Chapter 889 The cannon fodder for the golden finger (9)
However, listening to the disappearing footsteps, there should be only one person,
Shi's father touched his ears, which were almost frozen because they were pressed against the door panel. He looked back at mother and daughter and said with a frown.
"Why do I remember that there is a young couple and a family of three upstairs? Why do you go downstairs alone?"
The house across from their floor was still empty and not even decorated. Shi's father and Shi's mother were very lucky at that time.
If a neighbor knocks on the door, they will be in a dilemma whether they can open the door or not.
After all, on the same floor, it’s impossible to pretend that you’re not at home.
Naturally, the relationship between the residents upstairs and downstairs is somewhat different. If you come downstairs, just pretend that you are not there.
"Maybe one of them went out because they were short of food. The other family probably didn't need food. It's so cold outside now, so there's no need to run out. Hey, this damn weather can really freeze someone to death."
Shi Jiang didn't answer, but Shi's father nodded in agreement.
However, in the days to come, they have to be more careful when eating and not let the aroma drift out, otherwise it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.
Shi Jiang looked out the window, and the goose-feather heavy snow was still falling continuously.
Today is the third week of the snow disaster. Except for the first day of hail, a number of people froze to death because they were not prepared.
During the subsequent blizzard days, not many people froze to death.
More often than not, it is because you catch a cold and then catch a cold, and then you cannot go to the hospital, so you can only take some medicine at home to survive.
Some were lucky enough to survive, but some didn't believe it, and their condition got worse and worse, eventually turning into pneumonia.
After it turned into pneumonia, coupled with the power outage, it was simply adding insult to injury.
As a result, the number of people dying from the disease has also increased dramatically.
The road was blocked by heavy snow, and there was no way for the dead to be taken to the hospital.
What's more, what's more deadly than cold is hunger.
People in modern society, unlike those in the past farming era, keep part of their food at home in reserve in case of unexpected needs.
For people in cities, most people only buy a bag of rice and keep it there until they finish eating, then go to the supermarket to buy it.
As for vegetables and meat, they are naturally the freshest when bought and cooked on the same day. No one can stock up on vegetables and meat for several days every day.
Better people may have some frozen ingredients in the refrigerator.
But most of them are disposable.
Over the past three weeks, although there were some people who were worried about danger in times of peace and braved the heavy snow to go out to buy things, most of them thought that the snow would stop one day and thought about waiting and waiting.
By this time, the family's food reserves began to run low.
Some people, like Wu Tianming, continue to stay at home and refuse to go out.
Others are just like Feng Sining, let’s talk about it after we go out.
However, because there is no one to clean and shovel the snow on the street outside, people go out and step on the snow, as if they are stepping on a huge pit, and they can't even step on it.
People who have no other choice can only use tools that can shovel snow at home to shovel the snow to see if they can shovel out a walkable path.
However, when people discovered that they could not see the familiar streets after digging two meters deep, the smart people immediately gave up the idea.
He then went to compact the snow ahead of him. After being rolled over by heavy objects, the snow seemed to have solidified into an ice surface, which was obviously able to withstand people walking on it.
After one person did this, the people next to him saw it and did the same thing. In this way, people were forced to open up a new path on the snow.
However, the snowstorm lasted for three weeks, which also caused the snow to accumulate almost as high as a two-story building.
The people living on the first and second floors have long since escaped, but what can they do if they escape?
They have nowhere to go.
For some timid people, they can only shed tears and cry about the misfortune of their lives. What they want is to go to the people above to solve the problem.
For those who were brave enough, they moved directly into the homes of high-rise residents who were not covered by heavy snow.
Some people resisted fiercely, but were eventually suppressed by force.
The place to live has been settled, but food still needs to be found.
Therefore, people who know the approximate address of a nearby supermarket will go out in groups and calculate the location of the original supermarket on the newly opened road.
Then dig down, and when you reach the supermarket store, you will forcefully destroy it, then go in and take away everything inside.
Because no one cares about it, more and more crazy things like this happen.
Some people even fought over a pack of instant noodles and refused to let go even after being beaten to death.
Those who are stunned are afraid of being violent, and those who are violent are afraid of losing their lives.
Everyone was so desperate that the other party could only give things to the other party angrily.
Shi Jiang's uncle's family was currently nesting in Shi Jiang's home. They were rummaging through the house, but couldn't find a grain of rice.
Uncle Shi couldn't help but cursed. It was Shi's mother who was scolding him. His sister-in-law is really not like a woman. She didn't even save a grain of rice at home. Is it possible that his brother and his sister-in-law's family don't cook at home?
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"Dad, what are you making a fuss about? Aren't you hungry? You've been looking for you too. They've been looking for you for several days. There's nothing. What else are you looking for?"
Shi Liu was wrapped in a quilt and shouted impatiently at his own father.
"That's right, boss, please take a rest for a while. You're going around and around so much that my eyes are dazzled and my ears are almost deafened by your noise!"
The head of the Shi family, Mrs. Shi, had a straight face and was wrapped in a big quilt like her eldest grandson Shi Liu.
Next to them, wrapped in blankets, were Mrs. Shi's eldest daughter-in-law Jin Caifeng, and Shi Liu's newly married wife Xue Huijun.
Because the blanket they were wrapped in was thin, they were not as warm as the quilts, and their entire faces were pale from the cold.
"Mom, where did your uncle and the others go?"
Jin Caifeng raised her voice and asked the old lady Shi.
This provoked the old lady to glare at her fiercely and said angrily.
"How am I, an old woman, supposed to know where he went? No matter where he goes, it won't end well even with the horrible weather outside."
When she thought of her youngest son taking his wife and daughter to enjoy themselves somewhere without telling her, the old lady felt suffocated in her heart.
This has been the case since childhood. The younger son is like a gourd with its mouth cut off. He doesn't ask and doesn't tell.
Unlike the eldest son, he has been sweet-tongued and made her happy since he was a child.
Not to mention that when the younger son grew up, he came to the city and found a wife without telling her.
Shi's mother and Mrs. Shi were even more dissatisfied and disliked her.
In addition, Shi's mother only gave birth to a daughter like Shi Jiang. In Mrs. Shi's view, Shi's mother was the eternal sinner of the Shi family for not giving birth to a son for the old Shi family.
Therefore, Mrs. Shi often nags in front of her younger son that all the money his younger son earns should be given to her eldest grandson Shi Liu. After all, Shi Liu is the only male grandson of the Shi family.