This family, whose surname was also Lin, was somewhat related to Aunt Lin's family. The house suddenly collapsed in the middle of the night, and an old man inside couldn't escape and died immediately.
There were only four people who survived, a couple with a son and a daughter. The children were well protected and uninjured. The man's hand was broken.
It was only this morning that the villagers shoveled away the snow and the family was rescued.
The old man died too suddenly, and the snow was so deep that there was no way he could be carried into the mountains and buried. He could only be placed in a coffin and parked among the ruins.
The head of Rock Village has arranged for the villagers to check their own houses to ensure that such a tragedy does not happen again. However, this is obviously a temporary solution rather than a permanent solution. The most important thing now is food. Many families have begun to live a tight life.
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Without food, they would starve to death if not freeze to death.
Some villagers went to Lin He and cried: "Village chief, why didn't the supplies arrive this year? In previous years, they arrived in November. Although it's not much, it's enough for us to survive this winter. What about this year? Where are the supplies? Where are they?"
Lin He also had a severe headache, and his hair had turned a lot white: "No! The county magistrate did not transport supplies to our Rock Village at all!"
The villagers were in disbelief: "How is it possible? Are there other villages? Have they forgotten us?"
Lin He said solemnly: "It seems that there are no other villages."
The villagers are going crazy: "Is the emperor going to give up on us Anzhou people? So there is no supplies, nothing?"
Lin He pursed his lips: "I'm afraid it's not that we gave up Anzhou, but that we gave up some barren villages."
The villagers didn't believe it: "It used to happen every year, but why is it just this year? How are we going to survive this winter? My rice jar is empty, and there are still a dozen sweet potatoes left. How many days will this last?"
After An's mother inquired about the situation, she locked the courtyard door anxiously.
She returned to the hall and looked at the bright strawberries on the table, her brows unable to open.
"Yue'er."
An's mother called out, and An Yue, who was playing chess with Lu Jin, turned her head and said, "Mom, what's wrong?"
An's mother frowned and stroked her chest: "I have been restless in the past few days. I am worried about what if one day Rock Village is completely destroyed because there is no food? Where can I find food to eat in the vast snow?
At that time, wouldn’t it turn this place into a purgatory for people to survive?”
"Mom, the more this happens, the less likely it is to show off one's wealth. Let's make a decision based on the actual situation. I'm afraid that the villagers will go crazy with hunger and rob food."
This is what An's mother is worried about, and An's father strokes his beard: "Lu Xian is still too petty. I don't believe that the supplies are not here, but they are missing from our place. We can already see that the person has been exiled.
He still wants to kill everyone, alas, he is not worthy of being emperor."
"How much food is left at home?"
Hearing this question, Ning Qianrou also looked over. An Yue glanced at her and then said slowly: "The current rations are still available."
Ning Qianrou said hurriedly: "That means that after eating for a while, it will be gone? Then our whole family will also starve? Why don't you buy more food from the county?"
An Yue smiled gently and said, "Where did you get the money, sister-in-law?"
Ning Qianrou choked, and An Yue looked at her clothes with a worried tone: "If you are willing to sell your clothes and get some money back, you can buy food."
Ning Qianrou's face immediately turned ugly. She looked down at the exquisite clothes on her body. This was the most essential difference between her and these lowly villagers. People would only regard her as a young lady, not a village woman.
She didn't want to get into trouble with the An family, so the smile on her face was a little forced: "Third brother, my sister-in-law doesn't have many decent clothes. These clothes were prepared by my parents for me. I really don't want to spoil their feelings."
An Yue nodded lightly: "So we are just muddle along. If we run out of food one day, we can live with our belts tightened."
Ning Qianrou stopped talking. She lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking about.
In fact, An Yue didn't know how much food she had at home, and she didn't want Ning Qianrou to know that An Shuyao could hide things, and she wasn't going to let An's mother and others know.
The fewer people who know about this matter, the safer it is for An Shuyao.
Mother An sighed: "Our house won't collapse, but we have to save food. Aunt He, please put some sweet potatoes in when cooking today, and just cook less rice."
Ning Qianrou lowered her head and concealed her expression. She really couldn't think of anything edible about sweet potatoes, and wasn't this something only untouchables ate?
She has never eaten sweet potatoes since she was a child.
Aunt He looked at the sky. It was almost noon and there were many people at home. She also sighed softly. It was hard to live in the disaster year.
These days, An Shuyao has been quietly recuperating himself in the house, and his hands and feet are not so cold anymore. If he takes good care of himself for a month or two, he will be able to recover roughly.
Hearing the footsteps, An Shuyao immediately put away the golden needle.
Sitting obediently on the chair, Lu Jin carried her lunch into the room and placed the delicious meal in front of her.
Aunt He and Guili made these.
Mianyu came with a basket of silver charcoal. She poked her head and said, "Miss, Madam is afraid that it will be cold here, so she spread some silver charcoal from all sides for you."
With that said, she walked in and put it aside, then walked out again.
An Shuyao was a little confused: "Okay, why did you transport all the charcoal to my room?"
Lu Jin explained softly: "My mother-in-law was afraid that you would catch a cold, so she called you Yong."
An Shuyao's meals consist of white rice and red date chicken soup that nourishes blood and qi.
She looked at the chicken and wondered, "Where did the chicken come from now?"
"Your seventh brother got it."
Now it's difficult to go out, and An Shuyao doesn't believe he can go to the mountains.
A bowl of hot red date chicken soup entered her stomach, and An Shuyao felt that her whole stomach was warm.
"What happened outside today? It's so noisy."
"The house of a family named Lin collapsed and killed one person. Now his family should have been settled by the village chief and went to Aunt Lin's house."
Aunt Lin's family only lives in a family of three. Now there are four more people in their family, making it seven people.
An Shuyao thought about Aunt Lin's small house and wondered whether it would be suitable for living there.
She sighed: "I didn't hear about the house collapse in the past years, but this year the snow is thicker than usual."
"The winter in Anzhou is hard. It's better to live in the city. It's too inconvenient here."
There is only one road out of the village, and it is backed by a mountain. Once the snow falls on the mountain, the entire village will be flooded.
Only then will the heaven and earth really respond, and the earth and the earth become ineffective.
Thinking of this, An Shuyao's eyelids twitched heavily.