I survived with my sister in the doomsday

Chapter 161 Selling Charcoal

After dealing with the funeral of Grandpa and Grandma Shen, I suddenly thought of a question, that is, why haven’t I seen Grandpa Wu and his wife on the 11th floor for a whole day!

We quickly ran to the eleventh floor and asked Song Jue to pry open the lock. We then discovered that the old couple had not been spared when the temperature dropped. They both froze to death in the same bed!

So far, everyone has become numb. It turns out that the cold weather will not let the elderly go.

Alas, I originally wanted to hold a meeting to solve the problem, but it turned out like this.

After Grandpa Wu and his wife were cremated, it was already dark, and I suggested that everyone continue to move upstairs.

Explain that we had stockpiled some carbon in the previous few months, but it wasn't much, and we only had a few small boilers. In order for everyone to get through this cold weather safely, if you had no objection, it would be best for the two families to squeeze in together.

After I made the proposal, I found that no one was willing to live under the same roof with other families. Every family had their own concerns, and because they were not sure how much supplies other families had left, they were afraid of being at a disadvantage.

At this point, we can’t say that everyone is selfish. The reason we’ve been able to hold on until now is that there’s nothing to eat or use at home, and the few things left are very precious.

I immediately got angry and didn't want to be a pushover anymore, so I told them directly that these life-saving things of ours are not given to you for free, and if you want them, you can exchange them for something you think is a good match!

The first person who was dissatisfied was Zhang Hua. She was trying to be cunning again. I glared at her and scolded her, "We are just neighbors. I am not an official sent by the government to help you, nor am I a philanthropist. Think carefully before you speak!"

She lost her temper and asked angrily if she could exchange the milk powder for a few pounds of carbon for a stove?

I rolled my eyes at him. This old woman wanted to exchange a can of milk powder for a bunch of things from me? She didn't know that I was free from milk powder now.

I shook my head.

Xiao Bai was also muttering beside him: "Old Huo doesn't know when this cold wave will pass. It won't be like a drought, lasting for several months. We don't have much carbon! It's not enough to burn."

After hearing what he said, several families became anxious. The first one was Wang Huichun. He quickly said to me, "Xiao Huo, what do you need? Can I buy it for you with money?"

In fact, everyone knows that money nowadays is not as good as toilet paper.

But what can I ask of them? What else can these people who have been trapped by disaster for so long have?

Suddenly, I saw Duan Cheng and I got an idea. I pretended to be hesitant and said to Brother Wang Huichun: "Money is not worth much now. If you have gold or jade or gemstones, please show them to me. If it works, I will exchange it!"

Duan Cheng's family also has an elderly person who should be in urgent need of this stove and charcoal. He quickly echoed the others and said, "Okay, Huo Fei, wait a minute while I go home to take a look."

Lin Lin and I looked at each other and thought, this is a possibility!

Lin Lin followed Duan Cheng and asked him in a low voice, "Do your parents have any crystals or anything like that?"

Duan Cheng looked at Lin Lin in confusion and asked, "Xiao Lin, how did you know that my parents found a stone that looks like crystal?"

Lin Lin asked excitedly where the crystal was.

Duan Cheng shook his head in frustration and replied, "The day before yesterday when I came to pick up my parents, the wind and waves were too strong. We finally got downstairs and were about to go upstairs when my dad accidentally sank all the things he brought into the water in order to hold the baby. We didn't have time to retrieve them, and then there was a blizzard and we didn't know where the things had sunk to."

Lin Lin frowned in surprise. What! Was it frozen in the ice? Judging from the current ice layer, if you want to get the crystal stone, you must dig at least three feet deep.

But we must get this thing. If we can help Bian Hui upgrade, her ability will be even stronger. Then even without carbon and furnace, we can survive this cold natural disaster!

Over there, Song Jue, under my order, was using the remaining furnace materials to desperately make a primitive small stove for heating.

Xiaobai ran errands back and forth, while I presided over the exchange.

Zhang Hua exchanged two cans of milk powder for ten kilograms of charcoal for a stove. Actually, I could give up her two cans of milk powder, but I can't let her develop the mentality of getting something for free, and the same goes for other residents!

Brother Wang Huichun took out his Rolex watch and gave him the same stove, but his watch was more valuable, and he was given 50 more kilograms of charcoal.

There are quite a lot of good things in Section Chief Hao's house. He took out a pearl necklace, which was obviously very valuable, just right for Pearl to wear a pearl necklace. I also gave him a stove and 30 kilograms of charcoal. He frowned and thought it was too little. I replied that you don't have to trade. He knew that the value of the charcoal and the stove was far more than his necklace, so he didn't say anything more, but he was obviously not happy.

No one lived on the 14th floor, so Section Chief Hao mobilized his family to move upstairs to Grandma Li's former home.

Before he moved into Grandma Li's house, we took away Grandma Li's things as well as Mengjie and Mengmei's clothes and belongings. These were other people's things and were to be kept for the two children.

There isn't much property left of Grandma Li, including tens of thousands of yuan in cash, some gold and silver jewelry, and jade bracelets. I showed them to my younger sister and younger sister in front of them and said that these were your grandmother's belongings, left for you two. Now you, the younger one, are in charge of your brother for safekeeping, and they will definitely be handed over to you in the future, and your brother will never take them for himself.

There are two families on the 15th floor, Mr. Sun and Mr. Zhang. Mr. Sun searched around and took out his wife's gold bracelet. I weighed it and it was very thin and only weighed about grams. It was not valuable at all. So I just gave him a stove and ten pounds of carbon.

Lao Zhang said that he couldn't afford anything, so could he exchange his rice for some charcoal?

Just then, Song Jue was so tired that he said he really couldn't build a stove today. I thought about it and took out an outdoor heater from the space. The stove is specially used by campers and is not big. There are only two people in his family, and using this in the house can keep them warm. I gave it to him for free along with some charcoal.

Because the other residents had left and no one saw it, otherwise someone would accuse me of being biased.

After finishing things here, when Duan Cheng came again, the stove was gone. I had just heard Lin Lin talk about something falling into the water, so I looked at Lin Lin and pretended to go to his house to check it out, but actually I wanted to ask Duan Cheng's father how the crystal was discovered.

When I entered Duan Cheng's house and saw his wife and the elderly couple, his house was not too cold. It turned out that he had a fireplace. Duan Cheng dismantled the wardrobe in the uninhabited neighbor's house opposite and was burning the boards from the wardrobe at home.

It was very choking, so he just wanted to buy some charcoal from us.

Before I opened my mouth to greet the family, their cat suddenly came straight towards me and meowed at me. I looked at the little black tabby cat named Zizi in shock. I actually understood its language!

It was actually communicating with me through thoughts!