In the afternoon, the sun was gone and the sky was a little dark. The doors and windows of the house were closed, and the wind whistled in the windows. After lying in bed for a while with the evening breeze, Cao Xiangnan got up when he saw that it was almost time. The house was still quiet at this time, and everyone was still taking a nap. The light in the house was a little dim, and a little spark was jumping in the fireplace. He didn't put firewood in it.

He opened the back door and went out. Two dogs came around from nowhere. Cao Xiangnan reached out and touched the dog's head, "Good dog."

When the two dogs heard being praised, they wagged their tails even more happily.

There is a small house at the back door. There is hay inside. It is a nest specially prepared for the two dogs. However, they don't seem to like this nest very much. They run around in the yard all day and sleep anywhere. This thick fur is really enviable, and it doesn't feel cold.

The water in the water tank is icy cold, and it feels so fucking ecstatic!

Cao Xiangnan endured the cold and scooped water out of it into a small pottery pot, lit a fire on the small stove, and put the small pottery pot on it. He took out the big ribs he bought from the basket and washed them twice in the basin.

He opened the door and went into the house to pour some hot water. He saw the door of a room open, and a child with red cheeks from sleeping ran out and called him, "Uncle Xiangnan."

Then he followed him to help with the work.

He rinsed the bones with hot water and put them into the pottery jar, and then put the washed herbs in, which were all ordinary herbs for making soup. At this time, Wanfeng's body was not suitable for big supplements. All Cao Xiangnan could do was to boil some nutritious soup for him to drink.

Boiling the soup, the dinner project was half done.

It was getting late, and it would be colder later. The chickens, sheep, horses, and rabbits raised in the yard had to be fed in advance so that they could eat well and go to their nests.

The ewe gave birth to a lamb, and it had been several days since the birth. It was born a few days ago in the morning. Cao Xiangnan heard the sheep in the sheepfold bleating at that time, and thought something had happened. Later, he went to call Cao Gang over, and found that the ewe was about to give birth to a lamb.

"Baa..."

The sheep in the sheepfold bleated when they saw people coming. The lamb, which was born a few days ago, was still in the nest. The ewe saw people coming, probably because she was hungry, and ran out and bleated.

The ewe and lamb that I raised before, the lamb has grown up now.

"Mee..."

"Here you go, eat slowly, there's all." Xiangzi put the hay in his hand into the basket. They cut the hay together with a small basket on their backs, dried it and put it in the winter for the horses and sheep to eat. He put the hay in his hand into the basket, and saw the sheep eating it and bleating at him. A happy smile appeared on his face, because he also had a share of the hay!

Cao Xiangnan was feeding the chickens in the chicken coop, and when he looked up, he saw the smiles on the children's faces. These two children came to his house, and they were wary and cautious at the beginning, but now they have gradually integrated into this family. Although these two children are not as willful as his little An'an in some things, they are not as restrained as before, which is also a good thing.

Every day when he got up, the child would follow him, no matter it was morning or evening, he would always follow him to work. He probably understood what the child was thinking. He let him do what he wanted to do, and let the child do what he could do, which also gave him a sense of security in this family.

"There are quite a few eggs." Cao Xiangnan reached into the chicken coop, took out quite a few eggs, and shook the eggs in his hand to the child over there.

Xiangzi grinned, happy that the hen had laid eggs.

Cao Xiangnan took out the eggs he had taken out. The hens were laying fewer and fewer eggs now, and it seemed that the hens would not lay eggs when the weather got colder. He glanced at the mushroom house over there, wondering if he should pick a few hens to raise there when the time comes?

Fortunately, the weather is cold this time, so eggs can be stored for a long time, unlike in summer when they are easy to go bad. He started saving eggs as early as last month. He remembered that he had to eat eggs during the confinement period after giving birth, and then stew a hen a day. Doctor Luo said that Wanfeng's body was too damaged when she gave birth to the last child, and she had to take better care of herself this time.

