Lu Ming contacted the army the next day and learned that there were still some of their people in the village, so they asked him to return to the team first and then be deployed.
Liu Qiaoer gave Lu Ming a set of winter clothes, a down jacket and a set of infrared warm clothes. As long as he wears them and exercises, the warm clothes will keep generating heat. It is the best clothes to wear in extremely cold weather.
Lu Ming gave Liu Qiaoer 100,000 yuan from the money he saved in his mobile phone.
Although he didn't know if this money was enough to cover his expenses of living in her house for three months, he still owed her a favor so that they could keep in touch in the future.
Liu Qiaoer smiled when she saw that Lu Ming only had over 600 yuan left in his WeChat account.
"Actually, I don't have much use for your money. Why don't you go back and get some supplies?"
Lu Ming was very embarrassed. Liu Qiaoer patted his shoulder and said, "Just kidding. As long as you can let me live in the underground city, it's better than anything else."
After seeing Lu Ming off, Liu Qiaoer took a breath and turned off the air conditioning and heating on the first floor.
To be honest, one more person does require a lot of supplies, including food, clothing, daily necessities and warmth.
It’s just that Liu Qiaoer was well prepared and wealthy, so it wasn’t very obvious.
Little did they know that other people in the village had already been struggling on the edge of survival.
A few days later, early in the morning, Liu Qiaoer followed the village chief to find a place to make shaved ice.
There is a small chicken farm run by a family in the village. When it rains, the chickens still have wooden racks, so it's okay and there isn't much damage.
After the temperature dropped, the chickens were frozen to death and are now frozen in the warehouse. Now that the people in the village have nothing to eat or drink, he wants to try to get the frozen chickens out.
Chickens that died of plague cannot be eaten, but those that died of freezing can be eaten.
Nowadays, every household has little surplus food, so it is not so important to find something to eat.
Liu Qiaoer also went with them, carrying a hoe and a small electric drill, the kind that doesn't need to be plugged in. It's very useful and good for breaking ice, but it's a bit laborious.
However, the head of this electric drill is compatible with plug-in ones. We also have this kind of drill head in the village, so it is easy to match.
So the village chief would call Liu Qiaoer, who is the main force.
This time, there was no one at home, so Liu Qiaoer locked the door. The five-month-old dog had grown up and was let loose in the yard.
Rural dogs are relatively docile, especially the Rottweiler, which is pitch black and looks tough. If Liu Qiaoer hadn't raised it from a puppy, it would have been difficult to tame.
A lot of people gathered this time, including able-bodied men in the village and a few city dwellers who were staying in the village commune.
As they were walking, the village chief suddenly asked Liu Qiaoer, "By the way, his aunt, have you seen Wang Juan in the past two days? That girl hasn't shown up for several days, and her father can't find her either. He has asked me several times."
Liu Qiao'er's heart skipped a beat, but before she could answer, a fellow villager next to her said, "That girl is crazy. She might have gone looking for something with her classmates. She has been home since she was admitted to university."
Wang Juan is a very outgoing person with a lot of ideas on her mind, otherwise she wouldn't have forced her way into Liu Qiaoer's house.
In addition, there were many children in her family and her parents could not take care of them, so the tuition for college and food expenses were all earned by working part-time.
If she hadn't offended Liu Qiaoer, she would actually be a very inspirational girl.
It’s a pity that he was born in the wrong era, which exposed human nature.
Liu Qiao'er simply distanced herself from the matter: "I didn't see her, and I'm not familiar with her."
The older brother next to him said, "Wang Juan wanted to get close to her, but she said that about her in the group. If it were me, I would have started scolding her a long time ago."
Because of Bao Ma's incident, Wang Juan morally condemned Liu Qiaoer in the village group. She said some very unpleasant things and she held a grudge against everyone.
The village chief didn't ask any more questions. Liu Qiaoer looked up at the big tree on the side of the road and sighed in her heart.
Soon, they arrived at their destination. The ice was very thick. The chicken farmer heard the noise and ran out of his house, wearing three layers of clothes inside and outside, wishing he could wrap himself in a quilt.
His family was better off, as they had a heated kang, but they were running out of firewood, and they almost had to cut down all the surrounding trees.
"We're all here. It's right over there. Go dig it yourself."
The chicken farm owner's mother was frozen to death, his wife also died, and the younger of his two children also died. Only the grandfather and his two children were left. The old man was sick and had been lying on the kang for several days without getting up.
The eldest grandson is nineteen years old this year. He is young and strong and can withstand heavy rain. However, neither he nor his son can dig through such thick ice.
The village chief brought his men and started drilling without saying a word. Others also started digging holes in various corners. The water was muddy due to rain, and it was impossible to see what was going on underneath. Whoever found it kept it, just like opening a blind box.
At this time, people were not very strong. They dug for a while and took a breath. If they were lucky enough to dig out one, they would carry it home.
Unfortunately, what was dug out was wood or something, and it was all thrown on the ground.
The chicken farm owner picked up the wood and debris with a numb expression and burned them in the house. At this time, he did not consider whether the house would be set on fire. Keeping warm was the most important thing.
Liu Qiaoer and the village chief were opening blind boxes here, but they didn't know that their home was being targeted by someone again.
This time, the people who were concerned about her family were the two children from Uncle Wang's family next door, her granddaughter Wang Ying and a male classmate of hers whose name she didn't know. The two children were eight or nine years old, had many ideas, and lacked awareness of the danger.
The last time Wang Ying saw his grandfather exchange some spicy cabbage from Liu Qiaoer's house, he had always wanted to have another bite, so he called his classmates to come to Liu Qiaoer's house to steal some.
The male classmate had a lot of ideas. He saw that the wall of Liu Qiaoer's house was high and difficult to climb, so he thought that if it really didn't work, he could climb in from the tree next to the yard. As long as he could get into the yard, he felt that he could get into the house.
Sometimes children have very innocent minds and cannot judge danger well enough.
The male students started to climb up the tree. They were wearing thick clothes, which made it difficult for them to climb and they were very clumsy.
But when they got to the top of the tree, they saw that Liu Qiaoer's house was like an iron barrel. There was no place to climb. The outer wall was frozen smooth. There was no place to grab even with iron claws, let alone with hands.
The boy had no choice but to climb down from the tree again and told Wang Ying regretfully: "No, we can't get in. If it really doesn't work, let's break the lock on their house."
Wang Ying immediately stopped them: "No, if we take off her lock, she will know it's us. We can steal things, but we can't destroy them. Otherwise, we will be beaten to death if we are caught."
The male classmate took another look at the distance between the two houses. Liu Qiaoer's house was separated from Uncle Wang's by a three-foot alley, so her house was closer to theirs.
The male classmate became alert again: "How about trying to climb over the wall of your house?"
Wang Ying still shook her head: "I tried, but her shed was blocking me from climbing over."
Children have sharp eyes. Wang Ying suddenly discovered that there was a gap in the window on the third floor of Liu Qiaoer's house, and hope suddenly came to him.
"Look, there's a crack in that window. We can go there, open the window, and get in."
The boy immediately climbed up the tree again and tried to jump to the edge of the third-floor window. There was a protruding steel bar outside, and he grabbed it immediately.
Then he pushed open the window and actually went to the third floor.
After entering, he was surprised to see a car on the third floor and many boxes. The boxes were not locked. When he opened them, he saw that they were full of laundry, toilet paper and other things.