After becoming a top-notch peasant woman, she continues to be a top-notch

Before they bought the chickens, ducks and pigs, it started snowing heavily again. This time the snow was heavier than the previous ones. That night, Zhen Yue heard the sound of something falling outside. She vaguely thought there was a thief.

Zhen Yue pushed Qiao Chao and said, "Go out and see what's dropped. Is it another thief?"

When Qiao Chao heard this, he quickly stood up, picked up a machete from the corner and looked out. The yard outside was covered in white snow, and large flakes of snow were falling from the sky. There was a "crash" sound of something falling to the ground. It turned out that the chicken coop was crushed by the heavy snow. Fortunately, there were no chickens at home.

Qiao Chao relaxed for a moment. It turned out that it was snowing heavily, but the snow looked a little heavy. A chill blew and Qiao Chao shivered. It was too cold.

He quickly closed the door and ran back into bed, "It's snowing heavily outside. The heavy snow has knocked down the chicken coop."

"That's fine." Zhen Yue turned over and fell asleep again.

He saw that the snow was quite heavy. The county magistrate here might be in trouble if he didn't do anything. Qiao Chao was thinking about what he should do to resist the heavy snow. Suddenly, Zhen Yue beside him felt a little cold and moved closer to him. Qiao Chao came back to his senses.

What's the point of him thinking about these things now? This world is no longer his home. At present, he can't even manage a small family. Oh, it's not his job to manage it. It's all managed by the people around him.

Forget it, let’s go to sleep. Qiao Chao turned over and put his hands on Zhen Yue’s waist. It was indeed warmer for them to lean against each other.

Early the next morning, someone knocked on the door. The knocks were very loud. Qiao Dashan quickly put on his coat and ran out to open the door. It snowed heavily last night and it was too cold. As a result, the whole family had not gotten up yet. When Qiao Dashan opened the door, he found that it was Qiao Song, the son of the village chief. "What's wrong?"

"Uncle Dashan, the Liang family hung a white banner this morning." As soon as this was said, everyone knew what was going on, "Grandpa Liang passed away last night."

Qiao Dashan was very surprised, “How could it be? He looked in good spirits before.” How could a healthy person suddenly disappear?

Qiao Feng shook his head.

Now is not the time to talk about this, Qiao Dashan quickly said: "I'll go over and help right away."

"Okay, I'll go inform the others."

"go quickly."

Qiao Dashan quickly called the rest of the family together. Soon, Qiao Dashan, Qiao Chao, Qiao Er and Qian all went to the Liang family to help. This is how it is in the countryside. If an elderly person in a village passes away, other families will at least spare someone to help.

Zhen Yue didn't go because she had to take care of the child, but the body will probably remain there for another day today and the burial will probably take place tomorrow.

However, what Zhen Yue didn't know was that last night, in addition to the old man of the Liang family, a house in Mrs. Zhang's house was also collapsed by the heavy snow. Mrs. Zhang was crying and wailing at this time, and the village chief Qiao Feng even asked people to go to her house to help.

The situation in Da Nan Village was relatively better, but some elderly people in other villages did not survive the night, and many people's houses were collapsed by the heavy snow, and the suona players still had to rush to perform.

Qiao Chao came back once and told Zhen Yue, "The old man from the Liang family froze to death."

Zhen Yue was shocked: "Ah?"

Qiao Chao: "It snowed heavily and the wind was cold last night. The old man was not in good health to begin with. It seems that the window was not closed, so he froze to death."

Zhen Yue: "...Where are his children?" Why didn't he close the window? Was he doing it on purpose?

Qiao Chao's expression was hard to describe. "When we first arrived, they seemed to be fighting over the one or two taels of silver left by the old man. It was only after the village chief gave them a lecture that they started to deal with the old man's affairs."

"Didn't the Great Zhou rule the world with filial piety?" Qiao Chao frowned, "Why did this happen? In the past, the Great Xia ruled the world with filial piety."

Zhen Yue looked at him strangely, "What does this have to do with governing the world? Isn't this human nature?" What the rulers use to govern the world has nothing to do with them. The emperor is far away and they are just ordinary people at the bottom of society.

Qiao Chao paused and said, "It seems...it is indeed the case." He took it for granted.

"By the way, Mrs. Zhang's house collapsed under the weight of the snow. I just checked the house and it's fine, but I still need my third brother to help clean the snow off the roof."

Zhen Yue: “I understand.”

Not long after, Qiao Chao went out again.

In the evening, Qiao Dashan and the others did not come back, but Qian did. As soon as she came back, she told Zhen Yue the gossip about the Liang family. The old man of the Liang family had two sons, Uncle Liang and Uncle Liang. Each of them had three or four children after getting married, and the children had children too, so the family was a large family.

However, they had separated before. Grandpa Liang lived with the eldest son, and the second son gave him gifts every year. After the old man died, the second son felt that the eldest son had treated the old man badly and did not take good care of him, otherwise why would he forget to close the window?

The second brother suspected that the eldest brother did it on purpose, wanting to kill the old man so as to save some food.

Zhen Yue: "There are so many people in the Liang family, don't they have any food?"

Qian: "Sister-in-law, not every family can eat their fill every day like ours. I talked to Ergou's mother before, and she told me that she was afraid that the family wouldn't survive the winter. The family has been tightening their belts, and they don't have enough to eat every day. She had no choice but to go to the mountains every day in the cold weather to find something to eat."

Zhen Yue: "Who is this Er Gou's mother?"

Qian: "Sister-in-law, have you forgotten? Ergou's mother is Uncle Liang's second daughter-in-law Du Juan."

"oh oh."

Qian shook her head sympathetically, "No wonder Ergou looked smaller than Xiaonian. He was actually a little older than Xiaonian. They seemed to be born in the same month. How can you grow if you don't have enough to eat?"

Qian tucked her clothes in tightly. "It snowed all night last night, and it has been snowing non-stop today. I don't know when the snow will stop. Sigh."

Zhen Yue looked at the snow falling outside, and she also felt that the weather was very bad. "Wear more clothes when you sleep at night. It will be difficult to find a doctor if you get sick." But fortunately, there were some medicines that she had bought and stored before at home.

Qian: “I know that.”

Qiao Dashan and the others also returned home very late. Qiao Chao was so tired that he sat on the chair and didn't want to get up. "The Chen family's house was also knocked down by the heavy snow, and Chen Erzhu injured his hand before, so we went to help again. Auspicious snow means a good harvest, but if the snow is too heavy, it will become a disaster." Qiao Chao said while looking at the snow still falling outside.

Zhen Yue went out and got him a basin of hot water, and brought him a bowl of noodles, "Soak your feet, eat noodles, and get some rest. Don't you have to get up early tomorrow?"

Qiao Chao: "Yes. Mr. Liang will be buried tomorrow."

Although some houses in Danan Village collapsed due to heavy snow, most people's homes were fine. They just felt a little cold. It was too cold, so some people built a fire in their homes and closed the doors and windows.

A few hundred miles away from Cangjun County, some victims huddled at the foot of the city wall. They were frozen to death the next day and were already dead. Some of them were still holding babies in their arms. Entire families were gone.