Chapter 450 Eat the big one!
In terms of supplies, in addition to warm clothes and bedding, they also had sufficient necessities of life such as water, food, medicinal herbs, and charcoal for heating.
Building kangs that can withstand severe cold will allow the frail elderly, women and children to survive this cold winter.
In order to prepare for this cold wave, Yun Fu also asked Cheng Qingyan to arrange people to spread some knowledge on how to correctly fight against the cold wave in the seventh-class area early on.
Dig cellars to store plenty of water and food.
When going out, remember to wear a windproof hat, protect your neck, and wear shoes with thick soles and high uppers.
Drink plenty of water. The climate is dry in winter, so it is important to stay hydrated.
When using charcoal or coal for heating, be sure to pay attention to safety, maintain ventilation, and prevent carbon monoxide poisoning; place the brazier away from flammable materials to avoid causing a fire.
It is also necessary to inspect the house, reinforce the house and roof, and regularly clear the snow from the roof to prevent the heavy snow from collapsing the house.
Yun Fu realized that such a cold wave would also sweep across the eighth and ninth districts, so she sent a letter to Mu Yong in advance.
The letter contained several pages filled with information on how to resist cold waves, and also included several prescriptions and blueprints for building a kang.
Therefore, when the cold wave hit, several areas did not see people freezing to death as in previous years.
The eighth and ninth districts had a bumper harvest this year, and every household had hundreds of kilograms of potatoes and grain stored in their cellars.
"Mom, I want baked potatoes."
"Eat the big one! Come on, two are enough!"
"That's enough, thank you, mother, you are so kind!"
The children, wearing thick clothes, sat around the charcoal fire, holding big, soft, sweet roasted potatoes, their tender little faces filled with happy and satisfied smiles.
School has been suspended.
Mu Yong sat on the warm kang, reading a book. Beside him stood the now-much-taller Mu Lingyun. "Grandpa, when spring arrives, let's go to the seventh-class district and take a look at the large iron smelting furnace mentioned in the princess's letter."
The letter sent back by Yun Fu mentioned the blast furnace for iron smelting. Along with the letter, several knives of various sizes were also delivered to the Mu family's grandparents.
The grandfather and grandson couldn't let go of the steel knife, and were also curious about the iron and steel smelting equipment that Yun Fu mentioned, as well as the method of making the steel.
"Okay, next spring, let's go to the seventh-class area."
Although there is no large-scale crop cultivation in the seventh-class district, the iron ore and jade raw stones mined and the supplies exchanged from trading points are enough for everyone to survive the winter.
Of course, whether a scoundrel like Qi Dahai can survive the winter is another matter.
Qi Dahai has been hungry for two days.
Everyone else received supplies, but he didn't get a single bite to eat.
The person distributing the supplies seemed to have a grudge against him and drove him away when he saw him passing by.
He wasn't given even a grain of rice or a leaf of vegetable.
Qi Dahai had no choice but to go to other people's homes to eat and drink for free.
He borrowed money from every household on the street where he could.
At first, people felt sorry for him and Qi Chengxiang and might give him something to eat.
But as time went on and it happened so many times, everyone had to hide from him when they saw him.
Now, whenever he knocks on the door, the neighbors pretend not to hear and don't even open the door for him.
Qi Dahai knocked on the doors of seven or eight houses but couldn't get a single bite to eat. He angrily said, "Do you know who I am? I'm General Qi's second uncle. That young doctor Qi you're all praising is my own daughter! If I'm giving you an excuse to eat, it means I'm looking down on you!"
"There's no such thing as an overnight grudge between a father and his daughter. Once I resolve the misunderstanding between them, the first thing I'm going to do is kick you, these ungrateful people, out of the Seventh Class District!"
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Qi Dahai stood on the street and cursed for a long time, but no one came out to give him something to eat.
He could only place his last hope on Qi Xu.
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When Qi Xu heard that Qi Dahai was looking for him, he couldn't help but frown.
I didn't want to pay any attention to that man, but I didn't want him to make a scene at the door and cause trouble in front of my mother, Yun Fu and the others.
So he went to see him.
"A Xu, you are finally willing to come out and see your father. You don't know that your father has missed you and your mother these days." Qi Dahai smiled flatteringly when he saw her come out.
Qi Xu glanced at him, as if he had heard a joke: "You're still alive?"
Qi Dahai raised his hand to wipe his frozen nose. "Ah Xu, look, that vicious woman Wang is dead now. Shouldn't the misunderstanding between us be resolved? Dad was blind before, instigated by that woman Wang, and did many wrong things to you and your daughter. But now Dad knows his mistakes. From now on, I will definitely be twice as good to you two."
After Qi Wangshi had her tongue cut off by Qi Xu, she could have lived for a while longer, but Qi Dahai blamed her for his current situation and beat her with punches and kicks at every turn. After a few beats, he beat her to death.
Qi Xu hooked his finger at him, motioning him to come closer.
Qi Dahai thought that Qi Xu was coaxed by him, and climbed up the stairs happily.
Qi Xu calculated the distance, and when he was about to get close, he raised his leg and kicked him hard in the heart.
"She's dead, why don't you go down and accompany her?"
"Qi Dahai, get as far away from me as possible. Don't show up in front of my mother again and disgust her! Otherwise, I will kill you!" Qi Xu immediately pulled out the dagger he was carrying with a cold look in his eyes.
Qi Dahai climbed up from the snow in a panic, his voice trembling, "You, you still want to kill your father! Aren't you afraid of going to hell after death?"
"Then I won't kill you. It just so happens that I've been learning suturing techniques recently, so it might be a good idea to practice on you. I'll cut you open first, then sew you up with catgut, and see how long you can last." Qi Xu played with the small but extremely sharp dagger in his hand, walked down the stairs step by step, and approached Qi Dahai.
Qi Dahai was frightened by the fierceness on her face and stepped back repeatedly. Thinking back to the scene when she cut Qi Wangshi's tongue, his scalp went numb: "You, you don't, don't come over here!"
Why doesn’t he just get out of here?
After Qi Xu drove the man away, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to meet Cheng Qingyan's calm eyes.
I thought he was going out and they just happened to meet, so I just nodded and greeted him lightly.
As the two passed by, Cheng Qingyan's clear and cold voice rang in his ears: "If you don't want to see him, I can make him disappear."
Qi Xu paused and raised the corner of his lips at him: "There is no need for Master Cheng to do anything. He will dirty his hands. Such a person will not live for too long."
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