A mountain village with falling snow is a poetic picture without the need for ink.
In the past, the bear children of the nest, early in the morning without the parents called, will be rolled and can not wait to put on the cotton clothes wailing and calling friends to go out to play in the snow. The white snow is full of small footprints, a time, frozen red bear children will be a white scroll with the dog gnawing like a pig arch.
There are even naughty bear children, while the small partners in the tree, fierce shake the tree, then ow a voice to run away, looking at the small partners were falling snow smashed into a small old man, then laughing his arse off. And then, it is the little friend revenge overturned in the snow, rolled into a ball, laughter.
When the smoke rises, the bear children are pulled home by their furious mothers by the ears!
“His father, why don’t we not go this day?” As his mother, Chen, was eating breakfast, she looked at the snowflakes drifting outside the door and said to Zhu’s father, who had buried his head in his food.
Zhu father sniffed and looked up from the bowl to look out the door, barred his mouth, swallowed the rice porridge into his stomach, wiped his mouth unconcernedly and said, “How can that be, yesterday I also promised Zhao Damiang of Shanghe Village to drive her to the town to visit her relatives, this snowy day, I don’t know how many people are still pointing at our family oxcart.”
“Blessed not to enjoy!” Mother Chen said in a rude manner.
After a while, mother Chen put down her chopsticks and looked out for a while, “The snow is getting heavier and heavier, the boss just put in a couple of cakes and went to clear the snow for Juan’er’s family, and didn’t know to drink a bowl of hot soup before going.”
Zhu father said as he ate, “Juan’er’s family will give Boss hot soup, don’t worry about it, Juan’er’s family loves Boss.”
“What do you know, her family would be as willing as ours to make the congee smell so good, and they’re not going to miss the firewood.” Chen’s mother choked Zhu’s father, for the eldest son early in the morning to take the cake to go out to his future husband’s house to clear the snow some grudges.
“I still don’t understand you, you’re just jealous, okay, the eldest cleared the snow at our house before going out.” Father Zhu said and picked up another cake. He ate it.
“Who’s jealous, I’m heartbroken for the Boss.” Chen’s face slightly reddened at this, but her mouth was hard before she changed the subject. “Speaking of the Boss, I’m thinking of Second Little again, how long has it been, why haven’t we had a letter yet.”
“It’s coming back soon, it’s not once or twice that the swine’s son has been away. He can take care of himself, just put your heart in your stomach.” Father Zhu put down the cake in his hand and comforted Chen.
“The day Er Xiao doesn’t come back, the day I can’t put my heart into it. Oh, I almost forgot, when it comes to swine I remembered, didn’t I go to the town yesterday with Boss, guess who I ran into.” Chen took her arm and bumped into Zhu father, her eyes shining brightly as she asked.
When Father Zhu heard this, the mouthful of cake in his mouth almost didn’t choke himself. How could he guess this himself?
“Er Dogzi’s mother?” Father Zhu tentatively said a name.
“Chi, I knew you couldn’t guess. I ran into the Shanghe Village Li Da Zaobao his daughter, is a child to find swine played a few times that little girl, childhood appearance is attractive, and now fell like a fairy in the sky, can be good-looking, no girl in the village can be compared to the. She recognised me from a long way off, and she is a well-informed person with a good heart,” she said. She went to town to burn incense for her father. She is a filial son. I’ve seen a lot of compliments on her in the time I’ve been selling, and I’ve seen a lot of people thinking about taking her home as a daughter-in-law. If we were to marry Er Xiao as our daughter-in-law, what would we do?”
Chen looked at Zhu’s father with a warm face, since she saw Li Shu yesterday, this idea has taken root in her heart.
Father Zhu shook his head at the words.
“What, there isn’t something wrong with this girl, is there?” Chen asked with a look of pity.
“Say what.” Father Zhu put down the cake in his hand and said to Chen. “The girl is fine.”
“Good, then why are you shaking your head? Don’t look at the second youngest and Shu’er are both small now, but also have to settle down early, many people are thinking about it, if you are late, you will be snatched away.” Chen was a little anxious.
“The Li family girl is good, but I guess they can’t see our family, I heard people say, this old Li family is not simple, they are very important, I guess they don’t look at our small family.” Zhu father shook his head and said.
“How big can it be?” Chen was a bit unconvinced, and was very proud of her son, “My son is a scholar, so how can he not be worthy of their family. My son would marry a princess.”
“I’m not sure how big, but it’s not small. I heard that the county magistrate is very polite when he meets them, and that they’ve seen a lot of scholars, so let’s just marry a peasant girl.” Zhu father shook his head, also can not say how big the Li family, anyway, drive the car all these years to hear people say that the old Li family is very big.
“A Zhuang family? Yesterday, I saw the Li family’s girl, and I felt that the young girls of the Zhuang family are not comparable to others.” Chen shook her head, “Besides, I don’t think Er Xiao can see it.”
“It would be good if the swine’s son was successful in the imperial examination, then their old Li family would have nothing to say, right?” Chen asked with some anticipation.
“Being successful in the imperial examination isn’t like planting crops, you can just say you’ve been successful.” Father Zhu bristled.
“Oh yes, yesterday with the Li family girl also talked about swine child, the Li family girl also called swine child peace brother, I think there is a chance, oh yes, the Li family girl also also also said, maybe swine child this time to test a lifer back.” Chen took two mouthfuls of rice and spoke again.
“People are just coaxing you.” Father Zhu skimmed his mouth.
Just at this time, listen to the outside crackling a firecracker, the sound is very big, seems to be the kind of firecrackers or the kind of village does not spare to buy the thick kind of it.
“Whose family has a happy event? Why haven’t I heard about it, marrying a daughter-in-law or marrying a daughter?” Chen stretched her neck to look out the door, curious and puzzled. “The day before yesterday, I talked to his elder aunts when they were nailing the soles of their shoes, and I didn’t hear them say who’s having a happy event?”
Zhu father is also a bit puzzled, according to the village custom, regardless of red and white wedding, the village neighbours have to go to help with a share, but no one said to himself ah, in the village he did not talk to anyone’s family ah.
And then listen to the village outside with the pot as if exploded, a clanking sound, there are a lot of people talking voice, footsteps are getting closer and closer.
Curious
Father Zhu and Chen were very curious.
Then very quickly, footsteps were heard outside the door, the door of their house was slapped bang bang bang, and there were a bunch of people talking and talking.
“His big brother quickly open the door, a big happy event, there is a big happy event.”
“Second Auntie quickly open the door ah, there is a happy event.”
“Hurry up and get ready, the people from the county are at the village entrance.”
Without waiting for Chen’s and Zhu’s father’s reaction, the gate was pushed open with force, and then a large number of people rolled in, neighbours, seven uncles and eight aunts, there were a lot of people coming, it was very lively!
