"The heated kang could cause inflammation."
During her first winter there, she did such things—heated the kang nice and warm to sleep, but woke up with a mouth full of blisters.
"The temperature is higher just after dinner; once the fire in the stove dies down, the temperature will drop as well."
Yi Chichi responded with an "oh," saying, "If it causes inflammation, let me know."
The old man and the others nodded in agreement and then urged her to hurry back home.
They even insisted that Ye Yuntang see her off, citing the heavy snow as a reason.
Indeed, the snow had become heavy, transforming from initial light flurries into now thick falling snowflakes.
As the saying goes, "Continuous rain and snow on New Year's Eve means abundant livestock and crops."
To the locals of Kao Shan Village, this is good weather, but for Yi Chichi, who needed someone to see her off, it was not.
She said, "I'm an adult, I can go back on my own."
"It's not safe."
