Chapter 101

The snow has been going on for many days and shows no signs of stopping, and the weather is getting colder, and this year is said to be the coldest year in nearly 100 years, and even the southeastern coastal cities, which usually rarely snow, have fallen into goose feathers. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's so cold, I'm freezing to death!" Mo Mo entered the living room, still rubbing his hands and bouncing. In fact, if you only look at the equipment she is wearing at this time - ear protection and fleece cotton hat, a woolen scarf that covers her nose tightly, a turtleneck sweater jacket, and a thick long down jacket, waterproof cotton pants and simple snow boots on the outside, most of you will think that this girl is sick, and it is cold to wear such a thick one? Why don't you just go into the fireplace? But those who have been out of the house understand her feelings at this time, the temperature is exceptionally low this year, soaring to more than minus 40 degrees at once, and no matter how thick she wears, she feels that the cold wind is biting.

"I told you to stay at home, you have to follow!" Shi Yichen put the New Year's goods he had just purchased on the ground, and although his mouth was counting, he still silently rubbed his hands and put them on her frozen blue face.

"Who knew it would be so cold!" I haven't been out for a few days, and I see how thick the snow outside is, Mo Mo originally wanted to be romantic and romantic with Shi Yichen and the two in the snow, but he didn't think that he would be frozen into a popsicle as soon as he went out! But I finally went out of the house, and I can't regret it anymore, it's so faceless! She could only secretly shrink her neck, gritted her teeth to keep up, and comforted herself in her heart that it would be warm if she walked more. Who would have thought that the community was shivering with cold when it was blown by the cold wind, and his legs and feet were numb, and it was useless to walk more.

Fortunately, although the supermarket is not very warm, there are many people, and everyone is crowded around, but there is no chill.

When he finally recovered, Mo Mo took off his thick down jacket, changed into cotton and dragged him to the kitchen. After wandering around all morning, she was already hungry, but now the street restaurants are almost extinct, and she can't even find anything to stutter, so she can only come back and fill her stomach again.

"Grandma. What's wrong? Seeing that grandma and auntie were around the cooking table with their heads down and fiddling with something, and they didn't even notice when they entered the kitchen, Shi Yichen asked suspiciously.

"Chenchen is back, come. Hurry up and see what's going on, why doesn't the faucet come out of the water? The old lady seemed to see a savior, and hurriedly beckoned Shi Yichen to come over.

Mo Mo took the opportunity to cut a piece of fresh milk cake and stuffed it into his mouth, and ate three or four pieces in a row to calm his hungry stomach.

Shi Yichen fiddled for a while, but still no water came out. Said thoughtfully: "I guess the water pipe is frozen, did you ask downstairs?" Do the two of them have water? ”

Hearing that grandma said that he didn't ask, Mo Mo immediately called his friends and Su Qi, and when he heard that the faucet at home did not produce water, he immediately frowned. "What can I do? "This is not a planned water restriction in the summer, and the water is cut off without warning, most of the time there is a sudden problem, and there is no time to give people advance notice."...... Now, it's so cold that the snow doesn't stop for a while. Who knows when it will be fixed? "If we don't get water, we won't have to eat snow!"

didn't come to think of Mo Mo's joke, but it soon became a reality.

There are several water dispensers at home and water storage, so that the lunch will not be lost. Like everyone else, they thought the water company would find out about the problem and solve it as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, when it was time to make dinner, the community suddenly sent a notice saying that "the time of water supply is not certain for the time being, please be more considerate of the owners, and take the snow and water for the time being" and said that "the institute has urgently tested the snow samples from various communities in the city, and they all meet the drinking standards, and they can directly meet daily needs after boiling."

Momo: ...... What a crow's mouth!

It's already happening. No matter how much everyone complained, they couldn't do anything, so they carried large and small buckets and went outside to collect snow with large and small basins.

Mo Mo has a large family and consumes a lot of water every day. Almost all the men in the family went out, went directly to the roof of the building with bags, filled bags and carried them home, and poured them into the bath where the housewives had carefully brushed again.

Mo Mo was cold enough in the morning, so he didn't go to join in the fun, and cleaned all kinds of containers with the only remaining water with the elders. In the summer, when the water was restricted, I did the same work as at this time. It's not a rush now.

