Yang shook her head. "If it's a light snowfall, it's fine. But if it snows as heavily as last night, and it happens a few more times, the house might collapse completely. If the beams collapse and hit someone, that would be terrible!"
The thought of "the house collapsing due to heavy snow" was unimaginable to Su Qingluan, a child who grew up in a city building. However, even after hearing Yang's casual words, Su Qingluan felt a chill down her spine at the scene.
Imagine being smashed to pieces by a collapsed building while you're sleeping...
hiss--!
Su Qingluan couldn't help but gasp and subtly smoothed out the goose bumps that suddenly appeared.
"Daya? What's wrong with you? You don't look well." Yang, who was holding the ladder on the other side, looked at Su Qingluan's face, which seemed to have turned a little pale. "Is it too cold outside? You should go back and rest quickly."
Su Qingluan shook her head: "If we both hold the ladder together, it will be more stable for Dad to go up and down." This kind of ladder does not have an automatically fixed structure. If someone accidentally slips, not only Su Guangfu on the ladder, but also the person holding on from below may be injured.
However, if there is one more person to support you, stability will be increased, and the possibility of being injured will be greatly reduced.
Su Qingluan and Yang held the ladder together and asked Su Guangfu to knock down the snow on both sides of each roof. Soon the snow in front of the door piled up into a small hill again.
The two children had a lot of fun playing in the snow, but it was not so easy for three adults to sweep the snow - especially since they had to clear out the kitchen, toilet and the paths leading to each house, which was no small project.
The family of three worked from early morning after breakfast until sunset. Fortunately, there were frozen wontons outside for dinner, otherwise Su Qingluan would have suspected that the three "coolies" would rather starve than cook dinner.
After dinner, although she was very tired, Su Qingluan still endured the drooping eyelids and forced herself to gently massage her legs and arms. Otherwise, Su Qingluan had a premonition that she would be sore all over tomorrow due to excessive fatigue.
Unlike Su Guangfu and Yang, who work in the fields all year round, she, who only works in the kitchen, can be said to be a little "fragile".
The most direct evidence is that although they were also very tired after a day's work, Yang and Su Guangfu still had the energy to chop firewood and prepare dinner - although it was just a simple soup and dumplings, and repairing the snow-clearing tools that were broken today.
Su Qingluan felt like she had turned into a puddle of mud that didn't want to move. She probably wouldn't be able to even run if there was an emergency.
After spending a whole day cleaning their yard, the Su family finally had the leisure to go out for a walk the next day, and by the way, see if there are any vendors selling things that they can exchange for food they don’t have - such as tofu, or some game hunted by hunters.
Su Qingluan took her younger brother and sister to play snowball fight in the yard. Although it was a one-on-two fight, the little girl Su Xueyan on the opposite side was simply a weakling, and the little friend Su Xuanhe obviously lacked "combat experience". After a while, he was ruthlessly buried in the snow by Su Qingluan and turned into a "human snowman" on the spot. If no one helped, he would be like a carrot that could not be pulled out.
Su Xuanhe was furious, but Su Xueyan had "betrayed" him at this moment. Seeing her "comrade" rolling in the snow with laughter, her whole body trembling, Su Xuanhe rolled his eyes speechlessly: "I say, who are you in the same group with?"
After playing for a while, Su Qingluan saw that it was almost time, so she and her sister "dug" her brother out of the snow pile, let the two little guys shake off the floating snow on themselves, and then let her sister go to take a nap, while her brother had to take advantage of the good light at dawn to review his lessons.
After Su Qingluan settled her younger brother and sister, and seeing that her parents had not returned yet, she turned and walked towards Sun Guixiang's house across the street - if she remembered correctly, Sun Guixiang would be due to give birth in about half a month.
In this era, giving birth for women is literally like "going through the gates of hell" - backward production conditions, generally poor nutrition, and various strange customs have together led to this sad result that makes people sad to think about it.
Su Qingluan understood that she had no professional medical knowledge, and even among doctors, not all of them were experts in gynecology, so she could basically not help Sun Guixiang in this matter.
But Sun Guixiang is one of the few people in this world who can be considered a "friend" of Su Qingluan. Even if she goes to see her and give her some comfort, it would be good.
When Su Qingluan went out, she happened to meet Su Guangfu and Yang who had returned from exchanging firewood and seasonings for food.
Today, the two exchanged for a piece of steaming hot tofu, a handful of emerald green black bean sprouts, and most importantly, two wild pheasants with brightly colored tail feathers!
Su Qingluan's eyes lit up. "This wild pheasant has a firm texture, making it perfect for stir-frying. Although it's a bit hard to eat, the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes. Even if it's not a full meal, it's a good choice as a snack."
Seeing Su Qingluan locking the gate and coming out, Yang asked, "Why are you out here in this cold weather instead of staying home to warm yourself by the fire?"
"I heard that Aunt Guixiang is about to give birth, and I want to go see her." More importantly, she is now unable to move around easily, and the relatives who can usually come to visit are not convenient to come often for the time being because of the heavy snow, so Su Qingluan actually still has the idea of helping with things that she can do.
Yang and Su Guangfu had obviously thought of this as well. They exchanged a glance, and Yang shoved the steaming wooden bowl of tofu into Su Guangfu's arms. "Here, I'll go with the eldest girl to see Sister Guixiang. If there's anything I can help you with, I'll call you back."
Su Guangfu nodded, picked up the wild pheasants in one hand, took the tofu and black bean sprouts in the other hand, nodded to the Yang mother and daughter, and said, "Come to me if you need anything." Then he turned and walked towards the Su family's yard.
Just as Su Qingluan had worried, Sun Guixiang was only twelve days away from her due date.
Sun Guixiang's belly was now rounder and firmer than the last time Su Qingluan saw her, and her feet and legs were obviously beginning to swell, so now she usually only walked slowly around the house, and could only walk steadily with the support of Li Sanlang.
When Su Qingluan and Yang went to visit, they happened to see him rushing out. Su Qingluan quickly walked up to him and asked, "Uncle Li, where are you going in such a hurry? Is it okay to leave Aunt Guixiang alone at home?"
Li San smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest with you, sister-in-law and Madam Su, even if you two don't come to visit my wife today, I will still ask you to help take care of her for the time being. I'm going to go to the east end of the village to ask the midwife to come over."
Upon hearing this, Yang asked hurriedly, "It's still half a month away from the wedding. Aren't we being too hasty?"
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