Chapter 129: Heavy Snow Blocks the Gate

Chapter 129: Heavy Snow Blocks the Gate

Chapter 129: Heavy Snow Blocks the Gate
"Really?" Ye Xin was a little unconvinced.

"Of course it's true. Come on, I'll take you to see it." After saying that, he pulled Ye Xin and walked outside.

Five or six minutes later, Li Aimin and Ye Xin came in.

Then Ye Xin said to Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin: "You two take your underwear and come with me to take a shower."

"Mom, no way, why are we taking a bath in such cold weather?" the second sister said reluctantly.

If she were to go to a bath outside, she would be quite happy about it, but she really didn't want to take a bath at home. To put it bluntly, she was afraid of the cold.

"Don't worry, it's not cold at all. It's even warmer than the bath." Ye Xin said and went into the house to get clothes.

Seeing that her mother was determined to wash the clothes, the second sister had no choice but to go back to the house to get the clothes.

"How is it, Dad? Are you comfortable?" Li Jiayi asked as he sat down.

"Comfortable, very comfortable. I feel like I will sleep very well tonight."

"That is."

More than half an hour later, my mother came back with my eldest and second sisters. At this time, my second sister no longer complained about being cold.

Chirping, she said, "I didn't expect that taking a bath at home would be more comfortable than taking a bath in a bathhouse."

"Yes! It turns out that I built this thing for use in winter! I always thought it was for bathing in summer." said the eldest sister.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go back to bed!" said my mother.

"Oh!"

The eldest and second sisters agreed and went back to their room, but Li Jiayi couldn't go back to sleep!

The stove in the sauna was still burning, so he wanted to go and take a look. If it was almost burned out, he would ignore it. But if it continued to burn for a long time, he would take out the coal and put it out.

Li Jiayi came out and took a look. Fortunately, the amount of coal was not too much and it was almost burned out.

If that’s the case, just don’t worry about it and go back to your room to sleep.

When he got back to the house, his father was cleaning out the fire in the fireplace.

This is to clean up a few stoves. The fire is burning just right now. Put some in the stove and put coal on it, and the stove can be lit.

"Dad, there's no need to add more fuel to the stove in my room."

"Why! Don't you light the stove at night?" asked Dad.

"Yeah! It's not that cold. My elder sister and the second sister can light a fire. The chimney just passes through my room."

Hearing him say that, my father thought for a moment and said, "That's fine, let's wait until it's a little cooler before heating it."

Because they live upstairs and downstairs, Li Jiayi and his elder and second sisters share the same chimney.

For now, it doesn’t matter whether his stove is burning or not. Besides, he doesn’t sleep outside at night.

After returning to the room, Li Jiayi locked the door and went straight into the space.

First collect what needs to be collected, and then start making the sled.

Heavy snow may be a headache for others, but it is a good thing for Li Jiayi.

The first thing was to draw the picture, which was not a difficult task for him.

The next step is to choose wood. Fortunately, there are many trees on the mountain, so we can just pick any one.

According to the drawing, the materials appeared in front of him one by one. After all, for him, these were just a matter of thought.

Soon the materials were ready and they began to assemble. I say assemble because everything he made was made of mortise and tenon structure.

Soon a sled was put together. Li Jiayi brought the remaining four dogs over to try it out. It worked quite well.

After finishing all this, Li Jiayi went to bed.

Silent all night.

I got up from the bed early in the morning, did some boxing first, then took a shower and changed clothes, and then came out of the space.

As soon as I arrived in the living room, I saw my parents sitting there.

"Hey, Mom, is the meal ready?" Li Jiayi asked.

"What are you doing? You're cooking when you can't even get out."

"What, I can't go out." Li Jiayi still felt regretful.

"Open the door and see."

Hearing his mother say this, Li Jiayi hurried over to open the door and then lifted the curtain.

What puzzled him was that the curtain was very stiff, so he quickly used his fingers to poke a gap in it.

Only then did he understand why his mother said the door couldn't be opened, because there was snow outside the gap.

I quickly tried to move upwards again, but there was still snow. You know, at this location, the ground was at least 1.2 meters high.

Li Jiayi quickly ran to his parents' room and looked out of the window.

My goodness, the whole yard is covered with snow. Judging from the height, it must be more than one meter thick.

When I returned to the living room, it was already warm. It seemed that my parents had just gotten up and the fireplace must have just been lit.

"Dad, why don't you go out and shovel the snow?" Li Jiayi asked.

"We just got up! Wait until the house is warm before going."

Fortunately, Li Jia brought a shovel into the house yesterday, otherwise it would have been a hassle to get the shovel.

When the room got warmer, Li Aimin took a shovel and started shoveling snow. Of course, he started from the door and only shoveled out a small path.

Otherwise you can't even get out the door.

"Mom, it's snowing so hard, are you still going to work today?"

"I don't know! The factory didn't say we won't go to work today." Ye Xin said with a frown.

