Li Ziyu opened her eyes without warning. For a while, she didn't know where she was or where she was. The soreness on her body reminded her of the wind and snow last night. She listened intently, and it was quiet outside, and the wind seemed to have stopped. I don't know if the snow is falling or not, they are all crowded in the northwest corner of the kang, there is no leakage here, so I can't feel it.

Even though it was still dark in the room, there was still a light to be seen, and this hour was probably the end of the hour. Li Ziyu thought that she would go to the county seat today, so she wanted to pack up. Li Ziyu was sitting in the northwest corner, with three small ones in his arms: Xiaohu Xiaolan on his left and right legs, and Xiao Wu on his chest. Her two arms clutched the quilt in the largest shape, and she held the three little ones tightly, like an old hen guarding her chicks. On her left hand side are Xiaowen and Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan is at the outermost, next to her Zhengxiang, who is sitting against the north wall and sleeping with a half-quilt. Li Ziyu hesitated, a little unbearable. My brothers and sisters were scared last night, do you want to wait any longer?

At this time, Xiaoshan woke up and asked in a hoarse voice, "Sister, is the snow still falling?" "I don't know." Li Ziyu moved her sore arm, "It sounds very quiet, it's not windy." The snow has probably stopped, right? ”

When the two of them spoke, Xiaowen also woke up: "Sister" "Are you awake?" Li Ziyu looked at him lovingly, "Sleep more, don't be in a hurry today." ”

"I don't know what happened to the house, alas," said Koyama worriedly.

"It's okay, it's going to collapse, this house should be repaired anyway." Li Ziyu slowly handed the little tiger on his left arm to Xiaowen, and Xiaowen gently put the little tiger on the kang. Xiaoshan also hugged Xiao Wu, who was close to Li Ziyu's chest, and put him next to Xiaohu. Li Ziyu put Xiaolan on her right arm next to the kang and covered the three of them with a quilt.

Li Ziyu lightly got off the kang and commanded softly: "Xiaowen is watching the three little ones in the house, Xiaoshan and I will clean up the outside." ”

"Okay." Xiaoshan and Xiaowen agreed in unison.

Li Ziyu explained as she walked out: "Xiaowen waited for us to go out and plugged in the door." ”

"Hey!"

Li Ziyu opened the door, and a cold wind rushed towards her, and she couldn't help but shiver. Looking at the mess of the hall, I couldn't help but sigh.

The beams of the hall were crushed by the snow, and seven or eight rafters were scattered in the center of the house, and the straw and dirt on the beams fell to the floor of the house with the snow and ice of the previous night. Last night it snowed all night, the wind blew all night, the snow and dirt blew everywhere, and the whole hall was in a terrible mess. Snowflakes were still falling on the roof, and the snow was still falling. Because of a big hole leaking in the roof, the whole hall was cold and untenable.

If Li Ziyu hadn't had a hunch and covered the water tank and two pots tightly, Li Ziyu would have cried.

Li Ziyu took out a shovel from the West House, opened the door of the hall, and shoveled dirt, ice and snow outside. Koyama picked up the rafters and straw aside. The sister and brother worked for about half an hour, and finally got some appearance in the hall. Because the water scoop, rice scoop, and bucket were all mud and could not be used, the sister and brother took the bucket and the pole and went to the small river at the bottom of the hillside to fetch water.

Strange to say, this creek does not freeze in winter. In the midst of the ice and snow, the small river is not wide, and a faint mist rises on the water, like a fairyland. This is also a scene in Yangcaogouzi Village, and the villagers can't understand the reason. There is also a strange phenomenon in this small river, the water is always so clear. Li Ziyu analyzed that there may be certain minerals in it, which can be automatically filtered. This is also the reason why Li Ziyu's family eats this small river water. There is a well in the village, and Li Ziyu's house is far away, so it is not very convenient.

