Aunt Rong didn't care whether it was snowing or not, whether it was warm outside or not. She was convinced that the woolen clothes piled in the yard were her own, so she fetched water to wash them in the wind and snow.
Da Ya wanted to help, but she pushed her back into the room very firmly.
Probably because it was troublesome to fetch water, he simply drove to the river by himself.
Yan Yu was very curious about how she would wash it, so she hugged her tightly and chased after her.
After it was heated, it looked like a moving dog-shaped radiator. When Yan Yu reached the river, he couldn't bear to let it go. It was too warm!
She didn't want to come down, so she lay on Gou Zhu's back and looked up.
I saw Grandma Rong throwing her woolen clothes back and forth in the river. After soaking them, she scooped out a large basin of water, added scented soap and scrubbed them vigorously.
The water temperature was obviously too hot, and the clouds of white smoke and falling snowflakes offset each other...
Throw away a basin of dirty water and get another basin.
The cold river water, under the hands of Grandma Rong, soon became gurgling.
Yan Yu couldn't help but look around, it was good, there was no one nearby.
"Hold on, let's go back." Yan Yu adjusted herself to make herself more comfortable.
He stuck out his tongue, turned around smoothly, and ran back with dog legs.
One person and one dog returned home.
Yan Yu shook her head and stamped her feet to shake off the snowflakes behind her.
Trembling as if trying to survive.
Li Xuemei couldn't help but laugh.
"Come closer and I'll give you a pat."
"No mother, please come into the house quickly."
Yan Yu walked into the house, and Gou Zhu followed suit.
The latter crept into the house and carefully tucked his tail, not even daring to shake it.
The corner next to the wall is its location.
Gouzhu obediently walked over and squatted down, head straight up, watching his master's every move.
Yan Yu started to take off her clothes as soon as she entered the house, wearing hats, gloves, cotton clothes, pants and shoes...
After patting and tossing them, spread them flat on the edge of the kang, and they will be warm when you go out.
"I see that you are running wild and can't even stay at home." Li Xuemei said.
Yan Yu asked: "Mom, aren't you curious, what will Aunt Rong wash those woolen clothes into?"
Li Xuemei looked as expected: "Look at what you are wearing and the bedding in our house. I dare say that if you touch any place in our house, it will be spotless. Aunt Rong's cleanliness... you
Those woolen clothes will be washed brightly when I get them back."
Yan Yu laughed: "Hey, I'm looking forward to it. Mom, you don't know. I originally wanted to buy a few sheep. There are a lot of sheep over there, but it's really dirty. It's like a gray ball... again
The space on the raft was limited, so I didn’t buy any. When we go there, no matter whether they are buried or not, we still have to buy a few. In the future, we will breed them ourselves and make woolen sweaters. If everyone in the village has one, the winter will be much better."
"Everyone has one? How dare you think..." Li Xuemei crossed out September 18th on the calendar she had nothing to do recently. "It has snowed several times before October. It seems that this year
It’s really a cold winter, you have to be careful with the charcoal, you can’t sell it all, we also have to use it.”
"I know, when the next time Huju settles the bill, I will go visit my father and uncle and bring them some charcoal to use. Our family must be warm." Her master was used to being poor. Not only did he not know how to
He took care of his own food and drink, lived in the backyard of the government office for three years without even thinking of setting up a kang for himself, and kept lighting a brazier to spend the winter. Fortunately, the window leaked, otherwise it would have been a bit dangerous due to my master's sloppy approach to life.
"Oh, I almost forgot about this big thing!" Yan Yu rolled to the edge of the kang, reached down with her legs, and slipped out of the kang.
After putting on shoes and clothes, I went back to my house and took all my things.
Nothing else but her homework.
The uncle would not cut off her homework just because she was away from home. The original inspection days were during government holidays. The uncle would come back once every ten days to check her homework and leave another ten days of homework for class.
But because Hu Ju was busy with work, her uncle didn't go home last ten days. He only sent a letter back, leaving homework for her and Da Ya sister. She walked around Longxing Fengming. This ten days,
Not a word was moved.
Yan Yu hurriedly set up the Kang table, placing the inkstone, paper and pens.
At first glance, I forgot to bring water.
She glanced at the dog who was looking at her with bright eyes.
"Hold on, you go outside and have a drink of water."
Gou Zhi barked, trotted out, and came back soon.
"Come up!" She patted the place next to her.
The dog's eyes lit up instantly.
Take off on the spot and fall down easily.
Jump to the designated position accurately, wagging its tail happily.
"Haha, come on, the dog head comes over here, and then a little over here, take a small sip, um, it's better not to, you are like this, the small water flow will stop when I say stop, do you understand? Spit out a little water and try." Yan Yu.
