The snow is not cold, and the snow is cold.

When the snow fell from the sky, the air was not at its coldest, and when the snow settled, the temperature seemed to drop by several degrees.

The snow in the front and back yards of Liufu has been swept away, and only two places are piled up untouched, one is the corner yard, and the other is the garden at the back.

No one swept the snow in the corner yard, and the snow in the garden was deliberately left unswept and left for the children to play.

Several ladies in the house gathered in the study to listen to the old man for a while, and after school, they went straight to the garden one by one.

Liu Dingmao was born as a scholar, and he attaches great importance to reading, but unfortunately he is surrounded by a group of daughters, and only one son is still a fool, so naturally he can't set up a private school like other people's families to ask Mr. Jiao to come to lectures. But he attaches great importance to the education of children, and asks girls to come to the study to read a little bit of women's training daughters in addition to completing the basic women's popularity, one is not a bad thing to know a few words, and the other can also cultivate the children's hearts, which is more conducive to being a knowledgeable wife and mother in the future.

Reading was boring, and the children sat respectfully in front of their father for a long time, and now as soon as they were out of the sight of adults, they suddenly regained their original faces, revealing their playful and active nature, and threw themselves into the war one after another, pinching snowballs, throwing snow bombs, building snow girls, stepping on the snow, and drawing...... There are so many tricks to play.

These well-fed children don't know what hunger and cold are in the snow, because they are well fed, and they wear the thickest cotton boots, new cotton jackets, and woolen scarves wrapped around them, and if it is cold, they can also put on snow cloaks, and wrap their necks and faces in them, and no matter how strong the wind is, they can't blow through.

Lan Cao shrunk up and walked on the snow, to go to the shallow water pavilion where the eighth aunt lived, she must pass through the middle courtyard where the eldest lady lived, she remembered the instructions of the little grandmother, knowing that if she walked all the way in such a big way, she would definitely be seen by the people in the middle courtyard, who knew what trouble it would incur when the time came, she simply gave up the near and far, and walked around from the back garden.

Turn left out of the corner courtyard gate, walk along a high wall, pass by the firewood room and tool room, and you can see the rockery peaks in the garden not far away. Then go around the pool along the edge of the garden, turn a big circle, that is, the back door of the shallow water pavilion, Lancao went there to send the washed-out sheets for the big girl, knowing that the small door is often open, you can enter and exit.

Lan Cao didn't expect to avoid people, but as soon as she walked into the back garden, she bumped into the people in the garden. The ladies of the rooms were there, with their close-fitting rings, and they were playing vigorously, and the laughter was sprinkled all over the garden, and the birds on the branches and the dead stems of the flowers and plants flew up and down, and the fluffy snow hanging on the branches slid down, and the faint sunlight appeared in the clouds, shining all over the world.

Lancao rubbed her eyes, knowing that it was not appropriate to come in and then exit, maybe someone had already discovered herself at this time, so she simply lowered her head and walked forward quickly, not looking around, just walking on her own.

"Hey, isn't that who?"

Someone shouted.

"Ah, it's the little girl ring in the little dumb house, hey, you're not guarding your dumb child daughter-in-law in the house, what are you doing here?"

Someone shouted.

As soon as Lancao raised her head, she shouted in her heart that she was unlucky, and it was none other than the most difficult master among the young ladies - Fifth Miss Liu Ying.

Lan Cao felt that her head suddenly weighed eighteen pounds.

Liu Ying, the master who wants to go around when the ghosts and gods in the house see him, are difficult, awkward, and mean, and they are all famous.

Lancao could only retract her clothes and squeeze out a flattering smile to greet her.

These young ladies who are full of food and have nothing to do to play in the snow are tired of playing in the snow, thinking about what kind of fun to come out for a change of taste, who knows that the blue grass cowered and appeared.

They rushed around with their heads and shoulders full of snow stubbs.

The time of the blue grass was urgent, so she could only kneel on her knees and quickly kowtow to Liu Ying, "The slave maid still has something, the fifth lady will pity the poor slave and the maid and tell the slave and maid to go." ”

A tall embroidered thick-soled boot full of colorful pearls and jade, silently raised in the air, stretched horizontally in front of his eyes, and slowly hooked the chin of the blue grass, the blue grass did not dare to resist, and obediently raised his head along the tip of the boot.

As a result, the young ladies of Liufu saw a small face that was swollen and deformed, with disheveled hair, and a flustered wolf.

And in Lancao's eyes, she saw a pretty face as full and pretty as the eldest lady, with red lips and white teeth, black hair, and a proud expression. Liu Ying was originally extremely beautiful, but she was inertly delicate and harsh to people, so everyone who was a subordinate was afraid of this aunt.

