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    The eighth day of survival in the snow.

    It was snowing and sunny, but the temperature did not immediately warm up.

    Xu Jianian poured the hot water from the shabu-shabu outside the house, turning the water into ice.

    Seeing Sui Sui who was beside him, his eyes widened in novelty.Pouring water is usually not his turn as a kid, so he never knew there was such a miraculous phenomenon.

    "Want to play?" Xu Jianian asked him.

    Sui Sui nodded, then shook his head: "Waste of water."

    The water used at home has to be brought back from the river, and the fathers have worked very hard.

    Xu Jianian touched his head and said, "I'll take you to the river to play later, there's water."

    "En!" Sui Sui nodded with a smile, and followed Xu Jianian back into the house like a little penguin.

    Finally, the weather cleared up, and everyone packed up and went out early.

    "Hey," Xu Jianian patted Lin He and pointed to the villagers' homes not far away, "They are sweeping the snow, should we sweep it too?"

    Lin He looked up at the roof of his house, "Well, let's go over and see what we can do."

    The brick buildings and thatched roofs did have thick snow accumulations that needed to be cleared to avoid crushing the roof.Snow should also be cleared in the yard to clear a path for easy walking.

    Lin He and Xu Jianian took Sui Sui to the villager's house to steal a teacher. The method is not difficult, but the problem is that there is no tool.

    Xu Jianian worried: "We don't have ladders, stools, and rakes, what should we do?"

    "I'll do it." Lin He said.

    Xu Jianian's eyes suddenly brightened, "Really?"

    Lin He tied a short wooden stick to one end of the long wooden stick and made a crude "rake". After raking it twice in the yard, it was quite useful.

    Then he squatted halfway under the eaves, and said to Xu Jianian: "Come up, I will carry you."

    Xu Jianian hesitated: "Can it work?"

    Lin He said, "Try."

    Xu Jianian remembered that the other party used to pick coconuts on his shoulders, and hesitantly straddled his shoulders, "Then you slow down."

    Lin He held Xu Jianian's thigh, exerted strength in his lower body, and the line of his legs hidden under the winter coat was tense, and slowly stood up while carrying him, "Is it enough?"

    "It should be possible." Xu Jianian straightened his upper body, and he could see the entire side of the roof.

    Lin He: "Sui Sui, pass the rake to Dad."

    "Here we come." Sui Sui dragged the rake over.

    Xu Jianian let go of the hand on Lin He's head, took the rake and lifted it over the roof, "Sui Sui, don't stand under the eaves, stay away."

    "Oh." Sui Sui obediently ran to the yard and looked up at his father slowly raking the snow off the roof.

    "Here we come, step back a little." Xu Jianian moved his legs a little while speaking.

    Lin He immediately took him back two steps, and saw a large piece of snow falling from the eaves.

    Sui Sui immediately applauded his fathers from a distance.

    Barrage: "See you riding on your shoulders again! It's so handsome!"

    "New Man Ladder"

    "I don't understand! Where did Boss Lin get so much strength?"

    "The key is that he can squat and stand up while carrying people, and it looks effortless, convincing!"

    Fang Luchen and Huang Kaiwen next door saw this and came over to learn this trick. Just as they were about to do it, the program director came over and called them, "Can everyone help Professor Qin's family?"

    Lin He and the others were puzzled: "Huh?"

    After looking over it, they found that the electric door of the caravan where Qin Duan's family lived was frozen. After opening a gap, they could no longer move, and the alarm kept ringing.

    Inside the car, Qin Duan was squatting by the car door, using an ice pick to dig ice from the crack of the door from the inside out.

    In such a cold day, it is a bit reluctant to park the RV outside.The heater was turned on in the car, and a thick layer of frost would form on the outside of the car every morning.

    The washbasins and toilets on the car can’t be used either, so we still have to fetch water by ourselves, and the sewage is poured outside manually.Because the temperature is too low, the body cannot store water, so it must be drained in advance, otherwise the pipes will freeze.

    Unfortunately, it has been snowing for the past two days, so the program team found a way to build a shed for the RV to avoid the car body being directly covered by snow.

    But didn't expect that the weather was still too cold. The hot and cold air exchanged around the crack of the door, and a large piece of thick ice formed, freezing the door.

    Seeing Lin He and the others coming, Qin Duan breathed a sigh of relief, "Do me a favor, help us shovel the ice outside."

