At the gate, Wu Le was carrying two purr things in his hands, and a brand-new black bicycle stood beside him. In those days, it was a great thing for anyone to have a bicycle. Wu Le is already a young man, and his two younger sisters, who are like flowers, stand beside him with a slim appearance.

Tao Zhenkun and Liu Xingmei hurriedly stepped forward.

"Eighth Young Master and two young ladies, please sit in the room." Tao Zhenkun looked a little scared.

"Please don't call Miss Young Master, Grandpa won't let others call me that. This is beef and mutton, which grandpa ordered to be delivered. Wu Le handed over the things.

"Thank you!" Tao Zhenkun took the thing.

"It's flint." Ni Ji said.

"It's gasoline." Ni said.

Liu Xingmei took a small paper bag handed by Ni Ji and a small bottle handed by Ni Yu.

"Thank you! Hurry up in the house please! Liu Xingmei looks very natural.

Wu Le said politely: "You're welcome. It's going to snow, and we're going to have to go back right away. ”

Liu Xingmei said: "Please go back and tell the old lady, just say that we thank you." ”

"Okay."

After speaking, Wu Le pushed the bicycle and rode on his legs. As soon as the car left, Ni sat down in the seat first, and she let out a string of laughter like silver bells.

"Fifth sister, let me sit!" Ni was behind shouting and chasing.

Not far away, Ni Ji jumped out of the car.

Looking at the backs of the three brothers and sisters leaving, Liu Xingmei sighed a little emotionally: "Old lady Wu is really true to her word!" ”

Tao Zhenkun weighed the beef and mutton wrapped in newspaper in his hand, and the portion was not light.

At this time, Ni Ji and Ni Wan turned around and smiled at Liu Xingmei, with the charm of 'looking back and smiling'.

This made Liu Xingmei have a better impression of them (perhaps, because of the kindness of the Wu family and this good impression, just two years later, when Tao Zhenkun came back to report that the Japanese devils were going to invade the village, and when the whole village evacuated Heping Village, Liu Xingmei would let the little sisters ride a jujube red horse with her one after the other, and the horse was left by her sworn sister Ji Jieyu).

The hearts of both husband and wife were touched by the warmth of human affection, and at the same time, sourness accompanied.

At this moment, sparse snowflakes began to fall from the gray sky. When they entered the house, the goose feathers and snow were falling densely, obscuring the visible scenery in a rapid haze. The snow flew like falling feathers, and soon covered some of the debris on the earth with a layer of crystal white, as if trying to hide the dirty dirt.

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In the evening, the snow had stopped, and only the stars proved that it was still going on, and the gray sky still covered the land. Sparrows, wild pigeons, magpies, and crows were all chattering, as if frightened by the sudden snowfall, and worried that there was nowhere to feed. None of them had their full stomachs this afternoon, and they would be tormented by hunger during the long dark night that was coming.

Tao Zhenkun used a shovel to clear the snow in the yard that was half a foot thick.

The sudden drop in temperature, which makes people feel a chill, seems to indicate that there is real winter, that the so-called warm winter no longer exists, as if winter has just begun.

At this time, Liu Xingmei, she was squatting under the eaves on the side of the door, in front of the stove made of stones, fanning the fire with a small dome covering the altar and jars, and enduring the smoke and fire with tears in her eyes, a bonfire was slowly burning, a black medicine pot was on it, and the smell of decoction was mixed with the smoke and wandering around in the wind.

Tao Zhenkun, who had cleared the snow, came to him almost quietly, and his solemn expression was just like his chest was full of heavy thoughts and depressed.

Liu Xingmei didn't turn her head to look, but she had already sensed his presence, as if she was talking to herself, and said lightly: "Thanks to the fact that Towulong took the prescription to the city a few days ago to bring a few more medicines, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to take it." Who would have thought that there would be such a heavy snowfall all of a sudden, and in this case, who would be able to go to the market to catch up with the store?! ”

Tao Zhenkun still stood aside without saying a word, as if he had turned a deaf ear to his wife's words.

Liu Xingmei didn't complain about her husband's pretending to be deaf and dumb, and continued to say as if she was nagging: "I know, you are worried about your father's condition, and there is also the famine you owe." People eat grains, how can there be people who don't get sick and have long disasters, and people don't die and debts don't rot, we didn't say that we won't pay back the debts, and when we have the money, we will pay it back-"

Her comforting words were interrupted by a long sigh from Tao Zhenkun.

In this year, it is not easy to make money, relying on those few acres of thin fields can only be regarded as barely maintaining food and clothing!

At this time, Tao Zhenkun was full of strong covetousness for the treasure that Miao Yunchang said, although it was almost a slim legend!

