The sun was already setting in the west while the two were talking, and the light gradually dimmed. They hurriedly picked up the needle and thread in their hands, and went out to put down the insulated straw curtain together. After the cover was tight, he took the two children back to the front yard.

Halfway through, I met Liu Housheng who came on crutches, and the two classes were successfully handed over, so they went home to cook and laundry, and were busy with trivial chores.

In the blink of an eye, six or seven days passed like this, and the snow in the sky became longer and longer. As if in the blink of an eye, the surrounding mountains and forests are covered with thick snow jackets, and the children no longer have to worry about building snowmen, and they will dress themselves like cotton balls after breakfast every day, and then run out against the wind and snow to meet together to play together.

The men also rested completely, except for those young, strong and idle offspring who occasionally ran up the mountain to set a rabbit pheasant, and the rest of the people gathered in one place to gamble on pai gow.

Of course, the peasant family is used to being thrifty, and few of them take real money as a bet, at most they grab a handful of bud grains to symbolically make a lottery head, and just have fun.

The women gathered in groups of three or five on the big kang of which house, took the soles of shoes, changed clothes, sewed socks, and naturally the most important thing was gossip. Whose daughter-in-law gave birth to a male baby, whose mother-in-law has a big temper, whose man is diligent and capable, it seems that every woman has lost her disguise overnight and restored her true colors as an agent. The big and small things in ten miles and eight villages can't escape their eyes at all.

The aunt of the Chen family next door is hospitable, and the big kang in the main house of the house is very spacious, so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the left and right families like to gather here to talk and laugh.

On this day, Pu Cao went to take the borrowed dustpan, and when she entered the door, she saw seven or eight old and young women sitting on the kang, so she smiled and said, "Auntie, it's so lively here." ”

Aunt Chen hurriedly got down from the kang, pulled her to sit down, and said with a smile, "Pucao, why are you free to come?" Done with the work in the shed? ”

Pu Cao pointed to the new dustpan in the corner of the house and said with a smile, "I'll get the dustpan, and I want to peel the buds and grind some face at home." ”

Aunt Chen suddenly realized, patted her head and said, "I'm really old, I forgot to pay it back when I borrowed it." ”

"With so much work in the eldest mother's family, how can you remember every little thing? I don't live next door, and I use myself to retrieve it. ”

Pu Cao didn't smile or speak, there was no complaint in and out of her words, and she was full of thoughts for Aunt Chen, which made the old lady love her even more, so she took her hand and said a few words of gossip.

There was a little daughter-in-law on the front street next to her, and when she saw them so close, she smiled and quipped, "Look at the eldest mother, I really like the Pucao girl, if you meet someone who is not familiar with her, you will think that she is the eldest aunt and daughter-in-law." ”

Everyone laughed and echoed, "No, it's just like this." ”

Aunt Chen glared at everyone with disgust, and said with a smile, "If I had a girl like Pucao, it would be a blessing." You don't know, since their family moved back, half of this girl's stewed tofu has to be delivered, and her heart is good. ”

There is a person who likes to say strange things on weekdays, so he said to the two daughters-in-law of the Chen family, "His sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, aren't you jealous?" ”

Sister-in-law Chen was clumsy and just smiled honestly, but Second Sister-in-law Chen laughed and said, "There's nothing to be jealous of, my mother loves us." Which time the Pucao girl sent good food, it didn't miss a bite of us, who would push it out of such a good thing to take advantage of. ”

Everyone laughed, and Pu Cao took the opportunity to say, "On weekdays, the eldest lady and the two sisters-in-law don't help me less, and I should send some food." Besides, there are no old people in our family, and I hope that my aunt will see what is wrong on weekdays and give me a few more words. ”

Aunt Chen's face was so full of praise that her face bloomed, and she said, "Okay, okay, if you have something, just ask your aunt to discuss." Your kind of vegetable shed, the aunt has never seen it, but there are other jobs, the aunt is good at it, you must remember to come over and shout. ”

Sister-in-law Chen also said, "It's only been less than half a month, why do you have to peel the bud grain again?" Don't have enough to eat at home? ”

Pu Cao nodded, "Well, there aren't many buds left, and if you want to grind some more and save them, you won't have to work too hard to snow for a few days." ”

Aunt Chen sighed, patted Pu Cao's hand, and said distressedly, "Your small body has to feed three mouths, but it's hard enough." ”

Pu Cao didn't want to say this in front of people, so he smiled and said, "It's all a family, and there's nothing hard work." ”

The little daughter-in-law who had been talking before had been sitting next to her, and took advantage of this opportunity to ask, "Pucao girl, are you really growing vegetables in that shed?" How tall have you grown? Didn't you really freeze to death? ”

Pu Cao saw that her eyes were full of curiosity, and she had the intention of going to the greenhouse to visit immediately, so she inevitably felt a little resistant, so she smiled lightly, "I just planted some shallots and the like, and they haven't grown yet." At this time, I am most afraid of the wind, and I don't often go to see it except watering. ”

The little daughter-in-law let out an "oh", extremely disappointed. As if he was about to say something, he saw Peach Blossom and Shanzi stumbling in with the Chen family's fat Dun'er and Fu'er, their little faces red from the cold, and they were panting with their mouths open.

