The things that exist in the world are originally part of heaven and earth, but because of the different interests and disadvantages for people, there are good and bad. Therefore, the same thing, for different people, can also be beautiful and ugly.

Wind and snow are the most important thing in the cold winter season, especially in the north.

The merry sons of wealthy families, young and old, appreciate this scenery, and they have been tirelessly praising it with poetry since ancient times, and have left many wonderful chapters and anecdotal allusions.

The article has spread widely, even if it is a person who has no ink on his chest, he has learned to be elegant, some people fish on the lake in the heavy snow, some people travel with beauty when the snow stops, if someone sings a few lines of poetry in the cold wind, but if the skin is not too bad, there will always be young women who admire.

Wind and snow are just ordinary things that have existed in the world since ancient times, but when many people chase it, it takes on meaning.

Even if it is a stone, as long as everyone praises it and gives it a meaning that only exists in the human world, it will become worth a thousand gold, and those who want to get it will inevitably rack their brains, even at the cost of forgetting their gratitude.

But for the ordinary people of this world, the wind and snow are not a beautiful thing. In Granny Liu's case, it was even a murderous ghost. Because her husband died of frostbite in the snow.

She couldn't understand the poems that circulated among dignitaries and scholars, praising the snow scene, although she and these people lived under the same sky, had the same facial features and limbs, and spoke the same language, but they were different creatures from two different worlds.

The thin rickety body carried a large bundle of firewood, the snow on the mountain path was too slippery, she fell on her head, fortunately only the skin of her mouth was broken, fortunately there was no big problem, sitting on the ground and pointing to the sky and scolding this cannibalistic ghost weather, she was blind in one eye, and the appearance of scolding at the sky was particularly hideous.

Whether it is the sky or the wind and snow, it is impossible to change anything because of a mortal's scolding, Granny Liu scolded for a moment, and the anger in her heart gradually subsided, so she could only endure the pain in her knees and get up, put the back basket up, covered with chilblains and ten fingers of black hands, and struggled to push the dry firewood back on.

Descending the rugged mountain road, every step was cautious, and finally returned to her thatched house, Granny Liu was so tired that she was almost out of breath, her face was as white as her hair, she couldn't get up after sitting on the ground for a long time, and most of her life seemed to be gone.

The five-year-old granddaughter ran out, her clothes were thin and her skin was bruised, she held a bowl of water and sent it to Granny Liu, holding her legs and raising her little head, "Grandmother, I'm so hungry." ”

The water is cold, and the mouth is extremely cold, Granny Liu can't stand it anymore after taking a sip, so she can only put down the pottery bowl that is missing or cracked, and caress her only relative lovingly, "Bear with it for a while, grandmother will give you hot porridge." ”

didn't have time to rest for too long, Granny Liu leaned over, gently beat her back with one hand, and staggered into the house.

There was only a small wooden table, two sharpened benches, and two clay bowls on the stove, in which the porridge was leftover from the morning, so rare that it could show the human figure.

On the kang in front of the wall, the bedding covered with patches was not much thicker than the clothes, and the thatched grass that had been crushed by the snow was leaking, and there were pools of mud in several places, and the mud floor was full of potholes.

Stripped bare.

Granny Liu, who had only one eye, made a fire on the stove, came to the only cabinet in the house, and wiped the two tablets on it with her sleeve, there was no dust on the tablets, but she wiped them carefully, just because they were her husband and son.

The family's land has long been confiscated because of the drought in previous years, unable to pay taxes, forced to sell to large households, the son is a diligent and honest man, to sell charcoal to the nearby dock town for a living, when he is still there, the family's life is not so difficult, a few people can barely eat a full stomach.

But since two years ago, his son had a conflict with the official in the dock town, and after a few days of inexplicable corpse in the field, the daughter-in-law also ran away, and the frail and sick Granny Liu went to seek justice, but justice was not returned, and she was blinded by a group of ruffians, and the life of the family has almost been spent in torment.

Today, Granny Liu can't support it anymore.

Because of this damn wind and snow, she was sick, and seeing that the home was about to run out, there was really no way, Granny Liu could only grit her teeth and go to chop wood, but she didn't expect to fall down, and she began to think that she was not injured, and when she really sat down, she found that her body had lost her strength, and her head was dizzy, and her eyes were black from time to time.

Looking at her granddaughter with yellow hair, holding a bowl with a big face and drinking porridge, Granny Liu once again realized that even if she tried her best, she would not be able to raise her granddaughter, and they would not be able to survive this winter.

Granny Liu's old and mournful gaze fell on the firewood knife on the stove, which was the only sharp weapon in the house.

Granny Liu doesn't understand, why do those officials and errands in the dock town who have no worries about food and clothing, and eat with a big belly, have to get along with people like them, and if they don't bully their own family, they can't eat?

