Otherworldly Days

Chapter 240 The first snow

There was no sun in the afternoon, and the sky was a little dark. The doors and windows in the house were closed, and the wind whistling through the windows.Lying on the bed with Wanfeng for a while, seeing that it was almost time, Cao Xiangnan got up, the house was quiet for a while, everyone was still taking a nap, the light in the room was a bit dim, and there was a little light in the fireplace The sparks were jumping, and he hadn't put any firewood in it.

Opened the back door and went out. The two dogs came from nowhere. Cao Xiangnan reached out and touched the dog's head, "Good dog."

When the two dogs heard that they were praised, they wagged their tails even more happily.

There is a small house built by the back door, with hay in it. It is a nest specially prepared for two dogs, but they don’t seem to like this nest very much. They run around in the yard all day long, and they can sleep wherever they find a place. .This thick fur is really enviable, and it doesn't feel cold.

The water in the tank was freezing cold, it felt so fucking ecstasy!

Cao Xiangnan endured the cold and scooped water out into a small clay pot, lit a fire on the small stove, and put the small clay pot on it.I took out the big bone I bought from the basket and washed it twice in the basin.

He opened the door, entered the room and planned to pour some hot water out, when he saw the door of a room opened, a sleeping child with flushed cheeks ran out, and called him, "Uncle Xiang Nan."

Then he followed behind to help with the work.

Pass the bones through hot water, put the bones into clay pots, and then put the washed medicinal materials into it, all of which are common soup-making medicinal materials.At this time, Wanfeng's body was not suitable for a big tonic, what Cao Xiangnan could do was to boil some nutritious soup for him to drink.

Boil the soup, and half of the project for this dinner is done.

It was getting late this day, and it would be even colder later. The chickens, sheep, horses, and rabbits raised in the yard had to be fed in advance, so that they would go to the nest when they were full.

The ewe gave birth to a lamb for several days, and it was born in the morning of the previous few days.Cao Xiangnan heard the bleating of the sheep in the sheep pen at that time, and thought it was something, and then called Cao Gang to come over, only to find out that the ewe was about to give birth, and a lamb was born behind.

"What..."

A few sheep in the sheepfold saw people coming, and they bleated. The lambs that had just been born for a few days were still in the nest. When the ewes saw people coming, they were probably hungry. , ran out and bleated.

I used to raise a ewe and a lamb, and the lamb has grown up now.

"What..."

"Here, eat slowly, there are all." Xiangzai put in the hay in his hand. They all cut the hay together in a small back basket, and dried it to feed the horses and sheep in winter.He took the hay in his hand and put it in. Seeing the sheep eating, he bleated at him, with a happy smile on his face, he also had a share of the grass!

Cao Xiangnan was feeding the chickens in the chicken coop, and when he looked up, he saw the smile on the children's faces. The two children came to his house, and they were wary and careful at the beginning, but now they have gradually integrated into the family.Although these two children are not as willful as Xiao An'an in his family in some matters, but in comparison, they are not so cautious at the beginning, which is also a good thing.

Every day when he gets up, the child will definitely follow behind him, no matter it is morning or evening, he always works behind him.He probably understands what the child is thinking.Let him do what he wants to do, do what the child can do, and give him a sense of security in this home.

"There are several eggs." Cao Xiangnan reached into the chicken coop, took out several eggs, and shook the eggs in his hand to the children over there.

Xiangzi grinned, happy that the hen had laid eggs.

Cao Xiangnan took out the eggs he picked out, and now the chickens laid fewer and fewer eggs, and the colder the hens seemed, the hens would stop laying eggs.He glanced at the room where the mushrooms were raised over there, wondering if he should pick a few hens to raise there?

Fortunately, the weather is cold, and the eggs can be kept for a long time, and they don't stink as easily as in summer.As early as last month, he started to save eggs. He remembered that after giving birth, he would eat eggs during confinement, and then stew a hen a day.Old Doctor Luo said that Wan Feng suffered a lot from his body when he gave birth to his first child, and he had to take care of the baby this time no matter what.

