happy apocalypse

Chapter 204 Cold Winter

I stood by the window, looked at the snowflakes outside, and sighed, another year is going to pass, and next year will be the last year I predicted, and now I feel a little hesitant, not knowing what the future will hold Woolen cloth?

As soon as Jiang Zhi arrived in the living room, he saw me standing by the window and meditating on the heavy snow outside. He knew what I was thinking, so he came over, put his arms around my shoulders, and said comfortingly: "Don't think about it, we are living very fast now. Well, in this village, we can be considered to have no worries about food and clothing, and even if there are some unforeseen disasters in the future, I think we can find a way to get through it."

I leaned back directly, leaning on Jiang Zhi, and said: "I know, our life is much better than that of people outside, so we don't have to worry about it all day long. Besides, after this year's construction, we This place looks more like a paradise in the last days, I am just a little scared, afraid of facing the unknown future."

People seem to be like this. After living in a stable environment for a period of time, they lose the courage to take risks.

"It's okay, there is your husband, I will always stand by your side." Jiang Zhi rubbed the top of my head with his chin. At this moment, I am extremely grateful that I chose Jiang Zhi at the beginning.

Just as Jiang Zhi expected, the weather this winter is extremely cold. In previous years, the living room would be very warm by lighting three stoves at home, but this year it won’t work. Everyone can’t wait to bring the stove with them, and keep it a little far away. It's frightening.

The weather this year is also really weird. In previous years, after a snowfall, it would stop for a while, as if to leave some time for people in the world to prepare, but this year, since the first snow fell, the snow has not stopped. However, it falls during the day and night, and occasionally when the snow stops during the day, there will be a big snowstorm at night.

Some people have old houses with ventilation. Although they can’t reach the same temperature inside and outside the house, it’s not much better. If it doesn’t work, the whole family hides in the same room, heats up the kang, and then covers the big The quilts are kept warm on the kang.Later, I will tell you the main idea, which is also the method I saw in the novel, to seal the doors and windows of the house where the air leaks with thick old quilts, so that the temperature in the house can be well maintained.After everyone listened to my main points, they started to move when they got home, and the environment at home has improved.

The snowy weather brings us more than just a problem of temperature drop.This situation has brought a lot of trouble to everyone.

The first one is the problem of snow removal. In previous years, after everyone cleared the snow in their own yard, they would also clear the snow on the road outside the yard. As a result, the villagers did not have so much energy this year. There is no need to clean the snow on the road. The villagers can't clean their own houses, so there is no time to work outside.

During the day and night these days, the villagers can be seen fully armed, braving the heavy snow to go up to the houses to clear the snow, but this side has just been cleared, and those have a thick layer. For the safety of the house, people have to separate them Clean it up every couple of hours.

No one lives in the house of the village committee, so no one cleans it frequently.Jiang Zhi and Li Cheng went to sweep it every morning, but they were afraid that the old house would not be able to bear the weight of the snow, so they took a picture of the old house every day.I finally started to go back to my old business, drawing a few pictures when I have time in space. Over the past year, I have drawn a lot less times, because I don’t want to use too many things like this in the world of cultivation in the outside world. We can solve it manually. I would never rely on them, but now this situation is absolutely necessary.

A few days ago in the village, an old house of a family was crushed by snow. Fortunately, it was during the daytime, except for one whose leg was crushed, the rest of the family was fine. But watching the family cry bitterly at the collapsed house, The male owner cried and said that he blamed himself for being lazy and not clearing the snow regularly. He always thought that the house had lasted for 3 years and nothing would happen this year, but his house did not hold up and was covered by snow collapsed.This family is considered homeless. Thanks to the kindness of the neighbors, they have vacated a house for them to live in. They will rebuild the house after the village opens next year. Otherwise, their family would not be able to survive even a day in this weather.

As the only doctor and surgeon in the village, Jiang Zhi took on the job of treating the wounded.

As for their house that was pressed under the house, with the help of the villagers, they also dug up some daily necessities, such as pots and pans. I just pulled out a few quilts and cotton clothes, these are essential items in winter.

Here is the most important granary. The food in it has been rescued by everyone. A lot of rice in bags has been scattered all over the ground. Fortunately, the rescued food is enough for the family to eat until next autumn. .

But the neighbors can vacate a room for them. The whole family is very crowded, and there is no place to put so much food.In the end, it was Jiang Zhi who decided to put the food in the village committee and give them a hut. They locked it up and went to the village committee to get food when they needed it. Although it was a bit troublesome, it was finally delivered Problem solved.

