Chapter 161
After hiding at home and carousing with everyone for a while, news from the outside came one after another.

It turned out that not only Bailu Town had snowed, but the whole Raozhou was covered by heavy snow, and many places even had snow disasters.

It was difficult to travel in the heavy snow, and the goods could not be delivered in time. Many shops in the town that were originally planned to open after the Lantern Festival closed their doors, and Bai Fu asked Detian Pavilion to rest.

"Fortunately, I stocked up a lot of rice noodles and meat years ago."

I don't know how long we will rest like this. Everyone is helpless, but Aunt Le is busy in and out cheerfully.

"Aunt Le" Xiao Liang'er leaned over, "What are you eating today?"

Aunt Le responded with a loud voice.

"There are preserved meat, preserved duck, preserved goose and preserved fish. Just tell me what Mr. Xiao Liang wants to eat!"

It was bacon again. Xiao Liang, who ate bacon for several days in a row, was not happy.

"But I want to eat fresh meat buns."

Xiao Si'er heard Zhi Le, "Young Master Xiao Liang, wait a few more days, and I will buy it for you as soon as the market resumes."

As soon as the words fell, Xiaosi's resonant voice came from across the wall:

"Xiao Liang, there are meat buns in my yard, come and eat them."

"It's here!"

Xiaoliang ran away in a hurry.

Luo Jin saw this scene through the study window, smiled knowingly, and turned to look at Bai Fu who was writing at the desk beside him, "What does Xiao Bai want to eat, I'll go and tell Aunt Le."

“I also want to eat fresh meat buns”

Bai Fu was writing a letter to Guo Liulang, and he answered casually.

Luo Jin said hello, and walked out of the study towards the next door.

Whatever Xiaobai wanted to eat, he went to get him something.

Guo Liulang wrote to Bai Fu saying that someone was following him but he found out, and then those people stopped coming for some reason, and he also said that he had calmed down his father so that Bai Fu didn't have to worry.

On the Guo family's side, Bai Fu was actually not worried.

Da Ya said that Mr. Guo came to the shop for dinner every now and then, and he was very happy every time. Whether it was pretending or real, it seemed that he was frightened by the Huang family, and there should be nothing wrong in the short term.

But it was the matter of Guo Liulang being followed, Bai Fu thought it was a big or small matter.

If it is the regent, it is okay to say, at most it is to monitor him.

But if it is the opponent of the regent, it will be a problem sooner or later, so she suggested that Guo Liulang talk about this matter with the regent, just in case.

After writing the letter, Bai Fu took a few children out to play again, but they couldn't go up the mountain due to heavy snow, so they had to play nearby.

There was thick ice on the river, and they dug a few holes in the ice with shovels, moved benches and sat beside them to fish leisurely, and many children from the village also came to help.

By dinner time, a group of people caught a lot of small fish, Bai Fu took them all back, wrapped them in flour and egg liquid to make fried fish, and asked Erya Sanya to cook some dishes for the little ones. Small feast.

After the meal, the children clamored to hear the story, Bai Fu handed over this glorious task to Xiaosi Xiaoliang, and he hid back in the house for a while.

What is she doing in spare time?
She now has an extra hobby, which is making underwear for herself.

Because it was inconvenient to ask others for advice, she could only figure it out by herself.

Make a top today and a bottom tomorrow.

However, the workmanship is too poor, either it is too big or too small, if it is too small, it can only be thrown away, and if it is too big, it can be changed, but who knows that it is too short after being changed, so in the end it is simply made into modern underwear.

After making underwear, she started making pajamas again.

The material of silk is the most suitable and the simplest for summer suspender skirts. Unknowingly, she has made a lot for herself, just waiting to be a cool girl next summer.

But now that the ground is freezing, it looks a bit cold, Bai Fu shivered, and went out to add more coal at the entrance of the fire wall.

"Let me do it"

Luo Jin came out of the study and saw Bai Fu adding carbon, so he came to help.

Bai Fu handed him the pliers, and glanced at the study.

"Is the study room cold?"

Luo Jin poked around in the stove with the tongs, and curled his lips when he heard this.

"This is the warmest winter I've ever lived. How can it be cold?"

Is this still warm?

Bai Fu thought that only the harsh conditions in Taohuawu would be so cold, but Luo Jin, who was once wealthy, was also cold.

And it's not that warm, at least it's far from modern.

"However, winters have never been this cold before." Luo Jin explained, "This is the first time that there has been such a heavy snowfall for such a long time."

Bai Fu turned his head to look at the excited children listening to the story in the hall, all of them were not dressed thickly at all, but when playing by the river today, none of the children shouted coldly or bitterly, so he couldn't help sighing:

"It's hard."

More than ten days later, Mathematics and Physical Education went to Detian Pavilion in the snow to check whether the house was damaged by the heavy snow. When they came back, they said that the firewood in the town was now sold at sky-high prices.

