December 12, the fifth year of Chongzhen, the day after the Great Cold.

When Qin Chuan woke up from his sleep, he faintly heard the sound of silver bells outside the window.

Judging from the light coming in from the window paper, it has already been lit.

Qin Chuan got up from the warm quilt, put on his clothes quickly, put on the marten again, and then opened the door and went out.

As soon as he opened the door, he was stunned before he could step out.

Because the yard outside the door was snow-white.

There were also white goose feathers falling down in the sky, falling into the yard, blending with the snow-white patch.

Qin Chuan ran out suddenly, raised his head, opened his hands, and looked at the vast white sky with joy on his face.

It's snowing.

It was very heavy, and the snow in the yard was half a foot thick overnight.

"Get down, put down a little more, let him go for a few nights."

Qin Chuan murmured to Kong with anticipation.

Heavy snow means that next year's winter wheat will have a good harvest.

The winter snow covers three layers of quilts, and sleeps with steamed buns pillows next year.

Heavy snow also means that when the snow melts next spring, the newly dug reservoir will be able to store a lot of water.

It means that Jianhe, Nanchuanhe, Xichuanhe, Longquanhe, north, Chihe, Tunlanhe, East and West Huluchuanhe, etc., all dry seasonal rivers will restore the vitality of the gurgling waters in the past.

This is a good thing.

After standing for a while, Qin Chuan felt his neck was cold and his body was covered with snow, so he hurried back to the corridor.

A silver bell-like laughter came from a yard not far away.

Qin Chuan raised his foot and walked towards the direction of laughter.

Turning through a corridor and walking into a yard filled with a faint fragrance, Qin Chuan saw several figures playing happily in the snow, including the female family of the Wang family, the sisters of the Li family, and a woman wearing a marten, who was so beautiful that she was bubbling.

Qin Chuan stopped and looked at the woman quietly.

The woman soon discovered him, lowered her head and hurriedly walked in the corridor, hid behind Ning, and secretly glanced at him from time to time.

"I'll go out to see the villagers. Be careful and don't catch a cold."

Qin Chuan smiled at her and then strode away.

...

Lao Huang and Bobcao have already tricked the farmers in Jiaoqutianzhuang, with a total of 80 households and a population of 320.

Wang Jizong sent them some cotton coats and was putting them into Mengjiazhuang.

“Are the cotton coat and quilt enough?”

Qin Chuan walked over and asked.

Wang Jizong nodded: "It's barely enough. I've seized a lot of them in Huangcongshan, Shentai Peak and Dujiazhuang before. I went to Jingle and Taiyuan some time ago to buy some, but now I'm barely enough."

"Well, let the villagers who are lacking clothes stay in the house and not come out."

"They all know."

"Let's go, follow me to the town to take a look."

"good."

The two of them wore dog-skin hats, found sewn sheepskin to wear them on their bodies to resist the wind and snow, and then took a few followers and walked out of the house under the heavy snow of goose feathers.

The town has been flooded with snow, and it is covered with white everywhere. Apart from the occasional tightly covered Guandi Army patrol, there is no one to be seen.

There are not many brick and tile houses and wooden houses in the town, less than 200 rooms. The rest are all temporary thatched huts and land nests, and the hungry people who are kept in front and behind.

Nowadays, most villagers are huddled in their own houses and sleep hard and don’t go out easily.

Although they didn't work during this period, Qin Chuan still supported them and changed the daily two-doctor one to two-doctor one and one to help them withstand the severe cold and survive this most difficult period.

...

On the side of the mountain in Loufan Town, in a thick nest, Huang Erdan added a handful of firewood to the stove, warmed his hands, then retracted the bedding, hugging his thick-shaped aunt tightly.

"The baby is sleeping next to him."

My aunt pushed him.

"Hehehe."

Huang Erdan then let go of his hand.

"Erdan, it would be great if Mom and Xiwa were still alive." The lady hugged him with her backhand.

The smile on Huang Erdan's face froze.