Pu Cao thought that a few children had been bullied, so she hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Peach Blossom and Shanzi, and asked while rubbing her hands and faces for them, "What's wrong, you ran so quickly?" Who bullied you? ”

Shanzi coughed twice and pointed out the door, saying, "Sister, there is a carriage!" ”

After all, Peach Blossom was two years older, and after relieving her breath for a while, she said, "Sister-in-law, there's a carriage outside, it seems to be from the city?" ”

Pu Cao's heart jumped, and she inexplicably remembered the black-painted carriage of the Fang family that day, and hurriedly asked, "Where did the carriage go?" ”

"It's right outside the courtyard gate." This time, it was Fat Dun'er and Fu'er who rushed to answer, and Pu Cao was even more determined in her heart, and she didn't have time to praise them for two sentences before saying goodbye to Aunt Chen, and then hurriedly went out with Peach Blossom Mountain.

Sure enough, as soon as I got out of the courtyard of the Chen family, I saw a wide carriage parked in front of the two big wooden doors of his house. The middle-aged coachman next to the car held the reins in one hand and comforted the squirming jujube red horse with the other.

A young man wearing a stone blue brocade cloak, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and he was looking around at the surrounding trees and houses with great interest, as if this ordinary mountain village was a fairyland that was difficult to find in the world.

The snow piled up everywhere reflected the dim sunlight, and it was actually very shining, and the red blonde headband on his head was even more dazzling...

Pu Cao was a little dumbfounded, and a sentence suddenly jumped out of her heart, the son of the world's best son, I'm afraid it's just like this, right?

A pointy-faced and round-eyed guy jumped to look into the yard, and after a long time of seeing no one, he turned his head and asked, "Childe, it seems that no one is at home?" ”

Pu Cao immediately woke up from her stunned state when she heard this, and secretly spat on herself a few times in her heart, when did it be, she still looked at the man stupidly.

She hurriedly stepped forward a few steps, saluted and smiled, "Young Master Fang, how come you have time to come to the cold house as a guest?" ”

Fang Jie turned around in response, looked at Pu Cao, who was wearing a white cotton jacket with a blue background, and looked more neat, and couldn't help but smile deeper in his eyes, "What, Sister-in-law Pu Cao, I am not welcome to come?" ”

"Where, Childe is too careful," Pu Cao raised his eyebrows and retorted, "It's just that the road is cold and slippery, I didn't expect Childe to come to our poor country." ”

"I have nothing to do, and I am curious about how my sister-in-law's vegetables are growing, so I come over and take a walk, hoping that I will not disturb my sister-in-law." Fang Jie said with a smile, and habitually opened the fan and shook it, but forgot that this was not a warm pavilion at home but a rural village, and the cold wind blowing in front of him made him shiver.

Peach Blossom and Shanzi are still young and can't hide their thoughts. I thought it was strange for this person to take a fan in the winter, and I giggled when I saw him eat the consequences like this.

Pu Cao also secretly laughed so much that her stomach was spinning, but she still blamed the two children, "Don't be rude, quickly apologize to Fang Gongzi." ”

The two children thought that their sister-in-law (sister) was really angry, so they immediately put away their smiles, shrunk their necks and saluted cautiously and said, "Young Master Fang, we were wrong. ”

Fang Jie blushed a little, embarrassedly put away the fan and coughed twice, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay." With that, he looked up and laughed at himself, "It's getting colder and colder." ”

Pu Cao took a look at his yard, and it was not good to invite the man to sit down, so he whispered to the two children to go to the back greenhouse to find Chunni back, and then led the master and servant of the Fang family to the courtyard of the Liu family, and said slightly apologetically, "Gongzi Fang, my uncle is not here, please go to the neighbor's house to rest." There is a lot of neglect, and I hope that the son will not be surprised. ”

"Sister-in-law is polite." The round-faced little guy Dongzi cleverly stepped forward to help open the courtyard door of the Liu family, and everyone entered the courtyard.

In the half-open courtyard gate of the Chen family, a group of old and young women saw that there was no excitement to see, and they all ran into the house with their frozen red ears.

When they got warm, they said excitedly, and the little daughter-in-law who had no mouth to hide said, "Oh, where did the rich boy come from?" He looks really handsome, isn't he a talent in the city? ”

Before her words fell, someone immediately answered, "Xiu is the one who wears a square scarf, don't you see that this boy has a little golden crown on his head?" That's only a rich and noble family can afford to wear it, which is a sour show to compare? ”

"Then why did this rich boy come to our village, or did he come to find Pucao? They... Well, what's the matter? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent. After all, if you continue to talk about it, it will inevitably involve Pucao's innocence, and many things are good to say and not good, and no one wants to come forward to offend this person.

Aunt Chen was protecting Pucao in her heart, of course she didn't want her to be criticized, so she couldn't care so much at this time, so she hurriedly smiled, "I heard Pucao say a few days ago that her vegetable shed was funded by a restaurant owner in the city. Xu is the owner of the restaurant, and it is reasonable to rush to see how the vegetables are grown before the heavy snow covers the mountain. ”

"Oh, I see." Everyone suddenly realized, but the interest in the corners of their eyes and eyebrows was stronger.