Chapter 298: Survival in the Last Days (38)

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Qing Soul stayed at home, carrying Xixi and Beibei to open the gate and sweep the snow in the courtyard.

About five meters away in front of her house is an east-west river, the river is more than four meters wide, there is a row of peach trees and willows planted by the river, and across the river is a beach about ten meters wide, full of large-leaved willows. To the south is a river embankment, after the river embankment, but it is a large east-west river beach about 500 meters wide, which was originally a drainage river beach, and usually grows grain, and then to the south, it is a drainage river.

Qing Soul's plan is to build a snow and ice wall along the opposite bank of the river in front of her house on the river beach across the river, which also saves people from entering the village from the embankment road on the opposite bank in the future.

At this time, the snow was cleared, so I simply pushed the snow into the creek first. With such a heavy snowfall, it probably won't take many days for the river to be closed, and it will be convenient to go to the opposite bank to build an ice wall.

The sister-in-law cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and after cleaning the dishes to be made at noon, she came over to help clear the snow.

Qing Soul swept the yard of his house, as well as the snow in front of the gate, so he asked Xixi and Beibei to practice martial arts in the yard, and the sister-in-law was busy burning the kang, and Qing Soul went to the third uncle's house to help clear the snow.

The second uncle doesn't need to help at home, the second uncle and the second aunt are at home, plus the daughter-in-law Zhao Youyou can also take a hand, and it won't take long to sweep the yard.

However, the third uncle and the eldest brother went to the village together, and only Qingluan and the third aunt could do things at home. In such a cold weather, grandma is old, and she doesn't dare to let them go out to work.

With the help of the Green Soul, the courtyard and the road in front of the door were quickly cleaned.

After nearly an hour of labor, although the weather was very cold, the body was warm.

After entering the house, he took off his coat and clothes, sat down on the kang, and grandma said, "Qingqing, you and Qingluan go to the chicken shed to have a look." Your third uncle was called away by your brother early in the morning, and the chickens haven't been fed yet, with such a heavy snow, it's cold like this, and I don't know what happens to our chickens. โ€

Qing Soul felt that he couldn't hide it from his grandmother anymore, so he peeled the oranges, handed them to the mouths of the two old men, and said simply: "You and my grandfather don't worry about your chickens, my third uncle asked someone to kill them a few days ago, so I left a few in the greenhouse in the backyard." โ€

The old grandmother glared, and she was not lightly angry: "What? You losers, what about seventy or eighty chickens, and only a few are left? Are they all called killed? The chicken has only been raised for less than a year, and it will be time to lay eggs after spring next year, ouch, my heart! โ€

"Don't be angry, come, eat a piece of orange sweetheart, and quench the fire. Do you think, such a big snowfall, after a few days, your chicken shed is simply made of red bricks, and the top is only simply treated, so it can withstand the heavy snow? When you turn around, the chicken shed has fallen, and you're afraid that you won't be able to keep a few of those chickens, so you might as well kill them. Look at it, look back at the few families that raise chickens in the village, every family has to kill chickens, you have only raised less than a hundred, but people have raised thousands. Lost more than you? In fact, it's not a loss, this weather, I'm afraid that the road will be blocked, and it won't take long for the New Year, and then I can't go out, I can't do the New Year's goods, and those people in the village can digest it, and the price is only more expensive, and there is no reason for being cheap. The original price of your chicken was only about 100 yuan, right? If you don't believe that if you wait for another ten days and a half months, I will sell you 200 and someone will ask for it! But then again, didn't you say that those chickens were just for us to eat? What is the difference between eating late and eating early? Are you saying I'm right? โ€

Oh yes, the old lady was half angry and half dead.

"What about the chickens that were killed?"

Seeing that the old lady was murderous, Qing Soul moved to the side of his grandfather: "Cough, it's in my freezer." Pile up a freezer. Milk, why don't we braise two at noon today? I'm afraid you'll be angry, so I don't dare to eat it these days. I can't eat it just by looking at it, and I'm hungry to death. โ€

The old lady glared at her: "Eat, eat, I'll call your sister-in-law to burn three at noon, one for each family, it's all done, right?" Ouch, my chicken. There will be no eggs to harvest next spring. If you take the chicks back to raise them in the spring, you will have to lay eggs in the summer. You losers. Fortunately, I saved some eggs before, and I can't spoil it in this weather, and I have to go out and buy eggs that I don't use for the New Year. โ€

Grandpa laughed on the side: "I just said that I didn't even ask me to touch the chicken food in the past few days, and I didn't let the door out, so I was warm in the house, because I was afraid that I would go to the chicken shed." Kill it, kill it, but don't eat it all at once, I look at the weather, it's really the same as what I just said, I'm afraid that in a few days this snow will block the road, and you won't be able to go out, and there will be nowhere to buy some meat when the time comes. There are a few ten chickens, and there is no shortage of fishy meat at home. โ€

"Grandpa, why don't you say you're wise."

Qing Soul coaxed the second elder for a while, then got off the kang and put on snow boots, put on a coat and went out.

Qingluan just poured a glass of strawberry juice and handed it to her: "Where is this going?" โ€

Qing Soul said: "The eldest brother has a batch of charcoal, and it is estimated that it will have to be distributed to each family today." I'm afraid that there will be a power outage due to such heavy snow. If the electricity goes out, you have to rely on charcoal and firewood to keep your heat out. But firewood is not stored in every house. Some families are smarter, and seeing that the weather is not right, they go up the mountain to get some dead branches and come back, but most families are not prepared. I went to the village to find someone, went up the mountain to chop some firewood, and came back. โ€

"Didn't our family have firewood? It's all piled up in the backyard. Besides, brave such a heavy snow? What should I do if I freeze? โ€

"I can't freeze. There is not too much firewood. On this day, it is estimated that the temperature will not rise in a few months. If you don't get some more, the existing ones will run out, and the whole family will hide in the quilt all day long? โ€

Qingluan said: "Then you don't need to go, right?" When they come back, just tell them to go. Even if I accompany you, what firewood can we chop at our two girls' house? Do you have the strength to drag it back? โ€

Qing Soul glanced at her: "I didn't point to you, and if you go, it will help me." As for the big brothers, they have their own business to do. โ€

Qingluan was not convinced: "Why did I do you a favor?" โ€

Grandma said on the side: "Okay, Xiaoluan, you are not as good as Qingqingpi." If you want to say more firewood, this is also true. Qingqing, don't run around alone, you can't go to the mountains alone. Go and ask your second uncle to come with you. โ€

As he went out, Qing Soul replied, "Okay." I'll call my second uncle. โ€

Qing Soul went home and talked to his sister-in-law, and the second uncle took the rope and axe and went to the village.

The closest way up the mountain is from the east-west center of the village.

As a result, I walked about 20 meters to the north, and I saw a group of people pulling a cart from the central village.

Qing Soul said in her heart, it was really not what she expected, these people probably went to the old village and the abandoned elementary school to pull charcoal.

When I got closer, I saw that the eldest brother and they were also in the team. (1st Update)