Having said that, Fangzheng caught a drop of rain water and smeared it across Red Boy's face, asking, "How does it feel?"
"Cold."
"That's right. When water stays on your body, it takes away the heat of your skin when it evaporates, which is why you feel cold. In the south, the air is humid, so it clings to your skin and evaporates, making you feel very cold and uncomfortable. This is also why northerners say that the coldness in the south goes deep into the flesh and bone when they come to the south and why they can't stand it. Basically, northerners who come to the south easily suffer from rheumatism."
Red Boy asked, "What about southerners? Are they really penguin spirits? Don't they feel uncomfortable? Why don't they get some fire stoves and heat up their houses?"