    Barrage: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

    “I used to think RVs were the way to go/dog head”

    "Pfft—this is the first time I witnessed a caravan spending the winter in the Northeast, and I didn't expect this result."

    Lin He and the others couldn't help laughing, and Lu Yiwei, who had a low laugh, burst into laughter.

    Laugh for a laugh, busy to help.

    While shoveling the ice, Fang Luchen couldn't help but said, "You too, why didn't you call us earlier when something like this happened."

    Huang Kaiwen: "That's right, the program team should have called us long ago."

    Wen Minmin: "Looking at it this way, I suddenly don't envy your caravan. Our thatched cottage is better."

    Qin Duan sighed on the other side of the door, "The heater on the car is really not as warm as your kang."

    Everyone worked together to rescue Qin Duan's family, Qin Xiaoyu ran to the dry toilet without saying a word, clutching his stomach.

    The parents laughed unkindly.

    Barrage: "Hahahahaha"

    "By the way, there is no house-changing game this season? I want to know what will happen to Mr. Lin's car?"

    "Boss Lin's solution is not to choose a RV at the beginning, but to choose a brick house."

    "Avoid risks from the root / praise"

    "Don't switch rooms, the igloo is not finished yet."

    "+1"

    Qin Duan's family was trapped in the RV, and before they had time to wash up and eat breakfast, the other three families continued to go back to sweep the snow.After everyone packed up, they came to the river to collect the net together.

    There was also a thick layer of snow on the ice, which almost made it impossible for them to find a place to mark.

    Everyone dug the ice hole again and collected the fishing nets.

    Maybe it was too cold, and there were not many catches on the fishing nets, and each family only got two fish.There were also a few that were too small, so they were quickly released back into the river before they froze.

    After dividing the fish, Lin He thought for a while and said, "Let's divide the work. The female guest will take the children to collect firewood, and we will find a place to re-download the net."

    Fang Luchen and Huang Kaiwen nodded their heads. After burning the kang for two days, they were almost out of firewood.

    Lin He looked at Xu Jianian again, "Brother Qin's family doesn't use firewood, so go with your sister-in-law and ask the program crew what task you will use in exchange for diesel oil today, and help me out."

    Xu Jianian nodded: "Okay."

    Qin Duan and Zheng Na were about to resign, but Lin He said, "After we're done, can I ask my sister-in-law to pick up some firewood for us?"

    This time Qin Duan and Zheng Na nodded readily: "OK."

    Everyone split up and acted immediately.

    Xu Jianian and Zheng Na took their children to the program group to take on the task of helping several villagers with only left-behind elderly to sweep the snow.

    "The task is relatively heavy. After the completion, the program team will give diesel to Professor Zheng's house for two days, and firewood for Mr. Xu's house for two days."

    Xu Jianian nodded: "That's good, we won't have to collect firewood later."

    Zheng Na: "Yes."

    The villagers' homes had plenty of tools, and Xu Jianian and Zheng Na quickly got busy.

    Suisui and Qin Xiaoyu also took a small rake and a bamboo broom to help sweep the snow in the yard.

    The old head of the household called them into the house to play with his grandson and granddaughter on the kang.

    Suisui and Qin Xiaoyu politely refused, saying that they were here to help with work.

    After listening to the old man, he repeatedly praised them for being sensible, and went back to the house to give them home-made candied haws.

    The grandson and granddaughter of the old man also ran out when they saw this. Several children were playing in the snow while sweeping the snow.

    So family after family, Suisui and Qin Xiaoyu took a group of children to help the elderly households sweep the snow.

    After a while, Lu Yiwei and Wen Minmin brought Fang Siyu and Huang Xuanyu over after collecting firewood, and joined the snow sweeping army.

    Seeing this, some villagers came here spontaneously with tools to help the elderly in the village sweep snow or clean the public roads in the village.

    Barrage: "It's so warm! The folks are so enthusiastic and help each other."

    "It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. The ancients never deceived me."

    "The old people's children are not around, only the folks in the village can help."

    "The kids are so good."

    "Sweeping one family to eat one family, and being stuffed with a bag full of snacks to take home."

    "Hahahahaha"

    On the side of the glacier, the male guests took back the rope buried under the ice and found a place to re-bury the rope and lower the net.

    Lin He wrapped the chicken offal and fish offal that he hadn't eaten the day before yesterday on the net, hoping that the fishy smell would attract some fish.

