On October 28, the twentieth year of Dading, Lijia Village, Xinchang County, Liaodong County, Northern Wei Kingdom, has been in winter for nearly a month, the light snow solar term has passed, but God still has not snowed, some poor people secretly rejoice, this is not snowing, you can still go out to find food, go to the county to find work, if it snows heavily, you can only see the nest of the cat at home in winter, then sit and eat the mountain empty, whether you can survive this winter, it depends on God's face.

Situ Yan is also worried, as the saying goes, "Ruixue is a good year", it will not snow after the light snow season, I am afraid that it will be more harmful to be dry next year, and I am not only a little worried in my heart. Thinking of such an abnormal climate, experienced farmers can also see it, but she can't figure out why no one in the village digs a cellar to store water.

When I was eating breakfast, I looked at the four pandas with dark circles on the table, I was angry and funny, and I suppressed a little worry in my heart. Thinking that they must have only cared about the endorsement last night and didn't have a good rest, they still got up in the morning and went to the yard to box, I don't know whether to be happy for their self-discipline, or to be angry that they don't know how to have a degree.

"Forget it, it's been a long time, and the freshness has passed, and it will get better." Situ Yan didn't break it, thinking about not worrying about it for two days a day, if it still doesn't work, persuade it again.

After breakfast, San Lang and Shiro were still busy according to the previous arrangement, and Da Lang and Erlang were arranged by Situ Yan to dig a pit by the wall near the foot of the mountain in the backyard. Da Lang and Erlang just asked simply, although they didn't understand what this water cellar was used for, but as long as it was wanted by the little sister, it must be something important, and the two of them took turns digging down and making rapid progress.

Seeing that things were going well, Situ Yan turned around and went back to the front yard, took out all the herbs that were dug up yesterday and dried them, and all the ones that needed to be processed were done, and the feeling of being watched by others followed. stopped what he was doing, quietly approached the courtyard gate, and opened a gap in the courtyard gate to look out.

This time, she looked at the person carefully, and her heart tightened, the person who probed her brain was none other than Li Dalang's third uncle Li Sanzhu, if it was someone else, Situ Yan would still suspect it, people may be passing by by by accident, but this person must not be. It seems that their family is really being targeted, but there is nothing valuable in the family (of course, the valuable ones are collected in her ring), what is this person here for?

With this thought, Situ Yan thought that it was better to wait for the evening to go to Li Daniu's house to explore carefully, and she didn't know that she didn't know the way of others, and it was her consistent style to nip the danger in the bud, and she would never give the enemy any chance.

Li Sanzhu has been here for three days, and there are people in Situ Yan's house every day, so he didn't find a chance to start, so he thought about discussing it with his mother in the evening to see if there was any other way. Unwillingly, he took a sip and stomped away.

The benefits of the cold weather in the past few days, Situ Yan looked at the sky, afraid that the winter snow was not far away. Seeing Li Sanzhu leaving, he also knew that nothing would happen today, so he put all the herbs into the ring, and then began to make cotton shoes for his brothers. Just made a pair of soles, I heard a knock on the courtyard door, calculated that the time should not be the brothers, and I don't know who came, got up and went to open the courtyard door.

Aunt Fu, Aunt Niu and Aunt Four walked in with two pairs of cloth shoes. Let everyone into the hall, pour a bowl of red date water for everyone, and then start to speak.

"Why is this water so sweet, it's so delicious!" Sister-in-law Ah Niu talked a lot, and like Aunt Fu, the two of them drank a saliva of praise and praise. The fourth aunt was shy and didn't talk much, just drinking water and nodding, and didn't talk much.

"My aunt likes to drink, so she often comes, and it's nothing, it's just that the wild dates on the mountain let me dry and use it to boil water. It is also to make up for the brothers. ”

"You have a lot of ideas, come and see these shoes, they are made according to the style you said, don't you know, your Uncle Wangfu shouted for me to make him a pair first, saying that it is comfortable to wear and the style is good-looking." The cotton shoes designed by Situ Yan are not the round cloth shoes often worn by the ancients, but a bit like bootie-style snow shoes, and the soles are also more than ordinary double-soled shoes, with an extra layer, such a thick sole and high upper, and then embroidered with beautiful patterns, although I don't know whether such shoes can be accepted by the ancients, but how can they know whether they can do it or not if they don't try it.

