happy apocalypse

Chapter 169 Another Winter Comes
As the days passed, Jiang Zhi also adapted to the job of the village head, and would be invited to deal with some trivial matters every now and then.Because of his tough tactics, he dealt with the villagers who had stabbed and troubled him a few times, and the others were afraid and calmed down a lot.

One day at the end of November, it was still the same as last year, with a high temperature of 11 to [-] degrees during the day, but at night, the temperature outside suddenly dropped rapidly, and heavy snow fell.

The non-stop snowfall overnight plunged the entire Tashan Village into a silvery world.

"This year is a bit later than last year, but the snow fell so suddenly. But finally there is water, and I can take a bath." I opened the door in the morning and saw that the world outside was already covered with ice and snow.It gives me the feeling that I finally have endless water.

After the autumn harvest, although the sun is no longer so hot, the outside is still the same drought, but the water in the well at home is no longer used to irrigate the field, so it is barely enough for the few people in the family to eat and drink. Taking a bath is not only a luxury but also a dream, so I am so happy to see the white snow all over the world.

With the experience of last winter, everyone was very calm about the sudden heavy snow last night, and started to take out the prepared winter items in a calm manner when the temperature dropped sharply last night.

First of all, I took off the short-sleeved shorts on my body and put them away, then pulled out the cotton trousers and down jackets in the closet and put them on, and then I heated up the kang, and replaced the thin quilt covered in summer with winter Covered with a thick quilt, finally took out the brazier and stove from the storage room, installed one in each room, then covered with a thick quilt and went to sleep.

In short, we didn't panic at all when winter came, which was expected.

I used to hear people say that in the countryside, only spring and autumn are the most tiring, and winter is the most leisurely, because winter is too cold and can’t do anything, so in winter everyone stays at home, but this is not the case now, all the year round It is exhausting in Tashan Village.

Early in the morning, Jiang Zhi and his three young men started shoveling snow, and the first thing they cleaned was the roof.

For this kind of house in the countryside, it is best not to leave snow on it, and if possible, it must be cleaned every time it snows.The most important thing is to fear that the house will not be able to bear the weight of the snow and collapse. Last year, some people's houses in Tashan Village were crushed by the snow.

I was not idle, picked up the shovel leaning against the wall, and started to collect the clean snow in the yard.

"Daughter-in-law, don't do it. It's too cold. Go back to the house and rest. We'll finish cleaning the roof and sweep the yard along the way." Jiang Zhi was standing on the roof and shoveling snow, looking at me. I came out to sweep the snow so early, I was afraid that I would not be able to adapt to the temperature change, and I was distressed that I would not let me sweep the snow.

In fact, his worries are superfluous. The three of us have never been sick since practicing the exercises in the space.But after hearing his words, I can still feel his concern. On this cold morning, my heart is extraordinarily warm.

"It's okay, I'll clean up the area at the door, and besides, I'm not cold, and I won't be able to sleep when I enter the house." I said, and my hands started to move.

"Also, you keep the clean snow on it, let's boil some snow water today, and let everyone take a bath."

"I agree, sister, it's time to take a bath. I'll search for it." Li Cheng heard me say that I need to boil water for a bath, and he raised his hands and feet in agreement.

"You are ashamed to say that my mother and I will boil the water in a while, and the children will wash first. After washing, I guess you will also finish sweeping, so you can continue washing." I simply stopped the shovel. Shovel, ready to let Jiang Zhi and the others be responsible for transporting snow, I went into the house to boil water.

"Okay, you go in, I'll bring some snow down now, and the children are playing in the backyard, I'll call them back." Jiang Zhi said, and was about to come down from the roof.

"Hmph, don't everyone just blame me like this, why are you just talking about me?" Li Cheng was very dissatisfied with my criticism, he sniffed at Li Shanqing's clothes and muttered.

Let Li Shanqing kick over, be honest.

This morning, we had a lot of busy work. First, we used the clean snow in the yard to boil several large pots of water, and the family took a hot bath happily.Of course, the whole morning was only for a few children to drink and wash with the old man, and we hadn't even lined up yet, so this work lasted until the evening.But my job of boiling water has long been snatched by Weiwei.

In the morning, after we cleared the snow from the roof and yard, we went to tidy up the cowshed and sheepfold.The weather suddenly turned cold, and I was afraid that the cows and sheep would not be able to bear it, but they were not off the hook, and when they saw me passing by, they began to scream "baa~baa~".

I was in charge of feeding them. Jiang Zhi and the others found some wood and reinforced the sheep pens in the cowshed, in case there would be a heavy snowstorm one day, and the sheep pens in the cowshed would not be able to withstand it.They also took measures to keep warm, fearing that the cattle and sheep would freeze.

