It was around 4:30 in the morning when we found out.
At that time, Yang Yiqin was awakened by the biting cold, and Youyou opened his eyes.
Feng Lin's arms were wrapped around his chest, and Feng Lin's hard chest was behind him. The warm touch of the skin spread from the contact area to the brain, but it still couldn't drive away the chill that reached the soles of his feet. He glanced at the clock on the wall to confirm that it was still early, and then found a few strands of white light coming through the gaps in the curtains.
As autumn gets darker, the days get shorter and the dawn gets later and later in the morning.
——This situation is definitely not normal.
At the same time as he arrived, Feng Lin slowly opened his eyes. He buried his head in the back of Yang Yiqin's neck, took a deep breath like a fascination, and asked in a low voice: "Are you insomniac?"
Yang Yiqin was slightly itchy on the back of his neck by the hot breath he breathed out. He couldn't help but want to move his body, but Feng Lin grabbed his thin waist tightly. So he had no choice but to pat the back of Feng Lin's hand and said in a helpless tone: "Please wake up first, something is not right."
Feng Lin raised his head: "What's wrong?"
Yang Yiqin turned around and faced him: "Don't you feel cold?"
Hearing this, Feng Lin blinked: "I don't think so."
Yang Yiqin: "..."
Is there something wrong with his body temperature perception?
Or is there something abnormal about Feng Lin's perception?
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and touched Feng Lin's forehead.
Yang Yiqin's hands were indeed cold, and Feng Lin's forehead felt slightly hot. Just when he was worried that the other person had a fever, Feng Lin suddenly lowered his head and touched his forehead.
"The temperature is about the same."
Feng Lin said.
No one has a fever.
"Surely it's a problem with temperature perception?" Yang Yiqin said softly, "I seemed to have woken up from the cold."
"are you cold?"
After saying that, Feng Lin suddenly leaned over, held Yang Yiqin tightly in his arms, gathered the quilt around them, and wrapped their bodies tightly. After their bodies touched, he found that Yang Yiqin's calves and feet were equally cold, and he was fine.
"Are you full of yang energy?" Yang Yiqin said with a smile, "My hands and feet are cold anyway."
Feng Lin said in a deep voice: "Cuddle your legs."
Yang Yiqin did as he was told.
The next moment, Feng Lin reached out and covered Yang Yiqin's feet, and the warm touch spread from the soles of his feet throughout his body.
Growing up, Yang Yiqin had almost never been physically weak, so he was embarrassed to be taken care of like this. He moved his feet to straighten his legs, but Feng Lin held his ankles firmly.
Finally, Feng Lin put both hands under Yang Yiqin's body, trying to warm his feet.
Feng Lin asked worriedly: "Are you feeling better?"
"Okay, thank you." Yang Yiqin laughed, "Let me go first, let's take a look outside the window."
Feng Lin did not let go because his feet had not yet returned to normal temperature.
"Out the window?"
"Yes, I always feel that the cold wave is not normal." At this point, Yang Yiqin added, "--although you don't seem to feel it."
At this moment, several cats meowed from the living room.
"Meow~"
"Meow~"
Not long after, there was a slight sound of claws scratching at the master bedroom door, further indicating that something was going on.
Generally speaking, even if the Huahua family moves around at night, they will deliberately move slowly and climb out from the window of the second bedroom, and will never move or shout in the living room. The reason for doing this must be because they discovered something abnormal, so they came here to remind them.
However, Feng Lin was still not in a hurry. He waited until he was sure that the soles of Yang Yiqin's feet were warm before finally letting go of his hand.
The two put on their coats and walked out of the master bedroom.
Huahua, Dahei and the six kittens were all awake, and they were milling around in the living room, seeming to be keeping warm in this way. Cat Xiaoer was still shaking his body and sneezed hard.
Seeing Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin coming out, Huahua pointed out the window of the living room.
The two of them looked in the direction it pointed.
I saw that the night outside the floor-to-ceiling doors and windows was slightly white, and the huge snowflakes were like white paper cuts, flying and falling in the wind. Their small backyard has long been covered by a thick layer of snow, completely hiding the growing vegetables.
