Embrace the light

While the other six were having breakfast, Alva, the thin friend and the fat man could only smack their mouths lonely in hopes of satisfying their hunger.

Ian was eating a piece of chocolate with Heng, and after a few seconds of bitterness, the sweet taste spread on the taste buds, which is a luxury enjoyment in this cold morning.

Noticing that Alva had been staring at the chocolate bag in his hand, Ian paused for a few seconds, but still did not share the food with him.He put the remaining one-third of the chocolates in his backpack, and then began to pack the scattered luggage, preparing for a new day of departure.

But today is destined to be a restless day.

Not long after the group set off, the sun disappeared into the gray sky.The cold wind was blowing, and after a while, heavy snow fell.

Heng held up an umbrella to cover him and Ian, and the two walked side by side.

After barely advancing for about ten kilometers, the wind suddenly became very strong, and the wind direction turned to the left and then to the right. The posture of holding the umbrella should be changed flexibly with the wind, otherwise the umbrella stand will be easily damaged.

"Can we wait for the wind to stop before we go?" Yang Na asked, her umbrella was rattled by the wind, as if it would break off in a second.

And Xiao Ting beside her turned pale, trying to endure something.She held the suitcase in one hand and covered her belly with the other.

Yi An turned around and looked at the people behind him. Except for Captain Zhou and Yang Na, the other five people were very abnormal.

Zhang Minglin and Alva should be weak due to hunger, while Xiao Ting looks sick.

"It's very windy right now, let's rest here for a while, shall we?"

Hearing this, Heng nodded and put the suitcase down.The two sat together on it, Heng held Ian in his arms with one hand, and held an umbrella in the other hand to shield them from the wind and snow.

Seeing that Heng had stopped, the rest of the people also stopped in place.

"Xiao Ting, are you feeling unwell?" Yi An asked Xiao Ting who was not far away when the wind was blowing.

Xiao Ting let go of her clenched lips, and replied in a sluggish way: "I'm on my period."

In the school health class, I mentioned the physiological knowledge of men and women. Ian knew that girls have menstruation every month, and now the biggest thing has been added.

"So do you have sanitary napkins/tampons?"

Yang Na replied instead: "There are some, it should be enough if you save it. Fortunately, I am used to buying large packages."

That's good.Ian let out a long breath.

Alva, Fatty and Captain Zhou didn't have an umbrella, and the three of them sat face to face, bearing the baptism of the wind and snow silently.

Yi An asked Heng: "Heng, do you think the wind and snow will get bigger and bigger?"

Heng nodded. According to the current trend, it doesn't look like it will stop soon.

"Should we build an igloo or dig a snow cellar?" Ian suggested, "If the wind and snow get bigger and bigger, our body temperature will also lose quickly, which may cause us frostbite and frostbite." of."

It is also possible to freeze to death.But Ian didn't want to say such frustrating words.

"Okay." Heng handed the umbrella to Ian, "Sit here, I'll go to the side to see how deep we can dig here."

Yi'an took the umbrella, Jianheng stood up and looked around, and finally chose a place to go there.Ian put away his umbrella and followed with his backpack on his back. Heng didn't say anything when he saw it.

After choosing a place, the two began to work together to dig and shave snow, but they couldn't dig down about [-] centimeters, and the ice and snow below were frozen very hard.

Ian squatted down in the irregular round pit dug by the two, Heng also squatted down, and the two squatted in the snow pit together to discuss.

"Heng, can you build an igloo?"

Heng replied, "No."

Ian said: "Let's go ask other friends? See if they have any special skills. If the heavy snow continues today, we may lose our way if we continue to move forward, and they don't seem to have much strength. Exposure to snowstorms, starvation and cold can be life threatening."

"it is good."

Ian held Heng's hand and discussed with him, "Heng, I want to share some chocolate beans and milk bars with them."

He could see that the bodies of the few people who hadn't eaten for a long time were obviously weakening rapidly after two consecutive meals.Since he and Heng had relatively sufficient food at the beginning, their physical condition should be the best among the nine.If these companions are left alone, he really can't bear it.However, of course he wouldn't just give half of the things to other people in one go.

To help others is to be on the premise that oneself can be preserved.

Heng pinched Ian's fingers through two layers of thick gloves, and said, "Yes."

Ian leaned over and kissed Heng's cheek through the scarf.With a light smile in Heng's eyes, he stretched out his hand to prevent Ian from returning to his original position. He put one hand lightly on the back of Ian's head, and pulled off the scarves of the two with the other. a kiss.

Ian took out seven chocolate beans and two half-milk bars from his backpack, and then walked with Heng to the location of the three groups.

Putting two chocolate beans in the palms of Yang Na and Xiao Ting respectively, Ian said: "I know you still have some food, so I won't share the milk sticks with you, and we also have some food left There are not many left."

Yang Na nodded, and Xiao Ting forced a smile out of the pain.

"Thank you." The two said together.

The other five people received chocolate beans and half a milk bar, and looked at Ian in surprise.

Especially Alva, who looks like a ghost. I don't know why this annoying ghost suddenly became so kind?Even though he was reluctant, but because of the sweet and attractive food, Alva still awkwardly thanked Ian.

