Chapter 97 Thermos Cup
After Chen Weiliang finished speaking into the walkie-talkie, he told the car in front to find a place to rest.
There were no shady spots on the highway, but luckily they found a place on the map that was originally a highway service area where they could rest.
Although the place is dilapidated, at least there are still walls that can provide temporary shade.
Chen Weiliang directed the convoy to head towards the long-abandoned service area.
The convoy arrived at its destination in about half an hour, and only then could everyone see the full view of the service area.
The walls were covered in cracks, probably from being soaked and then exposed to the sun.
Everyone parked their cars in the shade, as the sun was at its hottest and most intense at this time of day.
They had to stop and rest, as forcing themselves to continue might cause a tire blowout, which would waste even more time.
Chen Weiliang said, "Let's rest here for now and set off again when the sun is about to set."
Everyone, get some rest and prepare to travel at night.
They had been informed that they would be traveling at night before they set off, so no one complained. Each team found a shady spot to rest and eat.
Bai Tang and the others also took their backpacks and found a shady spot to rest.
Nobody turns on the air conditioning in their cars because it wastes fuel; they want to save as much as possible on the road.
After everyone found their spots, they all sat on the ground, not caring about cleanliness. What need is there for formalities in this situation on the street?
Bai Tang and the others took out food from their backpacks: sausages, instant noodles, and compressed biscuits.
Most of the people in the team carried these few items as their rations.
Bai Tang left some snacks in each of their three cars so that Bai Jiyang and Lin Fan could have something nice to eat.
Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu were driving a campervan. Bai Tang was in the passenger seat and acted as a feeder, feeding Gu Yanxu some food.
So they didn't eat much during their lunch break.
There were quite a few girls in the group, and they went to a secluded spot to take care of their physiological needs. Bai Tang went with them.
After quickly resolving their physiological needs, Bai Tang returned with the others.
The area around the service area was deserted, with no villages or people in sight.
When Bai Tang returned to their team's rest area, she saw that there was one more person, Zhao Lei, who came over to talk to their team.
Bai Tang: "Captain Zhao? How was the journey?"
Zhao Lei said, "It's alright, it's just a bit hot."
Zhao Lei whispered again, "Let's exchange walkie-talkie frequencies between our two teams, so we'll have plenty of people to chat on the way."
Bai Tang gave Zhao Lei their frequency number, and Zhao Lei returned to his squad contentedly.
Lin Fan: "This Captain Zhao is really strange. Why can't we say it now? Why do we have to talk about it over the walkie-talkie?"
Bai Tang watched Zhao Lei walk away, then said to Lin Fan:
"It's no big deal, anyway, he doesn't have any bad intentions."
In the service area, the team members rested against the wall, and there were also officials on guard to prevent any emergencies.
As noon approached, the sun reached its hottest point, and the air temperature continued to rise.
Many people couldn't stand it and kept gulping down water while fanning themselves. Although it was hot air, it was better than nothing.
Bai Tang took three thermos cups out of her backpack and handed them to Lin Fan and the other person.
Bai Jiyang was curious about what it was, why someone would use a thermos to hold water on such a hot day, but he didn't ask. Instead, he looked at Bai Tang with a question in his mind.
Bai Tang gave him a knowing look from the side.
At this moment, Lin Fan took one of the thermos cups, opened the lid, and found that it contained ice cubes.
Bai Jiyang, Lin Fan, and the others widened their eyes instantly.
In this sweltering heat, having a sip of ice or ice water is pure bliss.
Lin Fan and the others drank ice water with ice cubes one by one, and their bodies instantly felt much cooler.
Lin Fan covered his mouth with one hand and gave Bai Tang a thumbs up with the other, indicating: Sister-in-law was right.
Bai Tang told them, "A thermos can keep hot water warm, and similarly, it can keep ice water warm as well."
Lin Zhou: "It's my sister-in-law who thinks so much, otherwise it would be unbearably hot."
After distributing the ice to them, Bai Tang and Gu Yanxu drank from the same glass of ice to cool down and beat the heat.
The service area was small, so naturally, someone nearby overheard their conversation.
But they could only drink the water they brought themselves, since they hadn't expected that their thermos could keep ice water warm.
Many people in the base are able to buy small refrigerators at the base supermarket.
So it's not surprising that Bai Tang and the others used thermos cups to carry some ice water; it's just that others didn't think of this method.
Bai Tang and the others didn't drink the ice water in a very conspicuous way, otherwise it would easily cause trouble.
Soon, the attention of those around them was drawn to the heatstroke prevention medicine that Chen Weiliang and his men were distributing.
Since it's free, why not take it? Chen Weiliang said as he had people distribute the supplies to the various teams:
"This was prepared for everyone at the base, in case you get heatstroke while you're out and about."
Bai Tang understood Chen Weiliang's reason for doing this: to win people's hearts.
When traveling, if there is anyone with bad intentions in the group, the entire group is likely to encounter serious problems.
Therefore, Chen Weiliang also thought of this point, which is why he took out medicine to prevent heatstroke in order to win over people's hearts.
Of course, most of the squad members who came out with us were of good character.
The medicine was quickly distributed to Bai Tang and the others.
Lin Feng and the others accepted it and then expressed their gratitude.
When Chen Weiliang led his men to distribute the medicine on the other side, Bai Tang took the medicine from Lin Feng's hand and looked at it. It was the kind that was usually kept at home.
Bai Tang had a lot of medicine stored in her space, but they didn't need it. After taking it, Bai Tang put it in her backpack and then put the medicine back into her space.
Bai Tang put heatstroke prevention medicine in Lin Fan's two cars and backpacks.
At noon, the outside temperature was even higher. Luckily, they found a shady spot; otherwise, the car would have definitely had a tire blowout if they had stayed on the road.
Each squad was huddled against the wall, sweltering. Only a few people were talking; the rest were too hot to even speak.
They were all wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts suits, and many men were even shirtless in the shade.
Upon seeing this, Gu Yanxu immediately blocked Bai Tang's view: "Wife, don't look."
Bai Tang smiled, and Lin Fan and the others smiled too.
Bai Tang patted her hands, which were covering her eyelids, and then said:
"I'm a little nearsighted, you forgot? I'll just pretend I can't see."
After much persuasion from Bai Tang, Gu Yanxu reluctantly lowered his hand.
Bai Tang leaned over and kissed his cheek, then said from the side:
"Their abs aren't as good-looking as yours, so I'm not going to look at them."