The daily routine of the ancient imperial examination

Lu Xiuyuan belatedly realized that the room was too cold, so he quickly put on his clothes and opened the door.

I saw the heavy snow outside, down to the knees!

He first ran to his elder brother's house and knocked on the door to wake him up. Then he found a shovel in the yard where the farm tools were placed, and began to clear a road.

His elder brother put on his clothes and opened the door, and found that the snow was so heavy that it was still falling, so he persuaded Lu Xiuyuan, "Erlang, the snow is still falling, you shovel the snow now, and cover the road after a while."

Lu Xiuyuan's nose was already red from the cold, and he kept pushing snow against the wall, "First clear a road so that people can leave easily, brother, you need to use a bamboo broom to clear the roof, if the snow keeps I'm afraid the house won't last until dawn."

Lu Xiuwu felt that his brother was a little too nervous, but he obediently took out the bamboo broom and crawled on it to clear the snow from the roof.

Mrs. Zhang in the house also ran out when she heard the movement. Seeing the two brothers working in full swing, she also took a bamboo broom beside her and began to clean the roof of the kitchen.

Their kitchen is a small shed with a low roof, so Mrs. Zhang can easily get there.

Lu Xiuyuan saw that Mrs. Zhang also joined in, and hurriedly persuaded: "Mom, go back to sleep, there are me and elder brother here, and it will be done in a while."

Lu Xiuwu also echoed on the roof: "That's right, mother, go back and rest."

Mrs. Zhang ignored them and continued to clear the snow from the kitchen roof.

When the busy work was almost over, Lu Xiuyuan let out a sigh of relief and rubbed his frozen hands. He looked at the joyful and heavy snow, and couldn't help but mutter, "This snow won't stop until tomorrow, right?"

Mrs. Zhang also rarely frowned, "It's hard to say, I guess it won't stop."

Lu Xiuyuan suddenly thought, do other people in the village know that the snow is still falling, and have they gotten up to clear the snow from the roof?

The old house their family lives in is big, but it has been around for a long time, so he has to clear the snow before he dares to sleep.

Many housing conditions in the village are even worse. If you don't get up in the middle of the night to clean up, the proper ones will collapse.

Thinking of this, Lu Xiuyuan talked to Mrs. Zhang, and planned to go out to inform the people in the village.

Unexpectedly, Lu Xiuwu stopped him, "It's still me, Erlang, you see that your nose is about to come out from the cold, you better go back to the room and rest."

Lu Xiuyuan quickly touched his nose, "How can there be any snot!"

Mrs. Zhang turned her head to see Lu Xiuyuan touching his nose, and said with a gentle smile, "Let Da Lang do it, mother is making ginger soup now, and we will drink a bowl together before going to bed when Da Lang comes back."

His elder brother nodded, turned around and was about to leave, but Lu Xiuyuan hurriedly stopped him.

He found the lid of the pot in the kitchen and handed it to Lu Xiuwu, "Brother, knock it over and over again, it will be more effective!"

His eldest brother took the pot cover away dumbfounded.

Mrs. Zhang went to the kitchen to cook ginger soup, and Lu Xiuyuan also followed him. He wanted to see if there was enough firewood at home. It was freezing cold. If there was no more firewood, it would be impossible to survive this day.

After seeing a large pile of firewood and dead wood in the corner of the kitchen, he didn't stop Mrs. Zhang from lighting a fire to cook ginger soup.

The sky and the earth were all white, and it was clearly midnight, but it was reflected like an evening when the sun had just set. In the cold night, Mrs. Zhang was cooking soup, and Lu Xiuyuan was sitting around the stove to warm up.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for his elder brother to come back.

A pot of ginger soup was boiled, and the three of them drank a large bowl respectively, and went back to their respective rooms to continue sleeping.

After returning to the room, he moved his body again, and then got into the bed, shivering.

Lu Xiuyuan's current bed is covered with wheat straw that has been sun-dried a few days ago, and covered with a new cotton quilt this year. After he lay on the bed for a while, the quilt warmed up.

I think it was the end of autumn when he first crossed over, and it was cold and rainy, and the quilt was thick and damp, not to mention how painful it was to cover it.

This made him couldn't help but sighed again, it's better to have money, when his hands and feet warmed up, Lu Xiuyuan also fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Lu Xiuyuan was woken up by Xiaolian's screams. He threw off the quilt and opened his eyes in a daze. His body was exposed to the air, and he was instantly jolted by the coolness of the room, and instantly woke up.

Quickly pulling back the quilt to wrap it up, he turned his head to look outside, and the snow finally stopped.

He got up to sweep the snow in the middle of the night last night. He was probably too tired, and his biological clock didn't wake him up in the morning.

After huddling under the quilt for a while longer, he threw off the quilt, put on his clothes and got up.

It was so cold, Mrs. Zhang made another ginger soup in the morning, Xiao Lian pinched her nose and wrinkled her face and drank it.

Lu Xiuyuan asked worriedly: "Mom, is there enough ginger in the house? Can it last until the end of the year?"

Mrs. Zhang finished a bowl of soup, chewed and swallowed the ginger in it a few times, and then said slowly: "What is this little ginger? Mother has prepared all the things for the New Year long ago, and has been staying in the village. It’s enough to eat until Lichun without going out!”

Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help clicking his tongue.

After breakfast, Lu Xiuyuan took a bamboo broom and began to sweep the snow on the side of the road outside, and his elder brother came after him carrying a shovel.

The two brothers were busy working together, and quickly cleared the snow at the door of the house, and then they cleaned the road leading to the village together. During the period, they saw many villagers also clearing the snow, saying hello to each other, and it was lively.

The big guys went their own way, and the roads in the village were cleared in a short while.

On the way back, Lu Xiuyuan learned from the gossip of the villagers that last night, two old people in the village did not survive and froze to death, which made him a little embarrassed.

For the elderly in ancient times, winter is really difficult.

He glanced at the road outside the village that was blocked by heavy snow. Before the snow melted, he probably wouldn't be able to leave the village, and he couldn't make the extra money to write Spring Festival couplets, and he didn't know what Shi Yunchen in the town was doing now.

Lu Xiuyuan can't go out, so he can only practice calligraphy at home, and teach Xiaolian to write by the way.

After that, it snowed intermittently for two days. Fortunately, it was not the heavy snow on the first day. After a few more days, the snow on the road gradually melted away.

As soon as the road passed, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't wait to get on the bullock cart and set off for the town. The weather became colder after the snow melted, and he tried his best to huddle into a ball to resist the cold air outside.

When he got to Ping'an Town, Lu Xiuyuan got off the car and heard all kinds of cries around him. His eyes circled around him. Surprisingly, the town was quite lively. Walking in the streets and alleys, there were people coming and going.

However, compared to that day in Xiaonian, there were still far fewer people. He looked at the ruins of some collapsed houses around him. It seemed that the blizzard had more or less affected the town.

Lu Xiuyuan no longer hesitated, and went straight to the book shop, he didn't know whether he wanted to continue writing Spring Festival couplets, or wanted to meet someone.

When we arrived at the book shop, it was rare to meet a group of scholars discussing current affairs. Lu Xiuyuan passed by and listened, as if he was talking about the snow disaster on the northern border.

Without listening carefully, Lu Xiuyuan went directly to the room where they were reading.

In the room, Shi Yunchen was wearing a thick red winter coat with a white fluffy collar, and the delicate face on it looked like a fairy coming out of a painting.

When Lu Xiuyuan walked in, the other party was holding Mrs. Tang in his arms and was reading the story book. When he saw Lu Xiuyuan coming, he put down the book in his hand and said pleasantly, "I knew you, Lu Xiucai, would definitely come today."

Infected by his expression, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help showing a slight smile, "The snow has melted today, so I'll come here naturally."

The two looked at each other, and the temperature in the room gradually increased.

At this moment, there was a sound of slapping the table outside the room, followed by passionate words of advice from the scholars outside.

Shi Yunchen was disturbed, frowned, finally sighed and said: "Lu Xiucai, I'm leaving."

"What?" The incident happened suddenly, but Lu Xiuyuan didn't realize it, "Go? Where are you going?"

Shi Yunchen curled his lips, a little entangled, "My elder brother wants to go to the border, and I have to go with him too. I can't celebrate the New Year here."

Lu Xiuyuan thought about the news he had just heard outside, and said, "I heard that the scholars outside seemed to be talking about the news of a snowstorm coming from the border? Why is it over there at this time, how dangerous is it?"

Hearing this, Shi Yunchen became sad, "My second brother is stationed at the border. I heard that it snowed heavily for three days and three nights, and countless people and animals froze to death. My eldest brother will bring supplies to support me. I will stay at home. If you don’t let go, you must be with Big Brother.”

Lu Xiuyuan thought that it only fell overnight in their village, and the snow was already up to his knees. Wouldn't it be more serious if it rained continuously for three days and three nights at the border?

He was too embarrassed to intervene in things like this, so he inquired: "The road is blocked by heavy snow, not only is it difficult to transport materials, but it is also difficult to travel with empty vehicles. Have you made detailed plans, such as encountering emergencies? Incident, is there any corresponding countermeasure?"

"Ah?" Shi Yunchen shook his head, "I'm not sure, I haven't been out much, so my elder brother should have made arrangements."

Seeing Shi Yunchen like this, Lu Xiuyuan felt a little worried. If he was not fully prepared, at the border at this time, his head would be given away.

Thinking of this, he turned around to the desk, found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, picked up the pen and began to record.

Shi Yunchen walked over and looked curiously, and found that Lu Xiuyuan was actually writing some rescue methods for snow disasters.

From the preparation of materials to the arrangement of horses and manpower, snow chains should be added to those that should be added.

Dangers that may be encountered on the road and some common problems are also given for reference.

Including when we reach the border safely, if we see people and animals frozen to death there, we must bury them all and not expose them to the outside, so as not to breed plague in the spring of the coming year.

There are also some follow-up processing issues, and the other party has written a corresponding emergency plan.

Shi Yunchen was shocked when he saw the back, he turned his head to look at the serious side face of the other party, the little deer bumped wildly, his eyes were filled with the fact that Lu Xiucai is so powerful and thoughtful, he knows everything and understands everything .