The blowing wind was not strong and could only slightly shake the tracks of the snowflakes.
This sudden white snow fell so quietly.
Yang Yiqin paused for three to five seconds before turning to look at Feng Lin: "Can vegetables survive after being covered in snow for a few days?"
Feng Lin shook his head decisively: "I don't know."
Yang Yiqin: "..."
It seems that we need to ask the old farmers for advice, but according to the way the heavy snow falls, it will definitely not be possible to clear the snow before the snow stops.
I'm afraid that the speed of cleaning is still far behind the speed of snow falling.
"No wonder it's so cold." Yang Yiqin said, "The base should inform everyone of the news soon."
Because of the sudden snowstorm, the temperature dropped by more than ten degrees, and the indoor temperature fell directly below zero. Some people may not have closed their windows the day before. If someone who is sleeping in the cold continues to sleep like this, the situation will become very dangerous.
Feng Lin pulled out a lighter: "You go and wear something thicker, and I'll light the stove."
Fortunately, many days ago, they decided to find a heating stove and transported coal and briquettes one trip after another. If the plan is postponed for a little longer and caught up with the heavy snow, we still don't know what the situation will be.
"You too." Yang Yiqin said, "Even if you are not afraid of the cold, you still need to wear thicker clothes."
In the apocalypse, a minor illness like a cold will become a serious problem.
I'm afraid that if today passes overnight, many survivors will unfortunately catch a cold, and the temporary hospital will be full tomorrow. Moreover, taking medicine cannot carry out physical tests, which will affect the accuracy of test results, and people who are queuing up for cell testing will also be affected.
Because of this unexpected heavy snowfall, all plans of the base have to be changed.
Yang Yiqin quickly changed into a thick winter coat and walked out of the living room again.
"The briquettes in the living room are causing the fire." Feng Lin said, "It will probably take some time for the indoor temperature to rise."
Yang Yiqin nodded: "You go and change your clothes too, I'll watch the ignition stove."
Feng Lin obeyed and entered the bedroom to change into winter clothes.
When starting the fire, Feng Lin used dry wood and toilet paper as starters. Although the stove was connected to the smoke pipe facing the outside, in order to observe the burning of briquettes, he did not cover the round iron cover of the stove, causing the living room to be filled with smoke. A layer of white smoke and the smell of burning wood filled the room.
The temperature inside and outside was about the same, so Yang Yiqin simply opened the door from the living room to the yard to disperse the smoke inside.
Modern coal has fewer impurities, and the pungent smoke and smell are lighter. After the fire starter has burned out, the briquettes have been successfully ignited, and the round cover of the stove is covered, it is not too late to close the doors and windows.
After the door and window were opened, Mao Xiaoer sneezed again.
Seeing this, Huahua stretched out her paws, rubbed the back of its head vigorously, and let out a "meow" - it should mean that its constitution was too weak.
Although the other kittens also felt cold, they were more curious and excited. They all looked excitedly at the heavy snow in the sky, and they wanted to rush to the snowdrift outside the yard and roll around hard.
Huahua ignored the other kittens and instead pushed Xiaoer, the cat, closer to the yard, hoping to exercise its ability to withstand the cold. The big black cat couldn't bear it, but as soon as it tried to catch Cat Xiaoer, Huahua gave him a sharp look.
Following the old rules, Huahua put a paw on the big black cat's face to stop it from causing trouble.
Yang Yiqin did not stop Huahua from teaching.
It's still less than minus ten degrees, and winter will only get colder as time goes by. The Huahua family is out and about all year round, and their food is mice and birds that they hunt. If the cat Xiaoer cannot adapt to the cold weather, he will be eliminated by the environment sooner or later.
After all, Huahua and the big black cat couldn't possibly be paired with him for the rest of his life.
When they reach a certain age, these kittens have the possibility of "going to other places" to live. Even if they don't live alone, there will be no cats to catch mice for them all the time in winter.
If you want to survive, you can only rely on your own hunting ability.
Soon, Feng Lin also walked out.
He asked: "Does the bedroom stove need to be lit?"
