Chapter Forty-Eight: Into the Mountain
This winter seemed particularly unusual.
Since the day of the heavy snowfall, a thin layer of snow has fallen from the sky, and on the second day, it was like opening the floodgates, and the heavy snow did not stop, and the climate finally entered the cold that should be in winter.
"Fourth sister, you said that this snow is falling like this, let's go out for a while, can we sweep the snow?" Leaning in front of the translucent window, Walnut was very worried.
Mi Tao has gone to work in the neighboring village, and the star fruit and cotton peach have to boil water and wash the laundry all morning, and the work of cleaning up the yard and clearing the snow and shoveling snow falls on the cherries and walnuts.
"You have to sweep it if you can't sweep it, the eldest sister and the third sister want to do the laundry, and you and I are left to do these jobs at home." Cherry smiled and pinched the tip of the walnut's little nose, and seeing her wrinkled a little face, Cherry said again: "This snow is heavy, let's wait until the snow stops before sweeping." I made an appointment with Brother Akiyama and Brother Runsheng in advance, and I would go into the mountain as soon as the snow stopped, so I ......"
"Oh!!" Don't look at the walnuts are still young, but the smart and clever ones are not inferior to the third sister cotton peach, but the temperament is much more lively than the cotton peach. She clapped her hands, her eyes shining, "I see!" As long as Brother Akiyama comes, our snow won't have to be swept away!! ”
"You, little lazy!!" Cherry smiled and pinched the tip of her nose again.
"Fourth sister isn't having a bad idea?" Walnut stuck out her tongue in disbelief, turned around and wanted to run, but was hugged by Cherry, and the two sisters laughed on the kang.
"Yikes! The snow has stopped! While there was a commotion, there was a soft and surprised voice of star fruit in the hall.
Cherry hurriedly put on her shoes and got off the kang, opened the door of the house to see, the wind and snow had stopped outside, the sun that had not been seen for a few days finally hung high in the sky, and the warm light of the winter sun sprinkled on the thick snow, reflecting a dazzling white.
When I looked up, I saw a white expanse. In the past few days, although the snow has drifted intermittently, it has been falling long enough, and a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the ground, which is enough to lose most of the calves of cherries. The roofs of several neighbors are covered with thick snow, and the Nanxiang River outside the yard is also covered in white, and it is estimated that the ice is thick enough to go up for skating. Looking at the courtyard again, there is a thick layer of snow, because it has been raining for a long time, and the bottom layer has frozen. The broken fence of the house was weighed down by the thick snow, and it was even more crumbling.
Looking at it this way, the work of clearing snow is really a chore.
Thinking like this, Miao Qiushan on the other side shouted at the top of his voice: "Oh~~ Cherry!! While shouting, he waved his hand vigorously, and his voice was full of infinite joy: "Cherry~~Snow stops~Snow stops!! After shouting, he ran towards the Xiaomiao Bridge in the east, crossed the bridge, and ran straight towards the courtyard.
Looking at Akiyama's joyful appearance, Cherry couldn't help but bend her mouth and muttered, "It's really impatient." ”
Walnut was also very happy when he saw Akiyama coming: "With Brother Akiyama here, this little snow in our house will be swept away in a while!" ”
Carambola and cotton peach sat in the hall to do laundry, and when they heard the two of them say this, Carambola smiled and said: "You, you guys will beat people all day long Qiushan's idea, and if you have a job, you two little lazy worms, if you call Qiushan's father and mother to know, don't scold you!" ”
Walnut was unconvinced: "Anyway, his family has Sister Qiuhong to do things, and he doesn't need Brother Qiushan." ”
Mian Tao smiled: "That's because your sister Qiuhong is sensible and knows that his brother has other things to do." As he spoke, he glanced at the cherry with a smile: "The walnuts are stained with your fourth sister, don't eat the meat for lunch for a while, let your fourth sister go?" ”
Walnut took it for granted: "My meat was originally going to be given to the fourth sister to eat, and she ate the meat, and the scar on her face was numb!" As he spoke, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he ran to Mian Tao: "Third sister, you said that the fourth sister has also eaten meat, why is the scar on her face still not good?" Also, you said that I was stained with the light of the fourth sister, what light did I stain with the fourth sister? ”
The three of them laughed when they said this, and the star fruit smiled and glared at the cotton peach: "She is still young, what nonsense are you talking to her?" provoked her to ask"
Mian Tao didn't answer, only laughed 'hehe'.
"What are you laughing at, so happy?" Akiyama entered the courtyard, stepped on the thick snow and walked to the door of the house, scratching his head innocently: "This snow is really heavy, it can be regarded as stopping." ”
"I'm laughing that Akiyama is really a frequent visitor to my house, and as soon as the snow stops, it immediately comes." Mian Tao smiled, didn't look at the white eyes thrown by the star fruit, and continued to do the laundry.
Akiyama smiled: "I thought, this time the snow is so thick and it takes a long time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sweep it." You don't have any strength in your house, so why don't I sweep it for you. ”
When Walnut heard this, he immediately clapped his hands happily: "Brother Akiyama is so good!" ”
"What's good" Carambola glared at the walnuts and looked at Akiyama: "Akiyama, this snow has just stopped, presumably the snow in your house hasn't been cleared yet, how can you run to my house to work first?" If your father and mother know, they don't care, and we're embarrassed. ”
"It's okay, it's okay." Akiyama didn't care what the star fruit was talking about, raised his face and smiled at the cherry, turned around and picked up the shovel, then turned around and waved his arm: "The snow in my house has my father, my mother and Qiu Hong." With such a thick snow, you only have cherries and walnuts at home, so when will you sweep the two of you? Why don't I come, and I'll sweep it in a moment. After sweeping, we have to go up the mountain to catch sparrows. "Catching sparrows is an excuse that Cherry and Akiyama have discussed in advance. She didn't want to let her family know about catching hares for the time being. If she can't catch it, there are two other things, and she still wants to secretly save some private money, and she doesn't need to explain what she wants to do in the future to explain the trouble.