The wooden bottom of the boots was thick and sharp, and a sharp pain pierced the flesh of the blue grass, and she had been whipped a few times by splitting her head and covering her face, and now she was forcibly hooked with her feet, and for a moment it seemed that all the pain had awakened, and she couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Yo, with a wound on your face, you still came out to run around, you can really do it, it's not a loss to be a person in the little mute house, it seems that it's still a person from a tenant family, with thick skin and rough meat, and shameless!"

Lancao trembled, her body retreated, the soles of her boots did not give up and followed up a few inches, Lancao hurt terribly, but she didn't shed tears, she remembered the words of the little grandmother, I don't like to see girls shed tears, and besides, in front of such a person, as a lowly subordinate, even if I shed a pot of tears, what is the use? I can't get the slightest mercy, I can only attract more ridicule in vain.

"Hey, sisters, I suddenly thought of a more interesting method, let's call this little as a target, let's throw a snow bomb competition, specifically hit her nose, whoever hits the most, who is the winner, and there is a reward for winning the jackpot-" said and pulled off a small emerald green hairpin on his bun, "This is a good jade butterfly hairpin, the most famous jewelry store in Lingzhou Mansion has just come out of the new product, if I didn't pestering my mother several times, she would be reluctant to spend a lot of money to buy it!" Use it as a lottery head, and whoever is lucky will win it!"

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Okay -

The applause and pandering came one after another.

The girls and girls suddenly laughed and scattered, freeing up the field, everyone wants to taste this novel and exciting gameplay, maybe they can win a baby hairpin with good luck.

Lancao's ears were grabbed by a big girl's ring, and she dragged her forward to the middle of the garden, and stood still, telling her not to move, not to raise her hand to block, not to run, not to cry.

She's going to be a live target for her masters to have fun.

She had no way to resist, so she could only murmur to herself: "Little grandma, I'm sorry, Lancao is incompetent, I can't protect you and watch you being beaten and humiliated, and now I can't even do this little thing-"

"Smack-" A fist-sized snow bomb flew over and smashed on the forehead, scattering flowers and splashing snow foam.

The pain was convulsed, and a coldness penetrated the bottom of my heart.

Pap-papa-pap-pap-

Large and small snow blocks flew towards this small target like scattered flowers of the heavenly maiden, and for a while the snow was scattered, and the vision was blurred.

Lan Cao stood upright, from morning to now she didn't even care to drink a sip of water, her stomach was hungry and thirsty, her body was cold, and now she was forced to bear such a blow, her heart was confused, a voice told her in her heart that she should cry, shout for help, attract the attention of the people in the front yard, it is best to let the old man know about the children's farce, and at that time maybe she can get rid of this qiē.

However, she didn't cry, she didn't move, her body was very cold, her heart was even colder, there was only a stubborn belief supporting her in a daze, she couldn't move, she couldn't cry, she survived this breath, she could be free, she could go to Aunt Eight for help, and the little grandmother was still waiting for her to go back to take care of it, she couldn't go wrong.

There was a snowball smashed on the eye, it hurt, and the tears could no longer be controlled, and they poured out one after another. The tears finally couldn't be controlled, sliding down the little face, the weather was cold, and the tears just slipped down the cheeks, and they formed ice beads, one by one, hanging on the fluffy eyelashes, shiny.

In a daze, a tall figure walked over, gently wiped the residual snow all over her body, lifted the bunch of messy hair covering her forehead, wiped away the frozen tears, touched the unkempt hair, and a voice whispered in her ear: "Let's go, you are free." ”

Is it a dream?

Lancao raised her head, opened her eyes, and was stunned, it was not a dream, it was indeed not a dream, a tall, thin, white and pure man, dressed in a white cotton robe, with a dark belt around his waist gently flowing, his long hair was tied into a bundle, and he was draped behind his shoulders, his eyes were burning, and he was looking at her with concern.

Did he save himself? He said I'm free, I can go?

The scene fell silent.

The chaotic frolicking vanished out of thin air.

The world was silent, except for the snow falling from the treetops, making a popping sound of slamming to the ground.

"Ah, isn't that Cousin Bai of the eldest aunt of Qingzhou Mansion, why are you here, Cousin Bai?" With a cry of surprise, Liu Ying rushed to the man first, because she had just played hard, and she suddenly saw the person she wanted to see the most, her round face was full of excitement, and she suddenly turned bright red.

Cousin Bai took a step back slightly, as if he intended to keep a distance from her, smiled softly, and clasped his hands together, "Bai Ziqi has seen all cousins. ”

It seems that this Bai Ziqi is very familiar with the girls in Liufu, and for a while, the little sisters surrounded them, and Yingying Yanyan smiled and forgot about the live target bluegrass.

Lancao was free, hurriedly patted the placket of her clothes, and took advantage of the smoke to run deeper into the garden.

In the chaotic snow, no one noticed that where Lancao stood, two small footprints were imprinted deep into the snow, stepping on it deeply, deeply, where all the tenacity and humiliation of a little girl were deeply recorded.