Jack brought some food to Maggie.
After seeing the food, her eyes lit up, and she thanked Jack with the last bit of reserve before sitting on the sofa and devouring it greedily.
Jack waited until she finished eating before saying to her, "Do you know everything now?"
Maggie nodded and said, "I know, you found me a home, right?"
A woman in her forties was already able to view things fairly.
Perhaps people of their age did not place as much importance on so-called love.
Marriage and daily life required a matching family background.
As long as the conditions were met, we can be together.
So when Jennifer told her that she could find a long-term meal ticket, she agreed without hesitation.
The only regret was that she originally thought that man was Jack!
With Jennifer's preparation, Jack saved a lot of things.
Before departure, he solemnly reminded the two people that matters regarding the safe house and shelter must be kept confidential!
Never told anyone outside in any way.
Otherwise, it was highly likely to attract greedy people to come and snatch it.
"If I knew who leaked the intelligence here, then she wouldn't need to be alive."
When Jack said these words, his tone was flat and indifferent, but his eyes were filled with pure murderous intent.
Both women were extremely scared and quickly expressed that they would not do anything foolish.
Jack nodded and didn't say anything more.
These two women were both quite old and had been working hard in the entertainment industry. They were not stupid and would not do such foolish things. He gave some instructions just to be on the safe side.
After explaining, he asked Jennifer to go back to her room and then prepared to return to Y Community with Maggie.
The cold wind was desolate, and the icy north wind carried ice and snow across the surface of the L River.
Compared to when the snow disaster first arrived, the snowfall had become much smaller now.
After all, under extremely cold temperatures, there were not as many water molecules in the air that can condense into ice.
But this low temperature still persisted, and the cold wind was as piercing as usual. Adjacent to Y Manor across the river was a small town called X Town.
Across the river was the villa area where the wealthiest people in T City reside, while on the other side was a rural area on the outskirts of the city. In the past, people in X Town made a living by growing grains and vegetables.
Every household built greenhouses, grew crops and vegetables, and sold them to the urban area of T City.
For many years, although they were not as wealthy as the people in the city, they lived a decent life.
After the arrival of the extreme cold storm, their lives became much more comfortable than those of city dwellers.
Although they also need to face the cold and low temperatures, they would not lack food.
And in terms of physical fitness, they were even stronger than city dwellers.
It's a bit ironic that they were living comfortably despite the arrival of ice and snow.
At noon, it was also the hottest time of the day.
The temperature outside had risen to minus 60 degrees Celsius, and the wind and snow had slightly decreased.
On the L River, a group of villagers from X Village who had wrapped themselves tightly appeared.
They arrived on the ice with various tools in their hands.
In addition, five or six dogs were brought, all of whom were sled dogs like Alaskan Huskies.
However, in the low temperature, the dog's body was wrapped in cotton clothes.
The people of X Village cherished these dogs very much, treating them with even more care than treating themselves.
Because nowadays in the south, only they can still be used as animal power.
However, at this moment, these sled dogs were different from the silly appearance they usually see.
Their eyes were filled with fierce hostility, their corners of the mouth revealed sharp teeth, and their fur was also stained with blood.
Led by a black faced man in his fifties, a group of people arrived on the ice.
The black faced man walked back and forth on the ice for a few laps, sometimes leaning down to look deeper into the ice.
After a while, he used the stick in his hand to tap somewhere.
"Right here, dig."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten people followed behind immediately walked up, with several large ice breaking devices placed on the plow behind.
The group lifted the equipment down, placed it in the designated location, and then tied it to the dog with a rope.
"Run, run."
The dog owner firmly grabbed the dog with a rope, shouted twice, and a few dogs began to run forward.
Simultaneously driving the icebreaker to break through the ice layer.
With the animal power of dogs, the efficiency of breaking ice was very fast, and soon a huge circular hole was dug on the ice surface.
"Okay, okay! I found a fish."
The leading black faced man reached out and greeted, and the dog owner quickly grabbed the dog.
Everyone worked together to lift the icebreaker out, and from the broken ice below, more than ten fish could be seen. They all remained frozen to death and stuck in the ice layer.
After being frozen, the oxygen concentration in rivers decreases, and schools of fish float upwards to obtain oxygen.
Although they ultimately couldn't find their breathing hole, they also died near the ice surface.
This provided excellent food for the generation of fishermen in X Town.
As long as the ice layer was broken, frozen fish can be excavated from inside the ice layer.
This had also become their main source of protein.
A group of people were busy as usual, led by Austin from X Village in X Town.
In the past, he was just a fisherman with average status in the village.
But after the end of the world, he became the most important figure in X Village with his fishing skills. For example, now when he went fishing, he was only responsible for designated areas, and as for physical labor, it was the responsibility of others.
A villager named Sam who owned a dog walked over and chatted with Austin.
"Uncle, did everyone in the city freeze to death on this cold day?"
Austin raised his hand and sneered disdainfully upon hearing the words.
"These urbanites don't know how to grow any crops on a daily basis, they rely on us farmers to support them."
"I'm afraid it's difficult to even have a full meal now. I see, I'm almost dead long ago."
Sam nodded and said gratefully, "Fortunately, we are rural people. No matter how bad the weather is, we have food at home and strength in our hands, so we are not afraid of not being able to survive."
"It's just this weather, it's too cold and seeping. When can we go over?"
Sam looked at the luxurious villa area across the river, with a hint of proud contempt in his eyes, but at the same time, there was also some confusion about the future.
It's true that they can survive, but this kind of life was clearly not what they wanted.
Austin frowned slightly and squinted his eyes in the wind and snow.
"It's hard to say! But in this weather, we can survive. As long as we're willing to work, we're not afraid of starving."
"When I was back then, the temperature wasn't much higher than here. We were even swimming shirtless back then."
A few people were chatting casually.
In the past, they always liked to gather together and discuss international affairs, always mentioning Europe and America in their words and belittling other countries in their behavior. Nowadays, without news sources and the mood to deal with foreign affairs, they can only talk about how miserable the city people were. Suddenly, the sound of an engine echoed in the distance.
It came from across the river.
Although the sound was not very loud, it was particularly noticeable in this silent ice and snow world.
Sam paused for a moment and said, "Why do I seem to hear the sound of motorcycles?"
Austin perked up his ears and listened carefully, then his face was filled with astonishment.
Not wrong!
The sound was very similar to the fishing boat he drove when he was fishing.
"When is this? How could there still be cars? Aren't all the city dwellers frozen to death?"
A group of people put down their work and looked towards the direction where the sound of the engine came from.