coobybook Chapter 235 Extreme Cold Warning
Chapter 235 Extreme Cold Warning
While Zhou Yang and his family were talking upstairs, the Chai and Lu families downstairs also noticed the drop in temperature and the heavy snow outside. They quickly put on thick clothes and down jackets and came upstairs.
As soon as Uncle Li and Chai Jin and his wife entered the door, they started talking about the heavy snow outside with Yu Jing. Then the four of them went into the kitchen to get busy.
Yan Fei then pulled Lu Xingye and walked straight to Zhou Yang and Lu Xingye, saying, "This morning the temperature suddenly dropped and it snowed. The extreme cold should be in the next day or two. Everyone should be careful these next two days, especially at night. Don't sleep too soundly. Use all the heaters you need and don't try to save electricity."
Shen Zechuan nodded: "We guessed that too, but Zhou Yang and I guessed that the extreme cold would arrive no later than tonight."
Upon hearing this, Yan Fei frowned deeply, pondering Shen Zechuan's words.
If that's the case, the extreme cold seems to be progressing faster than last year.
The number of casualties at that base will only be higher than last year.
"You'd better talk to Uncle Gu and tell everyone at the base to be on high alert tonight and take precautions against the cold. This year's extreme cold won't be much better than last year's," Zhou Yang thought for a moment and reminded Yan Fei.
Yan Fei nodded, then took the phone and went to the side to call Gu Tianqi.
Zhou Yang then sat down on the sofa with Shen Zechuan and Lu Xingye to continue their casual conversation.
Taking advantage of Yan Fei's distraction, Lu Xingye quickly grabbed a small bag of spicy strips from Zhou Yang and started eating them in large bites behind Yan Fei's back. Before Yan Fei returned, he quickly finished eating and cleaned his mouth, then stuffed the bag back to Zhou Yang.
"Quick, save this to my space so Yan Fei doesn't see it, or he'll scold me again!"
Zhou Yang glanced at the corner of his mouth, wanting to remind him that simply destroying the packaging wouldn't do any good; his breath still smelled like spicy snacks.
However, after thinking about it, he didn't say anything and quietly put away the spicy snack packaging for Lu Xingye.
Just as Zhou Yang had expected, Yan Fei, after making the call, quickly discovered that Lu Xingye was secretly eating spicy snacks.
The reason is simple: the smell of spicy snacks in the air is so strong that it's impossible not to notice it.
However, Yan Fei did not expose Lu Xingye's ulterior motives in public. After all, he was not young anymore, and it was not good to be constantly scolded by him in front of everyone. It would be better to educate him slowly when they got back at night.
Thinking of this, Yan Fei couldn't help but rub his fingers together, and began to look forward to his educational endeavors that evening.
About fifteen minutes later, Xu Zhiyi returned after delivering the clothes to He Shanshan. As soon as he got back, he told everyone about the situation outside.
"It seems like the temperature has dropped again since I went out. It's definitely more than minus ten degrees now. I saw some people couldn't stand it and moved back to the underground shelter. This temperature drop is abnormal. Maybe we should go and put our spare cars in the underground shelter after we finish eating, so they don't freeze."
Zhou Yang nodded: "Okay, after we finish eating, Zechuan and I will go downstairs and put the car away."
While the group was talking, Yu Jing and the others finished making lunch.
After calling Gu Yaoyao and Chai Yi out, everyone quickly sat down at the table to eat, planning to prepare for the upcoming extreme cold after finishing their meal.
If the extreme cold really does arrive at night, everyone will still easily catch a cold, so the carpet-style heated floor blanket that Zhou Yang gave us should be laid out first, and several heaters should be placed, and they should all be turned on before going to bed.
While they were eating, Zhou Yang's phone suddenly beeped. Before he could even take it out to check, everyone else's phones started beeping one after another.
Everyone picked up their phones to check.
Zhou Yang also took out his phone to check and found that it was an official notification from the app regarding an extreme cold warning.
The sign read: Extreme cold is expected to arrive tonight. Everyone in the base should prepare for the cold. Residents who have not prepared for the cold can continue to go to the underground shelters to prepare for the cold. At the same time, all entrances and exits of the underground parking lots will be closed after 2 p.m. and no passage will be allowed. All vehicles parked outdoors should be parked in safe locations.
Looking at the notice, Zhou Yang couldn't help but admire Gu Tianqi's decisiveness in his heart.
I originally thought that Gu Tianqi would need to discuss and hold a meeting after receiving Yan Fei's warning, and that the notice would not be issued until the afternoon at the earliest. I didn't expect that the warning notice would be issued in less than half an hour.
But this is good, because everyone is prepared, and with the experience of last year's extreme cold, more people should be able to survive this year.
After finishing their meal, the others got busy, while Zhou Yang and Shen Zechuan went out together.
Upon arriving at the underground parking lot, the two didn't rush to park the car and leave. Instead, they drove straight out of the underground parking lot, intending to take another trip to the base before the extreme cold arrived.
Because everyone had received the notification, people in the base were preparing for the extreme cold, and many who had just moved out of the underground shelter hurriedly moved back.
Of course, there are also other superpowered teams like Zhou Yang who plan to stay in their own residences to withstand the cold. They are all rushing to the trading market and the trading hall of the service center to exchange for more winter supplies, otherwise it will be troublesome to go out when the extreme cold really comes.
Zhou Yang and Shen Zechuan went to the trading market first.
Because of the sudden cold snap warning, the trading market is in chaos, with everyone scrambling to buy supplies, causing prices of all kinds of goods to skyrocket.
The two didn't join in the fun. They stopped at the shop entrance, opened the door, and planned to pack up the empty shelves and other items before leaving.
However, just after packing up his things, before he could even lock the door, someone called out to him.
When Zhou Yang turned around, he saw Liu Wu, a regular customer who loved to buy cigarettes from their shop, followed by two young men who were probably his teammates.
"Brother Liu, what are you doing here?"
Liu Wu scratched his head and chuckled, "Hey, I'm just trying my luck. I'll see if you guys are open today. If you are, I'll stock up on some cigarettes. If you can sell me some food, fever reducers, cold medicine, and the like, that would be even better."
"That's perfect timing, we would have left if you had been any later." Zhou Yang smiled. "How many cigarettes are you planning to take this time, Brother Liu? But we might not have that much food and medicine."
"It's alright, it's good enough to have something to exchange." Liu Wu waved his hand. "As for cigarettes, just give me two packs. I'll smoke them sparingly later. I'll use the rest to exchange for some food and medicine for the brothers."
After saying that, he took two large sacks of crystal cores from the hands of his underlings and handed them to Zhou Yang.
When Zhou Yang opened the package, he saw that each one was at least level 3 or higher, and many were level 4. It seemed that Liu Wu had really gone all out to stock up on this batch of goods.
"Brother, look at these crystal cores. Exchange as many as you can. I know food is expensive now, and medicine is even more expensive. Just give me some. We just went to the trading hall, and the food was rationed. We could only exchange for brown rice. There were no vegetables or meat at all, and we couldn't exchange for any medicine."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yang sighed inwardly, "Alright, I'll give it to you then."