People thought that the snow had stopped, but no one expected that on this night, the wind was howling and the snow was flying. In the early morning of the next day, almost all the doors of their houses were pushed open because they were hidden by the heavy snow. What is surprising is that the world outside is covered in silver makeup, the snow on the trees hangs and bends the branches, but the thin snowflakes are still falling, the wind has long stopped, the sky seems to be a little clearer than yesterday, everything is static, and soon after the morning dawn can be seen in the red rising sun, through the clouds, but it is still hazy, as if in a state of deep sleep and early awakening. Sparrows, wild pigeons, magpies, and crows were again making noise, more than yesterday, and they were screaming and flying about, and it seemed that they could no longer find a safe place to settle in the trees, and every attempt ended in failure, and the flicks fell on the snow, and finally the larger birds got their wish, and the magpies and crows landed on the branches first. Under the cover of the snow, the majestic mountains seem to be stacked by glittering silver, and only the "ghost tower" still looms out of its proud silhouette. The heavy snow on the roofs of some people's houses makes people worry about it after seeing it, and they are overwhelmed for fear of collapsing at any time, which is like a tired egg. The first thing every household has to do is to remove the snow from the yard, and of course, the Tao family is no exception.

At this time, people can clearly hear the sound of their neighbors clearing the snow, and this somewhat magnificent scene seems to be a traditional custom. Because it is swept by strong winds, of course, the snow does not fall evenly on the ground, so it looks like it is thick and thin, the thick place is more than a meter deep, and the thin place only covers one layer of the ground. In this early morning when chickens and dogs are crowing, people are boiling in a busy way.

In the early morning, Tao Zhenkun and Liu Xingmei started to clean the snow in the yard after getting up, and the sparse snowflakes were still fluttering. It was cold, it was a kind of quaint cold, a cold that could soak into the bone marrow. Although the two of them were wearing cotton clothes, cotton pants and cotton shoes, Tao Zhenkun was wearing a fox fur hat, Liu Xingmei was wearing a scarf on his head, and each of them was wearing sewn cotton gloves, but they also weakened the cold and gloom they resisted, as the Northeast people said, this kind of cold is like a cat bite.

Tao Zhenkun went into the house and took out a gourd.

"What are you doing?"

"Wine."

"Drink in the morning and get drunk all day."

"Don't drink much, this is what hunters have to take when hunting in winter, and drinking wine can protect against the cold."

Tao Zhenkun pulled off the stopper, raised his head and took a sip from mouth to mouth, and then handed it to Liu Xingmei.

Liu Xingmei took the gourd in her hand and looked at it, and saw that it was the kind of vine knot, which was not a rare thing, but it also looked like, with a red thread rope tied on it, guessing that it was probably convenient to hang it around her waist. Seeing this wine, she couldn't help but think of the time when Tao Zhenkun used "wine to strengthen heroes" to inferiorly possess her. She hesitated, seeing Tao Zhenkun looking at her with a smile, as if she was contemptuous and encouraging, she, a person who had not been drunk, still had the courage to pour a small sip into her mouth, the spicy still made her stick out her tongue, frowned a few times and coughed twice, she seemed to be unable to understand why men were fond of this kind of thing?!

But Cao Cao's sentence "How to solve worries, only Du Kang" seems to be able to understand the fun of wine again. At this time, Liu Xingmei couldn't have imagined that she would become a female drunkard later!

After sweeping for a while, Tao Zhenkun said, "You better go cook first, I'll clean it."

In the morning, Tao Zhenkun and Liu Xingmei were gossiping with their parents in the East House. Tao Qisheng still looks like that, lying on the kang, his face is yellow, like an old man in his last years. I took a lot of decoction, but it was difficult to see his condition improve! As for Qiu Lanzhi, she is becoming more and more haggard, and during the period after her husband's illness, her hair has obviously turned gray.

Tao Qisheng said to Zhenkun: "Zhenkun, if your father is really gone one day, you will be the pillar of this family in the future, but you must remember that you can endure poverty as a person, but you can't be without dignity." People live with a face, trees live with a skin, only dignified people are worthy of the respect of others, especially a man, you must not be cowardly, that will make people look down on you! ”

At this time, he still couldn't believe that Zhenkun would be his biological son.

"Dad, I remember." Tao Zhenkun nodded frequently.

Tao Qisheng looked at Liu Xingmei.

Liu Xingmei stepped forward.

"Xingmei, you are a good-son-daughter-in-law, it is an honor for the Tao family to marry you. Dad will not be able to maintain this family with you, this is your misfortune and Dad's misfortune, and this family will depend on you in the future! And your mother, if I'm gone, you must be worthy of her, otherwise I will die blindly! ”

"Dad, if you take care of your illness, you can rest assured. It's just - I haven't been able to conceive the Tao family's flesh and blood, Dad, I'm sorry! Liu Xingmei's heart was full of guilt.

Tao Qisheng sighed lightly and said: "As the saying goes, 'If you are not afraid of late children, you are afraid of short lifespans', you are all young, a flower blooms, and besides, the marriage time is not long, so there is no need to worry about children." ”

"Thank you dad for saying that!" Liu Xingmei felt that her father-in-law was a very generous person.

"Life, fate, hey!" Tao Qisheng closed his eyes after saying this.

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