There is a lot of wind and rain in winter, and it is about to snow, and when it snows, the mountain will be closed first, and then the road leading to the town in Qingshui Village will be blocked.

In the past few days, almost all the villagers in Qingshui Village who were outside have rushed back, but Suyi's cousin Ah He has not returned home.

Su Yi's father, Li Che Driver was wearing a jacket made for him by Su Yi Niang, a thick hat, and a miscellaneous rabbit fur gloves, and the lower body was also covered with miscellaneous rabbit fur socks (similar to knee and leg guards) made for him by Su Yi Niang from the knees to the calves and ankles.

He had been driving the carriage for so long outside, and even though he had worn so much, his body was still stained with wind and frost, and his face was red from the cold.

In the small courtyard of the Li family, Su Yiniang heard the voice, and hurriedly opened the wind curtain of the stove room, and a head popped up, she listened to the sound outside, and hurriedly went out of the stove room, rushed to open the door, opened the courtyard door, and saw that her husband's face was flushed, she stood on tiptoe and stretched out her warm hand, covered her father-in-law's face, and glanced at the carriage behind him, and hurriedly said: "Haven't you received Ah He yet? A few days ago, Ah He gave a letter, didn't he say that he would come back in these two days?"

"You didn't wear the mask I made, but now it's okay, and your face is red again!"

Coachman Li knew how cold his face would be if it was blown in the cold wind for so long, he hurriedly retreated, and soon left Su Yiniang's hand, and then he led the carriage to the courtyard, and said: "I didn't receive it yesterday, and I didn't receive it today, tomorrow I will simply go to the county academy to find it, and by the way, I will also take him back." ”

He also went to the town today to find the classmate who was in the same academy as Ah He in the county seat, and inquired, but he didn't hear any news.

A few days ago, Ah He asked someone to come back and said that he would come back later, but a few days ago, he also asked someone to say that he would come back in two days, and he hasn't come back yet, he heard that it seems to have begun to snow in the county~

"Can I still have guests with that mask?" Some of the guests were strange and scared when they saw it, and they didn't have time to run. He spoke.

Su Yiniang saw that he was coming in, so she hurriedly gave way and let him lead the carriage in.

The courtyard gate of the Li family was originally not big, but then Su Yi's father began to drive the carriage, and it was inconvenient to come and go out of the courtyard, so the courtyard gate was demolished again and made wider and larger.

Su Yiniang glared at him when she heard her father-in-law say this, "What do you want to do so much? It's such a cold day? It's okay to have one less guest, and you can come back sooner if you have one less!"

Then she thought of her nephew, "Then you go to the county tomorrow to have a look, remember to pay more attention to the other carriages that come back along the way, and when you see the carriage, ask and ask, don't miss it with Ah He, and you put on that mask tomorrow and go again!"

"Okay. ”

Su Yi's father smiled, one less guest?

Then the weather-beaten man began to fiddle with his carriage, and in a moment he had to feed the horses, which were hard to work on in the cold.

There is a miscellaneous house next to the thatched house in the backyard of the Li family, and there is a miscellaneous house with chickens and ducks next to the miscellaneous house, and next door is the stable for the hard-working horses.

There was the dry straw, and the horse lived in the room warmer.

The horse also had a windshield on its head, and the mask was directly on the horse's head, revealing only its mouth, eyes, nose, and ears.

Su Yiniang also made such things herself, and she made several of them, and put them on the horses in turn in winter.

The horse also wears a "garment", which is made by Su Yiniang from old clothes at home, and can wrap the horse's belly when worn on the horse.

She also made a few such "clothes".

There is an osmanthus tree in the courtyard of the Li family, at this time the leaves of the osmanthus tree have all fallen off, under the tree there is a yellow-haired puppy wearing gray cloth "clothes" staring at his own male owner with a pair of eyes, and then saw the hostess back to the stove room, the yellow-haired puppy jumped up and followed the hostess to the stove room, it rubbed its head against the door curtain, the door curtain was cold, Su Yi's father pressed it, the little yellow hair rubbed the corner of the door curtain, and then squeezed into his small body, and then ran to the front of the stove hole, next to the corner of the stove hole to lie down.

At this time, in the Li family's stove room, Su Yiniang carried an empty wooden bucket, and took a melon scoop to the side of the stove hole, she vacated one, lifted the lid of the cauldron, opened a pot of hot water that was already hot, and then picked up the melon scoop in her hand to hit the hot water, and when the hot water was put into the empty wooden barrel, she hurriedly carried it to the ear room that was connected with the stove room, and poured it into the bath bucket in the ear room, and there was a lot of cold water she poured into the bath before.

Then she carried the empty wooden bucket out of the ear room, closed the door of the ear room, went to fetch some cold water and poured it into the pot just now, she put the melon scoop in the wooden barrel, and then went around to the mouth of the stove, squatted down, and continued to add some firewood to the stove hole.

