It's snowing heavily outside, and the children have grown up and are starting to help clean the yard.
They swept all the snow outside the window and in the yard clean; they knew how tiring it was to sweep the yard.
"Brother, it'll snow again after we sweep it up, why bother sweeping it up?" Tie Dan didn't understand.
"If we don't sweep, how will we get out of the house? We won't be able to open the windows."
"And if we don't sweep the roof, won't it collapse under the weight of the snow?"
"I understand. When I grow up, I will definitely build a house that doesn't need to be shoveled for snow."
"Sweeping snow in the dead of winter is both cold and troublesome."
The children laughed when they heard him say that, and then went back to work.
After working on their own for a while, they all realized how hard their parents worked.
With such heavy snow, Dad has to sweep the yard every day, and Mom has to cook for them every day.
They all thought that when they grew up, they would take good care of their parents.
On such a cold day, Jianjun and Tingting looked at the heavy snow outside, breathing in the fresh air, and were momentarily stunned.
Tingting was thinking that she had been here for so long, had her own family, and her children were almost all grown up.
Time flies so fast. So much has happened, it all feels like a dream.
I have mixed feelings. Watching the children grow up day by day, I feel a little sad.
Jianjun thought that the weather was perfect for hot pot, and no one would bother them; he was very happy.
The two looked at each other, and Tingting said wistfully, "Jianjun, I wish time could slow down."
Jianjun nodded, "Wife, you're right. It would be better if time slowed down. Eating hot pot in winter goes perfectly with this snowy scenery."
"Imagine it's snowing heavily outside, and the hot pot inside is steaming hot, all red and delicious. My husband and I, along with our kids, are sitting around it, enjoying the hot pot."
"Having some fruit juice on top of this is just too blissful."
When Tingting heard him say that, she was speechless. After spending so much time together, this was the first time she felt like they weren't on the same wavelength.
However, the sadness in my heart disappeared, and I couldn't help but smile.
People tend to overthink things when they're full. But having food and drink, and being with your family—isn't that happiness?
Back then, Jianjun and I dreamed of having many children, that it would be our home, and now that dream has come true.
But we still hope that the children will grow up slowly. They are all independent now and will go to school in the future, leaving only the two of us old folks.
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I just hope time will slow down.
Tingting started preparing to wash the vegetables, took out two basins of meat, and a lot of juice.
Now that the child is getting older, there's only one girl and the rest are boys, so this child can eat a lot.
If we eat steamed buns now, it's a small bowlful. Saving so much rice, flour, and oil back then was the best decision we ever made.
The children smelled the aroma as soon as they finished washing their homework, and they quickly tidied up to prepare for dinner.
"Mom, this smells so good! We're having hot pot today! It goes perfectly with the heavy snow outside!" Zhu Zi exclaimed happily.
"Eat up, and you'll be washing the dishes and pots after you finish eating."
Hearing my mother say that made me a little upset, but then I thought, since I can eat such delicious hot pot, I might as well do some chores.
“You guys all need to take a shower later. It’s the middle of winter, why aren’t you taking a shower? You’re going to stink.”
“Brother smells bad,” Fu Bao, the youngest, immediately chimed in.
"Fine, Fu Bao, if you talk to us like that, we won't take you with us when we go out to play," Tie Dan said, trying to scare her.
"My mother took my brother and me."
Tingting couldn't stop smiling as she looked at her youngest daughter.
"Okay, Mom will take you and Qiuqiu to play. Let's ignore them."
She's the only girl in the family, so she's naturally the darling of the family. She's always being carried around wherever she goes, and she's very happy.
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