The Courtyard House: Xu Damao's Aunt is the Queen of Women

The next morning.

Liu Hao was woken up by a series of muffled thuds outside. He rubbed his eyes, threw off the covers, put on his clothes, slipped on his woolen slippers, opened the door, and walked into the living room.

One of the double doors was open, and a biting wind rushed in. Ye Juan could be seen clearing two meters of the thick, frightening snow in front of the door, and was using a long bamboo pole to poke the snow off the roof.

With a whoosh, the thick snow fell down, bursting open with a thud, sending tiny snowflakes flying and creating a white mist.

Ye Juan's house was built very solidly. The outer walls were double-layered, with a mixture of chopped wheat straw and yellow soil filling the middle, which was both windproof and warm. The main beam was made of elm wood with a diameter of 30 centimeters, while the secondary beams and eaves beams were slightly smaller in diameter, but still 20 centimeters. The mortise and tenon joints were tightly fitted together.

The two partition walls inside the house support the middle of the roof, and together with the gable walls on both sides, they make the roof beams stand firmly, so that no matter how heavy the snow is, it will not move an inch.

But it looks quite scary, so to put my mind at ease, I still have to clear the snow away.

Liu Hao slipped on his suede shoes, strode out the door, rolled up his sleeves, and called out, "Juan'er, let me do it."

When Ye Juan saw Liu Hao, her eyes were filled with tenderness.

"You're awake? Here, be careful."

Taking the bamboo pole from Ye Juan, Liu Hao looked up and immediately felt embarrassed; he didn't know how to poke the snow.

My hometown, Ruijin, has a subtropical monsoon climate with an average winter temperature between 12°C and 22°C. I've hardly ever seen snow growing up.

Ye Juan noticed Liu Hao's embarrassment, chuckled, and pointed out, "Gently pry along the direction of the roof ridge, and the snow will slide down the slope. Don't pry horizontally, or you'll easily lift up and break the tiles."

Liu Hao understood immediately, but stubbornly refused to admit it.

"I'm just figuring out where to poke it from. You don't think I don't know how to poke snow, do you?"

"..."

Ye Juan rolled her eyes, turned around, picked up a shovel, and began shoveling snow, preparing to clear a path leading to the toilet in the corner.

Liu Hao began to focus on poking the snow, giving it a hard push and then nimbly jumping away.

With a soft thud, the snow slid down and hit the ground with a dull thud.

Ye Juan kept turning her head to look, worried that Liu Hao might get hit.

Seeing Liu Hao leaping left and right like a monkey, not a single snowflake touching him, and then looking down at the gold bracelet on his wrist with a bright smile on his face.

This bracelet can't be worn; I'll hide it away and pass it on to my daughter-in-law later.

Liu Hao found that the bamboo pole was too short and could only clear the snow up to the eaves. So he took off his down jacket, nimbly climbed the wall, and used the momentum to leap onto the roof.

Ye Juan was startled and shouted, "What are you doing? Get down here!"

"Don't worry, it's perfectly safe."

Liu Hao grinned and swung his bamboo pole, quickly clearing away all the snow.

Then, under Ye Juan's horrified gaze, Liu Hao threw the bamboo pole like a javelin, planting it in the snow. With his legs slightly bent, he jumped directly off the roof.

It landed steadily on the snow with a thud, striking an Iron Man landing pose, and slowly raised its head.

"I am... *bang*!"

Ye Juan rushed over and gave Liu Hao a sharp rap on the head, interrupting his boasting, and then proceeded to pummel him with her little fists.

"I think you're asking for trouble. If you get seriously injured, how am I supposed to live?"

"If you dare to act so cocky again, I'll break your legs and see how you jump then!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Honey, I was wrong, I was wrong!"

After receiving a loving pat, Liu Hao quickly got up and hugged the little queen who was crying with anger.

"I was wrong, I was really wrong, I won't do it again next time."

"Get lost, just looking at you makes me angry."

