"So, I'm both looking forward to snow and not wanting it to snow. If it snows, it will be more convenient for us to use water."
"But it's snowing, so we can't hurry any faster than we want."
"Who says it's not? My family only has one donkey cart, and the elderly and children can ride on it. But my wife, my second son and his wife have to push the cart."
"The official road is covered with snow and is slippery. With people like this walking on it, the road becomes even harder to walk on."
"If the official road is frozen, our cloth shoes will be soaked in less than half a day. Our feet will definitely be frozen and painful."
"However, fortunately, the village chief has forced every household to have a donkey cart."
"If the village chief hadn't specifically emphasized it at that time, I really wouldn't have spent money on buying a donkey cart. I could have used that money to buy some food and stored it."
"Yes, I thought the same as you at that time. But now I really want to thank the village chief."
"We adults can endure more hardships, but the elderly and children at home don't have to suffer like us."
"It snowed, and they hid in the carriage, covered with blankets, chatting and sleeping. This was much happier than sleeping in the carriage by myself."
"Haha, so not everyone can be the village chief."
"The village chief is still the village chief. He is so far-sighted."
These words happened to be heard by the village chief who was strolling over, and his face immediately broke into a smile.
"You've all come to understand now and know I'm doing this for your own good. Back then, when I asked you to buy a car, you all turned your backs on me."
"Village chief, please be magnanimous and don't worry about this. We now know we are in the wrong."
"Then you should be less angry with me in the future. If you make me mad to death, where can you find another village chief with my good temper?"
"The village chief is right. From now on, we will listen to whatever you say and will not raise any objections."
The village chief smiled and said, "You are more like this."
After the village chief finished speaking, he walked to the back of the team.
Because of the fog, the refugee group in front walked very slowly on the official road, and the group from Yunjia Village also slowed down.
"Our village chief really has a good temper. If it were me, I would have quit long ago."
"Fortunately, you are not our village chief."
After he said this, there was a burst of laughter all around.
At the end of the team, the Yun family members were also chatting.
"Boss, are you cold? Do you want to put on another piece of thick clothing?" Zhang asked as she lifted the car curtain.
"Wife, I'm wearing enough clothes. No need to add any more clothes." Yun the butcher said, turning around.
"Boss, I just found all the furs I exchanged with the Wu family."
"I thought that during the lunch break, I would cover the entire interior of the mule and donkey carts with furs."
"Oh, and the inside of the carriage needs to be covered with coarse cloth. It'll keep the wind out. And the curtains need to be replaced with thicker ones."
"I'd better go find the old coarse cloth first." After saying this, Zhang returned to the carriage and began to rummage through the basket.
Fortunately, the basket containing the old coarse cloth was not pressed at the bottom. After Zhang moved the two baskets, she saw the basket containing the old coarse cloth.
The basket containing the furs was placed next to the basket containing the old coarse cloth. Zhang moved them out together.
Two baskets filled with furs and one basket filled with old coarse cloth, the three put together are still very spectacular.
Zhang poked her head out and said, "Boss, I want to add a layer of fur between two layers of old coarse cloth to make a carriage curtain. Do you think we have enough fur?"
Butcher Yun took a look inside the carriage and saw the basket that Zhang had found.
However, he shook his head and said, "Wife, why don't you take the furs and go to the carriage at noon. After you finish spreading them, if there are any left, you can make curtains for the carriage."
Zhang nodded in agreement, "Boss, you make sense."
Then she took out two pieces of fur and gestured at the bottom of the carriage.
The two furs were too small to form a bed. Besides, there were three people sleeping in Yun Yiyi's car, so more furs were needed.
Finally, after repeated calculations, she came up with six to eight pieces of fur that could be used to make beds for the children to sleep on.
A donkey cart's compartment is smaller than a mule's, so six pelts would probably be enough.
The mule cart had a large carriage and required eight fur skins.
Fortunately, the furs provided by the Wu family were all of similar size and were processed very cleanly.
Zhang planned to first lay out a layer of mats in the carriage, then cover it with furs, and then put a blanket on top of the furs.
Finally, put a layer of old coarse cloth on top of the quilt. This way, you should be much warmer when you sleep at night.
Zhang made up her mind and carried a basket of furs, covered it with a roll of old coarse cloth, to Yun Yiyi and her friends' mule cart.
"Zirui, Yiyi, go find your dad. I'll come over and make your beds. It's going to be very cold tonight, whether it snows or not."
"Mom, let Brother Zirui go. I'm here to help you."
"Okay, no problem."
Xie Zirui got off the car and did not go to Yun the butcher. Instead, he went to the donkey cart in front.
"Zi Rui, why are you here?"
"Third brother, Auntie brought a basket of cloth and said she wanted to help us make the bed. Otherwise, it would be too cold at night."
"Yeah, the temperature is too low today. Maybe it will snow tonight."
"Fortunately, we can sleep in the car. Otherwise, it would be so cold sleeping on the ground."
The three boys quickly started chatting.
"Mom, why did you make the bed so big?"
"This bed is too small for the three of you. It won't do. Besides, don't underestimate this fur. It's windproof and very warm to sleep on."
"Mom, you've worked hard."
Zhang was spreading the furs while smiling, "It's not hard for mother. Mother is so happy to see you children being so obedient."
With Yun Yiyi's help, Zhang made a bed in the carriage except for the space for storing things.
Zhang placed the previous mattress on top of the fur. The mattress was small, so she used two mattresses.
Finally, put the old coarse cloth sheets on it, and put the pillows and quilt on it, and it's done.
Yun Yiyi lay down on the bed and said, "Mom, it's so soft and warm."
Zhang patted the bed and said, "As long as it's warm, it's good. It's getting colder every day. If you don't prepare well, it will be troublesome if you catch a cold."
"Yiyi, come and help mother wrap the old coarse cloth around the carriage."
"Here I come, mother."
In a short while, Zhang had surrounded the entire carriage with old coarse cloth.
She didn't wrap the roof of the carriage with a piece of coarse cloth because there were bundles of hay on top of the carriage. The hay directly blocked the wind from blowing in through the roof.
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