The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor Chapter 352: Sudden Heavy Snowfall and Collapsed House (3)
Chapter 352: Sudden Heavy Snowfall and Collapsed House (3)
The children didn't care about these matters at all. After the snow stopped, the accumulated snow became their best toy. Xin'er, dressed in thick clothes, teamed up with Yun Song, who was also bundled up, to build snowmen, while Zhen'er wasn't interested in making snowmen and started a snowball fight with Yun Zhao in the yard.
Li Yan couldn't resist and joined in, occasionally forming snowballs and throwing them at Zhen'er and Yun Zhao, filling the entire yard with their innocent laughter.
The three beasts were also wild with excitement, running around the yard. Maotuan was the smallest and when it charged into the snow, the thick snow buried it, leaving only its continuous struggles visible under the snow, like a chubby earthworm crawling in its burrow, which amused everyone into hearty laughter.
By noon, the sun still hadn't appeared and the accumulated snow had only diminished slightly. It was then that the bells outside the courtyard began to ring, and faint knocking sounds were heard.
Li Yan hurriedly threw down the snowball in her hand and ran to open the door, her feet deep and shallow in the snow. Mo Yan quickly asked Da Bai and Mao Tuan to return to the house to avoid causing trouble if they were seen by others.
In a short while, Li Yan returned with Yang Bao, whose legs were covered in snow.
Mo Yan quickly invited Yang Bao into the house, but he waved his hand in refusal, with a look of embarrassment on his face. "Yan Yatou, there's something quite difficult for this uncle. If you're free, please help out. If not, it's fine. Just pretend this uncle never said anything."
Mo Yan smiled and said, "It's okay, Uncle Yang Bao. Just tell me what it is. If I can help, I'll definitely help!"
With this weather, he wouldn't come just to visit, and she had already prepared in her heart, but she couldn't guess what exactly was going on.
Seeing her enthusiastic response, Yang Bao secretly breathed a sigh of relief and explained his purpose.
It turned out that several families in the village had originally built thatched cottages that were not sturdy enough. As a result, this heavy snow had collapsed the thatched roofs, making it impossible for them to continue living there. Moreover, with so much accumulated snow, they couldn't go up the mountain to cut wood and repair their houses. So they had gathered at the village head's house, hoping the village head could help find a solution.
Most of the other families in the village had fled here and were not wealthy. The thatched cottages they had built were only enough for their own families, and it was inconvenient to accommodate outsiders.
However, these households with collapsed roofs all had elderly people and children who couldn't bear the cold. As the village head, Yang Bao couldn't ignore the situation and had to come to the Mo family, which had the largest house, hoping that Mo Yan could temporarily accommodate these people.
Mo Yan didn't feel troubled when she heard this. No one would want such a thing to happen. They were all fellow villagers, so she agreed to help out.
She said to the somewhat uneasy Yang Bao, "It's not a big deal. There are several empty rooms in the house that can be cleared out. They'll have to bring their own beds and bedding, and they can cook for themselves. I will specially allocate one room."
Yang Bao was overjoyed at once and quickly said, "That's natural, that's natural! It wouldn't make sense for your family to give up its rooms and then have them filled in by others. This uncle will go back and tell them to get ready."
With that, he thanked Mo Yan on behalf of those households and hurriedly went to inform them.
Watching Yang Bao's hurried figure, Mo Yan smiled and then went to the front yard with Li Xiu to tidy up the house.
There were indeed quite a few empty rooms in the Mo family, with about ten in the row along the front yard wall originally intended for future use, which should be enough to accommodate the seven or eight families.
Before long, Yang Bao brought those people over. Altogether, there were forty-two people, which was quite a number. These people came in one after another, thanking Mo Yan continuously for taking them in.
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