Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The whole world was covered in white, with long, pointed icicles hanging from the eaves and rocks.

People walking underneath must be extremely careful, as they may be pierced by icicles if they are not careful.

Even when the sun comes out, there is no warmth, only biting cold.

The entire mountain forest was frozen, and when the snow stopped, there was silence all around.

So quiet!

People didn't dare to speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the thick snow on the slope and causing an avalanche.

The elderly and children are strictly prohibited from going out. If they catch a cold, the consequences will be disastrous.

Lin Yiheng brought his two cousins, Lin Fu, Liu Jiye and five other people. No matter how cold the weather was, they still gritted their teeth and insisted on training with the secret guards.

It is still unknown what the situation will be like after the New Year, but the Yun family’s training is still proceeding in an orderly manner.

The Yun family once held high positions, and their political acumen is unmatched by ordinary people.

Lin Yiheng was always paying attention to the Yun family's movements, and considering his own shortcomings, he took the initiative to join.

And since his sister is so powerful, he also wants to become stronger so that he can protect his family and go south in the future.

Li Shulan felt sorry for her son and was worried every day that he might get sick. She wanted to persuade him to give up, but she couldn't.

Many people in the village were secretly watching the Lin family. When they saw Lin Yiheng and his men training with the Yun family's secret guards, several families secretly discussed and decided to let their children and grandchildren go for training as well.

Basically, they do whatever Lin Yinan's family does.

After seeing it, Lin Yinan also praised it, saying that the homework was copied very well!

There are a small number of families headed by the village chief who feel that it is better to stay at home and warm themselves by the fire than to endure the freezing cold.

After Su Yunzhi recovered from his injury, he came to the Lin family several times. Every time, Lin Yinan was either staying in the house or was not there, and never greeted him.

Although Su Yunzhi had some doubts, he didn't get anything out of Li Shulan and Lin Yiheng.

When he learned that Lin Yiheng and others were training with the Yun family's secret guards, he resolutely joined them despite Zhu Jinhui's opposition.

Since Lin Yinan found out she was pregnant, apart from exercising every day, she completely let herself go and ate and slept well.

Sometimes, she would secretly put her hand on her belly in the middle of the night, feeling the daily changes, and her abdomen was still flat, without any movement.

Li Shulan was puzzled as to why she ate a lot but didn't gain weight.

Lin Yinan could only make excuses that the daily training was too exhausting.

The magistrate of Gudao County has been camping in the woods with his men.

Every three to five days, Lin Yinan would go up to the watchtower to observe the situation outside.

The temperature dropped so much that the woods were filled with smoke every day.

Lin Yinan was from the south, so she naturally didn't understand why this happened. She asked Yun Liu.

Yunliu said that smoke has a heat-insulating effect, and they use smoke to prevent frost and thus increase the temperature of the ground.

In order to resist the severe cold, the number of trees in the forest is decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The magistrate of Gudao County was so worried that his features were squeezed into a ball. They were now in a dilemma. If this continued, they would all freeze to death here.

"Go, call Li Si over." He was wearing a thick leather hat and clasped his hands together as he spoke to his men who were warming themselves by the fire in the tent.

Li Si was brought in. He was wearing a felt hat on his head, his face was red and cracked from the cold, his hands were cupped in his sleeves, his clothes were so dirty that the color could not be seen, and he had an unpleasant smell all over him.

He bowed and saluted the county magistrate, nodded and said, "Sir, you are looking for me?"

The county magistrate was intoxicated by the smell on his body. He took two steps back without making a sound, frowning slightly, "Do you know if there is another way to enter the mountain stronghold?"

The archers he could rely on were all defeated at the gate last time, so he had to think of another way and attack the stronghold from another route when the enemy was least expected.

Li Si thought for a moment and said, "Sir, I know a pass leading to the mountain stronghold."

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows and asked happily, "Really?"

"I am loyal to you, sir, and I will never change my mind." Li Si raised his chilblained hands and made a gesture.

"Say it!"

"That pass is very dangerous. You need to go around the mountain to get there. But now the mountain is blocked by heavy snow. The pass is probably blocked by the snow."

All the words Li Si said were in vain. The county magistrate's face turned pale when he heard the last word.

He was furious and said, "Get out of here!"

Li Si wanted to say something, but his men pulled him out of the tent with a tactful look.

Cutting trees and making firewood every day can take away half of these people's lives. If they go around a mountain to attack the stronghold, they will probably die halfway.

What a joke!

Unable to think of a solution, the county magistrate had to order people to cut down more trees and store firewood now that the snow had stopped.

Lin Yinan came down from the watchtower and saw many people running towards the opposite hillside.

So she caught a villager and asked him.

"What happened over there?"

The villager asked, "I heard that a family's house collapsed under the snow?"

Lin Yinan was shocked and looked up at the sky. "It's not snowing now, why did it collapse?"

"Mr. and Mrs. Lin are lazy and greedy. While others are sweeping the snow, he is lazy and not active in chopping wood. It has been snowing recently, so he pulled out the thickest beam on the roof of his house and burned it."

The villagers shook their heads and said, "What a sin!"

Lin Yinan was silent. In order to keep warm in the cold weather, the fire on the kang stove in every household was never extinguished, so a lot of firewood needed to be burned.

How lazy were this couple to be so desperate as to take down the beams of the house and burn them as firewood?

When Lin Yinan arrived, the entire house was buried under thick snow.

The neighbors shook their heads when they saw this. There was such a thick layer of snow on the roof. How long had it been since Mr. and Mrs. Lin swept it?

"It snowed heavily for seven days, but I never saw them go up to the roof and sweep the snow."

"Before, when it wasn't that cold, the village chief would beat the gong to remind them, and they wouldn't just go through the motions and come out to sweep the snow."

"That's right. My husband and I go out to sweep the snow twice a day, but we never see them go out."

"... "

The village chief has been organizing the villagers to clear the snow first, and then dig out Lin Da's family buried in the rubble.

Even though dozens of villagers were digging at the same time, it still took nearly an hour to dig the family of five out of the rubble.

But they had already passed away, and poor three children who were not even ten years old.

They didn't even have a chance to escape. The children were covered with patched quilts, wearing patched clothes, and sleeping peacefully with their eyes closed.

Lin Yinan stroked her belly quietly, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the three children were born into the wrong families.

Such a lazy couple are not worthy of being parents!

There is such a thick layer of snow on the roof, if you don’t die, who will?

Back home, Zhang and Qianxia, ​​who had just returned from work, sat in front of the stove in the main house, watching Old Lady Zhao cook while talking about how Lin Da's family was crushed to death by the snow.