Chapter 91 It’s Snowing

After feeding Gu Yan the eggs, Li Wanqing took over Gu Yan's job of stacking firewood and let Gu Yan continue chopping firewood.

They got dozens or even hundreds of dead trees in total, and it would take a lot of time to chop them all up.

And they can't just chop wood, there are still a lot of prey in the space that need to be hunted.

So Li Wanqing and Gu Yan chopped firewood in the morning and went to the river to collect prey in the afternoon.

Sometimes the two of them would take a day off, and Gu Yan would go out to hunt some pheasants and rabbits and bring them back for Li Wanqing to make dried chickens and dried rabbits.

When Li Wanqing and Gu Yan were out, Li Wanqing was making cotton-padded clothes for two people at home, as well as a thick quilt for winter.

Li Wanqing also pickled sauerkraut and some more pickled vegetables.

Anyway, the two of them were busy all day long, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

All the dead trees at home have been chopped up. Now if someone comes to Gu Yan's house, the first thing they see is the huge pile of chopped firewood next to the cave.

The cave next to it, which serves as a warehouse, is hung with bacon, sausages, air-dried chicken, and air-dried rabbit.

There was a row of jars on the ground, filled with various pickles.

There are two large vats against the wall, which contain grain.

The food they usually eat is kept in here. Although Li Wanqing has space, they also have to put some food outside to hide it from others.

It's already mid-October, and according to previous years, it's almost time for snow.

"Wife, let me go get some more straw to cover the firewood pile. I think it's going to snow today." Gu Yan came in from outside and said to Li Wanqing.

"Why is it so cold today? It feels like the temperature has dropped by several degrees.

"Okay, go ahead. I'll also make the cotton door curtain quickly, otherwise the wind will blow into the cave as we go in and out," said Li Wanqing.

Gu Yan just came in to say a few words to Li Wanqing, and then went out to do something.

Li Wanqing wrapped her cotton jacket tightly and walked out of the cave to look. The sky outside was dark and the northwest wind was blowing.

Li Wanqing didn't stay long. She took a look and went back quickly.

Li Wanqing was not idle after returning home. She found a piece of blue coarse cloth and started making a cotton door curtain.

Cotton door curtains are easy to make. Just cut the coarse cloth into two pieces the size of half a door, then sew three sides together, leaving one side to stuff the cotton in, and then sew the opening for stuffing the cotton.

Because Li Wanqing wanted the door curtain to be able to be opened from the middle, she made two door curtains that were half the size of a door.

The door curtain was easy to make, and Li Wanqing had already finished it when Gu Yan came back.

"Wife, come out and help me." Gu Yan put two large loads of straw on the ground.

"Hey, here I come." Li Wanqing agreed and came out with the rope.

"Wife, I'm weaving a straw mat. Can you help me pass the straw?" Gu Yan said.

Gu Yan was an expert at weaving. He fixed three hemp ropes with a hook and started weaving with thatch.

Li Wanqing was watching his fingers flying beside him, and after a while she said, "Wife, thatch."

Li Wanqing took a handful of straw and handed it over.

With Li Wanqing's help, Gu Yan worked very quickly. In less than an hour, he had finished weaving the straw mat.

It's just a place to cover firewood, so there's no need to be too detailed.

After weaving the straw mat, Gu Yan climbed up to the pile of firewood and asked Li Wanqing to hand him the straw mat.

"Wife, be careful." Gu Yan looked at Li Wanqing holding such a heavy straw curtain and bending down as much as possible to reach it.

"Okay, wife, let go." Gu Yan pulled the straw curtain up with both hands.

After Gu Yan opened the straw curtain and adjusted its position to lay it flat on the firewood, Li Wanqing threw the rope in her hand to him.

The wind in the mountains in winter is particularly strong, and can blow away the straw curtains without tying them with ropes.

After thatching the pile of firewood, the two men hung up the cotton door curtain.

It only took Gu Yan such a long time to hang the door curtain that when he went out again, it was snowing outside.

"Wife, it's snowing outside." Gu Yan shouted while standing outside the cave.

"Is it really snowing?" Li Wanqing also ran out to see.

Outside, large snowflakes fell from the sky, and soon a layer of snow covered the ground.

Although Li Wanqing had seen snow in modern times, this was the first time she had seen such heavy snow.

"Gu Yan, the snow is too heavy, isn't it? I wonder how long it will last?" Li Wanqing reached out and caught a snowflake.

"This is the first snow of the year, and I don't think it will last long. But it snows every few days now.

I remember the heaviest snowfall lasted for half a month, and the snow outside was as high as a person.

Many animals froze to death in the mountains that year," said Gu Yan.

"Snow piled up as high as a person? Wouldn't that mean that no one can go out? They can only stay in the cave?" Li Wanqing felt terrified at the thought of not being able to go out for several months.

"It's not that you can't go out. The area in front of the cave entrance has to be cleaned every day. You can take a look and take a breath of fresh air in front of the cave entrance, but you can't go far away." Gu Yan explained.

It was okay to be able to come out and get some fresh air. Li Wanqing didn't ask any more questions. After staying outside for a while, Li Wanqing couldn't stand it anymore. It was really too cold.

"Let's go inside. Why is it so cold?" Li Wanqing stood there for a while and felt cold all over.

The stove in the cave was always burning and the temperature was high. Li Wanqing entered the warm room and shivered violently twice.

"Wife, you can't just wear a cotton jacket like this, you need to wear fur clothes.

The north wind in the mountains is extremely cold and can blow through ordinary cotton clothes.

I forgot that I should have prepared fur clothes for you." Gu Yan only now remembered that he should make a fur coat for his wife.

"It's okay. I'm in a hurry to do it now. At worst, I'll just go out less until the fur clothes are done." Li Wanqing said.

"That's fine. There's fox fur in the space. You can use it to make a fur coat.

I will make you two pairs of boots with deerskin. Deerskin boots are warm and waterproof, perfect for wearing in winter.

I remember there are quite a few rabbit furs, so you can make a hat and a scarf.

Anyway, we have no shortage of leather at home, so you can do whatever you want." Gu Yan said.

"You can also make deerskin boots?" Li Wanqing was surprised.

"Yes, I can. The boots I wear are all made by myself. My grandfather has good craftsmanship and makes good leather boots. I learned from him." Gu Yan can't make shoes, but he makes leather boots very well.

It was his grandfather who taught him how to make leather boots. After he learned it, he made all the leather boots that his grandparents wore.

Li Wanqing was very excited at the thought of having deerskin boots to wear. You know, she didn't have many ordinary pigskin shoes before, let alone deerskin boots.

After all, she is a poor student and the most common things she wears are sneakers and skate shoes.

She has never bought and cannot afford good leather shoes.