"It's freezing tonight! Feels like the temperature is dropping back to what it was during that Blizzard!"
"I doubt it. Wasn't it minus twenty degrees during the Blizzard? Though we stayed indoors every day back then, so the wind chill feels about the same."
"Hehehe, I'm gonna cash in some hot water when we get back. Wash my face, soak my feet—it's gonna be sweet!"
"Damn, Xu Jingming, you really are a sneaky rat! I was wondering what you were doing creeping around every night. You were out hustling water tickets!"
"Oh, shove off! I told you about it before, but you were too lazy to go. Now you're just jealous, aren't you?"
"Hell no! I don't care what it takes, I'm trading for some water tickets tonight. I need some hot water, period. My feet are so cold I can't even feel them!"
Under the pale moonlight, a group of seven men hurried across the desolate landscape toward the village.
