Chapter 63: The Snow Disaster
The snow fell so heavily that it didn't stop for two days and two nights.
Early in the morning of the second day of the snow, Gu Lan pushed the door but couldn't open it, pushed open the window and looked out, only to see that the snow outside was half a foot deep, blocking the door tightly.
Zhu'er jumped out of the window and shoveled the snow with a wooden shovel, and the siblings worked for half an hour before shoveling aside the snow from the door to the exit of the yard to make a way.
After making breakfast, Gu Lan stopped Zhu'er, who still wanted to go out, and asked him to stay at home and watch his younger brothers and sisters, and just play at home.
The snow was so deep that it was still falling, and she was a little worried.
The weather was as dark as night, Zhu'er was ordered to take Liang'er and Zhu'er to play on the kang, he showed off the fists and feet he had just learned in the past few days, Zhu'er did the same, waving his little hands, bouncing on the kang.
Such a warm scene dispelled a little of the worry in Gu Lan's heart, and she began to rejoice, fortunately, she rebuilt the house before the snow, otherwise with the leaky and dilapidated house before, maybe they would be buried under the snow after the night.
"Brother, don't jump, I learned a few words yesterday, I'll teach you."
Liang Er had the heart to dissuade the noisy brother and sister, but she was powerless.
Zhu'er laughed strangely and threw him down and pressed him down: "Haha, what's the use of learning to write?" Isn't it the same that I can't move when I press on my back? I don't have to learn to write, I just need to know martial arts! ”
He is invincible, like a proud general.
Liang'er couldn't push him no matter how hard he tried, his little face was swollen and red, and Zhu'er thought that the two brothers were playing, and giggled on the side.
"You can only do martial arts, isn't that a reckless man?" Liang Er pushed his brother unconvinced, and couldn't understand why he didn't like to study so much.
They were too noisy, a thought that flashed in Gu Lan's mind was fleeting, she was a little helpless, and walked over to pat Zhu'er's ass, "Get off Liang'er, you have so much strength, don't crush him!" ”
"If you learn to read and write, you will learn, why is there so much nonsense?"
As soon as my sister spoke, Zhu'er was stunned, immediately let go of Liang'er, sat down cross-legged obediently, Liang'er turned over and got out of bed, brought up the sand table made by Gu Lan, smoothed the sand, and began to teach him to write.
Zhu'er couldn't sit still, his butt was like a nail, Liang'er read word by word, Zhu'er had long been used to it, and followed it like that, Zhu'er also read it casually, but his eyes followed Gu Lan around.
Gu Lan finally thought of that question, how could there be no movement in the village with such a heavy snowfall?
She was suddenly shocked in her heart, no, she wanted to go to the village to have a look!
Hurriedly ordered: "Zhu'er, you are watching your younger brothers and sisters at home, I will go to the village!" ”
"Sister, I'll go with you!"
"Obedient!"
At the sound of an order, Zhu'er, who had already gotten out of bed, climbed onto the bed again and let out a wilting "oh".
Gu Lan stepped into the deep snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, the snow in the sky was still falling, and the pool on the ground had been covered with snow, and in an instant, all those unevenness were gone, leaving only the white snow, drowning the trees.
The snow was deep enough to be near Gu Lan's knees, she struggled to judge the direction, and first went to the bamboo forest to find Old Man Shao, who was not at home.
"He just went to the village, what are you looking for him to do?"
"I didn't see the smoke at home, and I didn't hear the sound of the village, I just felt that something was wrong, so I thought about asking Grandpa Shao to go to the village to have a look, but I didn't see the footprints, it was probably covered by snow."
Gu Lan had seen the houses of the people in the village, and some of them were better than the old houses she lived in before.
Aji sighed: "This year's snow is much heavier than in previous years. ”
"Wait a minute, I'll go with you."
Aji went into the house to get something, closed the bamboo door casually, walked to Gu Lan's side in the snow, and handed her a mink coat.
"It's warmer on your body, don't freeze."
Gu Lan saw that he was wearing it, and he didn't twist it, he put it on his body and set off immediately.
Aggie was a little uncomfortable walking in the snow, and after walking a few steps, he stumbled a little.
Gu Lan glanced back at him and handed him the tail of the bamboo pole.
"Hold on, I'll lead you."
In this way, the two rushed to the village in the wind and snow.
When she got closer, Gu Lan heard the sound of wind and snow mixed with whimpering.
"Save him, the child is still down there!"
Gu Lan's heart was immediately lifted, and she quickened her pace, and saw a muddy house collapsed by the heavy snow, several men were struggling to pick up the soil, and a woman knelt down in the snow and begged.
Seven or eight families in the village were affected, their houses collapsed, two elderly people and a child died, five people were injured, and dozens of people were left homeless.
The wind and snow continued, and Old Man Shao realized that something was wrong early in the morning, and went to the village to find people to patrol around and rescued these seven or eight families.
Now these people have been sent to Lizheng's house to boil water for treatment.
Li Zheng's family is larger than other families, but it is difficult to accommodate so many people, not to mention, several rooms in his family have been crushed by heavy snow.
The same is true for other homes, brick houses are pressure-resistant, but not all homes are brick houses, most people's houses are made of mud and thatch.
No one expected that this year's wind and snow would be so big.
"It's really unlucky, I finally don't have to go hungry this year, but with such a big snow, it's going to be cold to death!"
The people in the village mourned, complaining that the thief did not give people a way to live.
Gu Lan's face is not very good-looking, the people have just been requisitioned by the imperial court for food, they are already hungry, and now it is snowing heavily, even if they are not starved to death, they will be frozen to death, if people are forced to a dead end, they don't know what they will do.
"I'm afraid there will be more bandits on the mountain road next year!"
"The village must be cautious, maybe someone will take advantage of the chaos to attack the village."
Old man Shao and Gu Lan spoke almost at the same time.
They glanced at each other, and Old Man Shao fell into deep thought.
After a while, he slapped the table, and asked Uncle Ming to immediately gather the young adults in the village, start patrolling the village, and send two or three people to the nearby villages to check the situation.
The affected people were temporarily resettled in other people in the village, and for a while, the people in the village were busy again.
Gu Lan is also helping, she knows more medical knowledge than these women, and these rescued people have to prevent frostbite in addition to bone injuries.
Fortunately, the villagers hunted and often caught animals like piglets, whose fat prevents frostbite.
"It's still comfortable at home for Lan girl, so a fire kang is in the house, and it is warm everywhere, and it won't be as cold as this."
A woman rubbed her hands and complained while stomping her frozen feet.
Gu Lan's heart moved, yes, why don't you promote the practice of the fire kang to the people in the village?
Wouldn't it be possible to earn points as well?
She flicked her own braincase, and she was really dizzy.