——A rag doll.
Feng Guizhi had made this doll from scraps of fabric. It was only the size of a palm and looked incredibly cute. Baoya couldn't bear to take her eyes off it, and she touched it carefully, her face filled with fondness.
Feng Guizhi guessed that she would like it, and a smile appeared on her face.
"Sister Xiaobao, look, I have hairpins too, and they all look so pretty. Pick two you like and I'll put them in your hair for you, okay?" Yun Duo happily ran to Baoya with the hairpins.
I gave it to Baoya last time when she got a hairpin on her birthday. Now she also has a hairpin, so I shared it with Baoya.
However, Baoya felt that she already had too many hairpins, so she pointed to the ones on her head and didn't ask for any more.
Yun Duo thought for a moment, picked out one she liked, and put it on Bao Ya's head. "If you don't want it, I'll give you one. This one looks good on you~"
Baoya raised her hand and touched the hairpin on her head, pursed her lips and smiled at Yunduo, then showed Yunduo the cute doll in her hand.
"Baby, it's beautiful~"
Yun Duo nodded in agreement: "It looks good. This doll is as pretty as Xiao Bao's sister."
......
The weather was getting colder, and no one in the brigade had to go to work. The children were on vacation, and Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan had returned from the county town and could stay at home until after the New Year.
Song Jianye, meanwhile, no longer goes to learn carpentry from Deng. It's too cold, and his hands are frozen stiff, making it impossible for him to do delicate work. Especially since Deng is older, he's waiting for the spring to warm up. However, after this period of study, Song Jianye has achieved some success.
The Chinese New Year is just half a month away. A busy year is coming to an end, and everyone is looking forward to a better next year.
That is, the closer it gets to the Chinese New Year, the colder the weather becomes.
"Hiss, it's so cold today. The icicles have grown so long." Early in the morning, when Chen Xiuxiu got up to make breakfast, she looked at the icicles above her head and said.
A row of icicles formed on the eaves. They were long and thick, looking like rakes, and a bit scary. Feng Guizhi also came out of the main room, looked at the sharp tips of the icicles, frowned, turned around and shouted:
"Aiguo, Aimin, Jianye, the rest of you, come out and break all these ice spikes."
Although these icicles will slowly melt when the sun comes out, it is still too dangerous to watch.
There are many small ones here, and if an ice spike falls and gets hurt, it would be all in vain.
Song Aiguo, Song Aimin, and the others came out when they heard the noise, and then used the catapult to knock off all the icicles on the eaves. The broken ice spikes fell in a row, and the younger ones started playing with them when they got up.
At breakfast this morning, everyone was talking about the weather: "It's so cold! It even snowed a little last night, and it looks like it might snow again tomorrow."
"Especially when you stay indoors and don't move, you get colder."
"It's too cold today. I hope the sun comes out soon."
"Don't they say it'll be warmer when it snows? I hope it won't be so cold then."
Feng Guizhi, who was eating on the side, listened and said, "Everyone should wear thicker clothes, especially the little ones. We can't let them get cold."
"I know, mother."
It was too cold that day, so the younger ones didn't run to the back mountain anymore. After eating, they played at home for a while and then ran out to play with the other kids in the team.
The group of children were full of energy and ran around together. Soon they started to heat up and didn't feel so cold anymore. Some of them were sweating after running so hard that they unbuttoned their clothes to cool down.
As a result, I started to have a fever when I got home that night.
"I heard that Honggui had a fever yesterday. He said that he sweated while playing in the afternoon and left his coat open. As a result, he flashed a sweat and started to have a fever when he got home. You guys have to be careful. Don't play too crazy when playing outside, and don't take off your clothes, okay?" Chen Xiuxiu heard about this from others in the morning and couldn't help but warn the children at home.
"Fever?"
"Is it because Honggui unbuttoned his clothes?"
Yuanbao covered his clothes buttons in fear: "Fortunately, I didn't unbutton them."
"I wonder how Honggui is doing now. Should we go see him this afternoon?"
"Go and see him. Honggui is sick now. It's too pitiful for him to stay at home alone."
"good."
The kids agreed to go see Honggui in the afternoon, so they stayed at home in the morning and didn't go out.
However, just as we were about to have lunch at noon, it started snowing. The snow fell heavily like goose feathers, and the ground was covered with a layer of white snow within the time it took to eat.
"It's snowing so heavily." Yuanbao stood under the eaves and looked at the large flakes of snow falling outside, and said with wide eyes
.
“Wow, it’s snowing!”
"When there's more snow, we can make a snowman."
Wenjie said, "By the way, didn't we say we were going to see Honggui this afternoon? So are we going or not?"
The snow outside was falling so heavily that it looked like a vast expanse of white. If you stood outside, you would be covered in snow in no time. When the snow melted, your clothes would be soaked.
Bowen thought for a moment and said, "Let's go over now with our umbrellas, and come back quickly after we see Honggui."
If the time is short, there shouldn't be any problem. The children ran to tell Feng Guizhi, and Feng Guizhi looked at the snow outside and called Song Jianshe to join them.
