Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Song Shiwei was a little surprised: "Wolf skin?"

"It's wolf skin. Uncle Huang brought three of them. He said they were made by Uncle Chen Qiang with saltpeter. They were washed and dried thoroughly before the extreme cold." Zhang Wu scratched his head. "At first I didn't want it, but Uncle Huang scolded me and insisted that I take it back. They have a few left at home and are going to make a jacket. They say it's very warm."

"Since it's their good intention, then accept it. When winter comes, people in the North wear clothes made of various kinds of fur. Animal fur can keep out the cold. I have a lot of furs, too. I'll give them to you later. You can make a few more sets to wear."

Zhang Wu responded loudly, "Okay."

Song Shiwei took out the skins in the space, most of which were wolf skins, bear skins and deer skins, which were piled on the ground like a magnificent hill.

Zhang Wu was delighted when he saw so many skins. "So the master has so many skins. These wolf skins can be used to make a few more fur coats for the master. As for deerskin, it is rare and expensive. With such a large piece of skin, I can make a few more pairs of deerskin boots for the master. As for bear skin, it is most suitable for making a cloak. There is no need to use wolf skin anymore."

Song Shiwei frowned when she heard this: "You did everything for me, why don't you do it yourself?"

Zhang Wu smiled and scratched the back of his head: "Didn't Uncle Huang give me three wolf skins? I'll use that. I'm a rough man. One piece of clothing is enough for winter. Any more would be a waste."

"It's up to you," Song Shiwei waved his hand and pointed at the deerskin, saying, "Deerskin can be used to make several pairs of leather boots. I'll make you a pair too. It's hard to walk in the snow. Aren't you afraid of freezing your feet if you wear cloth shoes?"

Before, Song Shiwei bought three hundred pairs of cowhide boots in Beijing. Although they were not as good as deerskin, they were also better in waterproofing and keeping warm. He also bought fifty leather jackets and a bed with fur blankets. It can be said that he had everything he needed for the four seasons. However, who would complain about having too many things? The furs on the ground were all his trophies.

Thinking of this, Song Shiwei said again: "Let's make my sizes bigger."

Although I don’t know when my body will grow taller, I can prepare in advance.

This place is not like the cultivation interface when he was doing tasks before. At that time, Song Shiwei was almost reaching the stage of Dan formation before he grew taller. When walking outside, everyone would be deceived by his own appearance, so Song Shiwei pretended to be a pig and ate the tiger for a long time.

No matter how long it takes to grow taller, it will be different from normal people.

Zhang Wu, on the other hand, agreed with Song Shiwei's words: "I know about it. I will go to the village to ask later."

People in the North have more or less a few furs in their homes. It is so cold here that cotton-padded jackets alone are not enough to survive. They still have to wear fur clothes so that they don't have to worry about being harmed by others.

After the extreme cold comes, every household stays at home for the winter. Those women and men who can't sit still will put on thick clothes and go to their neighbors to chat. The people in the desert are simple and honest, and most of them are good at handling things. They will bring some wood when they go to other people's homes to chat.

You bring some and I bring some, and that's enough firewood for an afternoon. Sometimes we'll bring a few sweet potatoes and roast them by the fire, while we chat and roast them.

Therefore, even though there are a lot of furs to be made into clothes, fur is simpler to make than other clothes. You just need to sew the needle and thread more tightly and don’t care about the pattern. If several families work together, it will take a few days to complete the work.

Compared to the village that had made sufficient preparations, many families who ignored the rumors of extreme cold weather suffered a miserable fate. Even though officers and soldiers had urged everyone to stock up on firewood and food, some people were lazy and thought the rumors were just rumors. When the extreme cold weather came, those who did not believe in the rumors almost all froze to death or suffered frostbite.

These people can't buy food now, nor can they go into the mountains to chop firewood, so they can only ask their neighbors for help. But everyone's things are used for their own use, and no one knows when the extreme cold will end. Will the temperature continue to drop and last for a long time like the extreme heat? Maybe the food and firewood prepared at home are not enough?

These people had no choice but to seek help from the government. A large number of people gathered in front of the government office every day to make a scene and act pitifully.

Zhou Huai listened to the news Li An brought back with a gloomy face. After a while, he punched the table and said, "I reminded them to buy food and chop firewood long ago, but they either didn't believe me or cheated. Now they regret it and have the nerve to complain to the government. It's really unreasonable."

Li An's face was not looking good either. He thought about it again and again and said, "Fortunately there are not many people, otherwise it would be difficult to manage them."

Zhou Huai snorted coldly: "Manage? Who said I want to manage? He doesn't listen to the government, doesn't follow the government's instructions, and regrets it only when he knows he's wrong. Why should I manage such a person?"

"But it's no use if they keep making trouble like this. Sir, you have to think of a way. The government officials have come to me. I really can't do anything about those scoundrels. I can't just beat them all to death."

Zhou Huai did not speak. He tapped the table with his slender, bony hands. After a while, he slowly said, "Food cannot be given away for free. Otherwise, where is the authority of the government? Let's do this. You go to the Li family and ask them to open a grain store for a few days. Each household can only buy one dou of food a day. Firewood must also be rationed. Each household can buy 20 kilograms of firewood a day."

"As for the price, tell the Li family to make it a little more expensive, but don't ask for too much. If they continue to cause trouble, we will beat the troublemakers to death."

"Yes, my subordinate will do it immediately."

After Li An left, Zhou Huai pinched his brows, then opened the drawer and took out the letter brought by Xie An. His eyes were gloomy and no one knew what he was thinking.

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Song Shiwei, who was roasting sweet potatoes at home at the moment, was not worried at all about the big events happening in the North. Although the book was mainly written around the male and female protagonists, and only mentioned the Dali Dynasty in passing, it also expressed the situation of the Dali Dynasty. With the male and female protagonists in the North, natural disasters were naturally much better than in other towns. At least the number of people who died from the extreme cold in the entire North was only a hundred, while in other places it was tens of thousands.

The entire Dali period was bleak.

After Zhang Wu took the fur out, Song Shiwei also got up and returned to the room. He took out the blanket, leather boots and fur clothes he had bought in the capital from the space, folded them neatly and placed them in the closet. The leather boots were placed at the entrance, where there was a small cabinet, which Song Shiwei used as a shoe cabinet.

After changing the bed sheets and quilt covers into clean light-colored ones, Song Shiwei returned to the main room and started digging the sweet potatoes in the fire with a wooden stick.

After six days, the furs that Zhang Wu had asked the villagers to help make were all ready. Wu Dahai and he brought back the finished leather boots, fur coats and cloaks. Zhang Wu made two fur coats, a pair of deerskin boots and a wolfskin hat with ear covers for himself. The rest were all Song Shiwei's.

Wu Dahai had sharp eyes. He could tell which ones belonged to Zhang Wu and which ones belonged to women. He immediately smiled and said, "Xiao Wu, you are so good to your sister."

Zhang Wu smiled but said nothing.

"My husband is very kind to me. He makes me clothes from most of the leather in our house."

Zhang Wu saw that he looked very proud when he spoke, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is also very good to you."

"That's right. My husband always gives me the good stuff. I have to go into the mountains to chop wood, and they just stay at home and warm themselves by the fire."