Early that morning, as soon as it was dawn, I heard a burst of joyful voices outside.

Xie Xuan was wrapped in Xie Wang's new ten-pound cotton quilt, and the quilt was warm, Xie Xuan turned over, tucked the corners of the quilt, covered his head with the quilt, and was really reluctant to get up.

If you don't sleep lazily in winter, what's the fun of life?

Xie Xuan thought in a daze, and after a while, she fell asleep again.

Who knew that it had not been a moment after falling asleep, and I heard Xie Zhicheng Xie Zhiyuan knocking on the door outside, and the joyful voice came with the continuous knocking on the door: "Xuanxuan, hurry up and take a look, it's snowing outside!" It's knee-deep! ”

When Xie Xuan heard this, where could she still sleep? Hurriedly put on a thick cotton jacket and pants and a smock skirt, put on thick cotton shoes, didn't bother to comb his hair, and immediately opened the door, and a cold air greeted him, bringing the world outside covered in silver into Xie Xuan's eyes.

I saw that the clouds were dense outside, the flowers were dancing in the air, the dead trees were hanging low, and the snow was not as deep as the legs.

"Ahh Xie Xuan said happily, "Yesterday, grandpa said that it was going to snow on this day, but it really will fall today!" ”

Xie Zhicheng smiled on his face: "It's snowing so hard that you can't walk the road, you don't have to go to class!" ”

Xie Zhiyuan heard his younger brother's words, although Ping Suli was a studious child, he also had a smile on his face at this time.

The three of them all stood happily under the eaves, and you and I discussed how to play in the snow.

"Let's finish eating, go find Yang Lin, Yang Shu, Yang Gen'er, and Zhou Xiaozhu to have a snowball fight!" Xie Zhicheng said with great interest.

"It's snowing!" Xie Xuan looked at the sky and saw that the snow had fallen all night, and it was already smaller at this time, just some snow foam fluttering in the air.

"After eating in a while, maybe it will stop." Xie Zhiyuan said.

Looking at the happy brothers, Xie Xuan deliberately asked in a big way, "Did Mr. Zhang assign you homework?" ”

When Xie Zhicheng heard this, his face couldn't help but fall, and he glanced at Xie Xuan: "Look at you, I'm finally happy for a while, and you're talking about bad things again!" ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help laughing: "I urged you to study, but it became a disappointment?" ”

Xie Zhiyuan was not annoyed, and explained to Xie Xuan: "The two of us just talked about studying, but who knew that it was snowing. If it snows in the morning, we'll study in the house, and if it doesn't snow later, we'll go out for a snowball fight! Wait for the afternoon to practice calligraphy......"

"Ahh Brother, it's finally snowing today, why do you still arrange more homework? Why don't you just have a fun day today, and then go to school tomorrow? Xie Zhicheng said unwillingly.

As soon as he heard this sentence, Lin stood under the eaves of the kitchen and heard it, walked over quickly, looked at Xie Zhicheng's head, and glared: "You know how to play!" Mr. didn't say that he would have a holiday yesterday, so let my father drive you to school later, and no one is allowed to play at home! ”

Hearing this, Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng lowered their faces together, their faces full of frustration.

Xie Xuan stuck out her tongue and snickered beside her.

"Xuanxuan, it's your birthday, have you forgotten?"

After arguing with the brothers, Lin turned his head and asked Xie Xuan with a smile: "Grandma boiled eggs for you on the kitchen stove, what do you want to eat at noon?" Da Yan will do it for you! ”

Xie Xuan was pleasantly surprised: "My birthday? I forgot! Saying that, she smiled and said, "Da Yan, I want to eat dumplings!" Fresh garlic and pork stuffed dumplings, preferably wrapped with thin skin and large filling! ”

Zhiyuan Zhicheng listened to it next to him, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Okay!" Lin said with a smile: "After eating, I will go to Zhang's butcher's house to cut a few catties of pork, and we will make dumplings this morning." ”

After breakfast, the snow really stopped, Xie Pingtian drove to school with a sad face Zhiyuan Zhicheng, and Lin also took the car to Zhang's butcher's house to cut meat.

"In winter, the wheat cover is three-layered, and the next year I sleep with steamed buns, and this snow is good! I also said that this year's winter is a bit dry, who knows if God will open his eyes. Xie Qingshan put straw sandals on his cotton shoes, put on a thick cotton hat made by Xie Wang, and went out with his hands behind his back, "I'll take a look at the field!" ”

Xie Xuan was leaning on the embers in the stove to roast her hands, gossiping with Xie Wang's who was brushing the pot, when she saw Chen Ye'er, Yang Cuicui and Zhou Xiaoxiao outside at the gate of the courtyard, sticking out their heads and looking in.