Soon, Song Jianshe grabbed an umbrella and headed to Honggui's house with the children. However, there were only two umbrellas at home, and the children, squeezed under one, still had snow on their shoulders. Before leaving, Song Jianshe covered his head with a piece of clothing and gave the umbrella to the children.
There were a lot of footprints left along the way, and it didn't take long to reach Honggui's house.
"Auntie Wang, I brought them here to see Honggui. Is Honggui feeling better now?" Song Jianshe greeted her first while standing outside the door.
When Wang Qiuju heard they were visiting her grandson, she quickly welcomed them into the house. "He's feeling better now. His fever just subsided, but he's still a little listless. It's great that you're here. Come chat with Honggui."
Then the younger ones went into the house to look for Honggui, while Song Jianshe was forced to stay outside and chat with Wang Qiuju.
"Honggui, we're here to see you." Yuanbao said as he entered the house.
"Yuanbao? Wenjie... Tianen? Why are you here?" Honggui was lying on the bed looking sick and listless. When he saw Bowen Boyu and the others, he was surprised.
"We heard that you were sick, so we came to see you." Several children gathered around the bed and said with concern.
Honggui was so moved that he looked at them with tears in his eyes.
The little ones stayed with Honggui for about half an hour. Song Jianshe saw that the snow was getting heavier outside and the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, so he had to go into the house and call them.
"We have to go now. Let's come back to see Honggui next time."
Bowen Boyu was also thinking about the snow outside, so he didn't stay any longer. After saying goodbye to Honggui, they started to rush home together.
"Honggui, we're leaving first. We'll come and play with you next time."
"good."
As soon as I went out, the snow below was big enough to cover my feet. It made a crunching sound when I stepped on it.
There was also a bit of wind, which obstructed the view.
"The snow is so heavy that I can't even see the road." Yuanbao pulled Song Jianshe's clothes and walked forward with difficulty. The wind blew the snowflakes onto his face, and he couldn't open his eyes because of the blur.
Baoya was small to begin with, and the snow was heavy, so they walked even slower. Bowen and Boyu held Baoya's hands on either side, and with their other hands they held Yunduo and Tianen. The few of them huddled together and slowly walked home.
When we got home, everyone's hair and body were covered with snow, especially Song Jianshe. His hair, eyebrows and eyelashes were all covered with snow, making him look like an old grandfather.
When Feng Guizhi saw them coming back, she quickly took a towel and brushed the snow off their bodies, otherwise their clothes would get wet if the snow melted.
"It's snowing so heavily today. It hasn't been snowing for long, but the ground is already so thick." Song Jianshe said as he shook off the snow on his body.
"Yes, and it looks like the snow won't stop for a while." Li Qingyan said, hugging Tiantian and patting the snow off Yuanbao with her other hand.
They had no control over the weather, and with the heavy snow, the family had no choice but to stay home. The only good thing was that the temperature did seem to rise a little when it snowed.
The snow had been falling for four or five days straight, and the ground was knee-high. Every morning, Song Aiguo and Song Aimin had to sweep the snow from the yard and the front door with shovels and brooms, otherwise the children wouldn't even be able to leave. And if the snow melted, flooding the yard wouldn't be a problem either.
When the snow stopped, the temperature started to drop again, and hailstorms started to fall at night. The crackling hailstones fell like falling beans.
"Why is it hail again?" Chen Xiuxiu thought the snow had finally stopped, but she was stunned when she didn't expect that hail would start again just after the snow stopped.
This time when I went out, the hailstones hit my body and it hurt so much.
"I don't know what's going on with this weather. It's so weird, and it's so cold that my bones hurt." Sun Suyun said shiveringly, rubbing her hands.
Feng Guizhi said, "It's too cold today. I'll go to the kitchen and boil some hot water. Have the kids soak their feet in it before going to bed. Also fill the salt water bottles with hot water and put them under the quilt to warm them up before going to bed."
"Hey." Several daughters-in-law responded.
At this moment, they were extremely grateful to Song Jianshe and Li Qingyan. If they hadn't brought back the saline bottle, they wouldn't have dared to lie down on the cold bed.
Went up.
After the salt water bottle had been warmed for a while, Yang Yulan took off Baoya and Tianen's outer thick clothes and tucked them into bed. It was too cold now, so Baoya and Tianen no longer slept in their small beds, but on the big bed with her and Song Jianye.
Yang Yulan and Baoya slept at the head of the bed, while Song Jianye and Tianen slept at the foot. Otherwise, the two little ones wouldn't be able to keep the bed warm, and they'd easily catch a cold after a night's sleep.
They had just soaked their feet in hot water, and the bed was also warm, so it didn't take long for Baoya and Tianen to fall asleep.
Yang Yulan felt that the water in the saline bottle had become warm, so she got up and changed the water again. Then she rolled the boiling hot saline bottle on the bed and lay down to sleep.
......
It was already dark outside, but the ground was covered in snow, making it look like a vast expanse of white. Bean-sized hailstones kept falling, crackling non-stop, accompanied by a drizzle of icy cold.
Baoya was already fast asleep, but she had another dream today.
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