In the blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is gradually approaching.

Early in the morning, Chen Shouyi walked out of the door.

Today's temperature is particularly cold, and the door of the hall of the residential building is already covered with long spear-like ice ridges, which are nearly half a meter long.

A cold wind blew, and Chen Shouyi, who was thinly dressed, couldn't help but get goosebumps.

The sky was gray and full of thick mist, and the air was filled with a sour and pungent smell.

The age of steam!

Chen Shouyi sighed slightly,

Nearly two months have passed since the last mutation, and a large number of steam factories have sprung up in Hedong City, spitting white smoke day and night. Often after going out for an hour or two, clean clothes are already completely covered with soot.

The high-rise buildings that used to be clean and shiny to illuminate people's shadows have now become jet black, stained with stains, and completely lost their original luster.

Most of these office buildings are in a semi-abandoned state, empty of people, and there is no property to clean.

Walking to the gate of the community, Chen Shouyi glanced at the notice board full of people every day.

The job postings on the top have become more numerous.

In the eye-catching place in the upper left corner, there is also a call-up notice for retired soldiers stamped with the seal of the street office:

As of 1 March, all retired servicemen under the age of 45 must report to the Hedong Military Region.

Twenty years of quasi-wartime status have kept the number of troops in the Great Xia Kingdom at six or seven million, and the number of retired soldiers is more than ten times that of the standing army, with the number approaching 100 million.

With the population of 1.7 billion in the Great Xia Kingdom, it means that one out of every seventeen people is a retired soldier.

At the same time, the number is increasing by two or three million per year.

With a population of tens of millions in Hedong City, even if you exclude the retired soldiers who are too old, you can easily recruit three or four hundred thousand soldiers.

Chen Shouyi sighed, the recent situation has not improved much, but all kinds of crazy news have spread in Hedong City, and people are panicking.

It is said that the gods have begun to invade and some places have fallen, while others say that the north is extremely cold and a large number of people have frozen to death.

For the latter, he didn't know what the specific situation was, but for the former, Hedong City has recently had a lot of refugees from other places.

......

Chen Shouyi walked out of the community and walked into a barber shop.

He hadn't taken care of it for almost two months, and his hair was almost half of his ears.

Because it was still early, when Chen Shouyi went in, he was in addition to the barber.

There was no one, the barber was a young woman about thirty years old, and when she saw Chen Shouyi coming in, she immediately stood up and asked.

"What kind of haircut do you want to get?"

"Inch it, leave half a centimeter. Chen Shouyi sat on the barber chair and said.

"It's so short, it's cold to get a haircut in this weather!" said the young woman as she picked up her head in her hand.

"It's okay, just follow suit. ”

"Your hair is so hard!" complained the young woman after a while.

Now there is no electric pusher, it is all manual, as soon as the young woman gets a haircut, she feels wrong, it is too hard, it is like a steel wire, just a few strokes, and her hands are sore.

"I know in my heart that there will be no shortage of money for you when the time comes!" Chen Shouyi said.

His physique is more than 7.5 times that of ordinary people, and this physique not only represents physical strength, but also represents the strength and toughness of various tissues in the body, the sharpness of the five senses, and all other aspects of the body.

Last month's salary has been paid, nearly 100,000 in cash, in addition to leaving 50,000 yuan for the family, there are still 30,000 left, and the hand has become a lot more comfortable.

"That's what you said, I'm more tired than three or four. How long is your hair, why is it so hard!" The young woman's face was happy, and she hurriedly said.

"Born!"

Chen Shouyi and the young woman were talking without a word, the door suddenly opened, and two more people came in, Chen Shouyi glanced at it, one was a middle-aged fat man in his thirties and forties, and the other was an old man in his fifties and sixties.

As soon as they sat down, the two began to chat.

"It's been a mess lately? Have you heard, now that the entire mountain of Yunshan has been blocked, I don't know how many people have died. A middle-aged fat man whispered.