Ye Juan angrily pushed Liu Hao away, bent down, grabbed a handful of snow and smeared it on Liu Hao's face, then turned and ran back into the house.

Liu Hao chuckled, wiped his face, did a few jumping jacks, hummed a song, picked up a shovel, and started shoveling snow.

The snow was heavy last night, and the deepest snow on the ground was waist-deep. It was the first time he had ever seen snow this deep.

At the same time, he was also wondering, logically speaking, there should be records of snow disasters of this magnitude in history, so why have I never heard of them before?

Well, this is a movie/TV show world, so it's normal for it to deviate a bit from the modern world.

He was strong and cleared a path to the toilet in no time.

He pushed open the toilet door, peed, and then picked up the shovel and walked back.

"Come and wash up!"

As I entered the house, Ye Juan was just coming out of the kitchen with a basin of hot water. Her face was still icy cold, and she was clearly still angry.

"Honey, don't be angry, smile!"

Ye Juan slammed the basin down, her eyes red, and said, "Liu Hao, before you did this recklessly dangerous thing, did you ever think about how worried and scared I would be? What would I do if anything happened to you?"

Liu Hao was overwhelmed with guilt and wished he could slap himself twice.

"Don't cry, don't cry. I swear to God I'll never let you worry again."

"No, you must swear an oath to your ancestors!"

"..."

Liu Hao's lips twitched slightly, and he had no choice but to swear to his ancestors that he would never do it again.

Chinese people can break oaths made to gods and Buddhas, to heaven and earth, but they must uphold the oaths made to their ancestors.

Seeing Liu Hao solemnly swear, Ye Juan finally calmed down.

"Hurry up and wash up, we're going to the factory to get a letter of introduction."

Liu Hao picked up his enamel mug, squeezing toothpaste as he spoke, "Today looks a bit risky. The snow disaster is too severe; traffic is completely paralyzed, and the neighborhood committee is busy with disaster relief!"

Ye Juan turned her head to look outside the door, sighed, and a look of worry appeared in her eyes.

Kind-hearted, she wasn't worried about not being able to get a marriage certificate, but rather about the people affected by the disaster.

The city is alright; the houses are relatively sturdy. But in the suburbs, countless shantytowns and mud houses have collapsed.

In this freezing weather, many people will definitely suffer frostbite, and some may even freeze to death.

"Liu Hao, let's donate some money. Natural disasters are merciless, but people are compassionate. Let's do our small part to help the affected people get through this difficult time!"

While brushing his teeth, Liu Hao nodded and mumbled, "Donate...donate a North!"

"Okay, I'll take out fifty..."

Liu Hao spat out the foam, frowned, and said, "What do you mean? You're so clear about this, aren't you? This marriage is pointless, it's not worth it."

"Oh dear, I was wrong! What's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours!"

Ye Juan quickly apologized, ran into the second bedroom, took the money and tickets that Liu Hao had put in the small cloth bag, leaving only 10 yuan and two cigarette coupons.

He finished tapping with a broad smile and stuffed it into his pocket.

"From now on, you'll be in charge of the household finances. Don't try to spend money recklessly. You also need to control your smoking and drinking, as they're bad for your health. Eat more and smoke and drink less..."

Liu Hao looked at the chattering little queen and felt a surge of joy in his heart.

Is this what it feels like to have a wife?

That's great!

Did you hear everything I said?

"I heard it! I heard it with both ears, you housekeeper!"

"Oh, you're still not convinced? Believe me or not, I'll take your allowance away!"

Liu Hao curled his lip. Ha, with so much gold and silver jewelry in my storage space, why would I worry about not having money to spend?

Oh right, we need to find a place to bury the treasure; keeping it in the storage space takes up too much room.

Where should we bury it?

It's best to bury it in the mountains where it's dry!

Using the storage space to dig mud is incredibly fast; you can dig a cave a hundred or two hundred meters deep without any problem. And then, when the reform and opening up came, we dug it out again!

Wait, shouldn't the storage space be able to be expanded using Palm Coins?