The winter solstice has arrived, and the weather is freezing. Although Yizhou is located between the south and the north of the Yangtze River, the climate has begun to turn cold at this time, and thick ice has formed.

Thick ice knots hang down long under the eaves, like sharp swords, and a thick layer of ice has formed on the man-made pond.

Since arriving in Tao Mansion, he has not seen Tao Xianggong come back in the past few months. It is as if this person has never been in Tao Mansion.

At this time, Yu Qi was wearing a big cloak, holding a ledger in his hand, leaning on the railing. Although the cold wind blew against his face outside, he didn't feel particularly cold.

The foundation of his fundamental method has been laid, and with the protection of the ancestral dragon, have you ever seen a dragon that is afraid of the cold?

Mrs. Tao was really kind to him! And not just average!

There was an ample supply of rice and noodles in Tao Mansion all day long. Yu Qi lived a very happy life. At least he had no worries about food and clothing. His fundamental method was also progressing rapidly. The runes flowing in his skin, flesh, and bones became denser several times.

Blood flows in the body, and he can clearly feel every drop of blood, and can even control the flow of every drop of blood.

"We are not far from the point of being stripped of flesh and bones!" Yu Qi pondered for a moment.

"Boy, it's time to eat!" Pipa shouted from a distance.

"Here we come!" Yu Qi responded. Now that the winter is severe, it is no longer suitable for dyeing cloth, and the entire Tao Mansion has become quiet.

Yu Qi walked briskly towards Mrs. Tao's room. On a square table, there was a bucket of rice and several stacks of exquisite side dishes.

It's steaming hot and the aroma of rice fills your nose.

"Come on!" Mrs. Tao said with a smile.

Yu Qi sat next to Mrs. Tao, smiled, picked up the rice, and ate it without any ceremony.

While Pipa covered her mouth and chuckled: "Eat more!"

There is a stove in Mrs. Tao's house, but the room is too big and it is not very warm. The three of them are all wearing thick cloaks and eating rice with their heads down.

"Madam, there are more and more refugees outside. If this continues, even if the Tao family is a wealthy family, one day they will be impoverished! The Tao family can save thousands or tens of thousands of refugees, how can they still be saved?

Hundreds of thousands of Yizhou people?" Pipa suddenly raised her head and looked at Mrs. Tao with her eyes.

Mrs. Tao frowned when she heard this, her two beautiful eyebrows were entangled, she stopped using the chopsticks in her hand, and then said: "Save as many as you can."

Then he turned to look at Yu Qi and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

"My wife wants to give up porridge to hundreds of thousands of people. Although the Tao family is a large family, it can only make a drop in the bucket. It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. Why don't you give people work in exchange for food? There are many jobs in the Tao Mansion that are not available.

There is still a lot of cloth that has not been sorted out by people, so why not bring those refugees to do the work, and Madam will reward them with a bowl of rice!" Yu Qi said with a smile.

"But there are only so many pieces of cloth in the warehouse, how can there be so much work?" Mrs. Tao's eyes showed a glint: "If the court adopts such a method, it would be feasible."

Yu Qi smiled when he heard this: "It's cold in winter and it's not easy to weave, but you can do some other work. Not all of the Tao family is weaving. They can build more weaving machines and weave more cloth in the coming year."

Or, ask them to go to the mountains to chop firewood in preparation for dyeing and weaving in the coming year."

"You can also take the opportunity to repair the waterside pavilions, pavilions and rockery gardens in Tao Mansion!" Yu Qi said unhurriedly.

"It makes some sense!" Mrs. Tao was thinking.

The three of them finished their meal and then went to Mrs. Tao's bedroom. The warm stove dispelled a bit of the cold, but the bed was still cold.

There is no cotton or fire kang in this world, so we have to survive the winter!

The small stove was right in front of Mrs. Tao's bed. Zhu'er and Yu Qi also moved the small bed from outside the screen to sit next to each other in front of Mrs. Tao's bed. There was only a curtain between the three of them.

It’s too cold! The weather in ancient times was too cold!

Like that group of people at the bottom who were freezing to death overnight, they all joined forces with each other to stay warm.

The three of them had nothing to do, sitting in front of the fire and chatting. There was nothing to do in the winter, and there were no accounts to do. There was a basin of loose sand in front of Yu Qi, clumsily practicing calligraphy.

"I heard people say that the Lishui River has not been very peaceful recently. Evil spirits have appeared. Many people have been spotted! The Lishui River is covered with ice for three feet during the day, but the ice melts at night, causing countless men who cannot survive to go to Lishui River.

Fishing in the water in order to survive! But the Li water is too evil, and every morning you can see figures freezing to death in the ice!" Pipa chatted.

"Are there really ghosts in this world?" Mrs. Tao couldn't help but trembled.

"I didn't believe it before, but now I do!" Pipa whispered.

"Even those unfamiliar faces are much less common. Basically, there are no traces in the village! The cavalry of Yizhouhou Mansion have also been withdrawn!" Pipa said: "I heard that Yizhouhou Mansion

The iron cavalry was broken a lot."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Tao reprimanded, then rolled up her cloak and tightened her body: "Evil things do exist, don't talk about them easily, otherwise you will be affected by them."

