The light golden sunlight was scattered on the ground and hit people's faces. Although this little sunlight could not dispel the winter cold, it brought people a bright and good mood. The children who had been confined in the house for several days were released and ran in the snow with their legs spread out, laughing and making noises.

"Woof woof woof..." The two dogs followed behind and joined in the fun.

Seeing the children laughing and making noises in front, the adults following behind also smiled with joy.

When no one noticed, a little fox with a white body ran into the house, sniffed with its clever nose, and seemed to smell something.

With a leap of four legs, it jumped onto the table. Seeing a small piece of cake left on it, its beautiful eyes glanced towards the door very smartly. After judging that no one had come in, it squatted on the table. Its big tail spread out like a beautiful fan. The little fox picked up a small piece of cake with its two paws and started to gnaw on it.

"Is it cold?" It was still much colder outside than inside the house. Cao Xiangnan looked at the people around him who were also wrapped up, and was afraid that he would catch a cold. They both wore gloves on their hands. He held each other's hands with his gloved hands, but he couldn't feel the cold or warmth.

"It's okay, it's not cold." Qi Wanfeng shook his head, and smiled after noticing her husband's little action, and said.

"The ground is slippery, be careful with your feet. If you get tired or feel cold standing outside, go back inside, got it?" Cao Xiangnan gave a few instructions to the people around him, fearing that he would freeze outside, get tired after standing for too long, or accidentally bump into something, just like an old mother.

"Okay." Qi Wanfeng saw her husband's nervous look, and felt that her husband treated him like their An An. However, her husband's nervous look still made him feel very happy. The little guy in his belly was kicking his feet and fists inside as if he had heard his father's voice.

As soon as he noticed Wanfeng's expression, Cao Xiangnan knew that the little troublemaker was practicing boxing and kicking in his mother's belly, and he was thinking that he would give him a good beating when the kid came out!

However, Cao Xiangnan didn't know yet that after the kid in Qi Wanfeng's belly came out, there would be many places where he wanted to grab and spank him, but he would not hit the child even if he gritted his teeth. He could only endure it, endure it, and silently said in his heart: I am a good father!

Their yard was full of snow, and they had to sweep the snow in the yard to make a path. They probably had to go to the village and the academy to see how everyone lived there.

I don't know if the road to the town is passable. I'm afraid it's blocked by the snow. I have to organize the villagers to clear the road. He also needs to go to the town to invite Dr. Luo and a midwife. Otherwise, if there is continuous snow in the future, it will be difficult to invite people.

"Knock knock--" "Xiangnan, it's me." Someone knocked on the door of their yard, and Cao Gang's voice came from outside the door.

They haven't started to sweep the snow yet, and the people on the other side have cleared a road leading directly to their home. Cao Xiangnan opened the door and saw Cao Gang standing at the door of his house, "Brother Cao Gang, how did you clear the road so quickly?" At the same time, he also saw the cleared road.

"There are a lot of people." Cao Gang threw down two words, meaning that there are a lot of us, so it's not surprising.

After opening the door, Cao Xiangnan let the people outside come in. Cao Gang was followed by two children. Wang Dahu and Liu Baishu were cleaning the snow with brooms and shovels in their hands, and they also came over to them.

"An An——" "Jingbao! Kangkang!"

Jingbao, who came with them, stepped over with short legs. When he saw his little friend, he flew over on all fours, stumbled and fell to the ground. Cao Gang glanced over there, but didn't go over to help. Instead, Kangkang, who was following behind Jingbao, helped his brother up. Jingbao, who fell down, didn't cry, but ran over to his little friend.

The little yak that came over was so strong that it almost knocked An An down. Fortunately, Xiangzi was quick to reach out and help An An.

It was too cold outside, and the children were wearing thick clothes so that they wouldn't get cold. A group of children got together to play, and soon they started a snowball fight in the snow, throwing snow everywhere.

"Cao Yijing, you are not allowed to throw snow at other people's heads! If you do that again, I'll lock you up in the house." Sun Bailian, who came with him, saw his second son throwing snow at someone's head, and began to educate his naughty second son with a stern face.

Jingbao was caught by his mother, and he honestly admitted his mistake and promised that he would never dare to do it again.

"This brat messed with me when I wasn't paying attention." Sun Bailian took Jingbao to apologize to Aning and Xuanxuan. Aning wiped the snow off the child's face and said with a smile, "Don't throw it on my face again!"

Xuanxuan also generously forgave his brother and played with him.

The children played, and occasionally one child would mess with another, but fortunately the adults didn't have any friction or gaps because of this. A wide path was quickly cleared in the yard, and Cao Xiangnan asked about the mushrooms and vegetables over there from Liu Baishu. After clearing the snow here, everyone had to clear a path into the village and go into the village again.