Li Ziyu cleaned two buckets by the river and fetched two buckets of water on the other side of the river. Today she took two buckets and was ready to pick them up. In the future, she is ready to carry water by herself, and her strength to carry two buckets of water is not a problem at all. The two younger brothers are different, they both carry more than half a bucket of water at a time, and it is very inconvenient and laborious to go up and down the hill.

Li Ziyu carried the water and stepped on the snow to easily go up the hillside, and soon arrived home. In the fluttering snowflakes, Xiaoshan followed behind with envy, and the image of his sister became unprecedentedly tall.

With water, Li Ziyu took a rag to wipe the cutting board, pot table, pot lid, rice basin, water scoop, and rice scoop, and cleaned the wild camellia left from last night. The pockets of grain were spared because they were leaning against the north wall. Li Ziyu shook the soil on her pocket clean, fortunately, she could still eat it. Even though the roof was leaking with cold wind and snowing, I had to find a way to cook, but I couldn't go hungry. The firewood was all dry, piled up in the corner, and the roof in the corner of the wall did not collapse. Li Ziyu moved away from the two adobe bricks, and the fire in the stove had been extinguished, but the ashes were hot. The fire was re-lit with broken wood, and after a while, the water in the pot was boiled. Li Ziyu picked up the water into the basin, cut it into small pieces while it was hot, and motioned for Xiaoshan to take it back to the house, and Li Ziyu boiled the sorghum paste with the soup. Then brush the pot and add water to the kitchen. A few more large pieces of wood were stuffed into the stove and covered with adobe bricks. Li Ziyu washed her hands and face with hot water, urging Xiaoshan Xiaowen to wash up quickly.

After washing, the sister and brother sat on the kang and ate a few pieces of meat from the basin, and one drank a bowl of mush, and the breakfast was finished. A few small ones on the kang slept in the dark, so they didn't call them, and they waited for a while to wake up and eat again.

Li Ziyu looked at Xiaowen and said, "Xiaowen, it's still snowing outside, so I'd better go by myself." Xiaowen was anxious when he heard this: "Sister" Li Ziyu looked at the two younger brothers very seriously: "The snow on the road is very deep, and the snow is still falling before the sky is clear, I'll go and go back quickly." You have a lot of responsibilities at home, and the three small ones are still on the kang, so I'm afraid that your second brother won't be able to take care of this house by then. If only one of the three little ones was good," Li Ziyu couldn't go on.

Xiaowen's eyes turned red: "Sister, I know." ”

Li Ziyu took an axe and a wooden stick for safety on the road. The roe deer meat in the bamboo basket is covered with a sack, and the remaining wild camellia is on top. She wants to go and see the market, in case the restaurant likes it, the size is also a financial route. Before leaving, Li Ziyu instructed: "I won't lock the door today, in case you run out." Remember, nothing matters! After I leave, you plug in the door, and don't open the door if I don't come back. ”

"Yes!" Xiaoshan and Xiaowen nodded in unison, "Sister, you have to be more careful on the road, don't be in a hurry." ”

Li Ziyu nodded, picked up the bamboo basket, and walked out firmly.

The sky and the earth are white, snowflakes are falling from the sky, and the entire fields, villages, and trees are all pink and jade. The thatched houses of each family in Yangcaogouzi Village are like small mushrooms that come out of the ground after the rain, white and scattered in the mountain col. The snow scene was very beautiful, but Li Ziyu had no intention of appreciating it, and hurriedly went down the hillside, passing through the village and walking towards the county seat.

Li Ziyu walked for nearly an hour with a stick deep and one foot shallow, and then saw the tall city wall of Shiyan Town.

Shiyan Town is the location of Fuyuan County, more than 100 miles away from Baishan City, an important border town. Baishan City in the north, seventy or eighty miles away from Qian'an County under the jurisdiction of Heihe City in the south, Dalingzi Mountain in the east, and the border of Daye Dynasty outside Dalingzi Mountain, it is said that outside the mountain is the vast sea, but no one has ever been there. To the west is Nanhui County, which is under the jurisdiction of Pinghua City, an important border town. Transportation is very developed, and commerce is quite prosperous. Because of its proximity to the border, the walls were built very high, and it is said that there were more than 2,000 garrisons.

