Little days of the last days [rebirth]

the next morning.

Xu Chengle woke up very early, and couldn't sleep anymore, so she simply got up.Ben slept soundly, and Yu Jingshan's sleeping bag next to him was already empty.

Actually got up earlier than him.

Outside the tent, it was freezing cold.

He saw Yu Jingshan picking up a bunch of dead branches and coming over to start a fire.

Xu Chenle filled a pot with clean snow and heated it to hot water.

After washing up, I took some rice, put it in the pot and started cooking porridge.

The rice grains sank quietly to the bottom of the pot, and it would take a long time for the cocoon to break into porridge.

"Let's go and walk the dog."

Two people and two dogs walked in the park where the morning mist had not cleared, and there was a huge frozen lake in the distance.

Surrounding them are giant ice sculptures.

Xu Chengle worked hard to distinguish the huge ice ring strung together on the left, "Ah, this is a roller coaster."

In front of him was an ice tower that soared into the sky. It was supposed to be an entertainment that lifted people high and then dropped them suddenly, but he didn't know what it was called.

Not far to the right is the carousel.In the distance, a huge ice flower bloomed in the sky, it was the Ferris wheel.

He took out his phone to record the scene.The cheerful and lively playground of the past, the colorful and childlike scenes are gone forever.The current appearance makes people can't help but marvel at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature, and at the same time sigh the desolation uncontrollably.

He took the video and shared it with various social apps with one click.

After a while, a notification sound popped up, "Upload failed."

"Strange." He tried to open each software one by one.

When I clicked on Weibo, the familiar picture did not appear, replaced by a line of words, "Dear users, hello, due to various objective reasons, after careful consideration, we have decided to update Weibo on January 2024, 1. Bo is temporarily closed, Shanshui will meet again, let us look forward to the day when we will meet again, goodbye, best wishes."

January 1th... was yesterday.

He murmured: "...Weibo is closed."

Back at the camp, the porridge had been cooked and was bubbling gently.

The three of them ate the thick porridge with the freshly baked fish sauce yesterday. The fish raised at low temperature has delicious meat, no fishy smell, and a very good taste.

Two dogs are on the side, eating minced fish boiled in white water with dog food.

While packing up the camp, the fat man came again, "Oh, you are leaving? I am so reluctant."

Xu Chengle moved her pots and pans into the trunk, "...It's only been a day."

"It's so lonely, it's not easy to find someone to talk to." The fat man suddenly remembered something and rubbed his hands, "By the way, aren't you going to Heihe? I read the news on the Internet, and I heard that there are many Russians using Reindeer meat for something, hehe."

Xu Chengle: "Okay, if there is enough time then, I will exchange more. You catch more fish, when we come back and pass by here, I will exchange it with you for reindeer meat."

Yu Jingshan put on his sunglasses, sat in the driver's seat, and started the car.

Fatty waved his hands outside the car: "Heroes, goodbye."

Xu Chengle sat in the second row, lowered the car window, and clasped his fists at him, "The green mountains will not change, and the green water will flow forever, buddy, there will be a period later, take care!"

Holding his tablet computer, Ben was the last to get in the car, sat in the second row, and started to process his mail as usual.

Today's destination is Changchun, and the car got on National Highway 102 smoothly.

On both sides of the road, there are scattered high and low snow mountains.

If you take a photo of the scene at this time, you can add a poem: "Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of paths and people disappear."

It couldn't be more appropriate.

Yu Jingshan was concentrating on driving, and a large truck would drive past from time to time.

After Ben finished processing the email, he turned his head and asked Xu Chengle, "Are you interested in climatology?"

Xu Chengle was resting with his eyes closed, when he heard the question, he froze for a moment, "Huh?"

"Mr. Fatty, didn't you say that you often forward all kinds of climate-related Weibo on social media?"

"……Yup."

"You are interested in climatology, I can teach you." Ben's blue eyes showed a different luster, "Let me introduce myself formally. I am a Ph.D. in climatology graduated from Moscow State University. Academy of Sciences is in charge of an important project."

"...Ah, actually I don't..." He was very interested.

Ben curled his lips, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, I can start teaching from the simplest, I believe I will be a very good and patient teacher."