The son went to the dock town to sell charcoal, because he did not follow the regulations of the government, set up a stall in the market to pay the stall money to the official, but sold it along the street, and was kicked over by the official on the road, and kicked the charcoal away.

In the end, his son, who was hoping to sell charcoal money to buy medicine for his own treatment, dragged his injured body home, and fell into the snow halfway through, never to get up again.

When Granny Liu heard the news and rushed over, her son's body was already stiff and cold as a stone. She went to the government to theorize, but the other party said that it was not their responsibility, that their son was still alive and well when he left the town, and that it had nothing to do with them when he died halfway, maybe he committed suicide.

The officials also warned Granny Liu that blackmailing the government was a big crime.

Granny Liu took her daughter-in-law and cried and shouted grievances in front of the official office for two days, but her tears dried up, and there was no result. When they came back from the town, they were beaten by a group of ruffians for no reason by the field where their son died, and Granny Liu lost an eye and almost didn't survive.

Since then, Granny Liu has never gone to the official office to make trouble, her daughter-in-law ran away, and she had to drag her old and crippled body to work for her granddaughter's food.

Looking at the sharp firewood knife, Granny Liu's eyes gradually became decisive. Her time is running out, and she knows very well that if she doesn't do some things today, she will never have a chance again. Since he tried his best and didn't have the strength to raise his granddaughter, he could only take her to see her father.

But if this evil breath does not come out, even if you die, you will not be at peace.

In the afternoon, Granny Liu carried a basket of charcoal on her back, and took her granddaughter's hand out of the door, the road in the snow was very muddy, and the snow, rust, snow and ice were mixed together and very slippery, and their cloth shoes were quickly soaked, and they were worn on their feet like knives, which stimulated their toes to hurt.

The little girl endured it for a long time, until her eyes were full of tears, and she couldn't help but look up and say to Granny Liu, "Grandmother, my feet hurt so much." ”

Granny Liu wanted to pick up her granddaughter, but she had already carried the basket, and her weak body could no longer bear a little girl, so she could only say guiltily: "Bear with it, after a while, there will be no consciousness, and it won't hurt." ”

The little girl believed her grandmother's words, nodded seriously, no matter how much her toes hurt, she stopped talking, but soon burst into tears.

Trekking all the way, Granny Liu and the little girl almost fell down several times, and in the end they did fall, half of their clothes were covered with muddy water, but the little girl just shed tears, did not cry loudly, Granny Liu obviously had no strength, but still insisted on getting up.

Approaching the dock town, the little girl looked at the boats docked on the river, her eyes were full of strangeness.

The windows of those boats are wide open, the curtains are fluttering, the young men and women on them do not avoid the cold wind, and from time to time there are laughter and laughter, and there are scholars chanting a few sentences of ordinary and chaotic poems, which even attract the admiration of those women who are bare-shouldered and bare-bones in the winter.

"Grandmother, why did they come out on a cold day, are they fishing?" the little girl asked her grandmother puzzled. She had seen fishermen fishing, and in her understanding, only fishermen would come out in such weather.

But looking at the appearance of those people, it didn't look like they were fishing, she even smelled the tempting aroma of the food, and her little stomach gurgled and screamed, and she had already consumed the gruel on the road after drinking that little gruel before.

Granny Liu looked at the rich sons and painters in brocade hats and ermine furs. The cold wind is cold, but they don't have to be afraid, the clothes on their bodies are warm enough, there is a stove on the ship, a little cold, for the sake of merry, it is completely within the range that can be consumed, and they don't need to know how to snot and shiver like them.

"They're not fishing, they don't have to fish, they're not short of food. Granny Liu said.

"If there is no shortage of food in our family, my grandmother will not have to go up to the mountains to cut firewood, and she will have to come all the way to the town to sell charcoal. The little girl's face was full of incomprehension.

Granny Liu sighed and retracted her gaze, "They are different from us. Leave them alone. ”

Granny Liu planned to sell charcoal and buy some delicious food for the little girl, anyway, she didn't have to think about it in the future, she had to let her eat some halva rice cakes before leaving this world - that was what Granny Liu could think of, what she could afford, the best thing in the world.

Before entering the town, Granny Liu stopped outside the small restaurant outside the city gate, looking at a group of people talking and laughing loudly in the lobby, drinking wine and eating meat in large bowls, and couldn't move.

She was certainly not attracted by the flesh and wine, and though it was tempting to her, her gaze fell on those who ate and drank.

She recognized the ruffians, who had blinded her in one eye. She also recognized the brocade-clothed man who was toasted by the ruffians, the stars holding the moon and constantly toasting, that was the official messenger in the town. Acquaintances told her that her son had been beaten by the other party.

Granny Liu clenched the firewood knife under the basket.