"The food is ready, let's eat." Chen Yitang said after carrying two dishes out to the living room.

Zeng Wenjuan and Zeng Yike saw the father-in-law, son-in-law and grandson carrying food and bowls and chopsticks out, and they stood up from the sofa and said with a smile: "Let's eat and talk at the same time."

"What are you two talking about? You look so happy." Chen Yintang asked with a smile after hearing what they were talking about.

"It was Zhao Hu, the son of Village Chief Zhao. He was a real tiger! He once killed a tiger on the northern mountain with his bare hands. Just now, their brigade commander called me and said that I recommended a good seedling to him." Zeng Yike had nothing to hide, so he said it directly.

Zhao Jianguo smiled when he heard this: "Huzi has been very strong since he was young. Aunt Yujuan blames Uncle Maosheng every day, saying that if he hadn't given him the wrong name, Zhao Hu wouldn't be so strong. I wonder if he can learn to be more mature in the army."

"When you first joined the army, you were a troublemaker, but now you are very upright." Zeng Yike looked at Zhao Jianguo and said with a faint smile.

Zhao Jianguo looked at his son and then at his wife, and said awkwardly, "Hahaha...eat, eat. The fish I stewed this morning is now frozen. It tastes pretty good, why don't you try it."

“Okay, you all can eat too.” Zeng Yike called.

The family chatted and laughed, and the meal was quickly eaten.

"Then your dad and I will go back first. We won't come here at night. It's snowing today and the roads are slippery and difficult to walk on." Zeng Yike said.

"Okay, then be careful on the road." Zeng Wenjuan reminded them after sending them out.

"Okay." Chen Yitang agreed, and then he bent down and said to Goudan, "Grandpa will be on vacation in half a month. I'll take you to the county town to play then! It's getting close to the New Year and the county town is very lively now!"

"Grandpa is so nice. Grandpa and grandma, be careful on the road. The snow is too cold. Don't catch a cold." Goudan said with concern.

Zeng Yike also came closer and said, "Goudan is so well behaved, and he even knows how to care about others. Goudan should also behave well at home!"

"Yeah," Goudan nodded, smiled cutely and said, "I'm the best."

After Chen Yitang and Zeng Yike left, Goudan took Zeng Wenjuan's hand and said, "Mom, I want to play in the snow. Can I go out and play in the snow?"

"Of course you can, but you have to wear gloves, otherwise you will get frostbite on your hands and it won't heal." Zeng Wenjuan said, pulling Goudan up.

Goudan nodded: "Okay, I'll go back to the room and put on gloves." After that, he ran back to the room happily.

Zhao Jianguo smiled at Goudan's back, then looked at Zeng Wenjuan and said, "Wenjuan, why don't you play? I still remember that you loved making snowmen when you were a child!"

"I'm already so old, why should I still play with snowmen!" Zeng Wenjuan stopped playing with snow after she turned 18, mainly because she didn't have the time. She was busy doing housework and working in the fields every day. If it weren't for the gloves Zhao Jianguo sent back, she would have gotten frostbite.

"No matter how old you are, you are still a child in front of me. What's more, Goudan is still a child. My legs are not convenient now and I can't play with him. You take the child and have fun." Zhao Jianguo said to Zeng Wenjuan.

Zeng Wenjuan's eyes lit up: "Okay, what you said makes sense. I will play with Goudan. The snow this year is quite heavy. It just so happens that the snow has stopped, so I will take Goudan out to play. This is Goudan's first time playing in the snow!"

By the time Goudan came out, Zeng Wenjuan had already put on gloves. The mother and son went out the door, while Zhao Jianguo watched them play under the eaves.

"Goudan, let's each roll a snowball. After the snowball is rolled, we will make a snow doll and put it at the door. Let it stand guard for us." Zeng Wenjuan looked at Goudan and said.

When Goudan heard Zeng Wenjuan's words, he happily threw a handful of snow and said with a smile, "Okay!"

The two of them took a handful of snow and started rolling a ball in their palms. Then they slowly rolled it in the snow, rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling, until the snowball was about the same size.

"Goudan, the snowball is almost done. Roll your snowball over to mom, and I'll put the two snowballs together later." Zeng Wenjuan said to Goudan who was far away.

Goudan was very happy and rolled the snowball to Zeng Wenjuan with his butt sticking out: "Mom, what should we do now? What about the snowman's hands and feet? Will he be cold outside?"

"How can a snowman be afraid of the cold? Snow is cold. As for the hands, let's go home and get two branches to hang him up. And his eyes and nose, what do you think would be better to make them with?" Zeng Wenjuan asked Goudan for his opinion.

"Hehe... I don't know either. Let's go home and look for it." Goudan smiled awkwardly and looked up at Zeng Wenjuan.

"Okay!" Zeng Wenjuan nodded and agreed, and then said to Zhao Jianguo: "Then you wait for us downstairs, so you don't have to run around, and you can help us keep an eye on the snowman."

"Okay, don't worry, you two. I'm here to watch over it and won't let anyone destroy it." Zhao Jianguo nodded seriously, as if this was a particularly huge task.

After Zeng Wenjuan and Goudan returned home, they started searching in the kitchen.

Goudan picked up a small taro and Zeng Wenjuan said, "Mom, can you use this to make the snowman's eyes?"

"Sure, as long as Goudan thinks it's okay, we will use this to make the snowman's eyes. Then let's find two more things to make the snowman's nose and mouth." Zeng Wenjuan nodded gently.

Then the two found a red pepper and a green pepper. Gao Dan said with a smile: "Mom, we can use the green pepper as the snowman's nose and the red pepper as the mouth."

"Why? This green pepper doesn't look like a nose. Why did you think of using it as a snowman's nose?" Zeng Wenjuan was a little confused. How could this long pepper be suitable for making a snowman's nose!

"This pepper is like a nose that can be frozen, and it just so happens that the pepper can be bent like this." Goudan took the green pepper and bent it.

"Okay, then I'll listen to Goudan. But we still need to find two more things to make the snowman's ears. Mommy forgot about them just now."

"Ears?" Goudan tapped his chin with his index finger and thought. Suddenly, as if he had thought of the answer, he picked up two pieces of cabbage and said with a smile, "Mom, let's use the cabbage to make the snowman's ears."

"Huh? Why? How do these cabbage leaves look like ears?" Zeng Wenjuan really didn't understand why Goudan's train of thought was so strange.

"The snowman is made of pig ears, and then they were left outside in the wind and water until they were frozen green." Goudan said, holding two cabbage leaves.