The daughter-in-law of the first assistant is a super prosperous husband, and the whole family is vy

Chapter 108 Snow Disaster
Aunt Guo shook her head: "I haven't thought about it yet. The three of them have been busy these two days and have no time. What is the price of charcoal this year?"

Zhou Ran told Aunt Guo the prices of the two charcoal companies. Aunt Guo looked shocked, "Why is it so expensive?"

"The weather is too cold this year, and everyone is afraid that it will be even colder in the future. The price of charcoal almost changes every day. I heard that it was only six days yesterday, so I'd better buy it early."

Hearing this, Aunt Guo said, "Then I'd better not wait for the three of them. Xiu'e and I will buy it ourselves."

After Aunt Guo finished speaking, she went home, took the money, called her eldest daughter-in-law, and hurried out.

Zhou Ran gave the coachman more money, and several coachmen helped them move all the charcoal into the house.

After everything was cleaned up, Zhou Ran asked Zhao Wu to go to the roast duck restaurant again and reminded Ye Erlang to prepare more charcoal in the store.

The next day, Zhou Ran went to Pu's charcoal shop again.

Today, the price of charcoal has risen to twelve cents. Zhou Ran did not find it too expensive, so he bought another thousand kilograms and asked Zhao Wu to take his people directly back to Xiyao Village.

After that, Zhou Ran went to the Wei Mansion, met Ye Xiaomei, and asked about the preparations for the Wei Mansion's charcoal fire.

Ye Xiaomei didn't care about the affairs of the house, so she didn't know anything about it, so she went to inquire about it and came back to tell Zhou Ran that Mrs. Wei had people prepare the charcoal two days ago.

In this case, Zhou Ran didn't worry anymore. She talked to Ye Xiaomei for a while, then gave some advice on Ye Xiaomei's embroidery skills, and then Ye Xiaomei led her to visit Mrs. Wei.

In fact, they had nothing to talk about when they met Mrs. Wei, but since she arrived at the Wei Mansion, it would be rude not to visit Mrs. Wei.

After drinking a cup of tea at Mrs. Wei's place, Zhou Ran stood up and left.

In the next few days, the weather got colder and colder day by day, and the price of charcoal really got higher and higher day by day.

After several days of separation, Zhou Ran finally bought enough charcoal from Pu's shop. As for the shop she went to for the first time, she did not go back.

That shop was more fair than Pu's shop. Normally, she would definitely choose that shop, but at this special time, she still wanted to pry out more charcoal from Pu's shop.

By mid-October, the second batch of embroidery apprentices in Liuguang Pavilion had been recruited.

On the second day after these embroiderer apprentices entered Liuguang Pavilion, it snowed for the first time in Nanxing County.

It snowed all day and all night. After the snow stopped, the temperature dropped a lot.

Obviously there is still half a month before Jiaojiu, but the weather is colder than Sanjiu.

Zhou Ran always puts on a thick layer of clothing every time she goes out.

In such weather, Zhou Ran was really worried about Da Niu and Da Niu's grandma.

So, she chose a day when the sun was out and went back to Xiyao Village. Although it wasn't very warm even when the sun was out, it was always better than on a cloudy day.

After arriving at Xiyao Village, Zhou Ran returned to the Ye family first.

It was cold and Ye's father could not go into the mountains. When Zhou Ran returned, the whole family gathered in the main room to warm their children by the charcoal pot.

Zhou Ran teased the three little guys for a while, and then said to Mrs. Zhang and the others: "Mom, it's cold this year. Don't be sparing with charcoal on weekdays. If there's not enough charcoal at home, I still have it. I'll give it to you later." Give some away.”

Mrs. Zhang smiled and said: "That's enough, that's enough. You gave away two carts of charcoal before, and then your second brother brought two carts of charcoal to the house. The charcoal at home is only unusable, so how can there be not enough?"

"On the other hand, you and Sanlang, one has to do embroidery work on weekdays, and the other has to read and write, so we use a lot of charcoal. If you don't have enough, you can take a cart of charcoal back home." Zhou Ran shook her head, "Mom, we have enough. "

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "As long as it's enough, I heard from Erlang that the charcoal in the county is now sold for twenty-five cents per pound, and you can't buy it even if you still have money."

"Well, the price of charcoal has risen sharply."

"If this continues, what will happen to people who don't have enough charcoal?" Ye's father said.

Mrs. Zhang sighed: "I hope the weather will get warmer in a while!"

After chatting for a while, knowing that Zhou Ran was thinking about Da Niu, Zhang talked to Zhou Ran about Da Niu and her grandmother.

"I went to see it this morning. The big girl was willing to use charcoal. Neither she nor her grandma were frozen. You can go and have a look later."

Zhou Ran nodded: "Okay."

After warming up at home for a while, Zhou Ran went to Da Niu's house.

Like the Ye family, Da Niu and grandma both stayed in the same room. There was a charcoal basin lit in the middle of the room. The charcoal in the basin was burning very brightly, and it didn't feel cold at all when entering.

The girl is in good spirits, and her grandma's complexion is almost the same as the last time we saw her, which shows that she is not frozen.

Zhou Ran stayed at Da Niu's house for a while. Da Niu's grandma insisted on keeping Zhou Ran at home to eat, saying she wanted to thank Zhou Ran for buying charcoal for the family.

Zhou Ran couldn't refuse, so she had dinner at Da Niu's house, then went back to Ye's house to talk to Zhang and the others, and then hurried back to the county town.

In November, it snowed heavily again in Nanxing County. This time the snow continued to fall for four consecutive days.

In the evening, when Ye Ximing came back from Mr. Zou, not only the shoes on his feet were wet, but also the clothes on his body were half wet.

Zhou Ran prepared hot water for him, and Ye Ximing soaked his feet. After changing his clothes, he told Zhou Ran, "The teacher said that the road has been difficult these days, so I don't have to go to his place tomorrow."

Zhou Ran nodded when he heard this and said, "It's okay if you don't go. The snow on the road has been thick and slippery these days, and it's really difficult to walk on it."

The carriage didn't dare to move at all. If Ye Ximing wanted to go to Mr. Zou, he could only walk slowly by himself.

Zhou Ran had stopped the embroidery classes in Liuguang Pavilion two days ago. Those apprentices who are willing to go home can stay there. Those who are unwilling to go home or have no home can continue to stay in Liuguang Pavilion.

The next day, Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing took a nap at home.

After getting up, Zhou Ran looked at the snow that had become much thicker overnight, and said to Ye Xi worriedly: "I don't know when the snow will stop. I heard from Aunt Guo that the roofs of several houses in the west of the city were covered with snow. The heavy snow collapsed, and someone was trapped underneath and seriously injured. If the snow continues to fall like this and cause disasters, I'm afraid more people will be injured."

Ye Ximing took a cloak and put it on Zhou Ran who was standing in front of the window, and comforted him: "Don't worry, I heard that Mr. Wu and his servants are clearing the snow."

"Master Wu is a good official." Zhou Ran said.

Two days later, the snow still showed no sign of stopping.

Zhao Wu, who had gone out to inquire about the news, told Zhou Ran and Ye Ximing: "Now, not only in the west of the city, but also in the east of the city, many people's houses have been crushed by heavy snow. The price of charcoal has risen to fifty cents per catty. I heard that Elderly people and children have frozen to death in the west of the city, Ping'an Hall is now overcrowded, and the prices of food and other items have also risen sharply."

(End of this chapter)