$459, Winter Has Arrived 23

Yu Heng held on to the wall and carefully walked down the steps, sweeping around with a flashlight. The wall below the cellar was also covered with a thin layer of ice, and the ice was slowly melting. The smell got worse as it went down, and the power of fermentation of excrement should not be underestimated. If he hadn't had a storage ring to store it, he would have had to live with this smell for more than a month.

"Mom, come and see! Sister Hu and the others are all dizzy, and their noses are still full of breath!"

"Let me take a look."

The cellar was very messy. He inserted the flashlight into a pile of rice bags and took a photo of the bed. There were six people lying on the bed, including Zhou Qinghu and his wife, their two sons, and Zhou Qingshui's son and daughter. Zhou Qinghu's eyelids shone under the light. Trembling, Yu Heng gave her a few injections, and then she slowly woke up, her eyes confused as if in a dream.

"Qing Hu's body is fine." It seems that his psychological problems are relatively big. Yu Heng asked Zhou Qingrong to light up the fire wall first. The temperature inside was too low. He looked around. Zhou Jianye was reluctant to buy a generator, so his children were suffering at this time.

"Mom, didn't you notice who was missing?" When lighting the fire, Zhou Qingrong frowned and said, "Sister Hu's parents-in-law, and Brother Qingshui's youngest son!" He looked at the cellar with some fear, and his eyes fell on In those dark corners where the flashlight could not shine, I bit my lower lip and swallowed hard. He couldn't imagine what happened? !

Yu Heng buried his head in administering acupuncture to others, waking them up first. He doubted that if the cold wave receded later, Zhou Qinghu and the others would sleep to death in the cellar. Their pulses showed symptoms of malnutrition, but there was obviously a lot of food piled in the cellar, not to mention that the rice was difficult to cook and could not be eaten. Instant foods such as instant noodles, ham, biscuits, mineral water, etc. are all available in the cellar. They were still malnourished after eating so much. It was only possible that they had been hiding under the quilt on the bed and fell asleep, so they had irregular meals.

Just by looking at these people who can't wake up even if they scream, and after they wake up with an acupuncture, it's not just today or what night, you can tell how bad their mental state is! Asking Zhou Qinghu where the others were, she just stared blankly into the void without speaking.

"You watch them, I'll look for them."

Yu Heng found three corpses in the corner of the cellar. Those belonging to Zhou Qinghu’s parents-in-law, and those belonging to Zhou Jianye’s grandson. The body was wrapped in a quilt and was as cold as stone. He looked back at Zhou Qinghu and the others. Living in the same room with the corpses of their loved ones for so long was really stressful mentally.

Zhou Qingrong came over and took a look, holding the child's body with red eyes: "He is still so young."

"Bring the bodies up first. No one can live in the house yet, and they still have to live in the cellar. I will take the three children to our house, and you tell your sister Qinghu to take care of the rest."

"I know." Zhou Qingrong wiped his tears and wrapped the child's body back in the quilt.

The few people alive in the cellar of Zhou Jianye's house all looked like walking corpses. Yu Heng brought the three children to his home. At this time, the bedroom with the kang was already very warm, but there was still water vapor, so it was not easy to live in. He turned on the fans to disperse and sent the three children to the cellar. inside.

The child was still stunned after waking up. Zheng Han looked very distressed and assured Yu Heng that he would take good care of the children.

"Okay, Qingrong and I have to go to other people's homes in the village. If anything happens, just knock the basin so we can hear it."

It took a whole day to call out the other people in the village. Pots of hot water kept boiling. They broke through the ice and opened the door to call out the villagers who were still sheltering in the cellar. During this process, Yu Heng saw many corpses. This time, many people died in the cold wave. Among them, the elderly and children were the most common, and the surviving young adults were also half-lived.

There are even some families where the whole family is dead, with corpses lying in the house, and some even remain standing, which looks eerie and terrifying. The villagers arranged the corpses carefully, and after seeing too many corpses, they became numb to grief.

