Thinking of this, she became sad again. The premature death of her little sister had always been a wound in her heart, but now that she saw Zhang Yu who was in good health, she felt a lot more comforted.
While Zhou Huizhen was busy in the kitchen, Zhang Yu came in and was ready to see if there was anything he could do to help.
At this time, Zhou Huizhen was smashing the ice in the water tank with a big axe. Zhang Yu looked around and realized that everything was frozen.
The little water left in the washbasin in the house was frozen into ice. The water in the water tank was frozen to the point where only the water in the middle of the tank was left, and the rest of the outer ring was frozen into big lumps of ice.
Zhang Yu quickly took the ax from Zhou Huizhen's hand and cracked the ice cubes. After cracking for a long time, the ice cubes broke open, but the bit of water inside turned into ice particles.
Zhou Huizhen smiled, scooped the ice cubes into the pot with a water ladle, and said to Zhang Yu: "The weather here is like this, no matter how tight the bag is, it will freeze. I'll boil some water, boil some hot water."
, you are washing your face."
Zhang Yu looked around to see if there was any other work, and was about to help with something, but Zhou Huizhen pushed him to the stove and asked him to light the fire and keep warm.
It was really a wonderful enjoyment to gather around the stove in winter. Zhang Yu was warming himself by the fire, squinting his eyes in comfort, and the red flames shone on his face, making his whole appearance look much better.
At this time, the sound of the door opening came from the door, and then heavy footsteps came towards the kitchen.
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Zhou Huizhen poked her head out to take a look, and then said with some joy: "Master, are you back? Why are you back so early?"
"Well, I'm back. I'm back. I'm not afraid of worrying you. I came back early in the morning to report that my family was safe and asked my second brother to stay there to help." Xie Zhiyuan patted the snow on his clothes. Although
It didn't snow today, but after all the hard work along the way, there was a lot of snow stuck to me.
"How is Zhiguang?" Zhou Huizhen asked with some worry. Xie Zhiguang is a member of the Xie family of the same generation as them. They are both relatives and neighbors. When they first returned to their hometown, thanks to the care of their family, they were able to survive.
I settled in so quickly.
"It's okay. He was sent to the hospital. The doctor gave him more than a dozen stitches. When I came back, he had just woken up and is now getting injections in the hospital."
"Did the hospital say when they would be able to bring him back?"
"It will probably take five or six days no matter what. He was seriously injured this time." Thinking of Xie Zhiguang's injuries, he shook his head.
"Then I'll make some chicken soup later. You can bring it to me after you finish your meal. You've lost so much blood and you need to recuperate."
"Okay, you make it first. I'll send it to him later and add some rice to it. Zhiying hasn't eaten yet."
Zhang Yu pulled him to the stove and let him warm himself up. Xie Zhiyuan took off his gloves, lit the fire, and let out a long sigh of relief. He was freezing to death.
After warming up the fire for a while and chatting with Zhang Yu for a while, he said to Zhou Huizhen again: "I will clean up the ice scum under the eaves in a while." This time, Xie Zhiguang's injury gave everyone a reminder.
Many people will be cleaning up the ice after today.
"It has been cleaned up a long time ago. Your son and nephew got up early in the morning before it was even bright and cleaned up under the eaves."
"That's good, that's good."
Zhang Yu watched the two people chatting about trivial matters in daily life, but there was an atmosphere where others could not get in.
Seeing the intimacy between the two of them, as if they had eaten a handful of dog food, he was speechless, and then slowly backed out of the kitchen.
When he exited the kitchen, he saw Xie Xiaolin. Xie Xiaolin asked strangely: "Why don't you warm yourself by the fire in the house?"
"Uncle and aunt are talking in the house." Zhang Yu was hesitant to speak.
Xie Xiaolin immediately understood something and felt a little embarrassed. He couldn't help it. His parents had a good relationship, but they were still so tired after so long.
"Let's go, I'll take you to play. Xiaohui and Xiaoyan are also awake at this time." Xie Xiaolin quickly changed the subject.
Several people packed up and prepared to go out. At this time, a child ran over crying.
After Xie Xiaolin saw who it was, he quickly stopped him and said, "Xiwa'er, what's wrong? What happened? Tell me if you have anything."
"Uncle Xiaolin, my brother... my brother's tongue... his tongue... his tongue is stuck." Xiwa'er cried so hard that she couldn't even finish her sentence.
"It's stuck, stuck to something?"
"It's stuck on that...that door in the school, and I can't pull it off."
"what happened?"
Then from Xiwaer's choked and intermittent description, several people reconstructed what happened.
Several children sneaked out of their homes early in the morning before eating and played together. One of the children said that the iron gate in the school was sweet.
The other children didn't believe it, and then a group of children were betting on whether the iron gate was sweet. Xiwa'er didn't see any of it, and the younger brother Lewa'er was encouraged by several other older children to lick it.
In the middle of winter, the weather here is so cold that it can be said that dripping water turns into ice. As soon as you lick it with your tongue, it is frozen and you can't pull it out.
After figuring out what happened, Zhang Yu and the others were almost going crazy. Xie Xiaolin skillfully took out the teapot from the house and adjusted the water temperature.
Then he followed him out. Zhang Yu was dumbfounded. How could he be so skilled?
Seeing Zhang Yu's doubts, Xie Xiaohui explained later: "There is no way, we are all used to this. Every year, several children will lick the big iron gate without believing in evil. After being stuck, most of them are me.
Brother went and got it."
"Won't the adults tell them not to give in?" Zhang Yu asked, dumbfounded.
"Don't you know your child? The more you don't let him do anything, the more curious he will be to try it. The older and smarter ones will encourage others to try it, while the younger ones will try it themselves."
Hearing this, Zhang Yu felt like laughing even more, but the child was crying. It would be bad if he laughed now.
"Stop holding it in, just laugh if you want to." After Xie Xiaohui said this, he burst into laughter. Although this happens every year, he still can't help but laugh every time he hears it. Those children really remember
Eat without remembering to fight.
Zhang Yu felt a little curious after all. He wanted to see what the tongue in the book looked like when he was reading a book, so he went along with it.
After arriving, I saw a five or six-year-old child tiptoeing, his tongue firmly stuck to the large iron door.
Xie Xiaolin poured the water at the adjusted temperature, avoiding his clothes, and slowly poured it on. After a minute, his tongue came out of the big iron door.
