Chapter 64: Slowly Adapting to the Cold
Du Yue took two quick steps forward and reached out to open the door. The metal doork.n.o.b was so cold that she could feel the bone-piercing chill through her gloves. She used all her strength to open the door and saw that He Xing had also wrapped himself up like a bear. Other than his eyes, everything else was covered.
Du Yue looked him in the eye and could clearly see that the worry in He Xing’s eyes had disappeared. He seemed to be smiling. She could hear his m.u.f.fled voice from the mask, and his tone was excited. “It’s great that you’re not sleeping. I was worried that the temperature would drop too suddenly and something might happen to you.”
Du Yue’s eyes curved into crescents. The two of them had a tacit understanding. “Have you lit the furnace at home?” Du Yue asked him.
“Yes, yes, I’ve lit it.” He Xing nodded. “Do you still need anything at home? If you need something, tell me. I’ll bring it to you later.”
“I don’t lack anything. Let’s go back to our own homes. It’s too cold outside.”
“Mhm, goodbye.”
The two of them had only walked out of their houses for two to three minutes, but they were already freezing. After the two of them bade each other farewell, Du Yue closed the door and jogged back to her bedroom. Before she went out, Du Yue had complained that the temperature in the bedroom was rising too slowly and that it was not enough. However, Du Yue felt a warm current envelop her entire body after she went outside. Her frozen body had finally recovered a little.
Du Yue used the hook to lift the top of the furnace. After making sure that the charcoal inside was burning well, she was relieved and covered the lid again. She took off the snow boots she had just put on and placed them by the door. Then, she found a pair of furry slippers from her inters.p.a.ce. The design of the shoes was very ordinary, but they were made of three layers of cotton and sheep’s wool. The soles were also the best with a thousand layers. Therefore, not only were they comfortable to wear, but they were also very warm.
Previously when Du Yue went to the countryside to buy vegetables, she had seen some of the farmers’ wives making these shoes by hand. The first time she saw the shoes, she thought that they were very practical, so she waved her hand and bought all the shoes that the farmers’ wives had.
Although the shoes could not be worn outdoors and the style was ordinary, they were very comfortable and warm to wear indoors in such extremely cold weather.
Du Yue did not feel the slightest bit of heartache as she stepped on the brand-new wool carpet in her brand-new slippers. Although the carpet was made of wool, there was only one layer of it, so it was still a little cold and uncomfortable. She could not sit directly on it either. Du Yue took out a cushion that was more than 20 centimeters thick from her inters.p.a.ce and placed it by the bed. She then sat down with peace of mind.
The four little heaters were facing Du Yue, and the temperature was set to the highest. The house that was initially a little cold gradually warmed up. Du Yue comfortably warmed herself by the heaters for a while. She only relaxed and laid down on the mat after her body was warmed up.
Although the window was tightly shut, the whistling of the cold wind outside was so loud that Du Yue could hear it clearly from inside the house. It should have started snowing outside. In her previous life, when Du Yue was alive, the hot weather only lasted for a year, but she did not know how long the cold weather lasted.
She only knew that from today onward, as long as she was outdoors, she would only be able to see the dazzling white. The scorching heat had caused crops to be unable to grow normally. Most people had not eaten fresh vegetables and fruits for a long time, and their bodies had begun to lack all kinds of trace elements and vitamins.
Later with the extremely cold weather and the vast snow, many people suffered from snow blindness, including Du Yue in her previous life.
Du Yue could not help but be fearful when she recalled the days in her previous life when she had to struggle to survive. She shook her head and forced herself to stop thinking about those scenes.
It was all in the past. She consoled herself that since she had a chance to do it all over again, she would definitely live well!
Du Yue sat up and took out the dining table for dinner. Although the bowl of soup was already cold, Du Yue did not want to waste it. She carried the bowl to the furnace and removed the iron lid on it. She took out a 304 stainless steel basin and poured the soup into it, then placed it on the furnace to heat it up.
In less than five minutes, the numbing spicy soup began to boil again, and the fragrance began to rush into Du Yue’s nose. Du Yue found a chair and sat directly next to the furnace. As she heated up the soup, she drank it. The bowl of numbing and fragrant spicy soup quickly went down her stomach.
After eating her fill, Du Yue still felt a little unsatisfied. She took out a cup of milk tea from her inters.p.a.ce, heated it up, and drank it. After drinking the warm milk tea, Du Yue felt her entire body relax. She felt warm inside out.