After adjusting the angle of the dog's mouth, I was eagerly looking forward to it.
Gou Zhu started to drool...
"Okay, stop!" Yan Yu shouted, and Gouzi swallowed his saliva.
Yan Yu was praising the dog while polishing his ink.
Gou Zhu thought he was inconspicuous and lay down on the kang, put the dog's head at Yan Yu's feet, and wagged his tail.
Li Xuemei glanced at it: "I've wanted to get on the kang for a long time. When you come back, wipe it clean for me."
Yan Yu nodded hurriedly and taught Gouzi: "Hold on, let's wipe our paws clean when we come back after going out, and the seat next to the kang will be yours."
He kept nodding his head and wagging his tail rapidly.
Yan Huaiwen felt that Xiao Er's progress was too fast, and he was afraid that she would forget it after memorizing it. Half of the homework given to her now was the earliest one she had learned.
This part turned into calligraphy exercises, which was quite difficult for Yan Yu.
Her father used charcoal to copy, and she used a brush to copy, can it be the same?!
Fortunately, in order to save paper, she wrote smaller characters and didn't say anything. If she really wrote big characters properly, she would really burst into tears.
Have a short break after lunch and continue in the afternoon.
For the entire day, Yan Yu rarely found peace.
All the mind is on the homework.
The ink in the inkstone dried and was polished again, and the ink was polished and dried again.
When I raised my eyes again, the sky was already dark, and it was so dark that I didn’t know what time it was.
The snow hasn’t stopped yet!
Li Xuemei fell asleep at some point, and there was still some unfinished cotton cloth at hand.
Yan Yu walked over lightly, helped her mother lie down, and touched her head, which made her feel a little sweaty.
Then he slowly took off her clothes with great care.
"Mom, it's uncomfortable to sleep like this. Let me help you take off your clothes..."
Li Xuemei felt vaguely and moved her hands and feet accordingly.
When his mother fell asleep again, Yan Yu found a thin quilt and put it on her body.
Waved to the dog.
He stood up and reluctantly jumped off the kang.
Maomao glanced at it, walked to Li Xuemei with light steps, and lay down.
Yan Yu pushed the kang table aside, found a small rag and stuck it on the kang until his footprints were wiped clean.
He put on his cotton suit and took the dog out.
The cotton clothes and trousers were all warmed by the drying, and Yan Yu didn't feel cold at all.
She ran to the kitchen first and felt relieved when she saw that Aunt Rong was back.
Later I saw clean woolen clothes in the yard.
Shock!
Sheep will be so jealous that they shed tears when they see it. They never imagined that they would have the opportunity to be so white!
"Hold on, Grandma Rong is really amazing!" Yan Yu sighed in admiration.
Gouzhu nodded repeatedly.
The children who went to Yongning City are back.
Heading into Yan's yard.
"Xiao Er, you are back."
"Xiaoer, if you're not here, we're worried about you!"
"It's hard to walk on the snowy road, Xiaoer, are you going to stop walking in the future?"
"If you go on a long journey, can you take me with you? I can endure hardship and am not afraid of getting tired."
The children rushed to speak.
Every face was blown red by the wind.
"How are you doing? Are you feeling cold?" Yan Yu checked each of them to see if their clothes were thick enough, and touched their little hands again.
It's okay, it's quite warm.
"We have a stove and it's not cold at all."
"We all listened to you and covered ourselves with big quilts. We were wrapped up tightly."
Yan Yu nodded and said with a smile: "I have settled the accounts. Let's distribute the money tonight. You go home for dinner first. After the meal, everyone will come to my house to gather. In addition to distributing the money, I have something else to say.
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Xiao Wuzhi asked: "Xiaoer, didn't you say that after making money, let's change the same clothes together? Why don't we change and give out money?"
The Boy Scouts have the same little backpacks and scythes...and they want the same clothes.
It looks so majestic when worn out.
Just like tigers hunkering down on the frontier, standing together can tell that they are together.
"Cotton is a bit expensive, and we may not be able to save enough for a while, so we will give out the money first and then we can pool money to buy it later."
Although the children were a little disappointed, they also knew that cotton-padded clothes were much more expensive than single clothes, so they agreed to go home for dinner first and come back later.
As soon as the waiter called for gathering, the children felt like having a fight while eating. They were afraid that they would be late, so they hurried to Yan's house.
Yan Yu burned the fire wall in the main room in advance, and before the heat could come up, people started arriving one after another.
Dagouzi went to the kitchen to get a few bowls and brought hot water over.
He would pour a bowl for anyone who was thirsty.
