Chapter 202 – After the Snow

The underlings of the school captain’s residence had already climbed up to the eaves several times in order to sweep down the snow on the eaves, fearing that the snow would be too thick and would overwhelm the roof, and also fearing that the frozen chunks of snow would suddenly fall and hit the people passing by.

A few of the main rooms were better off with constant charcoal fires, warmer roofs, and relatively little snow, while the rest of the rooms had a thick layer of snow on their roofs, which was very dangerous if not dealt with in a timely manner.

The snow in the courtyard couldn’t really be bothered to be cleared, and the underlings only swept out a narrow path for people to pass through on the way they had to go.

Outside on the main road there are also people close to the snow plowing, open up the passage of the path, those who do not live in the alley is white with snow.

In Cang Yun Yuan, Yun was anxious, the snow hindered everything, and many things were hard to buy.

There was enough food in the house, and without fresh vegetables at least there was a mouthful to eat.

But the charcoal is already about to run out, this year the weather is cold early, use charcoal early, Yun’s purchase of charcoal for the house is a high-quality charcoal, a limited number of purchases at a time, there was still a batch of them to be delivered in the next two days.

As a result of this heavy snowfall, the charcoal that was to be delivered could not be delivered, and the charcoal in the mansion burned faster than expected.

Therefore, early in the morning Yun sent someone to inquire at the stores on the street to see if there were any stores selling charcoal.

Yet even in the bustling Prefecture, there were almost no stores open at the moment, let alone stores selling charcoal.

This made Yun anxious, if the charcoal fire was cut off in such a cold day, the house would be no different from an ice cellar.

Wei Qingwan was in Yun’s house with her to handle her affairs, and seeing her so anxious, she had no good solution but to comfort her with a few words.

Immediately afterward, there was bad news, the snow crushed many residents’ houses, and it was said that many of the bamboo mountains in the Taizhou capital had also suffered, with large areas of bamboo falling down.

The exact casualties are not known at this time, but the situation should not be too optimistic.

Affected by this, the government office side is already anxious, Wei Mingting will not be implicated and affected by the temporary unknown.

Yun had a headache all of a sudden: “What an eventful year!”

The matter of the seventh prince has not yet been resolved, and then there is a snowstorm, this is a really bad year.

“Mother, don’t worry, when the snow melts, the charcoal will still be able to be delivered.” Wei Qingwan comforted.

“Uh-huh.” Yun answered with her mouth, but her worried mood didn’t get a bit better, because charcoal was only a very small aspect.

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Wei Ruo also learned about the snowstorm from his subordinates.

She was going to have to make a trip out to see what was going on out there. Not necessarily to do anything, but at least she was going to see for herself what was going on out there.

Before going out, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei were heavily armed.

Especially the shoes, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei wore the boots that the milkmaid had made especially for them.

The practice of these boots is what Wei Ruo told the milkmaid, the outside is wrapped in a layer of cowhide, and the inside is filled with thick cotton, so that it can be warm and waterproof.

The soles were also patterned according to Wei Ruo’s request to increase friction and prevent slipping.

But Wei Ruo’s own needlework was so poor that it had to be the nanny who did the work.

In order to look good, the milkmaid also wrapped a layer of embroidered fabric on the outside of the cowhide, so that once the hemline is covered, outsiders won’t know what kind of shoes Wei Ruo and the others are wearing.

In addition to the clothes she normally wore, Wei Ruo had prepared a cloak for both herself and Xiu Mei.

“Miss, I’d better not wear this cloak, only everyone’s young lady would wear a head canopy, it’s not like me, a maid, to wear such an expensive cloak.”

“I don’t care what other people’s maids wear, my Meimei wears the same cloak as me.” Wei Ruo said.

“No miss, if people see it they will gossip.” Xiu Mei muttered.

“Today we are going out and not going to meet anyone, walking down the road you don’t say anything and I don’t say anything, and people don’t know what kind of person you are to me.” Wei Ruo explained.

“But ……”

“No buts, it’s freezing cold, how warm it is to wear this cloak, Nurse took so much trouble to make it for us then, we can’t let her down.”

Wei Ruo’s argument left Xiu Mei with no way to refuse: “Alright then.”

Xiu Mei put on the cloak Wei Ruo handed her, Wei Ruo’s one was aqua blue and Xiu Mei’s was grass green.

Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei just he place to listen to the door of the Pine Court, they saw Wei Jin Yi and Xiao Bei.

When Wei Ruo saw Wei Jin Yi, she couldn’t help but remember the events of the night before.

Luckily it was his own brother, if it were any other man, this would have been a big shame the night before, and he might have been charged with molesting a man.

“Is Second Brother going out as well?” Wei Ruo asked.

“Waiting for you to join me.” Wei Jin also said.

“Second Brother knows I’m going out?” Wei Ruo asked.

“The damage to the houses and fields is unknown, and with Ruo’er’s character it’s more than likely that she’ll have to go out to see what’s going on.” Wei Jin also said.

Even though Wei Ruo knew she couldn’t do much, she wouldn’t hide in the house.

Wei Ruo was a little surprised, after the surprise was warmth, second brother really knew what she was thinking.

Wei Jin also went on to say, “The road is not yet open, the carriage is not feasible, only on foot, in order to avoid danger, I will accompany you.”

Wei Ruo smiled, “Good ah, I also do not go far, just close to some place to see, hiding in this House is really nothing to do, also do not know what the situation outside.”

Wei Ruo intends to go to the store side, the Zhuangzi words are too far, walking a round trip days are dark.

Wei Jin also walked over and put the hat on Wei Ruo’s cloak on Wei Ruo.

“It’s cold, don’t freeze your ears.” Wei Jin also said.

Then Xiao Bei handed Wei Ruo a hand stove, “Eldest Miss, the weather is cold, hold the hand stove, it’s slightly warmer.”

Xiu Mei muttered from the side: “Before I left the house I said I would prepare a hand stove for Miss Miss said I couldn’t use it, and now the second young master has prepared it for Miss you can’t avoid it, can you?”

Wei Ruo replied, “Meimei, aren’t you useless yourself? Why are you talking about me?”

“Miss, I’m a person who practiced martial arts, my body is strong, I’m not afraid of the cold, if you don’t believe me, feel my hands, are they warmer than yours.” Xiu Mei said back.

“Forget it I won’t touch it, I admit defeat.” Wei Ruo knew that her Meimei’s hands were warm without touching them.

Then Wei Ruo looked up at Wei Jin Yi and dismissed the thoughts in her head in just a second.

Not to mention the fact that there is no gentleman who goes out and holds a stove, but her second brother’s hands may be even hotter than hers.

“Go.” Wei Ruo hurriedly urged.

Wei Jin also laughed a bit before following closely behind Wei Ruo.

The street outside the gate of the lieutenant’s residence belongs to the main road of the city, so the road swept out is quite wide, three or five people walking side by side is not a problem.

After walking for a while, Wei Ruo and the others saw an alleyway entrance surrounded by several individuals, as if something had happened.

meso- (chemistry)