Just as they were talking, Qin Shisan also came over on snow, and asked Bai Fu if there were any more houses with the kang—
The weather was too cold, and the firewood prepared before the year was not enough. He and his father were too cold to bear it.

"This damn weather is too abnormal."

Qin Shisan complained while clearing the snow from his boots, "Hey, did you know that this year will be cold, so you prepared this kind of house with fire walls and earth dragons in advance, and you also stocked up so much coal?"

Bai Fu was a little amused, "You think I'm a fairy."

How did she know this? She just speculated that it would be cold, but she didn't expect a sudden snowstorm.

He also said, "There are vacant houses, but they have not been settled."

At the beginning, because the land in Xiaoxi Village was cheap, Bai Fu bought enough space for the fifth yard at one go, but because he didn't have enough money and time, he only planned to build the third yard first.

I thought that I would build it slowly when I had money, but Old Carpenter Li insisted on helping her to catch up with the work for free a few years ago and went into the yard, saying that it was a reward for the cooperation of glutinous rice mortar and cement.

However, the one who was driven out too much entered the yard without having time to decorate it. In this icy and snowy place, how did Qin Shisan make trouble?

Mr. Fei's yard has all been renovated, and Ah Li has spent a lot of time planning and moving in.

"If you can't wait, I'll ask Mathematics to vacate the best room in their yard, so you and your father can squeeze together?"

Xiao Si said that his father and Master Qin felt weird recently, as if they had quarreled, and Bai Fu didn't think about arranging them to live together.

"No."

Qin Shisan refused without even thinking about it.

Bai Fu glanced at him, "Why?"

"I'm not used to living with other people," Qin Shisan said naturally, but Bai Fu gave him a sharp look, and hurriedly changed his words, "It's a bit inconvenient."

"What's the inconvenience with your father? You still shared a room with us in Taohuawu back then."

Qin Shisan: "...That's different."

"What is different is not all forced by the situation."

Bai Fu left this sentence, said no more, and went out to make arrangements.

After hearing the reason, the Mathematicians voluntarily gathered together and vacated two rooms for the father and son. Qin Shisan and Master Qin packed up and moved in that night.

Then Zhizhou heard about honeycomb coal from Mr. Fei and Mr. Qin, so he asked Mr. Fei to introduce him to Bai Fu, told him about the price gouging up because of insufficient firewood, and asked Bai Fu about his coal inventory.

Although it was expected that the demand for heating in winter would drive the sales of honeycomb briquettes, Bai Fu really did not expect the demand to come so violently and so quickly. After discussing with Luo Jinyunqi, the coal workshop was started to increase the supply the next day.

Black Gem's briquettes are also not cheap, but compared to the sky-high price of firewood today, briquettes are so cheap that firewood dealers itch.

Moreover, Baifu requires the implementation of purchase restrictions, with a daily limit for each household, to prevent some people from hoarding goods and raising prices.

Knowing Bai Fu's move, Zuo Zhizhou came to the door again with a generous gift, and after sincerely expressing his thanks on behalf of the people of Bailu Town, he dragged a cart of honeycomb coal and happily left.

"Why do I feel that Uncle Xu is not here to thank you, but to ask for coal?"

Xiao Si tilted her head and said childishly.

Mr. Fei glanced at his daughter and didn't speak. Turning his head, he saw Bai Fu frowning. He thought it was his friend's behavior that troubled her. He was about to apologize when he confirmed that Bai Fu had opened his mouth.

"Raozhou is not a snowy place, but it has snowed for a month, and the river has not thawed since spring is approaching. The situation in other places may be worse." She said slowly.

Before coming to this world, Bai Fu never really understood the meaning of the deep night.

Even in the last days, the night can be illuminated by lights.

Not to mention modern times, there are not only bright lights, but also bustle and prosperity that she can't imagine, and she feels safe wherever she goes.

Unlike here, at night, the surrounding area is so dark that you can't see your fingers, it seems that a monster that eats people can pop out at any time.

Every time at this time, she can feel the insignificance of human beings in front of nature.

Tiny and humble.

Relying on the sky to eat, relying on the sky to live, relying on birth, old age, sickness and death, the sky is God, and the moodiness dominates everything.

Bai Fu sighed, closed the window, added some oil to the lamp by the bed, and then slowly undressed and went to bed.

I hope it's just her thinking too much.

That night, Bai Fu had a nightmare.

In the dream, she saw the miserable plague scene that could only be seen in costume dramas in the past.

When she woke up, she broke out in a cold sweat, but she thought that she thought about it every day and dreamed about it at night, maybe she was careless, so she didn't tell others.

A few days later, Mr. Fei specially asked Ah Li to go to the government office to inquire, and Ah Li brought back more bad news.

"The situation in our Bailu Town is relatively good. I heard that the counties in the north are colder and there is not enough firewood. Some people can't bear it anymore and drag their families to the south."