He has already prepared things for people to make up their bodies, and there are still a lot of precious medicinal materials given by others there!At that time, stewing soup is the best.

Put the returned eggs into the basket. There is already a small basket full of eggs next to it, and this basket also has half a basket. How can I say that there are seventy or eighty eggs in total.Maybe someone else will send some back then?

"How long have you been up? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Cao Xiangnan came in and saw a person sitting in the living room sewing small clothes, and wanted to reach out to touch Qi Wanfeng, only to realize that his hands were too cold.Qi Wanfeng reached out to hold his husband's hand, and put down the small clothes he was sewing, "You came in just as soon as you got up and sat down." He said.

In fact, he woke up not long after Fulang got up.

When he woke up, he was the only one on the bed, and there was still a warm temperature in the sunken place beside him. After lying on the bed for a while, he also got up.

"Don't..." Cao Xiangnan wanted to withdraw his hand, but the person holding his hand might not be sure, "My hands are cold." He said helplessly.

"I warm my hands." So I'll warm you up, Qi Wanfeng said with a smile in his eyes.

Looking at the person smiling at him with his head up, the smile on his face was just like An An's sly smile when he did a "bad thing" that he thought was good. Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but bent down and pecked at the man's lips. Take a sip.

"..." Qi Wanfeng.

"If you look at me like this again, I'll continue to kiss you." His throat rolled, and Cao Xiangnan had to hold back to control himself from deepening the kiss.There are adults and children in the family. Apart from closing the door in the room, they will not do too big things outside.

"...Don't make trouble!" Qi Wanfeng blushed, and he quickly turned his eyes away. Fu Lang looked at him as if he was going to eat him, which made his face even hotter. , wishing to take Fu Lang's eyes away from looking at him.

In the afternoon, the people taking a nap in the house gradually got up, and the house began to be lively.

Earlier, he agreed to bake steamed buns for the children, and then Cao Xiangnan set up a small stove and put the steamed buns on it to bake.He will satisfy the children if he promises to the children, unless he does not promise.

Educating children Cao Xiangnan has always insisted on "leading by example", and only by doing well on his own can he teach his children well.

There were still small pastries and baked biscuits on the table. I threw two pieces of firewood into the fireplace, and the room became a little warmer. Everyone sat in the living room and had an afternoon tea. I went out and was busy outside, so I didn't stay here any longer.

A pale sun hangs in the west, the color is dim, as if it has lost its temperature.

The hot pot cooked in the earthenware pot is rolling, exuding a light fragrance, the rice is also cooked, and only the following stir-fry is left.

Oil was poured into the pot, and the fallen meat made a sound of "Zi la--", and Cao Xiangnan stood in front of the stove to cook.

Two children sat in front of the stove and set the fire, and behind them were two dogs, lazily nestling there. Presumably, the temperature of the firewood in the kitchen was high and warm, and they also liked to stay in the kitchen at this time.

It didn't take long for the dinner to be served on the table. The soup stewed in the earthenware pot, one bowl per person, was hot, and the whole person was warm after drinking it. Even Qi Wanfeng drank two large bowls.

There are meat and vegetables on the table, and everyone sits down to enjoy the dinner of the day.

After dinner, Cao Xiangnan would take Wanfeng and the children out for a walk at this time.Most of the time, they still go to Sun Bailian's house, the two houses are opposite each other, and they are the only two families nearby, even if they go through the door, they always go to the opposite door, but they rarely go into the village.

At this time, Ah stayed at home to pack his things most of the time, and did not come with him.

"Wanfeng, Xiangnan and you guys are here, sit down quickly." Sun Bailian was very happy to see everyone coming, and even more happy than him was the second boy of his family, who had already gone to An'an There rushed over and hugged An An.

"Have you had dinner yet?" Sun Bailian asked.

"I just ate, so I came to you for a walk." Qi Wanfeng said with a smile, "What about you?"

