Abnormal survival in the end times

Chapter 170 After the Snow Stops

In previous years, the couplets posted in the upper courtyard of the Bai family's house were all written by Mr. Bai. His cursive and regular scripts were extremely brilliant. When written on red paper, they were more vivid and pleasing to the eye than the printed ones sold outside.

Unfortunately, neither the Bai Xiangtian brothers nor the Bai Li siblings could write well. Even their penmanship was too much for the old man to bear.

That's why I took the opportunity to teach Qiqi carefully and watched him practice for at least an hour every day.

"Come on, today you two will write the couplets for our family and your uncles."

The old man dug out the red paper left over from last year from his study, took out a brush and ink, and placed them on the table. He smiled and said to Qiqi and Jiji, "Don't worry if your writing is bad. Just think of it as practice."

Compared to writing couplets, the two little guys prefer playing in the snow. But there is no other way, because the great grandfather is afraid that they will catch a cold if they play for too long, so he has to go inside and write big characters.

Under the old man's guidance, the two little guys wrote a lot of "Fu" characters in a short time.

Before I finished writing, I heard Bai Yang calling Bai Li outside, "Sister, give me some medicine to reduce fever and inflammation that someone gave to Qiqi before. Xixi has a high fever of 40 degrees."

The old man paused holding the brush, and then a drop of ink fell on the red paper, making the paper useless.

But he didn't care. He put down the brush and walked out of the room. He saw Bai Li and Bai Yang coming in hurriedly from outside.

The old man asked Bai Yang, "What's going on with Xixi?"

Bai Xi is Bai Wei's son, who is five years old. Since the day it started snowing, Bai Wei and his wife Wen Ting have never let their two children leave the main room, and because they have coal briquettes at home, they put a stove in the main room.

So during this month of snow, their family was generally fine and neither the adults nor the children were cold.

But as the snow subsided yesterday, the children were no longer satisfied with just watching the snow through the glass, and they all went out to make snowmen and have snowball fights.

Bai Xi was playing in the snow with her sister in the yard and got frozen. She started to feel hot all over in the second half of last night.

We do have medicines for the children at home, but they were stockpiled before the end of the world. Now when we look at them again, they are all expired.

Wen Ting was afraid that something might go wrong with the medicine, so she didn't dare give it to her son. She asked Bai Wei to find the village nurse Jing Lan first. However, she found that there was not much medicine left in the clinic, not to mention for children, even for adults.

After all, if you only spend money and don't take in anything, it will be consumed sooner or later.

There was no other choice but to let Bai Wei ask Bai Li.

After hearing what Bai Yang said, the old man felt worried and wanted to go to the old house to see the child with Bai Wei who came to get medicine.

"Second Grandpa, you don't have to go there in person. It's normal for children to have a fever and a cold. They will go away after taking the medicine today."

The road was so slippery, how could he dare let the old man go out.

Bai Li said, "I'm going to go see Xixi, you should just stay at home."

Their yard was covered with straw, so even if grandpa and grandma walked on it, they wouldn't slip. But it was different outside. Not only was it cold, but some of the snow on the road was frozen hard. With Baiyang's speed, he slipped countless times in the whole morning.

After hearing what his granddaughter said, the old man did not insist any more. He only told Bai Wei to let the child drink more water. If the medicine did not work, he should use physical methods to reduce the temperature and wipe the body with a towel soaked in warm water.

Bai Wei had a gentle expression and patiently agreed to everything. He also reminded the old man to be more careful and not go out unless necessary.

The whole person looks completely different from before.

The old man felt relieved and waited until the people had gone far away before going back to the house to write couplets.

"Don't tell me you have medicine. A lot of people, both adults and children, have caught colds these past few days."

When Bai Wei went to find Jinglan, he happened to see several families making trouble at Jinglan's house. They suspected that Jinglan had hidden the medicine in order to keep it for herself and not give it to them.

After all, money has no value now, and going to get medicine is really just "getting".

Jinglan didn't want them to take it for free, so she simply didn't give it to them.

"When the apocalypse just started, the cabinets in the clinic were full of medicine, not counting the medicine in the warehouse. Now it's only been a few months, and there are so many fewer people in the village. Before the snow, everyone was busy, and no one got sick. Who are you trying to fool by saying that the medicine is gone now?"

"That's right. This is the village's medicine, not yours. You have no right to hide it."

"Jinglan, my grandson is coughing so hard that his lungs are about to burst. The child is in great pain. Please be kind and give me a bottle of cough syrup."

