Chapter 332: Chapter 332 Snowstorm (4)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Coincidentally, Tian Jiawang and his sister had also cleared the path to their entrance. Of course, it was only a path.
Each household diligently dug out the necessary paths in their courtyards.
The next day, everyone spontaneously began to clear the middle of the street. Because everyone had difficulties, digging a path to the middle of their village would allow everyone to help each other.
Of course, Zhou Ying and Gu Chengrui did not cheat this time. They followed the lead and dug.
In the afternoon, they finally dug a path to the middle of the street that could fit two people.
The villagers found three collapsed houses. Fortunately, no one died, but three villagers were injured.
Therefore, Gu Chengrui and his wife stopped clearing the road and instead began to treat the injured.
At night, the village chief called the village’s main elders to his house and asked, “So what are your thoughts? It will be bad if we keep the snow inside the village.”
“Father, my suggestion is to push the snow in the village into the river as much as possible. When it melts, it won’t affect the village.” Qian Jiaxi spoke at this moment.
“Jiaxi is right. Although this work is tiring, it has to be done. Otherwise, it will be troublesome once the snow melts.
“I’m afraid it will snow again, and it will be troublesome to clear then. We have to be quick.” The patriarch nodded in agreement.
“Yes, let’s do as Jiaxi said. Everyone except the elderly and children will join in and clear the snow as soon as possible.”
Seeing that everyone agreed, the village chief nodded and continued, “It’s decided. Tomorrow morning, we will dig five paths leading to the river in the village. When you return, inform each household, as I can’t run back and forth.
“By the way, don’t inform Doctor Gu and his wife. They still have to take care of the injured.”
“Alright, then it’s decided.” The patriarch nodded in agreement.
After that, no one was in the mood to stay any longer. They left immediately and went to inform each household.
But in the end, the patriarch still told Gu Chengrui and Zhou Ying so that they would know what was going on.
The next day, after examining the three injured, the couple ended up following Tian Jiawang and his sister to clear the snow.
Because they were digging a path wide enough for a cart, the entire villagers’ effort only dug five paths in a day.
Over the next few days, they started to shovel snow into the river daily.
First, it was snow from the village streets, then from each household. This busy period lasted for nearly half a month.
Two weeks later, they cleared a large portion of the snow in the village, including the snow near each house, into the river.
The villagers could finally drink from the well again.
At the same time, as the snow melted, the weather became colder and colder. It was so cold that even if they kept burning their stove, the house still couldn’t stay warm.
As a result, a large number of the elderly and children fell ill.
Gu Chengrui saw villagers coming to his house daily to ask for medicine. Still, because the medicine cabinet at home was running out, he did not dare continue giving out medicine, or else something would definitely happen.
He could only tell everyone to eat chili and drink more water to overcome the cold.
At the same time, he ground some scallions and ginger into powder and let the children drink it. Gradually, the situation in the village stabilized.
People didn’t dare leave their houses in this weather.
On the other side, Hu Chun and the others did not bother to clean up the snow in the village. Instead, after each household had opened up a path, they quickly dug a passage to the manor.
They had to make sure that they had something to eat first.
Manager Liu, who lived in the courtyard, was so shocked that his jaw almost fell when he saw Hu Chun and his men.
He didn’t expect them to dig a path here this quickly.
After knowing their purpose for coming, he understood why they had rushed over.. Then, he looked at their skinny appearance and hesitated before asking, “I can make the decision to sell food to you, but do you still have any silver?”