boyutpedia Chapter 94 The Qi family is doomed to die out!
Chapter 94 The Qi family is doomed to die out!
After everyone finished eating, they immediately added firewood to the stove so that the house would be warm.
The Zhao family's old residence.
A fire was lit in the main room, and everyone sat around it, wearing thick cotton-padded coats.
Although the fire in the stove was blazing, it still couldn't dispel the bone-chilling cold.
Every time the hailstones hit the roof, it was terrifying.
Grandma Sun exclaimed, "Tao Hua is truly amazing! If she hadn't reminded everyone a month in advance, our family's more than 30 mu of medicinal herb fields would have suffered huge losses."
Others followed suit.
"To be able to observe the celestial phenomena and predict such weather changes a month ago, Peach Blossom Sister is amazing!"
Zhao Lianhua sighed.
Grandma Sun's gaze fell on Zhao Feng, and she said, "My dear grandson, Grandma has arranged a marriage for you with Jiang Cuier from Black Bull Village. She is polite, virtuous, and a good girl."
After the hail and the sharp drop in temperature end in half a month, you can get married on February 18th.
Because things were so rushed, in addition to the five taels of betrothal gifts, Grandma gave the Jiang family three taels of silver to keep for wedding preparations.
The name sounded familiar to Zhou Shi. Jiang Cui'er?
Isn't this the girl who came to thank Xiaofeng the other day, saying that Xiaofeng helped her?
This girl is quite polite and virtuous. When she encounters the unreasonable Zhang Caixia, she will not hesitate to fight back.
Thinking of her, Zhou's eyes were filled with satisfaction.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Feng recalled the two sisters he had met in the village that day.
The older sister, Jiang Cuier, has a well-proportioned figure, long, glossy black hair, and bright eyes that reveal gentleness and kindness.
A girl like that would be a good wife for him.
The Qi family.
Three-year-old Qi Dani's mouth watered at the smell of sweet potatoes in the air.
She walked up to Uncle Qi and said, "Grandpa, could you give me a sweet potato to eat?"
Qi Bo took the pipe out of his mouth, exhaled white smoke, and said impatiently, "Go find your mother!"
He gets annoyed whenever he sees little girls, and he has two at home.
Uncle Qi turned his head and saw two-year-old Qi Erni sitting blankly on a small stool warming herself by the fire.
The daughter-in-law gave birth to two children in three years, but they were both girls.
"Mom, I want to eat roasted sweet potato!"
Qi Dani ran up to Zou Xiaoxi, who was making cotton knee pads, and said in a childish voice.
It's hailing outside, but as long as you stay indoors, you won't get hit.
But with the sudden drop in temperature, even with firewood burning in the stove and a furnace burning in the room for warmth, people still couldn't help but shiver from the cold.
Adults are in better health and can withstand it, but Da Ni and Er Ni are still young, so Zou Xiaoxi has to rush to make the knee pads at night.
We absolutely mustn't let the two children's knees get sick from the cold.
"Okay, Mom will go get it for you."
As Zou Xiaoxi spoke, she put down what she was holding and took a large sweet potato out of the stove.
She found two corn husks, wrapped them around the two ends of the scalding hot sweet potato, and then broke the sweet potato apart.
She handed half of it to Qi Dani and told Dani to wrap it with a few extra corn husks to prevent burning her hands.
Then, she handed the remaining half to Qi Erni: "Erni, eat it!"
"Thank you, Mommy!"
Qi Erni obediently agreed and took the half of the roasted sweet potato.
Just as Zou Xiaoxi was about to turn around and continue making knee pads, she suddenly heard Qi Erni shout:
"Mommy, my little sister wants some too!"
Zou Xiaoxi replied instinctively, "You're my younger sister, don't you already have one?"
"Mother, it's not me, it's this little sister!" Qi Erniu explained.
Zou Xiaoxi was taken aback at first, then quickly turned her head to look at her.
Although she didn't see the younger sister that Qi Erniu mentioned, she vaguely thought she saw a black shadow flash by.
A hint of sadness flashed in Zou Xiaoxi's eyes, then she looked at her stomach. Could it be that the child has returned?
Zhao family.
Zhao Taohua's family were all wearing wolf-skin cotton-padded coats, which kept them warm.
