Chapter 237: Cold Weather, Warm as Spring

Chapter 237: Cold Weather, Warm as Spring

Chapter 237: Cold Weather, Warm as Spring (Subscribe!)
Not only did he not catch any fish, but he also encountered such an unlucky thing. There was nothing Li Kailang could do.

"It's a rare opportunity for me to come out, but I encounter such a thing. I'm so unlucky!" Li Kailang couldn't help but complain and shook his head helplessly.

"Ok?"

Suddenly, Li Kailang felt something like raindrops falling on his head, so he looked up.

I saw snowflakes falling like catkins, gradually covering the ground.

"It's snowing, let's go!"

"It's such a bad day today. I just went fishing and got chased away. Now it's snowing."

"Stop talking nonsense and go home to collect your clothes."

Everyone chatted and hurried home, and Li Kailang was no exception.

The snowflakes were falling heavier and heavier, with no sign of stopping, and the cold wind was howling across the entire city.

At around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, the snowflakes falling from the sky had become as big as goose feathers, accompanied by a biting cold wind that made people shiver.

"Bang bang!!"

"Bang bang bang-"

At first there were two sounds of marbles falling to the ground, followed by a series of marbles falling to the ground, like big and small marbles falling on a jade plate.

"It's hailing! And it's hailing so hard."

The hail fell with a crackling sound, hitting the ground and breaking the tranquility of the night.

The courtyard became quiet at night, and every household went to bed early.

In such cold weather, the most comfortable thing is to lie in bed.

But the crackling sound of the hail disturbed everyone's sleep, and they leaned on the windows to watch the hail falling outside.

Li Kailang was also unable to sleep because of the noise. He wrapped himself in a blanket and looked up at the skylight in the living room. The world outside had turned into a vast white world.

"Fortunately, this skylight is strong enough, otherwise if it broke, the living room would be in trouble!"

Li Kailang rejoiced and lit the fireplace. Suddenly the whole living room became warm and the temperature rose sharply. Li Kailang lay comfortably on the sofa.

Li Kailang rarely took out the radio to listen to the sound.

However, after tuning several channels, I didn't hear any sound. It seems that it was affected by the hail.

Fortunately, the hail did not last long and stopped after only two hours. The sky gradually returned to tranquility and everyone was able to sleep peacefully.

Last night, there was heavy snow falling, just as described in the poem, the whole earth was covered in white, making it really clean.

However, when they fell to the ground, they turned into cold and hard snow.

The next morning, when every household got up and opened the door, they saw that the snow in front of their doors was already 20 to 30 centimeters thick, like small hills.

When you step down, the snow almost covers your knees, making it difficult to walk.

Under the eaves, rows of thick icicles hung like sharp swords, as if they could fall at any time, which made people feel scared.

Yan Bugui stood at the door and couldn't help but frowned as he looked at the scene in front of him.

He sighed and said, "What a horrible weather! How come the weather suddenly changed?"

At this time, Liu Haizhong came in from the Chuihua Gate, but his walking posture was a little strange, as if he was dancing the crab dance.

Seeing this, Yan Bugui greeted him, "Second uncle, why are you going out so early? You're walking in a strange way, did you fall?"

Liu Haizhong heard Yan Bugui's voice and said helplessly, "Hey! Don't mention it! I just went to the toilet and didn't see the road clearly, so I fell down. My leg still hurts now."

Hearing this, Yan Bugui nodded with deep emotion and said solemnly:

"In this awful weather, you really need to watch the road when you go to the toilet. The snow is almost up to your knees. You'd better not go."

Liu Haizhong complained: "I don't want to go to the bathroom in this horrible weather! I can't hold it in this early morning!"

In this cold winter, going to the toilet has become a luxury.

Yan Bugu echoed, "Yes! If there is a toilet at home, you don't have to go out to the public toilet."

As they spoke, the two of them looked towards Li Kailang's house at the same time. Li Kailang's house was the only one in this yard that had a toilet, which was undoubtedly a rare luxury.

