There is a handsome man in the rough family

Seeing that both of them were frowning, Mrs. Li hurriedly greeted them and let them sit on the kang.

One of them stuffed a cup of ginger tea in his hand and asked anxiously.

"You said it! The frowning face, did the village chief say something difficult?"

Mr. Tang lowered his head and took a sip of ginger tea, then nodded.

"Last night, it snowed heavily and it was so cold that almost all the wells were frozen outside. The village chief said that every household should send people to protect several wells in the village so that everyone can take turns to fetch water. .”

Mrs. Li frowned when she heard this.

"Then you didn't tell the village chief that our family is willing to pay money for others to help with the rotation."

Seeing Li Shi's anxious look, Boss Tang also put down the ginger tea in his hand and took the conversation.

"I did say it, but the village head looked embarrassed. When I said it just now, almost all the wells in the village were frozen to death. So I wanted to keep the four largest wells in the village, which were specially used to let everyone in the village Drinking water for cooking, as for washing and mopping the floor, you can use snow-melted water.”

Mrs. Li also sighed when she heard the words, with a somewhat unhappy expression on her face.

People in the village have always respected the old village head, and he is the most fair person. Now he is showing embarrassment. Mr. Tang has also received the favor of the village head, so naturally he refuses like this if he is not good.

When Zhao Xiangbei came out, he just heard these words, strode over and sat down beside Mr. Tang.

"My eldest brother and my second brother are strong and strong. If we take turns every two hours, we can only go there once or twice a day. It's fine."

When Mr. Tang heard what Zhao Xiangbei said, his expression relaxed for a while, and then he saw that his eldest son and second son had no objection, he was relieved, knocked on the cigarette pot, and said with some earnestness: "This winter I will see The season is not good, I am afraid that Xue Xue lives in the same village, and naturally they want to help each other. There is a saying that there is no way to support each other. If there is a natural disaster, how can it be possible to live a good life with just one or two families?"

Hearing Mr. Tang's words, Mrs. Li gradually came to his senses, and looked at Zhao Xiangbei and Mr. Tang's second child with some distress.

"That's fine, but it doesn't make sense for every household to produce young and middle-aged people, because our Tang family has more young and middle-aged people, so if we only point to the exhaustion of our men, I will not agree."

Old Mr. Tang and his own husband spoke English, his face became lighter by two points, took two puffs of cigarettes and pots, and said with a smile on his face: "The village chief is the most fair, and I'm still watching. "

When Mrs. Li heard that they were asked to move to protect the wells, it was freezing outside, so she couldn't sit still.

He hastily rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to find a few cotton-padded clothes that he had hurriedly made before, and took them out.

"Hey, thanks to Brother Fu, I bought a lot of cotton and leather a few days ago. Together with Brother Tuan, I sewed these cotton into cotton clothes, and made a layer of leather on the outside. It’s warm to wear on your body. Come on, come on, Xiangbei, Da Lang Erlang, come and try it out, if there’s anything that doesn’t fit, I’ll change it right away.”

The three of them were all smiling, and went to try on the heavy cotton coats.

Li's craftsmanship is good, the clothes of the three of them fit perfectly, and the cotton clothes made by himself are made of very solid material, which is not only thick and wind-resistant, but also extremely warm.

Seeing the three of them covered tightly, Mrs. Li smiled.

"Oh, that's good, that's good. Wear a leather hat and gloves when you go out. It should be better."

Tang Xiaofu didn't know what to do with the recent situation, and was extremely troubled.

The next day, I woke up when my fat son was patting me with his little hands.

He saw his fat son lying beside him, playing happily, and took out his watch from the space, only then did he know what time it was in the morning.

He let out a breath, quickly packed himself and his fat son and went out, preparing to fill his stomach.

Only then did Tang Xiaofu learn that every household in the village was asked to have young and middle-aged adults, and every hour they had to go to the location of the four wells in the village, and beat the frozen surface of the well mouth with a big wood or stone. open.

There are many Tang family members, and only three people take turns once a day, which is not as hard as imagined.

Tang Xiaofu wrapped himself and his fat son into a ball, went to the kitchen to fetch the breakfast that Mrs. Li had left for him, and ran quickly to the east room.

After he heard the news, he was still a little worried about Zhao Xiangbei. At this moment, the heavy snow had not stopped outside, and the north wind was howling. The icy cold wind scraped his skin like a knife, making his skin ache.

Tang Xiaofu once took out a thermometer in the space and secretly measured it. Now the temperature outside has reached minus 35 degrees. It can be said that every drop of water turns into ice.

In this weather, he still has to beat the frozen solid ice by the well, so how can he not worry about it.

Tang Xiaofu thought for a while and left his fat son in the east room to play with the old couple.

He sneaked back to the room and bought some copper dates from the space mall.

It is said that copper dates are actually a kind of hand stove, only the size of a baby's fist, slightly larger than ordinary red dates, and the whole body is made of red copper.