Everyone was talking at once, making Jinglan tremble with anger. Her husband was holding a hoe, and if Bai Wei had not happened to come over, they would have started a fight with that group of people.

"How did you handle it?"

Bai Li was wearing a mask and a locomotive hat, with only her eyes exposed, and her voice was buzzing when she spoke.

Bai Wei was also wearing a hat but no mask, so his nose was frozen red and his whole face was cold.

He had no intention of showing off, and only replied calmly, "It's very simple. Jinglan has the habit of keeping accounts. She remembers clearly who took the medicine and on what day. Just bring her account book over and show it to them. After all, if there is only outflow and no income, a small clinic can't sustain it even for three months, let alone half a year."

Fortunately, there are not many people here now, otherwise the bathroom would have been cleaned long ago.

Bai Li nodded secretly. Now the affairs in Yunxi Village were arranged clearly by Xue Deng and Bai Wei, and any occasional trouble could be suppressed by them in time.

Her father hasn't visited the village for a long time.

"I've signed up for the sentry post at the northern highway intersection."

Bai Li was stunned and asked in surprise, "Are you talking about the organization organized by Li Nan?"

Bai Wei nodded, "Yes, I have nothing to do now anyway, I'll go and earn some daily necessities."

Li Nan is very generous. Whether on his side or here, anyone who signs up to be on sentry duty or patrol will be compensated with five kilograms of vegetables or equivalent daily necessities in addition to two meals a day.

When I went to surrounding cities to look for bricks and cement, I would buy out any store that had the goods, as long as they were usable.

So during that time they not only found all the building materials, but also made a small fortune. They took away all kinds of things such as clothes, daily necessities, and even adult products stores. Their main goal was not to leave empty-handed, so they took whatever they came across.

Nowadays, the sentries and patrol teams are composed of ordinary people and people with special abilities. As long as your physical fitness is not too bad, you can basically pass the registration with him.

Bai Wei signed up before the heavy snow came, but after the snow started this place was a bit far from the North Expressway Interchange, so it was never his turn.

Now that the snow has stopped, he discussed with Xue Deng this morning and planned to organize people to clean the road from Yunxi Village to the North Expressway Intersection in the afternoon, so that those who have registered here can go and take up their shifts as soon as possible.

"It's good to exercise, but you have to be safe."

Hearing Bai Li's seemingly caring words, Bai Wei smiled.

He thought, he can't always be a waste. When his parents were around, they could hold up the sky above his head for him. Now that his parents are gone, he not only has to hold up the sky above his head, but also has to hold up the sky above his head for his wife and children. After feeding Bai Xi the medicine, when he returned home, the Spring Festival couplets had been posted and the dumplings were all wrapped.

Except for the absence of firecrackers and the Spring Festival Gala, everyone still had a lively time this Spring Festival.

Bai Xi had a fever for three consecutive days, and it was not until the fourth day that the fever was completely gone.

Ordinary villagers and children in Yunxi Village who had not recovered from colds and coughs followed Xi Shuang's advice and used traditional methods to boil brown sugar ginger water or white radish water.

The former can promote blood circulation and improve runny nose, sneezing and nasal congestion caused by fever. Even if you have a mild fever, you can sweat and speed up metabolism by drinking this.

The latter can relieve cough, phlegm and sore throat.

In short, in the absence of medicine, these two folk remedies are still very useful for dealing with colds and coughs.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of ginger and white radish in the village. Even if there is a shortage, Gao Junyu can induce labor immediately.

The young man is now very popular in Yunxi Village. Anyone who wants to eat something fresh will come and bring food to exchange with him.

As a result, they who originally lacked rice and flour now have plenty.

In short, life is enjoyable and comfortable.

About half a month later, with the combination of the two traditional remedies, most of the adults and children who had colds and coughs in Yunxi Village were cured.

In the past half month, the snow removal team organized by Bai Wei and Xue Deng finally cleared the road leading to the North Expressway Intersection from Yunxi Village.

At the same time, Li Nan's people were also clearing the road leading to Yunxi Village.

Li Nan felt very uneasy after not seeing Jiang Minglang and the others for a month.

No matter if he had something to do or not, he would go to Baiguo Garden and sit for a while, even if it was just to drink some tea and chat, his heart would calm down.

So as soon as the heavy snow stopped, we immediately started to organize people to clear the road towards Yunxi Village.

Halfway through the cleaning, they overlapped with Xue Deng and his team.

