Zhang Hongmei turned around, locked the door, and went to school with great difficulty.
It took almost two hours to get to school. With such heavy snow, none of the first-year high school students came to school.
Right now, his classmates are wielding shovels, struggling against the snow that's more than half a meter high.
The path that had been cleared was surrounded by snow barriers on both sides. Zhang Hongmei was afraid that it would suddenly collapse and bury her inside.
The snow finally stopped; if it hadn't, many houses would probably have collapsed. Along my way, I saw many people shoveling snow off their roofs.
Zhang Hongmei wandered over to Chen Sheng and awkwardly said, "Teacher, I need to take a week off."
Chen Sheng looked up at the little girl whose eyelashes were frozen, and finally nodded. "Go back home and study hard. I believe you will take responsibility for yourself."
"Don't worry, teacher, I will study hard and I will definitely not let you down."
Following the footprints I had come from, I went back, trying to figure out how to get the snow out of the yard. In the end, I concluded that, just like at the school, all I had to do was shovel a path.
However, the snow on the roof definitely needs to be shoveled off.
When I got home, I locked the front door, put my coat and schoolbag inside, and climbed the ladder onto the roof. I even thought to myself, "If I fall, it probably won't hurt much, the snow is too thick."
Zhang Hongmei spent the entire morning without finishing shoveling the snow off the roof.
But I was hungry, so I went back to my room and into my space. I was so tired that I had to rest for a while before I started changing my clothes.
I was so tired that I had no appetite, so I took a shower and went to bed.
I woke up, ate, and then went back to work. It wasn't until 5 p.m. that the snow on the roof was finally cleared.
We were still resting and eating in the space, but we still boiled a big pot of water; the house had to be steaming.
At 7 p.m., they started clearing the path in the yard again. They piled it up against the wall bit by bit. It took them five trips into the space throughout the night to clear the path under the eaves and to the front gate.
I went into the space, sat in the bathtub, and tears streamed down my face. I felt so lonely and tired.
I want to go back, I want to go home, I don't want to live this kind of life where I have to sneak around even when I want to eat something good.
I'm tired of having to do everything alone.
It's too hard, too difficult.
He didn't even eat, he just lay down on the bed and fell asleep. When he woke up, he still had to clear the road outside the door.
After eating a sugar bun, I went back to work. The sky was exceptionally clear, and the sunlight shining on the snow was dazzling.
Zhang Hongmei rubbed her forehead and resignedly began shoveling snow. Once outside, she couldn't use a special snow shovel anymore, only a spade, which made the process even slower. There was no other way. She'd just have to work slowly. She really wanted to sprinkle salt on the snow, but she didn't dare; salt was so expensive these days.
I built a snowman on each side of the doorway, and they look like door gods. Not bad. Now that I've gotten over my negative mood, I'm in the mood to play again.
You can build a snowman by shoveling about a meter of earth, and soon there were more than a dozen big snowmen on both sides of the doorway.
She didn't even go inside to rest at noon. By 2 p.m., Zhang Hongmei had cleared a path through the snow that led all the way to the street.
Walking back, I found it quite interesting to see rows of snowmen standing on both sides of the road.
I rested in the room all afternoon and didn't go out.
It was already dark when someone suddenly knocked on the door. Zhang Hongmei opened the door and found it was Dashan and the other ten of them.
"Brother Dashan, what brings you here?"
"We've come to shovel snow for you. You must have been busy all night, right? From now on, just wait for us to do this kind of thing."
Zhang Hongmei felt a lump in her throat after hearing Dashan's words. "You don't need to do anything. I've finished everything. Do you want to eat?"
"No, I just finished shoveling the snow at my workplace. Tomorrow, our power supply bureau is assigned to shovel snow on Jianshe Road. We discussed it and decided to shovel it for you tonight. I didn't expect you to have already finished it all by yourself."
We need to get back quickly; we've had a very difficult day."
"Alright, you guys go back now."
Erlinzi came over and said, "Hongmei, your snowman is pretty good." Then he laughed and left.
Zhang Hongmei rested in the space, wondering how Liujiatun was doing. She was not worried at all, as someone would definitely sweep the snow off her own house and Zhang Xingguo's roof.
I wonder if such heavy snow will affect the wheat in the fields? We've finally escaped drought, are we going to get flooded again?
After letting my mind wander for a while, I finally settled down to read.
I timed it perfectly and went out on the street the next morning with a shovel. There were so many people shoveling snow outside. Anyone who wasn't working and had finished shoveling their own snow was voluntarily coming out to sweep. That's what you call awareness.
Because Zhang Hongmei leaves early and returns late every day, she doesn't know anyone in the neighborhood.
She greeted the elderly with greetings, and the children also greeted Zhang Hongmei with curiosity.
There's strength in numbers. In one morning, we cleared half of Changning Road and happened to run into the workers from the food supply station who were in charge of clearing snow on that road.
The supply station leaders warmly praised the residents, telling everyone they could go home and rest, and that the government would send trucks over soon to load the snow.
Zhang Hongmei followed the others, carrying shovels back home. She wondered how many truckloads of snow would be hauled away from all the streets in the city.
But it seems the roads in the city will be open by the day after tomorrow at the latest. At least getting around shouldn't be a problem. But what about getting back to Liujiatun? I have my exams in a month, and I definitely need to go back to Liujiatun afterward. I absolutely dare not take the bus, and I doubt an oxcart can get here either; I'll have to rely on my own two legs again.
The next morning, Zhang Hongmei went to school. Since she could walk, there was no point in staying at home anymore, so she didn't ride her bicycle. She just walked.
When I arrived at school, I felt guilty seeing the homeroom teacher's pleased expression.
I am definitely not what the teacher thinks. It's just that I feel lonely and bored at home.
Many students in the class started coughing, and the homeroom teacher was very worried. She paid out of her own pocket to buy Banlangen (Isatis root) from the pharmacy and asked the cafeteria to boil it for everyone to drink. She also boiled vinegar on the stove in the classroom.
This homeroom teacher is really great; he genuinely cares about his students.
The cafeteria is now serving meals to the second-year high school students first, and the honest first-year students don't complain. They all know that there are only twenty-odd days left until the exams, and the second-year students need to have the energy.
She only found out about this because Song Zigan came over and whispered to Zhang Hongmei. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to the cafeteria and wouldn't have known any of this.
“Hongmei, I haven’t come to see you lately. Your homeroom teacher looks at me like I’m some kind of heinous villain. It’s terrifying.”
"Hehe. Then hurry back home. I need to finish my exams and wait for the notification before I go back to my hometown. Come visit me at home then."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com