digging the cellar? Oh, Qingrong didn't even try to persuade her? Sit on the kang in such a cold day It’s so nice to watch TV…”

Zheng Han smiled awkwardly. She actually felt that... what her mother-in-law said made sense. This snake has to find a hole to hibernate. Anyway, if you have nothing to do at home, you have to exercise every day. Digging a cellar is not a bad idea. She was also digging just now, so she switched shifts with her mother-in-law.

"Nonsense!"

Zhou Jianye walked into the cellar with a tigerish face. He stepped across the wet soil and frowned at the boxes and bags in the corner of the cellar. Then he turned his attention to the hole directly opposite the cellar entrance, where the movement came from.

"Mom! Third uncle is here!"

Yu Heng bent down and came out to say hello: "Third brother, why are you here? My daughter-in-law, please help your third uncle up. It's a mess here."

"Second sister-in-law!" Zhou Jianye hates the fact that iron cannot become steel. "Do you know what the people in the village are saying now? Alas! Stop digging. Stop digging. Block them all!"

Zhou Jianye also had good intentions, and Yu Heng was not angry. He took off his gloves and hat and signaled Zhou Jianye to leave the cellar: "Let's go up and talk."

"Where's Qingrong?"

"He packs his things and will be back soon."

After entering the house, Yu Heng changed his coat first, wiped his face, and asked Zheng Han to serve sweet soup to everyone. He did not wait for Zhou Jianye to speak, and spoke first: "Third brother, we are doing something at home, and we have not violated the law or committed murder or arson. Anyway, I don't care what others say. Just don't come to my house and point at my nose and say that I am stupid, crazy, and mentally ill. I will just pretend not to hear it. Third brother, the cellar should be dug anyway, so don't say anything to persuade me."

Zhou Jianye had a gloomy face, but he didn't dare to argue with his sister-in-law. He was holding back his anger and felt helpless. He didn't even wait for Zhou Qingrong and found an excuse to leave Zhou's house.

"Why did the third uncle leave?" Zhou Qingrong shook the dirt off his clothes at the door and looked at Zhou Jianye's back at the gate suspiciously.

"He is kind-hearted." Yu Heng changed the subject and said to his son and daughter-in-law, "Now that you are all here, I will arrange a task. Qingrong, go to the gas station in town and bring two more packs of cigarettes to the boss, and buy some gasoline. You can borrow the car from your uncle Jianmin."

"Okay!"

After Zhou Qingrong left home, Yu Heng went down to the cellar alone. His idea was to buy two trucks of gravel from the gravel yard in town, and then embed a layer of gravel on the walls and ceiling of the cellar, then lay a layer of cement, and then a layer of rock wool board. Material consumption is a small matter. He bought a lot of it in City C before and built his own underground shelter. This is good enough. Of course, ventilation ducts must be installed, and they will definitely be done slowly. He just hopes that these hard work will never be useful one day.

Under the effect of the protective cover, Xiangya Town was separated into an oasis on earth. The people did not need to think about the reasons. They just needed to know that Xiangya Town really did not snow, and that was enough. Many people from nearby towns and villages have flocked to Xiangya Town, and so has Laokang Village. There are 18 nearby towns, and if you count carefully, many of them can be called relatives, such as cousins ​​and fourth cousins. Even if they live thousands of miles away, they are still relatives. There are relatively few hotels in Xiangya Town, and they are small in scale, so they can't accommodate so many people. What should we do? Find relatives to build relationships and let the locals take them in.

The local government also supports this. People have come here, braved the snow and cold, and have frozen into ice cubes. How can they be allowed to go back? Hurry up and settle them down so that Xiangya Town will not be in chaos.

Zhou Jianye's eldest daughter Zhou Qinghu came back with her husband, son, and a group of relatives from her husband's family. They were all frozen, hypothermia, frostbite, muscle necrosis and high fever... They paid a huge price to walk back from the next town. The hospital in the town had no beds left, and the whole family was crowded in the corridor. Zhou Qinghu called her father for help. Zhou Jianye was anxious and wanted to borrow a car from his cousin Zhou Jianmin to pick them up. Unexpectedly, Zhou Jianmin was also anxious because he needed the car for his own family!

