Chapter 173

In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival is approaching.

Early in the morning, Chen Shouyi went out.

Today's temperature is particularly cold. The door of the hall of the residential building has been hung with long spear like ice edges, which are nearly half a meter long.

A cold wind blew, and Chen Shouyi, who was scantily dressed, couldn't help but produce a trace of goose bumps.

The sky was gray and full of dense mist, and the air was filled with a sour and pungent smell.

Steam age!

Chen Shouyi sighed slightly,

Nearly two months have passed since the last change. A large number of steam plants have sprung up in Hedong City, with numerous chimneys spewing white smoke day and night. Often go out for an hour or two, and the clean clothes have been completely covered with coal ash.

The high-rise buildings that used to be clean and bright and can shine human figures have now become dark and stained, completely fading their original luster.

Most of these office buildings have been in a semi abandoned state, empty, and there is no property to be cleaned at all.

Walking to the door of the community, Chen Shouyi glanced at the bulletin board full of people every day.

There are more job advertisements posted on it.

In the striking place on the upper left corner, there is also a call up notice of retired soldiers with the seal of the sub district office:

As of March 1, all veterans under the age of 45 must report to the Hedong military region.

Twenty years of quasi wartime state has kept the number of troops of the great Xia state at sixtyseven million, and the number of retired soldiers is more than ten times that of the standing forces, close to 100 million.

With a population of 1.7 billion in Daxia, one out of every seventeen of them is a retired soldier.

At the same time, the number is increasing by twoorthree million every year.

With a population of tens of millions in Hedong City, even excluding the over aged veterans, it is easy to recruit 300, 400, 000 soldiers.

Chen Shouyi sighed. The situation has not improved much recently. Instead, all kinds of crazy news spread in Hedong City, causing panic.

Some say that the gods have begun to invade, and some places have been occupied. Others say that the north is extremely cold, and a large number of people have been frozen to death.

For the latter, he doesn't know the specific situation, but for the former, Hedong city has recently had many refugees from other places.

……

Chen Shouyi walked out of the community and turned into a barber shop.

He hasn't had a haircut for nearly two months, and his hair has almost covered half of his ears.

Because it was still early, when Chen Shouyi went in, except for the barber.

There was no one. The barber was a young woman of about 30 years old. Seeing Chen Shouyi coming in, he immediately stood up and asked.

"What kind of haircut do you want?"

"Inch your head, leave a half centimeter." Chen Shouyi sat on the barber chair and said.

"It's so short. This kind of hairstyle is cold in this weather!" The young woman picked up the pusher in her hand and said when she heard the speech.

"It's all right. Just follow this rule."

"Your hair is so hard!" After a while, the young woman complained.

Now there is no electric hairdresser. It's all manual. As soon as the young woman has a haircut, she feels wrong. It's too hard. It's like a steel wire. Her hands are too sour just after a few haircuts.

"I know it well, and I won't lose your money at that time!" Chen Shouyi said.

His physique is more than 7.5 times that of ordinary people. This physique represents not only physical strength, but also the strength and toughness of various tissues of the body, the sensitivity of five senses, and other aspects of the body.

Last month's salary has been paid, nearly 100000 cash, in addition to leaving 50000 to the family, there are still 30000 left, which has become a lot of money on hand.

"That's what you said. I'm more tired of cutting you one than threeorfour. How long and hard your hair is!" The young woman looked happy and hurriedly said.

"Born!"

Chen Shouyi and the young woman said nothing. The door suddenly opened and two people came in. Chen Shouyi glanced at a middle-aged fat man in his thirties and forties and an old man in his fifties and sixties.

As soon as they sat down, they began to chat.

"What a mess recently? Have you heard that now the whole Yunshan mountain is blocked, and I don't know how many people have died." A middle-aged fat man whispered.

"If there is such a thing, Yunshan is in the urban area. Will it affect here?" An old man asked.

"It shouldn't be. After all, it's too far from here. It takes more than an hour by bike." Said the middle-aged fat man.

"Alas, it's going to be a mess. I don't know what to do in the future!" The old man sighed pessimistically, "why do you say this alien creature came to the earth?"

"It's all full. If I put it aside, I would have blasted him. Aren't some of those invading barbarians dead?" The middle-aged fat man said, and then whispered, "in fact, I don't exclude the barbarian gods in different worlds. As long as I'm not an evil god and engage in an evil blood sacrifice, my life can be stable, and I believe who is not!"

"Who said no!"

……

Hearing this, Chen Shouyi was a little silent. After trimming his hair, he took a hundred from his wallet and handed it over: "don't change it."

The young woman looked happy after receiving it. Now the great depression in Hedong city has led to a sharp drop in the price of the service industry. In the past, it used to cost at least 20 or 30 yuan to have a haircut. Now five yuan is enough, and 100 yuan is 20 times the price.

Chen Shouyi patted his broken hair on his shoulder, opened the door and walked out of the barber shop.

In the distance, anti-aircraft guns rang again, blowing out black smoke in midair. However, pedestrians on the road have long been accustomed to it, and few people raised their heads to pay attention. Now there are a large number of fierce birds that fall into different worlds on the earth. Almost every oneortwo days, anti-aircraft guns will ring.

……

After returning home, Chen Shouyi found Bai Xiaoling at home.

Looking at Chen shouyili's bald head, Bai Xiaoling forced herself to smile: "Mr. Chen, are you back?"

Chen Shouyi nodded and saw a lot of things in the living room, a fan of pork, fiveorsix chickens and ducks, as well as all kinds of fresh dried fruits. He couldn't help but wonder, "is this?"

Although the price of this thing has dropped a lot in the urban area now, it is estimated that it is not cheap. Some things are not available in the market at all.

"This is the new year's gift from police officer Bai. Thanks to her little girl riding a tricycle in such a cold day?" Chen's mother brought a cup of hot tea from the kitchen and said, "it's frozen. Drink a cup of hot tea quickly."

Bai Xiaoling hurriedly answered, "thank you, aunt. You're welcome. This is my job. I'm dedicated to general manager Chen."

"Then you can't let a little girl do this kind of rough work. Next time you have something to do, tell Shouyi that he is rough and fleshy. Just let him come." Chen mother said.

Bai Xiaoling covered her mouth and smiled: "this is not good. In case the leaders above blame me, I will lose my job. Aunt, you look a lot younger now?"

Hearing the speech, Mrs. Chen said happily, "yes!"

Since she began to take God blood, these days, her face has become ruddy, her steps have become more powerful, and even the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes have faded a lot. The whole person looks five or six years younger.

……

Chen's mother and Bai Xiaoling continued to talk for a few words, and gave the living room to Chen Shouyi.

"Here are your house keys and relevant certificates." Bai Xiaoling handed Chen Shouyi a document.

After receiving it, he found that it was a real estate certificate with the seals of the military region and the municipal government.

"Villa 24!" Chen Shouyi said, wondering, "has the safety zone been built?"

"It is already a blank house. The reason why we have to wait so long is that we need to arrange military defense. At that time, Jiangnan University, major research institutions, key factories and government agencies will be relocated one after another." Bai Xiaoling explained.

Chen Shouyi nodded heavily in his heart.

Today's mega cities have not adapted to the changed environment. On the one hand, various logistics costs are high, which has a serious impact on both industry and life.

On the other hand, the decentralized layout is not conducive to the concentration of forces to defend key strategic units.

The security zone is set up for the possible upcoming war.

"When can I move?"

"At noon in seven days, there will be a steam truck coming at that time. You don't have to take anything away from the furniture. Where is there a new one?"

Ps: sorry, a lot of words have been deleted, which is a little late.