Chapter 472: Snow Sweeping
This meal was not eaten in the end, and the follow-up between He Yuan and Tang Ying, the two of them did not pay attention to it anymore, they were also very busy, and they would not go out of their way to He Yuan to ask about it, unless the other party took the initiative to find them and mention this matter.
Xiang'an City can enter winter much earlier than Yongxin County, at the end of September, the weather began to turn cold, cotton clothes can be worn on the body.
By the beginning of October, it would snow, a light snowfall, and the whole city was covered in a snow-white coat.
But at noon, as soon as the sun came out, there was a ticking sound outside, that is, the snow was melting, and the snow was dripping, and the sound was made, and soon, except for the corners of the place, the snow in other places melted away.
The snow melted, but the temperature was lower, I felt that it was cold everywhere, I couldn't hold it, I really couldn't hold it, in order to save that little charcoal torch I was freezing and cold, and I couldn't draw it, so Qin Xi built a stove at home early to use it to bake the fire.
The two siblings save a lot of carbon and honeycomb coal, after all, they don't eat at home at noon, and the school cafeteria can solve their lunch meal, which is more than some people's homes.
They usually attend classes at school, only when they come back in the evening and during the holidays, they stay at home to have a barbecue, compared to those who have elderly and children at home, and the carbon fire at home is not extinguished, they are already less useful.
Qin Xi now has the income from the manuscript fee for translation, and he has a lot more money in hand, and in the farmers' market, as long as he sees someone selling carbon and firewood, he will start and buy some back.
This is the city, and if it's really cold, it's not like in the village, and you can go into the mountains to cut wood at any time.
Besides, there is not much firewood at home, not enough to save, her heart is uncertain, when she was in Chen Hui Village, she and her eldest brother before the winter, will hoard enough firewood for winter, now into the city, even more so, the things at home are not enough, she feels uneasy, those sold in the farmer's market, not expensive but storable things, she is eager to move all home.
Fortunately, her brother was able to persuade her, and the hoarding of goods was not too exaggerated, but there were a lot of things piled up in the corners of the living room, and the same was under the bed.
This year's snow fell exceptionally early and extraordinarily much, and the light snow before could only be regarded as an appetizer, a process of accumulating energy, and then began to make big moves.
Five days later, early in the morning, the sky was already dark, and the wall clock at home also showed that the time at this time came to half past seven in the morning.
Today it was her turn to get up early in the morning to boil water and wash, yesterday it was her brother, the day before yesterday it was Qin Qing, the three brothers and sisters came in turns one day, no one wanted to hide.
On this kind of cold day, Qin Xi was reluctant to stay outside longer, so as soon as he closed the door and closed the door of his own room, he began to light a fire in the house.
Closing the door of her own room is to prevent the choking smoke from the process of starting the fire from running into her room.
First use pine needles to ignite the carbon, pour the coal stove, put a honeycomb coal on top of the black charcoal, open the lid of the coal stove, ventilate, put a pot of hot water on it, burn it slowly, and then open the window next to the door, so that the choking smoke in the house can escape, and she will go back to the house and close the door.
As soon as the weather is cold, the school class time has also been adjusted, the morning is half past eight, the lunch break at noon is compressed by an hour, and the evening school time is one hour earlier.
It's not early today, but because it's Saturday and there is no class, Qin Xi lies back down.
In the warm quilt, the drowsiness that had been driven away before hit again, she fell asleep unconsciously, and woke up again, it was already more than an hour later, Qin Qing and Qin Jiang were about to make breakfast.
To say that Qin Xi is most satisfied with the family members is that they don't spoil their fun, and they won't wake people up early in the morning when they are fine.
Of course, she herself is like this, the most annoying person in the morning is noisy, not letting her sleep, pushing herself and others, all the same.
"Get up, leave hot water for you, pour it in the pot, and when you finish washing your face, you can almost have breakfast."
After Qin Xi finished washing, she directly dragged Qin Qing to the toilet, and after holding it all night, she really couldn't help it.
The corridor was icy and slippery, and the two of them walked very carefully, but in addition, there was a lot of snow falling on the corridor near the outside, which looked very even, about eight or nine centimeters thick, and it was obvious that it had fallen last night.
Holding on to the railing of the stairs and walking down cautiously, they were both stunned when they saw a thick layer of snow outside, and they stepped on it, and half of their calves were buried directly in it.
The two of them couldn't help it, you helped me and I helped you, went to the toilet, and after going back, I immediately told Qin Jiang about it.
In the morning, the three of them drank yellow rice porridge, accompanied by spicy cabbage pickled in Qinxi, which tasted good.
There are a lot of people staying at home today, and the snow outside is too thick, which seriously affects everyone's travel, so many people spontaneously took shovels downstairs to shovel the snow.
Qin Jiang is a strong young man, naturally he can't escape, he is still the main force of the team below, and he works fast and beautifully.
Mrs. Yu, who lived on the first floor, put on all the clothes she could wear, and opened the window tremblingly: "You guys, come here and clean up the snow in front of my house." ”
"There is so much snow, and there is a layer of ice on the road outside, and my old people don't dare to go outside."
In winter, there will be a urine bucket in her room, this is for convenience, she doesn't dare to go out easily in winter, for fear of falling, after all, she is old, and the old bones don't have to fall.
But this kind of behavior is very disgusting to the daughter-in-law, because the smell of the urine bucket is too rushed, and if you get close, your eyes will be smoked.
Although this smell has not spread to the outside, this kind of dirty thing appears in this house, which will itself provoke the mistress of this house, Mrs. Yu, a seventy-year-old man, who was trained by his daughter-in-law like a grandson, and he didn't dare to let go of a fart.
But if she wants to give up the urine bucket and go back and forth between home and the public toilet every day, she is unwilling, it is too difficult to go, she is an old woman, in winter, how can she have that strength.
She cherishes her life very much, and has seen too many examples of old people falling down in winter and finally dying of pain and death, of course she will pay special attention.
If it weren't for the daughter-in-law's resolute refusal to allow her to put the commode in the room, she wouldn't even be able to get out of the door this winter.