Wait until the bath on the first floor, the bathtub on the second floor, and the buckets, basins and even dishes of all sizes are full, and everyone can stop.

In the evening, I simply cooked a pot of white porridge with snow-melted water, but I didn't expect the taste to be surprisingly good, and everyone thought it was even better than usual.

"Maybe the tap water lost some nutrients during the disinfection process, right?" Mo Mo Meimei ate the dessert after the meal, which is the honey soft twist that grandma likes to make recently, sweet but not greasy, and the taste is strong, she loves to eat it very much. "Now that the environment is much better, it is estimated that the water quality is not much worse, and the waterworks should no longer need to be as strict as before, right?"

"People are professionals, and they will definitely not be later than we know, maybe they have already made adjustments." He Hui is about to give birth to a baby, and she is more worried about heating and electricity. "I hope there will be no problems with heating and electricity, otherwise it will be ...... in such a cold day"

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Mo Mo, who was a little superstitious. "Phew, childish words. Don't say anything frustrating, it's going to be fine. ”

That being said, people did not dare to pin their hopes on good expectations, and began to spend a lot of money to find a way to buy solar equipment.

Mo Mo's family originally had it, but they didn't participate in it, but they took out the equipment that had been in the warehouse and didn't have the opportunity to use it, so as to prepare for emergencies.

has been trembling until the Chinese New Year, although the worst situation did not appear, but it is not much better. The problem of water cuts has not been solved, and the supply of heating and electricity has begun to be limited, and people have been miserable this winter.

Comparatively, the north is better. The worst is in the south, the weather is cold, and there is no heating, so you can only turn on the air conditioner or use other methods to heat, and the monthly cost of photovoltaic is a large amount. Later, there were power outages from time to time without warning, and people were about to be unable to live.

"I've never wished that winter would pass as quickly as I do now." Mo Mo has been afraid of the cold since he was a child, and at this time he was wearing the cotton coral velvet home clothes he had just bought, sitting by the warm fireplace with a warm water bag, and his legs were still covered with quilts. The others were not as exaggerated as her, but they were all dressed quite thickly, and even Shi Yichen put on a jacket under the repeated instructions of his grandmother.

"In the summer, I felt that the days of water restriction were probably the saddest times in my life, but I didn't expect that we were still too naïve, and there will be more sad days in the future." He Hui leaned on Yan Bin with cotton on her legs. Caressing her big belly and feeling a little worried, the due date is coming soon, in such a harsh environment, can her child be born safely?

"It's a big New Year. Don't be so bored, I'll have good news for you. Su Ran, who was also dressed as a woolly bear, pushed his glasses and said in everyone's expectation, "I heard that our country has made a major breakthrough in solar energy research, and it is estimated that it will be promoted and used soon." In the future, our life will be much more convenient. ”

"There has been no progress for so many years, why did it suddenly break through? It can't be a rumor, right? "It's no wonder everyone is suspicious, after all, this news appeared so abruptly that people have to think about it.

"It should be true, the source is quite reliable."

"There has been little progress before, and it is estimated that it is related to the obstruction of energy giants, after all, if the development of new energy is too fast, the traditional oil, coal, natural gas and other industries will be impacted, which will damage the interests of many people." Shi Yichen seemed to believe the news. "You think, many of those transportation pipelines are in the territory of the beast, even if they will not be destroyed in a short time, they will not last long, if we don't hurry up the development of new energy, we will only get more and more expensive and difficult to use electricity, coal and gas in the future, who can afford it?"

"yes!" Hearing Shi Yichen say this, everyone suddenly brightened, and their heavy mood was indeed a little relaxed. "I want to change the car to solar power, gasoline is too expensive. Every time we go out of town, we have to spend a lot of money on this......"

This year has been a little dull, there is no festive atmosphere, and even the Spring Festival Gala that everyone complains about but looks forward to from the bottom of their hearts has almost become a collection of wonderful sketch replays over the years, which makes people's hearts heavy. It's very uncomfortable.

Everyone was depressed enough, but on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Shi family uncle didn't know where to call Shi Yichen's phone number, pinched a little to add blockage, and after some noise, the whole family didn't even have the mood to keep vigil, and they went back to their rooms early to rest.