In the stove hole, the fire was burning, and she had been pinching a little fire to boil hot water, waiting for her father-in-law to come home.

After adding some firewood, she stood up and hurriedly ran out to call her husband to come in and take a bath.

Su Yi's father had almost finished serving the horses, and he heard Su Yiniang's voice, and felt that he was done with his work, and went to the stove again.

Lift the door curtain, walk into the stove room, there is a warm room, casually glimpse the yellow-haired puppy lying next to the stove hole, this puppy is the first few neighbors in the township to give him home.

The family gave birth to a large litter of small yellow dogs almost a month ago, and the food was expensive this winter, and the family was reluctant to feed these things with so much food, but they were afraid that they would starve to death.

Su Yi's father glanced at the yellow hair, then at his mother-in-law, and hurriedly entered the ear room, undressed and bathed.

In the corner of the transept lay a shabby table with an oil lamp on it, and a half-worn box, two layers, each containing a dried soap horn and a precious piece of fragrant pancreas.

Next to the dilapidated table was something like a screen, with several different clean handkerchiefs hanging from it, and two wooden basins in front of it.

There were several pairs of different cotton slippers in the corner, and next to the slippers there was an old iron basin, which contained some more ash in the middle, and a charcoal fire was burning on the ashes, which was very prosperous, and had been in the ear room for a while, and the burning room was not so cold.

Su Yiniang saw that her husband had gone to take a bath, and went to the room where they lived to find him a clean set of clothes, and she carried the clothes into the stove room again, and then went to knock on the door of the ear room that was connected with the stove room, and said outside: "Have you taken a bath in it? I'll open some doors for you, so that it won't be too stuffy inside, I'll bring you the clothes, and call me when you wipe your body in a while, and I'll be in the stove room outside, and the pot is still warm with hot water, if you want to heat the water, call me." ”

"Good. The man in the room answered.

Then Su Yiniang pulled the door of the ear room and pulled a little gap so that the air in the stove room could enter.

Then she went to the mouth of the stove cave with her clothes in her arms, picked up a small low stool, glanced at the fire in the stove hole, and with one free hand, carefully picked up a few suitable sticks of wood and threw them into it, and then took the clothes in her bosom and got as close to the flame as possible.

After baking for a while, she took out the innermost underwear from the pile of clothes, and carefully roasted the underwear, as warm as possible.

The fire in the stove was still burning, and after waiting for a while, the man in the inner room had already washed up, and took such a hot bath, and his body felt a lot better, and he called out to his wife again.

Su Yiniang heard the sound, stood up, opened the door of the ear room, entered, and handed the warm clothes to her husband one by one.

Su Yi's father has wiped his body clean, put on a pair of cotton slippers that belong to him, and his body is smooth and strong after being washed in warm water, and his facial features have faded and reddened.

Then he put on his clothes, looked at the burning charcoal in the corner, and said, "Is there anyone else in the house who wants to take a bath today?"

"Today? ”

"Good. ”

"Go about your work yourself, leave me alone, I'll clean this up. ”

Su Yiniang nodded, and went out of the ear room.

Then Su Yida began to take out the soap corner from the box on the old table, and washed his heavy clothes with the still warm bath water.

When he had washed it again, he put it in a wooden basin, and then poured out the water in the tub, leaving a small hole in the ear room to go to the outer room.

He first brought out the burning iron basin, and there was something like ears on both sides of the iron basin, which could be used to serve it, and it was not hot.

Su Yiniang saw him come out, looked at him and said, "You just put it here, I'll add some charcoal and take it to the hall to roast when we eat!"

Su Yi's father nodded, and put the things in his hand aside.

"The water in the pot is hot again, mix some cold water to wash the clothes, and I'll boil some more. Su Yiniang spoke, she had just heard the sound of his laundry.

"Good. ”

Su Yi's father went to get the empty wooden bucket and melon scoop in the stove room, made hot water, mixed it with cold water, and carried it into the stove room by himself, and washed his heavy clothes several times.

Then knead as dry as possible, put it in a wooden basin, and bring it out.

"You put it, you come to light the fire, your shoes can't go to the backyard, I'll carry them. Su Yiniang saw him bring it out, and hurriedly spoke.

Su Yi's father smiled and avoided her, "It's not raining today, the ground is dry, why can't these shoes go?"

With that, he went out with a wooden basin.

A shed built in the open space in the backyard of the Li family is used to dry clothes in winter and cool in summer.

In the stove room, Su Yiniang began to cook the pot, and the rice had already been cooked in another smaller stove hole built next to the big stove hole, and a pot of soup had already been boiled, and it was placed next to the flame of the smaller stove hole and slowly continued to boil.

On the cupboard and cutting board, she had already cut all the dishes, and waited for her father-in-law to come back, and when he took a bath, she would make a hot dish and a hot meal for him to eat, and the family would eat it.

Su Yiniang glanced at the cut vegetables on the cutting board, added firewood to the stove hole, boiled the pot, heated the oil, and began to stir-fry.

