A bundle of straw was added to the pony to cover his body, and the chickens and dogs were also covered with straw mats on the top of the basket to keep warm, and Chen Fan went back to the room to wash and rest.

The room with the lights off is not visible, but lying in the warm quilt and listening to the howling north wind outside, there is a very warm and satisfying feeling.

He wondered if there would be a lot of snow tomorrow, if there would be long ice cubes under the eaves, if the water in the pond would freeze, if the branches in the yard would be bent over by the heavy snow......

Then I fell asleep.

When I opened my eyes again, it was still pitch black in the room, and there was no glimmer of light in the windows.

But through the crack in the door, you can see that there is some light outside.

The alarm clock didn't go off, so it wasn't yet 6 o'clock, and he couldn't wait to get up.

Endure the biting cold and sit up, pick up the padded jacket that covered the quilt last night, put it on, and then squirm and put on other clothes.

After getting out of bed, I just put on the cloth shoes, I felt that my feet were a little cold, I thought for a while, and turned the cotton shoes given by Jiang Lili out of the cabinet, and it was much warmer after putting them on.

Wrap your whole body tightly and open the door.

When the door opened, it was snow-white.

There are still scattered snowflakes in the sky, and I don't know if it will stop or get bigger again after a while.

The snowflakes fell to the ground, accumulating a thick layer of snow, and even the corridor under the eaves was submerged, piled up directly under the corners, and if it weren't for the threshold, the snow would have reached the house.

In the distance, the yellow and green cedar trees were covered with a layer of snow, and the top of the courtyard wall, roof, and firewood stacks were covered with a layer 、......,of snow.

When I looked up, the strings of ice under the eaves were crystal clear, and it looked delicious.

Chen Fan looked at the snow outside the door, then looked at the new shoes on his feet, and then turned around to rummage through the clogs.

I tied the clogs to my feet and tried to walk two steps, but I was a little unaccustomed to it, but I felt okay, so I was ready to go out.

Then I heard the sound of crunching snow outside.

Chen Fan walked to the door and happened to meet Jiang Lili coming to the door.

With a smile on her face, she handed over a pair of strange shoes, "This is for you." ”

Chen Fan took it and looked at the shoes, then at her, and asked in surprise, "What is this?" ”

Jiang Lili covered her mouth and laughed twice, then said, "I guess you haven't seen it, and you haven't seen it before when I was in Yunhu." ”

After a pause, she continued, "This is a reed flower shoe, made of straw and reed flowers, only in the commune, it is rare in the county, and the people in the village wear this in winter, it is very warm. ”

(Aloe shoes)

She looked at the new cotton shoes on Chen Fan's feet, couldn't help but smile sweetly, and then said, "If you put on this and wear clogs to hurry, you won't be afraid of getting your shoes wet, and then change into cotton shoes when you get to the brigade, so that your feet will be very warm and won't freeze." ”

Chen Fan took the reed shoes in her hand, his eyes were full of amazement, "There are still such shoes?" ”

Look at her feet again, it is also a pair of reed shoes, and like herself, she wears clogs.

He had to praise that the wisdom of the common people is infinite!

Changed into reed shoes, put the cotton shoes in a cloth bag, checked the foal, the puppy, and the chicken, and made sure that they were all safe and sound, and after breakfast, put on a hat and a coat, Chen Fan walked to the brigade headquarters.

Today, I definitely can't run and exercise in this road condition, so I can only wait for ten more minutes to practice after I get to the team headquarters.

At this time, it was just past 6 o'clock, the sky was not yet bright, and it was freezing and snowy.

All the ridges and ditches are gone, and there are only undulating white cotton blankets on the earth.

If he had crossed over half a month late, he would have worn it 100% immediately, and there would be no suspense at all.

Chen Fan turned this absurd thought in his mind, shook his head with a smile, reached out to fix the hat on the top of his head, determined the road with the impression of the past and the protruding part of the road, and walked forward.

He wears brand-new reed shoes on his feet, and he steps on clogs underneath, leaving π-shaped footprints in the snow.

