Chapter 72: The Story of Snowflakes (2)

The man was lying in the flour and wallowing in the flour, covered in white powder. On his body, on his face, in his hair, he didn't care about it, he just rolled in the flour. Laughing happily, he didn't seem to have laughed like this in years. The pressure of survival has long been overwhelming this man. The smile, in his memory, disappeared for many years.

The woodcutter had a long laugh in the flour, waking up his sleeping family and his next-door neighbor. They all came out a little upset and questioned the woodcutter.

"Old Qiao, why are you so excited early in the morning, you know that we are sleeping?" The neighbor's originally angry face, seeing the white powder on the woodcutter's body, that funny and embarrassed appearance, just finished speaking, he laughed.

"Lao Qiao, why do you look like this, you are dressed in white flowers, it's so funny, I don't have the temper to scold you, hurry up and shoot it clean. ”

The woodcutter couldn't stop laughing, he wanted to tell everyone that the snow on the ground was not snow, but flour, but he was so happy that he couldn't stop. He had no choice but to laugh and say that everyone could not hear him clearly, but after he tried to say it a dozen times, someone finally understood his words.

"The old man said that the white on the ground is not snow, but flour!" the man finished translating the woodcutter's words, and everyone was stunned and looked at him.

"Look at what I'm doing, hurry up and see if the things on the ground are flour!"

Everyone, suddenly reacted, and they all threw themselves to the ground to try. So, everyone present laughed...... The laughter travels farther, the more people wake up, the more!

So, the whole village knew about it. Everyone laughed and celebrated together. Everyone carefully collected as much flour as possible together, and everyone cleaned up the flour in front of their doors, which was very orderly and not chaotic at all. No rushes, no noises, no strife. Everything was going on in such an orderly manner, and on this day, all the people in the village had enough flour to eat all winter.

At night, the kitchen of every house smells of long-lost fragrance. Everyone's face is filled with a happy smile.

Having enough to eat, for the poor, is a luxury that they dare not even think of. In their hearts, as long as they don't starve to death, they are lucky.

Now, with the flour falling from the sky, they can finally open their stomachs and eat a full meal.

In the evening, the villagers held a long-lost bonfire party in the village square. Each family took a few sticks of wood from their own homes and piled them in the center of the square, and set up a table around it, on which were various kinds of noodles made by each family. There are noodles, steamed buns, flower rolls, and noodle soup...... Wait, put it there for everyone to enjoy together.

In this way, people's lives, because there is enough food in winter, even in spring. Summer and autumn were a little better, with plenty of wild fruit in the mountains and some game hunting. In this way, for a whole year, everyone, felt very satisfied.

Snow Maiden was in the sky looking at the smiling people, and she was very happy.

In the winter of the following year, people gathered in the square early to pray for another food snowfall, hoping to have enough food for the year. The Snow Maiden heard the prayers of the people and did not wait until the depths of winter, and the early snow fulfilled the wishes of the people.

This year, Snow Girl had two snowfalls, one for flour and one for rice. Everyone was prepared in advance, and every family had several large clay pots, each of which was full.

The villagers not only had flour, but also rice. With so much stock, they no longer have to worry about being fed.

Sufficient food makes people's mood happy, there is no pressure of hunger, people don't have to think about how to solve the problem of food and clothing, the time used to find a way to fill the stomach can be used to supplement other household expenses in the future. For example, in the past, the money used to cut wood in exchange for food was used to exchange it for food, but now, it can be used for other things. Coarse cloth for clothes, straw sandals, spices for food, and so on. In your free time, you can also grow vegetables and fruits.

By the third year, the villagers felt that it would be even more perfect if they were given some more sugar and salt. The villagers prayed to the Snow Maiden that she would add some salt and sugar to their food.

The kind-hearted Snow Maiden agrees to the villagers' request, feeling that as long as the villagers are happy, she will be happy.

As a result, in this year, the villagers became more and more abundant in materials and their lives became more and more abundant.

Salt and sugar were scarce at the time. The villagers took out the excess salt and sugar and took it to the market to sell, and their lives were turned upside down. From the poorest village, it has become a rich village.

By the fourth year, the villagers wanted more, and Snow Maiden told them that it could only be a white object, and that was only so much of her power. So, the Snow Maiden doubled the amount and gave the villagers the same amount: flour, rice, salt, and sugar.

The Snow Maiden leaves, and the villagers begin to loot these supplies, and whoever has more means that they can sell for more money.

So, this year, some villagers built brand new houses, while others who had not yet built a house became jealous.

In the fifth year, the Snow Maiden still gave them so much.

However, this time, the villagers no longer have the harmony they once had. For the sake of snatching, a big fight. The whole village joined in such a battle. This battle lasted two days. Many people were injured, and while looting, a lot of things were destroyed.

Those who grabbed a lot happily went home. And those who rob less secretly make up their minds that they must grab more next year.

In this way, the villagers, who were originally in a period of poverty, huddled together for warmth and helped each other, became opponents who intrigued, racked their brains, and snatched interests.

The kind-hearted Snow Girl didn't know that things had come to this point.

In the sixth year, Snow Maiden still gave the villagers four snowfalls. One flour, one rice, one salt, one sugar.

This year, the villagers' snatching war became even bigger. Some people will expand their yard in advance, because everyone can't grab the things in the yard. Whoever has the yard, the snow belongs to whomever it is. Outside the yard, you can rob it.

So, in addition to the big fight, there is also a land grabbing war. This robbery lasted for three days. Respect for the elderly, love for the young, mutual courtesy, such creeds have long been abandoned.

Many elderly people have been injured, and children have joined in this behavior. There was an older man who lost his life in this battle.

And so, the quarrel continued.