    After downloading the net, the male guest came to the igloo.

    A thick layer of snow had accumulated on the tarps on the roof, making their igloo look like it was finished.

    It's just that the tarpaulin still couldn't bear such heavy snow, and it was a little concave.

    "Looking at it this way..." Fang Luchen pondered, "This kind of house structure is...unlucky in our culture."

    Lin He and the others were stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

    Qin Duan said solemnly: "Well, the structure of the house is scientific, and the humanistic imagination is perceptual."

    Barrage: "Hahahahaha, isn't it, like a grave bag/dog head covered in snow"

    "And you have to crawl in and out if you live in it."

    "Ah, ah, stop talking! I already have pictures!"

    "It's all Lao Fang's fault hahahahaha"

    Just kidding, Lin He said, "Let's sweep the snow away first."

    Several people cleared the snow off the roof and untied the tarp, revealing the original appearance of the unfinished igloo.

    "The ice wall is more frozen." Fang Luchen climbed up to try it out and verify it for himself.

    Huang Kaiwen walked around the igloo, "The ice ladder we built before was also covered by snow."

    Lin He picked up the chainsaw, "Let's go get ice."

    The place where they originally took the ice had been re-frozen in the past two days. The program team sent people to evaluate it, and the ice layer was thick enough for people to go on, so the original cordon was removed.

    Lin He and the others continued to collect ice in this area, and moved back to build an igloo.

    When building the igloo in the afternoon, Xu Jianian fetched a bucket of water, wanting Sui Sui to experience what it means to "sprinkle water into ice".

    But found that pouring cold water didn't seem to be able to achieve this effect, and was immediately puzzled.

    Lin He: "It may be necessary to use hot water. When hot water is spilled, it is easier to evaporate, and the water vapor freezes quickly when it is cold, so this phenomenon occurs."

    Qin Duan also said: "Yes, the temperature of the cold water itself is very low. If it doesn't reach the extreme low temperature, it won't freeze instantly."

    I see.

    Xu Jianian recalled how many times he had poured water before, the boiling water from the hot pot was indeed easier to make a smoothie, but the warm water for washing would not.

    However, looking at Suisui's regretful eyes, he decided to go home and boil a pot of hot water for Suisui to play with.

    Seeing this, the other children became interested one after another. In the freezing and snowy world, there was finally something fun to do, so of course they had to participate together.

    Because scalding hot water was used, parents watched the children from the sidelines to avoid accidents.

    There was not much water in the pot, but the children had a great time, their hats and eyelashes were covered with icicles, but their faces were full of smiles.

    In the evening of this day, the program team checked and accepted the progress of the construction of the igloo again.

    Director: "It was supposed to be accepted yesterday, but it snowed for two consecutive days, resulting in zero progress, and there is no way to distribute survival rewards to everyone. So today, we will conduct an acceptance inspection in advance."

    "Today is the eighth day of Survival in the Snow and the seventh day of the construction of the igloo. According to the evaluation of the program team, the construction progress of the igloo has reached 80%. I can give you a small reward."

    Xu Jianian and the others' eyes lit up, "What small reward?"

    Director: "This morning, Jia Nian and the female guests took the children to help the left-behind elderly in the village to clear snow, which led the villagers to help each other. The village chief thanked everyone and decided to invite everyone to dinner."

    "That's good," Xu Jianian said, "But with so many of us, will the village chief spend too much money?"

    Lu Yiwei also said: "That's right, it's obvious that the program group wants to give us a reward, so why did it become our village chief's wool?"

    The director said: "We don't want the village chief to spend money, so the ingredients and firewood for the dinner are provided by the program team, and the village chief's family is entrusted to help cook and entertain everyone. It is not only a reward for the acceptance of the progress of the igloo, but also an expression of the village chief's respect for everyone.Thank you so much, everyone can rest assured to eat.”

    Only then did everyone smile, and Wen Minmin said, "It's not too bad."

    Fang Luchen: "Have you prepared enough ingredients? Our group of people may eat it. Don't ask the village chief to stuff things himself, then we will be embarrassed to eat."

    The director said: "We have prepared a lot of hard dishes, authentic Northeast flavors, and Wuchang rice, so you can fill your stomach!"

    Huang Kaiwen: "Then we can open up and eat."

    Xu Jianian and Lin He looked at each other, and the corners of their lips curled up tacitly, it sounded good.