"...Okay." It's hard to turn down the hospitality.

Suddenly there was an emergency brake, Xu Chengle was unprepared, and fell forward due to inertia, Ben had a quick eye and a good hand to help him cushion it.

Yu Jingshan withdrew his gaze from the rearview mirror.Someone ahead stopped their car, a soldier in uniform.

Two large trucks were parked next to the national highway, with banners hanging on the trucks—overcoming all difficulties and delivering food to the masses.

Yu Jingshan put on all kinds of cold protection gear, got out of the car, and handed him a cigarette.

The man waved his hand, with a worried expression on his face, "The road ahead is impassable, the avalanche has crushed one of our cars, you should turn around quickly, and you can go around by going to the nearby town."

Yu Jingshan: "... Is there anything we can do to help?"

"No, reinforcements have been called, you guys go quickly."

"Thank you."

Yu Jingshan returned to the car and explained the situation.The three of them turned on the satellite map, discussed it, and decided to follow the advice and take a detour to a nearby town.

The town is really small, almost one main road.Don't expect anything from hotels.

Ben: "Looks like we'll be sleeping rough again tonight."

Yu Jingshan slowed down the speed of the car, trying to find a suitable place to camp.When the villagers in the town passed by them, they all looked at this foreign vehicle warily.

At this time, the radio on the street rang.Xu Chengle lowered the car window, and the sound of the radio and the cold wind got into the car together, "From now on, residents of all households can go to the designated place to receive food..."

Xu Chengle closed the window, rubbed his face: "Shall we go and see too?"

"En." Yu Jingshan followed behind the passers-by, and slowly slipped the car past.

The place where the food is collected is at the town government.

The three got out of the car, Hengheng and Haha were a little restless, and wanted to get off, Xu Chengle patted their heads, "Good boy, I'll let you guys let the air out after a while."

There was a long queue inside the town hall, and the three of them were at the back of the queue. Someone in front looked back, with obvious... hostility on his face.

When it was their turn, Xu Chengle asked: "The three of us are passing by here, and there is a foreigner, can we get food?"

"Ah, yes, you can get it with your electronic ID card if you haven't got it before, and foreigners can do it too, just swipe your passport."

A small cup of rice per person.The servings of three people add up to not fill a rice bowl.

At this time, an old man led his granddaughter and passed by them.

Xu Chengle tried to go over and ask, "Master, we are passing by here, can you let us stay for one night in exchange for these rice?"

The uncle held his granddaughter's bony wrist, looked at their faces, he didn't look like a bad person, and agreed.

……

When they arrived at the uncle's house, the uncle took them to a side room and left without saying anything.

Ben slumped onto the kang, "God, I'm so tired from driving every day."

Yu Jingshan touched the kang, and it was indeed cold, "I'll go get some firewood and heat the kang first."

Xu Chengle: "I'll go too."

Ben: "Ah, then I'll go too..."

Hehe & haha ​​squatting, "Wow woof."

The uncle's house is next to the mountain, and there is a hillside not far away.The three of them are picking up firewood in the back, and the two dogs are strolling leisurely in front. The picture is very warm and touching.

After picking up the firewood, I returned to the uncle's house.

"Grandpa promised to lend us the kitchen." Xu Chengle took the ingredients to be used from the roof storage box: "I'm going to cook."

Ben, who was helping Yu Jingshan light a fire, said, "Let me help you."

Yu Jingshan: "..."

Xu Chengle gave Ben a large piece of boneless fish left over from yesterday, and asked him to cut it into fillets.

He plans to make a boiled fish fillet with a spicy hot pot base.

The roughness of the cut fish fillets is unbearable.He went over to show Ben the correct way to fillet the fish.

Ben suddenly realized: "It turned out to be like this, I will, I will, let me cut, you do other things."

Xu Chengle soaked the dried fungus in water, and cut a piece of dried bamboo shoots into slices.

The two are on the same chopping board, chatting while you come and go while cooking.He completely ignored Yu Jingshan who came and went twice.

Yu Jingshan took some dog food silently, watched the two dogs eat happily, and felt the complicated emotions in his heart...