Traveling through the mountains and farming

Lin Wan has always been afraid of cold, so when the weather gets cold, she often stays in the house by the fire. Even when she goes out, she will carry a fire basket with her to prevent catching a cold.

At this moment, she was being pulled by her three children to make a snowman outside the cave.

A group of kids were competing in making snowmen, to see who could make the fastest and best-looking one. Li Chongle and Lin Jing were helping the contestant Li Ke.

There were also many adults shoveling snow from the activity area at the entrance of the cave to the outer entrance. Their main concern was that if the snow was not shoveled away in time, it would freeze and the ground would become very slippery, causing great inconvenience to everyone's travel.

"Sister-in-law, let's go sweep the snow off the sheep shed, chicken coop, and rabbit hutch."

Having just built the snowman, Li Chongle turned around and ran over and said.

When he was playing in the snow just now, he saw that there was a thick layer of snow on the roof. He remembered that in previous years when it snowed heavily, the adults would sweep the snow off the roof.

Yes, if the snow is too heavy, it will easily collapse the roof.

Hearing this, Lin Wan hurriedly looked towards the breeding area and said, "Let's go and borrow a ladder from Grandpa Wang."

As soon as I turned to the cave entrance, I saw Li Changyi coming over carrying a ladder, followed by Li Chonghao and several other young people.

"Second cousin, can you lend us your ladder? We are going to sweep the snow in the sheep shed." Lin Wan walked forward and asked.

"Don't worry, I'm just going over there to help clear the snow, so you don't have to worry about it." Li Changyi answered cheerfully.

Lin Wan thanked him with a smile and followed him to the breeding area.

Now the various shacks in their breeding area are connected together, and every household has poultry and livestock such as chickens, ducks and rabbits.

These sheds are next to each other and are covered with thick snow. If they are not cleaned in time, they will soon be crushed.

The small animals in each shack were huddled together due to the cold. Lin Wan couldn't help but worry that if the temperature got any colder, the small animals would be frozen to death.

Li Changyi and his colleagues were already working together to sweep the snow off the roof.

"Second cousin, these rabbits, chickens, ducks and sheep won't be frozen to death, right?" Li Ke asked, expressing Lin Wan's concern.

"Not at the moment, but if the temperature continues, it's hard to say." Li Changyi said with a frown, holding the ladder.

Li Chongle felt even more nervous after hearing this, "Sister-in-law, let's get something to keep these little creatures warm, don't let them freeze to death."

They must not let the belongings they have saved with great difficulty be frozen away.

"Then let's get some dry straw and reinforce their huts with wooden boards to block the cold wind," Lin Wan suggested.

"Then let's go get it."

When Lin Wan brought a few children to bring hay over and spread the grass, other families saw it and came over with hay. Everyone was busy taking care of their own poultry and livestock.

By this time the people clearing the snow had finished their work and came to help move the wooden boards and reinforce them.

The snow was still falling. Lin Wan looked at the snowflakes flying all over the sky and felt worried.

"When will this snow stop? Don't let it turn into a snowstorm."

Fortunately, their house was built in a cave. If it was built outdoors, the house would probably collapse if the snow continued to fall.

Lin Wan couldn't help but shudder as she thought about it.

After everyone finished reinforcing the wooden boards in the breeding area, they quickly went home to warm themselves by the fire and brought their children back home.

This kind of weather is perfect for sitting around a charcoal fire in the house.

When Lin Wan returned home, she sat comfortably in her specially made fire place and warmed herself by the fire.

In order to have a good fire-warming experience, she asked Old Man Wang to help her make a fire-warming rack, which she placed on the ground hole in the main room.

Then cover it with a thin quilt, put your hands into the quilt or put your legs on the rack and cover them with the quilt. This way you will be warmest by the fire.

Once you sit down and warm yourself by the fire in winter, it is so warm that you don't even want to get up.

"Sister-in-law, thanks to you for thinking of using this fire rack to make a fire. It's really warm."

After entering the house, Li Ke changed into his slippers, climbed onto the recliner and sat down, skillfully stretching his legs into the small quilt to warm himself by the fire.

The chairs they used for warming up by the fire were specially customized by Lin Wan from Uncle Wang. One could half-lying down or leaning against them, which was extremely comfortable.

"That's right. There are also slippers, which makes it convenient to put on and take off when warming yourself by the fire." Li Chongle echoed. He was also leaning comfortably in a chair and warming himself by the fire.

"Yes, I like it very much." Lin Jing said with a smile.

The weather was too cold, so the master gave him a day off, and he enjoyed a charcoal fire all by himself at home.

This kind of weather is really suitable for sitting around the charcoal fire in the house.

At noon, we sat together and ate a steaming hot pot. In the afternoon, we continued to sit by the warm fire, chatting and passing the time.

Lin Wan was half lying down, squinting her eyes, thinking about how to spend the days sitting by the fire, wondering if there was anything interesting that she could do to entertain herself while sitting by the fire.

The snow outside never stopped falling. Li Changyi and his colleagues kept an eye on the thickness of the snow on the roof. If they saw that the snow was too thick, they would go and sweep the snow off the roof.

In the afternoon, Li Chonghao's urgent voice came from outside:

“Lin Wan, some of the shacks in the breeding area have collapsed, go check on your house!”

Li Chongle was the first to react when he heard Li Chonghao's shout. He suddenly stood up from his chair, put on his shoes and ran out.

Lin Wan quickly put on her shoes and followed them out, and found that many people were already running towards the breeding area.

The snow outside was already above the knees. From a distance, I could see that several shacks had collapsed, and it looked like the remaining ones would not last much longer.

In order to avoid everyone having to wade through the snow, Li Changyi and Li Chonghai had already shoveled out a path leading to the breeding area.

Li Chongle had already run straight to the sheepfold. When he saw that the sheep were fine, he turned to look at his chickens, ducks and rabbits.

"Sister-in-law, the rabbit nest in our house collapsed, and it seems that a rabbit is missing." Li Chongle shouted anxiously.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaobai ran towards Lin Wan with a rabbit in his mouth.

Lin Wan took the rabbit with surprise, "Xiaobai is really capable."

Everyone rescued their own livestock. It was obvious that this place was not suitable to continue to house these livestock, so they had to find a place to house them.

"Why don't we clean up the oil press hut?" someone suggested.

"If it snows again, I don't know how long the wooden house can last." Li Changyi said worriedly.

"Then we can only place them in the cave, but that will make the cave dirty and messy."

"It's okay. Just mark out a fixed area. Our cave is big enough. We can tidy up the activity area and separate it with wooden boards." Li Changyi said decisively.

Everyone worked together, some cleaned the corners of the cave, some carried wooden boards and hay, and some were responsible for moving the livestock to the new resettlement area.

Each household’s livestock is also labeled to help distinguish them and avoid mistakes.

After a busy time, the little animals finally had a temporary shelter.

It was still snowing and windy outside and it was almost dark. Everyone couldn't help but worry about Li Changli and the others who had not returned yet.