"Qingfeng's wife's family is here, and Qingmei is on the way with her in-laws. Hey, Qingshan's girlfriend also said she wants to come! The car has been driven away by Qingfeng!"

In just a few days, many relatives said they wanted to come to Xiangya Town. Since they were close, they must live in Laokang Village. Zhou Jianmin was also anxious at home and was tidying up his room!

"What should we do then!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the person is in the hospital now, there are doctors! It's better to bring him back later, let the hospital take a look, don't leave sequelae. If you are anxious, drive the motorcycle to the hospital first, let your brother and sister-in-law clean up the room at home so that they can live there after they are discharged from the hospital."

Zhou Jianye thought this made sense, thanked Zhou Jianmin and went home.

At Zhou's house, Zheng Han also received a call from her brother and was crying. "Didn't I stop you from coming? Didn't I ask you to come early? My mother-in-law also agreed, it was you who didn't come! Now you say you want to come, then how do you come! There are no cars now, the roads are blocked, and the two places are so far apart, how cold it is on the road!"

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Han lowered her head to wipe her tears, Zhou Haojun lay on her knees, reaching out to touch her face: "Mom, don't cry, Mom, don't cry."

"No, Mom is fine. Don't play with building blocks?"

Zhou Haojun pointed at the door: "Someone is knocking on the door." Without the consent of the adults, he didn't dare to open it. Zheng Han smiled and touched his face: "Okay, Mom will go and take a look. You sit here and don't move. It's cold outside."

There were many sacks piled in the yard, so she walked through the corridor, stood at the door of the right ear room to avoid the wind, and asked loudly: "Who is it?"

"I am Lu Yong! I'm looking for Zhou Qingrong!"

Lu Yong? Zheng Han thought about it and felt that he sounded familiar. When she heard that someone was looking for Zhou Qingrong, she thought it must be her husband's friend. But she didn't dare to open the door directly. Her mother-in-law told her that although everyone in her hometown was her own family and she was not afraid of anyone doing bad things, there were old and young in the family. Now the world is a bit chaotic, and it is hard to guarantee that outsiders will sneak in and steal chickens and dogs, so she shouted to the outside: "Wait a minute, I'll go call Qingrong!"

Holding the wall, she walked quickly to the cellar opposite. When passing the living room, she told her son standing at the door: "Go in quickly! Close the door!" Seeing her son honestly tighten the glass sliding door, she was relieved. Even though the child's body has become much stronger, as a mother, she always hopes that her child can stay away from the cold wind.

She quickly went into the cellar and told him about the arrival of someone: "It sounds familiar to me - what happened to you?"

Zhou Qingrong threw the shovel and was about to walk out angrily: "How dare he come to our house!"

Yu Heng called him: "What's the hurry! Wait for me!"

The three of them went to open the door together. There was a man squatting outside the door. When he stood up after hearing the noise, he realized that he was tall and thin. Zheng Han looked at him quietly and felt that the man looked a little old. His hair and face were white. He was estimated to be in his forties or fifties?

"Lu Yong!" Zhou Qingrong shouted and rushed forward, knocking Lu Yong to the ground with one punch. He wanted to hit him a second time but was stopped by Yu Heng: "Enough." Zhou Qingrong still listened to Yu Heng's words. Hearing this, he spat on Lu Yong's face, turned around and stood by the door without saying anything.

"What's the matter with you coming to my house?"

Lu Yong wiped the corner of his mouth and stood up, brushing his clothes randomly, and smiled at Yu Heng: "Mom--"

"Don't call me that."

"...Aunt Shufen, my family moved to the village, and I thought I'd say hello to you. This is what I brought from Pengzhou, you can eat it."

"Our Zhou family doesn't lack this little food, so there's no need to say hello. This village is so big, it's better for our two families not to meet again, especially your mother, don't let me see her."

Lu Yong pleaded: "Mom. Qinghua is not here, but I'm still your son-in-law."

Yu Heng sneered: "Your family killed my daughter, and you still want me to treat you as your son-in-law. How can there be a son-in-law without my daughter?! Okay, I don't want to say more to you, go back!"

The door closed, Lu Yong picked up the gift box with a wry smile, and left dejectedly.