Coyotito nodded and then asked them to sit on the ground.
They were all wearing thick trousers, which didn't cool their buttocks.
The Yan family doesn't have that many stools, and they aren't that particular.
Thanks to their mother's godlike relationship with Yan Laoer, Da Gouzi and Xiao Xiaozi are the children who come to Yan's house most often, and they are familiar with each other inside and out.
Take care of other friends automatically and spontaneously.
Daya came over to take a look and saw that Big Dog and Little Dog greeted him very well, so she pursed her lips and left with a smile.
"Xiaoer, everyone is here!" Xiaozizi came over and told her.
Yan Yu said loudly: "Okay, everyone is here, let's distribute the money first!"
She took out the account books she had sorted out and read the names one by one.
The second iron and the third iron counted the copper plates from the basket and handed them out one by one.
This is not the first time, it is very fast and methodical.
After the money was distributed, Yan Yu said: "I originally thought that everyone would help my family this winter, and we would save the money to make clothes together, but I didn't expect that the winter in Guanzhou is so cold, and it snowed in September.
After a month, I might not even want to leave the house.
I’ve thought about it, at our age, it’s really cold and it’s easy to get sick. Not only do you feel uncomfortable, but your family is also worried. Therefore, when you go to Huju and Yongning in the future, you have to be as big as Er Tiejie San Tiejie.
Only brother can do it.
If you are young, stay in the village."
When she saw the child below standing up, bulging his face, as if he was going to object, she quickly pressed it down with her hands and said loudly: "Listen to me first, staying in the village does not mean that you will do nothing at home.
Taking advantage of this time, let's take a good class to learn how to read and write when it's time, and learn how to calculate accounts when it's time to do so, so that you won't be confused about accounts.
What if I go out again in the future? I have to go to the county school to study in good years, so it’s time for the big guys to start learning."
The child who had just stood up sat down again when he heard this.
Running to Huju and Yongning, they come into contact with many people and do many things. The children also gain knowledge and know their own shortcomings.
In the past, the waiters also told me to learn, but they put it down after hearing it. After they knew how to write their own names, they gradually stopped learning. There is no fun in training to read and count.
One by one, they strengthened their bodies and became agile in their hands and feet.
Climbing trees to high altitudes and pulling ropes to climb hills have become extremely smooth.
But now they are buying and selling firewood, going in and out of the city, whether it is Huju or Yongning, allowing them to see different worlds and different ways of living.
Especially in Huju, the government has set different wages for each person's work.
A scholar can earn more than a strong man who works hard all day long.
"There is also the daily rotation of the arrow tower. I also want the adults to take over." Yan Yu said very slowly so that everyone could hear clearly: "The truth is the same. It is too cold and it is even colder above. We are still young.
It can't help but freeze, even if there is a stove.
I just have an idea: we should do our best to do what we can do, and don’t be too strong on what we can’t do for the time being.”
"You can't even climb the arrow tower?" Wang Dahu asked anxiously: "Can I still shoot arrows?"
The children stared at her without blinking, with longing in their eyes.
They are also very rare for the iron arrowheads shot in the village.
It is stronger than bamboo arrows and wooden arrows. They once tried it in the mountains. They only used one arrow. It was clear that they did not hit the vital point, but the wild animals ran away for a few steps and still died.
Really awesome!
Shooting it into the tree will pierce it very deeply!
If they had had these iron arrows when the Beirong came that day, they would not have injured the uncles in the village. They would have shot all the hundreds of Beirong to death.
When I think of hundreds of Beirong soldiers dying under their arrows.
The children's hearts were almost full of fire.
He went up to the arrow tower to guard duty, and went to Huju and Yongning. Although he came in rotation, he was still busy and had no time to spare every day.
But as long as they have time, everyone will practice archery with all their strength.
They don't even stay at the training ground very often anymore.
I set up an archery target and placed it outside the archery tower. I borrowed a bamboo crossbow and shot from the side.
Today's accuracy is much better than before.
"You have to continue running circles and shooting arrows without stopping." Yan Yu knows the importance of persistence. Once he relaxes, all his previous achievements will be wasted.
"I'll think about it over at the training ground. If it's too cold and the snow doesn't stop like it has been the past two days, then we have no choice but to stop. If we can still practice, I hope everyone will continue to practice.
I don’t need to tell you whether there are any benefits, you all should know it yourself.
If you want to be stronger than others, you don't have to talk with your mouth. Every bit of strength is the result of our perseverance.
Beirong has come this year and will come next year. It is not safe to expect others to save us. There are too many accidents. I still hope that we can save ourselves. No matter how many Beirong come, we will not be afraid!
