Chapter 103 Slippers
The autumn days are short here.
Tang Wan and Grandma Bai had just finished making the thick quilt and thick clothes when the weather suddenly turned cold.
The bleak autumn wind blows on my face, and there is a biting chill.
There is a little more time after work.
According to the captain, if we do these things now, everyone can prepare for winter.
At first, Tang Wan didn't understand what preparing for winter meant. Later, she found that preparing for winter here was really different from what she thought.
Preparing for winter here is not just talk, but we are making a lot of real preparations.
First, Qin Zheng and Zhao Dong went to the town and brought back a lot of food. The other villagers also took inventory of the food at home. If there was not enough, they would exchange the fine grains for some coarse grains to ensure that their families would have enough to eat during the winter.
There is also the opening of the crazy mountain climbing mode.
Going up the mountain in late autumn is really not a good idea, but there is a compelling reason to go - to find firewood.
Villagers rarely cut trees for firewood, especially at times like this.
After all, you live by the mountain.
The mountain was densely covered with trees, and the dead branches that fell in autumn were enough to feed all the families in the village.
So you can see adults and children going up the mountain in such cold weather.
When children are young, they can carry a backpack and pick up some small dry branches or leaves, which can be used to start a fire.
The slightly older children would carry a rope up the mountain like their fathers, tie the firewood they picked up into a bundle, and then carry it down the mountain.
This matter cannot be completed in a short time.
After all, winter is a time when firewood is most consumed, not to mention stocking up enough for the entire winter, which is not an easy task.
Grandma Bai was still very enthusiastic about going up the mountain, even though Qin Zheng and Tang Wan didn't allow her to get involved in such activities.
Picking up firewood requires bending back and forth, which is a bit difficult for Grandma Bai.
If she went up the mountain to look for some wild medicinal herbs, Grandma Bai had done some research in this area, but Tang Wan and Luo Ying couldn't understand it and couldn't help much.
So basically, when they went up the mountain, Grandma Bai would look for herbs by herself, Tang Wan and Luo Ying would collect firewood not far from her, and Qin Zheng and Dongzi would sometimes go to the town, but most of the time they would come back in the afternoon, and then they would voluntarily go up the mountain to carry firewood back.
Although a simple family would use less firewood, Qin Zheng did not stockpile less.
If only everyone had the same idea.
It is better to be prepared.
There are so many places that need firewood in winter, and the mountains will be covered with snow. If there is not enough firewood, we will suffer a lot.
After all, the most popular activity here in winter is roasting a fire. The whole family roasts a fire in the kitchen all day long, and when someone comes, they leave without roasting the fire.
If there is not enough firewood, we will suffer in winter.
Since we all grew up here, there's no need to remind us. Even a lazy guy like Laizi knows to go up the mountain to collect firewood.
After all, more people die in the village every winter than at other times.
Especially the elderly who are already in poor health, most of them die in winter.
At this time, Tang Wan also understood the sense of security that a tall pile of firewood brought.
Because the weather is getting colder.
Probably because it was close to the mountain, it was extremely cold.
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