Because last night from nervous to relaxed, it took a lot of mental energy to go from high ups and downs, Xu Anping slept in the dark, and he was unexpectedly down-to-earth. As soon as he woke up, before he could open his eyes, he heard the sound of small footsteps outside the house, and his heart suddenly tightened, and his hand reached into his arms to touch a flying knife. At this time, Yi Lian'er's crisp voice came from outside the house, and Xu Anping immediately got up and moved the cover to the bed.

"Brother Anping, are you up? I'm going to clean up today, so I'll clean up in your room. Yi Lian'er stood a little shy at the door, as if she was a little embarrassed to wake people up. If it weren't for the fact that she didn't have time to say a few thoughtful words to Xu Anping last night, she really missed it tightly, and she wouldn't have come over early in the morning to clean the room.

"It's Lian'er, it's coming. What a coincidence you've come, I've just gotten up. Xu Anping opened the door and stretched, looking at Yi Lian'er's red and delicate face and bright eyes, he was in a very happy mood, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Yi Lian'er saw Xu Anping's eyes looking at her with some enthusiasm, the blush on her face became even thicker, she secretly raised her eyes to look at Xu Anping and lowered her head again, and used her white fingers to pull the few hairs sprinkled on her cheeks behind her ears.

"Lian'er, came to clean the house so early today, did you have breakfast?"

"Brother Anping, I'll wait until I'm done cleaning the house before going to eat. It's the fourteenth day of the lunar month today, and it's about to be the New Year, so I have to clean the room. Haven't you heard the old man say, 'On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, dust and sweep the house?'. After speaking, Yi Lian'er also raised a broom tied to a bamboo pole. Of course, she didn't want Xu Anping to know that the reason why she came so early was because she wanted to see him earlier, it was too embarrassing. When she thought like this, the flush on Yi Lian'er's face spread to her ears, and she hurriedly bypassed Xu Anping and wanted to enter the room, but she tripped over the threshold and fell forward in exclamation.

Xu Anping was wondering how Yi Lian'er suddenly had the potential to be a "housekeeper's wife", and when he saw her fall, he subconsciously held her in his arms with a copy of his hand. Yi Lian'er still had a frightened look on her face, and she looked at Xu Anping in a daze, her heart full of sweetness. "If only I could be held by Brother Anping all the time like this, I'm so happy!"

It was also the first time for Xu Anping to look at Yi Lian'er so closely, the tip of his nose lingered with the light fragrance of Yi Lian'er's body, and the small body wrapped around his arms was extremely soft, and he couldn't bear to let go of his hand. After looking at each other like this for a moment, he saw that the eyes less than two feet away were getting more and more moist, and reason still prevailed, and he quickly helped Yi Lian'er up and asked with concern, "Lian'er, are you okay?" Did you touch it? ”

Although Yi Lian'er was slightly disappointed in her heart, she still said happily: "Brother Anping, I'm fine, I didn't fall at all." Then he didn't dare to look at Xu Anping anymore, so he walked into the room and started to get busy.

Xu Anping also followed back to the room, and saw that Yi Lian'er didn't let herself do it at all, so she sat on the stool, her eyes turned with Yi Lian'er's cheerful steps, her heart was filled with the warmth of home, and she was in a trance for a while, and her father's figure seemed to appear in front of her. "Ping'er, do you know where the custom of 'sweeping' came from? In fact, the custom of sweeping dust has existed since ancient times, and in the Tang and Song dynasties, the style of sweeping the year has been very popular, and it has continued until the Chinese Dynasty. Wu Zimu, a Song man, recorded in "Menglianglu": At the end of December, no matter how big or small, the Shishu family swept the door, removed the dust, and cleaned the courtyard to pray for the safety of the New Year. When your aunt is here, she will sweep the house on the 24th day of the lunar month every year to prepare for the New Year. He hadn't seen Ah Niang, but he believed that Ah Niang must have been a virtuous woman during her lifetime, and gradually Ah Niang's image and Yi Lian'er seemed to overlap a little. When he came back to his senses, Xu Anping's eyes were a little gentler, and he saw that Yi Lian'er was staggering with her feet up and trying to reach the cobwebs in the corner of the house, so he walked over and held her little hand from behind to help him stabilize his body.

Yi Lian'er felt that her whole body was surrounded by warmth, and her heart was about to jump out, and she was very ashamed.

After breakfast, the snow had stopped, but the weather had not cleared yet. Xu Anping greeted Father Yu and Aunt Yu and said that he was going to go around the mountains to see if he could catch a few pheasants and hares after the snow, and promised again and again that he would not go deep into the mountains, and then left under Yi Lian'er's worried eyes. He returned home and walked out of the village with four traps in a basket and stepping on the snow.

"Anping, where are you going? It's snowing on the road, but be careful. "Aunt Yu is not as difficult to speak as Uncle Yu who has always had a cold face, and she is very enthusiastic.

Xu Anping replied with a smile: "Fourth aunt, I'll go to the mountains to put down a few sets and see if I can collect something." Isn't it going to be the New Year, and you can't do it without some oil and water at home. ”

Aunt Yu said with some concern: "Do you want to find a few descendants to have a partner?" There is no life in the mountains. ”

"It's okay, Aunt Four. I was timid, and I didn't go into the mountain, but at the foot of the mountain. Xu Anping didn't say much, and left with the basket on his back.

