Hearing this, Xu Fangmin turned his head to look at the snow falling outside. "Oh, so my family buys some coal every winter. The coal plant is just east of town, not far away."
Jiang Henian nodded. "That's convenient. Uncle, you can buy more while the weather is good. We have an old man who is very accurate in predicting the weather. He said that this winter will be terribly cold. We plan to make a few more quilts and store more food to be prepared."
Xu Fangmin thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. I'll talk to Dongjiang when he comes back."
"Uncle, let's go, you're busy~"
He Jinshan was pushing a bicycle, while Jiang Henian walked beside him. He looked up at the snowflakes in the sky and sighed softly:
"Uncle, tell me, how cold will it be then? Will people freeze to death?"
"meeting."
He Jinshan spoke in a flat tone. He turned his head to look at the girl's eyelashes covered with snow. He reached out and put her cold hands into his pocket, then brushed off the fallen snow on her head.
"Where's the hat?"
Jiang Henian smuggled out two sheepskin hats from the cloth bag he was carrying across his shoulder, stood on tiptoe to put them on He Jinshan who was bending over, patted the fur on the brim of the hat, put it on himself, and pulled it down to cover the tips of his ears.
She pinched He Jinshan's jacket, which was so thin that the lines of his muscles could be felt directly, and asked worriedly, "Are you really not cold wearing only this?"
She was wearing a thick cotton coat and a modern technological thermal base layer underneath. If it were colder, she would have to wrap herself up like a ball.
He Jinshan raised his hand and placed his palm on Jiang Henian's soft jaw, smiling: "Is it warm?"
The man's warm body temperature instantly warmed the girl's cool skin.
Jiang Henian looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he rubbed his cheek against the large, dry palm for warmth, and squinted his eyes in comfort like a kitten.
“It’s so warm~”
"Uncle, even if we don't have that much supplies, I won't freeze to death if I stay in your arms, hehe~"
The slight melancholy that had just emerged flew away. Jiang Henian put his hands in his pockets, rubbed his feet in cotton shoes against each other, and walked close to He Jinshan.
She is not a savior and cannot control whether everyone will die in an unknown disaster. She has already given various hints and warnings to people she is familiar with. As for the others, everyone has their own destiny.
Not to mention the era of material scarcity, even in modern times, people still freeze to death in poor areas.
The two crossed the wide road and walked towards the densely populated alley opposite.
When they were about to turn into the fork in the road, a figure suddenly jumped out from nowhere, blocking the way of the two of them, almost scaring Jiang Henian.
"Brother Shan, you can't go in!"
Qi Xiaoxin carried a sack on his shoulder and whispered anxiously, "Liu Baijin wants to get you!"
Jiang Henian hid at the entrance of the alley, clinging to the wall with both hands, sticking out half of his head, watching He Jinshan's tall figure walking towards the old Kuishu tree.
He retracted his gaze and looked at the young man who was helping He Jinshan push the bicycle.
"You said He Jinshan saved you?"
Qi Xiaoxin nodded repeatedly and explained, "Last month, my grandfather ran away. He was sometimes not sober and was almost hit by a bus. It was Brother Shan who saved him."
"My grandfather is my only relative. Saving him is saving my life."
Jiang Henian nodded in understanding, and leaned back against the wall to peek, but He Jinshan was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that he had already gone into the long alley.
She couldn't help but worry and asked hurriedly: "How many people are ambushed in there?"
Qi Xiaoxin knew everything and said, "There are at least twenty of them. Yesterday, I was selling goat milk in the alley and overheard Wang Daqiang mumbling to himself. Then I secretly observed him. This morning, at least twenty people entered Baijin Garden, all of them armed."
"So many! Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Jiang Henian became anxious when she heard this. She raised her foot and was about to rush out to ask He Jinshan to come back.
Qi Xiaoxin quickly stopped her, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law! You can't go out! Those people are going to arrest you!"
The alley was quiet and bustling with people as usual.
"Master Jiang, you are finally here."
Wang Daqiang stood up with the help of the wall. The bruises on his face had disappeared by half, and he looked even funnier.
He pointed to the open gate indifferently and said, "The goods you asked for have arrived."
He Jinshan didn't stop and walked straight in.
Wang Daqiang and Zhang Wan, who had followed him into the alley, exchanged glances and lowered their voices, "Where's that woman?"
"No, he came here by himself."
Wang Daqiang's eyes flashed with viciousness, and he glanced towards the door, "Go in."
The two men followed him in, and with a bang, the red-painted courtyard door was closed.
The people trading in the alley looked at each other, lowered their heads, and quietly sold their small items.
"Master Jiang, oh no, Master He, your woman threw my face on the ground and stepped on it. How can I explain this?"
Liu Baijin sat at the top, his gold-inlaid cane resting on the ground.
Qian Dahai and Tong Ling were caught and thrown into the middle.
The two men were beaten to pieces and looked unconscious. Qian Dahai had thick skin and fat flesh, but he could still beg for mercy with swollen eyelids.
"Uncle! Uncle, please forgive me. I was framed by that bitch! I—uh!"
Before he could finish his words, He Jinshan kicked him down and crushed him on the ground like an ant.
The man's feet seemed to be relaxed, but he stepped on Qian Dahai so hard that he couldn't move and couldn't even breathe.
He Jinshan tilted his head and looked at Liu Baijin calmly: "My child was reading a book obediently, who brought in some sweets? Master Liu's nephew is so big, I'm afraid you can't move him, right?"
As he spoke, he twitched his thin lips slightly and suddenly kicked Qian Dahai, who was injured and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, out like kicking garbage.
In full view of everyone, the obese Qian Dahai flew in a parabola and directly hit Liu Baijin's favorite antique display cabinet.
There was a loud clanging of bells.
The four-meter-wide antique display cabinet fell to the ground, and the antique porcelain on it shattered all over the floor.
The people waiting around were all shocked, not daring to breathe, with fear in their eyes, and they instantly clenched the wooden sticks and machetes in their hands.
What a terrifying power!
The man looked relaxed, but his whole body was filled with the expression "I look down on everyone".
His cold and indifferent gaze fell on Tong Ling.
Tong Ling's already pale face was so frightened that she looked like she had been dead for three days. She was trembling all over and crawling towards Liu Baijin using her hands and feet.
"Master Liu! Master Liu! Bai Jin! Please save me! I am innocent. You are the only one in my heart, Bai Jin!"
Liu Baijin's face was gloomy and slightly green. He stepped on Tong Ling's shoulder but did not kick her away. He just stared at He Jinshan and warned him with narrowed eyes: "Young man, it's easy to capsize if you are too arrogant. If you work under me, I can give you benefits that you can't get anywhere else."
"You haven't even grown wings yet, and you're already trying to break up with me?"
As he spoke, the men surrounding him gathered towards the center, weapons in hand.
He Jinshan, standing at the center of the target, rolled up his sleeves slowly, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and continued the movement until he rolled up his sleeves to his elbows, revealing the strong and sturdy lines of his arms.
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