"Eldest sister, you just let him do it, he didn't want to help us, he was mainly thinking about catching sparrows." Cherry grinned, went to get the basket, so that it could be loaded with snow and carried out.
Walnut also smiled: "The eldest sister and the third sister are washing clothes, and the snow sweeping work is wrapped in me, the fourth sister and Brother Akiyama!" ”
"You two!" Carambola glared again, ignored them, and washed her clothes.
Because the Yue family does not have a wing room, the yard is very large, and there is a lot of snow to sweep up. Just swept two brooms, Wen He Wenhai of Yue Fu's family next door also carried a big broom and went to the yard to sweep the snow.
Since Yue Fu's house is also a low fence, you can see the situation in his yard when you look up.
I only heard Wen Hai's "yo drink", and said in a slight tone: "Qiushan, you kid is diligent enough, this snow has just stopped, why did you come to offer your courtesy?" As he spoke, he turned to Wen He on the side: "Brother, have you seen it?" Learn more from others! ”
Wen He smiled and didn't speak, burying his head in the snow.
Star fruit spoke subtly, and Akiyama was still able to fool around with thick skin, but Wen Hai shouted like this, no matter how thick his face was, a little red floated: "I just want to help Cherry and Walnut sweep the yard early, so that I can go up the mountain to catch sparrows." In order to show his innocence, he added: "Runsheng and Brother Yu Ze also want to go together." ”
"Tut-tut......" Wen Hai smacked his tongue maliciously.
At this time, Runsheng came from the west, and he didn't know: "Akiyama, you came so early?" Seeing him and Cherry holding a shovel and a broom in their hands, they said, "Why haven't you finished clearing the snow yet?" ”
Akiyama seemed to grab the life-saving grass, and immediately said, "Look, Runsheng is here!" As he spoke, he turned to Runsheng: "Runsheng, come and help, we're done sweeping earlier, let's go early." ”
Wen Hai shrugged, turned around and muttered to Wen He in a low voice: "Our family just lacks a female dependent, otherwise, what kind of miscellaneous work is dirty, and we still need to do it?" ”
"yes, if you're a female doll, I won't have to exert this strength!!" Wen He made a joke with a rare smile.
"Huh!!" Wen Hai narrowed his eyes, hung his nose, and looked at his eldest brother, who usually spoke little, with novelty: "The person who said the daughter-in-law is different, and his temperament has changed, Ang?" ”
Wen He blushed, glared at him, and turned to clear the snow.
Here, Cherry and a few people were also burying their heads in the snow, and Runsheng rolled up his sleeves and joined the snow clearing team.
Cherry couldn't bear to say: "Brother Runsheng, forget it." Where can your hand with a pen do this work? Besides, it's useless for us to go early, so you can rest for a while. "As soon as the snow stops on the left and right, you have to wait for the rabbits to come out to forage for food, so that you can leave footprints on the ground, and you can follow the footprints to find the rabbit's nest.
"It's fine." Runsheng's frozen red face smiled, and he waved the broom vigorously with a little clumsiness.
When it was almost the right time, the snow in the yard was roughly cleared, and the snow that was swept up happened to be piled up in the small pond at home, so there was no need to bother to transport it out.
After sweeping the snow, Cherry and Runsheng were resting, Akiyama wiped the sweat from the tip of his nose, and was excited: "Finally finished sweeping, let's go?" ”
"What's the hurry, it's useless to go early." Cherry was not in a hurry: "Besides, Brother Yuze hasn't come yet." ”
Akiyama immediately pouted: "It's really a young master, brother-in-law, if we don't shout, we won't come." His admiration for Miao Yuze is getting weaker and weaker, and his speech is becoming more and more casual, I don't know if it is because of the influence of cherries or Miao Yuze's performance is too poor.
"My family also has to clear the snow, please forgive me if I'm late" As he was saying, Miao Yuze walked into the yard and looked at Miao Qiushan with a smile: "Qiushan seems to have a big misunderstanding about me?" Although my family is relatively wealthy, I am not the squeamish person who stretches out his hands in clothes and opens his mouth for food, and I can't do dirty work and heavy work, and I still do small chores. ”
Akiyama sneered: "I'm joking, joking. As he spoke, he stood up and clapped his hands: "Brother Yu Ze is here, this time we should go, right?" ”
Just as the star fruit came out to pour water, he was curious: "Akiyama, it's just to catch a sparrow, and it's not the first time, why are you so excited?" ”
Akiyama scratched his head: "It's okay, it's okay." He turned to Cherry again, impatiently: "Sakura, why don't we leave?" ”
"Let's go" is really a impatient master, stay any longer, I'm afraid he's going to show his stuff, it's better to go out first. Cherry said hello to star fruit, coaxed walnut a few more words, and then went out of the courtyard with Akiyama and Runsheng, and Yuzawa crossed the small bridge on the east side, and walked straight south.
The mountains and forests are dense, and the winter branches are withered, deserted and desolate. It snowed, but the scenery on the mountain changed and became beautiful.
The dead branches are covered with white snow, like pear blossoms blooming in the prosperous era, and the dead grass is gently shaken, and thin Xiaoice edges are hung on them, which are crystal beautiful. Even the rocks that can be seen everywhere on the mountain are camouflaged with snow, and they become thick and lovely.
The three of them giggled all the way, walking along the winding mountain road into the mountains.
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