"Oh, I was gone at the beginning. That group of people could not believe me. Your brother didn't believe me. He took our family to join Zijinliang and killed my mother, Xiwa and the others. He died in Hequ..."

"Wife, goodbye."

Huang Erdan held his aunt's mouth.

The aunt opened his hand, looked at him steadily, and said seriously: "Erdan, you are not allowed to rebel like your brother. Now our family of three has food, accommodation and food. It is not given by the rebel army, but by the great manager."

"I will tell you that from now on, you will work for the big manager honestly. After the harvest next summer, you will say a few good words to Mr. Wang and ask him to rent a few acres of land for our family. Then we will take root in Loufan and stop leaving."

“Hey.”

Huang Erdan responded with a grin, then crawled into his hand from under his aunt's cotton jacket.

Even if his wife didn't remind him, he would never run around with Zi Jinliang's group.

It was a group of beasts that even their own people ate, but they didn't spit bones after eating.

Chunwa is only thirteen years old, and she was ruined by that group of people.

My mother went up and fought with them, giving them a knife from the front to the back.

Huang Erdan was so brave that he collapsed on the ground. He was still his wife who had just given birth to a baby. She quietly dragged him away and escaped from the dead people in Yangqu overnight.

After that, they went south from Yangqu to beg for food, to Gulan Prefecture, and to Lan County.

In Kelanzhou, when his aunt and his baby were about to starve to death, he asked for a bowl of fragrant stewed venison. The baby ate it and fed zero broth to his baby.

There was still a piece of meat that was two fingers left in the bowl. When half a bowl of soup, my wife handed him the bowl. He shook his head desperately and he had eaten it.

He didn't dare to tell his wife that it was a bowl of human flesh.

Since then, he has had nightmares when sleeping at night.

He knew that he would be punished.

Before that, he had to raise his baby first.

Later, they met an old man with big yellow teeth and a half-old man in Lan County. Once the old man gave them three pieces of jerky meat, the three of them followed each other back to Loufan.

Later, he learned that the old man was named Lao Huang, a good man, and that half of the eldest son was named Bobcao. He was very savage and had hundreds of lives at his hands at the age of age.

Later, he realized that the food was given to them by a great manager named Qin in Mengjiazhuang.

The more than a thousand Guandi Army and the gentle Mr. Wang who spoke in a gentle manner were all subordinates of the Qin Daguan.

He knew that his wife and children were saved.

Without the reminder of his wife, he would work wholeheartedly for the big manager and earn a few acres of land for his wife and children. By then, he would not be afraid of karma.

Just as he was thinking, the aunt in her arms arched him.

At this moment, a sudden sound of footsteps sounded outside the door, as if there were still people talking.

"who?"

Huang Erdan pulled out his hand and stared at the low door of the ground nest vigilantly.

"The chief manager and Mr. Wang have come to inspect, and the people in the room open the door." A voice sounded outside the door.

"The big manager and Mr. Wang are here?"

Huang Erdan's wife reacted faster than him, so she hurriedly got up, sorted out her clothes, and kicked Huang Erdan.

Erdan came to his senses, hurriedly ran away, and then hunched: "I've seen the big manager and Mr. Wang."

Qin Chuan and Wang Jizong stood outside the door, but did not enter the door, but only glanced inside.

"If you light a stove in the house, you must pay attention to ventilation, otherwise the charcoal fire will be smothered." Qin Chuan pointed at a pile of firewood in the middle of the ground nest and said.

"Okay, ventilate, ventilate." Huang Erdan nodded hurriedly.

"You should also pay attention to fire prevention and check the walls and roofs carefully. If there is thatch exposed, you should paste it with the mud in time and do not let the thatch exposed."

"Yes, OK, remember."

Qin Chuan looked around again and saw a restrained woman in the corner of the house. A one or two-year-old doll was still lying in the bedding on the ground. He took out a piece of black stuff from his pocket and handed it to Huang Erdan, saying, "Take it to tease the baby, don't give it too much at once."

Huang Erdan took it and saw it was a piece of yellow sugar the size of a palm.
To be continued...