When Zhao Ce woke up the next day, he still felt a little dazed.

Looking at the sleeping person in his arms, Zhao Ce lovingly touched Su Cai'er's sleeping red face.

His big baby already has a little baby in his belly...

In the past, when Zhao Ce got up every day, the little girl had already prepared some washing water for him.

Su Cai'er has been sleeping a lot since the past few days, and she wakes up with him every day.

Now that she was pregnant with the child, it was the time when she was feeling sleepy, and Zhao Ce was also planning to let her sleep more.

After kissing Su Cai'er, Zhao Ce prepared to get up.

The charcoal basin in the corner has been extinguished a lot, and the temperature in the room has become a little low.

Snowflakes were flying outside, so it probably hadn't stopped snowing yet.

Although Zhao Ce moved gently, he still brought some cold air into the warm bed between the movements.

Su Cai'er groaned and faintly woke up.

After waking up, he subconsciously wanted to get into Zhao Ce's arms.

Zhao Ce gave up the plan of getting up for the time being, lay back down again, and hugged the little girl.

Su Cai'er said in a lazy voice: "My husband is getting up, and I am going to get up too."

After saying that, he nuzzled into Zhao Ce's arms in a daze, as if he was about to fall asleep again.

Zhao Ce said "Yeah" in a low voice and said nothing more.

After squinting for a while, Su Cai'er opened her eyes forcefully and rubbed them gently.

"Good morning, husband, but I got up late again."

Zhao Ce took her hand rubbing her eyes and said with a smile: "It's not too late, I just woke up."

"Now is the time when you want to sleep more, so it doesn't matter if you wake up later."

Su Cai'er shook her head and yawned: "I won't sleep anymore. My husband said he was going out today, so I got up too."

After saying that, she sat up from the bed without hesitation.

The warm quilt was suddenly filled with wind, and Su Caier couldn't help but shiver.

"It's so cold..."

Zhao Ce helplessly covered her with a quilt and said, "Don't get up so quickly next time. I'll let Aunt Chen and the others come in to change the charcoal basin first."

Su Cai'er nodded, got used to it, then looked at the dark crack in the window and said, "It's still snowing..."

Zhao Ce had already stood up and lit the oil lamp.

There was a faint light in the room, and Su Cai'er saw Zhao Ce standing up wearing only a single suit, and said anxiously:

"Husband, come back quickly and warm me!"

Zhao Ce said: "I'm not cold, it's okay."

However, in the little girl's eager eyes, he still put on his thick cloak before opening the door and calling someone.

The man came in quickly and replaced the charcoal basin in the house with a new one.

Zhao Ce took Su Cai'er's thick clothes and put them on her before allowing her to get out of bed.

Su Cai'er muttered: "I'm not very afraid of the cold. I can just get up and put on my clothes."

Zhao Ce pinched her little nose: "You are now a key protected person, and you must pay close attention to everything."

After the two got up and washed up, Aunt Chen brought breakfast from the restaurant.

A little porridge and steamed buns.

After eating, when it got a little brighter, someone from the Liu Mansion had already been sent.

Zhao Ce went to the door in person to greet the visitor.

The person who came was a middle-aged man, wearing thick clothes and a cotton hat on his head.

Seeing Zhao Ce, he bowed to Zhao Ce and said, "I am the steward of the Liu Mansion, and I came to see Uncle Yong Xi on the order of my master."

"I received a letter from our young master not long ago, asking us to help him arrange a better place to go."

"Our Liu Mansion is quite big, so the master asked us to clean up a yard."

"If Uncle Yongxi doesn't mind, you can take your family and follow me."

The housekeeper of the Liu Mansion looked plain in appearance, but he spoke with a certain style. At first glance, he looked like a capable servant who came from an official family.

He said that their house was very big and there were not many people in the family.

Zhao Ce and his family can live in it first and then slowly find a place to live.

But, do you want to live in their Liu family?

This is not very embarrassing.

Considering that Liu Ruyu said that his family was poor, he probably didn't have much private property.

Therefore, we can only entertain Zhao Ce and others in our own house.

Zhao Ce smiled and said: "Butler Liu, you are too polite. I won't bother you as there are many people."

"I'm going to buy a similar house, and after settling in, I'll go visit Liu Shangshu."

Butler Liu listened to Zhao Ce's objection and did not force him. He directly said that he would take Zhao Ce to Yahang to view the house.

Zhao Ce didn't waste any time and planned to go take a look today.

Zhao Ce went upstairs and asked Su Cai'er to stay well in the inn.

At the same time, he also told others not to go downstairs unless they had nothing to do, so as not to get into unnecessary trouble.

After giving the instructions, Zhao Ce took the people who were out to buy good charcoal and went out together with Butler Liu.

The snow outside was still very heavy. Zhao Ce held an umbrella and sat on the carriage, looking thoughtfully at the snowflakes falling from time to time.

Along the way, they actually saw many people freezing to death on the roadside.

It's just that Su Cai'er was in the car, so Zhao Ce didn't tell her specifically.

In the middle of the Little Ice Age, natural disasters caused by abnormal weather were more severe than ever before.

As they walked along, they heard that in some places this year, heavy snow had already fallen in June.

After the heavy snowfall, it has been freezing till now.

This sudden heavy snow affected ordinary people who froze to death. How could Zhao Ce calculate it?

Zhao Ce let out a breath of white air.

In this era, it was not difficult for ordinary people to cut down trees to make charcoal.

But the difficulty is that their labor force is limited and it is difficult to save enough firewood or charcoal for the whole winter.

This is also the reason why Zhao Ce did not let Zhao Youcai's family help make charcoal last winter, but chose to go directly to the city to buy charcoal for use.

After all, in winter weather like this, going up the mountain to cut firewood is nothing more than a dream.

The little firewood saved before winter is used for cooking and needs to be saved throughout the winter. It is definitely unrealistic to burn it all the time for heating.

It would be better if the family has more labor force, but if it has less labor force, it can be saved if possible.

In the past, Su Cai'er was self-reliant. She didn't dare to burn firewood for warmth every winter, so she could only huddle in front of the stove and use the remaining warmth from cooking an occasional hot meal to get through it.

When I was in Shuiqiao Village, the back mountain was far away, and Zhao Youcai cared about the villagers from time to time.

So Zhao Ce really hasn't heard much about people in his village freezing to death.

Now that I think about it, Shuiqiao Village feels like a paradise.

Zhao Ce retracted his random thoughts and shook his head gently.

Forget it, the current emperor cares about the people, so these matters can only be handled by the court.

While Zhao Ce was thinking about something and occasionally talking to Butler Liu for a word or two, the group arrived at Yahang.

With Butler Liu bringing his face brush, Zhao Ce had an unimpeded journey and received warm hospitality.

The manager of the dental shop had a warm smile, but after hearing that Zhao Ce was going to buy a house in the capital, he froze.
Chapter completed!