After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

Yan Qingqing thought the snow would stop soon, but three days passed and there was still no sign of the snow stopping.

Yan Qingqing looked outside worriedly. If this continues, there will be a snow disaster.

Now the road from Canghe Village to Chengyang County has been blocked by heavy snow. When Li Xiangan came back from the city yesterday, he said that he would not deliver goods to Yuelaiju for the next few days.

I heard that several families in Canghe Village had run out of grain. Fortunately, Yan Qingqing and the others stored the wheat they harvested in the warehouse without selling a grain of grain.

Moreover, Li Xiangan thought the situation was not good and bought some from the city yesterday. Therefore, Yan Qingqing's family is not short of food.

As the saying goes, don't panic when you have food in hand. That night, Yan Qingqing was sleeping soundly, and only heard a loud pop, and Yan Qingqing immediately woke up from her dream.

There was something wrong with the sound just now, as if someone's house had collapsed.

Yan Qingqing quickly put on her clothes and opened the door. She only heard a noise coming from the village, and someone shouted: "Come here quickly, Uncle Wang's house collapsed."

Yan Qingqing was immediately excited. The name of Uncle Wang was Wang Laoshi. He was a hard-working man. He lost his father when he was young, his wife when he was middle-aged, and his son when he was old. It can be said that all the hardships in life have caught up with him.

Now his only grandson is left to depend on him. Yan Qingqing really can't imagine if their house collapses.

Soon the Li Xiangping brothers also came to Yan Qingqing's yard, and they were relieved to see that Yan Qingqing was fine.

Because Wang Laoshi's family lives not far behind Yan Qingqing's new house. And Yan Qingqing lived in the backyard, so they thought something had happened to Yan Qingqing.

At this time, there was another cry for help: "Come quickly, Wu Zhuang's house has also collapsed."

Only then did Yan Qingqing come to her senses and hurriedly said to Li Xiangping and others: "You guys hurry up and save people.

Let Hui Niang and others cook a pot of ginger soup and deliver it to everyone later.

It's snowing heavily in the middle of the night, and people who are hot and cold are most susceptible to wind chill.

Now that the village is blocked by heavy snow, it is impossible to find the doctor. "

After hearing this, Li Xiangping and others quickly agreed. Everyone put on their raincoats and went out to save people.

Yan Qingqing didn't sleep either and sat in the room until dawn.

The three brothers came back the next morning. Yuan Huiniang asked them to quickly drink ginger soup to get rid of the coldness on their bodies before letting them enter Yan Qingqing's house.

Before Yan Qingqing could ask Li Xiangping, he said: "Last night, the houses of three families in our Canghe Village collapsed. One was the old house of the village chief's family. Fortunately, no one lived in it, and there were no valuable items stored in it. .

There were also members of Wu Zhuang’s family. Seeing that something was not right, Wu Zhuang woke up his family members and ran out, but no one was injured.

Only Grandpa Wang... When Grandpa Wang saw that the house collapsed, he tried his best to push his only grandson Wang Dong out, but he was crushed inside.

When we pulled him out of the rubble, he was already dead. "

Yan Qingqing was silent after hearing this. After all, it was a human life, and everyone was still familiar neighbors. The person she had been chatting and laughing with a few days ago was no longer here, and she still felt very uncomfortable.

When Li Xiangping saw that Yan Qingqing had stopped talking, he knew that she was feeling uncomfortable. His mother seemed to be strong but actually she had the softest heart.

So he spoke to comfort him: "The village chief grandpa is already helping to prepare for the funeral, but now everyone is in trouble, so we can only wait for the snow to stop before burying him."

Yan Qingqing nodded and said: "Bring some food from home to Wang Dong, and pick up a few old clothes you have worn, quietly so that no one can see it.

There isn't much food in our village now, and I'm afraid he won't be able to protect his own child. "

It's not that Yan Qingqing thinks too much, but that human nature cannot stand the test.

Li Xiangping nodded after hearing this and said, "I will give it to him at night when no one is around."

Fortunately, the snow finally stopped after two days, and Yan Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.

Although this heavy snow has affected everyone, overall it is not too big.

Old Mrs. Yan couldn't stay any longer and said to Yan Qingqing: "I want to go back to Yanjia Village. The house at home is quite old, and your father's knees always hurt when it's cloudy and rainy. I'm really worried."

In fact, Mrs. Yan has been worried these past few days, but she was afraid that her daughter would be worried, so she never showed it.

Yan Qingqing could understand Mrs. Yan's mood and agreed immediately. But now that the road is still blocked by heavy snow, Yan Qingqing can only comfort her and say: "Mom, I asked Sanlang to explore the road first. Now that the snow has just stopped, there is definitely no way to leave immediately. Even if you want to go back to Yanjia Village, you have to Let’s wait until the road is clear.”

Mrs. Yan also knew that Yan Qingqing was telling the truth, so she could only stay patiently for a few more days.

After another four or five days of this, the road finally opened because someone came back from the city buying food.

I heard that Ling County Magistrate ordered the opening of warehouses to release grain. People in Chengyang County can go to the county government to receive grain based on their household registration, and each person can receive two kilograms of coarse grain.

In addition, he also ordered all grain merchants not to take the opportunity to raise grain prices. Anyone who dared to raise grain prices would be immediately jailed and their grain confiscated.

This is indeed good news. Although Yan Qingqing's family is not short of food, he still can't help but give Magistrate Ling a thumbs up.

When Mrs. Yan heard that the road was open, she couldn't sit still anymore and asked to go back to Yanjia Village immediately. Yan Qingqing called Li Xiangping and Yuan Huiniang and said: "Dalang, go and set up a car to take your grandma back to Yanjia Village. There will definitely be no traffic on the road." It's so easy to walk, so be careful.

Huiniang, go and open the warehouse and pick out some practical things for your grandma to take back. "

Mrs. Yan has worked hard here these days. She refused to accept the money Yan Qingqing gave her, so she could only ask her to take some things back.

Fortunately, Mrs. Yan knew that this was her daughter's intention and did not refuse.

Li Xiangping sent Mrs. Yan away, and the village began to arrange Wang Laoshi's burial.

Mrs. Xu came over to ask Yan Qingqing to go to Wang's house to see if there was anyone who needed help. Yan Qingqing handed Li Xiangyang to Li Xinniang and followed him.

Many people in the village were there because the Wang family had no other relatives, so the village chief Li Kaishan helped take charge.

Given Wang Laoshi's family's situation, they definitely couldn't afford a coffin. Fortunately, a respected old man in the village donated his own coffin.

Others also felt pity for the grandfather and grandson and donated money and materials one after another. Yan Qingqing once again lamented the simplicity of the people in Canghe Village.

She took out five hundred coins from her pocket and handed it to Wang Dong and said: "Your grandfather has suffered all his life, let him go in a dignified way.

Just take the money and buy whatever you need. If it's not enough, my aunt still has it here. "

Everyone knows that Yan Qingqing has money. Although five hundred coins is nothing to Yan Qingqing, it is definitely a huge sum of money in the eyes of others.

Wang Dong, dressed in filial piety, knelt on the ground with a pop and said with tears in his eyes: "Wang Dong will remember my aunt's great kindness. Thank you, aunt." After saying that, he kowtowed to Yan Qingqing three times.

The people around him were all moved when they saw this. Everyone felt pity for this child, who would be considered a helpless orphan from now on.