The freezing rain stopped for a short time, and after a not-so-sunny afternoon, a drizzle began to fall from the sky again.

It was only five o'clock in the afternoon, and the entire Liang Village was already in a darkness, and each household could only light oil lamps or candles to adapt to such changes in advance.

The freezing rain not only brought extremely strong cold air and caused the temperature to drop rapidly, but also greatly restricted people's travel.

The villagers, who had no way to go out, were idle, and the weather became colder, so they began to cook hot pots and call friends for dinner and drinking. In previous years, winter was the best season for many villagers to drink and pass the time, but this year, due to various reasons, the villagers of Liang Village have become much more restrained. After the autumn harvest, the villagers are either busy planting vegetables or tidying up their orchards, and there is little time to rest.

The appearance of freezing rain made the villagers finally able to relax their tense nerves and find good guys to have a good drink.

For a while, many people's homes began to waft out all kinds of delicious aromas, and the sound of guessing and punching pierced through the rain curtain and spread in all directions.

Usually, this kind of weather is the time when Liu Rui suffers the most, because many families are having dinner and drinking, and the supply of rice wine has gone up all of a sudden. When there was a small ** sales in the market, Liu Rui had to deliver goods to the grocery stores in various villages and the sales points in the town.

People who don't drive motorcycles on rainy days simply can't understand the pain of staring at the cold wind and running through the icy rain in winter. Even if you're wearing gloves, a raincoat, a sealed helmet and water boots, the icy rain will always make you feel numb.

However, this year, it is Wang Shaozhang's turn to experience this painful taste.

Since receiving Liu Rui's brewing equipment, Wang Shaozhang has quickly brewed a considerable quality rice wine under Liu Rui's careful guidance. Although these products are not as good as the fine liquor that Liu Rui soaked in space spring water, it is naturally not a problem to beat the bulk liquor on the market now.

As a result, Wang Shaozhang smoothly took over the distribution points of Liujia Distillery all over Qingyun Town and nearby villages.

When there was no winemaking before, Wang Shaozhang felt that the weather was good, and the mood was good, but since the winemaking, Wang Shaozhang wished that it was drizzling every day. Because only after it rains all day and all day, will there be more villagers trapped at home drinking and driving the sales of the winery.

There is a good saying, the ass decides the head!

Since Wang Shaozhang sat in the position of the owner of the winery, his every move was based on the development of the winery, and everything he thought was for the further development of the winery.

Whenever it rains, it is a time when Wang Shaozhang is both happy and worried. Happily, the shipments of the winery have increased significantly, and the money earned is naturally rising; The painful thing is that delivery on a rainy day is really a bit of a test, and if you are not careful, you will catch a cold.

However, compared with the previous situation of Liu Rui delivering wine, Wang Shaozhang is much happier now, after all, he is hungry now with motorcycles and asphalt roads.

When Liu Rui had just come back from school, he still rode his bicycle to deliver wine every time he delivered wine, and he was exposed to the sun on sunny days, and had to fight the hardest battles against muddy roads on rainy days.

Every time he looks back on the original situation, Liu Rui can't help but feel a little emotional, it is difficult for him to be able to persist for half a year. What moved Liu Rui even more was his father, who relied on his bicycle to deliver wine, propping up the sky of a family and supporting his three children to go to school.

In the haze of smoke and rain, the villagers of the entire Liang Village were curled up in their homes, only Wang Shaozhang's motorcycle roared through the village, leaving only the red tail lights swaying in the rain and fog.

Originally, there was no small truck that appeared every day to buy vegetables in the vegetable field on the edge of Liang Village, and the whole Liang Village seemed quiet.

At first, the villagers also thought it was commonplace, after all, when it rained in the past, there were very few cars from the county town to buy vegetables in Liang Village. Everyone is used to picking and selling vegetables when the weather is fine, but now it is rainy and rainy, and it is normal for no one to collect vegetables.

