Cheng Nuo went out to the courtyard early in the morning to take a look, and the snow had already piled up almost to his neck.
"You can't see a thing, not even a trace of the Fan family," Father Cheng said with a worried look on his face. "If this keeps up, everyone in the village will be completely trapped."
The Fan family had only swept the snow from their doorway during the first two days after the blizzard began. As the snow grew heavier and the bitter cold set in outside, no one wanted to venture out. By now, the heavy drifts pressed firmly against their doors, and thick frost covered the windows like flowers, concealing whatever was happening inside.
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