The snow fluttered all over the sky, the wind blew in the face, and the snow hit the faces of pedestrians, like the tips of needles piercing the skin, not because the snow was hard, but because it was too cold. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Pengjiazhuang, New Baima County, every house closes its door, and every household seals its windows, for fear that a cold wind will blow into the warm house.

On the road, the snow is up to a foot thick, and the smooth road surface is completely submerged with snow, and the wind blows up the snow from time to time, and whirlpools are formed on the ground from time to time.

Seeing that it was almost noon, it was time to eat. On the houses, the angry blue smoke, the smell of rice and meat, wafted far away in this small village.

Suddenly, a dog barked, and many dogs followed. No matter how loud it is, no one plans to open the door to see who is on the road, after all, it is cold, it is a bad person, and it is not convenient to move at this time, besides, Pingzhou has always been peaceful, and everyone has not met any bad people in recent years.

Peng Daniu sat at the round table, looking at the meal prepared by his wife, and felt full of emotion.

A few days ago, I received a letter from my son Peng Zhongyu, who had graduated from the military academy and officially became an officer. Because of his meritorious service, he is now directly promoted to battalion commander, with a battalion of soldiers, stationed in Pingwu City. Lao Peng received the letter, took the letter, and let the whole village read it, regardless of whether he was literate or not, the people in the village came to Peng Daniu's house with gifts to congratulate him.

The banquet lasted three whole days, and it took two days to stop. Peng Zhongyu mentioned in the letter that his second uncle Peng Bohai is now also in Pingwu City and is already a wealthy businessman. More than half of the meat in Pingwu City was supplied by him, and now Peng Bohai has gained a lot of weight, just like a sheepskin raft crossing the river, blowing it into a ball. The flesh on his face is so heaping that he can't see it when he squeezes his eyes. Every day, I squint my little eyes, smiling and running here and looking there.

That's not all, he still has to go to the barracks to see his nephew, Peng Zhongyu, in Pingwu City, like a star. Naturally, Peng Bohai wanted to let the family know about this relationship. It made Peng Zhongyu a little restless, and he didn't dare to say too much.

Peng Zhongyu told Peng Da Niu about his complaints, and Peng Da Niu was even more angry with this cousin. Although he made a lot of money selling grain in the spring, when everyone returned, he was not heard from. The victim's family was anxious and scared, thinking that something was wrong, but a few months later, Peng Zhongyu told the villagers the news of his uncle.

What's even more annoying is that Peng Bohai has a lot of fields, and Peng Da Niu also has to worry about harvesting wheat, beans, and rice. I also had to ask for someone, take care of it everywhere, and finally help sell the grain. Peng Bohai didn't say anything, made a lot of money, and seemed to forget that there was a home here.

Angry is angry, after all, it is a family. Knowing that his cousin was okay and made a lot of money, Peng Daniu's heart was also put down. Anyway, the days are getting better and better. It's like there's too much money to spend.

The bad thing is that everyone seems to have money and dare to buy anything, which was unthinkable before, but now people buy leather clothes, sheepskins, cowhides, deerskins, and even mink. The food is also exquisite, a banquet on three days, and an invitation on five days, almost all of which are commonplace.

The poor are rich, and the people in Pengjia Village are a little unaware, some people build houses, some buy carriages, and some people get drunk every day.

Peng Daniu counted all the things in the village, but he always thought about the days when he didn't even have enough to eat before, and when he thought of his former relatives, he always felt a burst of worry in his heart, as if he had eaten well and dressed well as if it was a crime.

He is also uncomfortable sometimes, some people talk in front of him, as if they have been rich all their lives, and now they don't look at money at all, he sometimes persuades a few words, and people laugh at him. Later, he didn't say anything either. Of course, no one dared to trouble him, his son was only 18 years old and was already a battalion commander, and there was no second person in the entire Pingzhou. It is said that even the son of Director Zhang Kai, who was in charge of money, graduated from the military academy back then, and is now a company commander, and his relationship with the king is said to be very unusual.

Lao Peng, taking a sip of wine and eating a bite of food, thinking of his promising son in the future, he couldn't help but have flowers on his face.

His wife, knowing what he was thinking, did not speak, but poured him another wine.

At this moment, the dog barked louder in the yard, and there was a rustling sound outside. Peng Da Niu couldn't sit still, stood up, pushed the door open, and the dazzling snow hurt him for a while before he dared to open his eyes.

The yellow dog in the house is clinging to the fence wall, barking non-stop. Outside the fence wall, a sleigh is parked at the door. Two big black horses, with a lot of snow on their heads and backs. The horse gasped, spewing white water from its mouth, and looked really tired.

Peng Da Niu was very unhappy in his heart, what kind of person is on this sleigh, he doesn't care about livestock at all, is he going to tire the horse to death?

His eyes looked at the sleigh, almost like two snowmen, slowly getting off the sleigh and shaking off the snow on his body. Only then did I see clearly, two middle-aged people, dressed at a glance, wearing a cowhide coat and a dogskin hat.

Peng Daniu pulled the dog aside, and the yellow dog immediately came down from the fence wall, lowered his head, wagged his tail, and dangled beside Peng Daniu.

Peng Da Niu opened the gate of the fence and walked to the sleigh. Peng Daniu looked at the two people, his eyebrows and beard were covered with snow, not to mention his body, he shook it off a few times, and stomped on the ground a few times before he could see it clearly.

A tall man spoke: "Big brother, we are in a hurry, can you eat some food at your house, take a rest, and feed the horses, there is no hotel around here, you see I have a lot of money for you." ”

The tall man reached into his arms and took out two strings of copper coins, about 40, so that there were 200 coins.

That's a lot of money, after all, it's just a common meal. And just feed the horses some fodder, which is a lot.

Peng Daniu smiled and pushed with his hand, the man's hand was abnormally frozen, obviously frozen.

The man thought that the money was small, so he touched it in his arms with his hand, and Peng Daniu said: "Aren't you just having a meal, come in quickly, you go into the house first, the meal is still hot, hurry into the house and warm up." I'll help you pull the sled into the yard first, and feed the horses at my house first. ”

As he spoke, Peng Da Niu came to the side of the two big black horses, stretched out his hand to wipe the snow off the horses' backs, and then swept the snow off the horses' heads with his hands. The horse rubbed his head straight against Peng Da Niu, and his mouth was still snorting.

Peng Da Niu has seen a lot of horses in the past two years, but such good horses are rare, almost all of them are like war horses, fat and strong, and the body is extraordinary.

After Peng Da Niu swept the snow off the horse, he took the horse and walked forward, and the two people behind him ran over at the same time, and the tall man suddenly shouted: "Big brother, it's still us, it's still us." ”

Peng Daniu waved his hand and said, "What's polite, you guys hurry up and rest in the house, you see how cold it is, you freeze to death, right?" ”

The two refused to take half a step into the house, although the snow was very deep now, the two of them were one foot deep and one foot shallow, and followed Peng Da Niu closely. Maybe they had just come down from the sleigh, and they were really frozen, and after walking a few steps, they both almost fell into the snowdrift. (To be continued.) )