"Xiao He, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, your uncle and I would have frozen to death in the house!"
The door creaked open as Fifth Aunt opened it.
She looked at He Tiantian with a face full of gratitude.
She wasn't exaggerating when she said this.
In the countryside, there's no collective heating, so each household burns their own stoves and builds warm beds.
At night, they stuff firewood into the stove hole to keep warm for the night.
The next day, they get up and start the fire again.
But last night was too cold, by midnight the bed had turned icy.
The couple piled on several layers of blankets but were still chilled to the bone.
They wanted to get up and add more wood, but found the doors and windows were stuck.
The two lay there, shivering, barely making it till dawn, but still couldn't get out.
The entire room was as cold as an ice cellar, their faces turned blue, and their breaths nearly froze.
