Chapter 31: Fireworks in the World
In the middle of winter, there is a lot of snowfall.
Yunhai City is located at the easternmost point of the Shipeng Mountain Range.
At the junction of the Shipeng Mountains and the sea, there is the most prosperous area of Yunhai City.
At the western end of the Shipeng Mountain Range, there is a Phoenix Mountain.
There are four distinct seasons here, and there have been two heavy snowfalls in the winter.
Although the altitude of Phoenix Mountain is not high, the scenery is beautiful, and it is the most famous mountain in Fenghuang County, Yunhai City.
A few years ago, Phoenix Mountain was developed into a scenic spot, and the nearby mountain people also benefited.
The wide road was built to the foot of the mountain, and the previously muddy mountain road was also turned into a stone road.
A mountain gate was built under the Phoenix Mountain, and next to the door is the scenic spot management office and ticket hall.
Tourists from other places who come to Phoenix Mountain to play have to buy tickets from here to enter the mountain.
There is a Phoenix Village on Phoenix Mountain, but the indigenous villagers have their own path up the mountain, and when the scenic spot is planned, the villagers' houses on the mountain have not moved, which is also a landscape.
In the villages under the Phoenix Mountain, the villagers like to live together, and because of the topography of the Phoenix Village on the mountain, the houses of the villagers are very far away, some are under the ancient trees, some are next to the mountain streams, and some are on the edge of the cliff......
Looking up from the foot of the mountain, you can see several houses of blue brick and red tiles hidden in the woods.
Although the villagers' homes on the mountain have long been connected to water and electricity, in winter, the villagers have the habit of burning wood and coal.
There is a large temperature difference between day and night in the mountains, especially in winter, when the temperature is several degrees colder than that below.
When the villagers of Phoenix Village built houses on the mountain, they built fire walls.
In winter, the stove is raised to boil water for cooking, and the smoke from the stove can be used to heat the fire wall and keep the whole house warm.
In autumn, the villagers prepare firewood for the winter.
In the past, villagers would pick up some dead old branches on Phoenix Mountain for firewood, but since Phoenix Mountain was designated as a scenic spot for management, the trees on the mountain have become protected assets, and the trees cannot be cut down casually, and the dead branches picked up are only enough to cause fire.
Therefore, the villagers living in the mountains have prepared hundreds or even thousands of catties of coal.
Heavy snow fell again on Phoenix Mountain.
Snowflakes fell, and it rained for a day and a night.
When I woke up the next morning, the snow on the ground was up to my calves.
Li Jianguo's family, who lives next to the mountain stream, only the old couple live here.
Li Jianguo and his wife Zhang Cui are both in their fifties this year, and their only son is studying in college in the next province and only comes back during the winter and summer vacations.
Like all people who live in the mountains, the first thing Li Jianguo does when he gets up in the morning is to fill the stove with coal.
At night, before going to bed, the stove was filled with coal and sealed with a lid, but after a night, the coal was almost burned, and new coal was added, and the cinder was removed, and the stove was heated again.
The new coal began to burn, and the lid of the stove was removed, Li Jianguo put the kettle full of cold water on it, and boiled some hot water to wash it first.
"Cui'er, look at the snow outside, it's thicker than last time, and it is estimated that it will take two or three days to completely melt it this time. ”
Although Yunhai City has a lot of snow in winter and is known as the "snow nest", there is a lot of snow and it melts quickly.
Yunhai City is on the verge of an unfrozen sea, and the light snow falls on the land and melts on the same day, and the heavy snow can all melt in only two or three days.
My wife Zhang Cui has been uncomfortable in the past few days, and she has always been an early riser, and she has slept for three days in a row.
"Ahem......" Zhang Cui coughed a few times, trying to stabilize her breathing before getting up.
The curtains were opened, and the glass was covered with frost flowers.
Through the edge of the windowpane, you can see the white expanse outside.
Zhang Cui got dressed, opened the window to ventilate, and a cold wind blew into the house.
"Ahem......" Zhang Cui coughed violently again.
Li Jianguo was originally tinkering with the coal stove in the kitchen to make breakfast, but when he heard the cough, he immediately rushed to the bedroom.
Seeing that the window was wide open, he immediately closed the window, "You are not in good health, why did you open the window?"
Zhang Cui was still coughing, this time it was worse than the previous cough, because of holding her breath, her face was flushed.
Li Jianguo patted his wife on the back.
After a few seconds, Zhang Cui's cough symptoms eased, "I was so panicked, I couldn't breathe, and I opened the window for ventilation." ”
Li Jianguo was very worried about his wife's body, "Is it that the stove leaked smoke at night and was choked?"
Zhang Cui shook her head, "I didn't smell the smoke, I just felt stuffy, and it had been a while." ”
Li Jianguo also felt that it might not be the problem of the stove.
Before starting the stove this winter, he repaired all the pipes, there should be no smoke leakage, the stove is not fully sealed at night, and the door between the kitchen and bedroom where the stove is burned is usually closed, so it should not be carbon monoxide poisoning.
Zhang Cui opened the window again, "It's still more breathable, it's stuffy all night, and the house smells weird." ”
The cold wind poured into the house, Li Jianguo shivered, he picked up a coat and put it on his wife, "It's cold, be careful of catching a cold." ”
Although Zhang Cui was uncomfortable, her heart was very warm, and her wife's concern for her was meticulous.
"Maybe it's just a little cold, it's not in the way, I'll go make breakfast. Zhang Cui comforted his wife.
"Don't move, rest well, I'll make breakfast." Li Jianguo went to the kitchen to work.
Through the open glass window, you can see half of the scenery of Phoenix Mountain.
The sun rises in the east in the morning.
Phoenix Mountain is covered in snow, the branches are piled with snow, and the birds fly by, alarming the snowflakes to fall.
The morning sun was soft, and the air was crisp and crisp because the snow had just fallen.
Wisps of cooking smoke rose from all over the mountain.
Every place is a warm home under the smoke.
The cold air was mixed with the smell of fireworks.
The fireworks in the world are the scene at this time.
Zhang Cui likes the sight in front of her.
In the past, she would have watched a little longer, but today she was very uncomfortable.
I feel stuffy all the time, even if I open the window to breathe fresh air.
In addition to chest tightness, I also began to have a headache.
She took the thermometer out of the drawer and put it under her arm to take her temperature.
Is it really a cold?
After five minutes, take out the thermometer, 36.8 °C.
Body temperature is normal, no fever.
I didn't have a runny nose and my throat didn't hurt.
I didn't have any symptoms of a cold before.
It shouldn't be a cold, what's wrong with the headache and chest tightness?
Zhang Cui lay down in his clothes, ready to rest for a while, maybe he could feel better.
Lying down in the bed again, but after two minutes, she suddenly felt a terrible itch all over her body.
Scratch the itchy areas, but the more you scratch, the more itchy they get, especially the neck and arms.
Getting up and looking in the mirror, Zhang Cui found that many blisters had grown on his neck and arms.
Dermatosis?
How do you get skin diseases?
Zhang Cui was flustered and wondered, although she was from the mountains, she had always paid attention to hygiene, and she had just taken a bath three days ago.
"Cui'er, it's time to eat. ”
Li Jianguo called someone to go to the kitchen to eat, and when he saw his wife scratching his neck in front of the mirror, he immediately stepped forward, "Cui'er, what's wrong?"
"Itchy!"