"So you suspect that there's something fishy going on between them?"
Xia Manni was a little surprised that the eldest child knew so much at such a young age.
Da Wa shook his head and said, "I just exaggerated what I told Uncle Zhuang, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Xia Manni: Big Baby, that’s not the way to add fuel to the fire.
It seems that this matter was exposed by Da Wa by accident, and Da Zhuang and his mother saw the clue and beat Cui Yanzi.
"Big Baby, do you still remember the man she mentioned last time at Cui Yanzi's house?"
Da Wa nodded and said, "The person she was talking about is Zhao Ziming."
"Do you know about Zhao Ziming's family situation?" After all, he is Da Wa's uncle, so Da Wa should know something.
"I remember my grandmother said that Zhao Ziming had another son besides him, who seemed to be an official. He himself had been taking imperial examinations. His family was neither particularly poor nor particularly wealthy."
Come to think of it, otherwise why would such a smart Daxiu marry him?
If that’s the case, why would he be interested in the ten taels of pension from their family?
Could it be that there were some valuables in their house that she didn't know about?
"Big Brother, why do you think they came to our house to steal things that night?" Originally, Xia Manni just thought that Daxiu's in-laws were too poor, so they came to their house to steal things.
Judging from Da Wa's description and the conversation between Zhao Ziming and Cui Yanzi just now, they would not come together to steal things just for ten taels of silver.
"Mom, I can't figure it out either. I think Zhao Ziming must be richer than our family." When he married Daxiu, the eldest child was just over one year old. He heard many things from his grandparents later.
"Well, that means there must be something in our house that we don't know about but they want."
Otherwise, why would they keep chasing their family again and again? As for the village chief... he probably received benefits from Zhao Ziming on the day they were detained, and no one asked the village chief whether he had taken them to the yamen.
As the Xia family prepared various supplies, Xia Manni gradually ignored that matter.
Including the fact that the village chief later came to her and accused her of spreading rumors and misleading the people, it was probably Cui Yanzi's fault.
As for the village chief, he is probably just greedy for money and power. This kind of person only bullies the weak and fears the strong.
She felt that Cui Yanzi was hostile to her from the beginning, probably because their backgrounds were similar.
"What do they want?"
"Mom doesn't know either. I'll find some time to look for it when I get home."
"Mom, do you think...will Zhao Ziming cause us trouble again?"
Xia Manni looked at the snow falling heavier and heavier in front of her and sighed softly: "Are you scared, Big Baby?"
She felt that Zhao Ziming would definitely find a way to come over. At that time, she felt that Zhao Ziming did not look like a good person.
"Mom, I'm not afraid. I'm getting stronger and stronger now. I can protect you and my brothers and sisters."
Xia Manni was amused by Da Wa's appearance and said, "Mom hasn't settled the score with you yet, why did you follow me?"
The two of them were walking and chatting, and Xia Manni's words almost made Da Wa fall.
"Hey, mom, when I saw you leave the yard, I thought you were going to follow the village chief, so I followed you. Don't be angry, mom."
"Don't be angry, Mom. Da Wa is almost becoming our family's little Zhuge Liang now."
Da Wa was so amused by Xia Manni's joke that he couldn't even raise his head. At this time, the two of them had already arrived at the door of their home.
"Then how did you convince them?"
Erwa, Sanwa and Sinier were standing at the door. Sanwa and Sinier were fine, but Erwa looked unhappy.
When the eldest child said this, he looked uncomfortable. When the second child saw Xia Manni, he jumped in front of her and complained, "Mom, why did my eldest brother become so bad? He lied to me..."
"Aren't you cold? Let mom into the house quickly." The eldest boy interrupted the second boy and said, he also cared a lot about his face.
As soon as Erwa heard this, he forgot about the complaint and quickly made way for Xia Manni to enter the house.
Xia Manni watched the children playing around. Although it was snowing outside, she felt warm in her heart.
She had made the children wear animal skin vests a few days ago, and all their clothes except cotton jackets.
She had previously guessed that this winter might be very cold because the rain in the autumn was abnormal, but she did not expect that it would actually snow here.
Not only Xia Manni couldn't imagine this, but the oldest ancestor in Shizai Village had never experienced snow.
Only those who have been to the north, or come from the north, or have heard of it in books know that it is called snow.
When it first started snowing, adults and children in Shizai Village were very excited, and the streets were full of children playing during the day.
The four children of the Xia family also went out to play excitedly. Xia Manni had only one request, which was not to get her cotton coats wet.
Even so, Erwa got his cotton coat wet because of playing snowballs with other children.
The children of the Xia family only had one set of cotton clothes, or rather, there were not many cotton clothes in Shizai Village or even in the entire snowy county.
Later, Erwa was punished to copy big characters for two days before he was allowed to go out and play again.
Erwa was wrapped in a quilt and warming himself by the brazier, and was laughed at for a long time by the other children of the Xia family and other children who came to see Erwa.
Later people found something wrong. Why did the snow never stop?
Children are no longer allowed to go out and play in the snow because the snow is thick enough to cover their ankles and it will be difficult to go out if the snow does not stop.
Fortunately, they had stored a lot of firewood and charcoal at that time, otherwise they would have frozen to death.
But there are also people who don’t have much saved and can only hope that the sun will come out soon every day.
Xia Manni's family was fine, burning firewood every day. She wanted to save the charcoal for when she had no other choice. Once she had time, the Xia family became lively.
Because of the weather, the children had to learn more during the day, and Si Ni'er no longer went to Dr. Sun.
But what the four children looked forward to most was the meals at the Xia family, because now that they had time, Xia Manni asked everyone to cook a meal.
Of course, in the end, Sanwa and Erwa only knew how to cook porridge, while Sinier and Dawa learned how to make various hot soups from Xia Manni.
Heavy snow fell for more than ten days in a row, and the thickness had reached half the height of a calf.
It finally stopped one evening, and cheers from many people could be heard on the street.
Xia Manni really wanted to tell them that they cheered too early.
Because it’s not cold when it snows, but it’s really cold when it skis.
Sure enough, the next day an elderly man in the village died.
Only then did people realize that it was colder when it didn't snow.
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