Chapter 200

If at ordinary times, the patriarch would send someone to have a look, but now the temperature outside can freeze to death. Who is willing to risk his life to see what happened there? Even if someone is willing to go, the patriarch does not agree.

So the clan leader came over and asked the Xuqing family to save more water. The more water they saved, the better. Don't wait for the underground river to run out of water.

"Patriarch, is it snowing outside?" Xu Qing asked.

"No, it's really snowy this year. It used to snow at this time." Patriarchal way.

"But the temperature is cold enough. Let's store some ice while there is still water in the underground river." Xu Qing said, "ice can be stored much better than water. If the frozen porcelain is solid, just pile it directly into the empty cave."

The patriarch turned his eyes and said with a smile, "this is a good way."

"But it's a big thing that the flow of water is decreasing. We have to go to the beard to see what's going on." Xu Qing looks at Li Changting.

Li Changting nodded without objection.

"Will you two go?" Li Jinmei asked anxiously.

Xu Qing: "and Duanmu."

To Li Changting, patriarch is at ease, he thought a way: "can't white let you contribute."

Xu Qing: "let each family send us a bucket of frozen porcelain ice."

The patriarch heard the words and nodded: "this is good!"

There are fifty-six people in the village, fifteen families, one by one. There are fifteen big ice cubes in each family. It doesn't take much to do something. The patriarch knew that no one in the village would disagree as long as it wasn't for food.

The clan leader went to call out the big guy. In fact, since hearing that the underground river water was decreasing, everyone was in a panic. They quickly took out all the water they could hold at home to store water. Now when they heard the clan leader talking about ice storage, they were all in a hurry!

Xu Qing and Li Changting simply packed their bags, put on thick cotton clothes, trousers, boots and hats, and put on gloves and masks. Then they went out with the burden of seven days of dry food and water.

Li Jinmei told them to be careful all the way and be sure to come back on time in seven days.

Xu Qing and Li Changting say goodbye to their families. As soon as they leave the warm cave under the ground, the cold wind makes Xu Qing shrink his neck.

It's not very windy, but it's very cold. Although they have wrapped themselves as much as possible, the temperature outside is too low. Xu Qing's clothes are very thick, but he feels like he didn't wear them.

As before, Li Changting tied Xu Qing to his back and covered him with a big, thick cloak, which was used to keep out the wind and was big enough to cover both of them.

Li Changting's steps are very fast. Exercise can make her body not so cold. Xu Qing lies on Li Changting's back and feels a steady stream of heat coming to her. Soon they don't feel cold.

Before long, Xu Qing fell asleep on Li Changting's back, until Li Changting woke her up and said that it was dark and she had to stop to have a rest.

Xu Qing then turned them into the space.

As soon as they enter the space, they quickly take off their heavy "equipment". Xu Qing has a good sleep. She knows that Li Changting must be tired after a long day's journey. She urges him to go to bed and have a rest. She calls him after she has cooked a meal.

Li Changting's feet are fast. If other people walk for three days, he will arrive in two days. If he uses lightness skill, he will be faster.

When they arrived at the bearded cottage, their eyes were blue and white. When they saw the lake in front of them, Xu Qing and Li Changting were stunned.

"Frozen?" Xu Qing's stuffy voice came from the mask.

"And the water level has dropped a lot." Li added.

They looked at each other for a while, and then went directly to the bearded mountain stronghold. No one stood guard outside on such a cold day. Maybe they didn't think it was necessary. After all, who had the courage to go out and do anything wrong in such a cold weather, and they were not afraid of being frozen to death.

There is no patrol outside the cave, but there is one inside.

All the people in the village knew Li Changting. As soon as Li Changting pulled off his mask, the patrol went to inform him.

"Why are you here on such a cold day?" Beard was surprised to see Li Changting and Xu Qing, and even said, "come to the cave to get warm."

Bearded didn't marry. He lived in the cave with another brother, which was unexpectedly spacious and tidy.

Beard poured two glasses of hot water for them and asked, "what can I do for you?"

"Come and visit." Xu Qing took a drink.

"It's freezing?" Beard is not believe, "you are idle?"

"Well, in fact, the water in our underground river suddenly decreased a lot. I guess something happened to you, so come and have a look." Xu Qingdao.

Beard asked, "is it not broken?"

Xu Qing shook his head: "No."

Hu Zi said with a sigh of relief: "that's good. In fact, you must have seen it just now. The water level of this lake has dropped a lot since winter. But this lake is big and deep. I don't know how deep it is. It's impossible to dry up, but I can probably guess the reason why the water level has dropped."Xu Qing then said, "that's when the water in other places froze, and some of the tributaries at the bottom couldn't get through, the water level of the lake dropped, and the water on our side also decreased."

Beard nodded: "yes, that's it."

Xu Qing asked: "the lake is frozen. What do you do with water now?"

Beard: "it's used to chisel ice. The ice is quite thick. I asked people to store a lot of it."

Just before Xu Qinglai, beard led us to dig ice to get ice and store it. Now every household has a lot of ice. There is a lot of ice in the lake, so we don't have to worry about no water in winter.

Beard said, "if you don't have any water over there, you can move to us and make some caves for fifty people."

There are too many people and beards to guarantee, but more than 50 people are just a piece of cake.

Xu Qing said with a smile, "we are also trying our best to store ice cubes. I won't be polite to you if I have something to do."

Beard: "that's good. If you don't hurry back, you can stay here for a few more days. I'm almost bored. How do you usually spend your time?"

"You'll know when you get married." After Li Changting said his first words, he choked his beard to death.

Looking at Li Changting's slightly proud appearance, he was speechless and secretly envious.

Xu Qing hit Li Changting with his elbow to warn him not to talk. Then he put his hand into the bag. In fact, he took a deck of playing cards out of the space.

"Play this when you are bored, but don't gamble. Just pass the time." Xu Qingdao.

"What is this?" His beard rubbed his hands and his face was eager for knowledge.

As a result, Xu Qing and Li Changting didn't solve any problems. Instead, they promoted the playing method of playing cards.

The next day it was sunny. Bearded took Xu Qing and Li Changting to skate on the ice lake. Many people came out to play in the sun, not afraid of the bitter wind in winter.