Enlightenment

After putting on a thick cotton-padded jacket, Great-aunt went out and saw Mu Yangling fiddling with a mousetrap. She asked, "Are you going into the mountains?"

"I'm going into the mountains to set up a few traps." Mu Yangling placed the things in the basket on her back and picked up a machete and a bundle of ropes to carry. She stood up and said, "Since there's no work to do in the winter, I'll go get some firewood after setting up the traps."

On the day of the winter solstice, the Mu family moved into the new house. Mu Yangling now had a room of her own, and likewise for Bowen. Xiuhong and Xiulan had originally stayed in separate rooms, but it had been too cold for the past two days, so they stayed in the same room again. However, this meant that they had to burn twice as much firewood as before, so the firewood they had prepared previously was a little insufficient.