"Wait a moment, and use the burning briquettes as a starter." After speaking, Yang Yiqin put on his coat and looked out at the goose-feather-like snow, "The base should send someone over."
Feng Lin nodded: "Well, it's up to you."
As Yang Yiqin said, within a few minutes, someone was shouting in the snow in the community with a loudspeaker——
【Is anyone else sleeping? Please wake up quickly, it's getting colder and snowing heavily outside! It's getting colder and snowing outside! 】
[Please pay attention to keeping warm and keeping warm to avoid getting sick! Avoid getting sick! If anyone has symptoms of cold or fever, please tell the base immediately and we will provide you with free medicine! 】
[The temperature drop comes suddenly, but please don't panic! Next, someone will come to investigate the situation of each survivor. If someone is short of clothes or quilts but needs heating, the base will try its best to provide help! 】
The loud and clear voice of the caller was not drowned by the heavy snow, but was clearly transmitted to every corner of the community, giving people a glimpse of warmth in the cold winter.
A few minutes later, someone knocked on Yang Yiqin and Feng Lin's door.
Feng Lin opened the door and found that the person outside the door was Li Jiang again.
Li Jiang's cheeks turned red from the cold. He sniffed and smiled at them and said, "Hahaha, it's me again. No matter it's windy or rainy, I'm responsible for the survivors on the first and second floors of the four units in the twelve buildings."
Yang Yiqin chuckled and handed him a glass of water: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Thanks."
The two of them had known each other for a long time, and Li Jiang didn't refuse and took the water glass very naturally. However, when he felt the temperature of the water in the paper cup, he was instantly surprised.
"Why do you have warm water?"
Although this glass of water was only slightly warm, Li Jiang was still surprised.
Yang Yiqin stretched out his hand and pointed to the stove near the door of the living room: "We just burned the stove. There were three briquettes in one stove, and we are just burning one piece now. But putting the cup next to it is enough to slowly heat the pure water. If you If you come later, the water will be even hotter."
Hearing this, Li Jiang raised his head and drank the warm water, feeling a little warm.
Then, he handed the water cup back to Yang Yiqin and said with a wry smile: "Okay, you are very foresighted. The room will be warm in a while, and the others will... A batch of stoves and coal were also transported to the base before. Other survivors have also followed your example, but the survivors still focus on food when they go out to collect things. Now, except for the elderly and children's areas of the prison, there are not many places with heating equipment."
Yang Yiqin took the water cup over and said, "What is the base going to do now?"
"First determine the situation of the survivors and give everyone thick clothes and thick quilts." Li Jiang explained, "Then we will register how many people have heating equipment..."
Feng Lin asked: "Are there enough stoves in the base?"
Li Jiang shook his head: "Of course it's not enough."
There are now more than 20,000 soldiers and civilians on the base. The renovated prison buildings house more than 10,000 people, including the army, and there are thousands of people here in the community. Except for rooms in laboratories and some temporary hospitals that are powered by electricity and can be heated using electricity, all other places need to be heated using primitive methods.
However, including Yang Feng and the others, stoves had been installed, and the number of survivors covered by the heating equipment was only a few hundred. Stove shipped in from base. Now there are barely a few hundred, which cannot cover everyone.
Yang Yiqin frowned slightly and calculated carefully: "There are twelve or even more people in the prison dormitory, and the number of stoves required is quite small. In the community, one or two people basically live in one room, even if everyone lives in one." The room also needs a lot of heating equipment."
In addition, you also have to worry about the dangers of fire and carbon monoxide poisoning if someone has not used the stove before and uses it in irregular ways.
Feng Lin suggested: "You can make a simple brazier or stove yourself, and just do a good job of ventilation."
"Yes, you can find experienced workers to do it. We can also lend a hand to help make the smoke exhaust pipes." Yang Yiqin agreed. "I remember that the base brought in a lot of copper pipes and iron sheets before. Even now The workmanship is a little rough, but it's fine as long as it's usable."
