As Yao Hong said, Yao Huang became the most popular person in the village, and every time Yao Huang went out, the children would happily run around her, showing her how high their bamboo dragonflies flew or what kind of flower rope they had braided. Life in the village is peaceful and lively.

On the 28th of October, the apricots and the flutes were gone. Her family did not hold a ceremony for her, but several close friends gave her gifts. Yao Huang made a hairpin with apricot blossoms out of pale yellow silk and gave it to her. It is said that the Zhang family and their family are already discussing her marriage with Zhang Yan, and it is believed that soon, Sister Zhang Qiao will have a best friend and sister-in-law.

After a gust of north wind, the weather cooled down. Taking advantage of the fact that it was still snowing, the villagers ran into the mountains every day to cut firewood. Although they had stockpiled a large amount of dry firewood before that, it could be very cold this winter, so if you burn the kang, the more firewood the better. The firewood of the Yao family was collected by Yao Huang, and Yao Qing had to go to school and practice martial arts, so he didn't have much time to become Yao Huang's little follower.

Yao Huang set up a space formation on the basket she often carries, so no matter how much dry firewood she put in, it would not be too much. Yao Huang carried back almost three times as much dry firewood as others each time, but Yao Hong didn't notice this detail.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and when everyone put on more cotton clothes, it finally started to snow. Snowflakes are like catkins and flowers, falling from the sky one after another. Each piece is so white and crystalline, but it's also cold. Yao Huang sat by the window and enjoyed the snow outside, it had snowed heavily all night, and it was already a white world outside.

"Second sister, let's go out and play together!" Yao Qing took Xiao Ke Baozi and greeted Yao Huang.

"Play what? Say okay first, don't call me for a snowball fight. and it is not allowed to take Xiao Ke with him, lest he get cold. ”

"Rest assured. Instead of snowball fights, we build snowmen. ”

"Build a snowman. Auntie, let's build a snowman. "Xiao Ke bun blinked his eyes, extremely cute.

"Okay. Okay, only build a snowman. Yao Huang saw that the snow had stopped, so he agreed to the request of the two people.

Put on clothes for Xiao Ke to go out, put on a hat and gloves. This set is made of rabbit skin, snow-white, fluffy, and worn on Xiao Ke's body, not to mention how cute it is. It's just that Yao Huang is worried that Xiao Ke is wearing this body in the snow. I can't tell the difference between his person and the snow, what if I lose it?

"My little guy is the cutest." Yao Huang was flipped over by a fluffy little Kemeng, and loudly "popped" twice on his small faces, successfully turning Xiao Baozi's apple face into a monkey P-share face.

"Second sister, you are teasing Xiao Ke again." Yao Qing rolled his eyes and said.

"How? Jealous? Do you want the second sister to kiss you too? Yao Huang stood up.

"Who, who would be jealous?" Yao Qing exploded, "Hurry up, don't delay time." ”

After speaking, he pushed the door and walked out of the door first. Yao Huang lamented that his younger brother was not cute when he grew up. While pulling the little nephew out of the door. There is not much snow in the yard, and it has been cleaned by Yao Hong, and the three of them can only go to the courtyard of the academy to build a snowman. The snow outside the gate was a foot deep, and Xiao Ke's arms and legs were almost buried in the snow. Yao Huang simply held him in his arms. The fields, the roofs, the branches, and the roads were all covered with snow, like the blue sky covering the earth with a snow-white quilt, and it was soft to step on. Very comfortable.

This proverb is the experience accumulated by farmers. Snow is like a quilt covering the crops. The air inside the quilt is not moving, so it does not transfer heat. No matter how cold it is outside, the temperature below the snow will not drop very low. After the cold wave passes, the weather gradually warms up and the snow slowly melts, which not only protects the crops from frost damage, but also keeps the water that melts in the soil, accumulating a lot of water for the crops, which is very beneficial to spring plowing and sowing and the growth and development of crops. Yao Huang looked at the silver-clad world world, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Auntie, let me down." Xiao Ke patted Yao Huang on the shoulder, calling her thoughts back. Yao Huang hurriedly put the little bun on the ground, and said uneasily, "Be careful, don't fall it." ”

"I know it." Xiao Baozi replied, and followed Yao Qing to start rolling snow. The two of them pinched a snow ball first, and then rolled in the snow, Yao Qing had a lot of strength and rolled fast, and after a while, he rolled a big snowball, and Xiao Ke also rolled a small snowball. It just so happens that the big snowball is the body, and the small snowball is the head. Yao Qing pressed the small snowball on top of the big snowball, and the prototype of a snowman was ready.

"Erya, build a snowman!" A loud greeting came from outside the school, Yao Huang turned his head to look over, only to see Li Yunzhong, Zhao Dali, Zhang Yan, Li Song and Yao Yun, as well as several other young men in the village carrying bows and arrows - the batch of weapons sent by Chun Yu Jinfeng, the village chief divided the bows and arrows, one set for each household, usually practicing archery, and occasionally used for hunting. Nowadays, the range of activities of young people is not limited to the front mountain, has gradually invaded the back mountain, with martial arts and weapons, the young people are confident, some large beasts with attack power also dare to fight - with a few large "Chinese pastoral dogs", that is, commonly known as earth dogs, with a smile and greeting the three people.

