He handed over the twenty yuan and the piece of meat he had just bought to the old man.

"Xiaoxi, then let's go home, I can tell you, there is no braised pork tonight. ”

Li Mei said jokingly, she thought that Xiaoxi would let her buy another piece of meat, but she was wrong.

"Mom, you're so good, you're willing to help grandpa, hehe", Xiaoxi smiled happily.

Li Mei knew that this was Xiaoxi's smile from the bottom of her heart, and it was a smile that helped others.

"Xiaoxi, my mother has changed her mind now, in order to reward Xiaoxi's kindness and help the old man. ”

"Mom decided to make you braised pork, go buy another piece of meat, and make a big bowl of braised pork tonight. ”

In fact, Li Mei originally wanted to buy a piece of meat again, because today is Xiaoxi's birthday.

The reason why I did this was to know what Xiaoxi really thought.

Xiaoxi's answer made her very satisfied, although she was poor, her heart was not poor.

After speaking, he pulled Xiaoxi into the meat area and bought two catties of good meat.

It was a little more expensive, costing a total of 30 yuan.

Xiaoxi kept shaking Li Mei's hand, signaling that she didn't want so much, she wouldn't be able to finish eating.

But Li Mei didn't speak, paid the money and left with the meat.

"Xiaoxi, if we don't have anything to buy, we'll go home directly," Li Mei glanced at the sky, it was not too early at this time.

The county seat still has a long way to go from home, so it's better to do it sooner rather than later.

Seeing Xiao Xi shaking her head, Li Mei didn't hesitate to pull Xiao Xi away.

Today's budget is a bit excessive, but it is all spent on the blade, and Li Mei does not regret it too much.

Outside, the wind was still biting, the wind was howling, and there was a kind of black cloud that wanted to destroy the city.

That's why Li Mei hurriedly pulled Xiaoxi and prepared to go back.

Because just looking at the weather, go back when the snow is not yet heavy.

Maybe after a while, the snow will start to get heavier, and it will be difficult for them to go back.

And once the snow is heavy, the temperature will drop sharply, and it will already be very cold, so if it cools down again.

Xiaoxi may not be able to stand it, what if she is frozen?

Li Mei didn't want Xiao Xi to be frozen, so she pulled Xiao Xi forward quickly.

Holding things, it was a little inconvenient to walk, and a dark breath came to my face.

This is the harbinger of a great change in the weather, and Li Mei knows very well that the weather is about to change abruptly.

Halfway down the road, the wind blew fiercely, and a storm approached.

Li Mei had to step up her pace, and she had to get home before the heavy snowfall.

When I was about to get home, I fell in goose feather snow and carried hail with it.

"Xiaoxi, hurry up, or you'll get wet later, I'll make a fire when I get home, so you can warm up." ”

Li Mei urged Xiaoxi to try her best to get home as soon as possible, and at this time, victory was ahead, getting closer and closer to home.

Finally, when I got home, it was still a rotten house like this, with many small holes in the roof.

When it rains heavily, water drops down, and in weather like this, the cold outside seeps through the hole.

Let the temperature in the house drop again, and at this time, only a fire can balance out a trace of temperature.

Of course, even if there is a fire, there is no coal, but the bark of the trees, and there are not many other trees on the mountain, but the trees are abundant.

As a rural person, I am born with the ability to use local materials and make a fire for cooking and heating.

Xiao Xi has already mastered the essentials of making a fire at a young age, and she can make a fire alone.

It's not even a problem to cook, it's just that you can't complete some complicated steps.

Ordinary fried vegetables, or making back pot meat, Xiaoxi will still make them.

And there is no difference between it and Li Mei, with both color and flavor.

Li Mei has done a good job of cooking, after all, she has been cooking for decades, and her experience is here.

And Xiaoxi has been paying attention to Li Mei's cooking all the time.

It's just because Xiaoxi wants to be when Li Mei is busy, for example, when she goes to sell vegetables and daily necessities, when Li Mei is about to come back.

Xiaoxi personally cooked for her, so that her mother could eat delicious meals as soon as she came back.