After a while, Su Yi came in with a wooden basin, and he went to the ear room to put it away, and then went to sit down on the small stool in front of the stove, and made a fire, and by the way he collected the scattered piles of firewood and charcoal by the hearth, and he stacked them in a row.

There are still piles of firewood and charcoal in the backyard of the Li family, which are basically brought back by him to the mountains after eating at night when the weather is good, and the charcoal is burned in a small earthen kiln and pulled back.

Su Yiniang said while stir-frying vegetables: "Tomorrow you go to the county to bring more silver, in case there is a place to spend silver, it is fine." ”

Su Yi's father nodded and said, "Okay, I'll bring more, don't worry, Xu is Ahe has something to delay in the academy, it's okay to come back later, I'll pick him up tomorrow." ”

Su Yiniang nodded.

The dish was fragrantly fried after a while, Su Yiniang first got some out and put it in a big bowl, then poured water into the pot, and then stacked a small support frame in the pot, the support frame was flooded by the water in the pot, she put the big bowl containing the vegetables on the small support frame, and then covered the pot.

There were still some unextinguished fires burning in the stove.

In the hall, the iron basin that had been placed in the ear room with charcoal fire had been put in at this time, and the hall was also hot.

The family is eating.

At the table, Su Yiniang asked Su Yi and Ah Shui to eat quickly, and after a while, she asked Ah Shui to accompany Su Yi to send it to her grandfather and Qi Heng while the meal was hot.

Su Yi's father listened to his mother's words and said, "Let their sisters and brothers eat well, and I'll send them later." ”

He glanced at the window of the hall and continued, "It's dark outside, and it's not safe for the girl's house to go out." ”

"Dad, Ah Shui will accompany me, where will it be unsafe? Besides, it is not far away, it is a big deal to bring a lantern when the time comes. ”

"It's not far, it's not close. Su Yi said.

"Oh Dad, what's the matter? It's just such a long way, I'll just go with Ah Shui!"

Then she said it several times before Su Yi's father nodded.

Ah Shui didn't speak, just ate quickly.

Although he was angry with Qi Heng and despised his sister, seeing that he was injured, Ah Shui was also worried.

During the night, it was getting dark.

Su Yi was carrying a bamboo basket, which was also made by her mother as a cloth cover to block the wind, blocking the wind, and the food in the room was cooler and slower.

Ah Shui, who had not yet been high in Su Yi, walked beside Su Yi, holding a simple lantern in his hand, carefully and cautiously looking at both sides of the path he was walking and glancing behind him from time to time.

He wore a cloak over his body and coarse cloth gloves on his hands, and it was not cold to show his hands on this cold, cold night.

Su Yi Niang made a lot of such gloves, and even made a lot of them with Su Yi, as well as hats, knee pads, etc.

These things should not have been known to Su Yiniang, an ordinary villager woman, but her mother's ancestors had a capable person with good medical skills, and her family was rich and noble.

There are not many things inherited from her ancestors in her mother's family, and Su Yiniang only knows that it was her grandmother who told her mother, and her mother told her to do it.

In the small courtyard of the Li family.

Su Yi's father went to his daughter's room, found an iron basin, and the iron basin was burning with a little charcoal, he took the iron basin to the stove room and added charcoal, and then brought it back to his daughter's room.

Then he went to his son's room, found an iron basin as well, took it to the stove and added some charcoal, and then brought it back to the stove, and then closed the door.

Then he took the iron basin that had gone from the ear room to the hall room into the room where he and Su Yi Niang slept, took the door with him, and then went to the stove room.

in the stove room.

Su Yiniang boiled half a pot of hot water, and when she saw that her father-in-law was coming, she fetched some hot water and put it in a wooden basin, and told him to wash his face, wash his hands, and go to rest early.

Su Yi's father nodded and asked Su Yiniang to go to bed early.

"Wait a little while and they will come back, and I will see that they are washed and go to sleep. ”

"You wash yourself first and sleep first, they will come back later, Su Yi will come to this stove room to take a look, will take Ah Shui to wash up, the children have grown up, you don't always think they are still young." ”

Su Yiniang heard her husband say this, and smiled, yes, the children have grown up, Su Yi is all over, and they are also old.

While speaking, Su Yi's father had already washed it, took out the dirty warm water and poured it out, and then brought the wooden basin in, and then he said: "I'll mix some clean warm water, you can also wash and go to bed early, there are many things at home, this winter day is strangely cold, it's better to rest early." ”

Su Yiniang saw that her husband insisted, thought about it, made the fire in the stove hole, and warmed some hot water in the pot for Su Yi and Ah Shui to come back for a while to wash.

Then she washed herself with the warm water that her father-in-law had mixed for her, and the two of them went to rest together.

The mistress added a little charcoal to the stove hole in the stove room, which could burn for a longer time, and the well-fed yellow-haired puppy lay on the edge of the stove hole again, next to each other.