Chapter Fifty-Eight: Heavy Snow / Cat Winter
Not long after the two old men of the Wu family funeral were buried, the sky that was still drifting with light snow suddenly became gloomy, and the heavy snow of "gargling" suddenly came, and it continued to fall for several days. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The heavy snowfall brought to the people in Nanwu Village diluted the sorrow caused by the loss of the Wu family. Ye Xiaohua and Ye Jianqiang were roasting sweet potatoes on the stove in the hall, and the warmth brought by the hot water in their hands made Xiaohua feel a lot more at ease.
"Grandpa, this snow keeps falling, it's going to be fine!"
"If we continue like this, it is estimated that our mountain road will be closed in three days," Ye Jianqiang said heavily, "The rest is okay, but everyone will not use this coal when they want to, this kind of weather ...... alas~ This year's harvest is not good, if the mountain road is closed by then, it will be a problem for everyone to go out to buy food, and I don't know how long this snow will fall." ”
"Grandpa, don't worry, there will always be a way. "Ye Xiaohua actually has no way, such a big snow, the snow goes out and covers her knees directly, and the school has already been in class for several days! The family is fine, how can she still take things from the space? But what about the villagers? Although every household will have a pile of firewood, who has a place to pile up firewood for a winter, and if it goes on like this, just the firewood to be burned in the pit is not enough, and heating will become a problem.
"Well, there's nothing to do in the winter, you can read a book or go to bed by yourself! Ye Jianqiang smiled and said.
"Grandpa, I don't have anything to do, I've finished reading the book! I'm not sleepy, I'll talk to you!" In winter, it can be said that the farmers who are busy with farming are the most idle time of the year! At the end of the year, go out early and return late, weeding and insect removal under the sun, and being busy all the time, so the cat winter has become a custom of Northeast people in winter, and rural people have nothing to do, staying in the house day and night, drinking tea, drinking wine, eating melon seeds, chatting, playing cards and watching TV have become a program for Northeast people to pass the time.
How many people in the village will have a TV! So it is generally the view of the women who go to the door, and the gentlemen drink wine and eat peanuts, and Ye Xiaohua's family has no hostess, and there are relatively few people who interact with the people in the village! Moreover, there are even fewer people visiting the door on such snowy days!
"Papapa-Lao Ye, are you not at home? I'll come to you for a drink. Li Datou patted the door outside the house and shouted, originally this heavy snow fell for a few days to talk to him, drink some wine to relieve boredom, and then brought his grandson over, but he didn't expect this old man to open the door in the daytime.
Ye Xiaohua hurriedly got up when she heard the sound and was about to open the door, Ye Jianqiang shook his hand and said, "I'll just go out, what about the deep snow outside?" ”
"In broad daylight, I said why are you locking the door! But I'm cold, fast forward, fast forward. Li Datou waited for a while before seeing Ye Jianqiang come to open the door, carrying a pot of wine in his hand while exhaling, stomping his feet, watching Ye Jianqiang open the door and pulling Ye Jianyuan into the room before saying.
"On this snowy day, didn't you think that no one would come? I closed the courtyard door, thinking that if I was sleepy, I would go to bed directly, and I didn't have to watch the door. Ye Jianqiang said after Li Datou.
"Grandpa, who's coming. Ye Xiaohua had already gone down the pit, and hurriedly opened the door when she heard the thoughts at the door.
"Little Hua'er, it's me! It's your big-headed grandfather, I'm here to chat with your grandfather! Oh, and your brother Jianyuan. ”
"Grandpa, take off your coat quickly! It's all wet, I'll help you play the snow, and then put it on the pit to coax it!" Ye Xiaohua looked at the thick snow on the cotton clothes of the two, and the clothes were already a little wet, and the corners of the clothes were cold to the touch, so she couldn't help frowning and said.
"It's okay, I'm sturdy with your brother Jianyuan, just a little snow like this will catch a cold!" Li Datou looked at Ye Xiaohua's well-behaved appearance, and his heart blossomed early, alas~ Just said that girls are more intimate, looking at their wooden face, they couldn't help but roll their eyes, and when they saw Xiaohua looking at him strangely, they smiled like a chrysanthemum and handed the coat they took off to Ye Xiaohua.
"Brother. I'll go to the stove to bake and fry peanuts for my grandfathers to drink. Ye Xiaohua looked at Li Jianyuan and stood expressionlessly, and said a little speechlessly, his appearance can really be said to be a sunny and quiet beautiful boy! It's just this expression that you owe me millions, so what's going on?
"No, I don't. I'll bake it myself, you can take me there!" Ye Jianyuan said lightly.
In fact, he really wronged him to say that he was expressionless! He was just used to such a faint expression, and besides, he was embarrassed to let a girl younger than himself dry his clothes! He used to write his homework well, but his younger brother who kept talking about Ye Xiaohua made his grandfather think that he and his younger brother liked her very much, and his younger brother went out with his uncle! As a result, grandpa brought him!
"Yes, yes! Xiaohua, you can go and have fun with Brother Jianyuan! The clothes are just here! Anyway, sooner or later, they will be dry, so you don't have to bother with peanuts! Li Datou smiled and waved and said, easily took out two new small cups from the table where the teacups were placed, put them on the table on the pit, sat on the pit, covered the quilt, opened the wine pot and poured a cup for Ye Jianqiang and himself.
"No hassle. Grandpa is not good, my grandfather is good, and the stove is hot! How can it be troublesome? You and grandpa can drink first! I'll be fine in a while. Ye Xiaohua smiled and said, although this old man has met a few times, but Ye Xiaohua likes him, and she can see from his eyes that he also likes himself very much, how can such a lovely old man be in trouble?
"Brother, you can eat sweet potatoes! You can sit here!" Ye Xiaohua took out three sweet potatoes from the ashes of the stove, took one for Li Jianyuan, and took out a chair for him to sit on, and quickly got busy.
Besides, four sweet potato leaves are not enough to eat, and there are not many snacks.
Li Jianyuan looked at the sweet potato and was stunned for a moment, watched Xiaohua take out peanuts from the cupboard, and took some melons, fruits and vegetables, he looked at the chair again, then sat down, put the sweet potato next to him, looked at the pot on the stove where the sweet potato was roasted, poured the water into the pot on the stove next to him, and moved it from the stove next door to make a fire on the stove where the sweet potato was roasted.