Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 56 This Can't Go On
At this time, there were still wisps of fine snow floating in the sky. The cold wind blowing from the prairie in the northwest kept drilling into Li Guoqiang's body, regardless of whether he was willing or not, causing him to shrink his neck unconsciously and cross his hands on his chest.

At this point, he finally understood why people outside the Great Wall always liked to wear fur coats, because without fur coats, they really couldn't resist the weather of several degrees below zero.

Not to mention, after a while, the weather will plummet like a dive to minus ten degrees Celsius.

It seems that he has to find a way to get himself a fur coat as soon as possible.

Seeing Li Guoqiang's hunched face, Qu Yinfeng showed a hesitant look on her face, then gritted her teeth and said, "Qiangzi, why don't you go home and rest first! Don't get frozen. Go back and use our firewood first. When it stops snowing next time, I'll take you to the mountains!"

"No, no, even though I may seem weak, I don't need to hide in the house all the time. Besides, I'm already causing you enough trouble by staying at your house. You can't let me do nothing, right?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned when he heard this, then he quickly waved his hand and politely declined.

Hearing this, Qu Yinfeng looked at Li Guoqiang with a hint of admiration in her eyes. Then she did not try to persuade him anymore, but continued to pull the sled out of the village.

Li Guoqiang glanced at the sled sliding on the snow and thought that he must raise a mule in the future, otherwise it would be inconvenient to do anything in this cold winter.

He even thought that if he could raise two hunting dogs in the future, he might be able to experience speed and passion in the snow.

As he thought of this, a dog barking suddenly came from behind him, and then he saw a yellow figure passing by him, running towards the front, and disappeared in a short while.

Afterwards, the yellow figure suddenly turned back from the front, ran to Qu Yinfeng, bit the sled traction rope, and called out to Qu Yinfeng twice.

Seeing this, Qu Yinfeng stopped immediately, bent down, and put the sled towing rope around Dahuang.

When Dahuang saw that the rope was tied, he first called out to Qu Yinfeng, then turned back to glance at Li Guoqiang, and then took a step forward and pulled the sled forward.

When Li Guoqiang saw Dahuang's familiar little eyes, he was so angry that his mouth twitched. Then he made up his mind, strode after him and sat on the sled.

"Woof~ woof woof~"

Soon, Da Huang discovered Li Guoqiang's shameless behavior, and immediately stopped and loudly condemned him.

However, not only did Li Guoqiang not stand up, but he also acted as the first to complain.

"Auntie, Auntie, Da Huang is scaring me!"

Hearing this, Dahuang was instantly frightened, and before he could react, Qu Yinfeng hit him on the head with a big slap.

"Da Huang, don't scare people!"

"Ow~"

Da Huang looked up at Qu Yinfeng, who had a serious face, and opened his mouth to let out a cry of grievance.

If it could speak, it would have already started accusing Li Guoqiang of being shameless.

When Qu Yinfeng saw Da Huang's expression, her expression immediately eased. She then reached out and rubbed Da Huang's head, saying to him in a comforting tone, "Da Huang, Qiang Zi is now a guest of our house. You have to be nice to him, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Da Huang turned his head to look at Li Guoqiang somewhat unwillingly, then silently took a step forward and continued walking forward.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang felt ashamed, thinking that he was really so angry that he actually thought of getting angry with a dog. So he quickly rolled off the sled and examined his mentality with a serious expression.

Perhaps it was because of the supplies in the storage space and the money he carried on his body, or perhaps it was because the influence of Father Jin was too strong, so he unknowingly became a little distracted, and always felt that he would be able to live a very good life in the future.

However, when he carefully thought about his experiences along the way, he suddenly realized that apart from the routine practice of health-preserving breathing techniques, he had not made any other efforts.

Now, he has even fallen to the point of getting angry with a dog.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and the expression on his face became very serious.

He knew that he couldn't go on like this!

Otherwise, he would be dead before he even got back to the city.

At this time, Dahuang noticed that the traction rope became lighter, so he immediately stopped and turned to look back.

When it saw that Li Guoqiang had gotten up from the sled and exuded a sense of awe, a look of surprise flashed in its eyes.

Afterwards, it didn't care what Li Guoqiang was thinking, and hurriedly caught up with Qu Yinfeng, standing behind her like a loyal guard.

Before long, the two of them and the dog passed through the earthen wall outside the village and slowly walked into the mountains along a snow-covered mountain path.

Looking around, the mountain was covered with silver everywhere, and the unknown trees had taken off their green clothes, leaving only bare branches.

Since the dead branches and leaves at the foot of the mountain had already been picked up by people, Qu Yinfeng did not stay for long. He simply walked around the mountain in front of him and headed towards the mountains.

As they walked, she did not forget to introduce the surrounding terrain and road conditions to Li Guoqiang.

After walking for more than half an hour, they finally saw some dry branches half covered by snow.

Qu Yinfeng was delighted and hurried forward to pull the branches out of the snow. Then she found a stable place to put them and tied them up with ropes when she had picked up more branches.

Then, she pointed to the fresh break marks on the branch and explained to Li Guoqiang: "Qiangzi, look at this branch, it was broken by the snow. If you want to go into the mountains to collect firewood in the future, it's best to wait until the snow stops, so that you can collect more firewood."

"Also, when you collect firewood later, be sure to watch your head and don't let those branches hit you."

After saying that, she wanted to turn around and continue searching for dead branches on the snow.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang quickly suggested: "Auntie, why don't we pick them up together!"

"to make!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Yinfeng nodded and agreed without thinking, and also taught Li Guoqiang some experience on how to find firewood.

With the help of Father Jin, Li Guoqiang quickly learned how to search for firewood according to the growth conditions of the trees and the terrain. In a short while, he pulled up seven or eight dead branches from the snow, and then handed them to Qu Yinfeng to pile them on the flat ground that had been selected earlier.

At the same time, seventy or eighty dead branches quietly appeared in the storage space.

(End of this chapter)