"clang--!"

"Boom-"

“Swish, swish, swish—!”

"Zhizhizhi——!!!"

The snow in winter was thicker than Qianghua imagined. When she stepped on it, half of her calf was gone.

The roads are blocked by heavy snow and the surrounding area is completely white. Due to limited heating items, the people in Zhangjia Village all stay at home and gather together to keep warm in winter, with few going out.

Not only people in Zhangjia Village do this, but almost all poor families do this. Before the heavy snow comes, they prepare the firewood and food they need for the winter. After the heavy snow, they don't go out if they can.

Qianghua walked on the hillside wearing thick boots, and the stones in her hands bounced out from time to time, hitting the trees and bamboos, shaking the snow off the branches.

The bamboos and trees bent by the snow shook twice and straightened up again.

"Qian Qian~" Xiao Ba, a fat orange cat, ran over crying.

His claws hooked the white fur coat on Qianghua's body and he stood up, looking up at her pitifully, "Help me!"

It had a snowball fight with Changdu. One could only attack the other by clawing at the snow, but the other could ball the snow into balls and throw them at the orange cat.

One can be said to have no damage at all, while the other has almost full damage.

"...Can't you just change the leather?" Qianghua was helpless.

Xiaoba Qiya said, "No, I will defeat it like this!"

Rose: a stubborn species.

How come she hadn't discovered this side to it before?

He picked it up and put it into the inner pocket of his cloak, then handed it a few pastries and comforted it casually, "Eat it."

When passing by Changdu, I picked it up with an emotional expression on its face and put it into the pocket on the other side. I also handed it a few snacks and said, "I'll beat it after eating."

The expression on Changdu's face softened, he snorted provocatively at Xiaoba, and then took a bite of the snack.

It’s not that they eat food carelessly, they care about who has a higher status here among the roses.

She pretended not to know what they were thinking, at least on the surface she had to carry the water and keep it level, otherwise they would make trouble!

The two little guys bit the snacks in their hands bitterly and thought angrily.

Um? etc?

"Why are its snacks scented with osmanthus and mine are scented with roses?!"

"Why are its snacks scented with roses, while mine are scented with osmanthus?!"

Qianghua: "..."

She took out the osmanthus scent and the rose scent and gave them to them again, "Is this okay?"

"Okay." x2.

The two guys answered very reluctantly.

Qianghua: I want to throw them into the sea:)

After clearing the snow from the trees on the hillside, it was noon again.

The snow has not yet melted away, and there is another goose-feather-like snow falling in the sky.

Qianghua put on her hood and stood in the snow. The falling snow fell on her coat and quickly fell down along the tips of the fur, leaving no trace of water stains.

……

A motorcade carrying commercial flags got off the official road. They looked carefully in the vast white field, and finally identified a direction through the position of the trees.

The leader waved to the rest of the group and led the group in that direction.

The entrance to Zhangjia Village.

In the makeshift thatched pavilion, two young women wrapped in quilts and warming themselves by the fire looked towards the snow not far away with half-squinted eyes, and soon saw a team that seemed to be heading towards them.

The two stood up quickly, with excitement in their eyes and eagerness to try. "I'll be on guard. Go and tell the clan leader that someone is coming to our village."

"Why don't you go? I also want to stay here."

"I'm more skilled than you. I can resist and fight. Can you do that?"

After hearing this, the other woman turned around and left the thatched pavilion reluctantly, and ran quickly towards the home of Chief Zhang.

She had to hurry up, maybe she would be able to join in later.

Winter is hard to endure, and there are always desperate people who take the risk and go to other villages to work for a big job.

There are also those bandits in the mountains who come down to rob in order to survive the winter.

She doesn’t know which one is coming now, but no matter which one it is, she should be able to try her skills on them today, right?

Thinking of this, her steps became faster.

She is not as good as other people in the village, but her running speed is much better than the people in the village. This was praised by Aunt Nineteen herself.

"Clan leader, clan leader! Someone is coming from outside the village!"

Patriarch Zhang, who was watching the competition between his eldest granddaughter and his third granddaughter, immediately stood up after hearing this, took the sheepskin jacket handed over by his husband, put it on his body, and walked out.

Zhang Xingyuan and Zhang Xingcai stopped gesticulating, took the thick coats from their brothers and sisters and put them on them, turned around and followed them out.

The younger brothers and sisters dared to be angry but dared not speak out, so they squeezed into the arms of their parents to keep warm.

The adults couldn't laugh or cry.

At the entrance of the village, the people who came against the wind and snow were also exposed.

When the leader saw the woman holding a stick looking at them defensively, he immediately raised his hand to stop the advancing team.

He took a few steps forward and said to the woman guarding the entrance to the village: "Girl, we are a group of merchants. We would like to borrow a house in your village to escape the increasing snowstorm. Is it possible?"

"Don't worry, we will definitely pay you."

The woman frowned and said, "Wait a moment, I'll ask someone to question you."

The team leader smiled bitterly, "It's not that I don't want to wait, it's just that there is someone in my team who is infected with the cold. If she doesn't find a place to stay warm and boil medicine, I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on."

If a woman doesn't show any kindness, how can she know whether what these people say is true?

"There's no rush now. The messenger is quick on his feet. He'll be here soon... Look, isn't he just back?"

Not far away, Chief Zhang and others came quickly.

The woman who went back to report the news quickly walked up to the guarding woman and winked at her. Can this man be beaten?

The guarding woman shook her head, "Waiting for the clan leader's decision."

The woman who reported the news was a little disappointed.

Chief Zhang walked up to the leader and asked coldly, "What do you do? Why do you come to our village?"

The team leader held up his hand and said, "We are a group of merchants. When we were delayed on our return trip due to buying and selling a batch of goods, we encountered wind and snow on the road. We were afraid of being in danger, so we wanted to come to the village to stay overnight."

Chief Zhang shook his head, "I'm really sorry, we don't have any extra houses in the village for you to stay."

If they really have to squeeze in, it's not impossible to squeeze in, but in this case, this team will have to live separately in various parts of the village. What if they have malicious intentions?

She didn't know the situation, and in the winter when she was short of food and clothing, she really didn't dare to bet on the quality of strangers.

"We are willing to pay a high price!" the team leader said anxiously: "We will leave when the wind and snow stop and the snow melts. Several people in our team are infected with the wind and cold. If we continue walking, there may be big problems, so please be accommodating! "

……

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