Li Ziyu entered the city through the south city gate, because of the light snow, there were few pedestrians in the city, and the business of the shops on the street was very depressed. Li Ziyu walked while looking at the shops on both sides. Because this street is the main street in the city, the shops on both sides are very high-grade. Looking at it in turn, the silk shop, the jewelry shop, the pawnshop, the restaurant, etc. are all green tile and vermilion eaves, carved railings and jade, which looks antique and beautiful.

Li Ziyu didn't go to a small restaurant, if she wanted to sell roe deer meat at a good price, she had to go to a big restaurant. As she walked, a restaurant called "Riri Hong" caught her attention.

The restaurant has three floors, which was considered a high-rise in ancient times. The exterior wall is inlaid with glazed bricks, and the whole floor is really a flying pavilion liudan, and the eaves are anti-yu, and the gold is brilliant.

What attracted her the most was not its architecture, but the flow of people. Due to the cold weather, there are no other shops, and it is very deserted. However, this restaurant is full of people and is very lively. The luxury carriage parked in front of the restaurant also shows the status of diners in the restaurant.

"That's it!" Li Ziyu tightened the hemp rope on the bamboo basket and walked towards the restaurant with her feet raised.

At the entrance of the "Ri Ri Hong" restaurant, the shopkeeper Peanut is wearing a cyan cotton hat, wearing cyan cotton trousers, a short gown, and a white cloth towel on his shoulder, and is enthusiastically welcoming the send-off. Then he saw a teenage girl, dressed in tatters, carrying a large bamboo basket on her back, and holding a wooden stick in her hand. thought it was for food, so he kindly stepped forward: "Little girl, you are not allowed to enter here, and if you come back in an hour, there may be leftovers." ”

Li Ziyu looked at what she was wearing, well, it was quite tattered. She tilted her head and asked in an innocent tone, "Little brother, do you accept wild roe deer meat in your restaurant?" "What? You, you, you say it again. Peanut thought he had misheard and stammered. Li Ziyu reluctantly said again: "Do you accept wild roe deer meat in your restaurant?" Little brother? "Collect and collect, collect as much as you want." Peanut heard it clearly this time, and replied repeatedly. "What do you say about the price?" "What you say? No, no, no, little girl, you wait a while, I'll go find the shopkeeper. With that, he hurried inside.

Li Ziyu looked inside, stomped her feet, and walked into the restaurant. Seeing that the seats inside were full, the voices were boiling, the heat was steaming, the laughter was noisy, and it was a lively scene of dining. The decoration on the first floor is relatively simple and popular, and most of the people who dine are people with small wealth nearby. Looking at the decoration of the stairs on the second floor, it should be more elegant. As she was looking, she heard a man's voice:

"Is this the little girl?"

Li Ziyu turned around and saw the shopkeeper just now walking with a respectful face accompanying a man in his thirties. This man can be 1.74 or 5 meters by sight, wearing a blue satin, a long tassel of white silk tied around his waist, a piece of mutton fat and white jade tied on it, covered with soft smoke and light veil, his face is fair, his facial features are upright, and his gentle eyes are shining with shrewd colors.

Wu Fan looked Li Ziyu up and down, this little girl doesn't look dressed in tatters, but she has a calm and calm temperament, and her confident appearance is very disobedient, but it is not disgusting. So he took the initiative to speak: "Little girl, are you going to sell roe deer meat?" ”

Li Ziyu bent down politely: "Uncle shopkeeper, hello, it's me who wants to sell roe deer meat." I don't know what your price is here? ”

Wu Fan smiled: "The price is easy to say, little girl, let's talk about it." He gestured to the stairs.

Li Ziyu nodded and followed Wu Fan up the stairs.