Chapter 403 Silent withering

Last night was New Year's Eve. People who had the New Year's Eve dinner had nothing to do, so they went to the poker room to play cards and keep the New Year's Eve. Those who haven't gone home yet stayed here to play all night.

It was already bright outside the window. Xiaojie's work for the day was finished. She could go back to her residence and have a good sleep before coming back to work in the evening.

"Xiaojie! Here are your food for today, get off work!" The boss is a bald man with few hairs left on his head.

He handed Xiaojie two palm-sized, dark pancakes and a bottle of drinking water.

Xiaojie didn't like to talk much, so she took the food and put it into the coat with wood foam floating outside. She put the hat on her head and wrapped her head tightly with a piece of cloth. Only her two eyes were exposed through the cracks, otherwise she would be eaten by slugs.

If you bite it, it will hurt for a long time.

The cold wind outside poured in from the door, blowing away the last trace of warmth stored in Xiaojie's clothes. The biting cold could freeze a person's blood.

Xiaojie hugged the food in her clothes tightly with both hands, lowered her head and looked at her feet as she walked quickly towards her residence.

She didn't know what was going on in her little head. She was probably just on her way and didn't notice that today seemed different from usual.

The cold wind blew against her face. She was so thin that she had a hard time walking in the wind. She tried her best to shrink her neck to prevent the cold wind from getting into her clothes.

The sawdust in her clothes fell out more and more as the wind blew, and from behind her, it spread in the air with the force of the wind.

The powder in the clothes was ruthlessly taken away by the biting cold wind. Now the clothes wrapped around the body are getting thinner and thinner. The thin body cannot withstand the ravages of the cold wind, like a dead branch, it is about to break.

The temperature on her body became colder and colder, and Xiaojie's confused head seemed to wake up from the cold. Looking down, she saw that the clothes on her body had been cut with many small holes at some point, and the tree dust used to keep warm inside had been blown away.

Scattered cleanly.

It was bone-chilling cold, as if all the bones in her body had turned into ice sculptures. She was a little panicked. This was the only piece of warm clothing she had on. She stretched out her thin hands to touch the cut pieces of cloth on her body.

Sharp snowflakes scratched her arm, causing a few bloody wounds in an instant.

Xiaojie opened her mouth, then raised her head and looked up. The slugs she was afraid of were gone, replaced by goose feathers and snowflakes all over the sky. They looked like light snowflakes, but were sharper than knives.

Like an invisible knife being cut on her body, huge fear arose in her heart. Xiaojie couldn't care about anything else and ran away. She had to rush back to her residence as soon as possible, otherwise she would freeze to death outside.

As she ran, her body, which was so cold and sore, began to warm up and generate heat, which made Xiaojie even more panicked.

The adults said that when every person who froze to death was found, he had no clothes on his body. They said that before the person froze to death, he could feel his body heating up and on fire.

If someone grabbed her at this time, they would find that her body was as cold as ice.

It's a pity that no one will hold her back. Everyone is living a difficult life. Xiaojie knows clearly that no one will help her, no one will give her a mouthful of food and a piece of clothing to keep out the cold.

Fortunately, the residence was arriving soon. She rushed in and closed the door to keep out the cold wind.

She lived in a large collective dormitory, each person had a bed, and she only had a thin blanket on her bed. She used to sleep with her clothes on, but today her only piece of clothing to keep out the cold was torn. She bought

I can't afford a coat, it's too expensive.

Xiaojie ate the food her boss gave her and wanted to go to bed early. When she went to work at night, it would not be so cold since there was a heater in the poker room.

She had a sweet dream, dreaming that her family was waiting for her, dreaming of a big heater, and her body was warm.

In the evening, other people in the dormitory discovered that this fifteen-year-old girl's body had become stiff, and her flower-like age was quietly withering away.

This is not the only life that withered in this dormitory. Five other people were found. The cause of their death was the same. Their clothes were torn by snowflakes and they could not afford new clothes.

There are not many opportunities for people at the bottom to earn work points. Most of them work hard at the base to take care of food and clothing. Their income is only enough to eat every day.

When supplies are in short supply, the price of a piece of clothing to keep out the cold is enough to crush a person.

This kind of thing happened all over the world. Countless people fell silently in this gorgeous heavy snow and closed their eyes in despair.

Those who have not fallen are struggling and wandering in the quagmire of survival, shouting silently for help, but no one lends a helping hand. The world, like the snowflakes outside, has become cold and ruthless.

Many people are too scared to go out, causing great trouble to their lives.

This is the disaster Jiang Wan is worried about. Everyone is struggling on the verge of death, and any disaster may turn into a fatal knife.

The heavy snow showed no sign of stopping. It was getting heavier and heavier, and the extremely low visibility made their navigation even more difficult.

A huge hazy outline appeared in front. According to the map Jiang Wan got from the old boat, there was an island in front of it, and there was a group of pirates squatting on the island.

Qi Fei and the others finally knew what Jiang Wan was going to do if he didn't return home directly.

She wanted to rob, but it was the pirates who were ruthless and rampant on the sea.

This is causing headaches to all countries, and there is no way they can do anything about it. They really admire Jiang Wan's courage.

"Put on your equipment and let's kill them directly!" Jiang Wan waved her hand, so domineering.

They were so close to the island, so the pirates above must have noticed them. They probably let them get closer because their boat was small and there were not many people on board.

So there is no need to hide, just face it head on.

Several other people were so frightened by Jiang Wan's words that their hearts skipped a beat.

To describe it in one sentence, he is truly a talented person and a bold person.

If they hadn't known Jiang Wan, just a few of them would have been dragged to feed the fish before they even landed.

A few people did not go to change their equipment, but stood there looking at the heavy snow outside with some worry.

Including Jiang Wan!

Xiao Li wrinkled his face and looked at the clothes on his body that were scratched by snowflakes just now, like beggars' clothes. "Tell me, when we rush to the island, will all the clothes on our bodies be scratched into strips and blown by the cold wind?"

gone."

He now deeply suspected that the main reason why their ship could get so close to the island was that the pirates were also caught off guard by the snowflakes.

I was afraid that after I went out, my clothes would be torn by snowflakes, blown away by the cold wind, and freeze to death in the ice and snow.

"It's possible!" Qi Fei nodded seriously.

He glanced at the rag strips still hanging on Jiang Wan's body, revealing the soft warm clothes inside, and quickly looked away, not looking any further.

They have bulletproof armor to wear, but it's in the style of a vest, which only protects the chest. What if they have two arms, two legs, and a head?

This is a problem, and Jiang Wan is also a little melancholy.

The snowflakes all over the sky are like fine knives floating in the air, crushing all soft things into pieces. This seems to be more difficult than the erosion of the black mist.
Chapter completed!