He had already prepared things for people to replenish their bodies, and there were still a lot of precious medicinal materials given by others! It would be perfect to stew soup when the time comes.

Put the eggs he brought back into the basket. There was already a small basket full of eggs next to it, and this basket also had half a basket. At least there were seventy or eighty eggs in total. Maybe someone else will send some then?

"How long have you been up? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" When Cao Xiangnan came in, he saw the person sitting in the hall sewing small clothes. He wanted to reach out to touch Qi Wanfeng, only to find that his hands were too cold. Qi Wanfeng reached out and held his husband's hand, and put down the small clothes he was sewing. "I just got up and sat down, and you came in." He said.

In fact, he woke up not long after his husband got up.

When he woke up, he was the only one in the bed. There was still a warm temperature in the concave position on the side. After lying in bed for a while, he also got up.

"Don't..." Cao Xiangnan wanted to retract his hand, but the person holding his hand might not. "My hands are cold." He said helplessly.

"My hands are warm." So I'll warm you up, Qi Wanfeng said with a smile in his eyes.

Looking at the person who was smiling at him with his head tilted up, the smile on his face was just like the sly smile of An An when he did something "bad" and thought it was good, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but bend down and pecked the person on the lips.

"..." Qi Wanfeng.

"If you keep looking at me like this, I'll keep kissing you." His throat rolled, and Cao Xiangnan had to hold back to control himself from going deeper into the kiss. There were both adults and children at home, and except when they were in the room with the door closed, they wouldn't do anything too explicit outside.

"... Stop it!" Qi Wanfeng's face flushed, and he quickly turned his eyes away. The look in his husband's eyes as if he wanted to eat him made his face even hotter, and he wished he could look away from his husband's eyes.

In the afternoon, people who were taking naps in the house gradually woke up, and the house began to get lively.

Cao Xiangnan had promised to bake steamed buns for the children earlier, so he set up a small stove and baked the buns on it. He would satisfy the children for what he promised, unless he did not promise.

In educating children, Cao Xiangnan always insisted on "leading by example". Only by doing well himself can he teach children well.

There were small cakes and baked biscuits on the table. Two pieces of firewood were thrown into the fireplace, and the house became a little warmer. Everyone sat in the living room and drank afternoon tea. Cao Xiangnan stayed here for a while, and then he had to go out to do something outside, so he did not stay here any longer.

A pale sun hung in the west, its color dull, as if it had lost its temperature.

The food in the pot was bubbling and bubbling, giving off a light fragrance. The rice was also cooked, and all that was left was the cooking.

Oil was poured into the pot, and the meat sizzled as it was poured in. Cao Xiangnan stood in front of the stove and cooked.

Two children sat in front of the stove to light the fire. Behind them were two dogs, who were lazing in their den. I guess it was because the firewood in the kitchen was hot and warm, and they liked to stay in the kitchen at this time.

Soon the dinner was served on the table. The soup in the pottery pot was cooked, and each person had a bowl. It was hot and warm after drinking it. Even Qi Wanfeng drank two bowls.

There were meat and vegetables on the table, and everyone sat down to enjoy the dinner of the day.

After dinner, Cao Xiangnan would take Wanfeng and the children out for a walk. Most of the time, they would go to Sun Bailian's house. The two houses were opposite each other. There were only two of them nearby, so they would go to the house opposite each other even if they went out. They rarely went into the village.

At this time, Ah Duo usually stayed at home to pack things and did not come with them.

"Wanfeng, Xiangnan and you guys are here, come sit down." Sun Bailian was very happy to see everyone come. Even happier than him was his second son, who had already rushed to An An and hugged her.

"Have you had dinner?" Sun Bailian asked.

"I just had dinner and came to visit you." Qi Wanfeng said with a smile, "How about you guys?"