Halfway through, that is, when he reached the "main road" of Lujiawan, he suddenly heard two bird calls.

If it is an ordinary person, it will only be considered that there are birds out to feed.

But in Chen Fan's ears, it was "painful" and "painful".

Chen Fan was stunned and walked in the direction from which the voice came, but the voice suddenly disappeared.

He stood still under a poplar tree, looked up, and found nothing wrong, and then searched around the ground, but still found nothing.

After two seconds of silence, Chen Fan "tweeted" a few times, "If you don't come out again, I'll leave." When someone else finds out, they will catch you back to eat, or freeze you to death directly in such a heavy snowfall. ”

I tilted my head and waited for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of "chirping, chirping" above my head.

When I looked up, I saw a small head sticking out of a cloud of leaves.

Chen Fan looked at its curved hook mouth and big black eyes, and inexplicably felt a little familiar.

Staring at each other with big eyes, Chen Fan suddenly reacted, isn't this a "ten-year bird"?!

The falcon, a small bird of prey, feeds on small birds such as sparrows, chickadees, and also eats insects. It is a migratory bird in the north and a resident bird in the south of the Yangtze River, and a few years later it was listed on the national second-class protected animal list.

The reason why Chen Fan knows this bird is because two people dug out the swallow falcon's nest and caught 16 birds for resale, one was sentenced to 10 years, and the other was sentenced to 10 and a half years, which was a sensation at the time, and the swallow falcon was also named "ten years of birds".

But that's later, now, even rolling has to sell art to support himself, and he can get a certificate of "Tiger Hero" when he fights a tiger, just this kind of bird, you can play with confidence.

Chen Fan hooked his finger at it, "Is it injured?" I'll show you. ”

The falcon tilted its head to stare at him, its eyes wary and curious, and its head shook around, not knowing whether to go down or not.

Chen Fan saw that it didn't come down, so he said angrily, "What, weren't you shouting about pain just now, and now it doesn't hurt?" ”

When the falcon heard this, it immediately "chirped" twice, "It hurts, it hurts." ”

Chen Fan stretched out his left arm and patted his arm with his right hand, "Come down if it hurts, stand on my arm, don't scratch me." ”

Only then did the falcon spread its wings and staggered and fell onto Chen Fan's arm.

Chen Fan carefully examined it, this little falcon is less than 30 centimeters long, it should not have fully grown up, at this time it was looking at himself with a little panic, and couldn't help but touch its back, "Open your wings, let me see where it is injured." ”

The falcon gently spread its wings, and Chen Fan immediately noticed its wound.

The left wing is intact, but there is a blood stain on the right wing, and the blood has coagulated, which should have been hit by a pebble.

The children in the village do not have any entertainment programs, and they usually play mud throwing, bamboo carts, rolling hoops, bamboo dragonflies, catching stones, jumping rubber bands, playing slingshots, and spinning tops...... These.

Someone must have hit this falcon yesterday playing with a slingshot, and it fell into this tree to pick up a life.

But it snowed so hard last night, and this little guy couldn't fly, if he didn't meet himself, he was afraid that his life would not be guaranteed.

Chen Fan gently stroked the wings on the back of the wound, and the swallow falcon suddenly retracted, obviously in pain.

The little guy also knew that he was examining himself, and still spread his wings in pain.

After touching it carefully and lightly for a while, Chen Fan smiled, "Okay, put it away." ”

The falcon swooped its wings together.

Chen Fan touched its head and said with a smile, "Fortunately, there are no fractures, I'll take you back to take some medicine and raise it for a few days." ”

The falcon didn't know what a broken bone was, only that he wanted to treat his wounds, so he obediently retracted his paws, let him hold himself in his arms, and walked away.

After a while, when they arrived at the brigade, Zhang Wenliang and the others had already arrived here, but instead of practicing, some took wooden shovels and some took brooms to clear the snow in the yard.

Chen Fan hid the falcon in his coat, greeted them, and entered the radio station behind.

He found a cardboard box, went to the kitchen and brought back two straws, opened them and made a nest for the falcon, and then went out to look for medicine.

(End of chapter)