"There is such a thing, Yunshan is in the urban area, will it affect here. An old man asked.

"Probably not, after all, it's too far from here, and it takes more than an hour to ride by bike. The middle-aged fat man said.

"Alas, it's really going to be messy, I don't know what to do in the future!" the old man sighed pessimistically: "You said that this creature from another world, why did you come to the earth?"

"It's all full of food and support, if it was put aside, it would have been bombarded a long time ago, didn't those invading barbarian gods also die?" The middle-aged fat man said, and then whispered: "Actually, I don't reject the barbarian gods of the other world, as long as it is not an evil god, what evil blood sacrifice is engaged, life can be stable, who does not believe!"

"Who's to say it isn't!"

......

Chen Shouyi was a little silent when he heard this, and after finishing his haircut, he took out a hundred from his wallet and handed it over: "No need to look for it." ”

The young woman looked happy after taking it, now that Hedong City is in a big depression, the price of the service industry has dropped sharply, and it used to cost at least twenty or thirty yuan for a haircut, but now five yuan is enough, and one hundred yuan is twenty times the price.

Chen Shouyi patted the broken hair on his shoulder, opened the door, and walked out of the barbershop.

The anti-aircraft cannon in the distance rang out again, blowing up black smoke in mid-air, but the pedestrians on the road have long been accustomed to it, and not many people look up to pay attention, and now there are a large number of fierce birds that have fallen to the other world on the earth, and almost every day or two, the anti-aircraft cannon will sound.

......

When he returned home, Chen Shouyi found Bai Xiaoling at home.

Looking at Chen Shouyili's bald head, Bai Xiaoling couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Chen, are you back?"

Chen Shouyi nodded, and saw a lot of things in the living room, a fan of pork, five or six chickens and ducks, and all kinds of dried fruits, and couldn't help but wonder: "This is?"

Although the price of this thing has dropped a lot in the urban area, it is estimated that it is not cheap, and some things are not available in the market at all.

"This is the New Year's gift sent by Officer Bai, on such a cold day, it is also a loss for her little girl to ride a tricycle to send it over?" Chen's mother brought a cup of hot tea from the kitchen and said, "It's frozen, drink a cup of hot tea." ”

Bai Xiaoling hurriedly took it: "Thank you, Auntie, you're welcome, this is my job, and I am dedicated to serving Mr. Chen." ”

"Then you can't let a little girl do this kind of rough work, next time you have something, tell Shouyi, he has rough skin and thick meat, just let him come. Chen's mother said.

Bai Xiaoling covered her mouth and smiled: "This is not good, in case the leader above blames, I will be unemployed, Auntie, you look a lot younger now?"

Mother Chen was happy when she heard this: "Yes!"

Since she started taking Divine Blood, these days, her face has become ruddy, her steps have become more powerful, even the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes have faded a lot, and the whole person looks five or six years younger.

......

Chen's mother and Bai Xiaoling continued to chat for a few words, and then gave the living room to Chen Shouyi.

"Here's your house key and related documents. Bai Xiaoling handed Chen Shouyi a document.

When he took it, he found that it was a certificate of real estate, stamped with the seals of the military district and the city government.

"Villa 24!" Chen Shouyi said, puzzled: "Has the security zone been built over there?"

"It was already a rough house, and the reason why we had to wait for such a time was that we needed to arrange military defense, and then Jiangnan University, major research institutions, various key factories, and government agencies would all be relocated one after another. Bai Xiaoling explained.

Chen Shouyi nodded heavily in his heart.

On the one hand, the high cost of various logistics has had a serious impact on both industry and life.

On the other hand, the scattered layout is also not conducive to concentrating forces and defending key strategic units.

And the safe zone is for the war that may be coming.

"When can I relocate?"

"Seven days later, at noon, a steam truck will come and the furniture will not have to be taken with it, and there will already be a new one. ”

ps: I'm sorry, I deleted a lot of words, and it's a little late.