Most of the people who come to Liangcun to buy vegetables are restaurants and restaurants in the county, and they have large freezers, even if they don't replenish fresh vegetables for a day or two, they can maintain the normal operation of the restaurant.

It's raining today, at most, it's just going to come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

At first, neither the restaurant nor the villagers of Liang Village had a deep understanding of the rain. Soon, however, they learned that the rain was very different from their usual rain.

Generally speaking, even after the rain, Liangcun, which is located in the tropics, will soon clear up, and the temperature drop will have a certain limit, which will not be too outrageous. This time, however, the drizzle was not heavy, but the sudden drop in temperature was unbelievable.

The lowest temperature in Liangcun in previous winters was only about seven or eight degrees, and that situation only lasted for a short day or two. However, since this freezing rain fell, the temperature in Liangcun has dropped sharply at an incredible rate, almost close to freezing.

The rain has made the air very humid, the howling north wind has taken away more heat, and in some ventilated places, the water on the ground has formed a thin layer of ice!

For three days, the continuous drizzle showed no sign of stopping at all, and there was even a possibility of gradual increase.

The temperature inside has dropped to two or three degrees, and a thin layer of ice can be seen everywhere outside.

Even the old people of Liang Village have never seen such extreme weather conditions, and there is no way to talk about any experience.

The extremely low temperature was the first test of the frail elderly and children, and soon, this part of the population became the focus of every family.

Zhang and Liu's family are no exception, Liu Rui's grandfather and grandmother are old, and in the face of such extreme weather, Zhang Zhenguang and others dare not be careless.

found a van, Liu Rui took his grandparents to Liu's house and asked his mother to take care of them. After all, several uncles and aunts have been soaked in the pig farm these days, taking care of the piglets wholeheartedly and closely observing the condition of the piglets.

For the sake of safety, Liu Rui is not at ease to let the two old people live alone in the Zhang family compound, and it is only a foolproof strategy to receive them by his side.

In the face of such low temperature weather, Liu Rui burned a red charcoal fire at home, and then closed the door, and the house suddenly became as warm as spring.

The fire pit is not firewood burned in general, but charcoal formed after firing.

Liang Village is backed by the Xiaoqing Mountain Range, and there are countless mountains and forests nearby, except for some of them that are classified as no-logging and hunting areas, and there are countless barren mountains that are not included in this list.

Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, the villagers in Liang Village and the surrounding areas naturally put their minds on making money into the mountains behind them.

In the Xiaoqing Mountains, there is a tree species called Vajra wood, which has a compact structure and strong wood, and is the best tree species for charcoal burning. In autumn, many villagers go up to the mountains to cut the diamond wood, make their own earthen kilns to burn charcoal, and then sell it to the villagers and consumers in the city.

The charcoal fired from adamantium wood has a lot of firepower, less smoke, and does not have too many peculiar smells, so it is an excellent charcoal.

After the villagers bought it, except for some of it for hot pot, most of it was used for heating.

In Liangcun, although the temperature in winter is not very low, because the air humidity is quite high, there is always a period of time when the winter in Liangcun is quite cold, which gives people a rather bad feeling. If you are young, you may not be able to adapt to the weather.

Every winter, there are always some elderly people in Liang Village and the surrounding villages who can't survive the winter and die unexpectedly. For this reason, as soon as it arrives in the eleventh lunar month, families with elderly people at home begin to burn charcoal one after another, making the home warm.

Every night after dinner, there was no electric light or TV, and the Liu family sat around the fire with their grandparents, chatting while roasting the fire, which had not happened for a long time.

Between the red charcoal, the pale blue flames were constantly jumping, and the firelight reflected everyone around them.

Above the fire pit, there was a barbed wire fence with several sweet potatoes on it, which Zhang Guizhi had taken from the warehouse.

