After dinner, he found that there was heavy snow outside. It was not too late, but it was already dark outside. Cao Xiangnan ran out in the snow and checked the livestock in the backyard. He was relieved after checking that they were all fine.

Then he took care of the mushrooms in the house. After making sure that there were no problems, he ran back home and brought the two dogs back home. "Leave the two dogs at home. It's snowing outside." Cao Xiangnan said to Qi Wanfeng.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng had no objection to this.

The two dogs seemed to understand that their owner had left them at home. Although they could not speak, their tails were wagging more happily.

Cao Xiangnan taught the two dogs not to pee and poop everywhere, but leaving the dogs at home was a problem. After thinking for a while, he took the two dogs into the bathroom and told them to come inside if they wanted to poop. "Get it?" he asked.

Qi Wanfeng was watching her husband talking to the two dogs from behind, and her stomach was shaking with laughter. The kids in her stomach seemed to be joining in the fun, so she quickly reached out and comforted the little guy in her stomach.

"Uncle Xiangnan, will they really listen to you?" Xuanxuan followed behind, pointed at the two dogs and asked.

The rest of them looked at them curiously, waiting for an answer.

"...Teach them slowly, and they will learn it after a few more times." Seeing the two dogs looking at him with innocent eyes, Cao Xiangnan felt that what he had just said was basically in vain. If it really didn't work, he would let the two dogs go out and live in their own rooms.

Seeing a few kids looking at him with suspicion.

"..." Cao Xiangnan.

Seeing the person with crooked eyes smiling again, if there weren't so many small light bulbs here, he would have wanted to grab the person who was smiling at him and kiss him hard.

Noticing that the gaze of his husband looking at him became hot, Qi Wanfeng knew what his husband was thinking without thinking. This is not serious! Qi Wanfeng glared at his husband, but he didn't know that his ears were red.

Innocent face, I'm serious, okay! Cao Xiangnan smiled himself.

Everyone returned to the living room, and the two dogs lay by the fireplace, warming themselves by the fire, and fell asleep comfortably.

"It's snowing so heavily, I don't know when it will stop." Cao Xiangnan took off his hat and went into the house to warm up. He also took off his coat and hung it on the back of the chair. He warmed his hands in front of the fireplace. After working outside for so long, his hands felt like they were cold.

"Yeah, that's right. I don't know when it will stop." Qi Wanfeng knew how cold it was outside even though he didn't go out.

It was snowing outside, and the children at home didn't have a bath. There was not much water left in the house, so they had to use it sparingly.

The two younger ones wiped their bodies, washed their butts and feet, and put them to bed. Xiangzi could take care of himself, but Xuanxuan still wanted his mother to help him. He came out with a red face, as if he was embarrassed.

"Hehehe... Dad, catch me, catch me..."

"Don't run... See where you're going..."

"Hehehe, I can't catch you..."

"I caught you, you little rascal." Cao Xiangnan made the beds for the two little ones. His little An'an was running around on the bed, slippery like a little mud. He teased the child for a while, and "finally" caught him and stuffed him into the quilt.

The other child stared at him with a pair of big black eyes. Cao Xiangnan touched the child's soft hair. When he went out, he saw the two little ones in the quilt laughing and making noises. He let them make noises. After a while, the two little ones would fall asleep.

After taking care of the little ones, Cao Xiangnan did not forget the big one.

After fetching hot water in a wooden basin, Cao Xiangnan returned to the house. When he returned to the house, he saw the person sitting on the bed, covering his mouth and yawning. "Are you sleepy?" he asked. He walked over, held the person's face, and kissed him on the mouth.

The eyes of the two people who knew each other were so rich that it seemed as if honey was about to melt.

"Yeah, a little." Qi Wanfeng nodded. He was a little sleepy. Seeing his husband so close to him, he reached out to touch his husband's face.

Cao Xiangnan grabbed the hand on his face and kissed his palm. In the room, with the door closed, they could do some intimate things without restraint to express their love for each other.

There is no doubt that he likes this person, the joy that comes from the bottom of his heart, the desire to touch and hug this person all the time, just wanting to be with him like this, living in their own little world.

But forget about their little world, there are so many small light bulbs around them anytime and anywhere, and it's only quiet for a while.

"Come, let's soak our feet before going to bed." Cao Xiangnan served his wife to soak her feet, and he probably didn't even know that he had the potential to be a good husband. But she was his wife, so he was happy to serve her.

