When she got up early this day, Chrysanthemum looked at the bright light shining through the window, and thought in her heart: Isn't it snowing? The snow is not cold, and it doesn't seem to be too cold today.

Even this not too cold weather is not something she can bear, she is all over, cotton jacket, cotton pants and cotton shoes, fully armed, but there is still a hat missing on her head. Let's make a hat today, and she thought to herself, as she braided her hair quickly, and she thought that she would have to make a scarf.

After everything was cleaned up, Chrysanthemum shrunk her neck and walked out of the room.

Yang came into the house from outside, closed the door with his hand, and said to her, "It snowed last night, and it's still raining in the morning." Chrysanthemums, you have to wear more, I put some charcoal in the fire jar, and you can take it and roast it later. Don't freeze on this day. ”

Chrysanthemum thought, I want to wear more, but I can't add it to my body, and the jacket can only be worn when I take off the padded jacket in the spring.

She looked out from the crack in the door, the mountains, rivers and fields wrapped in a thick layer of snow seemed extraordinarily quiet, far and near were connected into a piece of white, and the snowflakes in the air were still falling like cotton wool, dense and endless.

She turned around and said hesitantly to Yang: "Mother, I'm afraid that the vegetables are not good to sell today, and there must be fewer people going to the market in this heavy snow." Why don't we stop for two days? ”

Yang glanced at her and said, "At that time, you said that you should pay attention to credibility in business." It's hard to sell the name now, if I suddenly don't go, then wouldn't the people who want to buy vegetables today go for nothing? It doesn't matter how many people buy it, as long as someone buys it, I have to go. Whether it's a snow day, it's good to move your body, it's good to eat and dress warmly in the past few months, what are you afraid of when you run some roads? ”

Zheng Changhe's leg was basically healed, and he smiled: "Baby, why don't I go with you today?" I'm fine at home anyway! ”

Yang glared at him and said, "Are you going to play?" With this heavy snow, your legs dare to go out and get cold? If you fall into the root of the disease, it's up to you what to do! You also nag all day long, and when the weather is warm, I will leave this job to you, and I will let you run to the set when I see the sky. ”

Zheng Changhe smiled hesitantly.

Alas! The life of a poor family is like this.

Chrysanthemum watched her brother carrying the burden, and her mother holding an oil-paper umbrella on the side, blending into the white world together, the dense snowflakes were flying, blocking her vision, and the two backs were getting smaller and smaller, more and more blurred!

After the mother and brother went out, Chrysanthemum threw a pig's head and four pig's trotters into the cauldron to boil, and sat in front of the stove to watch the fire and warm up by the way, while giving her brother shoe soles. These shoes are single shoes, and they are made to make my brother easy to wear in the spring next year.

Since Zheng Changhe's leg is healed, although he doesn't do heavy work, he has taken care of the work of feeding pigs and chickens, and the burden on Chrysanthemum's body is indeed a lot lighter, so he cooks rice or something, and washes clothes by the well as much as possible. In this way, she has more opportunities to get needles and threads, and she can't help but do this and that for her family, which is very popular with her father and brother.

In the morning, Yang did not come back early as usual, and Chrysanthemum was a little worried, and looked at the village road several times, but her mother was nowhere to be seen. waited until Aoki went to school, but she still didn't come back.

Zheng Changhe and Aoki were also worried, thinking about whether to look for it.

Aoki ate quickly, and said, "My mother will definitely be fine at the set-there is a happy follow." I'm afraid that something will happen on the way back. I'll stop by to find it after dinner, Dad, don't go out at home, that leg has to be maintained. ”

Chrysanthemum also agreed, she said: "Mother has an idea, maybe something is delayed." Brother, I'll go with you, bring food to Master Zhou, and help him clean the house by the way—my mother said I'd clean it for him today. Besides, if you can't find it, you have to go to Jishang's uncle's house to ask, and I can help you take leave with your master. ”

Aoki glanced at Chrysanthemum hesitantly, thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Somehow, he didn't want the scarve-covered chrysanthemum to be seen by outsiders, but he couldn't hide the chrysanthemum all the time, anyway, the chrysanthemum is much bolder now, and she's not afraid of anyone, so it's good for her to see more people.

After eating, Chrysanthemum looked at the snow outside the door, and then looked down at the cotton shoes on her feet, and hesitated: even if she put on her father's wood-soled straw sandals outside, I am afraid that the shoes will be wet, then she will be distressed to death.

When Aoki saw her like this, he knew that she was worried about her shoes, so he said, "You wear a pair of old walks, bring this new one, and change it when you get to the school." I brought a pair of clean shoes and put them in the school in the morning. ”

Chrysanthemum saw that he was really wearing a pair of old shoes that were a little worn out, so she also took off her cotton shoes and replaced them with a pair of worn shoes. Suddenly, the cold and hard soles made her shiver, and she held on, and put straw sandals on the outside of the shoes, and then walked into the snowflakes with Aoki with an oil-paper umbrella.

Aoki was carrying a basket and holding a paper umbrella, and when he saw Chrysanthemum leaning on his shoulders and back, he couldn't help but feel a little heartache, so he said, "Why don't I carry you?" It's not far away anyway. ”

Chrysanthemum hurriedly said: "Hello! If people see it, they don't laugh and die. Hurry up, it's good to arrive. ”

Aoki had no choice but to speed up his pace. Chrysanthemum didn't have the heart to look at this snow scene, so she pulled her brother's sleeve and hurried away, wanting to rush to Master Zhou as soon as possible, so that she could change into shoes and take a breath.