"I just cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks, and I wanted to take the two little ones to your place, so you came." Seeing that Aning was not here, Sun Bailian asked.

Seeing guests coming to the house, Sun Bailian put a few sticks of firewood into the fireplace. Once the small stove was lit, their house was no longer cold.He was very curious at first, but he got used to it later on.

Anyway, he knew that their house would not be cold this winter.

Let Wanfeng and Sun Bailian sit in the room, while Cao Xiangnan and Cao Gang went outside to check the mushrooms and then the vegetables in the shed.They don’t grow many vegetables. There are too many people here for them to eat. But some mushrooms can be produced. After the mushrooms are thinned, the small ones will also grow. The two discussed it and decided to send some mushrooms to Yipinzhai. .

The fresh vegetables and mushrooms in their hands go out through the hands of Yipinzhai. As for who the shopkeeper Liu sends these vegetables to, it doesn't matter to them.

"We're going back."

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

After sitting at Cao Gang's place for a while, knowing that it was getting dark quickly, after chatting with Cao Gang and the others, they decided to send mushrooms.Seeing that it was almost time, Cao Xiangnan took Wanfeng back with the children, and the children also went back to take a bath.

When they got home, they saw that the person who sent them out did not go in. They waved to the person opposite to let them in, and Cao Xiangnan closed the gate of the yard.

Several children in the house were taking a bath. The children did not take a bath every day. They took a bath every other day. Sometimes they used hot water to wipe their bodies, wash their buttocks and soak their feet.He took off his outer clothes and changed his inner clothes into clean ones, went to bed and left the two little ones to Aning, and Cao Xiangnan didn't bother.

The wind outside seems to be particularly strong today, and the wind blows like a knife. After checking the kitchen stove and making sure that there is no problem, he closed the kitchen door.

"It's cold outside, so you sleep in your den, do you understand?" Cao Xiangnan pointed to his own den when he saw the two dogs beside him. Dogs at home usually don't like to go into the house overnight.

The two pairs of triangular eyes looked at the small nest in unison, and there was indescribable disgust in those eyes.

It seems to be saying, the young master has thick skin and thick flesh, how can he lie down in this nest?

"Want to come in?" Cao Xiangnan put his hand on the door frame and asked the two dogs standing in front of him.

What responded to him was the disgusted eyes of the two dogs, then turned their heads and left.

Do not enter and pull down!After closing the door, he said there was nothing he could do about it, it wasn't that he abused the two dogs, it was the two dogs that couldn't enter by themselves.

The children went to bed after taking a bath. Cao Xiangnan went to see the children, and the two younger ones were asleep. Xiangzi and Xuanxuan were pretending to be asleep, but he didn't expose them.There was hot water in the fireplace, and he fetched water in a wooden basin to soak the feet of the people in the house. "It feels like it's going to snow today," he said.

"Well, yes, it may not be long." Putting his feet into the wooden basin, Qi Wanfeng felt that if outsiders knew that his husband fetched water to soak his feet every day, they would probably poke his back and scold him .Hearing Fu Lang's words, he said.

Cao Xiangnan didn't know what was going on in Qi Wanfeng's mind, he didn't feel anything wrong when he did these things, this was his wife, who would he be nice to if he wasn't nice to his wife?Knowing that this person sleeps with cold feet at night, and the feet are swollen at the back, he will bring some water to soak his feet before going to sleep at night, which will make him feel much more comfortable.

When I went to the back to see the two children, I found that they were all asleep, so I tucked the two children in their quilts before closing the door and going out.Before entering the house, he still didn't forget to throw a few firewood into the fireplace, and he glanced around before entering the house.

"Fulang." The person on the bed was still asleep, and when he saw Fulang on the bed, he yelled.

"Well, go to sleep." Cao Xiangnan put his arms around the person who was leaning over, kissed him on the forehead, and then the kiss went down and kissed his lips.

The wind outside was whistling, and it was snowing at some point in the night. This was the first snow this winter...