The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

Magistrate Hua felt particularly sad when he saw the villagers braving the heavy snow and struggling to scrape out a little food in the freezing weather, and how excited they were.

The villagers whose house collapsed were an elderly couple, their son, daughter-in-law and a five-year-old grandson.

Their son and daughter-in-law went to the town to buy New Year's goods two days ago and have not returned yet. They were probably stuck in the town due to the heavy snow.

Fortunately, their house collapsed during the day yesterday and did not hit them and their grandson, otherwise they would have lost their lives.

"Sanwaizi, there are beans next to the rice bag. Didn't you find them?" The old man asked the man holding a small bag of rice.

Sanwazi shook his head and said helplessly, "Uncle Ergui, the beans have all been scattered and rolled together with the soil. There is no way to clean them up."

The old man sighed, turned around and looked at Magistrate Hua and the village chief, and said a little embarrassedly: "Master Hua, Village Chief, my family only has this much food. When the snow stops, my son will buy some food and come back. I will supply the village chief and the boy's family."

Magistrate Hua stepped forward, patted the old man's shoulder gently, and consoled him: "Uncle, don't say that. There is nothing we can do about it. They don't want you to make up for it. As long as we unite as one, we can hold on until the court comes to rescue us."

The old man said gratefully: "Master Hua, you and Master Yang have come to save us. Otherwise, I would have frozen to death or gotten sick last night. You are our lifesavers!"

"Okay, uncle, hurry back to the village chief's house. It's too cold outside."

The village chief took the villagers and the guards brought by Magistrate Hua to another collapsed house to look for food.

There are more than 140 villagers in the village, plus the twenty or so people brought by Magistrate Hua, a total of more than 160 people.

They had already calculated that the food from the village chief and the hunter's families was only enough to feed so many people for two or three days.

Or because it was approaching the New Year, the two families bought a little more food. If it were normal times, there wouldn't be so much food.

Magistrate Hua and his men only brought three carriages with them, which contained many quilts and two large bags of food, which could only last for a few days.

County Magistrate Hua looked at the snow on the ground that was getting thicker and the weather that was getting colder, his brows tightly furrowed. When would this heavy snow stop?

The main task now is to quickly find the food buried underground in the villagers' homes. Although there is not much, it can at least last for a few more days.

He pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and asked County Lieutenant Yang, the village chief and several hunters to come over.

"County Magistrate Hua, do you have any instructions?" The village chief walked over quickly and asked County Magistrate Hua.

Magistrate Hua sighed and said solemnly, "Now the snow seems to be heavier, the snow on the ground is getting thicker, and the weather is getting colder.

We don’t know when this blizzard will stop. Although the food and supplies we have now can last for a few days, if the snow continues, I’m afraid…”

The village chief said with a worried look on his face: "Master Hua, what should we do now? Many villagers don't have thick clothes on them."

Magistrate Hua pondered for a moment and said, "We have to think of a solution quickly. On the one hand, we should continue to search for food in the villagers' homes and find as much as we can.

On the other hand, while it is still ice-free, we should quickly organize some villagers to find their clothes, quilts, and bed boards. Otherwise, everyone will freeze to death if they sleep on the ground."

Yang County Lieutenant nodded, frowned, and sighed, "Alas, Magistrate Hua, you are right. And I think those firewood won't burn for long. It's so cold, if there is no fire in the room, the people will freeze to death."

"My Lords, you are right. It is so cold and we don't have any warm clothes. If we don't have firewood, we will freeze to death.

Now the roads are all covered with ice, and there is no sand to find branches in the forest. What should we do?" said the hunter Shi Yazi anxiously.

"I asked you to come here to discuss these matters. Our food and firewood must be managed in a unified way. Fortunately, your two homes are not far from each other, which makes management convenient." Magistrate Hua looked at the three of them and made arrangements.

"County Magistrate Hua, you speak, and we will listen to you." The village chief Shi Zhuzi nodded.

"You have to save food and cook porridge, so you can last longer." County Magistrate Hua continued.

He was now at a loss, not knowing when the blizzard would end. Whether Wu Zhizhou had received his report, he would send people to their Huashan County, but even if they arrived in Huashan County, no one knew the situation there.

He then thought, if the snow was so heavy in Linghe Prefecture, they would not be able to wait for anyone to rescue them now, and waiting for someone from the capital to rescue them would be even more impossible.

They could only go out when the snow stopped falling and the ice stopped accumulating. That would take at least half a month to prepare, but they didn't know if they could survive until that day.

"Yes, yes! Master Hua, you are right. The meat in our house can last for two days. After that, we still have pickled wild boar meat. We can put some in the porridge and cook it together." Shi Yazi said hurriedly.

"Shi'erzi, don't worry. I will reward you for these things after the snow disaster." County Magistrate Hua said with a smile.

"Master Hua, we can use your reward. These are all brothers from our village! After the snowstorm, I will take a few sons with me to the mountains, and we will be able to hunt wild boars again soon." Shi Yazi waved his hand and said simply.

"Okay, would you like to have all the meat taken out and taken care of by everyone?" Magistrate Hua said to the simple hunter.

"I asked my wife to bring all the meat to the kitchen this morning for everyone to use. The village chief also sent the meat and vegetables from his home to my kitchen."

Magistrate Hua looked at the village chief Shi Zhuzi and said, "Village chief, it seems you have already made arrangements."

"County Magistrate Hua, I'm just making arrangements for the things at hand. I haven't thought about it as much as you have."

"Well, let me tell you the situation." Magistrate Hua said, and then he continued seriously:

"Our mountain village is quite remote. It's hard to come here from the county, and it's even harder to come from Linghe Prefecture. If we have to wait for rescue, it might take more than ten days before we know what to do. We can only save ourselves first, and try to save food and firewood as much as possible."

"County Magistrate Hua, you are right. Please arrange it for us as soon as possible." The village chief said anxiously.

Magistrate Hua expressed his thoughts: "Then while the ice has not yet accumulated on the collapsed houses, we should quickly organize capable villagers and divide them into groups to find food and vegetables, and preferably some clothes and bedding."

He paused and said: "Organize another group of young men and let Shi Hu lead them to look for the bed boards buried in the house and the firewood of each household."

"Yes, yes, Master Hua, your idea is great. This way we don't have to sleep on the ground and it won't be cold. If we light a fire, it will be warm at night." Shi Yazi said happily.

He quickly said, "Master Hua, village chief, I will also go to help you find firewood."