Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 350: Sudden Heavy Snow Causes House Collapse, Seeking Shelter (1)_1

Chapter 350: Chapter 350: Sudden Heavy Snow Causes House Collapse, Seeking Shelter (1)_1

Looking at the gloomy sky, Mo Yan informed Lizhong and the other two that it might snow in the next couple of days. She instructed them to transport more grain from the warehouse to avoid difficulty traveling on slippery roads after the snowfall.

Lizhong immediately ordered Tie Tou and Wang Pangtou to hurry and transport the grain. He also called for several ox carts from the end of the street to help with the task. Otherwise, going back and forth with only flatbed carts would mean darkness fell by the time they finished their second trip.

After going back and forth four times, they transported over ten thousand jin (1 jin = 0.5 kg) of grain. They cleared a corner in the shop to store it, and together with the existing stock in the shop, there would be no problem sustaining them for about seven to eight days.

As evening approached and they headed home, the skies worsened, and fine snowflakes began to drift down. Later, the snow grew heavier; while it was not quite goose feather-sized flakes, it was certainly chicken feather-sized. By the time Mo Yan and Tie Tou rushed back to Liu Yang Village, the ground was completely white. Everywhere was a blanket of white, and the two little ones joyfully hopped and played in the snow in the courtyard.

Seeing that the snow showed no signs of stopping and might well bury up to their calves by morning, Mo Yan cautioned Tie Tou that if the snow accumulation exceeded half a foot the next morning, there was no need to go to the shop, to prevent accidents on the way.

Watching the snow falling steadily, Tie Tou naively nodded and went home, without even asking whether his wages would be docked for not going to the shop.

The snow showed no sign of stopping, and by the time they had dinner, the snow on the ground was as thick as an index finger. Zhen Er clamored to light windproof lamps in the courtyard to build a snowman but was smacked back into the house by Mo Yan’s Iron Sand Palm.

Little Flower and Mao Tuan were uncontrollable, howling and dashing around the courtyard like mad, occasionally rolling on the ground to coat themselves with snow, then shaking off to send snowflakes scattering everywhere. The courtyard was filled with their petal-shaped footprints, which were quickly submerged by the falling snow.

Mo Yan looked anxiously toward the distant North. With such heavy snow and cold weather making travel so difficult, reaching the battlefield within the designated time would mean marching day and night. She wondered whether that person could withstand it.

She could only hope that the Court’s supplies would be sufficient; otherwise, the forced march in such severe weather might result in many freezing before they even reached the battlefield.

The night was exceptionally cold, as though the air itself had frozen. Even the three beasts, despite their thick fur, trembled from the cold and eagerly urged Mo Yan to bring them into the perpetually spring-like Space.

Mo Yan herself was shivering by the charcoal brazier, so she took them into the Space. After instructing Little Flower and Dabai to watch Mao Tuan and prevent it from causing destruction, she stripped off her cotton and leather clothes and began her daily toil. The four hundred mu of land in the Space was almost entirely utilized. Apart from the fruit orchard, medicinal herb garden, and vegetable plots, the rest was planted with various grains and legumes.

With such a large area of grain, every time it matured, Mo Yan could only harvest a little at a time. She would work in the Space for seven or eight moments each time until her hands and legs went numb from fatigue. Watching the three beasts frolicking carefree everywhere, she wiped her sweat and secretly regretted that despite drinking so much Spirit Spring Water, they hadn’t evolved a pair of hands to help her with the labor, which would have made her life easier.

After harvesting the grain, Mo Yan collected the medicinal herb seeds again. The herbs in the Space had grown and spread extensively, forming a large patch, and she gathered a substantial amount of seeds, nearly enough to plant on the barren mountain. However, what disappointed her was that, despite such a vast medicinal field, there was no Ginseng among them.

After finishing the work, Mo Yan bathed herself and Mao Tuan, and just as she was settling down to sleep in the Space, there was a knock on the door of the small hall. Opening the door, she saw Xin Er and Zhen Er holding their pillows, begging to sleep with her. Their quilts were too icy—lying in them chilled them to the bone, and they hadn’t been able to fall asleep the entire night.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.