This incident also reminded all the villagers, especially those who are a little lazy and let it go. In such a snowy weather every day, if the snow is not cleared regularly, their houses may also collapse.

Since then, no family in Tashan Village has dared to be lazy. I told Jiang Zhi that only the lessons of blood can leave a deep impression on people, just like Jiang Zhi started to use a loudspeaker to remind the villagers when it just snowed. Clean the snow on the roof on time and regularly, but those lazy people don't seem to have heard, what should they do.This time it was all right, with a precedent in front of us, all the villagers were alerted.

However, Jiang Zhi thought of another problem. He said that more than half of the old houses in the village should be occupied. After the spring of next year, we must organize people to renovate these houses so that they will be safer in winter.I rolled my eyes at him. Every two days, the village chief has really become a good official who cares about everything and serves the people.

Jiang Zhi put his arms around me and said, isn't that also for this family, okay? If our family lives here alone in the end, we will not be happy even if it is like a peach blossom garden. Agree, one cannot live without being separated from the crowd, okay, I also see it, Jiang Zhi seems to have found his own fun after becoming the village head, and has been committed to building Tashan Village into a peach blossom garden in the end of the world.

Of course, the problems in the village are not limited to those.In the village, only Li Feng's daughter-in-law lives in a house alone, and her husband has already severed ties with her, so it is impossible to stand up and help her at this time.As a woman, she was like everyone else, going to Qingxue every day, but then she couldn't do it anymore, so she came to Jiang Zhi to find a way. After Jiang Zhi thought about it, she found her from Liu Laojiu's next door. The third son, a dutiful man in his 40s, has been single since his wife died 5 years ago, living with his father and elder brother's family.Jiang Zhi went to their house in person, told them about this matter, and also explained that it would not be in vain. Li Feng's daughter-in-law would give a certain amount of remuneration, and their family agreed very much, even if they did not give food, they were all from the same village. Besides, they have observed these days. Since Li Feng left, Li Feng's wife seems to have changed a lot. As long as she can do it herself, she will never ask others. It's all about her as a woman, she is a very self-reliant and self-reliant woman.This matter can be regarded as a satisfactory solution.

Another thing is that the [-] big fat pigs in the pig farm in the village must be killed as soon as possible. Since the weather has turned cold, feeding pigs has been a hassle. The hot pig food has just been poured into the trough It was completely cold inside, and before the pigs had a few mouthfuls, the pig food in the trough would freeze, and it would be too troublesome to reheat it and feed it bit by bit. , Guaranteed that the darts that are raised up with great effort will all fall down.

So one day, when the snow finally stopped during the day, Jiang Zhi organized the whole village to take action. More than a dozen families started to kill pigs together, trying to kill 30 pigs in one day, otherwise it would be difficult to wait for another sunny day. .

There are a lot of people and strength, and everyone is motivated to do this. In one morning, all 30 pigs were slaughtered. Several women were busy washing the large intestines and filling the sausages with blood. I checked the scales, and the lightest one weighed 160 jin, and the heaviest one reached 200 jin.

In the afternoon, Chen Hao was in charge of distributing the pork to each family. Looking at the ledger, each family got different pork.Some families with a large population and hard work can get half a piece of pork, while those who are lazy and lazy can only get more than 10 catties.

Of course, if you feel that your pork is not enough to eat, you can also exchange it for grain. The price is the same as that sold by Sun Jun's family last year.

The villagers are not envious of the family carrying half a fan of pork and happily returning home, but they are indeed capable. The elderly and children in the family go to the fields to mow grass early in the morning and late in the morning. What they take is the result of their hard work. Everyone secretly swears in their hearts that next year, their families will be more diligent, and strive to share more pork next winter.

In the evening, the blood sausage was ready, and Jiang Zhi asked people to deliver some of the blood sausage to the whole village, and the rest was his own.

Because from digging pits and building pigpens last year to hiring people to feed pigs this year, all the food was from our family, so although it was said that the pig farm belongs to the village, this year it is still our family. After paying the expenses with the food from the village next year, Only then can he return to the village. Everyone in the village knows about this matter, and no one has any objections, so it was decided.

That night, everyone in the village ate a meal of pig-killing dishes, ate the delicious pork, and imagined a bright future.

(End of this chapter)