Although the sun has not yet risen in the sky, a considerable part of the remaining ice in the Su family's yard has melted.
Although there are remnants of ice left, most of the texture has become loose and porous due to rising temperatures. Even if the copper nails on the nail shoes worn by Su Qingluan have been severely corroded, they are still facing such "brittle ice". It's more than enough.
So Su Qingluan walked to her brother and father, first pulled Su Xuanhe out from under Su Guangfu's body, then squatted down and used herself as an armrest to let her brother stand up with his arms and shoulders.
"You take two more steps over there, support me and stand firm." Su Qingluan directed Su Xuanhe, "Yes, it's the flat place over there. Don't stand on the slope." As he said, She stepped hard on the designated spot with her foot.
As Su Qingluan stepped down, the originally weak layer of ice was torn apart, revealing the frozen solid ground underneath.
"Stand where I stepped. It's no longer slippery there." Su Qingluan said and asked Su Xuanhe to stand over.
Sure enough, although there was still a little bit of broken ice left in the broken ice surface, after all, land occupied the majority. Without the joint action of the ice layer and the water film, the slippery and unsteady feeling disappeared.
The younger one, Su Qingluan, could bring him up with his own strength. After all, although Su Xuanhe was a boy, he was only seven years old and a head shorter than Su Qingluan.
However, as a middle-aged man, Su Guangfu is not as tall or as heavy as Su Qingluan, a 13- or 14-year-old girl. If he rushes to help him up, it is very likely that Su Guangfu will not stand up. Su Qing Luan himself was knocked down accordingly.
Therefore, Su Qingluan could not directly reach out to help her. She thought for a moment, estimated the distance between herself and Su Xuanhe, lowered her head and asked: "Dad, can you turn around and come to my brother and me? I Let’s help you up together.”
Su Guangfu shook his head: "See if those nail shoes can crush the ice on the ground here. I can stand up on my own."
Su Qingluan nodded, tried to follow Su Guangfu's words and stepped on the ice, and soon stepped in front of Su Guangfu.
The land was exposed under the ice layer next to him. Su Guangfu had a point of strength and stood up from the ground.
Su Qingluan looked at her father and younger brother - they were covered in black mud mixed with broken ice and dregs. They looked very embarrassed. They definitely couldn't go out like this and needed to change their clothes.
What's more, Su Xuanhe needs to go to school, and the road conditions along the way must be slippery and difficult to navigate. Su Qingluan also has to think of a way to prevent him from "rolling and crawling" along the way.
Mrs. Yang watched as Su Qingluan "cleared the way" in front with spiked shoes. Su Guangfu and Su Xuanhe behind him followed suit and stepped on Su Qingluan's footprints, moving little by little back to the "safe zone" of the main room. The whole family of four He breathed a long sigh of relief - the only one who didn't know was the little girl Su Xueyan who was still sleeping soundly in the warm quilt.
After putting on clean clothes, the father and son returned to the front hall. Su Qingluan is making other nail shoes using the remaining copper nails and straw sandals at home. I can't guarantee the quality, but at least let's get over it for today.
The father and son put on the spiked shoes modified by Su Qingluan and tried them out. Although wearing a pair of shoes under the straw sandals was not very comfortable, it was much better than break dancing directly on the ice before.
Yang didn't dare to go out for a while. Su Qingluan also stayed in the house and watched her sister who had already had breakfast practice writing Chinese characters. She thought that when around noon, the sun would have enough heat and the ice would melt. Now, you can do whatever you need to do.
Unexpectedly, as it approached noon, not only did the sun not become warmer, but the sky became gloomier.
Su Qingluan suddenly had a bad premonition: The weather was like this yesterday. It was still clear and clear in the morning, but it started to become cloudy in the afternoon.
What worries her even more is that yesterday's rain has caused the body temperature to drop a lot today, and there is still ice on the ground in the shade that has not completely melted. If it continues to rain today, I am afraid it will also be there tomorrow morning. There was a layer of ice on the ground.
And more importantly, as the temperature further drops, even if the sun comes out tomorrow, the remaining ice on the ground may not melt, making the road even more difficult for everyone.
With this thought in mind, footsteps came from the door. Su Qingluan looked up and found two unexpected people - Mrs. Xi and Su Xuanhe.
How is this going? Su Qingluan raised his head and glanced at the sky: It was only around noon.
She did a little calculation and found that it had only been more than two hours since Su Xuanhe left home in the morning. In any case, he wouldn't have left school so early?
And why did Madam Xi send Su Xuanhe back? Su Qingluan's first reaction was whether this brat might have gotten into some trouble, but it didn't look like Mrs. Xi.
She quickly stood up and went over to greet him: "Ms. Xi, why did you send this boy back? Did he cause you any trouble?"
Originally, Su Qingluan just asked a polite question, but unexpectedly, Su Xuanhe lowered his head with a guilty conscience. This made Su Qingluan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows: So this guy is really causing trouble?
Madam Xi waved her hands quickly: "It's not a big deal. It was cold and the road was slippery. This boy accidentally bumped into my stall. Later, my mother Yun recognized him as Madam Su's brother. I was afraid that the child would slip again in this weather. Then he sent it back."
Su Qingluan looked at Madam Xi with a smile: "I'm really sorry to trouble you." Then she turned and glared at Su Xuanhe: What a bastard!
In fact, Su Qingluan was more afraid than angry - there was no electronic surveillance in this era, and it was not like Su Qingluan had never seen groups of people kidnapping children from a distance.
However, the people around her turned a deaf ear to this situation, and even stopped her when she wanted to shout.
Su Qingluan later learned that this kind of people usually commit crimes in groups. Some do it, some look for clues, and some entrust each other to set traps for others. Although they won't rob openly in the street, they can easily get caught if they are not careful.
And if Su Qingluan blindly calls for help without anyone protecting him, he is likely to be retaliated against.
Su Qingluan herself was not afraid of retaliation. She knew that Mu Xingzhi could ensure her minimum personal safety - after all, there had been a "precedent" before, but she could not let her family risk it for herself.
To put it bluntly, if Mu Xingzhi's person was negligent and she caused the harm herself, she could be considered "self-inflicted". What about her family members who were implicated?
Thinking of this, and looking at his brother who was a little guilty and his eyes were rolling around, Su Qingluan became even more angry.
"You're not studying in school so well, why did you suddenly come back on your own? You're not afraid of being slapped away by you." She said angrily.
