Looking at the increasingly dense snowflakes in the sky, Cao Shujie was speechless, he just muttered a few words casually, this time it was true.

Cao Jianguo and Cao Shuchao also looked up at the sky.

The expression on Cao Jianguo's face was not relaxed, and he took the initiative to say: "You two are here to watch first, I'll go home and get the folding bed, and I'll watch here tonight." ”

"Uncle Jianguo, I'll just watch here." Cao Shuchao heard Cao Jianguo say this, and he followed it and said it.

But Cao Jianguo didn't agree, he said: "Shuchao, you have to go back, your mother still needs someone to take care of you at night, if the snow is heavy, your daughter-in-law can't get it at home alone." ”

What he said was a fact, and Cao Shuchao understood it in his heart.

Cao Shujie interrupted the two of them and said, "Dad, Brother Chao, don't be here, I'll come up and have a look at it at night, I don't have to rely on this person." ”

"Don't turn off your mobile phones, if there is a problem, I will call you, and it will not be too late to come back then."

Hearing Cao Shujie say this, Cao Jianguo didn't say anything else, Cao Shuchao hesitated for a while, and then nodded and agreed.

The fruit in the orchard is gone, and this kind of ghost weather, there can't be another cow thief, it's not easy to get it.

The snow was not small, and when they came down from the orchard on the mountain, the snow on the ground could not reach the roots of their shoes, and they could hear the 'crunch' sound when they stepped on it.

At the foot of the mountain, Cao Jianguo looked at his son and told him to pay attention to safety when going up the mountain at night.

"Dad, don't worry, when I go up, I'll take Daha and Erha together." Cao Shujie said with a smile.

After raising dogs for more than half a year, I can finally use them.

Hearing his son say this, Cao Jianguo also laughed.

However, he still hoped that the snow would be lighter.

When he returned home, as soon as he entered the gate, he saw his wife and children all wearing down jackets, thick hats, and cotton gloves playing in the yard.

There are a few snowballs in front of Moe Moe, who looks like she is ready for a snowball fight.

Seeing Dad come in, Meng Meng shouted at him, "Dad, build a snowman." ”

"Hurry, hurry."

She looked anxious.

"Okay, Daddy is here." Cao Shujie put down his things and went to play in the snow with his daughter.

Cheng Xiaolin asked him, "How is it?" Are you okay on the mountain? ”

Cao Shujie said with a smile: "Wife, don't worry, the mountain is very good." ”

"Are the cows and strawberry seedlings all right?" Although Cheng Xiaolin didn't follow, she kept thinking about it.

"It's okay, we went to check it before we came down, and it's all good." Cao Shujie didn't hide it from his wife, he said: "I have to go up at night to see how it goes." ”

"Do you still need me to accompany you up?" Cheng Xiaolin asked.

Cao Shujie looked at the carefree and very happy Meng Meng, he smiled and said, "What are you doing up there?" Just take care of Meng Meng at home. ”

Seeing Daha and Erha running back and forth in the snow, Cao Shujie followed and said: "I took Daha and Erha up at night, and left the two German pastors to watch the house." ”

"It's okay to hold them all." Cheng Xiaolin said.

"No, it's enough to have Daha and Erha."

Until Cao Shujie and the others finished dinner and were ready to go to bed, Cao Shujie stood at the window and looked outside, the snow in the sky had not stopped, it continued to fall, and the speed and density of the snowflakes were falling, and there was a sense of getting bigger and bigger.

Cheng Xiaolin was very worried, but her husband kept emphasizing that it was okay, so she didn't ask more, so as not to cause trouble to Cao Shujie.

Cao Shujie set the alarm clock, got up at one o'clock in the middle of the night, put on thick clothes, put on a thick hat, fleece leather gloves, fleece shoes, and held a strong flashlight, and then led Daha and Erha to go out.

