PFC Chapter 289 It’s Snowing
Chapter 289 It’s Snowing
Xie Ling laughed and decided not to tell him about the imperial seal for the time being. "Okay, I know. Don't worry, as long as Gu Wei and I are here, we will never let you and your family fall into danger. By the way, does your sister know about these things in your family?"
Shi Yue shook his head. "Not only my sister, but my mother doesn't know either. Family skills have always been passed down to men, not women."
Xie Ling nodded.
This phenomenon was very common in ancient times.
She didn't say much, so she asked clearly and left.
He walked to the door frame and turned back, "If you have nothing to do, you can go talk to Fengjian Qingli."
Shi Yue was a little stunned, but still nodded stupidly, "Okay."
Xie Ling felt that Shi Yue's personality was a little too isolated and she hoped that he could integrate into the public and have a few friends.
On the way back to the study, Xie Ling kept thinking about the problem.
The conversation with Shi Yue gave her two pieces of information.
First, there were forces within the seven kingdoms that knew of the existence of the Zhou dynasty families and wanted to force these families to serve them.
But it is still unclear who is behind this force and how much information they have on the Zhou Dynasty family.
Therefore, just in case, Fengjian Qingli must bring all his family members over to take care of them!
Second, the rumors about the jade seal are true, and these families are indeed loyal to the jade seal, but Xie Ling’s guess is also true. After so many years, some families must have become disloyal and no longer loyal to the jade seal.
Therefore, the existence of the imperial seal must not be exposed, so as to avoid giving rise to unnecessary clues.
Xie Ling did not dare to rest for a moment and hurried to find Fengjian Qingli and told him about the Shi family.
Feng Jianqingli's face became worse and worse after hearing this. "The thing that grandpa was most worried about has finally happened. Back then, my grandpa told us that we must not leave the mountains and must conceal our identities. Now I know what he meant."
Xie Ling looked solemn.
"To be on the safe side, go find General Wu, bring two hundred elite soldiers and twenty carriages, and bring all your family members here."
"it is good."
After Fengjian Qingli answered, his tone became more and more anxious, and he wished he could go home right then and there.
Xie Ling comforted:
"Your family has always lived in seclusion in the mountains, and the route to get in is quite complicated, so it should be fine."
Fengjian Qingli sighed.
"I hope so."
That night, Fengjian Qingli led his elite soldiers and left with a carriage carrying dry food.
The weather was very cold, so Xie Ling also prepared a lot of coal for the fleet.
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In the blink of an eye, it is already mid-October.
Sinan and Canglan's poultry business is developing very well. Now they have no shortage of poultry. Not only that, the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep in the fences are all of high quality. They are not only delicious but also have strong survival ability.
The children were provided with an egg a day, and the people could occasionally eat meat.
When she just got up that day, Xie Ling felt that the window was a little bright. There was plenty of light in the house, illuminating the whole room. She covered her eyes with her hands and it took her a while to get used to it.
I opened half of the window and saw that it was snowing.
A dazzling white, scorching, covered the sky and the earth. The courtyard and the eaves were all white. The snowflakes were still falling, like goose feathers, so dense that people's vision was blurred and they could not see clearly what was in the distance.
It snowed in October... There will definitely be a snowstorm this year, and I don’t know how long it will last...
Xie Ling closed the window and quickly entered the space to check her food reserves.
All of these grains were brought from the capital, and their quality was mixed. About one-third of them had been eaten in the past few days. Together with sweet potatoes and potatoes, it would be more than enough to get through the winter.
Xie Ling put on a pair of deerskin waterproof boots, put on a bright red cloak with a fur collar, and walked into the snow holding an umbrella.
As soon as she stepped in, Xie Ling was stunned.
The snow is too thick, it’s almost up to my knees!
I probably stepped on empty air just now and almost fell, but it doesn't hurt since I fell on the snow.
Picking up the broom beside her, Xie Ling swept a path and then slowly walked out.
The snow kept falling and the sky and the earth were covered in white.
The children were happy, some were making snowmen, some were having snowball fights, they were feeling novel and excited, they were running around the streets wearing colorful clothes.
At this time, the school bell had already rung. The teacher who rang the bell stood next to the tall bell, almost like a snowman. After seeing Xie Ling, he shouted across the vast snow and wind, "Master Xie, there are not enough students in class today. Do you still want to have the class?"
