Hiding in the mountains to watch the end of the world

The snow was falling more and more heavily. An Huaize went out to look in the afternoon. It was all white outside and the visibility was very low. Afraid that something might happen to Zhao Mian, An Huaize closed the door and went out with an umbrella.

An umbrella can't block much snow, and An Huaize's body is covered with snowflakes. The breath he exhales turns into ice balls and falls down. One can imagine how cold it is.

A gust of cold wind blew, An Huaize shrank his neck, stepped on the snow deep and shallow to the village entrance.

The person on duty today probably went out, and An Huaize couldn't enter the house to wait, so he could only stand outside the house and wait. The village gate was not opened, and An Huaize didn't know if Zhao Mian had come back.

After a long time, An Huaize couldn't stand it any longer. He felt as if his whole body was frozen. The only person on duty came back. It was Zhao Zhou who was on duty. He had just returned from patrolling.

Zhao Zhou's clothes were much thicker than An Huaize's, and they were tightly wrapped, revealing a pair of eyes. When he got closer, he found An Huaize. He hurried to open the door and let An Huaize in. "Doctor An, you Why are you here? Come in, it's cold outside."

An Huaize nodded. There was still a plate of charcoal in the room, which was quite warm. Zhao Zhou went to add some charcoal. An Huaize hurried in and sat down to warm up. Zhao Zhou had to continue patrolling, which was only halfway through. the other side.

"Doctor An, I'm leaving first. If you leave, just close the door." Zhao Zhou put on his hat and walked out again.

An Huaize has been paying attention to the movement of the village gate. It is snowing and the sky is getting late. It is already afternoon and it is getting dark. An Huaize has no intention of warming up by the fire, for fear that something will happen to Zhao Mian in the mountains.

Not long after Zhao Zhou left, someone knocked on the door, "Knock-knock, Da Zhou! Open the door!"

It was Zhao Mian's voice, and An Huaize ran out to remove the latch on the door. He was inflexible even with gloves on, and it took two or three minutes to open the door.

When Zhao Mian heard the movement, he waited quietly, and the door opened after a long while.

"Da Zhou, why are you moving so slowly today?" Zhao Mian picked up the prey on the ground and said something angrily, but it was just a joke.

"Brother Mian, it's me." An Huaize went out to help him bring in the wild things, and then closed the door.

Zhao Mian frowned, took off his hat, put it on An Huaize's head, and pulled An Huaize into the room, "Why did you come out? It's snowing so heavily, what should I do if I'm cold?"

"It's not so fragile." An Huaize replied angrily. As soon as he entered the room, he shivered and sneezed.

Zhao Mian patted the snow off his body, warming An Huaize's hands before taking back the wild things outside.

An Huaize felt a little uncomfortable, his face was a little hot, "Let's go back, An An should wake up."

Zhao Mian probed his forehead, he felt a little hot, it must be cold, and he didn't dare to delay, after all, there is no warmth at home here, so Zhao Mian took him home.

An Huaize went to get his clothes, but there was no water in the bathroom, so he had to bring them in from the kitchen.

"I'm going to take a shower, you go and get your things back." An Huaize walked into the bathroom.

Zhao Mian went to bring him two buckets of water to fill up the bathtub. The temperature of the water is still relatively hot, so he can take a bath.

"Don't wash for too long, I'll make some ginger soup for you, drink it and then sleep to drive away the cold."

"Understood." An Huaize took off his clothes, Zhao Mian closed the door, went into the kitchen to wash the ginger, put it in to boil, reheated the kang, and then went out.

The water was relatively hot, and An Huaize washed comfortably, but when the water cooled a little, An Huaize didn't dare to soak anymore, and felt dizzy when he stood up. This symptom came too quickly.

Zhao Mian moved quickly. The first thing he did when he came back was to bring out the ginger soup in the kitchen. An Huaize just released the water in the bathtub, and Zhao Mian put down the ginger soup.

"Come and drink ginger soup." Zhao Mian touched the head of the kang, it was very hot, An An was sweating a little, Zhao Mian took off a piece of clothes for An An.

An Huaize fell asleep after drinking the ginger soup, feeling dizzy, and soon fell asleep. Zhao Mian went out to clean up the wild animals. They were all a fur-colored hare. Zhao Mian searched many places, so many hares , It must be enough for Ozawa to make clothes.

Seven of them gathered around, dragged a hare out, and pounced on it in turn, practicing hunting skills, Zhao Mian let them go.

At night, An Huaize woke up, sweating a little, but finally he didn't have a cold, Zhao Mian helped him wash the clothes he had changed out of, and gave him a bowl of ginger soup.

"It's time to eat." Zhao Mian took the bowl away and glanced at An An, "Why did you sleep for so long? Are you sick?"

Zhao Mian went over to touch Tan An'an's forehead, but luckily he didn't have a fever or a cold, so he wasn't worried.

"I just woke up once. I saw that I was sleeping and fell asleep again. Let him go." An Huaize yawned, still a little tired.

Zhao Mian nodded, went to dig An An up, dressed him, "I have to get up and eat."

An An opened her eyes and saw that Zhao Mian had fallen asleep again, Zhao Mian didn't bother him, and carried An An out, An Huaize was serving a meal, seeing that Zhao Mian carried An An out, he stopped serving his meal.

It was still cold when he came out, An An was a little sober, and Zhao Mian had just fed him a couple of mouthfuls, but An An was a little moving around, and he didn't want to sit quietly anymore.