After the vegetable garden was gradually transferred to the vegetable field on the edge of the pig farm, the two sweet potatoes planted in the vegetable garden became the last harvest of the vegetable garden.

Perhaps because of the nourishment of the space spring water, the sweet potatoes produced by these two crows of sweet potatoes are not only large, but also delicious. The sweet potato seedlings of less than a cent of land were harvested in the end, and hundreds of catties of sweet potatoes were harvested, which made Zhang Guizhi overjoyed.

Except for sending some of these delicious sweet potatoes to a few relatives, Zhang Guizhi kept the rest of them.

Some of them were used by Zhang Guizhi to make dried sweet potatoes, and Liu Rui's children used them as snacks. This is already a habit of the Liu family, even if it is Liu Rui, they are no longer children now.

The sweet potatoes are steamed in a steamer basket and then cooled before peeling off the skin and cutting into chopstick-like strips. After a period of drying, the sweet potato fries become golden in color, and the crystallized sugar is like frosting on the sweet potato fries, which is eye-catching.

When he was a child, Liu Rui and his younger siblings could eat dried sweet potatoes made by their mothers in winter, which was one of the best memories of their childhood.

This year's dried sweet potatoes seem to taste sweeter, but only Liu Rui knows that this is due to the space spring water.

Zhang Guizhi selected a part of the sweet potatoes, took them to the town and ground them into a pulp, and then after a complicated process, they were made into vermicelli.

This is also one of the characteristics of the countryside.

Whenever there is a cash crop grown at home, the villagers always have to use it for processing accordingly, and then turn it into various specialties.

For example, peanuts, sweet potatoes, and tea oil seeds, the harvest of these cash crops will become corresponding specialties and enter the villagers' tables.

After making sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes and vermicelli, the Liu family only had a dozen catties of sweet potatoes to be kept in the storeroom. Taking advantage of the opportunity for everyone to roast today, Zhang Guizhi took out a few and put them on the shelf to bake.

"Mom, let's go get some peanuts to roast and eat?!" Seeing that the sweet potatoes will not be ripe for a while, Tongtong does not have so many patience to wait.

"If you want to go, you don't have to ask!" Looking at her daughter's expectant look, Zhang Guizhi had no way to refuse.

Hearing her mother's promise, Tongtong and Liu Zhi cheered and ran into the storage room one after the other.

"Liu Zhi, you are in charge of popcorn, and I will roast peanuts!" Tongtong knew that Liu Rui's popcorn skills were better than her own, and she quickly arranged their respective tasks.

In this regard, Liu Zhi naturally has no opinion at all.

Peanuts are harvested in the summer, except for a large part of the oil extraction, the Liu family rarely eats them, and there is a 20-gallon oil drum of peanuts stored in the storeroom.

Corn is the product of the seeds that Liu Rui bought back from Zhou Guodong after a comparative test of several states.

There are many pests and diseases in the normal state of corn, and the cobs are not big, and the yield is very low, and it has been used by Liu Rui to feed the pigs after harvesting. The corn that pours the spring water in the space is not only large and full of grains, but also has a very intoxicating fragrance. After harvesting, Liu Rui gave the corn to several uncles, and also let them taste the deliciousness of the crops grown by the space spring.

Of course, the best ones are the corn that grows in the space, and they simply surprise everyone. However, under Liu Rui's tricks to hide from the world, the existence of these corns is logical.

The wood ash in the fire pit is baked by charcoal, and the temperature is quite high, and you can even see the sparks shining when you turn it.

Liu Rui and Tongtong each took a pair of tongs, dug a small pit in the wood ash on the edge of the fire, and then threw peanuts and corn into it.

The two little ones were holding tongs, and kept turning the peanuts and corn in the ashes, and soon the fruit was born.

The extremely high temperature of the wood ash soon caused the corn to begin to expand under the heat, and it continued to tremble in the wood ash, and finally turned into snow-white popcorn with a 'poof'.