Ian said: "Hurry up and eat to restore your strength. Heng and I were worried that the heavy snowstorm would not stop today, and direct exposure to the snowstorm might make us suffer from cold, so we wanted to build a snow house or something. We Tried to dig down, but the ground was frozen so hard that I couldn't dig deeper without the right equipment. Do any of you know how to build igloos or something like that?"

After looking at each other in blank dismay, the five shook their heads together.

Zhang Minglin said: "When I go back, I have to make a suggestion to the company. Every flight attendant has to learn a few wilderness survival skills."

While chewing a small piece of the milk stick, Captain Zhou said, "I have an idea."

Several people unanimously turned their attention to Captain Zhou, and Captain Zhou continued: "As for the cylindrical snowman you piled up, we can build a bigger one this time. move around."

Yang Na and Xiao Ting also came to participate in the discussion. Yang Na asked: "How to build the roof?"

Captain Zhou spread his hands: "I really didn't think about it. I thought it would be enough to block the wind and snow. We can't do a perfect building. I have visited the igloo of Snowy Star, but they Those semi-circular houses are equipped with professional equipment to cut ice and water for reinforcement, we have neither equipment nor excess water now, and none of us have the skills of construction.”

The fat man said: "You can block as much wind and snow as you can. Don't pursue perfection in this situation now, we cobblers, just try to avoid freezing ourselves into popsicles first."

While everyone was talking, the heavy snow still showed no signs of stopping.

In the dense snowfall, even the two people who were sitting close to each other seemed to be mosaiced when they looked at each other.Snowfall can no longer be described with goose feathers. The current snowflakes are like hydrangeas, falling directly in clusters.

Xiao Ting was in a special period, and everyone didn't let her participate in labor.

The other eight people walked to the pit dug by Ian and Heng. With the pit as the center, Heng drew a concentric circle with a radius of [-] meters and a radius of [-] meters around.

First, they worked together to dig the snow in the circle to a depth of about [-] centimeters. After digging, everyone began to build a [-]-centimeter thick snow wall. It didn't require much beauty, but it wanted to be firm and strong.

East, South, West, North, Southeast, Northeast, Southwest, Northwest, each of the eight directions is in charge of one person.

The snow has been falling one after another, but fortunately the wind has slowed down a lot.

With the efforts of everyone, the snow wall gradually took shape, from ten centimeters high to thirty centimeters, fifty centimeters, and finally close to two meters.

Busy until about three o'clock in the afternoon, the great work is about to be done.

Heng used the jar lid that had been sharpened before and opened an arc-shaped hole in the leeward snow wall as a door, and everyone got in through this hole one by one.

Although it is an open-air snow room, after entering, the body is no longer directly attacked by the cold wind, and the rate of loss of body temperature of everyone has also slowed down a lot.

The snowflakes fell from time to time until it was completely dark. Ian shook off the snowflakes from the umbrella and folded it away.

The trip was delayed by a sudden snowstorm today, and I hope tomorrow will be a fine day.

"Would you like something to eat?" The wind and snow stopped, and there was only darkness and silence in the world. In this silence, Heng could clearly hear the stomach grunting of the people around him.

Ian replied: "I have eaten in the morning and at noon, and I will not eat in the evening."

Heng turned on the phone's light and looked at the food in Ian's backpack. There were only a few pieces of shortbread, half a bag of chocolate beans, and two chocolate bars left here and there.

Heng took out a milk stick and two chocolate beans, divided half into Ian's hands.

"Tonight's temperature is lower than before, and we have been fighting against the wind and snow all afternoon, and we still have to work on building snow walls. We need to eat something to keep our body warm and warm at night."

"Yeah." Ian ate a chocolate bean first, the sweet taste soothed his troubled stomach.After eating half of the milk-flavored stick that was no longer as crispy as it was before, it completely suppressed the desire to eat.

Sleeping until midnight, snowflakes floated in the sky again.

The snow wasn't heavy this time, but it still woke Ian up.In the dark space, listening to the shallow breathing of his partners, Ian couldn't help but think of the story of the little match girl.When the last match was lit, the little girl felt warmth and hope, but she was actually going to death.In this same cold night, only feeling the constant warmth beside him can Ian feel at ease.

Food is about to run out, can they wait for the hope of the afterlife?

Ian shook his head lightly to shake off his sudden pessimistic thoughts.

Certainly possible.Believe it!

"Are you awake?" Heng whispered to Ian who was in his arms.

Hearing Heng's voice, Ian immediately put aside his unreasonable worries, and also replied in a low voice: "Yes. I woke you up..."

"No." Heng poked behind Ian, and tucked the loose down jacket back under Ian.

"Heng, shall we leave early tomorrow?"

"Ah."

Ian added: "I want to find the sea sooner."

"Will do."

"Do you think there will be mermaids in the sea here?"

"We'll find out when we go and see."

The two stopped talking and fell asleep together imagining the sea.In the blue ocean in the dream, there are mermaids, cetaceans, shrimps and crabs, seashells, and colorful fish.