Chapter 90 It's Snowing

While eating an egg, He Caiwei suddenly remembered that there were wild pheasants and rabbits on the mountain that she could pick and roast.

However, going out now is obviously not realistic, since it's already pitch black and you can't see your hand in front of your face. Where are you going to find pheasants?

“If we encounter a pheasant tomorrow, Second Brother, we’ll catch it and roast it for lunch or dinner. It’s not oily, and I’m afraid you won’t be able to walk properly.” He Caiwei smiled as she watched her second brother eat a simple cornbread with relish.

"Oh right, how come I didn't think of that? I saw several pheasants today, but unfortunately I didn't catch any." Just thinking about the fragrant roast chicken made Lu Qingzhu swallow hard, and the cornbread in her hand, which had been smelling delicious, immediately lost its flavor.

"Remember tomorrow, okay? I've blocked the cave entrance outside, so we don't need to keep watch tonight. Get some rest; we still have a long journey ahead tomorrow." After finishing the last egg, He Caiwei placed the two of their socks next to the fire to dry.

She had just changed the two people's wet cloth shoes and socks, throwing them into the washing machine in her space. After washing and drying them, she took them out and hung them here to warm the fire, but it was just for show.

They had gathered enough firewood to burn all night, so neither of them was worried that the fire would go out.

The rocks blocked the cave, so they couldn't hear the rain outside or know if it was still raining.

When He Caiwei woke up, the entire cave was still brightly lit. Her fire had not yet gone out, and the temperature in the air was about the same as the night before, unaffected by the outside.

He Caiwei had just woken up when Lu Qingzhu woke up as well. Still half asleep, she looked at the fire still burning and thought it was still dark outside. But when she looked at her watch, she realized it was already past 6 a.m.

He Caiwei made a wooden frame, tied a small iron pot to it, and boiled water on it. The weather was too cold, and there was no way to wash her face without boiling water.

He Caiwei walked to the cave entrance first, put the stone away, and the cold wind immediately rushed in, making Lu Qingzhu shiver.

"Heh, why is it so cold? Is it snowing outside?" Lu Qingzhu shivered as she arrived at the cave entrance, and sure enough, she saw that everything outside was covered in white.

"Wasn't it raining last night? How come it's snowing now?" Lu Qingzhu was shivering from the cold. It was warm and cozy in the cave just now, and the temperature difference was quite big.

"What else can you do? You can't control the weather, can you? Hurry up, the water over there is hot. Wash up first. We have to leave after we eat. We need to get as much wheat as we can before the heavy snow covers it, otherwise we won't be able to see it once it's covered by the snow." He Caiwei pushed him back into the cave, urging him to hurry up.

In the days that followed, the two of them kept hurrying and managed to supplement their diet with pheasants, so they lived a fairly good life. It took them four days to reach the farm described in the book, the one where they would have to give up most of their wheat.

The road was actually quite easy to travel, but the two of them were delayed a little while crossing the border in order to avoid patrolling soldiers.

The snow here was already ankle-deep. Looking towards the mountainside, a large field of wheat had not yet been harvested, but no one on the farm seemed to have any intention of coming out. After lying in the snow and ice for two days, the two of them finally got to work.

The snow here has fallen heavily. The farmer has covered all the pens where the cattle and sheep are kept with waterproof tarpaulins and has also lit fireplaces in the pens.

He Caiwei went to check it out. It was much warmer inside the cattle and sheep pen than outside. Who cared about the outside world except for the livestock? As for the remaining wheat, the harvested wheat was enough to eat.

This vast area is sparsely populated, with farms scattered far apart. Each farm has a side backed by a mountain, which, although not very high, is more than enough for grazing cattle and sheep.

They started weeding back from the foot of the mountain. Lu Qingzhu was in charge of cutting the wheat. They didn't want the straw, so they only cut the part of the wheat ears, leaving the long wheat stalks.

He Caiwei was in charge of bagging and storing the wheat. Lu Qingzhu didn't care where his sister had taken the wheat. He just obeyed her orders and cut as much as he could. He was quick and efficient and didn't waste any of the wheat he cut.

Aside from eating and using the restroom, Lu Qingzhu worked non-stop all day. His hands were numb from cutting wheat, but he had no idea how much wheat he had harvested; he hadn't seen a single bag.

On the second day, it was He Caiwei's turn to harvest wheat, and Lu Qingzhu bagged it. He Caiwei was quite fast; she not only harvested the wheat and had Lu Qingzhu bag it, but she also secretly stuffed some into her spatial storage. There were a total of twenty-five bags outside, each weighing about two hundred pounds.

She had her uncle prepare these sacks before leaving Kyoto. She didn't know exactly how many her uncle prepared, but she accepted whatever amount he took.

Lu Qingzhu harvested twenty-three bags yesterday, each weighing about two hundred pounds. This speed is already very fast. If he hadn't been drinking space water recently, he definitely wouldn't have been able to do it this fast, and his physical strength wouldn't have been so good. After a whole day, he was only slightly tired.

The weather here is like this: once it starts snowing, it never stops. It snows every day, whether it's heavy or light snow. That's why these farmers don't want to come out. When winter comes, if they come out, they'll be completely buried in the snow.

The brother and sister stayed there until the heavy snow covered all the remaining wheat before they stopped.

So the brother and sister stayed on Russian territory for a month and a half, raiding six farms, and they had no idea how far they had gone.

When the two returned, they were practically beggars. There was nowhere to bathe in the middle of nowhere, and having food was already a blessing. They ate freshly prepared meals by He Caiwei, mostly noodles.

Of course, there would occasionally be wild pheasants and rabbits as a treat, but there was nowhere to shower, which was quite inconvenient. So, after fleecing themselves for so long, the two of them hadn't taken a single shower. Lu Qingzhu was alright, but He Caiwei was almost disgusted with herself.

But there was nothing they could do; those were the conditions. After being here for so long, the two of them finally gained a new understanding of the Russians' laziness.

They not only stop harvesting wheat when it snows, but they also won't chase after sheep that run away during heavy snow.

He Caiwei and her group have been very lucky these past two weeks, encountering the same creature twice. They killed it and cooked it in various ways, including frying, grilling, and boiling.

But they were just two children, and no matter how much they ate, they couldn't finish a sheep weighing over a hundred pounds. The sheep froze solid overnight in the snow.

When they found the second sheep, they were no longer as excited as before. They just spent a lot of time and effort killing the sheep, washing it with snow water, and leaving it to freeze in the snow.

By the time they returned to the city, it was already the end of September.