Portable Space: Small Peasant Girls Farm to Get Rich

Chapter 335 Disaster Arrives
At the end of the village, inside Liu's house.

A woman wearing a woman's bun, wearing a coat, was sitting on a chair and stool, looking blankly at the heavy snow outside through the door, her eyes dull, her spirit listless, and her whole body filled with depression.

Two months have passed and there is still no news about the girl. If this continues, let alone her, even the children in the private school will be unable to sit still.

"Why is there no news yet?" At midnight last night, a group of people sneaked into the village. The villagers quickly caught the people and took them to the town government, thus delaying their trip to the county.

Today's heavy snow delayed things again, and I don't know if the county has received any news from the girl.

Chen Cuizhi flicked the charcoal in the charcoal basin on the ground to make it burn more vigorously.

The sparks were scattered, and the surrounding area gradually became warmer again. Chen Cuizhi looked at the sparks that jumped to the ground, and used a wooden stick to snuff them all out.

After looking at the bright charcoal fire for a long time, Chen Cuizhi turned her gaze to the door again.

In the distance, in the blurry snow, a small black spot was about to appear. Chen Cuizhi rubbed her eyes and opened them again. The black spot was getting closer and closer.

Not a dazzle!

That horse is Junfeng! ! !
"girl!"

Chen Cuizhi stood up in a hurry, shouted and rushed out regardless of the heavy snow outside.

Liu Qingcao heard the sound, lifted the car curtain and looked for someone in the snowflakes.

When she was in the county seat, she heard Pan Yong say that Chen Cuizhi had returned to Shihe Village. She didn't know how to listen to the voice just now. It was Chen Cuizhi's voice, which was still so familiar.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, so close to the house, she could only see a blurry figure rushing out of the courtyard door.

"Sister Chen, it's so cold outside, what are you doing out here? Go back quickly." Liu Qingcao looked at Chen Cuizhi standing in front of the carriage, breathing heavily, feeling angry and moved.

As if Chen Cuizhi didn't hear Liu Qingcao's words, she stood firmly on the spot, half of her legs buried in the snow.

After a while, the hand holding the wooden stick turned red with cold.

Liu Qingcao had no intention of blaming her at the moment, so he opened the curtain and got out of the carriage.

"Sister Chen, come back with me quickly. It will be freezing soon." Liu Qingcao took her hand and walked towards the far door. Junfeng followed smartly and went into the hut to wait.

In the room, Liu Qingcao added a few pieces of charcoal, then walked to Chen Cuizhi and sat down.

"Girl, you have lost weight."

Chen Cuizhi looked at Liu Qingcao carefully for a long time, tears soaked in her eyes, and she choked with slight pressure at the corner of her mouth.

Liu Qingcao was deeply aware of the timidity of being close to home, having been away for more than two months. Coupled with the care of those close to her, her whole body warmed up in this cold winter.

She has gained weight, but they all say she has lost weight.

"I'm fine, I made you worry." Liu Qingcao's lips curved upward, and his voice was clear and refreshing.

"It's good that the girl is back." Chen Cuizhi replied lovingly. The heavy snow falling outside the house and the wind fell into the charcoal basin wantonly, and her stomach growled non-stop.

"Girl, I'm going to cook, you take a rest first." After saying that, he had already left the house in the wind and snow.

Liu Qingcao smiled and shook off the snowflakes on his body, got up and went out to his room.

The room is still the same as when she left, clean and tidy. You don't need to think about it to know that Chen Cuizhi cleans it frequently.

The fire pit was too cool and there was no heat. In the room next to it was the firewood shed. Liu Qingcao carried a large bundle of dry firewood into the house to light the fire pit.

After a while, the temperature in the room rose a lot.

"Girl, it's time to eat."

Liu Qingchuan originally wanted to go to the closet to get a quilt, but Chen Cuizhi's voice rang out at this moment.

"coming."

At the dinner table, Liu Qingcao asked about things in the village while eating, especially those men in black who entered the village.

"Girl, those people were so hungry that they were skin and bones. If they hadn't come in with knives and sticks, everyone in the village would have thought they were beggars from somewhere."

"By the way, Village Chief Jiang has sent the person to the Yamen for review by Wan Lizheng. I heard that he is a bandit who escaped for his life. As for other information, Village Chief Jiang doesn't know."

Bandits on the run?
Where did you escape?

Could it be Wan Tou Mountain?

Liu Qingcao didn't think this was possible. The bandits in Wantou Mountain had already been blamed. Even if there was negligence elsewhere, it couldn't be such a coincidence.

She had to go to Jiang's house early tomorrow morning. This matter was worrying her, and she always felt that something big was going to happen.

After dinner, Chen Cuizhi made Liu Qingcao's bed before going back to the house to rest.

