reborn to the dead end

The extreme cold and blizzard came suddenly, stepping on the pace of death, quietly comforting the pure land of the earth.

At night, Jiang Yeming fell into a deep sleep because of exhaustion, Xi Mo opened his eyes, and in the darkness, he heard a blizzard mixed with hailstones hitting the roof. Inside the courtyard wall, the whole world was instantly covered in icy white, and the temperature also dropped from several degrees below zero. The temperature suddenly dropped to minus thirty degrees.

Unlike the north, the southern region is not like the northern part. Most of the houses here are fancy-built, not cold-resistant or heat-resistant. Winter and summer are all supported by air-conditioning. If the temperature changes suddenly, it will kill everyone by surprise.The most important thing is that there is no unified heating in the south, and no one has experienced temperatures in the minus [-]s. This is a devastating cold disaster.

Xi Mo got up and opened the door to leave the room. He heard the sound of the electric meter exploding in the power supply station not far away, the sound of the wires being frozen and cracked, and the power at home had been cut off.

Heng Xiu, who was as sensitive as Xi Mo, also got up, moved the briquettes with Xi Mo, and then stuffed them into the fireplace, and waited for them to ignite before Xi Mo and Heng Xiu went back to their rooms.

When the weather was so cold, some people couldn't bear it and froze to death. The next day, someone sent a message to Grandma Zhang that Grandma Fang of Daxu's family had passed away.The old man died of freezing. The electric blanket on the bed had been turned on all the time. Because the power supply was cut off, the electric blanket also lost power, and the old man passed away without a sound.

The door of Xi Mo’s main house has never been opened, and the briquettes in the fireplace at the back are replaced after they have been burned. The temperature inside the house can be kept at around zero degrees, and the cold and heat resistance of the blue brick house has played its full role.

When Grandma Zhang got up, she was supported by Xi Mo to sleep in the warm barrel in the main room, so she really didn't feel cold. When she heard that her old sister, Grandma Fang, had passed away, she thought she had heard it wrong.

Xi Mo was afraid that the old man would not be able to bear it, so he comforted him softly: "Grandma, the temperature has dropped to minus [-] degrees in this weather, the old man is so immortal, so he won't have to suffer anymore."

Grandma Zhang was in tears, she was going to see her old sister, "Little boy, it's good to be generous, you were not by my side in the past, and I am alone on weekdays, and she always comes home to talk to me about herself In other words, she understands that my little feet can't move. How can this person be gone? Ouch, my old sister, why did you leave in such a hurry!"

The old man didn't eat anything for breakfast, and the atmosphere at the dinner table was a bit dignified. The sudden cold that didn't belong to the south made everyone a little at a loss.

The torrential rain also stopped suddenly, and upon waking up, the outside was already covered in snow, with a few feet of snow, which would not make everyone think it was just ordinary snowfall.No matter how dull you are, everyone knows that the world is about to go into chaos.

After the meal, Xi Mo dressed Grandma Zhang layer by layer, including thermal underwear, woolen sweater, sweater, small jacket, thick down jacket, and wrapped her feet with a special back cotton cover. After she was dressed, Xi Mo So I carried the old man on my back with a big black umbrella and went to Da Xu's house.

Crying and mourning is a very important custom in the countryside. Grandma Zhang cried for Grandma Fang.

Due to the weather, all shops were closed, as were those selling incense paper firecrackers. Ordinary people would at most prepare some incense paper firecrackers at home for worshiping Bodhisattvas in temples on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.In a hurry, Da Xu's family only burned some incense paper at random. The firecrackers were borrowed from several neighbors, so they had to bathe Grandma Fang and put on the shroud they had prepared long ago. Painted coffin.

The Taoist priests invited by Da Xu’s family are all old Taoist priests. Funeral bands have become popular in the countryside for the past few years. The weather is so bad that the funeral bands in the city cannot be invited. So Xu Yunfeng found some old Taoist friends to do for Grandma Fang It's okay to do things, and it's okay to watch the scenes.

At the end of the banquet, he carried all the spare incense paper and firecrackers at home to Da Xu's house, and brought a sheep to Da Xu's house for a sacrifice. At the end of the banquet, 600 yuan of incense money was placed.Xu Yunfeng wore filial piety clothes made of white sheets, and kept filial piety for Grandma Fang. Xi Mo helped him up and down, and he noticed him. He was a kind-hearted and good boy.

The pre-funeral ceremony lasted for three days and three nights in such an extremely bad environment. During this period, Grandma Zhang sat around Granny Fang's coffin, talking to herself after crying.

Xi Mo was afraid that the old man would freeze, so he carried all the warm barrels at home, and he felt relieved when Grandma Zhang sat in it.The old people (dead people) in Jinhua Village invite the incense burners to eat.There must also be meat and fish on the dishes on the dinner table.

As for meat, the sheep in Xi Mo's family can handle it, but it is difficult for fish.Xu Yunfeng's family has a lot of rice, more than 1 catties, but rice is not rice, and food for a few temporary tables is a big problem at all.