As if they had received a signal, the corn placed in the ashes jumped up one after another, and the snow-white popcorn looked particularly attractive in the red light of the fire. The burnt aroma of corn fills the house, making the winter season even warmer.

Liu Zhi hurriedly took out all the popcorn with tongs, and after cooling it a little, he grabbed it, flipped it back and forth between his hands, blew off the dust on the popcorn, and then couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.

While eating, Tongtong's mouth kept admiring: "It's delicious!" It's delicious! ”

After a while, Liu Zhi and Tongtong's faces were stained with a thin layer of wood ash, and Liu Rui couldn't help but smile knowing after seeing it.

When I was a child, whenever the family sat around the barbecue fire in winter, Liu Rui always gave popcorn, roasted peanuts, and roasted sweet potatoes to his younger brothers and sisters. In the blink of an eye, he became the pillar of the family, and his younger siblings became junior high school students, and they were about to enter high school.

However, no matter how the world changes, the warm family affection that lingers in Liu's house can never be eliminated.

After eating the popcorn, the peanuts buried deep in the wood ash also began to heat, and the husks of the peanuts began to burn, emitting a trace of smoke. Smoke rises from the gaps between the fluffy wood ashes, giving off a faint peanut scent, ready to be ripe.

Roasted peanuts are actually very sophisticated, if they are burned and the peanuts are burned, then there is no taste at all; If you can't burn thoroughly, the peanuts won't be crispy, and they will taste like plasticine.

However, for Tongtong, who practices roasting peanuts every year, this is not a problem.

Soon, judging from the smoke coming out of the wood ashes, the peanuts were almost ripe, and began to peel off the wood ashes with tongs, and then kept turning the peanuts.

After a while, Tongtong took out all the peanuts and put them in the place to cool.

Liu Rui picked up a peanut from the ground, patted the dust in his hand, and then gently pinched it, and three hot peanuts jumped out. Ignoring the burning sensation of his palms, Liu Rui held his palm and pinched it hard, and the blood-red peanut coat was easily peeled off, and Liu Rui was blown down into the fire.

When you put the snow-white peanut kernels in your mouth, you will find them crispy and sweet, and although there are no ingredients, they still have an endless aftertaste.

Seeing that Liu Rui had made a move, Liu Zhi and Tongtong were also unkind teachers and began to attack the peanuts on the ground. For a while, the room was filled with laughter, which made people immersed in it and couldn't extricate themselves.

Grandparents and Liu Jiahong and his wife looked at the laughter of several children, and their hearts were naturally quite happy.

They also didn't expect that in less than a year, the Liu family had experienced a legend from the trough to the peak. After Liu Jiahong was injured, suffocating dark clouds hung over the family, but in a short period of time, it turned into bright sunshine.

Even though Zhang Huaizhong has experienced various unforgettable movements such as liberation and land reform, the Great Leap Forward, difficult periods, and the struggle of the Cultural Revolution, he still has no way of knowing the secret of the rapid rise of the Liu family.

Zhang Huaizhong once wanted to understand the reason for the rise of the Liu family, but no matter how he looked at it, the things of the Liu family over the past year have been decent, and there is not too outrageous situation. The only situation that is very different from others is that the luck of the Liu family has become very good!

Whether it is planting vegetables, brewing rice wine or other industries, the luck of the Liu family is described as going against the sky, maybe it is really God who wants the Liu family to turn over. Zhang Huaizhong, who is a little superstitious, naturally formed such a view in his heart.

Of course, the wonderful performance of grandson Liu Rui is still one of the important reasons, and no one can erase this!

After a while, the skin of the sweet potatoes on the iron frame began to be scorched, giving off a burnt aroma, and soon the whole room was filled with this mouth-watering aroma.

Perhaps, the Liu family's experience over the past year is like this roasted sweet potato, after dormant for more than half a year, they finally want to show their ripe delicacy to everyone!

(To be continued)