"Wanfeng, Bailian, you stay in the house with the children and don't go into the village. We may be busy for a while before we come back." Later, Cao Xiangnan did not let Qi Wanfeng and the children go in with them, and let them stay at home.

He told Sun Bailian to let him stay with the children and go back after lunch.

"Okay, you go, we will arrange for ourselves and the children." Qi Wanfeng asked her husband to rest assured and asked him if he would come back for lunch. Cao Xiangnan only said that he would come back as soon as possible, but he didn't know whether he could come back at noon, so he asked Wanfeng and the others not to wait for them.

The children who had played outside had their fill and were taken back to the house.

After the heavy snow, the sky cleared up. The two deputy village chiefs, Sun Yanmiao and Cao Gui, and the village representatives called people out to start clearing the roads in the village. In the past, everyone stayed indoors in the winter, but now that the snow has stopped, everyone has started to go out of their homes, taking brooms and shovels with them to clean the snow in the village.

Seeing someone sweeping the snow outside, without being called, some people in the house came out with things to help. For a while, almost everyone in the village, except for a few families, came out.

The two deputy village chiefs, Sun Yanmiao and Cao Gui, were also responsible for checking whether any house in the village had collapsed due to the snow and was uninhabitable. When they passed by someone's door, they would also ask if everyone was okay at home.

Because many houses in the village had their roofs repaired before winter, many houses were still intact after the heavy snow this year, and it seemed that they would have no problem surviving this winter. Those who had some money planned to build new houses after the beginning of next spring.

This year, Caojia Village was very different from before.

"You have all started sweeping." When Cao Xiangnan and his group entered the village, they saw that almost everyone in the village had come out of their houses and was sweeping the roads outside. All the roads in the village had been cleared.

As they walked by, the villagers would call out "Village Chief" or "Cao Silang" when they saw them. Cao Xiangnan greeted everyone with a smile along the way, and even Cao Gang, who was not talkative, would respond.

With everyone's guidance, they found Sun Yanmiao and his group without much effort, and Li Zheng was also here. After the two parties met and greeted each other, they talked about things in the village. The lonely elderly people and some families with dilapidated and uninhabited houses in the village had been relocated in advance, and there was nothing else to do here except cleaning the road.

"...We have asked Doctor Sun to come over to see them." If someone in the village was sick, Sun Yanmiao would send someone to pick up Doctor Sun to see them.

Cao Gang listened, nodded, and said, "Well, you did a good job."

"If there is any problem in the village that you can't handle here, send someone to come to me."

Sun Yanmiao responded with a "OK" and followed behind their village chief to do his duty as deputy village chief.

Although he was the village chief, most of the time, Cao Gang delegated the responsibilities to the two deputy village chiefs, arranged everything in advance, and let the people below handle it. There were not many things in the village that he needed to do personally.

Cao Wenxuan also followed his father out, holding a broom in his hand and helping to sweep the snow along the way. After meeting Cao Xiangnan, he came over and talked to Cao Xiangnan about arithmetic problems. He had seen this strange arithmetic from Liu Baishu, and he became obsessed with it.

It was a pity that it was snowing these days and he couldn't go out, otherwise he would have gone to Cao Xiangnan.

Cao Gui led a team of people to sweep the road to the academy. Just as they were sweeping the road over there, the people in the academy also came to sweep the road to Caojia Village, so the people on both sides were sweeping the road and met in the middle, and this road was also swept through.

When Cao Xiangnan and his people came to the academy, the main road from this side had been swept out, and Cao Gui was leading people to sweep the main road to the town. Fortunately, they built the main road before winter, and it is much easier to clear the road now. When

the group arrived at the academy, Li Zheng and Cao Gang wanted to see how everyone living in the academy was doing. The people in their own village had been arranged in advance, and there were not too many problems. It was mainly these people who moved in later. People from

several villages lived together, and there were some small conflicts, but no big problems.

Cao Jian lived here, and the village chief appointed him to be in charge of the affairs here. Now that he saw the village chief and Li Zheng coming over, they asked about his affairs, and he answered truthfully.

"If there are any more people like this in the future, they will all be kicked out! No matter if they are from our own village or from other villages." Cao Gang was a man of strong character and would not show mercy. If he were in the army, those who did not abide by military discipline would have been dragged out and beaten with a stick.

"Yes, yes." Cao Jian paused and replied.

"Let's go and take a look." Li Zheng's face darkened and he pointed to the front, meaning that Cao Jian should lead the way.

Cao Jian understood and hurried to the front, leading everyone to the house where they lived.