They even started burning wood in their home to heat up the house and remove moisture.
Song Qiu'e makes winter melon soup and barley soup every day to help remove dampness from her body and gives them to her family.
Every night before bed, she would boil some herbal water to remove dampness and let the whole family soak their feet and sweat.
It must be said that Song Qiu'e took very good care of her entire family!
Living in this kind of weather for a long time, the neighbors all complained that they had too much dampness in their bodies, and felt heavy and dizzy.
But the entire Xu family, young and old, were all full of energy.
They have a space at home where they can dry their clothes and store their clothes, blankets, and other belongings in the space's storage.
Other people's clothes, after being washed, wrung out, and hung on the clothesline, are visibly wetter.
The Xiao family's clothes wouldn't dry, so they chopped up the wooden fire door they had taken down and burned it to remove the moisture. They also used the fire to dry the clothes by surrounding them with the fire.
It's such a waste of firewood.
There's less than one of the two gas cylinders we had at home when the virus broke out.
The four barrels of fuel oil that were distributed the day before yesterday cannot be touched. Looking at the weather, these disasters are unlikely to end anytime soon, so we should save as much fuel oil as possible.
Downstairs in the apartment building, whenever there were tree trunks or branches washed ashore by the flood, the residents would quickly paddle over in their homemade rafts and retrieve the trees!
"We still need to find a way to go out and get more firewood!"
Xiao Rui watched as his wife carefully extinguished the embers of the half-burnt firewood with the collected rainwater, saving it for later use, and then he spoke up.
"We'll have to wait until the thunderstorm stops!"
Traveling during thunderstorms is extremely dangerous; if struck by lightning, one could be seriously injured or killed.
"This time, Xiao Li stayed home to watch the house, and I went out with Xiao Rui!"
Xiao Shan, who was busy sticking paper on the TV cabinet and wine cabinet to absorb water, overheard his son and daughter-in-law's conversation and immediately spoke up.
"Dad, you're getting old. It's windy and rainy outside, how can you do this?"
Li Qingya knew that her father-in-law was worried about her, but she was a young woman and couldn't let the old man go out and take risks. It was only right for her to stay at home!
"I'm not even sixty yet, how can I be old? I've spent my whole life in the military. When I was young, I participated in military exercises and even chased warships in the sea. My physical condition is much better than yours, little girl. I'll go out with Xiao Rui!"
Xiao Shan's expression left no room for refusal.
Sure enough, when I woke up the next day, it was still raining heavily, but the sky that had been raging for days and nights finally quieted down.
After the Xiao family had breakfast, Xiao Shan went out with his son to borrow a rubber boat from their neighbor's house.
As a result, Xu Jiangming knew that the old squad leader, who was wearing a raincoat, was going to go out with his son to get firewood, so he took the raincoat and wanted to follow him.
Being cooped up at home every day, Xu Lai was getting restless. Now that she saw her second uncle insisting on going out with his old boss, she joined in.
After his uncle and daughter went out, Xu Haiguo, worried about the old man and the young girl, followed them.
"I want to go chop wood too!"
Having had a thrilling experience at the oil refinery last time, Xu Chao wanted to go out and see the world again.
But Xu Haiguo stopped him: "What are you doing getting involved in this mess? Stay home and watch the house!"
Xu Haiguo was worried about having only two women at home, so he asked his son to stay with them as well.
Xu Chao watched helplessly as everyone set off.
After everyone had gathered their tools and other supplies, they took turns carrying the rubber boat to the third floor. Xu Lai then sat in the rubber boat, turned, and paddled to a secluded spot to retrieve the assault boat that was stored in his spatial storage.
The rubber dinghy was still tied to the stern of the speedboat. She drove the speedboat to the apartment building to pick everyone up, and then they set off.
Unbeknownst to them, as soon as they left, Xu Yongqing and his sister Xu Qiong, who had just stepped outside, had witnessed Xu Lai and his group's every move.
"Brother, how come that bitch Xu Lai's family has an assault boat?"
Xu Qiong looked at the brand-new speedboat that Xu Lai and the others were sitting on and asked with great envy.
These past few days, her brother has been taking her out to Wang Cai's place every day, so she knows a little about the current prices.
This almost brand-new and very large speedboat is not cheap!
"They're rich, so what's a mere assault boat to them!"
Xu Yongqing said irritably, his face full of resentment.
He had hoped to get close to Xiong Zhong through Wang Cai, but unfortunately, Xiong Zhong had nothing of value and nothing to offer to those people.
My second uncle's family is not only wealthy, but he also has a considerable amount of expensive wine in his collection.
If these were his things, he could easily give Xiong Zhong a few bottles of good wine, and he wouldn't have to worry about Xiong Zhong not getting promoted.
The more Xu Yongqing thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and a fierce look appeared on his face.
Xu Lai and the others were all wearing hooded raincoats, but even so, sitting on the speedboat, the cold rain still hit their faces.
This time they went to the east side of Wangtai Mountain.
This location is quite rugged, with no residents living at the foot of the mountain and no factories being built there.
The group of people who chased them with guns at the chemical refinery last time wouldn't have come to this desolate place for no reason.
After the assault boat reached the edge of Shandong, Xu Lai and the others went up the mountain and put the assault boat into their spatial storage.
This thing is really big and very conspicuous.
This time we came to chop firewood. As soon as everyone got to the work area, they took out their machetes or axes and started working.
Xu Jiangming was the most experienced in this: "Everyone should choose dry trees to cut down. Although they are wet from the rain now, you can put them next to the stove and let them dry out a little before burning them!"
Those trees that are still alive have a lot of moisture inside, and when they are burned, they produce a lot of black smoke.
Cutting down a living tree requires more effort.
With more people and greater strength, the five of them chopped for over an hour, and several bundles of firewood were piled up on the ground.
However, everyone knows that Xu Lai also tied the rubber boat to the back of the assault boat.
The assault boat can carry some, and this rubber boat can also carry more than 600 kilograms of firewood.
So everyone plans to cut even more.
Chopping wood is hard work. As they chopped, not only did Xu Lai and Li Qingya feel their arms ache, but even Xiao Rui, a big man, was finding it hard to keep up.
Xu Haiguo is alright
But the two old men, Xu Jiangming and Xiao Shan, were in high spirits.
These two elderly people were never idle to begin with, and now that they had something to do to pass the time, they chopped firewood with even more effort than the other.
"Squad leader, isn't this tree I cut down thick? It'll definitely burn very well!"
Xu Jiangming held an axe in one hand and pointed with the other at the tree trunk that had just been felled at his feet, which was thicker than his waist, and said smugly.
"Hmph, I think it's just so-so. Wait till I cut down a tree even thicker than you and show you!"
Xiao Shan looked at his old comrade-in-arms's smug expression and said somewhat unconvinced.
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