readsfreenovel Chapter 285 Snow Disaster
Chapter 285 Snow Disaster
Therefore, when the pace of the year comes, these people who have worked hard outside for a year want to return to their hometowns as early as possible to reunite with their relatives and let family love heal the frustration and bitterness caused by hitting a wall outside this year.
The official Spring Festival travel season has not yet begun, but many people have packed their luggage and are on their way back to their hometowns. After the Spring Festival Transport officially started, migrant workers who wanted to return to their hometowns poured into various stations like a tide.
This winter is particularly cold. Due to the economic downturn, this winter seems particularly desolate and cruel.
Lijin Company is one of the few companies that has a late holiday.
There is about a week left before the Chinese New Year, and Cao Xueqian just started taking a holiday.
Returning to my hometown has been planned for a long time.
Moreover, I don’t plan to take public transportation this year and plan to drive my own car back. Since buying the car, my family has never seen it.
Although an ordinary car is insignificant in Yancheng, in their hometown, for Cao Xueqian and Ye Lian, it is an unprecedented and proud thing in the family.
The luggage is ready, as are the food for the road the next day and the thick down jacket for returning to my hometown. Prepare to go to bed early at night and get up at 4 a.m. the next day to drive back to your hometown.
Just as he was about to go to bed, Cao Xueqian's phone rang.
It's Grandma Lanshan calling.
Ye Lian heard some intermittent words from Cao Xueqian:
"We'll leave around four o'clock tomorrow morning."
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"Don't reply? Why?"
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"Who did you listen to?"
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"Then I'll discuss it with Ye Lian."
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Cao Xueqian hung up the phone.
Ye Lian heard this strangely and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Mom won't let us go home."
"Why?" Ye Lian was surprised.
"It's said that the snow this year was particularly heavy, and many people were stranded on the road."
"Really? How does mom know?" Ye Lian was surprised.
"Mom said it was said by a neighbor. The neighbor's son left home the day before yesterday and hasn't arrived home today."
"Is it that serious?" Ye Lian was surprised.
"It is said that the highway is completely covered with ice, and the car is afraid to drive at all. It cannot stop the skidding when driving."
"Oh? Then isn't everyone stranded on the road?"
"Yes. It's freezing and snowy, and you can't go anywhere."
"That's troublesome. What should we do? Go back?" Ye Lian asked.
"How dare you go back in this situation? It would be too painful if you were really stuck on the road."
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The so-called plan does not change quickly, that's what it is.
Everything was ready, but a phone call from Grandma Lanshan made Cao Xueqian and Ye Lian give up their plan to go home.
Fortunately, Cao Xueqian and Ye Lian did not join the army returning to their hometown, thus avoiding a disaster and suffering on the snow.
Ye Lian and Cao Xueqian found out later.
This year's snow disaster was extremely rare, once in a century, and affected a wide range of areas.
The rain and snow in recent days have frozen most of the central and southern parts of the motherland into a world of white.
Moreover, day after day of rain and snow causes the icing process to overlap repeatedly, making the ice layer thicker and thicker, and becoming more destructive.
Some houses were crushed; some car windows were cracked by the freeze; the roads became ice rinks, and all vehicles were afraid of the road and did not dare to move rashly and had to break down; even the railway tracks were frozen, making it impossible for trains to run.
You know, this is Spring Festival travel!
What's more serious is that in some places, power transmission towers and wires have been crushed, causing circuit interruptions!
How deadly!
Without electricity, even production and life cannot be guaranteed!
Fortunately, Ye Lian and Cao Xueqian stayed in Yancheng for the New Year.
Lin Shushen wanted to make some money by pulling a cart during the Spring Festival. Although he missed Yaya very much, he stayed in Yancheng with Yelu.
Ye Wei was pregnant, her body became heavier and heavier, and her mobility was inconvenient. She was afraid of being unsafe with too many people on the road, so she did not go back to her hometown and stayed in Yancheng.
This year’s Spring Festival is really a heart-wrenching Spring Festival.
How many people are watching at home? How many people collapse and despair on the road?
Even if there are disasters in the world, time will not stop.
New Year's Eve arrived as scheduled.
Listening to the sound of firecrackers everywhere, Ye Lian prayed in her heart:
I hope the crackling sound of firecrackers can bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, drive away disasters, and restore peace to the world.
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The fourth day of the Lunar New Year, morning.
Xiao Maobing came to visit and said he came to pay Cao Xueqian New Year greetings.
What a rare visitor.
Xiao Maobing hasn't visited for a long time since he quit Lijin.
Ye Lian even suspected that he had crossed the river and burned the bridge and had forgotten Cao Xueqian.
I didn't expect that I was judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
Moreover, Xiao Maobing did not come alone this time, he also brought his wife.
Cao Xueqian was naturally very happy when an old friend came to visit.
After a while of polite greetings and New Year greetings, we sat down, made tea, ate melon seeds, and chatted while drinking.
"You are celebrating the New Year in Yancheng this year?" Cao Xueqian asked.
Xiao Maobing nodded: "Yes."
"Big snowstorm. Fortunately, you didn't come back, otherwise we would have been stuck on the road for who knows how many days." Cao Xueqian said while pouring tea.
When Xiao Maobing heard this, he immediately started chatting: "I heard that people on the road are so miserable, and they are stuck on the road for days and nights.
“The Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway has long slopes, heavy fog, and thick ice. Even experienced drivers were helpless and could only wait in the car.
"It was too cold inside the car, so many people turned on the fire to keep warm. As a result, they ran out of gas and ended up feeling cold, hungry and thirsty."
"That's not true," Cao Xueqian answered angrily: "I heard that there are still people who sit on the floor and raise prices. A bottle of mineral water costs more than ten yuan, a pack of biscuits costs dozens of yuan, and a pack of instant noodles costs hundreds of yuan! Who wants to eat this? You can afford it."
Xiao Maobing nodded: "There are too many people going home this year. Many people know that the road is blocked by heavy snow and cannot go home by car, so they pin their hopes on the train. I heard that hundreds of thousands of people were stranded at the provincial capital railway station, and some people were waiting for the train for a long time. If he didn’t come, his body couldn’t bear it anymore and he fainted. It’s so scary!”
Xiao Maobing is obviously different from the first time he came to Cao Xueqian's house. He is no longer stiff and restrained, but has become very talkative.
The pair of eyes that are more white than black are also more lively. It's just that the amount of hair has decreased, and the hairline has become higher.
He no longer relied on Cao Xueqian's respect and courtesy as he had at first, but resumed the casualness between friends.
There is nothing wrong with this, friends should be free and at ease.
It's just that Ye Lian noticed that Xiao Maobing's changes were more obvious, and she felt a little emotional that the quality of his career would really affect a man's mentality.
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The two men were chatting while drinking tea, and the two women were listening quietly next to them.
Xiao Maobing's wife is named Jian Xiqi. She has shawl-length hair and a thin face. She looks gentle, quiet, and weak.
She didn't speak much and only greeted Ye Lian with a smile.