In November, Kong Yan looked at the heavy snow outside the house and pulled the quilt under her body again.

Although there is a fire kang in the house, but in the winter of the north of the country, it is minus thirty or forty degrees, and the mud house cannot be cold at all, so you can stay in the house without stopping to burn the kang for warmth, and you must wear a fur hat on your head when you sleep at night.

After coming out last time, under the guidance of Granny Yao, they met the people sent by the prince to find them, it turned out that the land north of the prince's Esai was an important border place in the Great Zhou, and they sent their own people to come and garrison with Fang Zhang.

In fact, it is also to take care of Mrs. Kong, and everyone in the Kong family still has to go out to work, but with the people sent by the prince, they don't have to worry about being hurt anymore, and they even have a house to live in, and they can always live like people.

"Your grandfather said that General Li has window paper over there, and he will ask you for some in a few days." Li just burned the kang and entered the house, patted the ashes on his body, took off his shoes and got on the kang, pulled the quilt and sat with his daughter, looking out the window, "Although it also snows in Kyoto, I have never seen such a big snow since I was a child." ”

"No matter how thick the window paper is, it can't withstand the wind and cold, and when my grandfather comes back, I will tell him, don't always talk to others for me." Kong Yan smiled and took the basket over, and there were melon seeds in it, "General Li is the prince's person, you can't let Fang Zhang catch the handle, let's be careful." ”

Mrs. Kong was specially taken care of by General Li on the grounds of virtue and talent, and asked him to teach those soldiers, while Mo Shangshu lectured on the art of war, neither of them had to go out to work, and others could not repair the road on a snowy day, so they went to shovel snow, which was also convenient for post road vehicles to pass by.

The snow in Saibei is very heavy, that is, every day before dawn to go out to clear the snow, until the dark is not seen to come back, and it is too busy, and some roads are still blocked.

However, with the arrival of General Lee, they finally survived this winter.

Mrs. Mo's family lives next door, and when the father and son of the Mo family are not at home, Mrs. Mo comes here, and the three of them sit together to sew clothes, or sometimes look at the snow outside and watch it for a day.

At the end of the year, General Li asked people to send them some food, there is not much food in the north, and there are a lot of prey to hunt, the Kong family divided two deer, and the Li family has also practiced it in the past six months, and the mother and wife will clean the two deer and put them in the pot to cook, so that it is convenient to eat, and the cooked ones can be frozen without taking them outside, so they are simply placed in the kitchen of the outhouse.

After the two of them were done, they went to Mo's house to help Mrs. Mo deal with things, Mrs. Mo looked at a large pot of meat, she was not happy, and her face showed a sad look.

"I don't know if I'm going to live here for the rest of my life."

"No, didn't you see that the prince sent someone?" Li didn't point it out, but he almost said that as soon as the crown prince ascended the throne, they could go back.

Mrs. Mo was refreshed again when she heard this, her eyes fell on Kong Yan, and she looked at Li eagerly, Li shook her head, and Mrs. Mo couldn't help but sigh in disappointment again.

But she is not discouraged, she really can't grow better and gentle-looking than her own son here, and her sister will be the daughter-in-law of her own family sooner or later.

When he returned home, Li picked out the boiled meat, put it on the wooden board on the north wall one by one, and put it in the pot at any time when eating, which was simple and convenient.

The mother and daughter were busy, it was already dark, and the men of the Kong family had not returned.

Li Shi thought that Mrs. Mo mentioned the matter of the two children again today, and when she sat on the kang, she also asked again, "Sister Yan, I told you about the marriage last time, how did you think about it?" ”

"Mother, I don't want to get married yet."

"It's not for you to get married now, let's get married first."

"I don't want to get married." Kong Yan pushed a few times, and saw that her mother hadn't given up yet, so she simply didn't hide it, "Mother, there are too many things that happened along the way, in fact, there are many things I haven't told you, when I went to the Northland with Lu Lian, the two of us were arrested, in order to survive in the prison, I let other men touch their hands for dry food, this matter can't be erased in my memory, as long as I think of getting married, I will think of this." ”

Lee's mouth opened wide and he didn't speak for a long time.

Kong Yan smiled, and calmly, "Mother, in fact, I don't take these very seriously, I just think it's good to be alone, if you dislike me, I can go to the Guzi Temple when I am old in the future." ”

"What a stupid thing to say." Li interrupted her, turned his back and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "If you don't want to marry, you won't marry, we don't have your brother that day, what if you let your nephew raise you as an aunt and grandmother in the future?" ”

Kong Yan's nose was slightly sour, "Mother, thank you." ”

Where could the Li family bear it, he took his daughter into his arms, cried in a low voice, and when the men of the Kong family came back, they saw the red and swollen eyes of their mother and daughter.

Kong Heren wrung his eyebrows, "We've been tired outside for a day, why are you still doing so much at home?" ”

Li glanced at him, turned around and went to the outhouse to fetch water for his father-in-law to wash his hands, and also got a basin for Kong Guangzu, but there was no Kong Heren.

How dare Kong Heren have an opinion, he has long found out that since the house was raided, the Li family is not that weak and bulliable.

There was still meat on the table, Kong Guangzu was already hungry and had his chest against his back, and he had no appetite when he saw the meat, "Is there nothing else to eat at home?" Dry biscuits will do. ”

His hands were no longer delicate, and there were many frozen openings on them.

The way of health has long been put aside.

Old lady Kong took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly, Kong Guangzu could only hold back his words when he saw it.

Kong Heren likes to eat meat, but he still has regrets, "Such a good venison, if only there was shell wine." ”

Kong Yan didn't want her grandfather to be angry again, so she turned around and went to the kang tail to take out the hand balm she made with deer oil, "Grandfather always asks for something from General Li, this is my own hand balm made of deer oil, it is very useful to rub on the wounds that are frozen and cracked, grandfather will give it to General Li tomorrow." ”

In this family, there is only one sensible person, and that is Sister Yan.

If you talk about it again, it is the daughter-in-law Li who married in.

Old lady Kong smiled and put it away.

Kong Guangzu's gaze turned around there, and when Old Lady Kong looked over, he immediately moved away.

At this time, the father and son of the Liu family, who came back at the latest, finally came back, and they were sent farther away, and they only came back late at night every day, because they were the disciples of the old lady Kong, so they lived in the Kong family.

After eating, the man rested in the outhouse, Kong Yan and his mother went to the inner room, brought the wooden door shut, and the kang under his body was also hot through the mattress, but the top of his head was cold, so he could only turn over from time to time to warm his whole body.

The wind was blowing outside, making a whining sound, and Kong Yan couldn't sleep at first, but slowly got used to it.