"The leadership of our base thinks so too. In short, let's wake up the survivors first and prevent everyone from sleeping in the sub-zero low temperature." Li Jiang continued, "Then let us first ask about everyone's situation and record the survivors who need help. Those who need to further improve the solutions."
Yang Yiqin curled his lips: "We are survivors who can help."
"We will come to you when needed." Li Jiang sighed deeply, "This change is too sudden."
"It was a bit sudden."
The temperature during the day is still over 10 degrees Celsius. Although it is a bit cool, you just need to wear autumn clothes. The temperature at night is around ten degrees Celsius, so if you sleep wrapped in a thick quilt, you don't have to worry about the cold at all.
"Okay, I have to leave first." Li Jiang made two notes in his notebook, and then said, "You are the last family of survivors that I am responsible for. I have to report the situation here to the base."
Yang Yiqin nodded: "Okay, keep warm."
Li Jiang's expression has softened a little now. He was freezing cold just now, and now he has to act in the snowstorm again. But he just smiled shyly and said, "Okay, thank you."
After watching Li Jiang leave, they closed the door again.
Yang Yiqin's thoughts turned from the problem of heating to something further away... There were difficulties everywhere.
Thinking of this, his eyes turned to Feng Lin.
The two of them looked at each other in silence, and the room was quiet and silent.
Feng Lin turned around and went to the small second bedroom, found all the working tools inside, and spread them out one by one on the coffee table. These were the things they used to install the stove, as well as a cutting machine, which is still at Lao Yuan's place today.
The intention is self-evident.
"The cold winter is hard to endure." Feng Lin said solemnly, "We have to take matters into our own hands so that the base can overcome this difficulty."
Yang Yiqin agreed with him. He carefully observed the tools on the table and found the tools that the two of them might use from the pile of supplies. He arranged them behind other tools and said, "Wait for Li Jiang to inform the base first." They may need our help."
In fact, in his heart, he hoped that other survivors could also come forward and save themselves under the guidance of the base. Only with more ability and execution can we avoid being pushed to a dead end by natural disasters. We cannot always stay in place and wait for rescue from the base.
However, this kind of thing can only be done slowly, and being too hasty will only frustrate the situation.
"Meow--"
Mao Xiaoliu ran over and circled Yang Yiqin's trouser legs.
"What's wrong?" Yang Yiqin knelt down and pinched the back of Mao Xiaoliu's neck, "Go to sleep if you feel tired."
Mao Xiaoliu shook his head and rolled twice to show that he was not sleepy.
At this time, the door of the living room has been closed, and the room is gradually getting a little warmer. Several cats are lying lazily on the blankets in the room, wagging their tails in boredom.
Seeing them, Yang Yiqin suddenly thought of the elephants in the scenic area and wondered what impact the snowstorm would have on them. Judging from the thickness of the elephants' skin and flesh, this temperature should not freeze them.
However, the mountains are closed by heavy snow and the weather is harsh, which will definitely affect the elephant herd's migration plan.
The Monkey King was very foresight and led the monkeys to rebuild and strengthen the ruined monkey house. The insulation effect should be good. They also stocked up on food in advance. According to the current number of monkeys, holding on for a while is not a problem.
In addition, I don't know how wide the area covered by this sudden heavy snow is.
Yang Yiqin's hometown is located in the north. Based on the experience of previous winters, it is estimated that this time it will also be covered by snowfall. In his impression, his hometown has earthen stoves and stoves, and there is also a rural floor heating that can burn firewood by himself, so there should be no need to worry about heating.
However, according to Yang's mother's frugal living style, she would not choose to burn the floor heating, which is a waste of resources.
Feng Lin seemed to understand his mind and comforted him: "Don't worry."
Yang Yiqin's eyebrows curved slightly.
"Um."
- It'll be fine.
He walked over to the stove and checked how it was burning.
The briquettes were successfully ignited, the fire starter was burned out, and the remaining ashes fell from the bottom of the stove into the "iron drawer" containing the connection. Looking down from the top of the stove, you can see that the fire has reached the second piece of briquettes and is steaming upwards.