Qi Wanfeng put his feet in the water and shrank them.

"Too hot?"

"No, it's okay."

Holding the feet that were swollen like buns in his palms, Cao Xiangnan felt sorry for this person. He sat on a small stool and gently massaged a few acupuncture points for this person according to what Dr. Luo said, so that he would feel more comfortable.

"...There are several orphans, without a father or mother. The oldest is only eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest is about the same age as our An'an, only four or five years old." Cao Xiangnan told Qi Wanfeng about what happened in the village today. He ignored the shameless things of those outsiders and only said that some elderly people and children have been arranged properly. There are still several orphans among them.

"Ah, so young?" Qi Wanfeng was immediately caught by his husband's words. Hearing that the youngest was only the same age as his An'an, he felt very pitiful.

"Yes, the younger ones are still very young. I'll ask someone to ask about the situation of these children later. I told the children that they should study hard in the academy this winter, and if they get good grades in the assessment next year, they can continue to study in the academy." Cao Xiangnan said this simply because he hoped that the children would not make trouble during their stay in the academy, and could learn a few words and read some books, which would be good for these children.

"I thought that we could leave them in the academy. The older ones can work now, and the younger ones can work when they grow up. It's better than leaving them outside. They are still so young, and we don't know what will happen to them in the future." Fortunately,

he has already settled all the people in the academy. Otherwise, in this kind of weather, those old people and children don't know how to survive this long winter.

Cao Xiangnan cursed the village heads in his heart for not doing their jobs, and the elders of the clan also knew that they were putting on airs all day long. But he also knew that in this era when people can't even feed their own children, people are selfish and will not take other people's children home. Taking a child home means having to make an extra meal for the extra child.

Those people from the neighboring villages are simply looking at the better life of Caojia Village, so they want to take advantage of them. If it was the situation in Caojia Village before, Caojia Village would not have accepted these people. Even he himself is the same. If he can't even support his own wife and children, let alone support other people's children and the elderly.

"Yeah, yes, they are so young, they are still children." Qi Wanfeng also agreed. She was pregnant with a child, and she couldn't bear to see these poor children without a father or a mother. Hearing that her husband would arrange those children, and knowing that her husband would take care of those elderly and children, she was relieved. It's just

that her husband is very hard-working. He has to help with this and that all day long.

Qi Wanfeng felt comfortable after the massage on his feet. He didn't sleep at noon, and he was about to fall asleep with a nod. Seeing that the person was about to fall asleep while sitting, Cao Xiangnan said, "Okay, lift your feet and I'll wipe them for you."

The person who was dozing closed his eyes, lifted his feet, and yawned.

Cao Xiangnan took a clean towel beside him and wiped his feet, helped him lie down, and kissed the person who closed his eyes, "I'll take the water out first and go see if the children are asleep." He said.

"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng closed his eyes, looked at his husband, and responded.

Cao Xiangnan touched the person on the bed, took the foot washing water out and poured it out, put the washbasin in the bathroom, and closed the bathroom door when he came out. After checking on the children, who were all asleep, he tiptoed out.

The two dogs were trying to get out, and they were probably in a hurry to pee, so they whimpered and pushed at the door. He had no choice but to open the door and let the two dogs out. He knew that the two dogs would not freeze to death even if he froze to death outside, so

he left them alone. Before returning to the house, Cao Xiangnan did not forget to add some firewood to the fireplace, and stood in front of the fireplace to warm it up before putting the lid on and sealing it, so that they would not get cold sleeping in the house that night. However, he would get up at night to check and add a handful of firewood.

"Husband." As soon as he got into bed, he came over to her without even opening his eyes.

Cao Xiangnan moved over, held the person in his arms, and said, "Well, go to sleep."

He lowered his head and placed a pious kiss on the forehead of the person in his arms.

As the sky gradually got darker, the wind and snow outside were getting stronger and stronger, but the people sleeping in each other's arms in the house did not know how strong the wind was outside, or how heavy the snow was. This moment was warm and happy for them.

In the snow outside, the two dogs were chasing a small white thing with shining eyes, and the clever little thing disappeared in the blink of an eye. The two dogs "barked" twice outside, and when they knew they couldn't catch each other, they turned around and ran away unwillingly.

This night, the old man lying in the warm house and the child who had nowhere to go home slept the best sleep they had in such a long time.