The snow was still falling, and there were no strangers outside the villa. Everyone inside was worried: "Will those people come again? If they do, what will happen to our small group?"
"They probably won't come. We've already given them food. Sigh, I really hope this will end soon... Oh, where's Ruo Ruo?"
Everyone looked around and found that Xihe was not in the room. Zhou's mother suddenly pointed outside and said, "He and Zhou Yan are outside. Hey, what are they doing?"
Outside the house, Xihe was bending over, moving her feet in the snow like an old lady on her deathbed, squatting down from time to time to check. Zhou Yan followed closely behind, and the dog was happily digging in the snow not far away.
"Ruoruo, it's too cold. Why don't we bury it tomorrow?"
Zhou Yan glanced at the sky and said with some worry, "Look at the weather, it's going to snow again soon. Let's go inside first."
"Ten minutes." Xihe walked slowly and rhythmically around the villa, squatting every twenty steps and motioning him to dig up the ground and bury a piece of jade. "Burn one more piece and we'll go in. Quick, here!"
Zhou Yan hurried over with a shovel and started digging the soil with great grunts. Gou Zi also came over to help.
The man and the dog dug until snowflakes flew everywhere, but the cold wave had passed and the ground had been eroded by ice to make it extremely hard, so it was not easy to dig to the surface.
Everyone in the room looked at the two figures, their brows subconsciously furrowed. Zhou's mother's face inadvertently revealed a look of heartache. Seeing this, Tan's mother felt ashamed and hurriedly pushed open the door: "Ruoruo is a child who likes to make trouble. I'll go call them back!"
They saw Tan's mother running over in the snow, scolding the girl, taking the shovel from Zhou Yan's hand, and calling him into the house.
Seeing them coming back, Grandma Lin hurriedly opened the door and said with a smile, "The snow is too heavy. Come in quickly and drink some hot water to warm yourself up." She poured a few cups of hot water.
Xihe and Zhou Yan were holding hot water when their family scolded them. They were told not to wander around outside, as they might catch a cold. Seeing the two of them nod obediently, they immediately went back to work. There was still a lot of work to do in the villa, and they were busy.
"Ruoruo, come and help."
Tan's mother greeted Xihe and, after entering the kitchen and seeing no one else around, slapped her on the back: "What's wrong with you, little girl? Why are you dragging Zhou Yan out to the yard instead of staying in the house? It's snowing so cold! If you don't feel bad for her, your mother does."
Xi He was about to get beaten up, but when he heard this, he paused: "Auntie Zhou said something about me?"
Tan's mother was so angry that she almost slapped her on the forehead. "Needless to say, it's so cold and snowing, and you're taking her son to dig snow in the yard. Who wouldn't feel bad? I'd feel bad too!"
"Are you a heartless girl? If you were together, wouldn't you pay attention to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?"
Xihe suddenly felt overwhelmed and just wanted to run away: "Okay, okay, Mom, I get it. I will never do this again. I'm going to get busy now."
Before he could get far, he was grabbed and said, "Come back here!"
Tan's mother frowned and looked at her: "Tell me the truth, what happened between you and Xiao Zhou? It's been so long, why haven't you guys made any progress?"
Speaking of this, she became suspicious, mainly because she had been in City Z for so long, and the two families lived together every day, but the two children got along like friends, without any intimate behavior at all, at most they just held hands.
Does this look like a wedding?
Xihe: ...
He looked at the original owner's mother speechlessly: "Mom, the basement is so small, how do you expect me to make any noise?"
Mother Tan was stunned. When she realized what was happening, her face flushed red. She angrily slapped her, "You little bitch, what are you talking about? Don't you feel ashamed?"
Xihe rolled his eyes and said, "You have the nerve to ask, and you even ask me if I'm embarrassed to say it, haha."
"Anyway, you better pay attention to me from now on."
Tan's mother waved her hand: "Let's go, let's go, don't be an eyesore here."
But I was thinking in my heart that it was really inconvenient to live in the basement every day. Now that I was back upstairs, I had to clean up the room as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Zhou's father was also scolding Zhou's mother: "How the two children get along is their own business. Don't make that expression all the time. What will the Tan couple think if they see it?"
Zhou's mother knew she was in the wrong, so she lowered her head and said, "I understand. I'll be more careful next time."
Father Zhou said, "It's enough for you to know. Now that our two families are tied together, we must support each other in the future. Only by being tolerant of each other can we go long-term. Playing tricks like this is unacceptable."
Mother Zhou: ...her face turned blue. Is this damn man trying to say in a roundabout way that she is playing tricks on him?
Needless to say, the various conversations between the Tan and Zhou families took place, but Xihe felt that both Tan's mother and Zhou's mother were people with very good personalities. The four elders of the Tan family listened to their daughters and sons-in-law in everything and would never cause trouble at critical moments. Although Zhou's mother had some small thoughts, it was purely human nature.
Mr. Zhou has lofty ambitions, while Mr. Tan has a calm mind and is willing to listen to others.
After a month of working together, everyone worked together, discussed problems together, and never had a quarrel.
Just for this reason, she had no reluctance to bleed a little.
Zhou Yan was frightened: "Ruoruo, what are you doing? Give me the knife quickly, don't hurt yourself."
Xihe avoided his outstretched hand and slashed his palm with incredible speed. Blood dripped onto the pieces of jade and was quickly absorbed.
Zhou Yan was so shocked that he forgot to move. Looking at the rather mysterious scene in front of him, his mind was in a mess.
"Bring the bowl over here!"
He subconsciously handed over the bowl.
Xihe frowned and dripped blood into the bowl, waiting until the bleeding was almost over before stopping it.
Zhou Yan reacted and hurriedly took out the hemostatic medicine from the medicine box, applied the medicine carefully, and then wrapped it with a bandage. His eyes turned red.
Xihe had to comfort: "Don't worry, it will be fine soon."
Zhou Yan didn't respond, but looked at Yuhewan: "Ruoruo, what are you doing with all this?"
Xihe dipped a brush in blood and began to draw lines on the ground: "I plan to set up a formation."
Zhou Yan: ???
Why couldn't he understand a word.
Xihe raised his face and said, "It suddenly appeared in my dream. It is said that it can block the snow. I will try it and see if it works."
Zhou Yan: ...his eyes widened.
However, Xihe always does his own thing and cannot be persuaded, so he can only help.
According to Xihe's description, the two people used blood to draw lines to connect the locations where the jade would be placed, with the villa as the center, and finally placed a piece of jadeite of excellent quality in the center of the living room.
...In total, it took more than two months of hard work.
The ground was too hard to chisel, and they didn't have enough jade.
As a last resort, the two could only exchange jade from people who came to exchange food. This was not mandatory, but exchanging jade for food offered greater benefits.
Not many people were willing to exchange. After all, jade was a valuable item at any time, and it would only be taken out when one was penniless. Therefore, Xihe's jade collection process was very difficult. For this reason, she and Zhou Yan went to the city center shopping mall.
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