Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

the next day.

Everyone continued to start digging the snow early. After two days, they finally dug out a piece of snow about several dozen meters long. Seeing hope, the group of men immediately picked up their tools and continued to work hard.

"Wait a moment, both of you stop and listen with me to see if there's any noise outside."

The village chief suddenly stopped everyone and signaled them to listen to the other side.

All the men stopped what they were doing and leaned close to the snow to listen in unison: "Village Chief, I didn't hear any sound here. Are you hallucinating? Maybe it's a bird flying out of a nest. Did you hear it wrongly?"

"Impossible! Even though I'm old, my ears are still very good." The village chief continued to listen intently. "Listen carefully again! I definitely heard it right. It seems like someone over there is digging like us."

"Oh, it seems to be true." Old man Zhao continued listening.

Qin Li's eyes widened. "Do you think the people above noticed that our village has been out of contact for so long and sent someone to rescue us?"

On the other side of the snow pile, County Magistrate Lu and his men were indeed on the road.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, he brought some gifts and wanted to visit Yun Zhenzhen's home to wish her a happy new year. But when he got on the road, he found that an avalanche had occurred on the main road of Qinjia Village and it was blocked by thick snow.

It was impossible to tell with the naked eye how bad the blockage was, and there was no one on duty at the time, so we could only wait for the snow to melt in a few days before bringing people to clear the road.

He didn't expect that he would have to wait for so many days. After the weather finally cleared up, he immediately gathered people to help.

"The snow is too deep! Nearly a hundred of us worked all morning to dig through just this little bit..." The lawyer sighed behind him. "From before the Lunar New Year to the tenth day of the first lunar month, Qinjia Village had no contact with the outside world for more than half a month. Can they survive with the little food they have? I'm afraid they'll suffer heavy losses."

"It shouldn't be a big problem." Lu Yunfeng said calmly: "Qinjia Village had a bumper potato harvest before, and every household should have a lot of surplus food. If we save food, we will definitely be able to get through this."

Having said that, the sadness on his face did not disappear at all.

"This year's freezing temperatures are rare, a rare occurrence in a decade. We've never had so many consecutive days of heavy snowfall. Statistics show that nearly fifty people have frozen to death..." The master spoke with a heavy face, "The entire Qin Village has been cut off from the outside world for over half a month. Even if they had food, in this extremely cold weather, without warm clothing, I'm afraid many would have frozen to death. Sir, you must be mentally prepared."

the other side.

Old Mrs. Yun also brought the Yun family to help, and from time to time there were curses and wailing sounds.

"My dear Jing'er, I've told you to go home a long time ago. Yun Zhenzhen's home is an ominous place. How can you be good if you stay there..." Old Mrs. Yun stood in the cold wind, beating her chest and stamping her feet. She was too old to lift the hoe now, so she could only howl beside him.

"This Qinjia Village is not as good as my own village. Look, even God couldn't stand it anymore and blocked all the roads to their village... My dear grandson, you must not be in any trouble. If you lose me, I don't want to live anymore... Please, God, as long as my brother Jing is still alive, you can let me do anything..."

On the other side, the eldest sister-in-law of the Yun family was crying her heart out.

She never married a good man in her life. Her only honor was giving birth to a good son. The aunts in the village all envied her. She couldn't let anything happen to her son...

The eldest brother of the Yun family brought his clansmen to help dig the road silently.

This road was dug from dawn to dusk. As night fell, the temperature became even colder. A gust of north wind blew through the already thin linen clothes, making people shiver with cold.

"Sir, why don't we go back and wait? They will come to inform us when they have dug through the road." The lawyer advised Lu Yunfeng carefully. The road had not been dug through yet, and he could see that this gentleman was in a very bad mood.

As expected, he shook his head firmly: "It's okay, I'll watch them here. Master, you should go back first. It's cold at night, and I'm afraid your body can't withstand the tossing and turning."

The master sighed helplessly: "Then I will wait with you, it will be tonight at most."

the other side.

The eldest brother of the Yun family took advantage of the break to persuade Old Lady Yun: "Mom, you should go back and rest early. You are of no help here. You keep howling and it will only affect our progress in clearing the passage."

"What do you mean?" Old Lady Yun was not happy when she heard this: "I just want to see Jing Ge'er is fine, then I will be anxious. What you mean is that I am too nagging. I am not dead yet, you unfilial son..."

"Mom, I didn't mean that..."

at this time!

Cheers were heard not far away.

"It's through, it's through, sir, we've dug a hole here!"

At the same time, on the other side, the people in Qinjia Village were also cheering.

"Village chief, I've opened a hole here. Please come and take a look. It should be a way to the outside."

"Great! God is willing to help Qin Village! We can finally leave the village!"

The village chief walked over quickly, picked up a hoe and continued to widen the gap, and then he saw the hundred people on the opposite side.

A group of people looked at each other, with surprise that could not be hidden in their eyes.

The old man quickly crawled through the cave, ran to Lu Yunfeng, and knelt on the ground with a plop. "Greetings, sir. I just heard some strange noises coming from here, and I guessed that people were sent from above to rescue us. If it weren't for the county lord who sent so many people to help, who knows when this road would be opened... The county lord has the people in his heart, which is really touching. We in Qinjia Village will always remember your kindness..."

Lu Yunfeng quickly helped the man up and said, "Village Chief Qin, what you said is very serious. Officials serve the country and the people, and it is their duty to solve problems. Qinjia Village has been trapped for more than half a month. How is the situation? Are there any casualties? I will send someone to take them to the city for treatment."

"No, no. Everyone in Qinjia Village has endured hardships together during this period. We have gone through the most difficult times." The village chief stood up with fear and trepidation and replied respectfully, "Everyone has worked hard digging the road all night. Come into our village and rest for a while. I will ask the villagers to make you some ginger soup to drive away the cold."

Lu Yunfeng couldn't help but ask directly: "Village Chief, how is Ruyi'an doing? There shouldn't be any problems, right?"

"Ruyi'an is great! Thanks to her, we haven't suffered any casualties in the village lately." The village chief couldn't help but smile when Yun Zhenzhen was mentioned. "Ruyi'an sounded the alarm for us all long before winter came, asking us to prepare more firewood. She even shared her own firewood with us, so no one froze to death... Sir, please come with me into the village first. I'll explain the situation to you in detail..."