When Chi Dong mentioned this, he couldn't help but feel a heart attack whenever he thought about the scene of checking those people's homes earlier.
“You sold all the charcoal, leaving only about ten catties at home, and the firewood in the woodshed wasn’t even enough to burn for three days.”
What's wrong with you all? You're all tired of living and eager to die?
If I hadn't mentioned this to Xiaoyu before and she hadn't expressed her concerns, I would never have imagined that you would go to such lengths for money!
Seeing that Chi Dongyi was getting quite angry, the three elders took advantage of his pause to catch his breath and shouted:
"Originally, we thought that Xiaoyu's worries might be a bit unnecessary."
As a result, we visited fifteen households, but left no charcoal at fourteen of them.
Instead of hurrying up the mountain to chop firewood, they sat there happily waiting to eat and drink.
Eat, eat, eat! Do you guys want some fart?
They were freezing to death, and they were still laughing.
Now, before the temperature drops and the ice melts, I'm going to chop wood.
Tonight, none of you will get any rest.
"I'll risk my life to keep an eye on you little bastards!"
Seeing that the third elder had finished speaking, the second elder added in a deep voice:
"If you can't see at night, just hold a torch and chop."
After cutting it down, half of it was kept at home for cooking and heating the kang (a traditional heated bed).
The rest, go and make charcoal for me tonight.
If I find out who didn't go or who's slacking off, they'll all be kicked out of Chijia'ao.
We don't need people who are unruly and disobedient here!
Well, after the three finished speaking and left, everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment.
Those who had sold out all their charcoal were especially ashamed.
Forget about all that good food and drink now.
Everyone in the family who was able to walk had to go up the mountain to chop firewood.
Well, besides Chi Yu, Wang Qiaoya's family also followed Chi Erxiong's family to chop firewood.
The food that had already been prepared was only eaten casually by everyone.
Winter days are short and dark. Even if the weather is unusual and the temperature rises quickly, it will still get dark when it's time to go.
Chi Yu, holding Zhuang Zhuang in her arms with A Guang and A Li standing on either side of her, looked at the distant lights of torches and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Even when people in the mountains light torches at night, they are extremely careful to prevent fires.
Now that everyone is chopping firewood overnight, those who have sold all their charcoal should no longer be short of firewood at home.
Perhaps the firewood wasn't dried properly and won't burn well, but it's still better than having nothing to burn at all!
Besides, it's not all about cutting down trees; there are always people cutting down dead branches.
The people in the mountains are better at protecting the mountains than the people living at the foot of the mountains.
Even if trees are cut down in winter, a few will be cut down and a few will be replanted in the spring.
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The situation in Anping County is completely different from that in Chijia'ao.
With the suppression of Chi Dongyi and others, the villagers in Chijia'ao were relatively obedient.
The people of Anping County, who had narrowly escaped death from the strong winds, didn't even need Magistrate Fang to say anything; they noticed the abnormality as soon as the temperature suddenly rose.
Each and every one of them was afraid of dying, and they desperately tried to run away.
However, Magistrate Fang had already given an order that without his command, people were only allowed to enter the county town, but not leave.
Sure enough, the city was in chaos for a while, and troublemakers kept popping up everywhere.
The goal was to make him unable to bear it and force everyone to leave.
However, this farce did not last long before it was disrupted by a traveling merchant who had survived a near-death experience and arrived here.
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