"What's so difficult about that, this pair will be worn by Uncle Wangfu, and all the aunts will make a pair for the uncles when they go back, and then we will sell the rest."

"That's not right, this can be sold for money, and he doesn't have no shoes to wear, let him wait first."

"I'm in charge of the house, too, this man, who knows how hard we work to do this, and I want to pick up ready-made ones when I move my mouth."

As soon as Aunt Niu's words fell, the fourth aunt also answered, "Hmm." My family even asked for dogs. ”

"Don't worry about the aunts, the uncles like it, that means that this thing can be sold, this time is in a hurry, and when this big set comes back, I will prepare some more cloth rags, and then make a pair for grandpa, uncles, and brothers, in fact, it's not troublesome, this one who sells money will embroider well, and wear plain noodles by himself."

"It's this Li'er, but I can't use your cloth, I have some old clothes in the house, and I can't wear them anymore, so it's just right to take them out and make this."

"That's a good idea, I have it at home." The few people chatted for a while, Situ Yan took the shoes and looked at them carefully, making sure that there was no problem, and then sent the aunts away. Before going out, I didn't forget to tell my aunts not to get tired, this day is long, just do it slowly, this is the first time to sell, and if you do more, you may not be able to sell it.

Several people also understood in their hearts that Aunt Niu and Aunt Si walked in front, and Aunt Fu deliberately lagged a few steps behind, pulling Situ Yan and whispering, "Thank you, girl, your medicine is so good, I can't even go down to the ground if I don't lie down for three days, it's like nothing at this time." I originally wanted to thank you, but your uncle said that you don't want others to know about this, so the aunt will keep this matter in mind, and you will have a good aunt in the future, so don't go outside. ”

"Aunt Fu, don't be polite to me!" Seeing Aunt Niu turn around and wait, the two didn't say any more.

Sent away the three aunts, after lunch, Situ Yan escorted Li Dalang into the west room, let them go to make up for sleep, a few people had no choice, so they had to go into the west room, they didn't sleep well last night, they got up early in the morning, and they did a day's work, they felt a little tired, their heads were just on the pillow, and the four of them fell asleep.

After sleeping for more than half an hour, Situ Yan went to wake people up, and he slept too much during the day, so he was afraid that he wouldn't sleep at night, and a good thing would become a bad thing.

When San Lang and Shiro got up, Situ Yan asked about the water kiln, and knew that Da Lang and Erlang had done what she said, and they could dig it before dark, so they were relieved to go into the mountain with Shiro.

Just after Shen Shi, when Shiro and Situ Yan walked out from the deep mountains, the sky suddenly became overcast, and a north wind blew, and the treetops blown by the wind "boom, boom," sounded. The north wind blew through the trees and whistled, the forest was a little depressed, Shiro was a little timid, but he still had to pretend to be an adult, and took the little sister's hand and walked back, "Little five, don't be afraid, the fourth brother protects you." ”

Situ Yan snickered in her heart, she wasn't afraid, but this Shiro was so frightened that her hands and feet were cold, she almost held back her internal injuries while laughing, and when she saw that she was about to walk home, the thin ice particles hit her face, and there was a slight tingling sensation. The snow particles hit the dead leaves at the edge of the forest, making a crackling sound, as if something had come out of the forest, and Shiro was so startled that he pulled Situ Yan to run a few steps, and only when he entered the yard was he relieved.

Situ Yan let him pull it, and she didn't let go, she has a 28-year-old soul, and she is not afraid, but this Shiro is only 9 years old, and it is natural to be afraid. The two of them pulled like this, at least to reassure Shiro.

When she got home and saw that San Lang was not there, Situ Yan was a little anxious and called her eldest brother to look for it. Li Dalang was also worried about the third brother, handed over the hoe to Erlang, and was about to go out, when he happened to see Sanlang walking in from outside with a basket on his back.

