Nongmen Jinfeng: Cold-noodled husband and little daughter-in-law

Chapter 1007 Hibernation
"Let's go to the village elder. If it really snows tonight and the road is closed tomorrow, we will arrange for someone to clear the road! At least clear the road leading to the town!"

Fang Xiaofu thought about it, and thought that in modern times, when it snows, someone will shovel the snow and clear the road.Although there are no cement roads or asphalt roads in this era, it is always possible to minimize the ground cover to facilitate vehicles and horses.

"I'll go, you go back to the house." Fang Zijian said after taking a look at her.

"I'll go too. I'll go to Ji's house and ask if they have received a letter from Brother Ge." Fang Zizhan put down the book in his hand, got up and left the room.

In the past few days, everyone did not burn their kangs during the day, but concentrated in Fang Xiaofu's house, so as to save some firewood as much as possible, so as not to be insufficient when it gets colder.

Even Lu Yunxuan hadn't burned the kang next door used as a study since the beginning of winter, and only lit a brazier when it was cold. Most of the time he stayed in the same room with Caiyun, or sat under the stove.

Although everyone is rich nowadays, the firewood in winter is not inexhaustible and can be consumed casually.It's even more tense when it's snowy.

Therefore, as long as the weather is fine, some people will go to the mountain to cut firewood, and after two days of drying, they will move home and build a high firewood stack, which can be used throughout the winter.

This is like hibernation. Both humans and animals have the ability to reserve food and supplies in advance in order to successfully survive the most difficult season of the year.

The sky is cold and everything is frozen. To survive, we need food, water and heating.

When Fang Zijian and Fang Zizhan brothers came back from the courtyard, the sky was getting darker, and the snow particles were still falling down. They didn't wear capes, but they wore hats, but their faces were still hurting from the blows.

They walked back quickly and immediately called Fang Ziyuan together, and the three brothers went to fetch water.Fang Zijian carried the big bucket, while Fang Ziyuan and Fang Zizhan carried the small buckets.

When Lu Yunxuan heard the movement, he also came out and picked up a big bucket to follow.He is older than Fang Zijian. Although he grew up in a small town and his family runs a private school, he still knows how to carry water and chop wood, and he is not proud.

The people in the village are also very busy. The women have jobs to do. The old people look after the house, take care of the children, and do chores at home.

Fang Xiaofu sat on the kang and stared at Ziya, he was no longer in the mood to draw.

Although we had prepared for hibernation for a long time, it was because of this that everyone came back to the old house, but now it is really going to snow, and I feel that many things are inconvenient.

The sky outside the house was as dark as night, and it was hard to tell what time it was.Because of the strong wind, the lanterns under the eaves could not be lit, and the village was pitch black.

Fang Xiaofu opened the door and looked at the sky outside, feeling a little panicked.It turns out that the weather in this world before snowfall is so terrible.This is also the first time she has experienced the horror of not having lights after traveling from the world that never sleeps.

The brothers came back in the dark for the second time picking water, and the big tank at home was finally full. Fang Zijian looked at the sky and said that he would go to pick another load, and even put it in the bucket to store more water.

In the end, he and Lu Yunxuan ran again, Fang Zizhan lit a torch and followed, Fang Ziyuan couldn't walk anymore, so he said he went to the side to help lay the firewood pile.

In fact, it's not that I can't walk anymore, but that I still went back and forth four times after carrying two buckets of water for such a long distance.

After all, he was not used to doing it since he was a child. It is not easy to do this, and his brothers didn't laugh at him, let alone he offered to build firewood piles?
The adults built several stacks of firewood by size and thickness. Lin Hua and Lin Chun also helped to hold the firewood. Zixu wrapped in a small cloak stood aside and watched and talked to them.

Zixu contracted a cold and coughed for a few days, he has seen better in the past two days, and was let out by the adults today, but he still dare not run to the grandpa's house, for fear of giving his nephew the sickness.

Unexpectedly, it took only half a day to come out, and the weather changed in the afternoon, and she still insisted on standing here watching the adults build firewood, until her mother came out and took him back.

The lights in the room had already been lit, Fang Xiaofu walked out of the courtyard with his sleeves on, just in time to see Fang Zizhan and the others coming back, followed by Fang Zhizhong.

"Uncle is back!" Fang Xiaofu's eyes lit up, and he greeted him happily.

"Xiao Qi'er, it's windy outside, why did you run out?" Fang Zhizhong said with a smile.

"I'm going out to check the sky, I don't know what time it is." Fang Xiaofu was relieved when his uncle came back, and said with a smile on his face.

"It doesn't matter when, anyway, eat when you're hungry, sleep when you're sleepy, and wait for the snow to fall, and you'll be fine tomorrow." Fang Zizhan laughed.

The village is no different than the city. There is no dedicated watchdog or hourglass for timekeeping, but there is a timing incense. Generally, it is estimated by experience, and it doesn’t matter if there is no precise time.

When Fang Zhizhong came back, he knew that he was building a pile of firewood and immediately went to help, and he also let the old man know that he was back.

Fang Yang was busy in the kitchen. Although she didn't have time to say anything, her eyes were red, which showed that she was also very excited.It was only before dinner that Fang Zhizhong went to see his daughter and grandson.

After dinner, everyone warmed up by the fire in the main room, and Fang Zhizhong talked to Fang Xiaofu and the others about the situation along the way.

Most of the 25 taels of silver that Fang Xiaofu gave him when he left had already been spent. After Fang Xiaofu and the others left, he, Ge Changxing, and Fang Zhizhen took advantage of the barren land in late autumn to buy them in Deyang, Taichang, and Taiyang counties. Six fields and Zhuangzi.

In order to save resources, there are two places in each county, so that you can stay in each place for more days when you patrol the land later, and you don't need every place to be Zhuangzi, and you don't need too many tenants.

Just like Lu Jiapo did, give some money to the village and let the village chief and elders take care of what to plant and what to harvest, just hire people directly in the village and nearby villages.

Of course, this requires dedicated stewards to participate, in case the villagers don't care about things in places where they don't know, isn't it a waste of wages.

The cost of labor is not much, but the delay in farming time is a big deal.

But purely buying land is definitely not as expensive as buying Zhuangzi. Although he has to bear a greater risk, he still made this choice.In addition, there is a Zhuangzi in every county, and there was also a place for long-term residence in the past.

Six fields and Zhuangzi, plus wages, their travel expenses, transfer fees, and fees for Ge Changxing and local middlemen, the final total was about 18 taels.

"Originally, we could go to Xuyue County again, but Ge Changxing reckoned that you were coming back, and it was getting colder today, so we had to rush back to get married, so we rushed back."

As Fang Zhizhong said, he took out the account book and the remaining bank notes, and Fang Xiaofu quickly stopped him: "Uncle, please keep the bank notes first, and you can go to Cousin Yiji to log in to the general ledger for the accounts."

(End of this chapter)