A hot pot restaurant in Yu City launched a "-50°C Challenge Meal," where staff in cold-proof masks performed a trick at outdoor tables: instantly turning tripe into crispy ice shards.
The absurdity of finding heating equipment: A white-collar worker in Shanghai complained on their social media, "Couldn't get my hands on an electric blanket, so I stuffed my cat in my hoodie as a personal warmer!" The accompanying photo showed a British Shorthair poking its confused, round face out of the neckline, while half-meter-long icicles hung from the window frame in the background.
A mall in Hang City urgently launched a "shared down duvet rental" service. Surveillance footage of the queueing crowd slipping and falling on the icy ground became the meme of the day.