The temperature had risen slightly, but it was still minus 30 degrees, far from melting the snow. And the snow on the road could not be shoveled away because the snow underneath had frozen and was hard, like stone.

In this situation, neither cars nor bicycles can go on the road, even tricycles cannot, because the tires slip too badly and they cannot move at all.

So when everyone saw a carriage suddenly appear, they all widened their eyes in shock.

Bai Li didn't want to be the conspicuous one, but Professor Leng came to beg humbly, and Kang Wentao did the same. The two of them didn't make it to the greenhouse area before the heavy snow, and now a month has passed, and it is colder than ever before.

I couldn't bear it at that moment and really wanted to know whether my family members were still alive.

Li Nan first looked at the two horses with envy, then turned back and told Kunzi, "Take my sister-in-law with you, and look carefully to see if there is the person they are looking for."

This is not difficult, but
Kunzi looked at Bai Li and suggested sincerely, "Sister-in-law, why don't you go back and let Bai Yang take Professor Leng and Teacher Kang over there."

Bai Li was puzzled and asked, "Why? Don't hesitate, just tell me what you want to say."

"It wasn't a big deal. There was a woman who was sick, and her husband came to us and wanted us to find a doctor to see her. But the problem was that even if there was a doctor, there was no medicine, so I ignored him."

I really can’t care. A lot of people have been sick recently, but they basically have to handle it on their own.

Bai Li heard the mystery and asked, "Who is that woman?"

"She said it was Captain Jiang's mother."

Bai Li:.
To be honest, she didn't even remember what Jiang Minglang's biological mother looked like. After all, she had only seen her a few times. The first meeting left a particularly deep impression on Bai Li.

Although she didn't resort to physical violence, she really wanted to strangle the other person to death at that time.

At that time, she had just married Jiang Minglang and followed him to their village to worship their grandmother. Then she was stopped by Jiang's mother, who not only mocked Jiang Minglang, but also forbade him to go to his grandmother's house.

At that time, she thought, it is said that there are all kinds of birds in a big forest, and it is true. How can a woman like this be qualified to be a mother?
She thought she would never forget Jiang's mother's face.

But within a few years she had forgotten all about him, and now she doesn't even remember what he looks like.

"It's okay. I'm doing my own thing. It has nothing to do with them."

The main thing is that we are already halfway there, and it is not worth turning back just for this matter.

Seeing that Bai Li didn't take it seriously, Kunzi's impression of the Jiang family became even worse, and he also understood what he should do.

The carriage rumbled all the way to the greenhouse area. Some people who were clearing snow outside were surprised to see two tall horses.

Kunzi took the opportunity to ask Professor Leng and Kang Wentao to see if there was anyone they knew outside.

Unfortunately, there is not one.

However, when they searched door to door, they actually found Professor Leng's daughter at the 52nd household.

The father and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly. Kang Wentao's eyes were also red with excitement.

Finding Professor Leng's daughter seemed to give him hope. Maybe his wife and daughter were also alive.

Sadly, after visiting every household in the greenhouse area and checking on everyone, the hope in Kang Wentao's eyes slowly faded. Finally, he squatted on the side of the road with his head in his hands, weeping silently.

Bai Li didn't know what to say. In fact, Kang Wentao didn't need anyone to say anything at this time.

After a long while, a dull voice came, "My wife doesn't want me to go to the experimental field because my daughter is in poor health and has to be hospitalized for a minor cold. In order to take care of her health, my husband and I have been frugal over the years, and almost all of our money has been spent on the hospital. Last year, there was finally some improvement, but I had to be transferred to Longbei Mountain because I offended a school leader. I dare not resign because once I resign, I will not be able to buy medicine for my daughter."

As Kang Wentao spoke, tears began to flow down his face, one drop after another falling on the snow at his feet. Finally, when there were too many tears, he covered his face and sobbed.

Bai Li looked at him silently, still without saying anything.

After a long while, when Kang Wentao calmed down and wiped his face again, he stood up and walked towards where the carriage was parked with Bai Li.

Professor Leng had already helped his daughter pack her things, but when she was moving them onto the carriage, she was stopped by her companions.

"Leng Hanyu, are you going to leave here?"

The other person ran over breathlessly with a wooden shovel in his hand, grabbed Leng Hanyu's arm, and shouted, "You can't leave. You can't leave me alone, Leng Hanyu. If you want to leave, you have to take me with you. Have you forgotten what you promised me? You won't leave me alone. You can't go back on your word."

good night!