Central heating is available in most areas of the Imperial Capital, usually starting from November every year and lasting until March of the following year. But now it is just the beginning of March, and the heating units have not even started purchasing coal.

The sudden overnight cooling caught relevant government departments completely off guard.

In the last life, the government also urgently dispatched additional manpower to transport a large amount of coal from Shanxi. However, the heavy snow continued for more than half a month. The snow on the highway even reached above the knees. Many transportation sections were completely covered by ice, and land transportation was paralyzed in large areas.

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Even if the transportation department hired a large number of manpower overnight to clear the ice and snow in exchange for food, the most important water circulation in the heating system could not be guaranteed.

The principle of heating pipes is to provide heat through hot water circulation, but the outdoor temperature plummeted to minus 60 or 70 degrees, and even the groundwater froze into ice lumps, and the water supply system could not pump water at all.

Without water, millions of tons of coal would have to be piled up in the coal yards of heating companies.

The room was warm, and the cold and hot sensations made Lu Sheng's face red, hot, and a little itchy.

"Lu Sheng?"

Xu Yi's voice came from outside the door.

"Coming, coming!"

In order not to be seen, Lu Sheng hurriedly put on his hat, scarf and gloves, and put on his mink coat.

On the way to open the door, I accidentally threw off my slippers.

Well, the floor is hot! It’s indeed floor heating!

Zhuang Zhuang even lied down on the floor in a big shape with a look of enjoyment on his face.

Opening the door a crack, Lu Sheng only poked his head out, and was immediately hit by the cool breeze.

Xu Yi was wearing a black slim-fitting down jacket, and the tip of his nose was slightly red from the cold, "You're not freezing, are you?"

"I'm fine..."

Before he finished speaking, a hand warmer was handed over from the crack in the door.

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, Xu Yi had already turned to 402.

Sun Tiantian and Xiao Yu also woke up and immediately reported that they were safe through the door panel.

After a while, Xiao Yu knocked on the door and asked Lu Sheng to come to 402 to warm up. The temperature can be higher when there are more people, which is commonly known as "popular".

Sun Tiantian curled up in a ball on the bed wrapped in a quilt. She also had two mink coats on her body and an electric blanket was connected to the quilt.

Four electric heaters were turned on at the same time in the room, which made my eyelids feel hot.

Even though he was wrapped in so many layers, his body was still shivering with cold, and his tears and nose were running.

"Use it over clothes, don't iron it." Xu Yi handed Lu Sheng and the others a double-packed bag. It could be seen that it was handmade.

Lu Sheng held it in his gloved hands. It was hot, much hotter than the baby warmers they bought in the mall.

He looked at it calmly and saw that the bag contained iron powder and charcoal, as well as a paper towel soaked in water. It should be Xu Yi's homemade metal redox heating pack.

She learned mathematics, physics and chemistry well and traveled all over the world. The teacher really didn't lie to her at first.

Xiao Yu cooked a large pot of ginger cola and added some red dates. He first served it to Sun Tiantian and Lu Sheng, and then poured a large cup for Xu Yi.

Zhuangzhuang was also given a small bowl and lay on the ground licking it.

When handing over the cup, Lu Sheng glanced at the back of Xiao Yu's hand.

I must have caught a cold while washing the ginger. My whole hand turned purple from the cold, and there were red and swollen patches between my fingers and the back of my hand, as if I had frostbite.

After drinking a large glass of Ginger Cola, the bodies of several people finally felt a little warm.

"We usually say that Northeastern people are anti-freeze every day, why don't we say anything now?" Xiao Yu joked, rubbing Sun Tiantian's frozen fingers.

Sun Tiantian's hometown is Bingcheng. During the two winters in the Imperial Capital, she didn't even wear long johns. She often laughed at Xiao Yu and Lu Sheng for being weak Imperial Capital people.

"Who would have thought that I, a wolf from the Northeast, would freeze here... and freeze like a dog." Sun Tiantian sneezed, and her upper and lower teeth chattered, "There is heating in the Northeast, and no matter how cold it is, it will cause physical damage. You guys can't do anything.

No, it’s all magic damage.”

Still thinking of joking, it seemed that the people on the fourth floor were all fine, so Lu Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door outside the corridor.

Lu Sheng followed Xu Yi out to see a girl wrapped up into a bear standing outside the iron gate.

A two-layer down jacket, old-fashioned handmade cotton trousers and snow boots, with a hat and scarf wrapped up to his nose, only revealing a pair of watery eyes.

Lu Sheng stared for several seconds before recognizing Jiang Lan from the mole on the corner of his eye.

Jiang Lan's grandmother lives in Mohe, which is known as the coldest place in the country. Every winter, she makes several winter coats and mails them to her.

The care of the elderly may be a bit nagging at ordinary times, but it always works at this critical moment.

"Lu Sheng, I have something to discuss with you. Can you let me in first?" Jiang Lan was so cold that she stomped her feet on the spot.

"What's the matter? Just tell me directly." Lu Sheng said calmly through the iron gate.

Jiang Lan looked around hesitantly, and finally made up her mind to lie down by the door and said in a voice that only Lu Sheng and Xu Yi could hear, "My uncle has a cannery in the next district. I would like to ask you to help me drive there and find it."

We divide the canned food 30-70, you 30-70 and I share 70-70.”

"It's been so many days, the inventory in the factory should have been shipped out, right?"

Lu Sheng recalled carefully. He seemed to have heard that relatives of Jiang Lan's family were opening a factory in the suburbs.

"No, no!" Jiang Lan waved her hands hurriedly, "My uncle's factory does not have a business license. It is considered a black workshop. Those who have the channels will do it themselves."

"I contacted my uncle a few days ago. He stayed in the factory by himself and no one came to pick up the goods. But I haven't been able to contact him in the past two days. Something may have happened." Jiang Lan looked lonely.

After a pause, fearing that Lu Sheng and the others might think the split was too small, Jiang Lan hurriedly added, "Twenty-eight, twenty-eight is fine. If you have a car, you can take the bulk. Just give me some."

Lu Sheng thought about it for a few seconds, "You wait downstairs, we will go down in a few minutes. I can only take you alone, not more."

"Okay! I'm just alone!"

After receiving Lu Sheng's permission, Jiang Lan jumped up excitedly and hurriedly went downstairs.

Lu Sheng and Xu Yi looked at each other and responded to 402 to greet Xiao Yu.

It is difficult to travel due to heavy snow and road closures, which makes it twice as difficult to blindly search for supplies. Moreover, in a low temperature environment of minus 60 degrees Celsius, if there is no target, the risk is extremely high, and a useless trip may even endanger the body.

With Jiang Lan leading the way, at least the goal is clear, which is better than them wandering around like headless flies. Besides, 20% is not much, just treat it as information fee.

The temperature outside was more terrifying than Lu Sheng expected.

Lu Sheng wore two layers of warm long johns and cotton trousers, and three layers of wool insoles inside his boots. But the moment he walked out of Lilac Building, he was hit by a big mouthful of air-conditioning, and his chest hurt like a tear.

The lowest average temperature in the Imperial Capital is only a dozen degrees below zero, but now the outdoor temperature has directly exceeded minus 50 degrees.
Chapter completed!