In addition to lighting a fire to keep warm, they often drop a jug of water.

In such a cold and biting winter, in addition to lighting a fire, they also drank more hot water.

Hot water is not said to be very hot, but no one can stand it if it is very hot, it can only be said to be a little bit warm and hot.

Drinking it can warm up the body and keep out the cold to a certain extent.

Li Mei's family is not like the rich and noble families in the county, like the kind of noble ladies who used to say, they all wear mink coats to resist the cold.

Xiaoxi's family does not have this condition, so naturally it is not as good as those rich families.

When she arrived at home, the first thing Li Mei did was to shoot off the snow on Xiaoxi's body.

Then they prepared to make a fire, hung a jug of water on the fire, and waited for the water to boil.

Xiaoxi put the birthday cake on the table, and put the meat and noodles she bought, as well as the hand skin, in the kitchen.

Then Xiaoxi returned to the fire, warmed up, warmed her hands, and warmed her body.

And Li Mei also happened to come over at this time, staying by the fire.

At this time, the fire is getting bigger and bigger, and of course the temperature is also rising.

It's just that for the temperature outside at this time, it's still a bit insignificant.

Li Mei placed some more firewood, so that the temperature could be further raised.

So that the temperature of the whole room can rise, and in this winter, Xiaoxi and Li Mei stay in the same room.

Then the room is lit with a fire, and the temperature rises faster in the small space.

This is even less than that of large households, which have air conditioners that no household in the countryside can have.

It's warm in winter and cool in summer, and you can turn on the heater in winter, not to mention the heating in the county.

Few of the large households in the county have air conditioning, and the rest provide heating.

You can spend the whole winter comfortably at home, and even when you take a shower, it's warm.

Unlike Xiaoxi's house, when Xiaoxi's house took a bath, it was cold and biting, there was no water, no cold water.

There is only ice, ice cubes that cannot be knocked with a hammer, icicles......

Only by boiling ice into water can it become cold water and then hot water.

And why did Li Mei pour cold water into this kettle just now.

Or because Li Mei left the house in the morning, she put boiling water in the kitchen.

The kitchen has always had a fire, and even if they have been away from the house for a long time, the temperature is still there, but it will drop.

But it doesn't reach freezing, so the water can only be cold and not ice, and certainly not hot water.

Because the fire is big enough, the temperature of this cold water rises relatively quickly.

Before reaching the boiling point, just when it reached what can be called hot water, just when it was ready to drink, Li Mei poured two glasses of water.

Li Mei told Xiaoxi at this time that drinking water to warm her body can ward off the cold.

In fact, Li Mei thought of using ginger boiling water to ward off Xiaoxi's cold.

But when I think of the ginger at home, there is not much at this time, and if I want to use it in the future, I will not have it.

Now the ginger on the market is ten yuan a catty, and the pork is only thirteen yuan a catty.

Li Mei definitely didn't want to spend so much money to buy this ginger.

Xiao Xi drank a cup of hot water, and felt that the cold on her body had indeed been removed a lot.

At this time, after Li Mei drank hot water, she returned to the kitchen and prepared to start cooking.

Xiaoxi brought the birthday cake to her side, and there were many water droplets on the birthday cake packaging at this time.

But it's not moisture-permeable to the touch, it's plastic instead of paper.

Inside, it's still a complete cake, a very exquisite fruit cake.

Above is a beautiful cartoon character with Happy Birthday written on it.

It was accompanied by a birthday crown, as well as some plastic paper plates and cutlery.

There is also a bag of candles, I heard that this is inserted on the top of the cake, and a few are inserted on the birthday of the child.

Of course, Xiaoxi inserted six at the age of six.

"Mom, I opened the cake, look good," Xiaoxi couldn't help but cry out.

"Xiaoxi, why are you so anxious, what can you do if you break the cake," Li Mei, who was busy in the kitchen, had a hint of complaint in her voice.

According to her meaning, after dinner in the evening, she personally lit candles for Xiaoxi's birthday cake.

But she also knew that Xiao Xi must be impatient, and she didn't blame Xiao Xi too much.