Chapter 138: Winter is coming
That same evening.
The home of love in the west of the city.
"Plop, plop, plop......"
The sound of several heavy objects falling to the ground sounded in the calm courtyard.
The gray-haired old woman, carrying a stick, opened the door with an arrow and rushed out.
"! It's endless! See if I don't kill you! ”
The old woman rushed into the courtyard and did not see the imaginary thief.
Since the natural disaster, the meager relief food issued by the government is not enough to eat, and the thieves have the idea of beating the orphanage, bullying them are all old and weak women and children, and often come to steal food.
There was no one in the dark yard.
The old woman could faintly see that there seemed to be several square outlines under the wall.
"Ah Zhen, what's wrong? Thieves again? The old man heard the commotion and came out with a broom.
"No, old man, do you see there's something under the wall?"
"There really is."
The old man cautiously approached with a broom.
"Come, old woman, there are several wooden chests here." He dropped the broom and tried to lift one, but found that it was too heavy to move, and there were things inside.
Together, the two of them lifted the boxes under the eaves.
A piece of firewood was lit.
The old man found a crowbar and pried open the wooden box.
"It's a cookie!"
The old man was so shocked that the crowbar fell to the ground, and hurriedly beckoned to the old woman.
"Really! It's really cookies, a box full of cookies! Old man, look, what's in the other boxes? ”
They were thrilled and excited.
"Cookies! Rolled oats! Dried fruits! It's all about eating! That's so much, it's enough for the kids to eat for a year! ”
"These two boxes are clothes and quilts! Who is it? Wife, do you see people? ”
The old woman shook her head.
"People deliberately threw it in the middle of the night, just because they didn't want us to know. Hurry up, old man, and move your things into the house, for this must be hidden, and no one will know that we have so many things. Otherwise, we can't keep it, and the children will suffer with us. ”
"Alas, good."
The old man looked at the night outside the wall, which was as dark as ink, and silently prayed for the good Samaritan in his heart.
Good people have good rewards.
It's the end of November in the blink of an eye.
The high temperature is as high as ever, and there is no meaning of winter.
For most of the year, people seem to be accustomed to the abnormal weather, except for the occasional complaint when they go to the basement to escape the heat during the day.
The well at the entrance was dug deeper and deeper, but in the end it was all mud, and people had to dig at another site, but with little success.
The water in Lin Wanqiao's roof tank has also been exhausted, and the space has already been used to store water.
During this period, Lin Pang came a few times, and the skin care business he talked about last time brought good news, and the coach also found it.
It was an instructor from a private flight experience base.
Before the disaster, his daily job was to fly tourists in a helicopter and take them around the sky just for viewing.
Although he is not a serious pilot, he has enough flying experience to teach Shen Shaoyu. The most important thing is that there are still two helicopters that can be used at the base, that is, aviation kerosene is precious and cannot be used for practical teaching.
"What oil?"
"Aviation kerosene, planes add this."
Lin Wanqiao's brain was down.
She thought that airplanes also ran on diesel and gasoline, so wouldn't her helicopter become an ornament?
"How do you get jet fuel?"
Lin Pang glanced at her strangely: "Sister, you don't really want to fly, do you?" ”
"Less nonsense, talk faster."
"It's not easy, but if you really want it, I can also think of a way, but the cost may be slightly larger."
Lin Wanqiao happily counted the agreed number of creams to Lin Pang, and used the essence of a large number of big-name ladies as bait to let Lin Pang hurry up to get aviation kerosene.
"Also, hurry up and arrange for the coach to start teaching."
After Shen Shaoyu learned to fly a helicopter, Lin Wanqiao began to hoard coal.
Counting the time when the cold wave came in the previous life, it was only about a little more than a month.
There are already enough coal and cold equipment in the space, but idleness is idleness, and there is still a Ye Qian to take care of.
Lin Wanqiao picked an idle night and went to Ye Qian's house.
"Jojo? What are you doing here? ”
Ye Qian poked her head out from behind the door.
Lin Wanqiao's eyes were sharp, and Ye Qian's two eyes were obviously a little red, as if she had just cried.
Ye Qian walked out, carefully closed the door, and pulled Lin Wanqiao downstairs.
?
What's the situation?
The two walked downstairs, and there was no one around, so Ye Qian spoke sullenly.
"My uncle, they're here."
"Your uncle?" Didn't you already be beaten away last time, and you still dare to come?
"Yes, and my grandma and grandpa." Ye Qian's expression was sad, "Their family has all come, and it has been a few days. ”
Lin Wanqiao understood, forcing each other with filial piety, moral kidnapping came, it was really shameless.
"Then ...... you now" Although Ye Qian's family cannot be said to be the same as before the natural disaster, the standard of living is definitely better than that of most people.
Ye Qian's eyes were red, and she said indignantly: "My uncle and aunt picked up the old man, saying that my mother is lying here to enjoy happiness, saying that there is no truth that the children can enjoy themselves without Lao Tzu dying of hunger."
The swarm of locusts, as soon as they came, seized the supplies at home, saying that for the sake of everyone's good, we must live a careful life, and we now only have a glass of water a day, and we eat baked potatoes. They took all the eggs laid by the hens, and they called them to replenish the bodies of the elderly and children. ”
Lin Wanqiao was speechless, you have to be ruthless when dealing with this kind of person, and cut the mess quickly, Father Ye and Mother Ye are still too soft.
Ye Qian seemed to see Lin Wanqiao's thoughts: "My mother also wants to drive people like last time, even if she doesn't want to recognize my uncle, but she can't really get started with my grandma and grandpa."
I had quarreled twice before, and once the words were a little more intense, the old man lay down on the ground and accused my mother of being a white-eyed wolf, and the noise attracted the neighbors, and they accused my mother of being cold-blooded, and my biological parents had to sweep the floor out.
My mother was already in poor health, and the medicine had been stopped for a long time, but now they were angry and fell down again. My dad wasn't at home, and my mom and I couldn't do anything about it. ”
Ye Qian hugged Lin Wanqiao and choked up: "Qiaoqiao, am I so useless, I can't do anything." ”
After listening to this, Lin Wanqiao didn't have a good idea for a while.
After all, it is Ye's mother's family who came this time, and it is impossible for her to be an outsider to solve it as violently as last time.
And it is not a symptom at all.
But now Ye Qian is not in danger of her life, except for her bad life.
For now, there are more important things to solve.
"What? You told me to chop wood? Ye Qian was stunned and forgot to cry.
Lin Wanqiao nodded.
"That's right! Chopping wood, burning charcoal. ”
Winter is coming.