Xie Ling trotted over and said, "No, no, it's snowing too hard. Those who are here don't go back, just stay here first. For those who are not here, forget it. Teachers, just take a rest."
It was snowing so heavily that the sound seemed light as a feather to people's ears.
When the students heard that there would be no classes, they were so happy that they almost jumped up and started chatting with each other. Some of them who wanted to have fun even ran out to play in the snow.
The entire Sinan Changshou turned into a vast expanse of white. People in every household opened their doors and windows, looking curiously at the flying snowflakes and the snow-white mountains in the distance.
This was the first time that people saw snowflakes not with fear but with joy.
But it is different in other counties.
The heavy snow blocked the roads, and migrant workers could only sigh as they looked at the white road.
The mountains are difficult to climb and all the animals are hiding. Some people originally wanted to go to the mountains to dig some wild vegetables and hunt game, but now they can only stay at home and cannot go anywhere.
A heavy snowfall made people's already difficult lives even worse.
Except for Sinan and Chang Shou, almost the entire Lingnan was complaining and fearful.
Complaining about God's cruelty and fearing for future survival.
How can I survive?
Owner Hu of the Yong'an County tailor shop looked at the falling snow and uttered a sad sigh.
"There's been a severe drought, a locust plague, and now it's snowing heavily. God is trying to kill me!"
Originally he ran a small business selling clothes and lived a decent life. But now people can't even afford rice, so who would buy clothes?
He has not opened his business for two months and has very little food left at home. He found a job as a porter at the dock a few days ago, but now it is snowing so heavily, there is no way he can go.
Boss Hu thought of his newly-born wife, his elderly parents, and his growing baby. His heart felt as anxious as if it was being cooked in a frying pan. His brows were tightly furrowed, and he wished he could rush out and tear this white world apart!
At this moment, he glanced inadvertently and suddenly saw the Wang family from the shop opposite, secretly loading things onto a cart!
Pots and pans, wooden cupboards for clothes, even the wooden bucket for the well, the hoe, and even the firewood were all taken away?
Are you moving?
At this critical moment, the snow is so heavy that you can't see anything. Where can they move to?
At this time, Manager Wang and his family had already boarded the cart, which was being pulled by a donkey in front, and were about to set off.
Shopkeeper Hu's eyes widened, his lips clenched, but he finally pulled his skin off, rushed over to stop him, and asked in a friendly manner: "Brother Wang, what are you doing? It's hard to walk in such heavy snow."
Shopkeepers Wang and Hu were both in the garment business, and their shops happened to be opposite each other. They had been fighting for almost their entire lives, but their fight did develop a revolutionary friendship of happy enemies.
Shopkeeper Wang sighed, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Brother, we have known each other for so many years. I won't hide it from you. I am moving to the neighboring Sinan County! I have a cousin in Sinan County who distributes rice and grain, sees the doctor for free, and the children can go to school for free! I'm going to try my luck in Yong'an. It's snowing heavily now, and it's hard to survive!"
Shopkeeper Hu was stunned and handed over a piece of silver. "Tell me, is this news reliable?"
Shopkeeper Wang was not pretentious and accepted it generously. He continued, "My cousin was so thin three months ago that he looked half human. But a few days ago, he came wearing thick clothes and eating well. Then he took out several bags of rice for us and recited a few poems from time to time! He was illiterate originally!
Brother, I won't say any more to you. It's up to you whether you want to go or not. I'm leaving first!"
After Manager Wang finished speaking, he quickly drove the donkey away.
Shopkeeper Hu felt as if he had been hit on the head with a stick and went home dizzy.
Seeing the crying child, the pale and thin parents, and the parents lying in bed terminally ill, he gritted his teeth and made the decision.
Damn it, move!
Just believe Wang San once!
There are many people like Manager Wang and Manager Hu.
Unknowingly, many people from Lingshan County, Yong'an County, and Yongning Military Settlement in Lingnan have migrated to Sinan.
By the time Cen Rensheng noticed this, Yong'an County under his jurisdiction and Lingshan County, where his relatives lived, had already lost most of their people. He was furious but helpless.
But that’s a story for another day.
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The snow has been falling for two days straight with no sign of stopping.
Xie Ling felt that this was not a solution and that production had to be resumed as soon as possible, so she decided to use salt to melt the snow, as there was still plenty of crude salt in the salt field.
As soon as we arrived at the county government office, a soldier came hurriedly to report.
"Sir, people from other places have come to Sinan again."