438, Winter Has Arrived 02

The road is not easy to walk, but Yu Heng has no choice. If the situation is bad, the snow will get heavier and heavier in the future. If it is a catastrophic apocalypse, the temperature may drop drastically. For the sake of safety, he will definitely have to send supplies Be prepared. Years of experience in material preparation told him that as long as any of the materials he prepared was useful, it would be meaningful. Sometimes this one thing might be life-saving.

Anyway, he is now Ms. Pei Shufen, who has been the head of the Zhou family for many years and has been in charge of housework and finance. She has a lot of money. The Zhou family usually stays for a full month when they go home to celebrate the New Year. The Zhou family is prosperous and has many relatives, so one month is not enough to visit relatives and friends.

When visiting relatives, you must bring New Year gifts. The little brats and elders of each family must give red envelopes. Zhou Jianjun’s third brother Zhou Jianye’s family just had twin grandsons this year. Cousin Zhou Jianmin’s daughter brought her husband and children back to her parents’ home for New Year greetings this year. The new additions will be given red envelopes... Anyway, after being away from home for a month, it’s natural to bring their belongings with them. For some For necessary expenses, Ms. Pei Shufen had already withdrawn a wad of cash and carefully stuffed it into a red envelope, waiting to give it away when she returned to her hometown.

Yu Heng opened all the red envelopes, and together with the other cash he brought to buy new year's goods, he totaled 22,000 yuan.

There wasn't much in the small supermarket on the street, so Yu Heng only bought a little bit. He called the largest supermarket nearby and made sure it was still open. After making sure it was still open, he called a taxi at a high price and rushed there.

Workers have been shoveling snow on the roadside, barely revealing a two-way lane for vehicles to travel. The snow fell suddenly and heavily, and many people were still blocked outside, including those working, studying, and shopping. No one could go back unless the road was cleared.

"You're going to the mall on a snowy day, and you don't have a junior to accompany you, so be careful not to fall!" The driver was also talkative, "My uncle slipped half a year ago and has been nursing for half a year! Doctors say age is As you get older, your bones are brittle and easily injured, so you have to be careful, especially in snowy weather..."

When he arrived at the mall, there were quite a lot of people inside. The shelves with rice, flour, oil and miscellaneous grains were the most crowded. Yu Heng first went to the salesperson to buy rice, flour, oil and salt, buying them one by one. Food is not the most important thing to him. What he values ​​most is various daily necessities. Originally, it would be most cost-effective to buy these things at the wholesale market, but now it’s snowing heavily and the wholesale market has been closed.

The snow fell without stopping, and the original husband called to urge him to go back. "It's getting dark! It's too late and I can't get a taxi!"

"I won't go back tonight. I'll stay in a hotel and go back tomorrow."

Zhou Jianjun: "What?"

Yu Heng put away the old man's mobile phone. He almost didn't sleep all night because many passengers were stranded due to the heavy snowfall. The supply of hotel beds exceeded demand, and there were no spare beds anywhere. He spent a whole day and night in a large shopping mall, avoiding surveillance and sorting out supplies, and also having to rest and take care of his old bones. Fortunately, the mall was not closed tonight. There were too many customers rushing to buy, so he was able to hide in the mall for the night.

He didn't go out until nine o'clock the next morning, dragging two big bags. He couldn't stop a taxi standing in the wind and snow. Heavy snow covered the roads on both sides, a thick layer that could reach your knees if you stepped on it. A layer of ice formed on the cleared road surface, and all drivers were cautious. Even if he was called for a taxi, he would not dare to sit in the car, so he turned around and entered the bathroom of the shopping mall, and walked back to the home of the fellow villager he was staying with empty-handed.

When she got home, she almost turned into a frozen snowman. Zhou Jianjun was so angry that he pointed at her and was speechless. He finally waved his hands and said, "Just do it! Why do you have to rush to buy something? Look how frozen it is!" Qingrong’s wife, hurry up and help your mother clean it up!”

Yu Heng soaked in warm water, changed clothes, and finally recovered after being wrapped in a quilt. He directed Zheng Han: "Take out the two cartons of milk and candy gift packs and the two strings of sausages in the bag and give them to Sister Li, and ignore them. Your dad, you go and deliver it now. It’s almost Chinese New Year and it’s troublesome to live in someone else’s house. That’s a thank you gift. Send it over quickly.” He then instructed Zhou Qingrong to take out the contents of another bag, “That’s ginger brown sugar, go.” Make a pot and we can all eat."