Because he often came into contact with this kind of stove when he was a child, Yang Yiqin is very skilled in business. He replaced the round iron cover of the stove and blocked half of the outlet below. Then he found a few sweet potatoes from the food supplies and placed them on the iron cover.
Feng Lin asked: "Roasted sweet potatoes?"
"Sweet potatoes roasted slowly like this are very fragrant." Yang Yiqin said with a smile, "Remember to replace the briquettes in time. When they are burning white, take out the bottom one and put the new one on top of the stove."
Feng Lin looked serious: "I remember."
Yang Yiqin asked: "Are you still sleepy?"
Feng Lin shook his head: "I'm not sleepy."
"I'm not sleepy, so let's not burn the stove in the master bedroom first to save some resources." Yang Yiqin continued, "The stove can also be used for cooking, which can save the resources of the gas stove. After a while, the stove will be burning brightly. Now, I'll cook a pot of porridge on the stove. While the porridge is cooking, put the eggs and milk on the stove and simmer for a while, and soon the rice will be ready."
Feng Lin's eyes were sincere and he praised sincerely: "Qinqin is amazing."
Yang Yiqin: "..."
As the porridge was being served, there was another knock on their door.
Yang Yiqin glanced at the time. It was already past six o'clock in the morning, and there should be new things to be announced at the base. Thinking of this, he walked quickly towards the door and opened the door.
At the same time, Feng Lin put the millet and pumpkin into the pot.
Li Jiang, who was knocking on the door, saw the other party's actions and asked, "Are you ready for breakfast?"
Feng Lin put the lid on the pot and walked over: "Have you eaten?"
"Not yet." Li Jiang said, "I'll go have a meal after I'm done."
Yang Yiqin asked: "What's the matter?"
Li Jiang took out the bag in his hand, grinned and said: "Of course we will deliver breakfast to the survivors. Today the base will be responsible for three meals for all survivors. Tomorrow it will depend on the situation."
"We don't need it." Feng Lin refused, "The food has just been cooked."
"That's not possible." Li Jiang's expression instantly became serious, "Every survivor has free breakfast, you can't do anything special."
Yang Yiqin shook his head and chuckled: "Is this how 'special' is used?"
Li Jiang: "This is not important."
"It's okay. We really don't need it. Let's leave it to those who need it." Yang Yiqin tried to explain it with emotion and reason. "We still have a lot of fresh food, but without good storage conditions, fresh food cannot be stored for too long. Long."
"Don't lie to me, I'm not stupid." Li Jiang walked into the house, put the things in his hands directly on the table, then pointed in the direction of the backyard and said, "I saw the two big ones you stacked in the yard. It's a freezer. It's so cold during the snowstorm, isn't it a natural refrigerator?"
Feng Lin didn't feel guilty: "Fake."
After Yang Yiqin mentioned the freezer once, they immediately decided to look for it and specifically chose the large freezer in the fresh food store. Two large freezers were stacked one above the other on one side of the courtyard wall, close to the small wooden hut where coal and briquettes were stacked. They were very conspicuous there.
"..." Li Jiang was speechless for a moment, and then said forcefully, "I said breakfast will be treated equally, so just take it. The porridge can be used as a snack to keep out the cold."
Yang Yiqin didn't say anything, but handed Li Jiang a box of warm milk.
"Please cooperate with my work." Li Jiang generously took the milk and joked, "When the base is really in trouble, you won't get free breakfast even if you want it."
Yang Yiqin curled his lips: "It shouldn't happen."
Although blizzards and cold waves are a huge challenge, the base's material reserves have reached an astonishing level. Even if no other food supplies come in within a year or two, it can still survive safely - just the food may Sameness.
Li Jiang added: "And I will ask you for help in the future. How can I say this?"
"Okay, thank you." Yang Yiqin stopped evading and asked, "I remember that some time ago, the base harvested a large amount of grain, fruits and vegetables. The cold wave swept across, has the food been frozen?"
"Don't worry, the cellar has been dug a few days ago. The base has prepared for rainy days and stored food while digging the cellar. Big bags of grain, fruits and vegetables have long been moved underground."
Yang Yiqin chuckled.
"It seems I'm overthinking it."
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