After they switched houses, Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng started using the generator, and soon all the electrical appliances, the vacuum cleaner included, were at work, quickly tidying up the inside of the house.
Soon, everyone settled down again.
The following two months were rather peaceful, although the supplies were dwindling, everyone happily accepted the situation, simply praying that they could quickly make it to the Mount Everest Base.
Gu Pan and her group hardly ever left the building since there was food, drink, and supplies, and every room housed one of their own, staving off loneliness.
Occasionally, they would check on Lu Jianguo, Lu Jianshe, and Su Qing, and they would sometimes bring them some food.
Although life was frugal and oppressive, everyone was managing to endure.
During this period, some people still died, either due to severe skin diseases from overexposure to the sun that didn't heal or from inhaling too much smog; deaths continued to occur.