"Second Brother Li, looking for the eldest brother, are you going into the mountains to hunt?" Yao Huang greeted.

"Yes! The snow fell, and soon the wild beasts would be extinct, so we went to hunt a few more wild boars, roe deer, roe deer, etc., and eat more meat during the Chinese New Year. Zhao Dali laughed, he had a machete hanging from his waist, and under the reflection of the snow light, a trace of cold light was emitted.

"Then I wish you a good harvest." Yao Huang smiled, thinking that in a few days, he would also go into the mountain, Yao Hongke promised to make Buddha jump over the wall during the New Year, chicken and rabbit meat or something is still wild and more chewy, plus roe deer meat or roe deer meat, the taste should not be inferior to the Buddha jumping over the wall made of seafood. But I don't go occasionally these days, so as not to grab prey with the people in the village.

"Brother Yan, are you also in the mountains? Did you hunt the prey to make money to buy a dowry? Yao Qing laughed at Zhang Yan, the whole village knew about him and Xing'er. Some children often followed Zhang Yan and sang children's songs such as "Little boy, marry a daughter-in-law", which made Zhang Yan embarrassed every time.

"Stinky boy, make fun of you Brother Yan again. When you marry a daughter-in-law, we will make fun of you like this. "Li Song has the best relationship with Zhang Yan, coupled with the relationship between Sister Zhang Qiao, Li Song is dedicated to helping the future brother-in-law.

Yao Qing let out a breath from his nose and snorted, "Wait for me to marry a daughter-in-law?" Wait a minute! But I'm going to sue Sister Qiao, saying that you bullied me! ”

"Go, go! If Sister Qiao knows that you are making fun of her eldest brother, see if she will support you! "Li Songhao is not afraid, he provoked Yao Qing in order to help his brother-in-law.

Yao Qing couldn't say anything about Li Song, snorted, turned his head, and decided not to talk to Li Song. When the other young people saw this, they smiled and walked into the mountain in a majestic manner.

"Uncle, let's continue to build a snowman!" Xiao Baozi tugged at the corner of Yao Qing's clothes and put a snow ball on his hand.

"Okay, let's build a snowman and ignore the adults." Yao Qing put the snow ball on the snow and rolled, and after a while, another big snowball was completed. With the help of Yao Huang, Xiao Baozi put his snowball on top of the big snowball, and the prototype of another snowman was ready. The two small ones continued to struggle, and after a short time, they built five prototypes of snowmen, two of which were large, two of which were smaller, and one smaller one was placed in the middle of the two big snowmen. These five snowmen represent their family of five.

Xiao Ke was very happy, and while building a snowman, he sang the nursery rhyme that Yao Huang taught him to build a snowman: "Heap, heap, pile, round face and fat dundun." The big snowman, really angry, stood in the courtyard and smiled. Not afraid of the cold, not afraid of the cold, let's make games together. ”

Yao Huang took out black stones of similar size and set them on the snowman's face as eyes, these small stones were picked by them, and after careful selection, the color and size were about the same, and the surface was relatively smooth. Yao Huang used a strip of red cloth to stick to the snowman's face as a mouth, and inserted the carrots brought from home into his nose, and the five chubby snowmen were complete.

The rest of the carrots were given to Yao Qingxiao Ke one by one, and the three of them stuffed the carrots into their mouths and bit them crunchy. The only vegetables that can be eaten in winter are radish and cabbage, among which carrots are the most popular among children, because they taste sweet and sweet, and the color is also red, which is very beautiful and festive. Every time he eats carrots, Yao Huang will remember the nursery rhyme he sang during the Chinese New Year when he was a child: "Carrots, honey is sweet, look at the New Year, what to eat for the New Year?" Eat hemp candy, wet your hands with hemp sugar, go down to the river to wash your hands, but get bitten by a fish. ”

Yao Qing finished gnawing the carrot in a few bites, and ran home to call Yao Hong and Wenren Chiba over to watch the snowman they had built. Yao Hong took five straw hats and put them on top of the snowman's head to make the snowman look more interesting. Wenren Chiba expressed a positive opinion on the achievements of the three and won a soggy kiss from his son. After the family played for a while, they returned to their warm home to mourn. As soon as they got home, the three younger ones changed out of their clothes that were wet from the snow under the pressure of the eldest sister. Yao Hong boiled hot water early and asked Yao Huang and Yao Qing to take a bath in their own room, while she washed the little buns in the kitchen. The kang in the house was so hot that it would not get cold if you took off your clothes and bathed, and it was as warm as if you were in late spring, which was very different from the ice and snow outside the house.

"Erya, Xiaoqing, haven't you finished washing, come out and drink the ginger soup after washing." Yao Hong shouted in the hall. (To be continued......)