Natural Disaster (MTL)

Chapter 36

Chapter 36



After cooking, the lights in the house went out. In order to save energy, only a candle was lit in the middle of the round table. The sight was not very good, but Qiao Songzhi knew that if she clipped it back again, her daughter would definitely clip it back, and she would act at that time. It's embarrassing for their relatives to see it when it's big. No way, she ate it herself.

When she turned around, she told Qiao Qingqing that she didn't have to do this in the future: "There is no shortage of food and drink at home, but I am short of that chicken leg. I will eat it myself in the future. Your mother-in-law is treating you well, so you have to appreciate it."

"I appreciate it, But I have never liked chicken in chicken soup, I just like to drink soup, Mom, you can help me eat it." Qiao Qingqing hugged her mother and acted like a spoiled child, Qiao Songzhi couldn't hold it anymore, the corners of his eyes overflowed with a smile, and his mouth However, Shang was disgusted and said: "I'm still picky at this time, and quickly get rid of this bad habit."

"Change it, I will change it later." On

the second night after cooling down, the lowest temperature at night dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius, and Shao Shengan got up. After checking the route, Qiao Qingqing went to the second bedroom and the attic to take a look around before feeling relieved.

"The line is still complete, come here, I will hold you." Shao Shengan got into the quilt and motioned for Qiao Qingqing to lean against him.

Qiao Qingqing squeezed into his arms, feeling the warmth from the quilt and Shao Shengan, and soon drowsiness struck.

Shao Shengan patted her on the back lightly, and she fell asleep at some point.

Downstairs, Grandma Wang's family couldn't sleep at first. One is sad about the death of a loved one, and the children in the family are still unwell, the other is cold and freezing, unable to adapt to such a temperature, hands and feet are like ice cubes, where can I sleep. Until Grandma Wang's grandson, Queen Jiaxin, said strangely: "Why do I feel that the room is not as cold as before."

"It's not cold, Mom, it's still cold." Grandma Wang's great-granddaughter shouted cold.

"I really feel a little warmer, and the air is less freezing when I breathe."

"Aunt, I feel it too, it's warm from above," said Wang Jiale's daughter.

"I'll get up and see!"

Grandma Wang said to her: "Don't bother, you've lost all the heat that you finally saved."

Wang Jiaxin pressed the quilt down and put on her clothes, shaking her head. a chair, stand up.

"Why are you still moving the chair, be careful in the dark!"

Unexpectedly, the granddaughter was not enough to climb the chair, so she got out of bed and went to the next door to knock on the door and called her husband over.

The whole family was energized by her torment, but Wang Jiaxin was very excited and only said, "Wait, wait for my discovery!" The

family lit candles, and at Wang Jiaxin's request, her husband resisted her with his shoulders and stood on the chair . Grandma Wang was about to faint while watching, and kept telling Wang Jiale to help her brother-in-law: "Don't fall!"

Wang Jiaxin held her breath and touched the ceiling as she wished.

"Put me down!"

After she got down, she lowered her voice and said to her family as if she had found a treasure: "The ceiling is hot!"

Everyone was surprised when they heard it, and then they didn't believe it.

"It's true, if you don't believe it, you can touch it yourself!"

Wang Jiale carried his wife, and his wife was sure that the ceiling was hot. I tried both rooms and they were all hot.

"It's amazing."

"It's not like the fire is burning upstairs?"

"Impossible, the whole ceiling cannot be heated by the fire." Wang Jiale asked Grandma Wang, "Grandma, didn't you say that Xiao Qiao's house was a few months ago? Are they doing renovations? Is their house under floor heating?"

Grandma Wang thought hard and shook her head: "I didn't ask, it was just ding ding dong, I moved the water tank, and there was a big box, I don't know what it was. things."

Wang Jiale was a little disappointed.

His daughter suddenly said, "Dad, I heard from Aunt Song downstairs that Aunt Qiao's house has been heated. What is underfloor heating, Dad?"

Wang Jiale was pleasantly surprised: "It looks like it is! Our house is completely wiped out."

Uncle Tang sighed: "We don't have floor heating in our house. Even if they have floor heating, how much heat can it bring to our house?"

"It's good to have a few degrees at home. Although it's all minus 40 degrees, there's still a difference between minus 40 degrees and minus 30 degrees. Well, I'll take a thermometer and check it out. I'll go to the next door tomorrow to check their nights. How many degrees is the room." Wang Jiale grew up a lot, and told the children in the family not to talk outside.

"Otherwise, I'll throw you out to freeze popsicles!" The

children hurriedly covered their mouths.

"Okay, okay, good kids don't talk nonsense, I'll teach them." Grandma Wang said.

"Go to sleep, I have to pick up firewood tomorrow."

