Chapter 18: The Last Days of the Ice Age(18)
This night, everyone didn't sleep soundly.
With something in mind, I naturally couldn't sleep well, and I felt more clearly that the temperature was gradually decreasing.
Su's mother got up twice halfway, added a quilt to everyone, and took out the thermal underwear she bought, so that everyone could change into it the next morning.
I didn't have time, and I didn't cross the water, but I don't pay attention to it so much at this time.
Xingyun was lying in the warm quilt and brushing her mobile phone, and there were fewer and fewer messages on the Internet, not because everyone was reluctant to talk about it online, but because more and more local power systems and communication information devices were damaged by snowstorms, and most of the northern areas lost contact.
Even many forums and websites are in a state of disconnection and cannot be opened at all.
The latest official information said that this snowstorm may last for nearly a week, and the temperature will continue to drop, so please do not go out and hide inside to survive this rare snowstorm.
There are many doubts on the Internet, and they have begun to question the government's inaction, why the government has only issued an early warning notice and no other measures for such a large snowstorm, and now many places have lost contact.
Some people also argue that the cold wave is going south too fast, the blizzard is too fast, and the government simply doesn't have that much time to do anything, so it would be good to inform everyone to prepare in advance, and not to rely on others for everything.
At this time, some people on the Internet speculated whether the government had already predicted the cold wave, but did not inform the people, only let everyone prepare by themselves, and did not take everyone's life and death into account at all!
Immediately afterwards, someone broke the news that his home was in the southernmost part, and the cold wave had little impact, and now the temperature was only a lot lower.
Two days ago, he saw a lot of cars and planes carrying a large number of people to them, and he heard that there was still some underground work being dug nearby, and all kinds of explosions and rumbling machines in the past two days.
He wondered if the government had known about the severity of the cold wave for a long time, but did not tell everyone the truth, but only moved some important people to the warmer south in advance, and the people in other northern areas were equivalent to being abandoned by the government!
There was an uproar at this remark, and everyone was discussing what the truth was.
But despite this, the number of people participating online is not large, and it is not even as good as the scandal of a celebrity in the past, and the reason is only because only one person in the south can still access the Internet.
There was no official response to this.
Early the next morning, when Xingyun lifted the curtains, she found that the whole sky was gray, and the goose-feather snow was dancing wildly in the cold wind.
Even though the doors and windows were closed, the whistling sound of the hunt was even more chilling, making people feel extremely cold even when they stood inside.
The roof and the ground were covered with a thick layer of snow, and as far as the eye could see, it was white.
When Xingyun went downstairs, she found that everyone was almost up, and everyone didn't seem to have slept well.
Xingyun went to the kitchen to pour hot water, and saw Father Su and Uncle Su dressed tightly and went out with a shovel in their hands.
Su's mother put a scarf around her neck and explained, "Your father and uncle are going outside to shovel snow, and they just swept the snow off the roof. You have a good rest at home, and your grandmother feels sorry for the vegetables grown in the yard, and while they are not yet frozen, I will go and pick them back. There's still food in the kitchen, so you can get it after you've washed yourself. ”
After saying that, he went out with the food basket.
Xingyun washed it as fast as she could, returned to the room and brought her newly bought scarf and hat, and then came to the courtyard as well.
Su's mother was squatting in a small vegetable field next to her to pick vegetables, feeling as if there was an extra person beside her, and turned her head to see that her daughter was silently squatting there to pick vegetables like her.
"Didn't you stay in the house and not come out? What should I do if it's freezing on such a cold day? ”
"It's okay, two of you hurry up."
Seeing that her daughter refused to go back, Su's mother did not persuade again, but checked Xingyun's clothes again, made sure that she was dressed tightly enough before relieving herself, and then accelerated the speed in her hands.
She put the food in her hand in the basket, and then secretly wiped the corners of her eyes with the action of adjusting her hat.
She can only have one daughter in this life, she has no regrets, and when she sees the two sons of the eldest brother's family, she will also think that it would be good if she could have another son, but she can't give birth.
When her daughter grows up, she no longer talks to her heart, and her temperament is getting more and more dull, and some time ago she will lose her temper with them and lock herself in the room alone.
Now her daughter is more sensible than before, and if it weren't for her, maybe their family would be trapped in Jin'an City now.
But thinking about the price of her daughter's sensibility, Su's mother felt distressed again.
I don't know what happened to my daughter in the next few years to become like this, and I won't say anything when I ask her.
Father Su and Uncle Su were shoveling the snow in the yard aside and shoveling a way.
Uncle Su took a few breaths, saw the mother and daughter squatting on the other side picking vegetables together, and said enviously: "It's still a good daughter, caring, those two stinky boys in my family ......"
Speaking of his son, he remembered his eldest son who has no news now, and Uncle Su paused, did not say any more, but held a shovel and shoveled down a large piece of snow.
Father Su sighed and patted the eldest brother's shoulder, "Su Chen's kid has had good luck since he was a child, maybe he just contacted a lot because his phone was dropped, and he will be fine." ”
Uncle Su nodded casually and did not respond.
Su Mu and Xingyun on the other end had already finished picking all the vegetables in the vegetable field, and when they were about to enter the house, someone from outside the courtyard asked if Grandpa Su was there.
"My dad is in the house, what's wrong?"
The person who came was from the village committee, he didn't explain too much, only said that there was an accident at the end of the village, and asked Grandpa Su to go.
Uncle Su handed the shovel to Su's father, "My dad is old, it's not easy to go out with such a big snow, don't get sick, I'll go." ”
The man thought about it and agreed.
When Uncle Su left, Xingyun stepped forward to take the shovel.
"You don't need it, you and your mother go into the house!"
Father Su hurriedly withdrew his hand and let Xingyun enter the house.
"I'm not cold, and it's good to exercise in this weather."
Father Su didn't know what was going on, so he handed the shovel in his hand to Xingyun as he spoke, and when he reacted, his daughter had already begun to shovel snow.
Seeing that Xingyun's movements were quite skillful, Father Su didn't know what to think, his eyes suddenly sour, and he almost burst into tears.
Xingyun didn't know what Su's father and Su's mother had made up in their brains, she really felt that this body was too weak and needed to exercise more.
Although she works out in her room every morning and evening, she can't just sit still.
By the time they shoveled aside the snow on the yard and the road at the gate of the yard, Uncle Su hadn't come back yet.
Father Su looked up at the sky full of snowflakes, and his tone was worried, "This snow keeps falling like this, and you have to clear the snow every day!" ”
Xingyun felt that although the snow was heavy, at least he could come out to clear the snow, and the north should not be able to go out now, and he would freeze to death if he didn't pay attention to it.
Uncle Su didn't come back until almost noon, still holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in his arms.