Before leaving, he also said to the two German pastors in the kennel: "Big black, little black, you take care of your home." ”

"Oh." Da Hei screamed, nodded the dog's head, and seemed to say to Cao Shujie, don't worry, there is no problem with our brother at home.

On the 2nd floor, Cheng Xiaolin also woke up, and when her husband got up just now, she was still pretending to sleep with her eyes closed.

Seeing her husband open the gate, lead the two dogs out, and then lock the gate outside, Cheng Xiaolin was still worried about him, thinking to herself: "Heavy snow is not better than rain, and it is easy to slip when walking on flat ground, let alone going to the mountains." ”

She also wanted to follow, but she turned her head to look at Meng Meng who was sleeping inside, thinking that she woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't find her parents, and she didn't know what she would cry in a hurry when the time came, so he gave up this idea.

When she was silently praying in her heart to bring good luck to her husband, Cheng Xiaolin suddenly heard a 'ding' sound from her mobile phone, and she was very puzzled.

She clicked on it: "Wife, hurry up and go to bed, don't worry, I'm fine, I'll call you if you need help." ”

When she saw this text message, Cheng Xiaolin felt like she was gritting her teeth, it turned out that her husband knew that she was pretending to be asleep just now.

On the slope road at the foot of the mountain, Cao Shujie stood here at the intersection, looking at the snow that had not reached his feet, and then looking back at the snow pit that he had just stepped on, he was also a little worried, this snow is really not small.

——

But Daha and Erha are different, the two of them are more active and excited in the snow, that feeling is like a tiger returning to the mountain and a dragon returning to the sea, Cao Shujie feels that this ice and snow is the environment for Daha and Erha to live.

It was also at this time that Cao Shujie suddenly remembered that Daha and Erha also have a scientific name, which should be called Siberian Husky, and their original living environment is exactly like this.

Thinking of this, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of Cao Shujie's mouth, he looked at the two huskies in front of him, and thought to himself that 'dog sledding' should be the job of the two of them.

"It's snowing, so I'll get a pair of sleds to play with during the day?" Cao Shujie has a new idea in his heart, and he can't wait to realize him.

The next moment, Cao Shujie shouted loudly: "Daha, Erha, let's go, go up the mountain and have a look." ”

When the two dogs heard Cao Shujie's shout, they immediately howled, and their four legs crossed and galloped through the snow, which did not affect their speed up the mountain in the slightest.

Cao Shujie was a little slippery when he stepped on the ground, but because he was holding two dogs, there was a dog leash that dragged him in turn, which solved his problem of difficulty going up the mountain.

At this time, Cao Shujie affirmed more and more that the husky is indeed very suitable for this kind of bad weather, one person and two dogs came to the orchard on the mountain, Cao Shujie entered the orchard, turned on the lights at the entrance of the orchard, plus the snow, in the dark night, the snow is also white, under the light, the eyes are bright.

"Oh woo!" Daha saw the white snow in front of him, and he rolled over in the snow happily, so unhappy.

Erha also howled, and his movements were no slower than Daha.

Cao Shujie didn't urge them, and when they had enough of playing in the snow, he led them to walk towards the cowshed with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

On the way to the past, Cao Shujie also took a look at the old fruit trees and the newly planted fruit tree seedlings this year.

The snow pressed against the branches of the fruit tree, dressing the tree in the shape of a cedar, and the branches fell heavily, as if realizing that it would be fruitful in the coming year.

Cao Shujie was still thinking about why he forgot to bring the camera over, if he could take a picture of this scene and show it to his wife and children, it would be very good.

After coming back to his senses and seeing that there was no problem with the fruit trees, Cao Shujie continued to move forward and took a look at the strawberry seedlings halfway.

The film covering the strawberry seedlings was already covered with snow, but Cao Shujie didn't have much of a problem looking at them.

Opening the small door on the barbed wire fence, Secretary Cao led the two dogs into the cattle breeding area, and saw only a few cows walking in the snow, allowing the heavy snow to fall on them, which did not affect their walk at all.