    "Uncle director, when is dinner?" Fang Siyu shouted, "I'm already hungry."

    Huang Xuanyu: "Me too."

    Qin Xiaoyu shook his head exaggeratedly: "I'm about to faint from hunger."

    "Don't be poor." Qin Duan patted his son's head, "It's not dark yet."

    It was only past four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was half dark, so it was indeed a bit too early for dinner.

    The director couldn't help laughing: "The dinner is still being prepared, but everyone can unlock another benefit first."

    "What benefits?" Everyone asked curiously.

    "Several old people who have received everyone's help also want to entertain everyone for dinner. If you eat a meal, I will wait until the day after tomorrow." The director said helplessly.

    "Finally, the program team discussed with the village chief and the villagers. These households have electric water heaters, and they are willing to entertain everyone to take a hot bath. Let's clean up and go."

    "Great!" Fang Siyu said, "I haven't showered in four days!"

    Counting from the day went to the bathhouse, it has indeed been four days.

    "Me too!" Qin Xiaoyu exaggerated as if he was afraid of losing, "I, I'm about to have lice!"

    Everyone was stunned and burst into loud laughter.

    Qin Xiaoyu was startled, and blushed immediately: "What are you laughing at? I haven't had lice yet!"

    Sui Sui, who was standing beside him, frowned, took a step back, but still felt that it wasn't enough, and pulled Xu Jianian back to the side..

    "Lin Yu!" Qin Xiaoyu stomped his feet angrily, "I really didn't grow up!"

    Barrage: "Hahahahaha"

    "The danger of comparison! I hope Xiaoyu can remember this lesson hahahaha"

    "Black History +1"

    "Congratulations to Xiaoyu for mentioning the clip that he most wants to delete when he grows up."

    Xu Jianian and others went to six villagers' homes. Men and women were separated, and they were in groups of two. The parents took their children, took a hot bath, changed their clothes, and followed the program group to the village chief's house.

    Xu Jianian and Lin He stood at the gate in a daze, Sui Sui said, "Father, this is Grandma Liu's house."

    Director: "Yes, Aunt Liu's son is the village chief."

    Barrage: [Haha, I didn't expect our aunt to be really a "big family".】

    As soon as the words were finished, Aunt Liu came out of the kitchen with dishes, "Hey! You are here! Come on, follow me into this room."

    Everyone followed and said, "Thank you, Auntie, for disturbing you."

    "Don't bother, don't bother, I wanted to invite you to come to my house for dinner early in the morning, but the program team wouldn't let me." Aunt Liu said, "Come, come, sit, and let me introduce you to our authentic Northeast cuisine."

    Everyone sat down around the huge round table. There was a big turntable on the table, and seven or eight dishes had already been served.

    "This is big lap skin, casserole mutton, this is meat slices, fat intestines, pork ribs stewed beans, chicken stewed mushrooms, sauerkraut boiled white meat, ground three delicacies." Aunt Liu said, "They are all authentic Northeast dishes., Absolutely authentic!"

    Barrage: "666! Our aunt's name of the dish is also a must!"

    "Authentic! They are all famous dishes in Northeast China!"

    "It's really hard dishes, just two vegetarians."

    "Not only is it hard, but the pot is also big. The southerners said that they have never seen such a big table and plate at home."

    Fang Lvchen praised: "When I heard the name of this dish, it was authentic. Looking at the appearance, it is full of color, fragrance, and taste. It must be delicious."

    Xu Jianian said, "Auntie, you did all of these?"

    Aunt Liu said proudly, "I did it with my son and my daughter-in-law."

    Suisui looked at her with bright eyes: "Grandma is amazing."

    Fang Siyu and Qin Xiaoyu: "Yes!"

    Huang Xuanyu said sweetly: "Grandma has worked hard."

    Aunt Liu's cheeks were flushed by the child's praise, and she smiled from ear to ear, "Hey, we people from the Northeast have nothing but hospitality!"

    Xu Jianian pulled away the stool beside him, "Auntie, sit here, don't stand."

    "That's right, Auntie." Wen Minmin said, "We are all ashamed of you."

    Aunt Liu said: "I won't sit down, I still have two dishes in the pot, you guys eat first, I'll come right away!"

    Barrage: "My aunt is so nice! I'm tired of talking!"

    "Blind guessing and stewed elbow."

    "My favorite pot-packed meat pinch?"

    "Candied sweet potatoes must have a name on the table!"

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