"Still not happy? Let's live our own little life. Don't be like him. Mo Mo has been dependent on his parents and a family of three since he was a child, and his grandfather died very early, so he really doesn't know what it's like to be hurt by his relatives, but seeing that Shi Yichen is still depressed, he still comforts him a little clumsily.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm a little depressed, my uncle is so good with my father, and my grandparents are also generous, how can I raise such a conscienceless son." Shi Yichen also took off his clothes and got into the quilt, pulled his lover into his arms, felt the warm body in his arms, and the anger in his heart finally subsided a little. He really couldn't figure it out, no matter what, his family is also a harmonious family, and his father is kind and filial to his son, how can he be the stranger of his uncle? What kind of selfishness does man have to be to hurt his parents and his brothers who were almost oppressed in the past! But if that person has a little conscience and can have a trace of sincerity for the sake of his grandparents, he will not really ignore him.

I thought that this year would be spent in a continuous dull atmosphere, but before the dawn of the first day of the new year, Mo Mo was woken up by a rapid phone ringing. Listening to it in a daze, he learned that his friend had a seizure in advance, and he was too late to send him to the hospital, and he was also preparing to give birth at home, Mo Mo suddenly lost his sleepiness, got up suddenly, put on a thick coat, and hurried out with Shi Yichen, who also got up.

When they went downstairs, the eldest aunt and Shi Ma were already carrying the medicine box and preparing to go out, and the grandmother, who was awakened by the noise, also followed.

Although Mo Mo had already given birth to two children, she was completely confused at the time, and the children came out in a daze, and she had no experience to pass on to her friends. However, the eldest aunt and Shi Ma, because the community hospital lacks manpower, their pediatrics are also responsible for delivering babies in an emergency, and they have a lot of experience.

Fortunately, everything went well, and by the time dawn came, everything had already settled.

The arrival of a newborn baby washes away the gloomy atmosphere of this new year, and in any case, the new baby always represents hope and joy, and people can't help but get excited.

Within a few days, the snow finally stopped, after more than half a month. However, the supply of water has not been restored as expected.

Mo Mo stood by the balcony window, watching everyone frantically transport the snow to their homes like they were grabbing crops, for fear that it would be gone later, and he couldn't help but be anxious. When the snow has melted, if the water supply is not restored, will they not have food and use? Mineral water in the supermarket is so expensive, who can afford it!

"It's so cold outside!" Dad Shi, who carried a bag of snow into the door, rubbed his hands and sighed, "Save more, at such a temperature, even if the water supply is restored, the water pipes will have to be frozen." ”

"Dad, when Uncle asked you to go down, he brought a shovel, and the melting snow was frozen, so strong that he couldn't break his hands." Shi Yichen poured a bag of snow frozen into ice lumps into the bath pool, hammered his shoulder, and went out again.

When the busy work was almost saved in the morning, the tired people finally stopped. Although it is all snow, the cedar of the previous day is soft and soft, easy to pack and carry, and it will not be too difficult to get it at home. And now it has been thawed and thawed and thawed again, and it has become a lump of ice, and there is no tool at home, so it is not easy to chisel, and it is also panicked to carry it, which is really difficult to do.

"When the snow is gone, if there is no more water, we will have to go to the lakeside to dig ice." Their community is called Binhu Yayuan, in fact, it is not too close to Binhu, it is estimated that you have to drive there, it will consume a lot of fuel, and it is a big expense.

"You can't go without water." Shi Yichen said, "I'll call Yan Bin and Brother Qin to buy professional ice chiseling tools later, right?" When it is really used, it is estimated that those unscrupulous merchants will have to sit on the ground and raise prices again. ”

"Go ahead, don't be reluctant to spend money, if you want to buy it, buy good quality, maybe there will be a lot of opportunities to use it in the future......" Everyone has to plan for the worst, it is better to prepare for a rainy day than to be at a loss.

Mo Mo heard that she could go to Binhu to dig ice to get water, and she was secretly relieved, she just didn't think of this, and she was worried about how to solve the water problem. It's better to spend a little effort than to be cornered. (To be continued.) )

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