Liu Qingcao was thinking about things and couldn't fall asleep. After squinting for a while, he still couldn't sleep, so he simply went into the space to harvest the food from the fields.

The next day, Liu Qingcao had a good sleep, opened her eyes and stared blankly at the roof. After a while, she got up from the bed and walked out of the space neatly.

Outside the space, Liu Qingcao felt the drastic temperature difference, and her whole body shivered uncontrollably.

It seems to be a little colder today.

There had never been such a heavy snowfall last winter. The thin layer of ice and snow was already unbearable. The snow was like a hole in the sky, and there was no bottom.

"Sister Chen, I'm afraid the snow won't be light. I'm going to the town after dinner soon. You can go to the warehouse and get a few more bags of grain to prepare, lest the snow is too deep and difficult to walk."

Chen Cuizhi nodded, looked at Daxue and sighed.

The longer the snow falls, the more people will suffer. She is not worried about the group of people in the ruined temple in Xin County. After all, Brother Dayong has already listened to the girl and made preparations.

But in this way, too much money is spent.

It's not easy for a girl to make money. Students in the village spend a lot of money every day. If you add the people in the town and county, it will be even more. If you can't go out in the snow, the shop will have no customers. This money... …

Liu Qingcao looked at the people around him frowning and saying nothing, and his mood became heavier.

What she had discussed with Gan Changsu a few days ago, she didn't know if it would come to fruition now.

With such heavy snow, it has become a problem for most people to go out, let alone working for her in exchange for money to eat and clothe themselves.

Is it possible that her space upgrade has to be abandoned halfway?
Alas, this is too difficult for her.

"Girl, don't worry, the snow might stop tomorrow." Chen Cuizhi comforted her somewhat without confidence.

Liu Qingcao was noncommittal.

After the meal, Liu Qingcao fed Junfeng half a bowl of spiritual spring water and found a thick blanket from the house to put on it.

The snow was really heavy and it didn't stop for a moment. It was extremely easy for Junfeng to get frostbite while walking outside in the snow. She couldn't be stupid enough not to cover herself up.

As the carriage passed by Jiang's house, Liu Qingcao paused, but in the end did not knock on the door.

Jiang Dafu should not be in the village at the moment, otherwise he would have come looking for her when he learned that she was back.

The snow on the road covered the horses' legs, making the road more and more difficult to travel. By the time they reached Qianfeng Town, two and a half hours had passed.

Qianfeng Town Town Yamen, Liu Qingcao handed the carriage to the Yamen servant and entered the Yamen with a large basket of things.

In the yamen lobby, Wan Huaimin received the news from the yamen servant and was already waiting for Liu Qingcao's arrival.

We haven't seen each other for two or three months, but this little girl has not forgotten to come to see him. However, she is afraid that she is not just here for him.

"Wanli is just right, hello Master Zhou." Liu Qingcao put the basket aside and greeted the two of them.

Wan Huaimin and Zhou Gengcai looked at the full bamboo baskets and smiled at each other in tacit understanding.

"Qingcao, are you having an affair with me?" Wan Huaimin showed a gentle smile on his face, his tone was reproachful, but his eyes were filled with kindness and love.

Liu Qingcao didn't answer, silently walked aside and sat down.

"Qingcao, you came here in the snow and wind for those gangsters." Wan Huaimin spoke with certainty, without too many twists and turns, and raised his gray eyes, showing no emotion or anger.

After Liu Qingcao heard this, she didn't hide it. This matter belonged to the yamen and was not something she could interfere with.

Since Wan Li is mentioning it, it means that this matter needs to be discussed!

"Wan Lizheng, is it convenient to talk about this?"

Liu Qingcao glanced at the basket and spoke tentatively.

The things in the basket were not very valuable to her, but if it were anyone else, they wouldn't treat them like this.

In addition to a jar of tiger bone wine, the basket also contained dry goods from Haizhou Fucheng and a box of yellow-orange jackfruit pulp.

The value is no less than one hundred and eighty taels.

This is a generous gift!

The things are a bit ostentatious, but they are all well-documented.

Tiger bone wine is precious and rare, while seafood and jackfruit are rare and expensive, so it is a perfect gift to others.

Wan Huaimin is not a greedy person, he accepts when he sees something good, and the news is not impossible to tell.

"Qingcao, this group of gangsters went all the way from Xin County to Shihe Village. On the way, they were chased by the government, and that's why they fell into this state."

Wan Huaimin clasped the desk case and suddenly raised his eyes to stare at Liu Qingcao with a solemn expression, "These people are coming to Shihe Village, and their purpose is probably not simple."

Liu Qingcao's heart sank, but her face was very calm.

