Pet wife Imperial Examination Road

The first snow began to fall in early November, and the villagers stayed in their houses, and the lively village in the past also lost a lot of popularity.

Yun Yun sat on the bed in the bedroom and felt that it was so warm under the bed. He searched the whole bed, but couldn't find where the heating came from.

"Cheng Mu, why is this bed so hot?"

Yun Yun's delighted face made Cheng Mu a little puzzled, don't people here burn kangs?

"What was your house like before?"

"When my father was still there, my family used to burn charcoal fires in my house, but it wasn't as warm. The bed was so hot, it felt like there was a stove burning underneath."

Cheng Mu took Yun Yun to the stove room, pointed to the stove and said, "This is all the way under the bed, as long as you cook, the bed will be warm. If you usually feel cold, you can always boil water in the pot."

Yun Yun suddenly realized, "I've never seen anything like this before."

"I built the house myself, and then I made this, for fear of the cold in winter. But I have a strong physique, so I don't use it very much. This is the first time I use it this year."

Yun Yun was still observing the heated kang, touching the hot quilt, he suddenly thought of his dead mother. "If my mother can use such a good thing, she won't die of illness."

Cheng Mu knew a little about Father Yun Yun, but he knew nothing about the rest.This winter is long, and he has enough time to get to know each other.

"Ayun, tell me about your family."

The two were lying on the hot kang, Yun Yun carefully talked about the family affairs.

"My grandfather used up all the family property to support my father and my uncle to go to school. My uncle didn't do well in school. He came back to farm after a year. My father was born to study. He was selected as a scholar in the first year, and later he went to take the provincial examination. I didn’t pass the exam for some reason. My mother just gave birth to me and I was sick. Since then, my father has not taken the exam. The town went to Nanlin Academy to recruit teachers, and my father went to be a teacher. My mother is At that time, she was seriously ill, and she had to take care of me and go to the ground, so she couldn't take care of it at all."

"Then your father never thought of taking her and you to live in the town?"

"Later the land was sold, and my mother and I went to live in the town. But the money my father paid for teaching was not enough, and my mother's medical treatment was too expensive. She knew that she would not live long, so she stopped taking medicine. The year she left The winter was extremely cold, and my mother kept her hands cold under the quilt, but she didn’t get through it. From then on, my father moved the family to a school and taught me to read and write every day. Yunwu was an old scholar in our village at first. Study at home, just like when I married you, I was going to study in the town."

"Ayun, do you still want to study?"

Yun Yun didn't answer right away, but said after a while, "Study is too expensive. My father taught me at the time, so I didn't spend any money. Now it's 20 taels of silver a year in the town. It's really expensive."

The idea of ​​sending Yun Yun to study was only fleeting. If Yun Yun could only read and write, it would not be easy for her to be admitted as a scholar, so this matter was shelved for now.

"If you like it, I'll buy you two story books next time you go to town, so you can pass the time at home."

"The book is too expensive, so it's more convenient to copy it down. Last time I copied the scriptures for Mrs. Liu..." Yun Yun quickly covered her mouth, pretending she didn't know anything.

Cheng Mu took his hand from his mouth, "What scripture?"

Yun Yun had no choice but to recruit truthfully, "Dr. Chu told me last time that I could write and copy scriptures, and then he took me to a rich family to help the old lady copy a book for one hundred yuan. I'm afraid you will know that I take private jobs Angry, I didn't tell you."

"I'm not angry. It's a good thing that you make money on your own."

Yun Yun became bold and crawled to Cheng Mu's side, "Are you really not angry?"

"Really, I think this is a good thing. There is no pen and paper at home. When I have a chance, I want to see what your handwriting looks like."

"I won't show you."

"Ah Yun's writing is beautiful, why don't you show it to me?" Cheng Mu lay behind Yun Yun and whispered in his ear.The breath hit Yun Yun's earlobe, and her whole face turned red.

"Who wants to show you, you are very beautiful!"

The two were fighting in the house, and the time passed quickly.

There was a heavy snowfall two days ago. After the weather cleared up, there were small birds chirping on the wild fruit trees in the yard.When Yun Yun woke up early in the morning, Cheng Mu was shoveling snow in the yard.Yun Yun stood outside for a while, her hands and feet were cold from the cold, while Cheng Mu took off the outer padded jacket and only wore the inner long gown.His face was flushed and he was still sweating.

"I'll help you." Yun Yun walked to the side to get a shovel.

Cheng Mu handed the shovel to Yun Yun, wiped it with a sweat towel, and sat under the eaves.

"Hold the back of the wooden handle with your left hand, and apply force with your right hand."

These days, Yun Yun wakes up to do boxing twice every morning, and she is unambiguous in her work.The shovel reached into the snowdrift, and then was pulled out suddenly, and the whole shovel slid down into the vegetable field next to it.Cheng Mu has already cleaned up more than half of the yard, and now Yun Yun has cleaned up the remaining half.He took off his padded jacket, sat next to Cheng Mu and panted.

Cheng Mu wiped Yun Yun's sweat with a sweat towel, "Your strength has improved."

"That's right, you don't have to drive me away now, I'm sure I'm going to work very quickly. Maybe we'll compete again when the wheat is harvested next year." Yun Yun wiped off the sweat on her face, leaned back on the chair and sat down After a while, I felt a little cold and put on my clothes again.

"The Chinese New Year will be over a month away." Yun Yun said with her eyes closed.

"Well, we have to buy new year's goods. This year, the two of us will be more lively."

"Then how did you spend the New Year alone in previous years?"

Cheng Mu recalled, "Just cut some meat and eat it yourself. It's nothing special. It's not as crowded as other people's homes."

Yun Yun held Cheng Mu's cold hand, "This year we will be together and have a good New Year. I can make dumplings. Let's eat dumplings on New Year's Eve."

When the sun came out, the snow began to melt, and the four chickens I raised ran around the yard looking for something to eat, and the wild goats bleated in the sheep pen.

"Cheng Mu, come out quickly."

Cheng Mu hurried out of the house. Yun Yun caught a chicken and wanted to kill it, but the chicken wings fluttered back and forth.

"What do you kill a chicken for?"

"We haven't eaten meat for a long time, and the chicken looks too big, so I want to kill it first and just taste it."

Cheng Mu saw Yun Yun swallowing his saliva, he really didn't have much to eat these days, and when the snow fell heavily, he could go into the mountains to hunt game.The chicken finally grew up, and I wanted to save it for the Chinese New Year.

"This chicken isn't really delicious. I'll take you to eat better ones in a few days."

"What? Can it taste better than meat?" Yun Yun asked curiously, Cheng Mu's words aroused his curiosity.

"You'll know then."

After the chicken was killed, Cheng Mu went to boil hot water to remove the feathers, while Yun Yun washed the chicken's internal organs.The division of labor and cooperation can make it faster.

In cold weather, put half of the chicken first and cook only half of the chicken.Using potatoes from the field to fry chicken, Yun Yun couldn't resist eating two big bowls. After she was full, she started weaving baskets.The thorns I cut on the mountain last time have just been processed, and now they are compiled properly.