"I just cleaned up the dishes and wanted to take the two little ones to your place, but you guys came." Sun Bailian asked when she saw that An Ning did not come.

Seeing that there were guests at home, Sun Bailian put a few sticks of firewood into the fireplace. Once the small stove was lit, their house was no longer cold. At first, he was very curious, but later he got used to it.

Anyway, he knew that their house would not be cold this winter.

Let Wanfeng and Sun Bailian sit in the house, Cao Xiangnan and Cao Gang went out, checked the mushrooms, and then looked at the vegetables in the shed. There were not many vegetables planted, and there were not enough for them to eat with so many people here, but there were some mushrooms. After the mushrooms were thinned out, small ones also grew out. The two discussed and decided to send some mushrooms to Yipinzhai.

The fresh vegetables and mushrooms in their hands were all sent out through Yipinzhai. As for who Liu, the manager, sent these vegetables to, it was none of their business.

"We're going back."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

After sitting with Cao Gang for a while, knowing that it would get dark soon, after chatting with Cao Gang for a few words, they decided to send the mushrooms. Seeing that the time was almost up, Cao Xiangnan took the evening breeze and went back with the children. Several children also had to go back to take a bath. When

they got home, they saw that the people who sent them out from the opposite side had not entered yet. They waved to the people on the opposite side and let them in. Cao Xiangnan then closed the door to the yard.

Several children were bathing in the house. Today, they did not bathe every day, but only every other day. Sometimes they would wipe their bodies with hot water, wash their buttocks and soak their feet. They took off their outer clothes, changed into clean inner clothes, and went to bed. The two little ones were left to Aning to take care of. Cao Xiangnan did not care.

The wind outside seemed to be particularly strong today. It was like a knife. After checking the stove in the kitchen and making sure there was no problem, he closed the kitchen door.

"If it's cold outside, you can sleep in your dens. Do you understand?" Seeing the two dogs following him, Cao Xiangnan pointed to their own dens. Dogs at home generally don't like to stay indoors at night.

The two pairs of triangular eyes looked at the den in unison, with unspeakable disgust in their eyes.

It seemed to be saying, young master, you are thick-skinned and thick-fleshed, why would you want to lie in this den?

"Want to come in?" Cao Xiangnan held the door frame with his hand and asked the two dogs standing in front of him.

The two dogs responded to him with disgusted eyes, and then turned around and left.

If you don't want to go in, then forget it! He closed the door and said that he had no choice. It was not him who abused the two dogs, but the two dogs did not want to go in.

After taking a bath, the children went to bed. Cao Xiangnan went to see the children. The two younger ones were asleep. Xiangzi and Xuanxuan were pretending to sleep, and he did not expose them. There was hot water in the fireplace. He fetched water in a wooden basin and went in to soak the feet of the people in the house. "It feels like it's going to snow today." He said.

"Well, yes, it may not be long." Putting his feet into the wooden basin, Qi Wanfeng felt that if outsiders knew that his husband fetched water for him to soak his feet every day, they would probably poke his spine and scold him. Hearing what his husband said, he said.

Cao Xiangnan didn't know what Qi Wanfeng was thinking. He didn't think it was a big deal when he did these things. This was his wife. If he didn't treat his wife well, who else could he treat well? Knowing that this person's feet were cold when he slept at night, and his feet were severely swollen after going to bed, he would fetch some water for him to soak his feet before going to bed at night, which would make him feel much more comfortable. He

went to the back to see the two children and found that they were all asleep. He tucked in the corners of the quilts for the two children before closing the door and leaving. Before entering the house, he did not forget to throw some firewood into the fireplace. After checking everything was ok, he went in.

"Husband." The person on the bed was still awake. Seeing Husband on the bed, he called out.

"Well, go to sleep." Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand to embrace the person who came closer, kissed him on the forehead, and then moved down to kiss his lips.

The wind outside was howling. I don't know when the snow started to fall at night. This is the first snow this winter...