Upon hearing this, Su Nian's lips curled into a mocking arc.
"Drop by fifty or sixty degrees? It won't be long before Auntie's wish is fulfilled! Not only will her wish be fulfilled, but it will also be exceeded!"
On the night of the extreme cold's arrival, the temperature plummeted from around zero to over negative twenty degrees Celsius, with heavy snow falling from the sky. By the next day, temperatures had dropped even further, reaching negative thirty to forty degrees Celsius. The temperature continued to decrease every day until it surpassed negative fifty to sixty degrees Celsius before stabilizing.
Su Nian had originally planned to go out, but after hearing Auntie's words, she abandoned the idea. Only after Auntie's voice disappeared completely and Jing Mo had closed his door did Su Nian wait for another ten minutes before taking the lunchbox out of her space and heading to Jing Mo's door.
Knock, knock, knock.
Su Nian knocked three times, and the door opened from the inside.
Seeing Su Nian, Jing Mo didn't show any surprise but smiled, "Did you hear what Auntie downstairs said? You don't have to pay attention to her."
Su Nian smiled, "I didn't plan to."
"The base has already notified the residents about the temperature drop, asking everyone to prepare winter supplies as much as possible. But there are still some who refuse to listen or believe," Jing Mo said.
For such people, it was a waste of breath to say another word to them.
Su Nian handed over the lunchbox, "I cooked canned tomato beef stew and steamed rice. I brought some for you."
The base's supermarket had canned tomato beef stew, but it wasn't cheap, costing five contribution points for one.
Jing Mo's expression was extremely surprised as he eagerly took the lunchbox from Su Nian, "Thank you! You are indeed a kind-hearted little fairy!"
Hearing Jing Mo's words, Su Nian inexplicably remembered the day they first met when he said the same thing.
Su Nian's eyes twinkled with a smile, "Enjoy while it's hot. I'll go back now!"
"I'll wash the lunchbox clean and return it to you later," Jing Mo said seriously.
"Okay."
Back home, Su Nian also returned to her bedroom to eat. She had tomato beef stew over rice, along with a plate of stir-fried vegetables and a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup.
While eating, Su Nian couldn't help but wonder when the extreme cold would arrive. After all, the extreme heat had arrived earlier, so who knew if the timing of the extreme cold would change.
Following the trajectory of her past life, the extreme cold should arrive in about a week, but Su Nian was no longer certain.
After dinner, Su Nian brought out all the emergency cold-proofing items. Electric oil heaters, warm air fans, and small sun heaters were all set up and plugged in, facing the places she frequented. When needed, she only had to flip the switch.
Moreover, Su Nian also aired out her bedding. Although the mattress was comfortable enough to sleep on directly, she still added a ten-kilogram thick cotton quilt on top, followed by an electric blanket and finally covered with a wool bedsheet and a silk bedsheet on top.
As for the clothes she needed to wear, they were neatly placed in a space she reserved. As long as she had the thought, the clothes would appear in her hands immediately.
Su Nian also cleaned the stove, added wood, placed flammable aluminum foil and straw inside. With everything prepared, she only needed to start the fire.
Thankfully, at this time, people tended to stay indoors during the day and only venture out at night. Normally, when the extreme cold arrived, most people would be awake. There shouldn't be many cases of people freezing to death in their sleep.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
That evening, Su Nian was too lazy to cook and brought out skewers to eat. Just as she took a sip of ice-cold beer, she suddenly felt a chill penetrate her bones. Not only did she feel cold to her core, but her surroundings also started to cool.
Su Nian quickly checked the lamb skewers on the table. The sizzling lamb skewers had turned pale, the fat part no longer transparent, indicating that they had cooled and solidified.
Under normal circumstances, skewers couldn't cool down immediately after being taken out. The only explanation was that the temperature had dropped.
Su Nian immediately put the beer skewers and the small table into her space, got up to turn off the air conditioning fan, and switched on the heating devices.
Turning around, Su Nian walked to the bed and lifted the silk bedsheet, sitting on the bed. Despite being illuminated by three small sun heaters, she still felt colder and colder.
Su Nian took out the prepared clothes, shivering as she took off her short-sleeved shirt and shorts. With her somewhat stiff hands and feet, she put on the thermal underwear Jing Mo had given her.
After putting on the clothes, Su Nian finally felt a warmth spreading across her body, but it was still not enough.
She then put on a cashmere sweater, thick coral fleece pants, and layered thick coral fleece pajamas that covered her ankles.
The pajamas had a hood, which Su Nian put directly over her head.
Despite the three small sun heaters shining on her, Su Nian put on thick warm clothes once more, finally heaving a sigh of relief as she began to feel alive again.
The warm air fan and electric oil heater also started to operate, but compared to the dropped temperature, their effects were minimal.
Su Nian put on thick woolen socks before getting out of bed. She rolled up the bamboo mat on the floor into her space and laid out the wool blanket.
The blanket covered the area around the bed but left some distance from the stove to prevent sparks from landing on it.
Su Nian went to the stove, lit the straw and aluminum foil inside with a lighter. Both materials burned instantly, and flames ignited. The kindling wood inside, thin and dry, gradually caught fire.
Watching them burn, Su Nian used an iron hook to cover them with an iron ring. Once covered, the smoke from burning wood would be expelled through the exhaust pipe.
After installing the stove, this was the first time Su Nian lit it. She didn't rush to add charcoal; she first wanted to check the sealing of the exhaust pipe.
After confirming that there was no smoke leakage, Su Nian used the iron hook to lift the iron ring and added charcoal inside.
She didn't feel the stiffness in her hands and feet when she was busy, but when she finished and the stove was lit, Su Nian realized that her extremities were slightly numb.
Su Nian took out a thermometer and waited for a while to check. It clearly showed that the current temperature was minus ten degrees Celsius.
Who could have imagined that just twenty minutes ago, the temperature in the room was still over twenty degrees Celsius.
Su Nian put on a mask, gloves, and finally, thick snow boots, fully armed. Then, she opened the bedroom door and walked out.
As soon as she stepped out of the bedroom, Su Nian shivered violently. In the bedroom, the heating devices were all turned on, so the cold was limited.
But the cold outside was real!