Xie Wang was going out to pour the pot of water, and when he saw it, he asked with a smile: "You came to play with Xuanxuan, right?" It's cold outside, come in! ”

"Huh!" Hearing Xie Wang's words, the three of them all walked into the kitchen with a smile.

"Xuanxuan, let's go have a snowball fight! It's snowy outside! Yang Cuicui came up and grabbed Xie Xuan's hand and was about to go out. She had a round face, double eyelids, a slightly dark complexion, and wore a coarse cloth shirt with a turmeric background and indigo coarse cotton pants underneath, with only patches on the cuffs and knees, and although the clothes were old and faded, they were clean.

Yang Cuicui is eight years old this year, has a lively temperament, and often plays with Xie Xuan in the past. She is Yang Shishi's granddaughter, Yang Shishi and Xie Qingshan have always been friends, some time ago the Xie family Zhuangzi asked workers to work, Xie Qingshan's first thought was the Yang family.

"That's it, Xuanxuan, you always stay at home, aren't you bored?" Chen Ye'er asked Xie Xuan with a smile, she has thin eyebrows and fine eyes, she is tall and slender, wearing a bean green coarse cloth jacket and a sea green cotton skirt, although they are all made of ordinary coarse cloth, but the placket and skirt are embroidered with twig patterns, she is a skillful girl.

Chen Ye'er is three years older than Xie Xuan, she is very sensible, she is Aunt Feng'er's granddaughter, Aunt Feng is kind and kind, and she often gossips with Xie Wang's family. In the past, Wu Qingxi's mother-in-law and the Xie family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law quarreled, and Aunt Feng also helped the Xie family.

"I'm afraid of the cold! How comfortable it is to bake a fire at home! Xie Xuan also said with a smile.

Zhou Xiaoxiao was wearing a wide indigo blouse and a pair of black cotton pants underneath, all of which had been washed and turned white, obviously changed from adult clothes. She stood behind Yang Cuicui and Chen Ye'er and didn't speak, looked at the three Xie Xuan who were gossiping for a while, and then looked at the two eggs that Xie Xuan put there on the stove.

Because of Xie Xuan's birthday, Xie Wang's boiled a pot of eggs, everyone ate one, and the remaining two were not eaten, leaving Xie Xuan hungry for a long time to fill his stomach. Xie Xuan was afraid of the cold, so she put it on the stove and baked it with the residual temperature.

"It's my birthday today, I didn't finish the eggs that my grandma boiled for me in the morning, and there are still two left, you can eat them separately, and you can also touch my joy!" Xie Xuan saw Zhou Xiaoxiao's gaze, so she pretended to say casually, "There are still chestnuts and hazelnuts I just buried in the stove, and I just want to eat them at this time!" ”

When Zhou Xiaoxiao heard this, he quickly took back his gaze at the egg, peeked at Xie Xuan, and saw that she didn't seem to look at herself, so she was slightly relieved.

Her family is patriarchal, and she has always left good ones to her younger brother, not to mention that her family is poor and can't afford to eat any good things, so she often only eats half-full. Zhou Xiaoxiao was eight or nine years old when she was growing up, and she was often hungry, but she was introverted and self-respecting and refused to ask others for food easily. As long as Xie Xuan saw it, she often pretended to give her something to eat inadvertently.

"I'll eat hazelnuts and chestnuts, I love this!" Chen Ye'er was older after all, and she knew Zhou Xiaoxiao's situation, so she took the initiative to say, "Cuicui and Xiaoxiao eat the eggs." ”

"That's okay, Sister Ye'er, you can help me get the hazelnuts and chestnuts out of the stove!" Xie Xuan picked up the eggs on the stove, stuffed them into the hands of Zhou Xiaoxiao and Yang Cuicui without saying anything, picked up the fire stick and stabbed the hazelnuts in the stove with Chen Ye'er.

Yang Cuicui is a little embarrassed, although her family is not patriarchal, but not can afford to eat eggs every day, ordinary farmers are accumulating eggs and selling them in the market, who can be so luxurious that they eat eggs every day? After all, except for a few families in the village, they are all ordinary farmers, and they are half-full with thin soup and coarse rice all year round.

But she has a lively temperament, and she is not a person who twists and turns, so she peels eggs and eats them.

Zhou Xiaoxiao saw Yang Cuicui peeling the eggs, so she blushed and peeled them up, and ate them in small bites, chewing and swallowing slowly with each bite, as if she was slowly reminiscing.

Xie Xuan and Chen Ye'er had a tacit understanding to pull Yang Cuicui to laugh, and did not laugh at Zhou Xiaoxiao, and put the hazelnut chestnuts stained with firewood ash on the ground to dissipate heat, and the four of them laughed and ate all the hazelnuts, and their mouths were full of firewood ashes.

Xie Wang finished brushing the pots and bowls, sat next to the stove and took the soles of his shoes, and watched the four little girls laugh and play lovingly.