"How nice it would be if we had a toilet at home!" The two of them couldn't help but envy in their hearts.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to shovel the snow away quickly to prevent me from falling down."

As he spoke, Yan Bugu picked up a shovel and cleared the snow.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai came out from the middle courtyard and said to the two with a wry smile:

"It's really too cold today! Second uncle, third uncle, good morning! Did you sleep well last night?"

Liu Haizhong curled his lips and said, "Old Yi, stop making sarcastic remarks here. You are the richest person in our yard."

"It was so cold last night, your home must be very warm, how could you be freezing like us!"

Yan Bugui echoed: "Yes, uncle, we have a big family and only one brazier, and we have to take turns to use it at night. How can we compare with you!"

"Who in our yard doesn't know that you have a high salary? Tell me, did you sleep well last night?"

Yan Bugui just wanted to say that Yi Zhonghai was rich, but to Yi Zhonghai, this sounded like a mockery of him for not having any children, and his face immediately turned unhappy.

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and pretended not to care, "It was indeed a bit cold yesterday, and it was hard for everyone."

"We are all neighbors, we should help each other, but we must keep warm, we still have to burn the necessary coal, we can't save it."

After hearing this, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui just responded with a vague answer:
"Yes, yes, that's what the uncle said."

But I thought: It's easy for you to talk, why don't you take some actual action!
Yi Zhonghai said this beautifully, but it was just polite talk.

When the weather is cold, who doesn’t know to keep warm and burn coal for heating?
But the problem is that whether you buy coal or buy clothes, you need money.

Yi Zhonghai, you have such a high salary, but you don't necessarily give money to help everyone. What's the point of saying these nice words?

The two of them curled their lips, Yan Bugui continued to sweep the snow in front of his door, and Liu Haizhong also wanted to go back.

Yi Zhonghai also noticed the two's dissatisfaction, but he didn't care at all. He sighed, "How can we go to work in this horrible weather?"

Just then, Jia Zhang came back from the toilet and saw the three uncles having a meeting here, so she hurried over.

"Hey, all three gentlemen are here!"

Jia Zhang suddenly looked at them with an apologetic smile, her voice carrying a hint of deliberate enthusiasm.

This kind of smile is known to everyone in the Siheyuan. Whenever Jia Zhang shows this smile, it often means that she is about to start her "performance".

The three gentlemen suddenly felt their scalps tingling and could not help but take a few steps back, away from Jia Zhang.

They were not afraid of Jia Zhang's unreasonable behavior, but they were afraid of her laughing.

If this old woman Yu smiles, it must be bad news and she will drag them into trouble.

Sure enough, Jia Zhang said directly: "Three gentlemen! You are the stewards of the courtyard, you have to take care of our affairs!"

She looked around, then continued:

"You all know how bad the weather is today. I have a big family and the conditions are difficult. Xiaodang is still young. You have to call on everyone to help our family!"

Sure enough, Jia Zhang was looking for bad intentions with them.

Upon hearing this, Liu Haizhong sneered disdainfully and turned away with his hands in his pockets.

Yan Bugui also lowered his head and continued to sweep the snow, as if he didn't hear it.

Yi Zhonghai also looked up at the sky as if nothing had happened.

In the matter of Jia Zhang, the three of them surprisingly unanimously chose a perfunctory attitude.

Jia Zhang was also used to their perfunctory attitude, and immediately wailed in pain:
"My poor Dongxu has old parents and young children to take care of, and life at home is not going well."

"We are so poor! If it snows again today and the weather is still cold, and we have no coal at home, we will freeze to death at home today."

"Old Jia, why didn't you take me with you when you left?"

Jia Zhang was howling like a ghost, as if she had suffered some injustice.

Her wails echoed in the courtyard, as if to break everyone's heart.

If he keeps howling like this, everyone will have to be called in, and then it will be even more difficult to deal with.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui helplessly, hoping that they could give him some advice.