Copper jujube is hollow, put ignited charcoal or coal inside, and put a cotton cloth cover on the outside, it will be very warm.

Prepare a few stuffed boots and pockets, it will be warm for half a day.

Tang Xiaofu wanted to buy a dozen or so copper dates, and told Mrs. Li about the public use in the east room.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li looked at the copper jujube the size of an egg in her hand, and was also amazed.

Tang Xiaofu was also very curious, so he took two of them to the stove and pulled out two pieces of red-hot charcoal, stuffed one inside the other, fastened the copper dates tightly, and brought them back to the east room.

The copper dates were a little hot to the touch, and both of them were a little happy.

"Hey, my brother Fu is still smart. With these copper dates, I will make them a cotton cover in a while. Whoever goes out of the house will take two or three, and it will definitely not be cold."

The two of them did what they said, and Li rummaged through the box to find some rags.

The two quickly threaded needles and threads, cut these rags to a suitable size and sewed them into small bags one after another.

Each bag contains a copper jujube, and another bag is tied on top, which can be hung on the waist or placed in the bosom very conveniently.

As for the Tang family well, Tang Xiaofu was very strong, and from time to time he would tie a hemp rope with a stone and smash it hard a few times, but it didn't affect its use.

There were regular patrols in the village, and the wells were safe and sound, but things didn't go as smoothly as Tang Xiaofu imagined.

After three or four days of peace and stability, early in the morning, someone went to the well to line up to fetch water, and suddenly found that the four wells were completely frozen, and they couldn't help but screamed.

Now people in the village point to these four wells for cooking water.

Now that it is completely frozen, how can it not be frightening.

The Tang family also quickly dressed warmly and came to the well.

At this moment, the village chief also had a gloomy face.

Tang Xiaofu stretched his neck and listened carefully, only then did he understand what was going on.

It turned out that the two brothers of the Geng family were on duty last night to watch the well. In the second half of the night, the two of them were lazy to sleep at home and did not come to knock on the ice, which made the well freeze for a long time.

No matter how old they are in the village, they are full of disapproval when they look at the two brothers of the Geng family.

Some older elders even looked at the two of them with hatred.

"Brothers of the Geng family! What you have done is really not very authentic. Now the water in this well has completely frozen the people in the village. How can we use water for food in the future!"

"I think he did it on purpose by cursing people, leaving the village with no water to drink. These two boys from the Geng family are too vicious."

The people in the village spoke more and more meanly.

Tang Xiaofu frowned slightly.

The brothers of the Geng family who were criticized by thousands of people are not good-tempered either.

Dalang of the Geng family clenched his fists, looked around at the other Geng family members who accused them with tearing eyes, took a deep breath, and shouted with a sneer on his face: "Bah, why should our brothers have to be so cold?" I don’t have many family members, and I don’t pay much attention to it. I think the snow water is also very good. It can be used for drinking and cooking. We don’t care about the work of watching the well in the future. Who are you? Anyone who wants to use this well can watch it.”

After finishing speaking, Boss Geng stood there with his arms folded, as if he had nothing to do with himself, but the fellow villagers were angry, saying that he had everything.

But the temper of the Geng family brothers is the same stink, no matter what others say, they just stick to their necks and refuse to give it back.

The old village chief also frowned at the moment, looked at the Geng family brothers with a gloomy face, hit the walking stick in his hand heavily, and said in a cold voice: "Okay, your Geng family said it, then the Geng family will not use it in the future." Drinking the water from the four wells, the activities in the village will have nothing to do with you, so you can leave on your own."

There was something in what the village chief said, so it was obvious that he was really angry. The Geng brothers looked at each other with some scruples in their eyes, but they still gritted their teeth and turned to leave.

Others in the village were whispering, some were worried, some were disapproving, and some were even watching.

At this moment, the old village chief seemed to be several years older.

Leaning on a walking stick, he hunched over to the Tang family, and said with some embarrassment, "Xiangbei, you are the best hunter in our ten miles and eight villages. I also know that you have some martial arts skills. I wonder if you can try your best?" Try digging out the mouth of the well, even if it's just one or two."

Zhao Xiangbei was born and raised in this village after all.

Usually the old village chief took good care of him, but he didn't have to look at such an old man in embarrassment.

Zhao Xiangbei squeezed Tang Xiaofu's palm behind his palm to reassure him, so he nodded.

"I'm not sure if I can make it, I can only try my best."

A look of joy flashed across the old village chief's face, and he nodded repeatedly.

"If you can make a shot, just try your best. Everyone understands."

Zhao Xiangbei nodded, then stepped forward and picked it up.Before, everyone came to worry about the big stone platform on the ice,

He raised the stone platform high and dropped it down along the hemp rope, only to hear a loud bang, but the ice surface was solid but was smashed into a hole, but not cracked.