After eating Chinese New Year's Eve, Ran'er and Qinglian got into the hot bed and gossiped. Because he was young, he couldn't stay up all night, and he didn't have to follow any vigil customs, so he turned off the lights and went to sleep.

In the morning, the two sisters were awakened by the barking of rhubarb. When I opened the door, I saw Rhubarb standing in the snow outside the door, wagging his tail vigorously, holding a hare in his mouth, and making a fierce sound.

"Sister, it's a hare."

Qinglian hurriedly ran out, took the hare from the rhubarb's mouth, held it in her hand, and shook it around at Ran'er. Rhubarb was even more excited at this time, because there was no hare in his mouth, so he barked briskly, first in the open space in the yard, and then came to Ran'er's side, arching Ran'er's trouser leg with his mouth, and his tail wagged faster.

Ran Er squatted down, reached out and gently patted Rhubarb's wet head, and said:

"Rhubarb is so good, he can catch rabbits. After it is ready, give the rhubarb to eat first. ”

After breakfast, Ran'er said to Qinglian:

"Lian'er, we also learn from private schools, from the first to the fifteenth day of junior high school, we don't study."

Originally, on the morning of the first day of the new year, I was going to Xia Village to pay New Year's greetings. When my mother was there, she led Ran'er to sit in the village every year with those people who had regular contacts. Last year, Ran Er also went to it alone, such as Grandpa Li's house, Lang Zhong's house, Grandpa Li's Uncle Wu's house, etc. Seeing that it has snowed so heavily this year, the snow on the ground can almost reach Ran'er's knees, and even reach Qinglian's thighs. I thought, I'd better wait a few days and go again, I guess no one will blame me.

Instead of paying New Year's greetings, Ran'er and Qinglian stood in the outer room and began to fiddle with the hare that rhubarb had brought back. It's just that Ran'er fiddled with the kitchen knife for a long time, and she didn't know where to start. Ran Er has seen the complete rabbit skin hanging in the yard of other people, and guesses in her heart that it will never be disemboweling like killing a chicken, so where should you start? Just when the sisters were in a dilemma, the cry of rhubarb came from the yard, and when they opened the door and came out, they found Li Shun standing outside the fence gate. Ran Er hurriedly walked over and opened the fence door and led Li Shun to the house.

"Uncle Shun has a good New Year. With such a big snowfall, is there anything wrong with Uncle Shun? ”

"Dad saw that it was snowing so heavily and some old houses in the village had collapsed a lot, so he was worried that you two sisters would be okay here, so he sent me over to have a look."

"My sister was prepared, she made two long brooms in advance, and we both cleaned the snow on the house twice."

"Yes, Uncle Shun, let grandpa remember. We're fine here. ”

"It's okay."

When Li Shun saw the hare at the door, he couldn't help asking:

"Where did it come from?"

"Rhubarb came in the morning, and Ran'er was worried about how to clean it up, so Uncle Shun came."

"Where have you done this, I'll do it."

took the kitchen knife handed over by Ran'er, lifted the hare at the door, and on the snow in the yard where he came, he completely removed the rabbit skin from the hare's body by dividing it by two, and asked Ran'er to find two thin bamboo branches to prop it up and hang it on the outer wall of the house.

"When it's dry, you can use it to make a padded jacket collar or put it in your shoes, which is comfortable."

"Thank you, Uncle Shun."

At this time, Qinglian had already boiled a pot of water, poured a bowl for Li Shun, brought it over, and Ran Er also took out the sugar melon from the twenty-three sacrificial stoves for Li Shun to eat. Li Shun drank two sips of boiled water poured by Qinglian, did not pick up the sugar melon in Ran'er's hand, and said:

"Since you're okay here, I'll go back. The snow is very thick outside, so don't go out if you're fine. I'll come back to see you the next day. If you need anything, tell me now, and I'll buy it for you. ”

"There's nothing you need, it's all done years ago."

"In that case, I'll go back first."

"Well, Uncle Shun and Qinglian say hello to their grandparents, and when the snow melts, we will kowtow to our grandparents."

Ran Er and Qinglian sent Li Shun out, stood in front of the fence door, and saw Li Shun turn around the foot of the mountain, and couldn't see it anymore, before returning to the house. Qinglian lit the fire, and Ran'er cleaned up the hare that Li Shun had skinned. Rhubarb had been lying on the snow outside the house at this time, looking at the two sisters who were busy in the house from time to time. It didn't take much effort for the smell of rabbit meat to waft out of the house. Although Rhubarb in the yard was a little excited, Rhubarb was never a dog who liked to turn the corner of the table. Still lying on the snow, his mouth whining and whispering.

Ran Er fished out the rabbit's head first, took it to the rhubarb, and said:

"It's the work of rhubarb, so I'll give you something to eat first. Hot, eat slowly. There will be bones later, and they will be kept for you. ”

Rhubarb picked up the rabbit head in Ran'er's hand, wagged his tail vigorously, and trotted to the grass pavilion to enjoy.

Back in the house, the sisters also set up the table, as usual, three pairs of dishes and chopsticks. This has become a habit and has been maintained by the two. Ran'er first picked up a few pieces of rabbit meat for her mother's empty bowl, and then picked a few pieces for Qinglian. Qinglian also gave Ran'er rabbit meat to the bowl.

"Lian'er, is it delicious?"

"It smells so good."

The sisters put the gnawed bones in an empty bowl and left them for the rhubarb to eat.

In the evening, although it did not clear, the snow stopped. Ran Er and Qinglian swept the snow on the roof again. I thought to myself, tomorrow may be sunny. After dinner, the sisters were lying under the covers and talking, only to hear the whining sound outside, and the rattling of the window paper. Knowing that the wind was blowing outside, Ran'er said to Qinglian:

"It's windy, and it's estimated that it will be sunny tomorrow."

When I woke up on the morning of the second day of the new year, the wind was still very strong, but the sky was still gloomy. What the sisters didn't expect was that at noon, it suddenly snowed heavily. After a while, a thick layer of snow accumulated on the roof. Ran'er and Qinglian had to clean again, but fortunately, the wind was strong, and the snow on the north side of the house was blown away by the wind, so there was no need to sweep it. By night, the sisters had already cleaned up twice.

Ran'er, who was sleeping at night, suddenly dreamed that her mother said to herself as gently as she had been alive:

"Hurry up."

After Ran Er woke up instantly, she turned her head to look around for her mother's figure, and when she saw the darkness in front of her, she realized that she had just dreamed. Such a clear and real dream, Ran'er is the first time to encounter it. couldn't help waking up Qinglian beside him and said:

"Lian'er get dressed quickly, my mother gave me a dream just now, asking us to get up quickly."

The sisters hurriedly dressed and opened the door of the house, and saw the snow on the ground, and the leeward part of the small courtyard was as high as the window-sill, almost level with the windowsill in the east room. Without further ado, he hurriedly took a broom and began to clear the thick snow on the roof. After working for most of the hour, after cleaning up, they saw that the snowflakes in the air were still falling unhurriedly, and the two of them didn't dare to sleep anymore, lying in the quilt and talking, and they had to clear the snow every hour. It wasn't until dawn that the snow was lighter, so they both snuggled up and fell asleep.