However, both of them had an expression as if it had nothing to do with them. They turned their heads and looked around, but did not look at Yi Zhonghai.

Jia Zhang’s goal this time was very clear, which was to find Yi Zhonghai.

After all, Yi Zhonghai is Jia Dongxu's master. Yi Zhonghai is also a big boss and he likes to do good things.

Isn't this just Jia Zhang's fault?

Yi Zhonghai was very annoyed, but he couldn't get angry with Jia Zhang.

He had no choice but to prevaricate and said, "Okay, the three of us will think about this matter. I will let you know the details."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang immediately calmed down and stopped crying.

She curled her lips and said, "Then you have to hurry up! Our family can't last until the evening."

"Okay, got it. You can go back first. The three of us will discuss this and give you an answer later."

Yi Zhonghai nodded helplessly, speaking vaguely, and it was unclear whether he agreed or not.

But Jia Zhang didn't care about all this. She was determined to get Yi Zhonghai. No matter Yi Zhonghai gave it to her or not, she would give it to him in the end.

The plan succeeded, and Jia Zhang went home satisfied.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Jia Zhang's back and thought that at worst he could just give the Jia family some coal at night.

After Yan Bugui finished clearing the snow, everyone got up and went to work.

Today is not the weekend, we have to go to work no matter how cold the weather is.

When I left the yard, the outside was covered in snow, and the cold wind whistled from time to time.

After enduring the cold, we finally got off work and everyone rushed home in a hurry.

“Phew~ so comfortable!”

Although Li Kailang was a strong man, he could not stand the cold. The first thing he did when he got home was to light firewood and put it in the fireplace.

When the temperature of the fireplace is turned up, the whole living room is filled with a warm atmosphere.

At this temperature, you won’t feel cold even if you wear light clothes indoors.

Li Kailang quickly took off his cotton coat and trousers, changed into comfortable and light clothes, and felt the warm spring atmosphere in the house.

There was a drizzle of snow outside, with the cold wind howling from time to time, but the house was warm as spring.

But other people in the yard are not as leisurely as Li Kailang.

As the snow continued to fall, the weather became colder. Even though they were wearing thick cotton coats and trousers and gathered around the fire pot to keep warm, they still felt unbearably cold.

So the family members gathered together and kept warm in the most primitive way - shivering.

The situation of Yan Bugui's family is particularly serious.

Although the Yan family made preparations in advance, there were so many people in the family that one brazier was far from enough.

Yan Bugui was stingy and was reluctant to burn more coal. The adults could still bear it, but the youngest, Yan Jiedi, could not bear it.

When the third aunt held her, she suddenly found that her whole body was burning hot.

The third aunt touched her forehead and screamed in fear:
"Ah! Why is it so hot!"

"What's wrong?" Yan Bugui asked.

The third aunt explained: "Jie Di's head is so hot, does she have a fever?"

When Yan Bugui heard that his daughter was ill, he immediately became anxious and blamed her:

"Did you take Jie Di out to get some fresh air? Don't you know it's cold?"

The third aunt said unhappily, "Are you talking about me? It's so cold, and Jie Di is still young and weak. She will get sick without even the wind!"

Hearing this, Yan Bugui also understood what was going on.

"Bring the quilt from our room over to cover Jie Di, and add more coal to the brazier."

At Yan Bugui's command, Yan Jiecheng and the other two immediately took action, took out a quilt and covered Jie Di with it, as she was their sister.

"Dad, we don't have much coal left at home. How about we borrow some from Li Kailang's family?" Yan Jiecheng said.

Hearing this, Yan Bugui hesitated. A stingy person is less likely to lend things to others.

The third aunt persuaded him, "Yes, head of the family, Xiao Li is the only one in the family, and he earns a lot, so borrowing some coal is nothing to him."

The whole family looked at Yan Bugui eagerly.

Yan Bugui felt very sorry when he saw his daughter in pain.

Although Yan Bugui was very reluctant to bow to others, when he saw how seriously ill his daughter was, he had no choice but to harden his heart and seek help.