The next day, Wang Jiale went to 702 next door to inquire.

"I don't have a thermometer in my house. It's cold anyway, so what is it?"

Wang Jiale went to 802 and asked Zheng Tiehui.

"Damn, I watched it before going to bed last night. It was minus 43 degrees Celsius. I couldn't sleep all night. It was freezing to death!" After complaining, Zheng Tiehui asked strangely, "Why are you asking this?"

"I'm just curious . , your house is on the eighth floor and mine is on the seventh floor, so the temperature will be different for different floors."

Zheng Tiehui sneered: "How much difference can it be, not a few dozen floors."

Wang Jiale went to Qiao Qingqing's house to visit again. When the door was opened, Qiao Qingqing knew from the look in his eyes that the Wang family already knew. She had nothing to worry about, so she smiled and asked him what was the matter.

Wang Jiale didn't seem to be afraid of him speaking out, seeing her magnanimous. He smiled bitterly in his heart, how could he say it out? Isn't that hurting others? Qiao Qingqing seems to have a good relationship with his grandmother. This friendship is rare, and he doesn't want to take advantage of it. It is their family's ability to open the floor heating in 801.

"We're going to find wood, do you want to go?"

"I won't go to my house. I picked up some wood before, and it's enough for the time being."

"That's good, I'll go downstairs first. Uncle Zheng opened the iron door, remember to lock it."

Qiao Qingqing locked the door before going back In the house, Father Shao was lighting a coal stove on the balcony, and the escape window was open for ventilation.

"It's all cigarettes, cough, cough." Mother Shao coughed, "Will you light it? I won't come."

"Why can't I -- look, isn't it lighted!" Father Shao sealed the furnace door. On, said to let it simmer for a while.

"I'll get some sweet potatoes, throw them in and simmer together." Qiao Qingqing said.

When Shao Shengfei heard the roasted sweet potatoes, he was happy: "Okay, okay!"

Qiao Qingqing went to the kitchen to get the sweet potatoes, found a few skinny ones, and Shao's father took them and put them into the stove one by one.

When Shao Shengan said it was time to eat breakfast, the sweet aroma of roasted sweet potatoes emanated from the stove.

"It's fragrant, is it cooked?" he asked.

Father Shao shook his head with experience: "It's still early, it's almost time for breakfast."

"It's still fish porridge today? It's really fragrant, Sheng An's craftsmanship is getting better and better." Qiao Songzhi praised.

Today's fish porridge still adds a lot of ginger, and it tastes spicy and delicious.

"I also added some chili, a little bit, can I eat it?" Shao Shengan asked with a smile.

"It's a little spicy, it's delicious." Qiao Qingqing nodded. "Eating spicy food can keep you warm, but it's easy to get angry, and we use floor heating, which is too dry. I'll cook some honeysuckle water to drink later."

"Add rock sugar!" Shao Shengfei said hurriedly.

"I see, I will add a lot of rock sugar."

"Don't listen to Feifei, it's not good to eat too sweet, Qingqing, just add the right amount." Father Shao patted Shao Shengfei's head.

After breakfast, sweet potatoes are really good, and each person is divided into one. It was really hot, Qiao Qingqing turned her left and right hands upside down, Shao Shengan took it and helped her peel it off and put it in the bowl, then inserted a spoon: "

Eat it." , She looked at Shao Shengan, and Shao Shengan remembered what happened when they were young. What day was that in high school? It was probably a certain weekend. They were all resident students. He invited Qiao Qingqing to eat roasted sweet potatoes, and took her to dig a pit in the hillside near the school, collect firewood, and roast sweet potatoes... The sweet potatoes were brought to my aunt's house from home. Yes, he kept two secretly.

"Do you still remember?"

Qiao Qingqing narrowed her eyes and took another bite, not answering him. The sweet and glutinous sweet potatoes bloom on the taste buds, simple and delicious. She eats sweet potatoes and seems to have returned to that autumn. At that time, it was the first time for her to eat such sweet potatoes. It was so surprising, so fun, and so delicious. Her mother is very strict with her, and she is also strict with herself, so the experience of digging a pit under the hill to bake sweet potatoes is unprecedented for her, and it is a happy memory worth cherishing and cherishing.

"A lot of people are walking outside, wow that person can fly!" Shao Shengfei suddenly shouted while sitting on the balcony eating sweet potatoes.

Qiao Songzhi probed to see: "Yo, I'm wearing ice skates, I'm skating really fast."

"What are ice skates?" Shao Shengfei raised his head and asked.

Looking at Shao Shengfei's big eyes, Qiao Songzhi felt regretful in his heart, so his tone was very gentle: "It's a shoe that can slide on ice. After wearing it, you can fly like the person outside."

