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Chapter 809 Asking for help

County Magistrate Hua, who was in his thirties, looked very haggard overnight.

He just frowned and looked at the heavy snow flying all over the sky, feeling a little helpless.

He knew very well that the imperial court's rescue team would not be able to arrive in a short time. Perhaps the imperial court had not yet known that they had suffered such a severe snowstorm.

He had previously sent someone to Linghezhou to deliver a letter, but he didn't know whether Wu Zhizhou had received it.

Now, with only a few days until the New Year, the heavy snow has blocked even the roads. Alas! Who would risk coming to the rescue at this time of year?

Fortunately, two blue brick houses of families in Shiyanzi Village survived and were not crushed by the avalanche, which finally provided a temporary shelter for the villagers.

The elderly and children will not be left without anywhere to go. In such extremely cold weather, it would be difficult for them to survive if they don’t even have a house.

However, there are now more than a hundred people in the village, and these few blue brick houses alone cannot solve the sleeping problem for all the villagers.

Last night, they and the villagers could only sit in the house with a fire all night.

But this is not a solution. How long will the snow last? It is unknown. If it continues to snow like this, there will be no food, and where will the firewood come from? Now there is no way out. What will we do when the time comes?

County Magistrate Hua was very worried, but he couldn't show it on his face. He knew very well that he had to find some way to help the people survive until the arrival of rescue workers.

The most urgent task is to rescue food and quilts from the collapsed houses as soon as possible to prevent the avalanche from happening again.

Thinking of this, Magistrate Hua suppressed his anxiety and said to them, "Don't say anything more. Hurry up and dig out the food from each family. We can make a long-term plan after these few days.

The imperial court will definitely send someone to rescue us."

At this time, Magistrate Hua seemed to have thought of something. He looked up at the hillside in the distance and whispered to himself, "I hope the disaster in Yunwu Village will be better."

Shanjiao Town is located in the area where two peaks of Jiaoshan Mountain are connected.

Jiaoshan consists of four main peaks and some smaller hills. The areas connected between the main peaks are mostly low hills with relatively flat terrain. Shanjiao Town is located in this flat land.

Shanjiao Town governs three villages, all of which are located in the valleys between the mountain peaks. They are Xiaokangzi Village, Shiyanzi Village and Yunwu Village.

Among them, Xiaokangzi Village is closest to Shanjiao Town, while Shiyanzi Village and Yunwu Village are relatively far away from the town.

Shiyanzi Village is not far from Yunwu Village. Shiyanzi Village is located at the foot of the mountain, while Yunwu Village is located halfway up the mountain above Shiyanzi Village. The terrain is higher, and the whole village is surrounded by clouds and mist all day long, like a fairyland, hence the name.

There are more than 30 households in Shiyanzi Village. In their village, each family has a small amount of farmland, and most villagers make a living by selling mountain products in the town.

There are several hunters in the village who make a living by hunting, and their life is not rich.

The people here live in poverty. Every household lives in a thatched house, except for two families whose houses are built with blue bricks.

This sudden blizzard has covered the entire village. All the thatched houses have been crushed, leaving only the two blue brick houses intact.

One of the owners of these two blue brick houses is the hunter Shi Yazi.

Shi'erzi's family has many males, and his four sons have all grown up.

They all learned hunting skills from their father and became famous hunters.

Therefore, Shi's family is considered to be relatively wealthy in the village. In the past two years, his eldest son and second son got married, and in order to find wives for his sons, Shi's family built four blue brick houses.

The two sons each lived in a large room, and the other two rooms were left for the other two sons.

At present, Shi Yazi and his wife live in one room, and their two young sons live in another. They also plan to wait another year to convert their thatched house into a blue brick house.

The owner of the other blue brick house in the village is the village chief.

The village chief's younger brother did business outside and made some money. He built two blue brick houses after saving some money. Because his mother was taken care of by his elder brother in the village, he gave one of the houses to his elder brother and kept the larger one for himself.

Since the night before, the thatched houses of villagers have collapsed one after another.

The village chief quickly took the affected villagers to his brother's empty house, and robbed those people's food and clothes.

But the next day, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the villagers were busy clearing the snow on their roofs and shoveling the snow at their doorsteps.

However, none of them expected that at 3 p.m., the snowstorm suddenly became even more violent. The blizzard was not only freezing cold, but also made it impossible to open one's eyes.

The villagers hid in their homes and dared not go out.

In just a moment, the village chief was discussing things with the hunter Shi Yazi at his home. Suddenly, they heard the screams of villagers outside and the sound of something hitting their roof.

The two opened the door and saw that the snow at the entrance had blocked the door. The village chief exclaimed: "Oh no, it's an avalanche!" There has not been an avalanche in the village for decades, and the last one was thirty or forty years ago.

Fortunately, the front door of their house was not facing the mountain. The two men quickly called Shi Yazi's four sons, picked up tools, and worked hard to shovel away the snow in front of the door.

When they came out of the gate, the village chief was stunned. The whole village was invisible, covered in snow, with only the roof of his house not far away showing.

Almost all the houses in the village collapsed. The village chief and Shi Yazi, along with his four sons, quickly picked up tools and went from house to house to rescue people.

The people who were rescued quickly joined the rescue team, and the village chief’s two sons also rushed over.

Shi Yunlin, the eldest son of the village chief, saw that someone was injured. He said to his father, "Dad, we should hurry to the town to report before the road is completely blocked by snow."

When the village chief Shi Zhuzi heard what his son said, he suddenly realized that such passive rescue was not a long-term solution and he had to go to the town to seek help.

However, the village chief was worried about what would happen if something happened to Shi Yazi's son in this icy and snowy place? He said anxiously:

"The snow is already very thick, and it's difficult to walk on this road. If we encounter an avalanche..."

"Village chief, Yunlin is right. We should not dwell on it any longer. We need to seek help as soon as possible. Let me go to the town." said Shi Hu, the hunter's eldest son.

The village chief looked at Shi Hu and said, "No, if you go to the town alone, what if you encounter danger..." He was really worried.

"Dad, look, several villagers have been injured. Brother Xiaohu and I must go to the town to get some medicine." Shi Yunlin said.