When lody Sumrs returned ho from 1501, she happened to run into Winnie Sumrs and Colin Sumrs, who were just about to head out.
Seeing the two of them fully bundled up in down jackets and fur hats, lody quickly asked, "Mom, Uncle, it’s so cold outside. Where are you two going?"
Winnie Sumrs reached out and tightened the scarf around lody’s neck. "We’re heading to 1806 to discuss how to receive the supplies with Mr. Lynch and the others," she replied.
Hearing this, lody asked, a little confused, "Receive supplies?"
Winnie nodded and explained, "That’s right. Everyone’s nearly used up the charcoal and food that was distributed before the blizzard. We got a notice from upstairs saying they’ll be airdropping replenishnt supplies, so we have to go discuss how we’re going to receive them."
Colin Sumrs added from the side, "Yeah. They say the supplies will be dropped onto the roof of each building during a break in the snow. If that’s true, we’ll have to clear the snow off the roof beforehand."
lody’s eyes lit up at the news. "Let go with you," she suggested. "Maybe I can help."
Colin shook his head repeatedly. "A few employees from the property managent center live in this building, and they’ve already gone over. With so many of us, we’ll have enough people to handle it. It’s too cold right now, so you should hurry back inside!"
Winnie chid in, "He’s right, sweetie. Hurry ho. It’s freezing out, so don’t run around. Look at you, your face is all red from the cold!"
After they spoke, they ignored lody’s protests and unceremoniously pushed her through the door.
Seeing this, lody felt helpless and could only give up on the idea of tagging along for now.
’In any case, the governnt’s decision to airdrop supplies will solve our most pressing problem. The city has been snowed in for over two months, and now the heating is out. If we don’t get more supplies, I’m afraid people really won’t be able to hold on much longer...’
As lody mulled this over, she took off her scarf, hat, gloves, and goggles. The underfloor heating in the apartnt was running high, and the warmth radiating up from the floor was deeply reassuring.
Grace Sutton walked slowly into the living room carrying a fruit platter. When her gaze fell on lody’s face, her eyes widened, and she couldn’t help but exclaim, "Oh my! What happened to your face?!"
Hearing her voice, lody looked up, a bit dazed. She saw Grace hastily put down the fruit platter and run toward her, her face etched with worry.
Grace ran to lody’s side, frowning as she gently touched lody’s face. "H-How did this happen?!" she asked, her own face filled with distress. "Why is your face so red? And it’s bleeding a little!"
lody didn’t know what she ant, so she casually picked up a mirror from the cabinet to take a look—
—And she was shocked by what she saw!
In the mirror, her face was slightly swollen. Large, uneven red patches had appeared on her once fair, smooth cheeks, and so spots were even oozing blood.
In addition, two small, transparent blisters had ford on the skin below her right eye. They weren’t particularly obvious, but a closer look revealed the tissue fluid seeping within.
Just then, Grace also noticed the two blisters. She gasped, at a loss for what to do. "Th-This is frostbite, isn’t it?!... Oh, what are we going to do?!"
lody’s skin was very fair, which made the red patches on her face look all the more startling and severe. But with the city snowed in, they couldn’t even go to a hospital. Grace was instantly frantic with worry, and her hands began to tremble slightly.
Even lody herself hadn’t expected it. She had only been outside for a short while and had gotten lazy, not bothering to wrap her face with her scarf. And now she had frostbite!
’This cold is just terrifying!’
’Thank goodness I was good and wore my goggles. Otherwise, my eyes would have probably gotten frostbitten too.’
Seeing how anxious Grace was, lody quickly tried to reassure her. "I’m fine, Aunt. We have frostbite dicine in the first-aid kit in the storage room. I’ll go put so on, and I’ll be okay!"
In her past life, lody had suffered greatly at the hands of the Lancaster family and had often gotten frostbite during the blizzard. Having learned her lesson, she had stockpiled plenty of dicine before the disaster this ti around, especially for frostbite.
She changed into her slippers, ran to the storage room, and dug out the frostbite ointnt.
Then, she took out a "Far Sea Secret dicine" pill, scraped so powder from it into the ointnt, and applied the mixture to her face.
The description for the "Far Sea Secret dicine" said it could treat both internal and external injuries, so she figured it must be effective for frostbite as well.
Sure enough, not long after applying the ointnt, the two blisters on lody’s face deflated, and the spots that had been bleeding began to heal.
lody couldn’t help but marvel inwardly. ’This Far Sea Secret dicine is truly amazing! Aside from the exorbitant price, it has no flaws!’
lody waited in the storage room for a little longer until the red patches on her face had mostly faded before getting up and leaving.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she returned to the living room, she saw her grandma, Miss Lowell, and her aunt sitting together, seemingly in the middle of an argunt.
Her grandma slapped the sofa and said irritably, "Send him things? Why?! We’ve already given him so much. It’s only been two months, how could he possibly have used it all up? Are we just giving him more things to gamble away?!"
Hearing this, Grace Sutton said hesitantly, "But... the power is out now, and so is the heating. Caron and his family can only rely on burning coal to stay warm. The coal we sent them before might not be enough for their whole family..."
lody understood now. They were discussing whether to send supplies to her third uncle, Caron Sumrs, and his family, who lived on the 11th floor.
Judging by her grandma’s tone, however, she was clearly against it...
Sure enough, her grandma snorted coldly and retorted, "How could it not be enough! They received the governnt supplies, and on top of that, you all moved so much extra stuff over for them. Other people are getting by just fine with only the governnt supplies. Is he going to die or sothing?!"
Hearing this, Grace felt a little awkward. She knew she shouldn’t ddle in her brother-in-law’s family affairs, but...
Still, Grace felt that no matter what, she and Jade Rowan were both daughters-in-law of the family. She was here living well, while Jade was downstairs starving and freezing. It made her feel a little uneasy.
So she continued trying to persuade her. "Mom, we should at least take so coal to Caron and his family. The heating is off now, and without coal, the temperature inside is colder than an icebox... Clark is still so young. If he gets seriously ill from the cold, what would we do then..."
Miss Lowell also chid in. "That’s right. In this weather, frostbite is no joke. Caron may have done a lot of wrong over the years, but Clark hasn’t done anything wrong. We can’t let him freeze along with his father. At the end of the day, the child is innocent..."
At the thought of her daughter-in-law, Jade Rowan, and her grandson, Clark Sumrs, the grandmother’s resolute expression wavered slightly.
Hearing this, lody also stepped forward and said, "Grandma, my aunt and Miss Lowell are right. It’s just too cold right now. People could really die with the heating off. We should take so coal over to Third Uncle’s place!"
Seeing that lody agreed, her grandma was silent for a mont. Finally, she sighed, nodded, and said in a low voice, "...Fine, just the coal then... If you bring anything else, he’ll definitely find a way to gamble it away!..."
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