Junjun and Lele have been confined to the house for the past few days, and they are not allowed to go out. Even when they try to be cute and charming, everyone cruelly refuses them.
As the weather gets colder, people will find a thin layer of ice forming on the water surface when they wake up in the morning.
That day, the village chief gathered everyone together again.
"During this period, everyone should try not to leave the village. Prepare as much firewood as you can. Don't be lazy at this time. Fill every corner of your house with firewood. Another important thing is to keep warm, especially the elderly and children in the family. There is not much medicine left in the village now. If anyone gets sick at this time, think about the consequences."
Grandpa Er then stepped forward and said, "We old folks should try to stay home as much as possible. Even just staying indoors and shaking our arms and stomping our feet is fine. Take good care of the younger generation at home, look after yourselves, and don't cause them any trouble. Let's try to get through this winter so we can all sit down and have a cup of tea together again."
Because it was too cold and the gathering was outdoors, we quickly said a few words and sent everyone back.
Back at their homes, they all urged the elderly and children not to go out if they didn't want to cause trouble, and to stay indoors as much as possible. Knowing that the village was out of medicine, everyone was being extremely cautious; an injury or illness could be fatal.
Si Cheng also asked his parents-in-law to stay home and look after the two siblings. If they were really worried about being bored, he asked Yunqi to collect some fruit from his space to make dried fruit.
The advantages of building a heated wall in their house have become apparent. The heated wall provides more comprehensive heating, and the entire house is sealed on all four sides, with the smoke venting out from the side rooms. This makes the whole house much warmer. Everyone can move around freely inside, and the elderly couple can even help each other prepare meals.
While everyone was distracted, Si Cheng and his wife carefully made their way up the mountain.
Once they reached a secluded spot, Si Cheng simply carried Yun Qi on his back and skillfully ran up the mountain.
"Brother Cheng, if you're tired, just tell me, and I'll get off and walk by myself."
“How could I get tired carrying you? Besides, you know how strong I am. With your weight, I don’t even feel anything.”
How far are we from that pine tree?
"It'll be soon! I didn't go very far when I was gathering firewood. It would be a waste to leave it there if we don't go and collect it soon."
It turned out that when Si Cheng was gathering firewood on the mountain, he usually went to collect it from a distance to save everyone trouble. Yesterday, while gathering firewood, he saw a very large pine tree. He wanted to bring back all the pine cones, but they were just too bulky; he couldn't carry back many at once. If he asked the village to collect them, the mountain path wasn't easy to walk on, and if something dangerous happened, it wouldn't be worth it. Besides, everyone was currently stockpiling firewood and didn't care about these children's snacks for the time being.
When Yunqi saw the pine cones that Sicheng brought back, he roasted a few over the fire that very day. He couldn't stop eating them after that, because they were so delicious. They were not only bigger than the pine nuts he had stored up, but also much tastier.
She then coaxed Si Cheng to take her up the mountain to collect the firewood. Si Cheng, who was becoming more and more like a hamster, naturally thought of having Yun Qi use his spatial ability to bring it all back at once, and also collect some more firewood.
Soon, the two arrived at the foot of the pine tree. Overnight, some more pine cones had fallen to the ground. Seeing the large pile of pine cones in front of him, Yunqi pounced on them.
"We've struck it rich! With so much money, we'll have something to do this winter."
"Quickly get out the basket to fill it, and also get out a ladder. I'll climb up and knock the pine cones off the tree too."
Yunqi looked up and saw the tall pine trees covered with pine cones: "I've seen pine trees before, but I've rarely seen so many pine cones. This is truly a bumper harvest."
As he spoke, he took out a five-meter-high straight ladder from his spatial storage and placed it on the ground. Si Cheng circled the pine tree and found the most suitable spot to set up the ladder.
"Stay away from this tree. Come back after I'm done knocking." With that, he grabbed the long wooden stick he had prepared and climbed the tree.
After the two of them had collected seven large baskets of pine cones, they were satisfied and turned to collect the dead trees in the surrounding area.
The two of them decided not to go out again after returning home from this trip, as they recalled that the strongest cold wave should arrive in the next day or two.
As they expected, despite their thorough preparations, Yunqi and the others were still woken up by the cold.
The moment Si Cheng realized what was happening, he grabbed the thick blanket that was lying next to him and covered Yun Qi and the children with it. Then he wrapped himself up tightly in a down jacket, ran to the kitchen, and added two bundles of firewood to the stove.
Once the fire in the furnace is burning brightly, add some more coal to the side so that it can burn longer.
After a while, the whole house warmed up again. But he still went to his parents-in-law's room and gently called out to them not to get up and to cover themselves with the blankets next to them.
As soon as he got back to the kang (heated brick bed), Yunqi ignored his advice and pulled him into the quilt.
"You must be freezing. Don't be so reckless next time. You just came in from outside and you're freezing. It's no joke to be cold like this."
"The sword that's been hanging over us has finally fallen. I wonder how the others are doing. I hope everyone can get through this."
"Our village is well prepared, but I don't know about other places. For some reason, the reborn person didn't warn of the impending disaster. Maybe he was killed off early on?"
"Judging from all the signs, it shouldn't be that. It's possible that the higher-ups are playing a game. It's also possible that those people don't trust him too much. Many people have been skeptical before and haven't cooperated with the government's advice. In order to get through the first calamity safely, they've concealed the disaster that's about to happen," Si Cheng said, offering his speculation.
"Communication has been cut off, and we have no idea what's going on outside. We'll all have to rely on our own abilities to survive. I should go to sleep now; it's really time to hibernate from now on!"
The next morning, Yun's father and the others got up just as dawn was breaking. They went to the stove to add some firewood and tried to open the door to see what was going on outside, but they couldn't open it no matter what they did.
"The ice outside has frozen the door shut, so it can't be opened." Yun Qi then came out of the room.
"Then what should we do? Should we just stay home?" Mother Yun asked.
Si Cheng quickly reassured the old man: "Wait a moment and go around through the back door. The back door connects to the woodshed, and there's a large eave there. It shouldn't be frozen solid yet."
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