Zhao Mian put down the spoon and didn't feed him again, "Eat by yourself, be good."

An An didn't know how to hold a spoon, so she glanced at Zhao Mian, Zhao Mian didn't intend to help him, but instead went to serve him a meal, An An looked at it a few times, and ate it with a spoon.

But as soon as I picked up the spoon, scooped up a little egg custard, it fell, and the small bowl fell.

An An looked at Zhao Mian aggrievedly, Zhao Mian didn't want to develop his habit of relying on others, and didn't want him to be arrogated by favor, so he ignored him, just picked up the bowl, washed it, and filled it again.

An An was a little hungry, but couldn't eat by herself, so she looked at Zhao Mian pitifully, "Daddy, let's eat."

"Eat by yourself." Zhao Mian picked up some tofu for him, "Good boy."

It's useless to be pitiful at Dad's place, An An looked at Dad again, "Dad, let's eat."

"Eat by yourself." An Huaize didn't help him either. An An is one year old, and it's time to be independent. These things have to be learned slowly.

Seeing that her father who loves her the most doesn't help him, An An knew that no matter what she did, it was useless. Zhao Mian made a lot of egg custard, and An An smashed a few bowls of egg custard. egg custard.

After Zhao Mian finished eating, he protected the bowl for An An and scooped it up for him to eat. Only then could An An eat a little more, but he couldn't eat much because he fell down.

After An Huaize finished the soup and cleared the table, An An couldn't eat much, but in the end, An An was full.

After a few days, it was the 23rd. Zhao Mian got up early in the morning to make candies. There were peanut candies, Kanto candies, and candied melons. The room smelled of candy, very sweet and greasy.

I don't know if it's them, but everyone in the village does this, especially Tanggua, who do more.

23, Tanggua sticky, that's all I'm talking about.

Tanggua is sugar made from yellow rice and malt. The long ones are called Kanto sugar, and the round and flat ones are called Tanggua. The freshly made sugar is very sticky, but when it is put outside, it will soon disappear. It has firmed up, but the taste is still very good.

In the old house, a few young people don’t know how to make candy, but the candy they bought two days ago, a few of them saved it and haven’t finished it, so they didn’t make it, and they can still eat it after the New Year.

Both Zhao Mian and Zhao Mian don't like sweets very much, they just have a mouth addiction, An An can only taste the taste, An An doesn't like sweets either, probably because they find it too sweet.

I kept a little at home, and the rest were taken to the old courtyard and Zhao Sheng’s side, and Zhao Sheng’s side put more, after all, there are tigers, and tigers like these things, Zhao Sheng There is no rejection.

The custom here is to wear new clothes for the New Year. In previous years, no matter how poor you are, you will buy a new dress. If it is not good, you can renovate it.

Now, people in the village are rushing to make clothes. In previous years, they would go to buy directly at this time, but this year they can only make clothes by themselves, so the villagers are very busy these days, and they are all rushing to make clothes.

Clothes are not difficult to make. Several aunts in the village are good at making clothes. Of course, if you pursue style, it is naturally impossible.

Zhao Mian also made a new dress for An An, which was made by Aunt Dagen. It was made of rabbit fur from before, and it was very warm. He also made a small hat, so he wouldn't be afraid that An An would be cold when he went out.

The other furs were still being tanned, so An Huaize's fur coats could not be started, but for other miscellaneous furs, Zhao Mian asked Aunt Dagen to make a small quilt for An An.

The snow is getting bigger and bigger, and it takes a lot of time to clear the snow every day, and the visibility is also very low. It's so cold that even Lao Qi and the others can't stand it, so they went back to the house one after another, and they didn't play in the front yard like before up.

Da Feng and Xiao Feng also came back, and they didn’t hang out anymore, and they didn’t like to go out anymore. Zhao Mian made tarpaulins to protect them from the wind. Once they were put down, the stables became much warmer, and they wouldn’t be too cold anymore. up.

The other livestock in the family couldn't stand the cold weather, and the pigs in the house were dying of cold, and they were about to be unable to hold on. No matter how much straw Zhao Mian added, it was still not warm enough.

The village has started to kill the New Year's pigs. In previous years, the pigs were slaughtered after the new year. This year, the pigs had to be killed earlier, otherwise the pigs would not be able to hold on.

There is only one butcher in the village, and everyone is lining up.

Zhao Mian doesn't know how to kill pigs, but he has dealt with too many wild animals, that's all, so he doesn't go to the queue, he boils water to kill pigs at home, when the knife is down, the pigs don't have the strength to bark, cold There is only one breath left, and the knife is cut, and the last breath is gone.

Uncle Qi and his family also made it themselves. Zhao Mian's family has two pigs, and they are fat and strong. It's been too cold these two days, so they lost fat.

Zhao Mian doesn't want these pigs. These things are hard to get, and Ozawa doesn't like them, but some people in the village like to eat them, so they buy them. They can get some side dishes. Zhao Mian keeps the other offal if he can. Throw away the ones you can’t get, tidy them up, and it’s already afternoon when the two pigs are done.

At the old courtyard, Zhao Mian went to see the pigs, but couldn’t hold on anymore, but they couldn’t get their turn in the queue, so Zhao Mian simply lit up the lamp and helped them deal with it. The pigs were killed, but the snow was too heavy. I didn't clean it up, so I had to wait until tomorrow to clean it up.

Zhao Mian will not help with these matters, and let the younger siblings do it themselves.