But now, the situation has changed.
Starting yesterday, the temperature suddenly rose, and it will definitely plummet the day after tomorrow at the latest.
Why don't you go and check with each household now to see if everyone really has the last ten percent left?
Just like you all think, there are plenty of trees and firewood on the mountain, we can just burn more later.
But I want to say that chopping wood takes time, and making charcoal takes even more time.
However, the temperature will drop suddenly, and it won't wait until you've burned the charcoal before it drops.
Look around, how many families in Tanshan still have firewood, and how many people are still burning charcoal?
Then go and see if anyone in the household is out chopping firewood, and if everyone is acting like it's New Year's, waiting to eat and drink.
After saying this, Chi Yu couldn't hold back any longer and turned away.
The ancestral hall is supposed to be open for classes tomorrow? What's the point of it?
Hurry up and go gather firewood for her, lest the people down the mountain freeze to death before they do!
When Chi Dongyi and the other two clan elders saw Chi Yu fly into a rage and then storm off, they immediately realized that something was wrong.
Perhaps they underestimated the blizzard; the disaster to come should be even more terrifying than the freezing rain that preceded it.
Furthermore, the people in the clan are not honest either.
Perhaps, as Xiaoyu guessed, he didn't listen to the instructions at all and instead took out all the charcoal in his house to sell.
With that in mind, the three old men split up and randomly picked a few houses in the upper and lower villages to check.
When Chi Yu angrily closed the general store and took Wang Qiaoya to Chi Erxiong's house, the copper bell in the ancestral hall, which was not far away, was struck and rang loudly.
The families who had gathered by then heard the commotion and saw Chi Yu's somber face, and looked at each other in bewilderment.
In the end, all the men in the family went out, leaving Huang Dani and the others to cook.
Chi Qiao knew her younger sister quite well. Seeing her sitting there silently, she asked:
"Little Fish, do you know what happened outside, um, at the ancestral hall?"
Chi Yu didn't answer that question, but instead pretended to be happy and said:
"Sisters, I'm afraid the school won't be able to open tomorrow. You should all go up the mountain to chop firewood."
Let's keep burning charcoal!
After it's cooked, sell it to those short-sighted people in the clan at ten coins per pound.
Chi Qiao was quick-witted and understood after a little thought. She said, "Every household in the village burns charcoal, so there shouldn't be a shortage."
But Little Fish, you're saying we're selling to those short-sighted people, people who don't have much or no coal at home?
Hmm, so that means someone sold all the charcoal in their house today?
Or perhaps there are quite a few people doing this?
Everyone in the Chi family, regardless of age or gender, has always been indoctrinated to listen to Chi Yu.
Previously, Chi Yu had told them to leave enough charcoal, and Qin Mu had also said the same thing.
Therefore, even when some people in the clan suggested selling more charcoal, the old Chi family did not listen and insisted on keeping nearly 40% of it.
Their family wasn't so poor that they couldn't make ends meet.
When it comes to food and other necessities, there's always Chi Yu, the younger sister/aunt, to take care of everything.
So they would rather earn less than let their businesses fail to survive this winter!
Therefore, everyone frowned as soon as Chi Qiao said this.
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At the main entrance of the ancestral hall in Chijia'ao, Chi Dongyi was furious.
Did I tell you to keep 10% of the charcoal for home use?
They also said they would go to the charcoal mountain to burn charcoal again first thing tomorrow morning?
So what did you all do?
Are you so short-sighted that you only care about the money you've got, and don't care whether your family can survive?
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