Shao Shengfei yearned even more: "Our family Do you have them?"

"Our family has them too."

Qiao Qingqing took out the skates and skating canes, one serving per person. Originally, she also wanted to buy a snowmobile, but after thinking about it, there is a saying that other materials can be used. Buying a snowmobile is too flamboyant and not very useful. They should only survive around this remodeled house in the past few years, and there is no need to travel far away. And a little further distances can be done with skates. For the money to buy a snowmobile, it is better to buy a few more bags of rice.

"If you usually go out, wear snow ski boots if you are not in a hurry, and wear ice skates if you are in a hurry. The weather is good today, let's go downstairs to practice. Big brother hasn't gone downstairs for a long time, parents, let big brother also Get up."

Finally the family came down.

Except for Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan, no one else has experience. Qiao Qingqing taught Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother, Shao Shengan was in charge of his father and Shao Shengfei, and the family practiced in the open space of the community. Mostly, human beings have the desire to conquer the earth and fly. Soon Qiao Songzhi and Shao's mother found the joy of gliding. After they mastered the skills a little, they couldn't wait to glide alone. Qiao Qingqing followed them firmly and helped them when they saw they were about to fall.

On the other side, Shao's father didn't learn very well. When Shao Shengfei was able to slide freely, he had to hold the wall to move slowly.

"Where did you get your skates from? It's so cool!" Grandpa Wang's nephew, who is also Wang Jiale's cousin, shouted from the balcony.

Shao Shengan nodded at him without answering.

Uncle Tang thought for a while and went back to the house to ask if there was an ice skating rink near Wang Jiale.

"There are some, but they must be under the ice."

Uncle Tang sighed: "If I had known there would be today, I would have used my savings to buy thousands of pairs of ice skates!"

His granddaughter interjected: "Buy cakes. Instant noodles!" The

words made the children in the family couldn't help swallowing. Uncle Tang regretted and interrupted: "If you don't have ice skates, you won't have them. We don't have to go to far places, and we won't need them."

Grandma Wang said quietly: " Ice skates, go fast, if you go out in the morning, can you go back and forth during the day?"

Wang Jiaxin's heart ached and her eyes reddened when she understood what grandma meant. Looking at Wang Jiale expectantly. Wang Jiale nodded immediately: "I'll ask, I'll borrow it from Xiao Qiao and the others!"

Downstairs.

"Sheng An, I'm going to see Wenwen." Qiao Qingqing slid over.

"I'll go with you."

After two hours of practice, Father Shao and the others were tired. Qiao Qingqing sent them upstairs and packed some things to go out. Shao Shengfei looked at them expectantly: "Can I go?"

Qiao Qingqing thought about it and nodded.

Shao Shengfei and Shao Shengan are indeed brothers. They are very talented in skating. After only two hours of learning, they are already very proficient. They do not fall behind when skating on the ice, and their expressions are very relaxed and happy.

Qiao Qingqing led the way in front, Shao Shengfei was behind her, and Shao Shengan was at the rear of the final hall, avoiding obstacles and pedestrians, and the group was very fast.

Going out this time can be called "going far away". Qiao Qingqing and the others are all dressed tightly, and only the eyes are exposed on the whole body. Tired of sliding, and feeling that the exhaled hot air was too stuffy to breathe, Qiao Qingqing tore off the part of the velvet windproof hat that covered her face and breathed in some fresh air. The cold wind pierced, and Qiao Qingqing felt her throat dry and itchy after breathing for a while, and she couldn't wrap her nose again.

When she was sliding, she was still holding two ski poles in her hands. There was a large flat ground in front of her without the slightest obstacle. She bent down slightly and used the stick to the ground. , slipped all the way out at once.

It took them an hour to arrive at Yuan Xiaowen's relative's house. The speed was a bit slower than the previous use of the assault boat, but it was okay. It took two hours to walk on two legs alone.

"Wenwen is in the hospital."

Yuan Xiaowen's husband and wife and his parents-in-law were not there, they were received by relatives. The relative shivered from the cold and explained: "The temperature suddenly dropped that night, Wenwen saw blood... Yanhai sent her to the hospital. The situation is not good, alas!"

Qiao Qingqing and Shao Shengan rushed to the hospital after asking for the address .

There were surprisingly few people in the hospital, which Shao Shengan felt strange.

"Many people died that night." Qiao Qingqing said, and Shao Shengan was in a heavy heart.

After asking about the ward from the front desk, Qiao Qingqing saw Yuan Xiaowen, who was haggard and weak. Yuan Xiaowen's mouth moved, and tears fell: "Qingqing, godmother, you can't do it."

She was so sad and painful, Qiao Qingqing couldn't help but redden her eyes.