Mr. Fu thought to himself, now that he's getting older, he truly can't handle the hassle anymore.
Back in the day, once winter came, every morning, even before the sky brightened, he would get up to stoke the stove.
This was used to warm the house.
After all, in rural areas during this period, every household relied on this method for heating. If you didn't stoke the stove, the house would be just like an ice cellar.
It's beyond words how cold it would be.
Before going to sleep at night, he would place a bowl of water above his head, thinking that if he woke up in the middle of the night, he wouldn't need to get out of bed to pour water, but could drink it directly for convenience.
Yet, who could expect that by the next morning, he'd find the bowl of water had frozen solid, with chunks of ice in the bowl, frozen as hard as they could be.
When water can freeze into ice, you can imagine how cold the room really is.