"At the end of the day, why are we going!" Jiang Yeming asked enthusiastically, holding the bamboo basket in his hands.

"Didn't you say you wanted to come out to play? I'll take you out to play." Xi Mo didn't answer directly.

"It's so cold, what's the fun!!"

"You'll find out later."

Xi Mo took Jiang Yeming and Zhang Hai, who were suffocating at home, to the river, and Amon followed behind. Xi Mo also carried a big hammer in his hand, and went down the river, stepping on a foot-thick on the ice.Xi Mo asked the people behind him to stand farther away, and using his ingenuity, hammered a few times on the ice surface with a hammer, and the ice surface shattered and sank, the ice hole the size of a sea bowl, Jiang Yeming may not know that Xi Mo Zhang Hai was very clear about what he was going to do. He had done a lot of things when he was a child. Amon stood at the entrance of the cave, baring his teeth.

After a while, a few grass carp that weighed three or four jumped out and froze after a few hops on the ice.

Jiang Yeming thought it was fun, so he put down the bamboo basket, took out a shovel, and put a fish into the bamboo basket with each shovel. In just one afternoon, a bamboo basket was full of fish, big and small.

The fish in Xu Yunfeng's family was all finished, and the rice was also carried from Xi Mo's house. This old man over [-] years old was moved to tears without words. The old man kneels and kowtows unwillingly, every day he only knows that he opens his mouth when he comes for food and stretches out his hands when he comes for clothes, he is more ancestor than his ancestors.

Death is like a lamp going out. Birth, old age, sickness and death are fates that ordinary people cannot escape.Grandma Fang left just like that, and Grandma Zhang recovered automatically after being depressed for a few days. Seeing that she could eat and drink at the end of the ceremony, she knew she had figured it out, and the laughter at home gradually increased.

Xi Mo's main task at home now is to lead a few idlers to shovel and clear the snow. The shed was crushed by the snow, and Jiang Yeming repaired it and fixed it. Now the shed is much stronger.

Zhang Hai is very keen on things like shoveling snow and clearing snow. He repeats these things every day, enjoying himself so much that he should lose weight.The electricity hasn't come on since that time, the sun in the sky doesn't show its face, the solar energy on the roof of Ximo is also covered by the heavy snow, and the Yuba in the bathroom has become a decoration.The wells of more than [-] meters are still not frozen solid, and the water at the bottom of the well can only be kept at the bottom of the well, and the water pipes are useless at the end of the well.

The water used for eating and drinking at home comes from the lake in Mustard Seed. Hengxiu is very capable, even if the water in the water tank freezes into ice cubes, he can use it freely.

Xiaoyang is not afraid of the cold at all, his little face flushed from the cold would stick to Hengxiu, and Jiang Yeming's teeth itch when he watched every step of the way.

Amon's main task now is to watch the house, as long as someone comes to the house, its task will come.

Xi Mo made a bath cover out of foam plastic in the bathroom of each room, put a bathtub in it, poured boiling water into the bathtub, and a hot bath was still acceptable.For food, the end of the table has never been frugal. Dried shiitake mushrooms, tea tree mushrooms, bamboo shoots, dried fungus, and dried fungus are well stocked. At this time, if you soak a handful of tea tree mushrooms in hot water, after soaking, cut some bacon, put some five-spice powder and Garlic and a large pot of tea tree mushrooms are roasted with bacon, which is delicious and goes well with rice.

Ever since Jiang Yeming learned about Xi Mo's fishing method, he often invited Zhang Hai to go fishing together for extra meals. If he was tired of braised fish, he ate sweet and sour fish, and if he didn't want to eat sweet and sour fish, he ate pickled fish. Various ways to eat.

Xi Mo's family originally had five sheep, but they slaughtered one and ate it, and gave another to Da Xu's family, so there were only three sheep left in the family.These three sheep are Jiang Yeming's heart, and Xi Mo gave one to someone else. Jiang Yeming talked about it for several days. This kid is a typical child who eats from the bowl but also takes care of the pot. The level of food protection No one can match it.

Wang Laidi heard others say that Xi Mo sent a sheep to Da Xu's family, and also carried bags of rice to his family, which made her angry. They were all given to someone else's family. Wang Laidi couldn't help running to Xi Mo's house when she thought that the mutton that should belong to her family had become someone else's. She gave it away, but she won't be able to pay it at that time.

Wang Laidi's thinking was too taken for granted, Xi Mo and the others would really be dumbfounded if they found out.

As the saying goes, people must be self-aware.

"Xi Xiaoyazi, your sister-in-law is pregnant again. I want to get this sheep back for her to eat. She is too thin and her nutrition is not balanced. This is not good for the fetus." This reason is as good as it is. , giving away the things at home, Wang Laidi thought selfishly, this thing is always wrong for short-lived ghosts.

At the end of Xi, seeing Wang Laidi's way of provoking and inquiring, he didn't even bother to laugh. This sheep is raised by himself and he can do whatever he wants, and he can give it to whoever he wants, and there is no need for others to point fingers.