Chapter 34 34. Snow Stops
The boiling hot water is poured into the cup, the curly tea leaves roll with the momentum, and after a while, the green body stretches out.
Within a moment, the unique aroma of tea overflows from the cup and fills the room with fragrance.
There are three figures surrounding the hot iron stove. One is focused on embroidering a purse, the other is reading an ancient book carefully, and the only one is leaning on a recliner doing nothing.
Cheng Xi turned over in boredom, yawned and looked out the window.
As far as the eye can see is still a vast expanse of white, nothing new at all.
However, what is different from the previous few days is that the raging north wind is stronger, blowing against the obstruction and making a whining sound, like a child crying.
“Bang——”
A dull and familiar sound reached everyone’s ears.
Shen Xingqi’s hand holding the embroidery needle just paused, then resumed the previous action.
The other two were not affected at all, reading when they should and taking a nap when they should.
“Alas, I don’t know whose house collapsed this time.”
Habit is a terrible thing.
Following the collapse of Wu Shuanzi's house, several more collapsed in the village. At first, everyone couldn't help but go out to check, but now they can completely ignore it.
It’s normal for the house to collapse.
The conditions in the village are not good, and most of the houses are thatched houses, and it is inevitable that the snow on the roof will collapse to a certain extent.
My own home is freezing to death, who has the time to watch other people’s jokes?
Maybe it will be your turn next.
“Huh?”
Cheng Xi sat up straight and stared outside for a moment.
"The snow has stopped."
Beside the fire, Shen Xingluo paused slightly with his left hand holding the ancient book, and turned his head to look outside.
The snow has indeed stopped.
The sky that could not be seen clearly seemed to have dispersed, revealing the blue it should have been, with a translucence.
The wind was still raging outside, blowing into the cracks and making a whining sound. Looking at it again, it was not as desperate as before.
"This strong wind is not that useless. At least it has blown away the haze."
The reason why the sky is so clear is its credit.
People's exclamations were faintly heard outside the small courtyard, and they could be heard clearly in the house.
Obviously, other villagers also noticed Xue Ting and started cheering. Even Shen Xingqi put down her purse and looked happy.
“The snow has really stopped? Does that mean it can’t stop?”
"Don't rush to be happy yet."
Cheng Xi slowly shook his head, "There is a saying that 'if it snows, it will turn into cold snow.' You should pay special attention to keeping warm these days."
Besides, as for whether or not it will be lowered in the future, that has to be discussed separately.
Since time traveling, she has developed a habit of paying attention to temperature changes every day.
And this morning it was already close to 20 degrees below zero, which was unthinkable for Lin'an Mansion in previous years.
Once the snow stops, it will enter the snow melting stage, which will take away most of the surrounding heat, and the temperature will reach a new low.
That is the real test for people.
Cheng Xi’s words made Shen Xingluo couldn’t help but cast an appreciative glance.
"Indeed, you should keep warm after snowing."
Having experienced it personally, he knows the power of melting snow better than anyone else. In the last life, everyone cheered so much, thinking that this event lasted for a month. The snowstorm has come to an end and we are ready to face a new life.
However, along with the sun came extremely low temperatures. Countless people in Dayan froze to death, especially those who were rushing on the migration road.
Although Lin'an Prefecture is better, the surrounding villages also suffered a lot of casualties.
"Try not to go out these days, and even if you go out, wear warm clothes."
"I got it, brother."
The sun appeared that afternoon In the southwest of the sky, although it was not particularly bright, it was enough for the villagers to cheer for a while.
"The sun is coming out!" "I haven't seen the sun for so many days, I almost don't recognize it."
"It's stopped snowing, I won't be hungry if it continues like this I’m going to freeze to death!”
“Damn, this year is really evil!”
In fact, the evil things have just begun, and what they have experienced so far is not even halftime. superior.
When the villagers planned to go out for a walk, they were frozen to the core as soon as they opened the door. Their hands had already closed the door again faster than their brains.
“Bang——”
“Oh my God, why is it so cold?!”
“Fortunately, I closed it quickly, otherwise my nose would have been frozen off! ”
“No, no, no, I’ll go back and lie down for a while.”
As for the problem that the bones are about to melt?
It’s better to melt, at least it’s better than going out and freezing to death!
I don’t know how many doors were closed and closed on this day. Most people were immediately frightened when they opened the door, and only a few of them were able to walk out onto the street.
In the small courtyard of the Shen family, Cheng Xi brought a small porcelain pot from the kitchen.
“Sister-in-law, what delicious food are you cooking again?”
Shen Xingqi helped her lift the lid of the iron stove, and was stunned when she saw the ginger slices and red dates floating in the pot.
Hey, it’s not food?
It’s so new, her sister-in-law doesn’t even cook anymore!
Cheng Xi added some more water, "It's too cold outside and it's easy for cold wind to enter the body. Drink some red date and ginger tea to prevent it."
This is ancient times, and colds can be easily caught. human life.
Although she has a variety of Chinese and Western medicines on hand, she should try to avoid them as much as possible. After all, getting sick is also a labor-intensive job.
"Drink more later to ward off the cold."
Thanks to the most primitive brown sugar in ancient times, Cheng Xi spent a huge amount of money to buy a few kilograms of it when he went to the grocery store. , this time it completely comes in handy.
A few pieces of charcoal were added to the iron stove to heat it up vigorously, and the water in the porcelain pot quickly boiled.
The ginger slices and red dates added inside emit its own flavor when heated, and combined with the smell of brown sugar, it can float far away.
Full of spicy flavor.
To be honest, Cheng Xi doesn't like the smell of ginger.
On weekdays, even if it is used for seasoning, it is thrown away after use.
But today
She smiled, took out three big white bowls, each scooped out a full bowl, and placed it in front of the Shen brothers and sisters.
"Give me all to drink, not a drop left!"
How do you say that?
We share blessings and hardships together, it’s time to see how deep the friendship between us is!
Shen Xingqi took the first sip and choked to tears. She was almost put away by the spiciness of the ginger slices.
“This tastes so strong~”
"You have to drink even if you drink it. Hold your nose and drink it in one breath."
Cheng Xi said this to himself. As soon as he finished speaking, he drank a bowl of water first, choking and blushing.
Although the three of them have not been frozen since the beginning of winter, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, which also puts a considerable burden on the body.
Gotta drink!
Cheng Xi turned his attention to Shen Xingluo after finishing his drink, intending to have some fun.
However, the other party's face was not red and he was out of breath. He drank it up quickly one after another.
My expression never changed from beginning to end, and I didn’t even frown.
“.?”
Something is wrong, very wrong.
How did this 18-year-old boy do it?
He must be born with a taste for ginger!
Cheng Xi decided to cook more next time and make a bowl for him alone.
(End of this chapter)