Chapter 55 - 55

Chapter 55 The Arrival of Extreme Cold 4Su Xiaoyu listened as the man rambled on about how adorable his child was, even shedding tears at times. He had already chosen a name for the child: Little Fish... the same name as hers! It was as if she could see the child right before her eyes.The man said he chose this name because he hoped that he would be as free as a fish when he grew up.Okay! Just for the name.Su Xiaoyu softened and let Gu Lingxiao wait with the man at the intersection, while she went upstairs to the second floor corner, took out a 10-jin bag of rice and four cans of milk powder. She then browsed her spatial storage, found a few pieces of children's clothing, and packed them into her bag.More than ten minutes later, they arrived downstairs and saw the man squatting on the ground, looking embarrassed.I put the things in front of him and said, "I gave you a few extra pounds of rice and a few cans of baby formula. I don't know if your child can drink it, but you can take it and try it."If you can't drink it, wait a while before letting your child drink it. Also, take a few clothes back with you. It's getting colder and colder lately, so don't go out."If something happens to you, what will happen to them, mother and child?"She only wanted to help the children, not the adults, as they had to solve their own problems.If no natural disaster had occurred, the man's snake would have been worth a thousand or two thousand yuan, so the value difference wasn't that much, and neither party would have suffered a significant loss.The man was so surprised to receive so much in return that his eyes widened in disbelief. It was only after someone next to him nudged him that he came to believe it.When Gu Lingxiao saw the man's frostbitten hands, she took off her gloves and put them in his arms."Keep these gloves!"The man was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. Before the natural disaster, he was a chief surgeon at the hospital, performing countless surgeries and seeing countless patients every day.People used to greet him with smiles, and he earned tens of thousands of yuan a month. He never imagined that things would turn out like this after the natural disaster.Human nature has changed. People who used to greet you with smiles will now speak ill of you, and the hand that once held a knife has been reduced to scavenging for food in the trash.Money is no longer useful. If there were no natural disaster, he would still have a lot of money in his bank account, enough to buy a large amount of food.The temperature around her seemed to have dropped significantly. Su Xiaoyu looked up and saw a large cloud of fog slowly approaching in the distance. It looked rather eerie, as if something was about to happen. So she said to the man..."Alright, stop talking. Take your things and go home quickly. The weather is a bit unusual today. When you get home, close the door and take good care of the children.""Okay, I'll do as you say." The man put on his gloves, picked up his things, and walked back. He remembered their kindness. He would definitely repay them if he had the chance in the future; hopefully, he would!Only after Su Xiaoyu and the others had walked a distance did she tell Gu Lingxiao."Look, there's a cloud of mist coming this way not far away."Gu Lingxiao looked up into the distance and saw a thick fog approaching. Anything could happen when a natural disaster strikes."Let's go back quickly.""No, Jin Jun and Xiu'er have gone on a date somewhere, and they probably haven't come back yet.""Then I'll go find them, you go back first." Gu Lingxiao frowned, feeling the wind blowing on her face grow even colder. It was freezing outside too; this cloud of mist was definitely not simple, and it moved incredibly fast."I'll go with you. The two of us can search faster." Su Xiaoyu took out another pair of gloves from her pocket and put them on the man. "I put an extra pair of gloves in my pocket when I went out today. Don't give gloves away to just anyone next time. We might need them."I gave him rice and milk powder, out of concern for the child; it's an emergency measure, not a long-term solution. If the child can't stand on his own two feet, he won't survive either.This was the first time Gu Lingxiao had gloves put on her by someone else. Watching her younger brother bustling around, she felt very gratified that her child had finally grown up.Su Xiaoyu was very satisfied with her masterpiece. Sure enough, the man's hand was huge, much bigger than hers.Just as they turned around, they saw Lin Xiuxiuand Jin Jun running towards them from a distance.That's good, we don't need to look anymore. We'll wait until they get closer.Lin Xiuxiu was trembling all over, her mouth quivering."Let's go upstairs quickly! It's so cold outside, my feet feel like they're freezing."Jin Jun: "I don't know what happened, the temperature suddenly dropped."Gu Lingxiao pointed to the white fog in the distance, "The temperature drop is related to the white fog. Let's hurry upstairs now and talk about everything when we get home."The suggestion was approved by everyone. They quickly closed the main door, and after entering the building, they first closed the outer door and locked it with a chain.When going upstairs, I also had to check if the windows were closed tightly, which made it a bit slower than usual.When they reached the 15th floor, the temperature dropped a few degrees, and then they saw a cloud of fog enveloping them.This prompted them to quicken their pace and rush upstairs. Once inside, the entire building was enveloped in fog, or rather, the whole area was shrouded in fog.The indoor thermometer on the wall dropped ten degrees rapidly, and the temperature inside the room reached minus 15 degrees Celsius, and it was still dropping at a steady rate.The temperature dropped a few degrees in the blink of an eye.Several people ran out of the house. They had wanted to come down when they heard the noise, but the moment they lifted the blankets, they felt very cold. Realizing something was wrong, they quickly put on more clothes and changed into cotton slippers.They caught up with each other and came out together, shouting all the while."It's so cold! Why did it get so cold!""What happened?"Gu Lingxiao reacted immediately and gave them instructions."Hurry up and hang up the cotton cushions and curtains you've made. You have to be quick, because the thick fog outside is making the temperature drop."Upon hearing the instructions, everyone set to work, hanging the pre-made cotton curtains on the windows, making sure they were completely sealed.After hanging up the curtains, the temperature in the room stopped dropping as quickly.I calculated the time, and it dropped by one degree every 10 minutes, which means the outside temperature is still decreasing.Jin Jun quickly added coal to the stove to make the fire burn brighter, so that the room would be warmer.Gu Lingxiao went to check the window and felt that the cotton curtains were not enough to block the light. She went back into the room and found a few quilts, and asked everyone to continue. They wrapped another layer of quilts over the window.After all the windows were sealed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and scattered to sit down. The ordeal had taken a lot of effort from everyone; it was a race against time to fight against the extreme cold outside.Xiao Tengyue touched her chest, "This weather is terrifying! How did the temperature drop so quickly?"Gu Lingxiao glanced at Su Xiaoyu, whose face was flushed and who was panting heavily. "As long as everyone is safe," she said after catching her breath."The temperature dropped so quickly because of that fog outside."