The first snow of winter arrived silently.
After the snow started falling, Lu Lin stopped letting Chen Xiaomi go hunting. Chen Xiaomi used to be hardworking because of the pressure of life, but now that he had more than eighty taels of silver, he felt that he could just live a life of leisure from now on, so he became a bit lazy.
"This kang (heated brick bed) is such a wonderful thing!" Chen Xiaomi hugged her quilt and rolled around on the bed.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi and suspected that Chen Xiaomi's behavior was learned from Xiaomai, who liked to roll around on the kang (a heated brick bed) wrapped in a quilt.
Chen Xiaomi hugged the blanket and snuggled against it, feeling quite content. The blanket was new, and Chen Xiaomi felt that it had a very pleasant smell.
In the past, even if he wore many layers of clothes, he would still feel cold when it snowed. In previous years, he would worry that his younger brother would catch a cold and get sick at this time. But this year, he doesn't have to worry.
Chen Xiaomi had never known that winter could be so comfortable.
Lu Lin pushed open the window, looked at the snow outside, and murmured, "The snow is falling so heavily!"
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "This isn't too bad. More than ten years ago, there was a year when the snow was particularly heavy, and many people froze to death. This year, many families have heated brick beds, so things should be a bit better."
In winter, there's not much to do, and everyone stays at home to hibernate. If it's a sunny day, some villagers will gather in twos and threes to chat.
Chen Xiaomi didn't have much to say to the villagers. In previous years, the three Chen brothers would spend the winter together. Xiaomai was still a child, and Xiaocai was rather introverted. Although the three brothers had a good relationship, they didn't have much to talk about. This year, with Lu Lin joining them, Chen Xiaomi had a very different feeling.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi and said, "That sweet potato wine should be ready soon."
Chen Xiaomi blinked and asked, "Can it really be used to brew wine?"
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi and said, "You'll know once you open a jar."
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "That's true."
"If the fermented rice wine is of good quality, we can sell some," Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomi tilted her head and said, "But you have to actually brew the wine first!"
Chen Xiaomi thought to herself: Could Lu Lin, this lazy, pampered young master, really brew wine? Probably not.
Looking at Chen Xiaomi's expression, Lu Lin was both amused and exasperated. "You'll know once you go and see for yourself..."
Upon hearing Lu Lin's words, Chen Xiaomi became restless, and the two headed to the cellar one after the other.
Chen Xiaomi and Lu Lin opened a jar of wine. The wine tasted pretty good, but two of the jars had gone bad and smelled sour.
Lu Lin figured that the spoiled wine could be used to make vinegar, which would be a way to make use of waste.
“This wine should also be available for sale, but it will probably be cheaper,” Chen Xiaomi said.
Lu Lin smiled and said, "As long as it can be sold, that's fine." The manager of Hongyun Restaurant has been complaining that he doesn't have enough wine, so he should accept this wine.
Chen Xiaomi tilted her head and said, "When you deliver the wine to him this time, let's also bring a few jars of sweet potato wine."
"If the weather is nice in a few days, let's go and deliver it," Lu Lin said.
After it snows, the roads become difficult to walk on. After the snow melts, the roads become muddy again. If the weather is good for a few days in a row, it should be possible to walk on them.
It gets really boring if you're idle all the time.
A few days later.
Lu Lin and Chen Xiaomi loaded the sweet potato wine onto the mule cart, leaving Chen Xiaocai and Xiaomai at home to look after the house.
Before leaving, Chen Xiaomai looked longingly at Chen Xiaomi. Having been to the city once before, Xiaomai had a strong desire to go there. Knowing that Chen Xiaomi was going to the city, she clamored to go too.
Chen Xiaomi promised Chen Xiaomai that she would bring him delicious food, and Xiaomai gave up.
Chen Xiaomi hid inside the mule cart, munching on spicy strips.
When the mule cart was first bought, Chen Xiaomi was very curious about it. Every time she went out, she wanted to be the one driving it. After a while, Chen Xiaomi lost interest in driving the mule cart and preferred to be lazy in the cart. Lu Lin then became the driver.
During this time, Lu Lin has been quietly cleaning out the items in the convenience store.
The bottled water in the convenience store was of little value in this place, so Lu Lin used it all up and secretly burned the bottles.
Chen Xiaomi enthusiastically shared some of the cleaning tasks with Lu Lin, and she ate a lot of the snacks in the convenience store.
This spicy snack is Chen Xiaomi's recent favorite. After eating the first pack, she couldn't stop eating it.
At home, Lu Lin was afraid that Xiao Cai and Xiao Mai would find out, so he never gave him any food. He would only give him a little when the two of them went into the mountains or went out.
"Give me another pack," Chen Xiaomi said, leaning out of her seat as Lu Lin rushed to catch the carriage after finishing her spicy snack.
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi and said, "That's all, we've finished all the spicy strips."
Chen Xiaomi said somewhat dejectedly, "How could it be gone?"
Lu Lin explained helplessly, "There weren't many to begin with, and besides, this is junk food; many parents don't allow their kids to eat it..."
He runs a small business and can't stock up on too much stock. Besides, there were already quite a few spicy snacks in the store, but Chen Xiaomi ate them all.
The thought of not being able to eat spicy strips anymore made Chen Xiaomi a little disappointed, but she quickly cheered up again, "Is there anything else? That chocolate, and that 'Koukou Candy'?"
Lu Lin glanced at Chen Xiaomi and said, "None of these are healthy foods, don't eat too much."
Chen Xiaomi said dismissively, "Why be so picky? It's good enough to have something to eat. People from your area are really strange. They have food, yet they're so picky. It's hard to understand."
Lu Lin: "..."
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