After more than 5 months of careful feeding, these animals in our family have grown into adults, and the chickens, ducks and geese have already begun to lay eggs.

I asked Jiang Zhi: "Old Jiang, do we need to kill a batch of these chickens, ducks and geese in our family?" There are 90 poultry in our family, 30 chickens, ducks and geese each. You can eat three eggs for two days.Duck eggs are salted duck eggs and preserved eggs by Qu Ma.Most of the [-] geese in our family are male geese, and the egg production of the geese is low, so a few were confiscated, and Qu's mother cooked them for the children to eat.

In fact, some of our family’s goose eggs were given away by our children who were eating inside and out. Several times, Jiang’s mother and I watched. Several children held goose eggs that had just been touched from the mother goose’s house. He tiptoed and sneaked out of the house.

I was very curious a few times before, the children were eating so hard at home, why did they take it out so sneakily, I followed them quietly, and saw them bouncing around after they left the house. At the children's house, each child gave that child a goose egg, Han Han didn't know what to say, they all looked very happy.

After I went back, I told Jiang Zhi and asked him to find out who was in that family. I was afraid that my simple son would be cheated. Later, Jiang Zhi inquired. The family name was Zhao, and it was difficult for the village There are only three people in the family, the child's grandmother and the child's father and son. The child's mother passed away many years ago. Since there is no extra labor in the family, the child's father, Zhao Jun, has not gone out to work these years. The village takes care of the elderly and children while farming, so the family lives in poverty.

The children of that family are good friends of Hanhan and the others, so Hanhan often takes a few eggs from the family to satisfy his good friends.Afterwards we discussed it, our family is not bad for those eggs, we just pretend we don't know the little tricks of a few brats, let them continue to eat inside and out, steal from the rich and give to the poor.

"I have to ask the children for their opinions. If they all agree, then let's kill a few roosters and save the hens to lay eggs." Jiang Zhi still respects the children's opinions. After all, these chickens, ducks and geese are children all summer. They are taking care of them, and if you want to kill them right now, you have to ask them.

I looked at the big white goose eating fiercely in front of the trough and said, "This big goose is so delicious, and it lays so few eggs, why don't we stew it at night, so it depends on the big goose?"

Jiang Zhi looked at me, who was pretending to be serious, with a funny look, and said, "Okay, I will catch one and clean it up in a while, and we will eat big goose at noon."

As soon as Jiang Zhi heard what I said, he knew that what I said before was just an excuse. The real meaning was to rely on the big goose, and he didn't ask the children for their opinions, and he just wanted to catch and kill one.

At noon, there was indeed a large bowl of big goose on our dining table. The children knew that the big goose they had carefully fed had been ruthlessly killed. At first, they were very angry and expressed their determination not to eat it.But seeing us eating meat like this, the halazi also flowed out uncontrollably, and finally failed to hold on to the position. Under the warm offensive of Qu Ma and Jiang Ma, they took advantage of the slope to go down the donkey, and happily gnawed on it.

After the lunch break, Jiang Zhi went to the village committee. He reminded the villagers on the loudspeaker that the snow on the house should be cleared as soon as possible. According to the situation last year, the snow will not be less. If the snow is not cleared in time However, some old houses may not be able to bear the weight of the snow, and may be crushed. Last year, several houses were like this.

In fact, Jiang Zhi didn't need to inform us. Most of the villagers, like ours, cleared all the snow from the houses in the morning, but there are a few lazy houses in Tashan Village, and the snow is still on the roofs.

Jiang Zhi's notification was just to do his duty, saying that he saw a few houses without Qingxue along the way, and he didn't go in to supervise them.

Since Jiang Zhi became the village head, in order to use the loudspeaker to facilitate contact with everyone, he brought a solar generator to the village committee. Although it is of low power, it can be regarded as an added benefit to Quanta Mountain Village.

Since the power outage after the autumn harvest, Tashan Village has fallen into darkness again. The people who had candles used up last winter, and the flashlights at home were also left at home because they could not be charged. Therefore, at night, everyone was discredited.

Now the village committee has a few large plug-in strips that can be charged, which can solve the distress of the villagers who have no electricity. Since Jiang Zhi informed the villagers that they can charge here with a loudspeaker, the villagers have brought all the flashlights at home. It is charged here, and a few hours at a time is enough for several nights.

Today, there are also quite a few villagers who came to charge the battery by stepping on the snow, as if it was a routine, and everyone would praise Jiang Zhi when they finished charging.Such selflessness contributed to the solar energy at home.

Jiang Zhi just waved his hand, said a few words modestly, and then went home. He still needs to take a shower in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)