The rest of the cattle stayed in the cowshed on the north side, standing or lying, and there were also a few cows nestled together to keep warm to each other, and some ate the grass on the ground.

Seeing Cao Shujie leading two dogs in, these cows did not panic, and they still did what they should do in place.

Cao Shujie thought it was quite interesting after seeing it.

Looking up at the cowshed built by the combination of H-shaped steel and color steel plates, some of the snow was indeed blown into the cowshed by the wind from the side, but it did not have an impact on the cattle resting inside.

"Turn around and ask Grandpa Zhenggang to block the side as well." Cao Shujie was thinking about this in his heart, but then he rejected the idea.

After coming to the top, Cao Shujie did not rush down, came out of the cowshed, and he led the two huskies to other places in the orchard for a turn.

On this snowy night, he patrolled his territory unhindered.

The only thing that worried Cao Shujie was the road he and his two dogs had just walked on, and the snow pit behind it was not long before it was covered by the snow that continued to fall.

It's a lot of snow.

After patrolling around the orchard, Cao Shujie felt that his body was frozen, his feet were also cold, and he felt a little numb when he stomped his feet.

Cao Shujie felt a little unpleasant no matter how he looked at them, and the two dogs seemed to feel the danger of the aura, they twisted their heads and looked at Cao Shujie with some suspicion, but Cao Shujie didn't look at them at this time, and continued to walk forward, so that the two dogs began to wonder if they were too acute, so they hallucinated?

Cao Shujie opened the door, led the two dogs in, and then turned on the air conditioner.

The two dogs were restless in the room as the air conditioner hummed, looking at the door as if yearning for the snow-capped surroundings outside.

"Dogs, it's good for you, you don't know what it means, if you want to freeze, go out." Cao Shujie muttered.

As soon as he finished speaking, the two dogs ran out through the door, playing in the snow and looking pleasant.

"I'll go get a sleigh later, I'll let you run with it, and I'll see how much energy you have?" Cao Shujie thought very dirtily in his heart.

The air conditioner in the small room had just been hot, Cao Shujie wanted to pour a glass of water to drink, just lifted the thermos, put his hand on the mouth of the thermos and tried it, there was no heat in it at all.

"You really should light a stove, otherwise you won't even be able to drink some hot water in this hellish weather." Cao Shujie thought about this in his heart.

Not only that, but when the kiwi and strawberries are ripe next year, there will inevitably be people on night duty here, watching here, to prevent another person from coming to steal like Cao Jianqiu and Cao Shubao and their uncle and nephew.

By that time, you'll have to have some pots and pans for cooking at night, right?

It is necessary to have a stove.

Cao Shujie was thinking about this in his heart, and he had already thought of waiting for a few more hours, and after dawn, he would call the people who sold stoves in the town and ask them to send one.

At this moment, Daha, who was playing in the snow outside the door, suddenly let out an 'oh woo' howl, and then ran towards the south.

Erha also ran over there, howling and demonstrating as he ran.

Before Cao Shujie could react, he heard someone outside shouting: "Daha, it's me." ”

"Brother Chao, why is he here?" Cao Shujie just had a question in his heart, and suddenly remembered something, and then shouted loudly in the house: "Daha, Erha, come back." ”

At such a distance, the two dogs still heard his shout, turned around and ran back.

Cao Shujie also came out of the small room, looked at the two dogs that ran to him, and then saw Cao Shuchao who came over on the snow, and asked him: "Brother Chao, let's all talk about it, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" ”

Cao Shuchao didn't expect Cao Shujie to come over, his idea was very simple, for fear that Cao Shujie wouldn't be able to get up at night, and he wouldn't be at ease if he didn't come over to see it in person.

When he returned home last night, when he told his wife Ma Wenqian about this, Ma Wenqian said that he had to come over to take a look at it at night.

also said that there is her at home, so there is no need for Cao Shuchao to worry about it.