"No way, how can we go to work when it's snowing so heavily?" Ye Xin looked outside the door and said, "Let's see who else is going! If others go, your dad and I will go. If others don't go, we won't go either."

"Ok!"

After about half an hour, Li Aimin finally cleared a path leading to the kitchen.

But the path is a bit narrow, just enough for one person to pass through. There is no other way, the snow is too thick and there is no place to pile snow.

I just shoveled the snow onto the snow on both sides of the trail. To be honest, shoveling snow like this is almost the same as not shoveling snow at all.

Li Jiayi came outside and looked at the snow on both sides and found that his height was almost the same thickness as the snow.

In other words, he could not see anything on either side as he walked along the path, which made him speechless.

I had been planning to go out for a walk today and try out his sled, but it looks like that’s not going to happen.

"Brother Li." Liao Kai's voice came from outside the yard.

"What's wrong, Xiaokai?" Li Aimin asked.

"Are you still going to work today? I've been shoveling snow for half a day, but I haven't even reached your doorstep yet."

The door here refers to the main entrance, and Liao Kai's house is not far from Li Jia's house's main entrance, just a little farther than from the main room to the kitchen.

"I don't know either! Let's wait and see! I don't know if anyone has cleared the snow on the road outside." Li Aimin said.

In fact, if Liao Kai doesn't go out, his family will be much more convenient than Li Jia's.

At the very least, you don’t have to go outside to cook. Of course, this is based on the premise that there is enough water in the house.

Otherwise it would be even more troublesome because the faucets are now under the snow and cannot be seen from the outside.

Even if they were dug out, they would probably be frozen to death, and it would be very difficult to drain the water.

On the contrary, Li Jia's family has faucets in both the main room and the kitchen, and they have also been treated with thermal insulation.

"Okay! Then I'll go back and cook first, and we'll talk after dinner." Liao Kai said.

"Ok!"

In fact, Liao Kai is not the only one in the yard who cares about this issue. You should know that except for a very few families in Yard No. 7, the rest of the people have people working in factories.

After returning to the house, Li Jiayi thought for a while and went back into the room, then locked the door and entered the space.

The sled is not available for the time being, and I don’t know if skis will work.

There was no way. He didn't dare walk on the snow. If he fell in, he probably wouldn't be able to climb out.

Who made him short? Especially some roads have ditches on both sides, and now it is estimated that the ditches outside are full of rivers.

If you accidentally deviate from the main road and fall into the ditch, you will be in trouble.

Soon the two skis were formed. Li Jiayi tried them out and found that they were quite well made.

Next, I made two longer sticks, and each one had a base about ten centimeters in diameter.

This is to prevent it from being inserted directly into the snow, but I don’t know how effective it is.

Li Jiayi came out of the house holding skis and two sticks. Not only that, he also changed his clothes.

Yes, not only did he wear the leather jacket, he also wore a down jacket underneath, so he definitely wouldn't feel cold.

"Dad, come and help me."

"What the hell are these?" Li Aimin asked, looking at the things Li Jiayi brought out.

"You'll know in a moment. First, carry me to the snow."

"What are you doing on the snow, little brat? Aren't you afraid of falling into it?"

"You won't fall in." After saying that, Li Jiayi threw the skis onto the snow.

With the help of his father, Li Jiayi easily stepped onto the skis and tied his feet.

It works really well. Although the snow is very soft now, the snowboard has a large weight bearing area, so it doesn't press the snow down much.

I tried using a stick to support myself, and it was able to slide smoothly, though it was a little strenuous, which was normal since there was no slope, so it was like sliding on flat ground.

As long as it is possible, at least I can go out.

Unfortunately, Li Jiayi was unable to go out and stayed at home the whole day. It was not that he didn't want to go out, but his mother didn't let him.

Yes, my parents didn’t go to work either, and I guess no one is going to work today.

The entire No. 7 Courtyard was busy clearing snow for the entire day. For example, Li Jia's family cleared the snow from the entire east wing of the courtyard to the west side of the courtyard, which is behind Liao Kai's house.

Anyway, I can finally walk in the yard.

What’s really speechless is that right after we finished cleaning up here, it started raining again.

I don’t know what will happen tomorrow. If it’s the same as today, we’ll be in big trouble.

To be honest, I don’t know how many houses collapsed in the entire imperial capital last night. If it happens again, the situation will be even worse.

"Son, what do you want to eat in the evening?" my mother asked when it was dark.

"I'm fine with anything, but Mom, let's have some hotpot today." Li Jiayi said, looking at the snowflakes floating outside the window.

"Eat hot pot? But there's nothing at home!"

Li Jiayi looked at the thin layer of snow that had just been cleared outside and said, "Leave it to me. I'll take care of it."

After saying that, Li Jiayi put on his leather jacket and ran outside.

The entire No. 7 yard has been cleaned, except that there are many large piles of snow in the yard.

There is no other way because there is no place to put the snow! Even on the road outside.

Large piles of snow were piled up on the roadside, but fortunately, it did not affect walking.

(End of this chapter)