This group of people obviously came for her, not Shihe Village. "Thank you Wan Lizheng for reminding me." Liu Qingcao thanked him gratefully.

Wan Huaimin saw her calm face and thought she didn't take it seriously, so he couldn't help but feel worried.

"Green grass, it's been snowing recently and it's difficult to get in and out. You'd better not leave the village alone."

Liu Qingcao nodded, knowing that Wan Li was worried about her.

Although Wan Huaimin is upright, she has many limitations. It is too difficult to use her official position to protect her at all times. Only verbal reminders from time to time are the most appropriate.

"Qingcao will pay attention, thank you Wanli Zheng." Liu Qingcao felt warm in his heart and raised his eyelids slightly.

Liu Qingcao said goodbye to Wan Huaimin and went straight from the town office to Yuezao Lao Liang Store in the town.

"Girl, you are here."

The waiter at the grain store saw Liu Qingcao and said hello happily.

Liu Qingcao nodded, glanced at the empty grain store, and frowned.

"All the food is sold out?"

"Girl, everything in the shop has been bought out in the past two days, and there are still many in the courtyard. But yesterday shopkeeper Song Sheng sent someone to inform the little one, asking me to sell out all the rice and noodles in the shop, and keep the ones in the backyard first. Not for sale,” the waiter explained.

Liu Qingcao breathed a sigh of relief and went directly to the backyard without waiting for the waiter's reaction.

The snow on the ground in the backyard is a bit thick, but it is much thinner than the snow on the road outside. It seems that the waiter is not idle when the shop is empty.

When the door was opened, grain bags were piled extremely high in the room, with a wooden ladder leaning on the outermost rice bag.

The bottom layer of rice noodles was covered with three layers of one-inch-thick straw mats. Liu Qingcao touched the sack and found that it was dry and did not moisturize her hands.

These rice noodles are well preserved. In this dynasty, food is precious and no one can ignore it.

"Second Brother, I still have to listen to Shopkeeper Ge's arrangements for the grain store. It's snowing very fast, so I'll clear the snow off the roof and the ground when there's nothing else to do. It's been a hard work for Second Brother these days."

After speaking, Liu Qingcao put a tael of silver on the table, her tone gentle but without losing momentum.

The waiter nodded blankly. He didn't wake up from his daze until Liu Qingcao turned around and left.

He looked at the one tael of silver on the table, and after a while he stretched out his hand to pick it up and put it in his arms.

The excited and anxious Xiao Er didn't dare to think any more and hurriedly chased Liu Qingcao in the direction he left.

This tael of silver was given to him by the girl. He would not give it to his mother again. He would keep this money to replenish his wife's health.

Liu Qingcao left the grain store and sat in the carriage, thinking deeply, completely losing the peace he had just now.

The second boy in the grain store had a hard life, but he was not the one who suffered the most. The days that followed may be the beginning of most people's suffering.

What is she going to do?
Should we stand by and watch or give a helping hand?
This choice is really difficult for her to make now.

"Ah~"

Liu Qingcao sighed and braved the pouring snow and drove the wind back to Shihe Village.

After all this back and forth, it was almost dinner time.

The snow will be even thicker tomorrow, and it will be difficult to even walk on the road, let alone go to town.

When she came back, Liu Qingcao saw that the peas and broad beans in the fields in the village were covered in snow with no seedlings left. She guessed that they would be frozen to death by this cold winter.

This season, the villagers made a lot less money from peas and broad beans.

In the lobby of Liu's house, Liu Qingcao was eating white rice from a bowl, but his mind had already wandered elsewhere.

Seeing her lack of interest, Chen Cuizhi knew that she was worried about the unexpected heavy snow.

"Girl, we can't do anything with the snow like this. Just eat well and everything will be fine."

"Sister Chen, I'm fine, don't worry." Liu Qingcao pulled her lips bitterly, no longer distracted.

Chen Cuizhi shook her head and sighed. She had to get up early tomorrow morning. It had been snowing all night, and the roof might not be able to withstand the weight of the heavy snow.

The night is dark and the moon is hiding, the white snow is falling, and the air-conditioning is rushing around, making people shivering in cotton-padded clothes and quilts.

In Jiang's house, Jiang Dafu went out to collect firewood with an oil lamp in hand. When he opened the door, white snow blocked his chest, and the cold wind came in from the hollow. The wind and snow hit his rough face, making him widen his eyes.

Didn't he just clean up this snow after dinner?

How come the accumulation is so high now?

Jiang Dafu quickly closed the door gently, ignoring the chills on his body, and ran towards the door of Jiang Dahe's house.

"Dad, Mom, please get up and take a look. This snow is almost flooding the house." Jiang Dafu's voice was loud, and just one sound woke up everyone in the house.

