In the bitter winter, snowflakes fluttered down silently from the sky onto the earth...
Snow flakes kept falling, and the cold wind swept across the sky. Everywhere I looked, there was a vast expanse of white snow...
Just as the sky was getting light, a rustling sound was heard in the small and crowded courtyard.
"Hurry up, what are you dawdling for?"
Li's voice could be clearly heard through the thin wall, and her annoyance could be heard clearly.
“Here it comes…”
Then Hua Ciyuan's weak response sounded.
"Bang!"
The noisy and noisy yard soon returned to its quiet state.
Hua Shi, who was in the house, was woken up early and had been waiting for Li and Hua Ciyuan to leave as soon as possible.
Now that the yard had returned to peace, she pricked up her ears again, listening to the subtle sounds outside the gate.
The wheels rolled over the snow, making a clacking sound that gradually faded away...
"Huh...finally he left."
Hua Shi exhaled lightly and murmured softly.
Twelve days have passed since that day, and during this period, she has hardly left her room.
In the first few days, Li was quiet and didn't make any noise until her waist injury healed a little and she was able to stand up on her own.
Li caught up with them and scolded them harshly.
But perhaps because he was afraid of the black cat that had been following Hua Shi, Li only cursed them harshly and did not attack Hua Shi and the others.
Or perhaps it was because Hua Ciyuan's examination day was getting closer and closer, and Li didn't want to make a fuss anymore, fearing that she might accidentally aggravate her back injury and wouldn't be able to accompany Hua Ciyuan to the exam.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Li attached great importance to Hua Ciyuan's exam and wished he could pass it and get a top spot on the list right away.
Li seemed to have placed all her hopes on Hua Ciyuan... It was easy to see after she broke up with Hua Shi...
“Meow meow meow…”
The black cat was lying on the wooden table with its tail curled up. Its pair of blue cat eyes were observing Hua Shi's every move.
When Jianhua opened the door, it jumped down and followed her happily.
For the past ten days or so, it has been following Hua Shi closely, wherever Hua Shi goes, it follows.
Hua Shi let it follow him and walked out of the main room, passed through the eaves, along the corridor, and headed straight towards the small kitchen.
In the narrow, dim little kitchen, the firewood was scattered all over the floor, and the ashes overflowed from the stove, making a black mess on the floor.
There was a big hole on the stove; the pot on it had been moved away. The table next to it was covered with scattered sawdust.
The most conspicuous thing was the wooden cabinet that was originally locked. Now, the two doors were wide open, and the layers of cabinets were empty, with nothing left...
Hua Shi was startled by the messy scene, but then he immediately understood.
In preparation for Hua Ciyuan's entrance examination, Li started packing five or six days in advance. Two days ago, she saw Li packed two large bags full of packages, which were bulging. She had no idea what was stuffed inside.
This time, the journey will take at least two or three days. In addition, it is snowing heavily and the road is difficult. I don’t know if I will be delayed even longer on the road.
This person ate a variety of grains. In order to save money, Li took whatever she saw at home, and packed away everything, whether it was usable or not.
The pots, pans, and rice, flour, grain, and oil that Li had hidden in the locked cabinet for a long time and was reluctant to take out to eat were all taken away...
Hua Shi paused for a moment, his eyes falling on the dusty wooden bowls and chopsticks piled in the corner.
She reached over and lifted the lid. There were five old wooden bowls, just the right size, no more, no less.
Apart from the five wooden bowls and chopsticks, everything else that could be used was gone, including the chopped firewood piled in the corner.
“Tatta…”
Suddenly, there were several footsteps behind him. Hua Shi turned around and saw Hua Xiao and Hua Li walking out of the main hall one after another.
The two of them first glanced at the open courtyard door, and seemed to be a little slow to notice Hua Shi standing in the small kitchen.
Hua Xiao trotted over, and when she saw the empty little kitchen, her eyes unconsciously turned red.
"Everyone has moved away..."
Hua Xiao's voice was tearful and full of disbelief.
“Even the pot… is gone.”
The little girl's eyes widened, and her voice was filled with anger and annoyance.
This feeling of anger just surged up and then subsided.
There's nothing strange about it, milk is just like that...
Hua Shi sighed unconsciously in her heart.
It's not hard to imagine how much stuff Li and Hua Ciyuan moved during this trip. Half of the yard was almost emptied, leaving nothing for them...
Fortunately, she had bought a pot for herself a long time ago, and she still had some money on her, and there was also some rice and flour in her house. If she ate sparingly, it would be enough.
It was that wild boar, which had already been completely chopped apart, leaving not a single scrap of meat...
She thought that if she saved money, she could eat a little bit of such a big wild boar a day by salting it into jerky, and it would last her a month at least.
But she overestimated it. Not to mention the four hungry brothers and sisters, just the appetite of the white fox and the black cat, that wild boar would only be a day or two's food for these two guys.
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