"Some people who passed by our Bailu Town said that they saw people who died of freezing on the road, and it was miserable."

Ah Li reported the news he heard today with a heavy face.

"Also, Zuzhizhou asked me to ask Mr. Bai again, how long will it take to increase the supply of briquettes?
Now many shops in the town can't buy coal, and they close their doors shortly after opening. If this continues, not only the price of firewood will be inflated, but also the price of food and drink will be uncontrollable. "

"It's hard to say, I'm also waiting for news." Bai Fu's tone was heavy.

In a short period of time, the coal she hoarded years ago has been almost sold out, and some left over is only enough for her own use.

Although the Tiger Roaring Bodyguard Bureau sent someone to Anzhou to send a letter to Guo Liulang in advance, and asked the Anzhou Branch Bureau to fully assist in sending coal back, but the disaster in the north was even more serious. The people from the Tiger Roaring Bodyguard Bureau have not arrived yet, and I don’t know where they are now .

The road is frozen to death. It seems that the situation is worse than she imagined.

"How do you deal with people who are found to be frozen to death like this? Will they be buried in time?" She asked thoughtfully.

In the last days, in order to prevent the spread of the zombie virus, after each extermination, there will be special team members responsible for clearing the field to deal with it.

The same is true for human corpses. If they die of a disease, if they are not disposed of in time, they may become a source of infection for the disease.

Now that the world of ice and snow may not be discovered for a while, once the weather warms up, it may be a disaster.

Ah Li is not very clear about this. Although he traveled all over the country with the young master these years, he never had the chance to witness such a tragic event.

"Do you want me to ask Xu Zhizhou again?"

Bai Fu nodded.

"Tell Xu Zhizhou if you can, if you encounter this situation, you must isolate and bury it in time, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

A Li glanced at Young Master, Young Master Fei nodded, and went out without hesitation.

"The plague begins with heavy snow, occurs at the winter solstice, is born in the cold, flourishes in the beginning of spring, is weaker than rain, and declines in the wake of stinging insects"

Bai Fu muttered softly while recalling.

She has vaguely read this sentence in modern books, and she is not sure what kind of disease it is for, but it must be evidence-based words that can be passed down to future generations.

Qin Shisan and Luo Jin were puzzled, "Where did you see that?"

"Are you worried that after the catastrophe, there will be a catastrophe?" After pondering for a while, Mr. Fei asked with a serious expression.

Bai Fu nodded.

"I don't remember where I read it, but it is said that it is a statistical pattern, at least it shows that it is very likely."

"What should we do?" Luo Jin asked.

On the morning of the second day, Bai Fu called everyone together and held an emergency meeting.

"Now we don't have much coal, and I don't know when the next batch of coal will arrive, and I need to use coal to distill alcohol. For the time being, please make do with it and try to live together to save heating."

She spared her life. After coming to this world with backward medical care, she was very worried that she would lose her life if she got sick accidentally. Therefore, she paid more attention to disease prevention and bacterial disinfection, and tried to make distilled alcohol early on to carry it with her.

Although it's not clear whether it has reached the medical level, if not, she always feels flustered for no reason.

Bai Fu said, and finally his eyes fell on Qin Shisan.

Before, he could be allowed to be hypocritical, but now that he dares to be hypocritical under special circumstances, don't blame her for driving him away.

Although Qin Shisan was not happy, he also knew that now was not the time for him to be particular, so he nodded.

"I have no opinion."

Considering you are sensible, Bai Fu looked away satisfied.

"Also, try not to start cooking by yourself in the future, and let the big kitchen make unified arrangements." Bai Fu said.

The crowd nodded.

Then Bai Fu arranged for everyone to work, those who gave money gave money, those who asked for news asked for news, those who stockpiled grain stockpiled grain, and those who hoarded wine hoarded wine.

It was Mr. Fei who gave the money, knowing that Bai Fu was tight, he called her aside and handed her the 1 taels of money, "Tell me if it's not enough."

Bai Fu: "Master, does your family have a mine?"

Mr. Fei, who didn't understand, paused, seemed to think about it seriously, and said:

"There are several fruit mountains at home. I don't know if there are mines in them."

Bai Fu: "."

Handsome, rich, and knowledgeable, Bai Fu suddenly felt that Mr. Fei, who didn't wear new clothes every day, was also very dazzling.

Like the God of Wealth exuding 24K pure gold light all over his body.

After thinking for a while, Bai Fu put away the bank note, "Forget it I borrowed it, and I'll pay you the interest later."

Mr. Fei wanted to say no, but seeing Bai Fu's serious expression, he nodded, "Okay."

The matter of inquiring about news fell on Mr. Qin. He was the manager of Bailu College. The students in the college were either rich or noble and there were many well-informed people. It was the easiest to inquire about news.

(End of this chapter)

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