"Shujie, I just got up to go to the toilet, who knows that I can't sleep, and I have nothing to do when I'm idle at home, so I'll come and have a look." Cao Shuchao said so.

Cao Shujie didn't believe what he said, and there were some things that didn't need to be clarified.

He saw that Cao Shuchao's head and clothes were covered with snow, and hurriedly said, "Brother Chao, you pat the snow first and go to the house to warm up for a while." ”

"I'll take a look at the orchard first." Cao Shuchao said.

But Cao Shujie said to him: "I've finished reading it just now, it's all fine, it's the same if I watch it again, go into the house to warm up for a while, let's go around later." ”

Cao Shuchao didn't say anything else this time, and followed Cao Shujie into the small room, and the air conditioning and heating were already fully operational.

Entering the room from the outside, the two of them instantly felt that their bodies were warm, and they were still a little itchy, which was particularly uncomfortable.

Cao Shuchao looked at the snowflakes that were still falling outside through the window of the small room, and he was worried: "I don't know when this snow will end." ”

Cao Shujie didn't know, and in the face of the power of nature, he couldn't resist it at all.

"Brother Chao, don't think about anything, wait until the snow stops." That's what Cao Shujie said.

Cao Shuchao nodded, the two of them had nothing to do in the house, Cao Shujie remembered that he still had a stereo here, turned on the stereo again, turned down the sound, and the two chatted while listening to songs.

As he was talking, there was the barking of dogs from Daha and Erha outside.

Before Cao Shuming went, he heard someone shouting outside: "Daha, Erha, what are you two dog things called, you two have been feeding you for more than half a year, and you won't know me so soon?" ”

"Hey, it's Uncle Jianguo who is here." Cao Shuchao stood up and walked out.

Cao Shujie didn't expect his father to come over.

Co-authored his father and Brother Chao, both of them are not at ease.

Cao Jianguo walked to the foot of the mountain, looked at the lights turned on on the mountain, and guessed that it was his son who came, and if Cao Shu overcame, he would be reluctant to turn on the lights.

But what he didn't expect was that he also saw Cao Shuchao here.

"You both came so early? Have you seen it all in the orchard? What do you think? Cao Jianguo asked the two of them.

Cao Shujie said: "Dad, I've seen it all, the fruit trees are fine, the strawberry seedlings are fine, and the cowshed is firmer, don't worry." ”

"Who knew it wouldn't stop falling." Cao Jianguo looked at the heavy snow that had been falling, and he was a little worried.

The three of them entered the house together, and Cao Shujie found that in addition to the snow on his head and upper body, his father had a lot of snow on his trousers and half of his body, and the sides of his shoes were still stained with black mud.

"Dad, you fell?" Cao Shujie was very nervous and hurriedly walked to his father's side to see if there were any other injuries.

Cao Jianguo knew that he couldn't hide it from his son, so he didn't deny it, and said: "When I came up just now, I didn't step on it steadily, and I slipped to the place where the moon tree was planted next to it, but it's okay." ”

"Ouch, Dad, I said I wouldn't let you come up, you have to listen." Cao Shujie chattered.

Cao Shuchao persuaded beside him: "Shujie, Uncle Jianguo is also not worried about this. ”

"Brother Chao, I don't mean anything else, I'm just worried that my dad will really fall smart, and he will be uncomfortable at that time." Cao Shujie was a little scared.

He was also a little glad that his father's kick was not bad, otherwise it would have been another trouble.

Cao Jianguo waved his hand and said a little impatiently: "Okay, I know." ”

But this little old man is quite stubborn, he knows that it is one thing, and he will do it again next time.

Cao Shujie also knew his father's temper, thinking that he could only communicate slowly, but in the end, his father was still not worried about this.

Cao Shuchao also said: "It would be nice if there was a deck of playing cards, let's fight the landlord." ”

"Brother Chao, your proposal is good, but Uncle Hua and Uncle Bao are not open now, so I will buy a few decks of playing cards during the day." Cao Shujie expressed his position on the spot.

