The ice and snow are like tigers, and those who cry naked have no shelter.

On a cold day, the north wind was blowing, the goose feathers were sprinkled with snow, the river was frozen, and the air seemed to solidify. At this time of the year, on a cold and snowy night, homeless refugees would always be hungry and cold, freezing to death dozens of people, but this year, there was no one inside and outside the city at night, all of them hid in the dug basement houses, roasted warm firewood fires, gnawed on the incense burned by the fire, and slept warmly with snow water, satisfied.

All the refugees who had gone to the city in a panic and were placed in the city without worrying about food and shelter, lying in the warm huts, were talking in a whisper about the next spring ploughing, as long as they could survive this harsh winter, there would be large fields waiting to be cultivated, and when the garrison moved them into the outer city, he said that the barren land reclaimed by the military households would be owned by themselves, not only exempted from taxes for one year, but even farm tools and cattle could be borrowed, and only a small amount of rice grain should be paid at the time of harvest, and half of the tax exemption would be imposed for the second year, and the land would be cultivated into fertile land for three years before they began to pay taxes normally.

In the wide ground house, a family of four was attached to the burning firewood pit, the mud wall had been roasted by the fire, and it was very warm and comfortable against the mud wall, the woman coaxed a pair of children who were playing crazy during the day, and touched the faces of the sleeping red children one by one, and then turned back to her man and said: "The pillar's illness is much better, and I went out to play with Niuniu for a while today." ”

She couldn't help but raise her hand to wipe her tears and said: "The pillar is only six years old, so young every day can't eat enough and don't warm up, follow us all the way to suffer, what I'm most afraid of is that the child can't survive the winter, he is the only root of your old cow family, now it's okay, Lord Xie took us in, and let those soldiers help us dig a house where we can live and eat, I really don't know how to repay the adult." ”

The man lying on a broken mattress listened, thought for a while, and said: "When the outer city is built next year, the wasteland needs to be reclaimed, I have no other ability, but I have the strength to farm, and I am also a good hand at farming, we work hard to cultivate the fields and help the adults cultivate and grow grain......"

The woman covered her daughter with a quilt, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but spat at her husband, "What a big face, what land are you helping adults open?" The adults said, whoever opens it next year will own the land, and you are helping yourself, which is helping the adults. ”

On weekdays, the daughter-in-law is unkempt, but she has been washed these days, and she looks a little better than usual, and the man surnamed Niu smirked twice, "Let's pay more taxes on the land that is opened." After saying that, he reached out and hugged his daughter-in-law.

The woman glanced at him, opened the man's hand, and looked at a pair of children next to him, "I finally fell asleep, I don't care if I wake up!" After speaking, he was embarrassed to pull down his hair, took off his coat, got into the quilt, and after lying down, his eyes were shining in the dark, women are always more careful than men, and he is also careful to calculate, she said: "I see that the family who fled with us is talking about this, the adults said, the first year of white to us to plant seeds, the autumn harvest grain, granules do not want, even if an acre is only a hundred catties of harvest, you open five acres, harvest well, the grain is enough for us to exchange a lot of brown rice, although it is a little tight, but can always be full, The harvest in the second year was much better, and in addition to collecting half of the tax, we could still save some surplus food, even if we paid the tax at the end of the three years. ”

Mentioning this, the man's eyes also lit up, "What do you know, this is originally fertile land, this is a war for many years, people have run away, this is a waste, as long as the grass is cleaned and cleaned up diligently, one acre can at least one hundred and fifty catties of grain, I will make more efforts, open ten acres and eight acres, not to mention that I am full, and I can have some income, I don't have to wait for three years, and the next year will be better." ”

The man surnamed Niu is a good hand at farming, his daughter-in-law is naturally convinced, she is about to touch in her heart, ten acres and eight acres of grain can be beaten, thinking about the grain and rice of white flowers, you can save more than a dozen bags if you can't finish eating, her eyes are full of joy, and she can't help but complain when she thinks of something, "There are a few brothers in the family, our family only has you, it's too tiring to open so many fields, Niuniu is also eight years old, when the spring begins, let Niuniu take care of her younger brother, I will help you plant, two people are better than one ......"

In front of him is the daughter-in-law, and in the dead of night, the children are asleep, where can the man endure to live, before walking around, there is not even a place to rest, and he can't even find a place to do that, and now he lives in a ready-made ground house, how can he bear it, and he suddenly pressed his daughter-in-law under him.

"Ouch, don't startle the child, you be quiet, tap ......"

The man couldn't stop nodding in agreement, but the movements in his hands were fast, and for a while, the room was full of unbearable panting.

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A night of wind and snow, outside the window is the sound of snowflakes hitting the window, but the bedroom of the house, is a red charcoal fire, although the second half of the night cannon burned out, but the warmth is not dispersed for a long time, and the warm kang is also extremely hot, until dawn, so that the sleeping night sleeps, warm in the soft quilt does not want to wake up.

In the snowy morning, although it was cold, but the air was very fresh, Ruizhu specially brought hot water from the kitchen, as soon as she entered the bedroom, it was a warm breath, and the warm fragrance on the young lady's body, when the young lady was in the house, she never used incense, her body fragrance was the best incense.

Miss today is later than in the past, but she has already sat up, the curtain has not been drawn, Ruizhu carefully entered the room, put the basin on the shelf, turned back to the side of the warm kang, Miss has been sitting motionless for a long time, and her face still has the look of being worried when she just woke up, Ruizhu is a little distressed, and can't help but say: "Miss sleep a little longer, it is so snowy today, if you don't go to the academy, you won't go." ”

After saying this, Tan Wanqing reached out to rub her eyes, rubbed it for a while, and finally sobered up, reached out and picked up the jacket neatly placed on the pillow, and asked out loud while wearing it: "What time is it?" ”

This is what it means to go, Ruizhu had to help the young lady take care of it, "It's still early, it's enough to sleep for a while, let's be far away from the academy, if it's closer, it's difficult for the young lady to sleep a little longer." ”

Ruizhu shook off her clothes, let Miss put her hand into her sleeve, looked at Miss with a sleepy face, and still opened her eyes to cheer up, delicate and haggard, it was really distressing, thinking of waking up Miss in the bathtub yesterday, when she helped wipe herself and dress, she saw the tooth marks on Miss's chest, and now she remembered to grind her teeth, and she bit it if she was more ruthless, Miss's skin was white and tender, and she made a mark on her hands lightly, not to mention biting with her teeth, how could she stand it there, and the swelling had not subsided in the morning, it was really not as good as a beast, Originally, there were some barbarians who looked down on those barracks, but at this time, even a piece of it was not a thing.

From the soft quilt, I finally came to my senses, hurriedly ate breakfast, drank a bowl of purple jade syrup, the fragrant milk fragrance, I was reluctant to swallow it, and the taste on the tip of the tongue was extremely beautiful, but unfortunately, the purple sheep production was scarce, and the milk production was also small, and I could squeeze one or two bowls a day, which was already too much, and when it was cold, I didn't like to milk, no wonder the later generations were extinct, and it was a little difficult to even conceive offspring.

However, there is more white sheep milk, enough for two people to eat, and Ruizhu can also use the rest to make some milk sachets and milk cakes.

The milk sachet is only the size of a rouge box, which is very delicious and sweet, and let Ruizhu wrap more than ten pieces of clean paper, wrap them in sleeves, and then let Ruizhu tie the thick cloak that she made to cover the wind, take the pastry and hurry out.

Although she is very afraid of the cold, she listens to the creaking sound under her feet, looks at the snow scene as light as smoke and as white as silver, and likes it with the pedestrians laughing and walking on the street.