"Okay, I'll go borrow some."

After saying that, he went to Li Kailang to borrow money. To be honest, he had no idea at all.

It's so cold and late, and everyone is in a hurry to use the coal, so how could they possibly borrow it?

Although Li Kailang has a good income, his money did not come easily.

Therefore, when Yan Bugui stood outside Li Kailang's house, he couldn't help but hesitate, not knowing how to ask to borrow coal.

He prepared a set of rhetoric and words, hoping to convince Li Kailang, but he had no confidence in his heart.

"It's so cold, I wonder if Li Kailang can lend it to me?"

Yan Bugui had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask Li Kailang for a borrow.

When Yan Bugui arrived outside Li Kailang's house, he was surprised to find a strange phenomenon.

There was not a single icicle under the eaves of Li Kailang's house, and the snow under the corner of the wall had actually melted a little.

Especially the snow at the door, which showed signs of melting.

The most important thing is that when Yan Bugui came over, the cold wind whistled past, scratching the exposed skin and causing pain.

But standing here, I can actually feel a wave of heat coming towards me.

"Is it weird?"

Yan Bugui reached out and touched the wall of Li Kailang's house, and actually felt a hint of warmth.

"This is how the same thing?"

Yan Bugui's eyes were filled with shock; he couldn't believe what he felt.

"I'm not frozen stupid, how can I feel warm?"

Yan Bugui placed his palm on the wall and felt it carefully, and the warmth did not disappear.

"How warm it is in this room!"

Yan Bugui was shocked beyond words. He couldn't imagine what had happened in Li Kailang's room.

"Could it be that there was a fire at Li Kailang's house? That shouldn't be the case! It doesn't look like there was a fire!"

This was beyond Yan Bugui's understanding.

Normally, it is difficult to achieve this effect with just a fireplace.

But Li Kailang had just finished cooking in the kitchen, and the kitchen was still heating up. He accidentally added too much honeycomb coal to the fireplace, and the flames burned fiercely.

I was thinking of taking a bath after dinner, so I heated the bathtub.

Finally, I thought about going back to bed after taking a bath, so I lit the kang again.

There are only four fire vents in one house, and now they are all glowing and hot.

Fortunately, the fireplace, kang and bathtub all consume oxygen outside, not inside the house, otherwise Li Kailang would have been deprived of oxygen and suffered from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Li Kailang also opened the skylight a little to let in cold air.

As a result, the temperature in the house became abnormally hot, and as the house was not insulated, a little bit of heat escaped.

It made Yan Bugui feel like he was in summer.

Li Kailang looked at the four craters. He didn't know what he was doing just now. His brain went blank and he did so many things suddenly.

"Who?"

Just when Yan Bugui was stunned, Li Kailang's voice suddenly came.

Li Kailang looked at the gate with a strange expression, wondering who was standing at his door in such a cold day.

Although there was a whistling wind outside, he could still hear someone approaching his house and standing at his door. Isn't it cold?
"Xiao Li, it's me! Third Uncle!"

"Hey, here I come!" Li Kailang stood up and went to open the door.

"boom--"

As soon as he opened the door, Yan Bugui felt a wave of heat sweeping over him, making him feel as if he was in spring.

He was almost frozen into an ice man outside, but this heat wave made him full of vitality. All the pores in his body opened up, greedily absorbing the heat wave.

Li Kailang was only wearing a single layer of clothing and looked at Yan Bugui in confusion: "Hey, Third Uncle, what do you want from me?"

The third uncle couldn't help swallowing his saliva and stared at Li Kailang. Why was he only wearing one piece of clothing in such a cold day?

And this house, why is it so hot?
He had been here before, and it was never this hot?

Yan Bugui said shamelessly: "Xiao Li, can we go in and talk? It's too cold outside!"

Li Kailang nodded and made way for Yan Bugui, who quickly went into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, he deeply felt the hot temperature like summer.

In the bitterly cold winter, Yan Bugui couldn't believe that someone's home could be so warm.