When Li Shumei heard Jiang Dafu's words, she didn't even think about blaming her. She quickly put on her clothes and came out. Without waiting for Jiang Dafu to say anything, she went straight to the main room and opened the door.

"Hiss!" The white wall in front of her was particularly dazzling under the light of the oil lamp. The cold wind carried the snowflakes and rushed towards her face, making her bones ache.

"Mom, close the door quickly, be careful of the snow coming in."

Jiang Dayin came to his senses in shock and walked over quickly to pull the stunned old woman behind him. Jiang Dafu also reacted and blocked the door with his hands and feet.

"Mom, are you okay?" Jiang Dafu shook Li Shumei's arm worriedly. He didn't know what was wrong with his mother and why he had such a big reaction.

Only then did Jiang Dahe slowly come out of the house, with undissipated anger on his face.

"What's wrong? You're up so late at night, why are you roaring?" Jiang Dahe was disturbed from his sleep, and his voice was a little higher than usual.

Jiang Dafu and Jiang Dayin were silent for a moment, then turned to care about their mothers.

Wang Chunhua and Liu Yulan sat on the bed with their children in their arms and did not follow the two men out, but what they heard just now did not sound like a good thing.

"Mom, please say something and don't scare us." Jiang Dafu begged with a trembling voice while supporting Li Shumei, whose eyes were lost.

Jiang Dayin was panicking at this time, but his reason had already made him take action.

Jiang Dayin pinched Li Shumei's tiger's mouth with one hand, and pinched her philtrum with the other hand.

This method was given to her by Liu Qingcao. He thought he wouldn't need it, but he didn't expect that this was the first time he gave it to his mother.

Two minutes later, Li Shumei's eyes gradually became brighter. Jiang Dayin relieved his hand and let go of Li Shumei's hand very quickly.

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Dafu asked worriedly, his eyebrows furrowed into a river shape.

Li Shumei's tears could not be restrained and rolled down like jade beads. Her expression was sad and painful, but she could not make a sound when she opened her mouth.

"Mom, don't worry," Liu Yulan stepped forward to comfort her, patting Li Shumei's back again and again with her palms.

Jiang Dahe froze in place, frightened and restless, even his fingers hanging down were trembling.

He had been with Li Shumei for more than twenty years and had experienced a lot of suffering and pain, but he had never seen her lose her composure as she did today.

"Mom, please sit down and have a sip of tea first. It's because my son was unfilial and disturbed my mother in the middle of the night." Jiang Dafu poured the tea, scolded himself and stood aside, his head lowered and not daring to look at Li Shumei.

Li Shumei's eyes were slightly drowsy, and it took a while to gather her emotions and open her eyes.

The oil lamp in the room was bright and flickering, making her feel more and more depressed.

The snow layer is higher than human beings, how can they survive this winter! ?
Li Shumei raised her eyes to look at her son and daughter-in-law, smiled bitterly, and then began to give instructions.

"Spring flowers, Magnolia, go and count the food in the house. Don't leave any oil, salt or aniseed behind.

Dafu, Dayin, go and put away the wood and charcoal in the woodshed. As for the wood outside the house, bring it into the house at dawn tomorrow. "

"Mom, let's get it done right now. You can rest peacefully and don't get too anxious."

The four of them didn't ask Li Shumei why she did this, and they all quickly left and went to various houses.

As soon as Jiang Dahe and the other four left, he stiffly moved his legs and feet and walked over.

"Shumei, what's going on with you, why?"

"Natural and man-made disasters are coming again, Dahe, we are really unlucky in this life." Li Shumei interrupted Jiang Dahe's words and said Qiqi.

"Natural disaster..." Jiang Dahe suddenly looked at the closed door, his eyes full of fear and uneasiness.

Seeing him like this, Li Shumei was not in the mood to comfort him, so she quietly closed her eyes and thought about countermeasures.

The snow disaster has already begun, and she wants her family to survive this natural disaster as much as possible.

If she remembered correctly, there was still a lot of food at home. As for the firewood for heating, she could survive this winter by sparing it. However, she had no way of knowing when the snow would stop.

After natural disasters, how to deal with man-made disasters...

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This snow disaster that came quietly made many villagers start to panic. After they cried and lost their minds, they quickly cheered up and got busy.

At the end of the village, Liu Qingcao was sleeping soundly in the space. Suddenly, a neighing sound pulled her out of her sleep. In a hurry, she pulled the cotton coat and wrapped it around herself.

As soon as he opened the door, he was shocked by the snow in front of him. Chen Cuizhi's worried shouts came from the side, and Liu Qingcao swallowed his saliva in response.

Then in the silent bloody night, neither of them made a sound again, but the neighing sound started up again.

This is the voice of Junfeng...