"Third brother, you're coming back, the eldest brother is about to go out to look for you. After that, if it rains or snows, don't go out, and if you're out, you have to hurry home, and you can't do anything worse than this moment. Situ Yan was a little unbearable, these people are just children, in modern times, they are all the emperors of the family, and now they grow up in this place, and they can't eat and dress every day.

"Okay." Li Dalang also thinks this is good, and he is also afraid that something will happen to his younger brothers, and he will have the face to see his father and mother at that time.

A few people came back early today, Situ Yan was not busy cooking, but wrote the "Hundred Family Names" taught to them yesterday on a piece of paper by means of Liang, and also conducted a test to make sure that several people had memorized what they learned yesterday, and then taught them to read and write. Seeing that several people have written it down, then they went to prepare dinner, Da Lang took his younger brothers to continue to study in the hall, according to the learning method taught by Situ Yan, when they collected firewood and picked up the yard during the day, although they were busy in their hands, but what they were thinking about was the story told by the little sister yesterday.

After dinner, the four brothers couldn't wait to start endorsing, the snowy house seemed darker than usual, Situ Yan didn't like the room to be dark, so he was half an hour early, and the dim light reflected the figures of several people on the window, Situ Yan washed the dishes and stood in the yard to see this scene, and his heart was inexplicably warm and reassuring.

Two hours have passed in a flash, and the Da Lang is still unfinished, "Talented people from poor families, handsome birds from high mountains" Now Situ Yan has a deep understanding of this sentence.

"Brothers, if you don't have a good rest and don't have the physical strength to work tomorrow, and you are tired and sleepy when you study, how can you learn well? I know my brother's mood, it's okay to study for two hours a day, but when I go back to the room, I can't think about it anymore, I must sleep well. ”

"Okay." Although they don't understand what Xiaomei said, they also know that if they don't rest well, they won't have the spirit to work, and there is so much work at home, if they don't do it, then Xiaomei will do a lot and will be tired, which is not what they want.

waited until there was no sound in the west room, Situ Yan opened the window in the east room, and looked out the window, the previous snow particles turned into snowflakes, but it didn't take long to stop, and a thin layer of snow accumulated on the ground, although there was no moonlight, but the snow reflected the courtyard and looked more bleak and quiet.

It's just that this snow prevented Situ Yan from exploring Li Daniu's footsteps, so she had to put this on hold in advance, she didn't want to startle the snake, so that these people would be on guard, and they would be caught off guard if they wanted to fight, and they would never have a chance to turn over. If you don't move, you will die, of course, it is also one of Situ Yan's principles of life.

Li Sanzhu didn't sleep at this time, and gathered with his mother Cao, his father Li Daniu, his second brother Li Erzhu, and nephew Li Zhaocai in the main room where Cao's lived to discuss countermeasures.

"Third child, it's been three days, why haven't you started yet." Cao Shi had been waiting for Situ Yan to eat the turtle back, but he didn't expect the third son to delay his move, and he was a little angry.

"Mother, that stinky girl doesn't go out when she sees Tian'er staying at home, and the courtyard door is bolted to Tian'er, I can't touch the opportunity, I look at this matter enough. Anyway, I'm out of line, I don't think about it at all? ”

"That stinky girl is pointed, I don't know if it's a fox spirit reincarnated."

"Otherwise, mother, I'll keep an eye on it these days, even if I don't have a chance in the past few days, the stinky girl will definitely go out when I get to the big set, I'll find the right opportunity to start, and then I'll get things in order."

"Third child, you can be called accurately, but don't be different." Li Erzhu was a little unsure.

"Come to the house!" The details of the matter, Li Sanzhu and Cao's summed it up again, and the family fell asleep.

It's just that this time Situ Yan didn't expect that Li Sanzhu would do it so quickly, and Li Shilang was hurt because of her momentary hesitation. even made her relationship with Li Dalang have a small rift, and after many years, every time she thinks of it, it will make her heart ache. It also reminded her that when dealing with the enemy, she must cut through the mess quickly, and must not give them any respite, of course, it is necessary to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.