Yu Heng cooked a medicinal soup and asked everyone in the village to come to his home to receive a bowl to ward off cold evil and protect the internal organs. Looking at these listless villagers, he sighed and looked in the direction of the next village. He only hoped that Zhou Jianye, Zhou Qishu and other villagers who went to the next village to visit at that time were all safe and sound.

Otherwise, half of this village will really collapse. He shook his head, knowing that his idea was too naive.

"Mom, go to bed and I'll do it."

Yu Heng got out of the way of the stove and squatted down to add a handful of firewood: "Today is too late. We will go to the next village early tomorrow morning to see how your third uncle and the others are doing. We don't know what the situation is outside. Tomorrow you go to the village and call for everyone who can still move. We will go there together and bring out whoever has a usable car. If there is no gasoline, we have it. "

People must be brought back when they are alive, and people must be transported back if they are dead.

Zhou Qingrong nodded silently.

At dawn the next day, Yu Heng and the others went out. The car he and Zhou Qingrong drove was still Zhou Jianmin's car. His uncle Zhou Jianmin and his wife also died in this disaster. Zhou Qingshan, who was already shy and silent, became even more depressed now. He whispered: "Auntie, I have repaired the car, but there is no gasoline."

"It's okay, I have gasoline at home."

After driving away from Zhou Qingshan's house, Yu Heng looked back and saw Zhou Qingshan squatting at the door of the house, looking blankly into the distance. He looked away and looked at the road intently.

There were three cars behind them, driving very slowly, their tires equipped with snow chains making a strange crunching sound on the icy road.

Susu——

The trees on the roadside have been shedding ice particles, and the way they are falling in clumps is actually quite pretty. This section of the road is not far, and you can get there quickly even if you drive very slowly.

The village next door was also dead silent. They searched one by one and called people one by one. The village woke up and people began to respond to them. However, like the villagers in Laokang Village, they were blocked by the frozen cellar door. I couldn't push it away for a while.

So everyone started to boil water and worked hard for a long time before revitalizing the village. When there were more people, there was smoke and fire. Zhou Qingrong led the way. He had been here last time so he knew where Zhou Qingshui's father-in-law was. Normally, Zhou Jianye's family should have taken refuge in Zhou Qingshui's wife's natal home.

After the cellar was pried open, the people inside seemed to have good physical strength and climbed up one after another. Yu Heng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhou Jianye and Xianglan. The genetic medicine and fitness medicine that he secretly gave them before were not in vain. Zhou Jianye and his wife were in better physical condition than other people of the same age. They were the only two sixty-year-old survivors he saw after coming out of the cellar.

"Third uncle!"

Zhou Qingrong rushed over to help him, while Zhou Jianye's eyes looked everywhere absentmindedly, but could not see Zhou Qingrong's face. Zhou Qingrong burst into tears and helped him and Xianglan get into the car. Yu Heng handed over two cups of hot sugar water, Zhou Qingrong took it and fed his third uncle, and Yu Heng fed Pandan.

Both of them were so thin that there was only a handful of bones left! Especially Xianglan, she was already a skinny little old lady, and now she is even more skinny. Zhou Qingrong couldn't help but ask: "Third uncle and three aunt, don't you have anything to eat at Wu's house?"

Zhou Jianye drank hot sugar water to calm down. He had not drank anything hot for a long time. The cellar of the Wu family was just a cellar. It was completely sealed as soon as the door was closed. After hiding in the cellar, he saw that something was wrong and quickly asked the Wu family for help. Cut a hole in the cellar door for ventilation. But after that, it was no longer suitable to cook in the cellar, so I had to carry it and eat dry food.

"Qingshui..."

"Where is Brother Qingshui? He's not in the cellar!"

"No, I don't know." Zhou Jianye looked out of the car with anxiety on his face.

"Third uncle, don't worry, I'll go find him right now!"