The snail spirit guarded the kitchen, watching the stove to ensure there was always firewood burning inside, keeping all four rooms warm.
No matter how cold it was outside, the Zhao family didn't feel cold.
Madam Qian exclaimed, "Thanks to the wolf pelt Shen Ming gave us, the wolf pelt and wolf fur lining make it much warmer than a plain cotton-padded coat."
The spirit of menstruation even made wolfskin boots, and each of the three members of the Zhao family wore a pair, so their feet were not cold at all.
As time went by, everyone got used to the loud, clattering sound of hailstones hitting the roof tiles.
Fortunately, everyone knew in advance that the hail and the sharp drop in temperature would last for half a month, so everyone prepared a lot of food and firewood, and only went out after the half month was over.
The hail continued to fall, piling up on the ground to form small hills as more and more hail fell from the sky.
Zhao Taohua had been staying at home for fourteen days and was exhausted. She was eager for the day to pass quickly so that the natural disaster would end.
Because it was too cold outside, the windproof curtain had to be lowered in the main room to block the wind, and Zhao Taohua sat by the stove peeling peanuts and eating them.
Suddenly, a scream rang out from the village: "Little Stream, Little Stream! Where are you going?"
"Little Creek! Ouch..."
As Qi Jincai chased after the hailstones, he didn't notice the huge hailstones rolling down his feet. He slipped and fell heavily to the ground.
The hard hailstones ripped his cheeks, and blood instantly seeped out, spreading across the white hailstones in a shocking sight.
But as if he felt no pain, he quickly got up and continued to stagger forward in pursuit.
Zhao Taohua immediately stood up and said, "Mother, does that sound like Brother Qi's voice?"
There is only one family with the surname Qi in the entire Zhao Family Village, making them one of the few families with a different surname in the village.
Mrs. Qian immediately affirmed, "Yes, it's him!"
Zhao Ershu opened the door to the main room, wanting to peek out to see what was happening outside, but all he could see was a face full of cold wind.
"The hailstorm won't end for another day. What can't Jincai do tomorrow?"
Zhao Ershu asked, puzzled.
"Father, I think I just heard him calling Sister-in-law Xiaoxi's name. Could he be looking for Sister-in-law Xiaoxi?"
Upon hearing Zhao Taohua's words, Zhao Ershu and Qian Shi were even more puzzled. What was Zou Xiaoxi doing out on such a hailing day?
The hailstones were exceptionally large today, perhaps because it was the last day of the storm, so the hailstones falling from the sky were as big as goose eggs.
"Father, Mother, I'm going out to take a look!"
After saying that, Zhao Taohua called over the argumentative guy and the snail spirit.
Zhao Ershu and Qian Shi were worried about Zhao Taohua and were about to call her back when they saw the snail spirit's shell suddenly enlarge, reaching a diameter of two meters, like a giant umbrella.
Zhao Taohua and the snail spirit each sat on one side of the argumentative spirit's shoulder. The argumentative spirit stomped down, crushing all the hail that had accumulated over fourteen days into dust.
He was protected by a snail shell on his head, and when the hail hit the shell, it was like hitting iron.
The key point is that Zhao Taohua was protected by the two of them, so she would not only be protected from being hit by hail, but also from slipping on the hail on the ground.
Seeing this, the couple were relieved.
Before leaving, Madam Qian instructed, "Peach Blossom, take it easy and come back soon."
"Got it, mother."
The nitpicker walked steadily through the hail, and when the Zhao family's gate was wide open, she couldn't see Qi Jincai's figure at all amidst the overwhelming hail.
Fortunately, the troll was able to find him by following his voice.
The Qi family.
Uncle Qi and Aunt Xie were extremely anxious when they saw that Qi Jincai and his wife had run into the hail.
Aunt Xie intended to chase after it, but as soon as she stepped out the door, she was stunned by the hailstones hitting her head and had a terrible headache.
She had no choice but to retreat back to the main room, her whole body as anxious as an ant on a hot pan: "What should I do?"
Qi Bo scolded, "It's one thing for Zou Xiaoxi to run out on her own, but why did Jin Cai follow her out too!"
He's the only male in our family. If anything happens to him, the Qi family line will end!"