"Oh, oh!" Zhou Qingrong put his son into his father's arms and ran outside to find hot water. Zhou Jianjun held his grandson stiffly and could not even move. Zhou Haojun was also a little afraid of him. The old and the young stared at each other, all very restrained.

It took ten minutes for Yu Heng to drink the ginger syrup made by his son. Zhou Haojun refused to drink it and howled so loudly that the earth was shattering. If there were mountains nearby, they would definitely be shaken by an avalanche. Yu Heng commanded his son and daughter-in-law: "Give it to him! If two adults can't control him, will the child be embarrassed? I can't do it!"

Zhou Qingrong's self-esteem surged, and he rolled up his sleeves and promised: "I can do it! Wife, I'll hold him down and you'll do it!"

Zhou Haojun: "Uuuuuuuu..."

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the snow became heavier. The Li family was busy on the roof to sweep away the snow. Yu Heng kicked Zhou Qingrong out: "No? No, you can't help pass the broom? How about I go and pass it?" As he was about to lift the quilt and get out of bed, Zhou Qingrong had no choice but to rub his butt and run out.

At the end of the day, the sky was gray, visibility on the streets was very low, and there were almost no pedestrians. The TV in the living room was always on, and the weather reports kept changing, getting worse and worse. At eight o'clock in the evening, a strong cooling weather forecast was issued. When Yu Heng was sleeping at night, he was woken up by the cold. A handful of old bones seemed to be soaked in ice water, and they creaked with the cold.

He was shivering in bed, so cold that he couldn't speak. Shivering, he pushed Zhou Jianjun beside him and touched a ball of ice. Yu Heng's heart was swimming in the ice water, his thinking was turbid, and he felt dizzy like he was on a roller coaster. He wanted to sleep, he wanted to sleep.

If he fell asleep now, he would really die. Yu Heng pinched the acupuncture point in his palm with his nails. He didn't know how hard he used to feel the pain. Taking advantage of the awakening brought by this stinging pain, he bit his lip with his upper and lower teeth, drank some blood to moisten his dry throat, and then made a mosquito-like sound.

"Qingrong...Zhou Qingrong..."

In the bed next door, Zhou Qingrong frowned and consciously tightened the quilt in his dream.

Yu Heng took the quilt from the storage ring with trembling hands, and added two beds at once. The quilt covered his face, but there was still no warmth. His body was like an ice cube, and he couldn't keep it warm at all. At this time, he needed to drink some heat. Water can be warmed from the inside out. He stretched out his hand. It seemed that the hand was no longer his, and he could hardly feel it. He estimated the position of the things on the table and used all his strength to sweep them on the bedside table! Things on the table fell to the floor, making a lot of noise in the quiet night.

"Woooooo..." Zhou Haojun started crying, squeezing into his mother's arms like a kitten: "It's cold, it's so cold..."

Zheng Han was woken up and patted her son: "What did you drop? Hey, it's so cold!" She pushed her husband to wake up, "Get up and cool down quickly. Come on, hey, why is your forehead so cold?"

Yu Heng swept again, and the remaining bag of apples rolled to the ground. Zhou Qingrong finally woke up. At the urging of his wife, he got up and turned on the light. He was so cold that he stamped his feet.

Thousands of houses and countless lights light up at midnight.

Zhou Qingrong yawned: "Something fell just now. It was so noisy in the middle of the night."

How could there be such a careless and short-sighted person? It was the first time that Yu Heng took on the role of a mother so deeply that he wanted to strangle Zhou Qingrong in the trash can. Or Zheng Han said: "Did Mom and Dad wake up from the cold?" He got out of bed and stomped to Yu Heng's side. He met Yu Heng's eyes and said, "Mom, please bear with me. I'll ask Qingrong to go find the head of the household and ask. Are there too many quilts?" His eyes fell on the unfamiliar patterned quilt on the bed, and he wondered, where did it come from? Before I had time to ask, I heard my mother-in-law say:

"Pour me hot water, I can't move now. Wife, look at your dad again, hurry up."

Zheng Han said hello and poured a cup of hot water for Yu Heng first, "Why is the water so cold? Is this thermos broken?"

Yu Heng was already dizzy and completely speechless. Zheng Han looked up and saw her mother-in-law rolling her eyes and half-closing her eyes.

"Mom? Mom?! Qingrong, come and see, Mom has fainted!"

Zhou Qingrong came over while getting dressed: "Are you asleep?" He stood at the bedside and looked over, asking: "Dad sleeps so deeply, hahaha."