Then he looked at Yu Qi who was immersed in calligraphy practice, pulled him over, put him on his body, and rolled up the two of them with his big cloak.

The nephrite was warm and fragrant. Yu Qi and Mrs. Tao were huddled together. Looking at the pretty face as white and tender as jade, the breath in his ears was like orchid. Yu Qi shifted his gaze and turned to look at the obscure place in the distance.

In the sky, dark clouds covering the sky rolled up.

A gust of cold wind blew and the window paper whistled

"The wind is blowing! It's snowing!" Pipa stood at the door and looked outside.

The three of them walked to the window and looked at the falling snowflakes in the sky, dazed.

Yu Qi stood by the window, silently operating the fundamental method and cultivating his own soul. He has been practicing continuously for the past few months without stopping for a day.

"Pipa, let's play a game!" Mrs. Tao looked at Pipa, turned around and came to the stove.

"Okay!" Pipa played Go, and the two women were playing chess with great interest.

The afternoon passed like this. As the sky grew darker, Yu Qi lit a candle. As the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the sky, a cold air suddenly rose, and the room was filled with a layer of frost.

Even the flames in the furnace were suppressed by three points out of thin air.

"Yawn~" Pipa suddenly yawned lazily.

"It's getting late, let's go to bed quickly!" Mrs. Tao put down the chess pieces, stood up slowly, and walked to the bed.

Yu Qi came to the stove and filled in a lot of firewood.

"The bed is too cold!" Mrs. Tao's voice came from inside the curtain.

"It's snowing, it's a bit cold tonight, why don't the three of us squeeze in together!" Mrs. Tao opened the curtain, touched her cold cheek, and looked at Yu Qi and Pipa.

The three of them spoke, and a mouthful of white frost appeared out of thin air.

"Hahaha, I can finally have a warm sleep!" Pipa laughed loudly, and then rushed towards Mrs. Tao's bed.

"This... I'm afraid it's inappropriate. I'm a man. If word spreads..." Yu Qi looked a little hesitant. Now that he has created the fundamental method, he is not afraid of the severe cold.

"Pfft~"

Pipa and Mrs. Tao laughed together, and Pipa mocked: "You little bird, do you know what a man is? You are so strange, so come here quickly!"

Zhuer dragged Yu Qi in and threw him on the bed: "You are in the innermost place, and the madam is in the middle. I sleep outside, but don't let the madam freeze."

It was dark inside the curtain, but Yu Qi's eyes were like lightning, and two beautiful faces appeared in his eyes.

"I didn't expect that after ten years of suffering, my life would reach its peak!" Yu Qi shook his head, took off his coat, and got directly into bed.

On one side, Madam and Pearl also took off only one layer of outer clothing and wore thick clothes. They got into the quilt and the three of them huddled together.

Madam faced Yu Qi and held him in her arms, Zhuer hugged Madam, and the three of them fell asleep slowly in the cold night.

The weather is so cold that even if you add a quilt, you will still wake up from the cold. Therefore, sleeping with three people together is not as charming as imagined. Both Mrs. Tao and Pearl are wearing thick clothes.

After a night of silence, Yu Qi closed his eyes and meditated on the fundamental method. At this moment, facing Mrs. Tao's face, a burning breath spurted out from his mouth and nose. Suddenly Yu Qi's eyes moved, and he seemed to notice Mrs. Tao's sweet breath.

A faint musky smell was revealed, and a wisp of cool energy flew out from Mrs. Tao's mouth and nose, and penetrated into her body. It was directly refined by the fundamental method and sent into the soul.

"Pure Yin Qi! Could it be that Taoist Daguang didn't trick me? Is that map real? Can it really refine the pure Yin Qi in Mrs. Tao's body and help her resolve her pain?" All sorts of thoughts were spinning in Yu Qi's mind.

Just as he was thinking about it, in the dark night, Mrs. Tao seemed to notice a wisp of spring energy leaking out from his mouth and nose. She subconsciously tightened her arms, strangled him, and leaned her head against him.

Yu Qi was stunned as they exchanged words, feeling the cold soft red lips, a faint fragrance, the breathing between their noses, the pure yang energy and the pure yin energy blending together, it turned out to be unprecedentedly comfortable.

Yu Qi did not dare to move and just silently operated the fundamental method. Mrs. Tao opposite her was breathing steadily and had obviously fallen asleep in the dark night.

early morning

Yu Qi woke up, and the night passed in a haze. He felt the delicate fragrance on his lips, so tender and smooth that he subconsciously stuck out his tongue and took a lick.

Then, the next moment he noticed something was wrong, he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw Mrs. Tao's beautiful eyes looking at him quietly.

There was no wave in his eyes, no joy or anger, and Yu Qi was so shocked that she didn't dare to move.

"Oops!" Looking at Mrs. Tao's calm eyes, Yu Qi felt like his brain was pounding.

"You little devil, you haven't learned well at such a young age, and you actually want to take advantage of others!" Mrs. Tao stretched out her slender jade fingers from the quilt, tapped the center of Yu Qi's eyebrows, and spoke in a thin voice. On the opposite side, Pearl was sleeping.

I felt groggy and still didn't wake up.
Chapter completed!