Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 398 Hiding from the Laziness

By nightfall, a thick layer of snow had accumulated on the ground, and one step down was deep enough to bury the ankles.

Xu Han looked out the window at the heavy snow outside and said worriedly, "The snow is getting heavier and heavier. It doesn't look like it's going to stop. I don't know where Yunhua and Yunyun are. It must be hard for them to travel in such heavy snow."

Lu Chuan also looked at the heavy snow outside the window and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's still a few days before the Chinese New Year. It's snowing here, but it may not snow in other places.

Didn't they both write that they wouldn't arrive until after the 26th? There are still five or six days before they get home, and by the time they get here, the snow should have stopped."

Xu Han frowned and said, "It's snowing a bit heavily. Even if the snow stops, it will be difficult to go up the mountain."

"Yunhua and Yunyun have both experienced natural disasters. The weather during natural disasters was much worse than this, but they were still busy. Don't worry, they were not brought up in pampered conditions, so this little bit of snow is nothing to them."

Hearing this, Xu Han felt better. "That's right. They've been through a lot of hard times before. They're not stupid. The snow is too deep to climb the mountain, so they'll definitely take a break in the county town before coming back. At most, I can prepare some delicious food for them to eat."

Lu Chuan put the sleeping child on the kang and made the bed. "Okay, don't think about it. Hurry up and get on the kang. It's warm there."

Upon hearing this, Xu Han took off her shoes and socks, then climbed onto the kang. It was still early and neither of them could sleep.

Sitting on the kang, they chatted casually, "This year, the fields are getting bigger and bigger, and we can't handle it all by ourselves. We've been busy all day long, and after growing the crops, we've been exhausted. How about we grow less next year?"

Xu Han continued, "I think so too. There are still too few laborers in the family. There are only four of us working. Although we have cows to plow the land, it is still a bit too much during the busy farming season.

Besides, we still have to take care of the orchard next year, and I also want to feed more chickens and ducks, which is all work. We have to take care of the children and farm, and next year you will definitely want to go hunting in the mountains, and the four of us are simply too busy to handle it."

Xu Han thought for a moment and said, "It would be nice to have a helper. Our family is not short of money, but why do we feel like we are still living a hard life?"

Lu Chuan continued, "Isn't this a special period? Once we get through the war, we can relax a bit and buy a few more people. Since you like farming, we can open up all these valleys and plant crops. Then we can do whatever we want, and you just need to direct them to do their work."

"Hahahaha, then I've been waiting for this day."

Although they said so, the two of them had long wanted to buy the person, but due to the special circumstances of the natural disaster before, they never did so.

They had originally thought of buying the man after the war was over, but after what they had just said, they both changed their minds.

However, due to the special circumstances, no one said anything. We have to wait for this matter, and we can't rush it. When the time is right, maybe we can move it forward.

As they talked, the topic went further and further away, until they both felt sleepy and it was already late at night.

The next day, because it was snowing, Xu Han did not get up early. She played with Ze'er on the kang and did not mention the matter of getting up.

It was not until Lu Chuan brought breakfast into the room that Xu Han got up, washed up, and then ate breakfast directly in the room.

"It's cold today, so you can take the children to play inside. The New Year's goods are almost ready. You can prepare some steamed buns and fried food after the 25th. I will do it with you then. You can stay warm inside these few days. You can also take a rest."

Xu Han responded lazily. Of course she would not refuse this.

This is truly a rare free time in the whole year. I'm going to take some time off while Yunhua and the others haven't come back yet, because I'll be busy again after the new year.

"Well, then I won't go out. It's really cold outside."

"Okay, just put your bowl here after you finish your meal, and I'll come get it later. I'll go sweep the snow first." Lu Chuan said and left the room.

Xu Han was really glad that she met Lu Chuan. In the ancient society, there were very few men who could treat their wives like this. Many men even believed that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen and would not serve meals to their wives.

But Lu Chuan is not like that, and he is not a male chauvinist. On the contrary, he respects Xu Han very much.

Lu Chuan expressed his love for Xu Han through his actions. He did not hide it at all and showed it openly.

However, when the two of them first met, Lu Chuan was not so considerate, but as time went on, their relationship became better and better, and with the influence of Xu Han, Lu Chuan became more and more skilled in pampering his wife.

Fortunately, the two of them lived deep in the mountains. In addition, the Taoist priest and Grandpa Zhao were not the kind of people who meddle in other people's business or were chauvinistic, and they never said anything about it.

However, if the two of them lived at the foot of the mountain, it would be a different story. Lu Chuan’s spine would probably be broken.

Fortunately, Xu Han is not an unreasonable person, and she always gives Lu Chuan enough face when they go out.

In this way, heavy snow fell for two days and two nights, and the sun did not rise until the third day.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, the whole family had a lively hotpot meal.

After the snow, the sky cleared up and all the snow in the yard had been swept away by Lu Chuan and his friends. Even the snow on the roof had been pushed down by the Taoist priest.

This will prevent water from flowing onto the floor when the snow melts and freezing again at night.

If this goes on for two or three days, the yard will not be able to dry out.

There is a reason why we are so anxious to dry the yard.

One reason was that they were afraid that children would fall while playing in the yard, and the other was that the Taoist priest and Lu Chuan planned to thresh all the corn cobs in the backyard.

After the autumn harvest, Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest have been busy hunting, and they are so busy every day that they have no time to rest.

Xu Han had to look after the children and do housework every day and had no time to shell the corn, which resulted in the corn cobs in the backyard remaining untouched.

If we don't shell all the corn in the winter, the corn cobs will be infested with insects after next spring.

By then, all the food that we have grown with so much effort will be wasted.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. The water stains in the yard had all dried up, but it was still icy and snowy outside and the road conditions were very bad.