The howling north wind blew, and the goose-feathered snow kept falling, spreading the ground with a snow-white blanket of velvet. At this time, it was already 21 o'clock, and because it was snowing, there was no starlight at all, and the sky and the earth were dark.

On such a night, on the road near the outskirts of Tianjing City, the northern border city of the Fenglin Dynasty, a team of people was walking at this time.

In a dilapidated ox cart carport nailed out of wood, Zhang, Chen Lianshu and Chen Lianhui were sitting tightly together, huddled in a quilt and shivering from the cold. The snow road was slippery, the ox cart shook frequently, and the three of them were bumped and staggered from time to time, and they were miserable.

"Mother, mother, I'm so cold, how long will it take for us to get there? I can't take it anymore! ”

Although Chen Lianshu, who was already thin, had already put on a thick cotton coat, her lips were still purple and her teeth were trembling, and she was about to be unable to speak.

"It's almost there, your father said that the mountain in front of you is enough, as long as you go up the mountain, you will be home."

Holding Chen Lianshu into his arms, Zhang also felt that he was cold, and it seemed that his blood was frozen.

Although when entering the northern border, Zhang Qishan bought a full set of warm cotton clothes, cotton pants and scarves for Zhang, Chen Lianshu and Chen Lianhui's mother and daughter, but the three people who had been living in the south were still frozen by the temperature of more than minus 20 degrees in the north.

Especially the heavy snow that began to fall during the day today, the three people who had never seen snow at the beginning were still curious for a while, but the wind and cold that followed forced the three of them to shrink together, trembling and looking forward to reaching their destination quickly.

Chen Lianhui, who was full of fat, behaved at this time. It's a little better than Zhang and Chen Lianshu, after all, the fat in that body is not given for free. She opened her fat palm and hugged both Zhang and Chen Lianshu into her arms.

Along the way, it was a long journey, and Zhang Qishan did not prepare a good carriage for them, but made a carport for the ox cart obtained from the small village.

Under such bad weather in the north, such a rough carport is ventilated everywhere, which makes the three of Zhang family suffer.

When did the Zhang family, who has been in Chenjiazhuang, and Chen Lianshu and Chen Lianhui, who have been arrogant and pampered in Chenjiazhuang since childhood, suffer this kind of suffering, not only Chen Lianshu has become thinner in the past half a month. Even Zhang's has lost a lot of weight.

But Chen Lianhui is miraculously not only not thin, but fatter. This also makes the speed of the old scalper who pulls the cart slower.

Holding Zhang and Chen Lianshu tightly into her arms, Chen Lianhui said tremblingly.

"Mother, I'm hungry again."

"Why are you hungry again, didn't you have dinner two hours ago?"

Look at this place where there is no village in front of the village and no shop in the back. Zhang shook his head helplessly.

"Mother. It's too cold. As soon as I'm cold, this consumption is great, in fact, I am already hungry. ”

looked at the Zhang family embarrassedly, Chen Lianhui, who used to be bad-tempered, didn't know how to advance and retreat now, as before. After all, no one here will be polite to her, and she is no longer the commanding Fifth Miss she used to be.

"But there's nothing to eat here, so why don't you drink some water first?"

Looking down at the bamboo tube that was almost freezing on the side, Zhang's hand that was about to reach out paused.

"Here, I still have a steamed bun, I didn't eat all the two steamed buns at night, and I secretly hid the rest and kept it in my arms, which is not too cold."

Chen Lianshu, who was sitting in the middle, twisted a few times, raised her hand and took out a small bag wrapped in a silk handkerchief from her arms and handed it to Chen Lianhui.

"Great, I'm going to starve!"

happily took the silk handkerchief, Chen Lianhui opened it and looked at the slightly flattened steamed bun and suddenly felt a burst of happiness.

"Eh, mother, fourth sister, do you want to eat?"

Chen Lianhui, who just wanted to open her mouth to take a bite of the steamed bun, suddenly stopped her movements, raised her eyes to look at Zhang and Chen Lianshu and asked.

Zhang shook his head and didn't say anything, just turned his head to the side.

"I'm not hungry, you can eat."

Chen Lianshu spoke, then shrunk her body tighter, and was hugged into Zhang's arms again.

"Then I'll eat it."

Seeing that Zhang and Chen Lianshu didn't eat, Chen Lianhui hurriedly opened her mouth, bit off half of the steamed bun in one bite, and chewed it in a big bite.

Seeing Chen Lianhui facing the coarse steamed buns that were not uncommon to eat before, but now they are eating so sweet, Zhang couldn't help but have a sour nose.

Looking at the pitch-black world outside through the loophole of the car wall, and listening to the strong wind in his ears, Zhang felt that he had endured all the hardships of this life at once.

At this time, think about the life in Chenjiazhuang, what kind of enjoyment it is, that is like a fairy-like day.

"Mother, I want to go back to Chenjiazhuang, I want to live the same life before."

Burying her head in Zhang's neck, Chen Lianshu's voice came out muffled.

Zhang raised his hand and gently patted Chen Lianshu's back, without saying anything. Go back, how can this be said to be a thing that you can go back if you go back!

Chen Lianhui, who was eating happily on the side, also stopped chewing when she heard Chen Lianshu's words, and looked at the last bite of steamed buns in her hand, she couldn't help but sigh.

"Mother, I miss Chenjiazhuang too. I used to eat so many good things every day, and I complained all day that it was not delicious, but now I know that it turns out that it is happiness to be able to eat. ”

Staring fiercely at the steamed bun in her hand, Chen Lianhui stuffed it into her mouth.

"It's going to be okay, it's going to be fine soon, hold on a little longer. Your father said that as long as you get to Shuanglong Mountain, it will be fine, and when you arrive, you will go home, and you can eat whatever you want. ”

Raising his eyes and looking at the dark outside, the Zhang family couldn't tell where the mountain was, and he didn't know how long it would take to return to the so-called Shuanglong Mountain Villa that Zhang Qishan said.

"Mother, is he really our father? He doesn't care about us at all, cold, and his subordinates are the same, they don't take us seriously at all, but always look at us like dead people. ”

Raising her head, Chen Lianshu said in a low voice, she was afraid that Zhang Qishan outside would hear her words.

"Yes, mother, look at the fact that he has so much money in his hand to prepare so many horses to travel, why can't he buy us a better carriage, and can't prepare some charcoal fire and pastries for us."

Retracted back into the quilt, Chen Lianhui hugged Zhang and Chen Lianshu into her arms again.

"Forget it, don't talk about that."

The heads of the mother and daughter shrank together, and Zhang whispered.

"You remember, now we are people under the eaves and have to bow our heads, don't say these words again, in case your father hears it, it will not be good!" (To be continued.) )