Heavy snow fell, and overnight, the entire Juyong County was shrouded in silvery white.
Before dawn, the rustle of soldiers sweeping the streets could be heard outside the courtyard.
Xu Erniang muttered, turned over, and naturally hugged the person next to her to absorb the warmth.
Xu Yue originally had a sweet dream of regaining the world, but when she saw that the trunks on the science and technology tree were dyed bright red with popularity, she was about to make a wish to become an immortal on the spot.
A wave of cold air approached, and then she felt a heavy weight pressing on her body, which made her unable to breathe.
Taking a deep breath, Xu Yue woke up.
It turns out that becoming an immortal in situ was all just a dream!
The mountain pressing down on her was no one else, but her sister Xu Erniang.
During this period, Xu Erniang became increasingly lethargic and rarely went out.
Outsiders couldn't tell, but Xu Yue's family found that her belly was getting bigger and bigger like a balloon, and it was ridiculously big.
I got pregnant in July, and now in December, I'm already five months old. It's the time when I'm pregnant, and I can feel my belly getting a little bigger every day.
Xu Yue couldn't help but wonder if she was pregnant with twins.
Unfortunately, without testing equipment, she couldn't be sure. This kind of thing still had to rely on experts like Dr. Gu to check the pulse.
"Huh~" Xu Yue took a deep breath and carefully moved away the half of her body that was almost numb from the pressure.
As soon as she moved, Xu Erniang opened her eyes and asked lazily: "What are you doing?"
"I can't sleep. I'm going to get up. I'll use the intercom to ask Doctor Gu where they are. The health clinic in the city hasn't been built yet. There are too many things to do."
Xu Yue took the opportunity to get away, jumped out of bed, quickly put on a knee-length down jacket with narrow sleeves and deep sleeves, and then put on a now popular cashmere scarf to wrap herself tightly.
"You continue to sleep. If Doctor Gu comes, ask him to take your pulse and see how you are doing now."
If you were really pregnant with twins, it wouldn't really be a happy event given the current level of medical care.
Xu Erniang looked at Xu Yue's worried eyes, smiled softly and said, "It's okay, don't scare yourself."
Xu Yue nodded perfunctorily, opened the door softly and left the room.
Looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky, Xu Yue sighed, took an oil-paper umbrella from the corridor, and walked to the county government office holding the umbrella.
It's still early, but the hard-working people of Juyong County are already up, and there are vendors along the street carrying burdens to buy breakfast.
The city has been opened, and workers who come to the city to work will take out five or six chips and buy breakfast to cushion their stomachs and ensure that they will be energetic for work.
The most popular thing sold along the street is baked bread. Because of the arrival of Xu Jiajun, the supply of salt and sugar has been stable, and everyone is willing to add salt or sugar to the bread to make different flavors to meet the needs of different customers.
In the past, even if people had money, they would not dare to buy such expensive-looking noodles.
But things are different now. All Xu Jiajun's products are issued are wooden chips. They have just accepted Xu Jiajun's management, and their trust in Xu Jiajun is not as deep as the people of Yuyang County.
Therefore, I just want to exchange the wood chips for all the materials that can be exchanged immediately to avoid suffering losses.
For example, salt, sugar, cloth, and the recently shipped briquettes are all things that people in the county are most willing to consume.
The old people were deeply impressed by what winter was like in previous years. The houses were leaky, the cold wind was raging, the houses were collapsed by heavy snow, and no one knew who died inside.
The people in Juyong County this year can no longer feel the chill that goes deep into the bone marrow and makes people feel frightened when they think about it.
Working for Xu Jiajun was well paid, so everyone had money to repair their houses.
Correspondingly, masons and merchants who sell materials can also earn generous rewards.
When everyone has a surplus, the shops in the city will have a source of customers, and commerce will develop.
As people's demand for living standards becomes higher and higher, it will promote the emergence of various small inventions that improve life. This continuous green cycle will eventually achieve a prosperous scene.
Xu Yue discovered that the wisdom of the ancient working people cannot be underestimated.
The emergence of coal solved the problem of keeping people warm, but she didn't think about gas poisoning at first.
But what surprised her was that by the time she thought about it and wanted to solve it, the people in the city had already found the solution before she did.
A thing exactly like Feng Dou of later generations appeared in the grocery store, and someone came to help install it.
When she went into the grocery store and asked, the store owner said that the disciples of the Huokang Gang suddenly came up with it. After several rounds of experiments, they finally got the current version.
Seeing the object that was exactly the same as Fengdou in later generations, Xu Yue was shocked in her heart, and suddenly she couldn't imagine what the future world would look like because of the addition of herself and others.
Perhaps, in the near future, people here will be able to discover electricity and make electric lights on their own.
No, this is for sure!
Because the students in Xujiazhuang School have already been exposed to physics courses, when they become stronger, the future world will definitely be more than just electricity.
The cold wind came in from outside the umbrella, Xu Yue shivered hard, retracted her thoughts, and stopped thinking about the future.
The most important thing right now is to establish a civilian health clinic. It's freezing and snowy, and I don't know if Dr. Gu and the others will get into trouble on the road.
The distance from Yuyang to Shanggu County is not far, but if it snows, it will be difficult.
Xu Yue came to the health center that had been built, but only military doctors were temporarily stationed. Most of the people who came here to see doctors were soldiers in the military camp.
The mass production of cement here is small and transportation is inconvenient, so the health center is surrounded by four rows of large flat floors, somewhat similar to the courtyard houses of later generations, with houses on all sides and a small square in the middle for patients to relax.
Not long after the battle with Xianbei ended, the wards were filled with soldiers recuperating from their injuries.
Xu Yue's arrival did not affect everyone's work. Only a military doctor came to receive her and led her to the communications room.
Because she already knew the conditions for obtaining the energy fruits of the technology tree, Xu Yue later redeemed multiple walkie-talkies and matching batteries to ensure close contact with various places.
Sitting at her desk, Xu Yue quietly listened to the communication between the military doctor and Yuyang.
"Doctor Gu and the others should be arriving soon. If everything goes well, they will arrive in Juyong County today." The military doctor put down the walkie-talkie and replied respectfully.
Xu Yue nodded and decided to go out of the city to pick up the person in person.
On the surface, Xu Yue was not worried at all, but in fact, she was particularly worried about Xu Erniang's physical condition.
She is not the only one who is worried, her family members are also worried about this matter, but it is not public and they don't mention it much.
As soon as Xu Yue returned to the county government, she met her brother Xu Dalang. When he learned that she was going out of the city to pick up Dr. Gu, he also left the city with him.
The brother and sister rode horses through the deep snow and walked twenty miles away, finally meeting Doctor Gu and his party.