When they arrived at the fork, Aoki still walked with Chrysanthemum, and he said, "I'll send you directly to the school, and by the way, tell the master." ”

So the two of them came to the school together.

Entering the courtyard of the ancestral hall, I heard the crisp laughter coming from the courtyard, it turned out that the little babies were playing with the snowman, and only they liked this snow day very much - no more than rain, they couldn't go out at all.

The little stone ran around and rolled a big snowball, and was about to move it to the snowman's head to make a head, when suddenly he saw Chrysanthemum and Aoki at a glance, hurriedly dropped the snowball, ran over, looked at the scarfed Chrysanthemum in amazement, and exclaimed tentatively: "Sister Chrysanthemum? ”

The other little babies also stopped making noise, and they all looked at Aoki and Chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum was so cold that she couldn't breathe, she felt that all the parts of her body were shrunk into a ball, closed like a door, and even breathing was difficult, looking at the hot head of the small stone, she was so envious that she shivered and responded: "Bhoo! Aren't you cold stones? Come inside quickly, it's snowing so hard that your clothes are getting wet. ”

Little Stone smiled brightly and replied, "Hello! Sister Chrysanthemum, what are you doing? As he spoke, he followed Aoki and Chrysanthemum into the Master's residence.

The three rooms on the east side of the ancestral hall were opened up as classrooms, and the three rooms on the west side were used as the residence of Master Zhou. In the middle, an old plum is spitting out rouge-like flowers, which are particularly dazzling in this snow.

Aoki put the oil-paper umbrella on the steps outside the house, and then stomped into the house, told Zhou Fuzi about his mother's situation and leave, and said that Chrysanthemum was here to clean the house.

When Zhou Fuzi heard that the Yang family hadn't come back yet, he hurriedly said, "You go quickly!" Don't be too anxious, maybe your mother is just delayed, maybe you happen to meet her on the road! ”

Aoki looked at Chrysanthemum again, and saw that she had already changed her shoes, but she still shrunk her shoulders, and swallowed back what she wanted to say.

The master had already seen the chrysanthemum covered with a face towel, his eyes showed a strange color, he glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Chrysanthemum is afraid of cold? It's okay, the village chief sent me a small fire bucket, you can bake it for a while and rest for a while. ”

Aoki smiled and went out.

Chrysanthemum took the small fire bucket brought by Zhou Fuzi, it turned out to be a round wooden stool, and there was a crescent-shaped opening in the middle of the stool, and the bottom was a barrel, and the bottom of the bucket thought that it was made of lattice, and a fire jar filled with charcoal was placed, and the person sat on the stool, and the heat came up from under the buttocks, and the whole body was warm.

Chrysanthemum brought out the food first, and put some of the hot ones on the stove to heat them, and then she honestly and unceremoniously sat down on the fire bucket, with her hands in her sleeves and her feet resting on the fire jar below, and after a while, her body stopped shivering!

Xiao Shi had never seen such a beautiful chrysanthemum, and for the first time leaned on her side obediently silent.

Zhou Fuzi kept looking at her with a smile, and when he saw her sit down, he reproached: "You kid, you are not in good health, so you shouldn't come." It's okay for me to clean it a day late, just wait for your mother to clean it tomorrow. No one has ever said that you have to sweep it every two days. ”

Chrysanthemum chuckled, "It's out of the way." I'll bake it for a while. Let the Master eat, and the food is hot. ”

Zhou Fuzi smiled: "Then I'll go to dinner." Zhao Yun, what are you doing here? ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly stood up straight and replied respectfully, "I'll talk to Sister Chrysanthemum." ”

Seeing that Chrysanthemum did not object, Master Zhou advised: "Don't be naughty." ”

The crunch of small stones responded.

Waiting for the master to leave, Chrysanthemum looked at him and asked with a smile, "Zhao Yun?" Who gave you this name? ”

Xiaoshi lay on her lap and said with a smile: "It was the master's idea, and it means to work hard." Sister Chrysanthemum, is this name good? ”

Chrysanthemum smiled: "Okay! ”

Xiao Shi looked at her with her hands in her sleeves, raised her head and asked, "Sister Chrysanthemum, are you cold?" ”

Chrysanthemum said softly: "Well, I'm afraid of the cold." ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly said: "I'm not afraid of the cold, my hands are hot, I'll help you cover them for a while." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and tugged at Chrysanthemum's hand. Chrysanthemum took out a hand and held his little hand, and it was really hot. As the saying goes, there are three fires on the little baby, which is true.

The two gossiped and roasted for a while, and Chrysanthemum felt warm and relaxed, so she got up and cleaned up the house, and Xiaoshi went back to the classroom to listen to the class.

Scholars are also particular about cleanliness, although Master Zhou lives alone, the house is not dirty, and it is not difficult to clean up. Cleaning, wiping tables and chairs, putting dirty clothes in baskets and taking them back to wash, I don't feel very cold when I am busy in the house.

When cleaning the study, Chrysanthemum paid attention to it, Zhou Fuzi's study layout was very simple, in addition to tables and chairs, there was also a simple bookshelf, and there were not many books, and she didn't find any historical classics.

After a few flips through a few books, she found that even the dynasties revealed in those poems and scriptures did not seem to have anything to do with the history of China, which really confused her.

She had to put this matter aside and comfort herself that she was a rural girl, so it was useless to know it, and she had no intention of leaving Qingnan Village.

It took a lot of time to turn the book for a long time, and the master had already come back from a class to drink tea.

She quickly cleaned up, put the dishes and chopsticks used by her master into the basket, and whispered to her master, "Then I'll go back first." What else does the Master command? ”

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Chrysanthemum whispered, it's snowing, vote for it, life is not good!