The three of them looked at the falling snow outside the window, chatted, and didn't feel that time was slowing down.

Before I knew it, it was 6 o'clock, and after struggling for half the night, Cao Shujie felt hungry and uncomfortable, and was thinking about going down the mountain to get something to come up, when his mobile phone rang.

It was his wife Cheng Xiaolin who called, and after Cao Shujie answered the phone, he heard some worry and panic in his wife's voice: "Shujie, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine, don't worry." Cao Shujie said loudly.

"Well, you didn't call me to say anything, are you okay in the orchard?" She asked.

Cao Shujie knew what his wife was worried about, and said to her very seriously: "Strawberry seedlings, fruit tree seedlings, and cows are all fine." ”

"It's okay, then I'll cook now, and you can come back for dinner later." Cheng Xiaolin said to him.

Cao Shujie looked at his father and Cao Shuchao, and said to his wife: "Wife, our father and brother Chao are also here at night, you cook more food later, and I'll go down and get it later." ”

"I'll call you when I'm ready, you all come down to eat, you can save it and it will be cold." Cheng Xiaolin said.

Cao Shujie thought that this was the case, and then he agreed.

After hanging up the phone, he told his father Cao Jianguo and his neighbor Cao Shuchao that they would go down for breakfast together later, Cao Jianguo did not refuse, and when he saw Cao Shuchao wanting to refuse, he said: "Chao, it's just a meal, do you still want to go home and eat at this time." ”

"That's okay, I'm causing trouble for my brother and sister today." Cao Shuchao said.

"Brother Chao, don't think so." Cao Shujie is now more and more satisfied with him.

Sensei said anything else, just tonight's bad weather, Cao Shuchao can still think of coming over in the middle of the night to have a look, which is enough to prove his own sense of responsibility and the importance he attaches to this job.

For this kind of person, Cao Shujie thinks it should be awarded!

The snow didn't end until just after 10 a.m. that day.

After the snow stopped, Cao Shujie, his father Cao Jianguo and Cao Shuchao took tools and began to remove the snow, first cleaning the road up the mountain, so as not to freeze again because of the low temperature after the snow melts, and it will be difficult to go up the mountain at that time.

When they were busy removing snow, time passed very quickly, and when they finished cleaning the slope road of more than 400 meters, and then swept the parking platform on the mountain out of a road, more than 3 hours had passed, and Cao Shujie and the three of them were numb from the cold.

I went to the hut and blew the air conditioner, and it took a long time to get warm.

……

An-Yen is one of the 16 prefecture-level cities in Dongshan Province and is one of the prefecture-level cities with a relatively high overall economic ranking.

Cao Shujie's uncle Cao Jianlin settled here after some hard work.

His two sons, Cao Shubin and Cao Shuxin, are also struggling in the city.

Cao Shubin works for a foreign company, is the supply chain manager of that company, occupies an important position, and his income is naturally not low.

His younger brother Cao Shuxin was reluctant to work for others, so he always did it himself.

I first drove for others, and then I bought a truck and ran my own car.

When he reached middle age, on the way to engage in transportation, by chance, he found that the waste collection industry was very lucrative, and immediately decided to stop running transportation, and directly changed careers to open a "high-tech renewable energy" company.

The name is high, but to put it bluntly, it is still a waste collector.

But it is not simply collecting waste paper, scrap iron, and waste items, but specifically collecting industrial waste and engineering waste.

Relying on the large volume and high profits of these projects, it started quickly.

He has been a mixed wind and water in the past two years.

But this industry also has a lot of risks, especially when undertaking some engineering orders, others cannot wait for him to cut and classify all the waste items, and then weigh them, at this time it is necessary to value the overall waste products.

Cao Shuxin is just getting in touch with this aspect now, he has no relevant experience before, and he is not sure when bidding, and he is often easily led by the other party.

(End of chapter)