Yan Bugui stayed inside for a few seconds before gradually regaining consciousness and suddenly feeling a little hot.

Yan Bugui looked at the layout of Li Kailang's house and noticed the blazing fire in the fireplace. He couldn't help feeling a little envious and jealous.

He had previously advised Li Kailang not to buy this seemingly useless fireplace, but now it seems that he was really wrong.

It’s not winter at Li Kailang’s house, it’s simply summer!

"Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about?" Li Kailang asked.

Yan Bugui rubbed his hands awkwardly and said:

"It's like this, my family's coal is almost used up, Jie Di is sick from the cold, and the family needs some coal for heating."

"I was wondering if I could borrow some coal for my family's use?"

"Don't worry, I will definitely return it to you later!" Yan Bugui added hurriedly, fearing that Li Kailang would be unwilling to lend it to him.

Yan Bugui looked towards Li Kailang, with a hint of expectation and uneasiness in his eyes.

"Is that it! I thought it was some big deal. Wait, I'll get it for you." Li Kailang agreed without even thinking.

He thought Yan Bugui was looking for him for something important, but it was just a small matter of borrowing coal. He had stored no less than 2 tons of prepared coal in the space.

Li Kailang went to the kitchen, filled a bucket with honeycomb coal, and then handed it to Yan Bugui.

"Uncle, take these honeycomb briquettes and use them for now."

Yan Bugui looked at the full bucket of honeycomb coal in front of him and was moved beyond words.

"Xiao Li, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know who to borrow from!"

Looking at the crying Yan Bugui, Li Kailang couldn't accept it for a moment.

"Uncle, we are neighbors. No need to say too much. I know everything. Jie Di is sick. You should take it back to keep warm."

"You should also find a doctor as soon as possible. Jie Di is still young. If she is sick, she should be treated as soon as possible. Don't delay."

"I know, don't worry! I'll go out and find a doctor soon." Yan Bugui responded repeatedly.

Seeing this, Li Kailang said no more, and Yan Bugui went back with the bucket.

As soon as he went out, Yan Bugui felt the ice and snow, which was like two completely different feelings compared to being at Li Kailang's house.

Yan Bugui didn't stay for long, he hurried home, opened the door and went into his home.

"Huh~~~" Yan Bugui let out a long sigh.

As soon as he returned home, he felt the coldness of the house. It was a world of difference from Li Kailang's home. It was like an ice cellar.

Although the temperature at home is milder than outside, it is only slightly warmer.

Yan Bugui quickly put the honeycomb coal into the brazier. After lighting it, the temperature in the house gradually rose and Yan Jiedi was not so noisy anymore.

Seeing that Yan Bugui brought a full bucket of honeycomb coal, the Yan family was extremely happy!

Yan Jiecheng laughed and said, "Dad, you are really amazing. You can fill a bucket of honeycomb coal with one move."

The third aunt also agreed with a smile and said, "Boss, you are really capable. As soon as you make a move, Xiao Li is willing to lend you coal, and it's honeycomb coal."

"There's no one in this yard who can compare to you."

Hearing the praises from the two, under normal circumstances, Yan Bugui would have been arrogant and proud, but now he had no intention of doing so.

The ability to borrow coal this time was entirely due to Li Kailang's magnanimity and generosity.

"Oh!" Yan Bugui sighed, his heart full of regret and discomfort.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Why are you still sighing? Didn't I borrow the coal?"

The third uncle shook his head and said, "It's okay. Jie Cheng, you should be careful. If the fire is too small, light the honeycomb coal quickly to warm up the house."

"I'll go get a doctor to come over and see how Jie Di is doing."

After saying that, Yan Bugui handed the bucket to Yan Jiecheng and went out again without looking back.

The third aunt looked at his back and said distressedly, "Boss, be careful on the road!"

Watching Yan Bugui leave, the third aunt looked at Yan Jiedi in her arms with heartache.

"You kid, why do you make your father suffer?"

(End of this chapter)