Zhou Qingrong got off the car and came back with Zhou Qingshui an hour later. Zhou Qingshui looked at his parents worriedly, and after seeing that they were all fine, he wiped his face vigorously and thanked Zhou Qingrong and Yu Heng profusely. "When I was in the cellar of someone else's house, I was worried to death every day! It was so cold! Even at such a young age, I felt a headache in my bones. I was worried that my parents wouldn't be able to bear it. God bless me! My ancestors bless me!"

Because Zhou Qingshui's wife's parents also encountered an accident, Zhou Qingshui had to stay to help, so he asked Yu Heng and others to return to the village first. Yu Heng winked at Zhou Qingrong, and Zhou Qingrong pulled Zhou Qingshui to the side and told him in a low voice the news of his nephew's death. "Congcong and Yuehan must miss you very much. I think you two should go back and see the children first?"

Zhou Qingshui was shocked and looked in disbelief: "Impossible! My cellar has been renovated so well!"

In the car, Zhou Jianye looked over and turned to ask Yu Heng: "Did something happen at home? Why does Qing Shui look so ugly?"

The younger of the twins died in infancy. It was impossible to hide this matter. Zhou Jianye would definitely know it when he returned, so Yu Heng also told him the truth to prepare him mentally. Zhou Jianye's hand shook and the empty cup fell. Xianglan next to him opened his mouth wide but could not make a sound. She grabbed Yu Heng's hand with shaking hands and struggled to say a few words, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law——"

Seeing Yu Heng nodding slightly, Xianglan rolled her eyes and fainted.

"How can this happen? The cellar at home is so good. My old bones have survived in other people's cellars. My little grandson..." Zhou Jianye covered his face and cried. After a while, Zhou Qingshui brought With his wife who was limp in the car also getting into the car, Zhou Qingrong drove them back to Laokang Village.

When we returned to the village entrance, we could already see several clouds of smoke rising from the village. It should be that the villagers were fumigating their houses.

Entering the village, people were walking around everywhere, and the village's vitality gradually recovered.

After sending Zhou Jianye and Xianglan home, Yu Heng sent the three children back so that their family could be reunited. The Zhou family's house was also well-smoked, and Zheng Han also lived in the house with her child in her arms. Zheng Han was filled with emotions after living in a bright house again after more than a month. She kissed her little daughter's face and said distressedly: "I'm so sorry for Xiaofu. He lived in the cellar not long after he was born. Wait until the weather gets better." , Mom will take you to play, don’t cry, don’t cry.”

The temperature outside is still cold, currently around minus 40 to 50 degrees Celsius. Zheng Han doesn't dare to let Zhou Haojun go out to play too much and coaxes him to stay with his sister in the house. Zhou Haojun really has nothing to do in the cellar and has been staring at his sister for a month! No matter how cute the sister is, she can't win his heart. He wants to go out and play.

"The third uncle's house is still very messy, so it's not good for Hao Hao to come over and disturb him." Yu Heng thought for a while, then pulled out a set of literacy cards with pictures and texts for Zheng Han, "Before, the light in the cellar was not good and it was difficult to show him. Let him play now. If he doesn’t understand, take the time to tell him. Since there is no school now, he still needs to continue learning the words he needs to learn.”

Zhou Haojun was forced to study at home.

Order in Laokang Village has never been restored, simply because too many people died. Although the villagers' activities have brought vitality to this frozen village for more than a month, this anger is only superficial. When it comes to individuals, almost everyone has lost some vitality.

The old village doctor, Uncle Ai, also passed away, so Yu Heng took on the responsibility of treating the villagers. To be honest, during the more than one month of refuge, there were relatively few villagers who were really starving. They could eat some raw rice, and if they were thirsty, they would drink a few ice cubes from behind the cellar door. So most people were frozen, and then they had psychological and mental problems.

Yu Heng had all the medicines, and he was not stingy. The people in the village would rely on each other in the future, so he would help as much as he could.