Zheng Han was excited, remembering what her mother-in-law had just said, "Look at your dad." Look? She shouted in a low voice: "Dad, are you awake? Dad?" She stretched out her hand nervously and found a cold quilt. She couldn't believe that this quilt covered two big living people, how could it be so cold! Her heart started to beat faster, and she touched her father-in-law's forehead again. Her tentacles were as cold as an ice cube that had just come out of the refrigerator.

She jumped with fright! She didn't know why, but she went to touch her father-in-law's breath, and stopped her with a hand, which scared her so much that she screamed.

Zhou Qingrong looked at her dissatisfied: "What are you doing? My dad is sleeping, why are you touching here and there? And touching your nose? You must have watched too many TV series!"

"No! Dad's head is very cold! If you don't believe it, just take a look!" Zheng Han had a terrible guess in his heart, but she was a married daughter-in-law, so it was difficult to express her guess. So she grabbed her husband's hand and put it on Zhou Jianjun's forehead: "Look!"

The coldness of the tentacles made Zhou Qingrong's expression change drastically! His first reaction was to touch his nose, no, no.

His feet went weak and he fell to his knees, his mind went blank and he couldn't think of anything.

"Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance!" Zhou Qingrong jumped up and went to get his mobile phone. He just said something, but he didn't know what was said on the other side. Zhou Qingrong ran to open the window, and saw heavy snow and strong wind blowing in his face. He squinted to see The snow outside was almost approaching the window lattice, and I felt empty in my heart.

"Close the window quickly, it's so cold!" After saying that, Zheng Han saw that her husband was still motionless and heard her son crying on the bed, so he rushed over and closed the window, gasping and asked: "Where's the ambulance? Please give me the address. Have you told anyone?"

"Come, I can't come, I can't walk."

It was the first time that Zheng Han disliked her husband so much. She grabbed the phone and saw that before she hung up, the people over there were talking urgently about first aid measures. Her eyes lit up and she hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, please say it again! What should I do to you?" Teach me, okay! Thank you!

Fortunately, Zheng Han still remembered her mother-in-law. After asking the other party, she immediately planned to boil water: "I'm going to boil hot water! Just now, my mother said that I need to drink hot water! The doctor also said that I need to drink hot water and use hot compresses to stop the cold. It’s okay! Qingrong, go get the child dressed first, and I’ll boil the hot water now!”

Seeing that her husband was still confused, Zheng Han was furious and slapped him. "Is that my mother? Is that your mother?! Your father is gone, and you don't want your mother either? Come to your senses quickly! Hurry! Go and dress the child! Didn't you hear him crying and saying he's cold?!"

Zhou Qingrong was woken up by a slap, and he nodded: "I heard it."

Zheng Han rushed to the kitchen. The moment the door opened, a strong cold wind almost slammed the door back. She gasped and carefully closed the door. The kitchen is behind the hall. This family's house is probably self-built, and the structure is relatively random. The kitchen was at the back, blocked only by an ordinary wooden door, which was shaken by the strong wind.

The faucet was frozen and no water could be discharged, so she scooped out a ladle of ice-cold water from the kitchen water tank and poured it into the pot. She also rummaged through the cupboard and found a sugar jar, dug out two spoons of white sugar, and saw a bag of ginger on the stove. , chopped another one and went in. She was very panicked and didn't know what she was thinking.

It was really too cold. She looked out the window. There was a layer of frost on the glass window and she couldn't see anything. She put her hands on top of the pot to bake, stamping her feet from the cold.

"Why is it so cold all of a sudden? No wonder father-in-law -" She thought of the news in the past, where an old man froze to death late at night in winter. She was still sighing at that time. She never expected that it would happen to her. Alas, my father-in-law is not that old, why did he just go like this?

"Yeah!" She stirred the ginger syrup in a panic, her face changed drastically, and she rushed back to the house to get her mobile phone to dial. After three calls, no one answered. Her brother scolded impatiently: "What are you doing in the middle of the night? I Just fell asleep!"

"Where's mom?! Where's our mom?"

"Mom is sleeping next door, what are you doing?"

Zheng Han was so anxious that she shed tears: "Go and see! Go and see quickly! Go!" The last two words seemed to be roaring. She had never been so loud before. Her brother was also frightened and forgot. He got angry and said, "Go and see if you know it! It's so cold. It's so cold. Mom must be sleeping, and she'll wake up soon -"

She heard her brother kicking on the other end of the phone, and then the sound of the door opening. She held her breath, and her heart ached with nervousness. But the news that I least wanted to hear came from the other end of the phone. Zheng Han heard her brother yelling and calling for an ambulance. She let go in a daze and dropped her cell phone on the ground.