An hour later, Xu Anping looked around, and when he didn't see anyone's footprints, he knew that he had walked into the depths of the mountains and forests. He laid down the basket, took four traps and set simple traps where the animals could easily step on them, and then climbed a big tree and sat on the branches and waited. Because the snow hadn't melted yet, and there was no wind in the depths of the mountains and forests, Xu Anping didn't feel how cold it was.

At the beginning of Shen Shi, Xu Anping hadn't seen any animals coming, so he was ready to go home, and he would come back tomorrow to have a look. He moved his legs, and was about to jump off when he suddenly heard several "humming" sounds of wild boars. After a closer look, sure enough, there was a big wild boar weighing three or four hundred pounds that was arching its nose into the snow not far away, and its body was still wrapped in hard mud. Xu Anping let go of his breathing and sat motionless on the branch, only his eyes moving with the wild boar's movements. It's closer, it's closer, and he is a little nervous, because no amount of silver tickets can tell Aunt Yu and Father Yu, and this wild boar is the guarantee for a good year.

"Hmm... Well... Whew... ...... "The wild boar's nose suddenly caught in the trap of the beast, and it screamed fiercely, ran wildly, and crashed into the tree with a loud noise. Then the boar stepped on another trap, and one of its hind hooves was clipped, so he could only fall into the snow and scream.

Xu Anping jumped down from the tree, patted the snow behind his buttocks, walked slowly to the wild boar, and waited for the wild boar to die before dragging it home, very happy.

At this time, a few angry voices came from the side: "Boy, don't move!" If you dare to touch your wild boar, they will break your legs and let you lie in bed for the New Year. ”

Xu Anping looked back and saw that it was three strong guys he didn't know, wearing ear caps and holding long hunting forks, and they were rushing over. He looked at the other party half-surrounding him with interest, and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Brothers. If you want to get some meat, let's talk about it! Come and snatch the pig away, it's too unkind, isn't it? ”

The fierce-looking man in one of them shouted, "Who is your brother?" Who does Lao Tzu know about you! This set is under us, and if you want to steal wild boars today, we won't care about you. If you know each other, get out of here! If you don't know each other......" he said, holding up his hunting fork and beckoning the other two to come closer, sneering continuously.

"Yo! Today is really a long experience, and it is the first time I have seen you so skinless and faceless. Xu Anping looked at the other party's posture just to teach himself a lesson, and he didn't want to kill, he quickly stretched out his hand and prepared to snatch the fork that he swung, and then unloaded the other party's arm. As soon as his hand touched the pole that grabbed the hunting fork, he heard a familiar scolding sound from behind: "Stop! Stop! You cubs are trying to kill someone! Phew! ”

Xu Anping's hands drooped down a little, and his face suddenly changed, changing into a frightened look, watching the fork fall on his head, and then blood flowed from his forehead. He was so sad in his heart that he couldn't say anything, "Uncle Yu, you are a serious nephew!" ”

Uncle Yu rushed over with a few juniors, and when he came up, he beat the three of them back again and again. "Anping, are you okay? What the hell is going on? ”

Xu Anping covered his head and said dejectedly: "Uncle Yu, I just laid a few clips in the morning, and as soon as I caught a wild boar, these people came to rob it, and said that they ordered it." ”

The three people standing next to them were also full of unconvinced, as if they wanted to fight again. Uncle Yu walked over and looked at the young man led by him to identify it carefully, and scolded directly: "You are from the turtle son of the village next door, right?" Your father has to shout Uncle when he sees me. What's the matter, you little bastard still want to blow up your wings in front of me? Hurry up and get out, and in two days I'll ask your father how he manages his son. ”

The fierce-looking young man heard the other party call out his father's nickname, how dare he say anything, and turned around and left with the two of them.

Xu Anping hurriedly came over to thank him, and together with a few people, he lifted the wild boar and walked down the mountain.

"Anping! You're too reckless, too. I ran so deep by myself, what should I do if something happens? If it weren't for Yu Chongsi seeing that you hadn't gone home yet, and asking me to bring someone to look for you, your plan would have been in vain. ”

Xu Anping nodded and was taught, "Yes! Thanks to the uncle who rushed over. When they got home, they brought a large piece of wild boar. This wild boar is fat, enough for everyone to eat. ”

Uncle Yu's eyes narrowed with laughter, and he waved his hand again and again and said, "That can't be done, can't be done." The villagers should have taken care of each other. You're also lucky, and you can catch a big guy before the New Year. ”

When I got home, I naturally couldn't avoid Aunt Yu's chatter. Yi Lian'er didn't say much, but when she saw the blood on Xu Anping's forehead, tears fell down all of a sudden, and then she quickly wrapped him in a cloth, and kept blowing on his forehead when bandaging, as if she wanted him to reduce the pain.

Over the next few days, the smell of pork filled the air in several houses in the village, especially the Yu family. Father Yu walked around the village every day, and when he saw people, he said how big the wild boar was and how fragrant the wild boar was. Aunt Yu also smiled all day long, and when she saw someone bringing a child to visit the door, she put a piece of pork into the child's mouth.

Xu Anping liked the atmosphere of the New Year, and hoped that his life would be the same in the future.