On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the wind was biting outside the window, and the courtyard was deserted...
It seems that yesterday’s bustle was just a momentary firework, gone in a flash.
Li and Hua's father hid in the house. The mother and son cooked for themselves. The aroma of hot meat wafted out through the crack in the door.
The twins who were clearing snow in the yard sniffed.
The smell of cold wind and snow mixed with the aroma of hot meat made the two of them swallow their saliva repeatedly.
Hua Xiao remembered that every year on the day of worshiping the mountain god, her grandmother would always bring back a large piece of meat. Then, on the next day, she would put the meat in a hot pot and cook it until it was soft and fragrant. She could smell the aroma of the meat all day long.
This year is no exception...
But this time, the number of people eating meat changed from three to just grandma and dad, and Hua Shi, who had already fallen out with grandma, had no share.
Hua Xiao unconsciously exerted force on the broom handle in her hand.
She couldn't describe her current mood, it was a mixture of emotions...
Hua Li, who was standing by, swallowed hard. His stomach, which hadn't had a drop of water all morning, started to growl when he smelled the fragrance.
Hua Xiao came back to her senses and glanced at him.
Hua Li covered his stomach, his face a little hot. He lowered his head and said, "Hua Xiao, I'm hungry."
Hua Xiao shook her head and said, "I'm hungry too. There are some melon seeds and peanuts in the house that I brought back yesterday. I'll go back and eat them after I finish sweeping the snow."
Hua Li pursed her lips, her gaze unconsciously falling on a corner of the main room.
Hua Xiao followed his gaze and saw the tightly closed door of Hua Shi's house.
Then, she heard Hua Li's low voice: "Hua Xiao... do you think she will secretly make delicious food for us?"
When Hua Li asked this question, her eyes were shining and the emotions hidden in them were easy to understand.
Over the past month, Hua Shi has been secretly cooking for them without telling her grandmother. Hua Li doesn't say anything, but her heart and stomach have long been conquered by Hua Shi's endless delicious food.
Ever since Hua Shi had a falling out with her grandma, she seemed to have defecated. Although she had already seemed to have defecated when she hit her head, it became more obvious after that.
They would cook delicious food for them so they wouldn't go hungry, buy them cold-proof clothes and blankets, and even get them coal to burn indoors. As long as they were indoors, they wouldn't be shivering in the cold anymore...
The past month or so has been the most comfortable time Hua Li has ever had in her memory.
I won't be hungry, I won't be cold, and I won't have to beg for food like a beggar in the middle of winter...
No one would remain unmoved by such a drastic change...
Hua Li thought about it, but deep down she longed for it even more.
He hoped that Hua Shi's changes would happen. If they were due to being possessed by ghosts, then he thought, he would let Hua Shi's possessedness last a little longer.
"have no idea."
Hua Xiao shook his head and said.
Although her face was tense, she actually knew in her heart that Hua Shi would definitely...
As the two stood there in a daze, Hua Yu, who was carrying a long ladder and walking back from the backyard, attracted their attention with the sound of his footsteps.
"Second brother..."
Hua Xiao turned around and shouted, then reached out and pulled Hua Li beside him, giving him a wink, signaling him to stop talking.
Hua Li nodded knowingly and collected her thoughts.
Like Hua Xiao, he didn't dare to say anything good about Hua Shi in front of his second brother.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the second brother was still the same second brother as before. From the beginning to the end, the second brother had no intention of forgiving Hua Shi's changes...
It was him and Hua Xiao who betrayed their hearts because of the warmth they had never received...
Hua Xiao and Hua Li quickly suppressed their mixed emotions and walked towards him in small steps.
Hua Yu lowered his eyes, his expression seemed to remain unchanged. He placed the ladder on the eaves, picked up a small snow shovel, and prepared to climb up.
Hua Xiao and Hua Yu hurriedly reached out to hold the sides of the ladder.
Whenever the snow fell heavily, the three of them would get up early and clear the snow off the roof to prevent the fragile beams from collapsing due to the lack of snow for two or three days, as happened last time.
Sometimes when the wind and snow are strong at night, they worry that the roof will collapse while they sleep, so they will wake up in the middle of the night, bring a ladder, and clear the snow off the roof.
So for more than a month, I have been carefully clearing the snow, and the beams have not collapsed again...
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In the house in the southwest corner——
If someone walked closer, they could hear the bubbling sound of boiling water in the house through the thin wooden door.
The flowers in the house were unaware of what was happening outside.
She woke up at daybreak, but the quilt was too warm and it was too cold outside, so she stayed in bed and didn't get up until a long time later.
She heard the sound of snow being shoveled in the yard and other miscellaneous noises.
As long as it wasn't for Li's loud voice and loud movements, Hua Shi would know that nothing serious had happened and the people outside the yard were fine, so he didn't rush to get up.
Besides, she had been busy all day yesterday. When she returned to the house, she quickly washed her face, fed some meat to the three little guys in the house, and then lay down in bed and fell into a deep sleep.
Yesterday, after taking a tour, what impressed her most was the surprise at the unity of the people in Shoushan Village and their unexpected identification with the legendary mountain god.
Although she was still inclined to not believe in the existence of mountain gods based on the information she had learned so far, it was undeniable that the mountains and forests did indeed hold some unknown secrets...
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