break out of the ice

Chapter 85 Who is Embarrassed

Seeing this, Mother Shi was hugged and moved forward, and Liu Qinqin followed suit and moved forward as well.

Shi Jingqi moved the two chairs to the bedside, moved the stove to the bedside, and said, "Now, just wait for the king to come and open the cards."

Father Shi came in with coal briquettes just now, went out again to get things, came in just in time to hear Shi Jingqi's words, and said with a smile: "You boy, don't talk nonsense in front of Qinqin."

Turn the stove to make the eyes of the upper and lower coal balls stagger, so that it lasts for a long time, put a few pieces of sweet potatoes in the coal cinders below and cover them, and put a pot of water on the stove to boil.

Said: "The snow outside is getting bigger and bigger, and it will probably reach the knees tomorrow."

Mother Shi said: "It's okay, it's okay, our room is warm, hurry up, play cards."

In fact, they are not addicted to cards. The long nights are long, there is no other form of entertainment, and they have to watch the year, so they have to play cards.

Liu Qinqin thought that father and mother Shi were usually two people at home, and it was difficult to get enough people to play cards, so she pretended to like playing cards and accompanied the two old people.

Shi Jingqi thought it was boring. Relying on his brain and memory, it was too easy for someone who relied on luck and no skill at all to play a few cards.

Unless the hand is a completely bad card, there is a possibility of losing.

At first, they still played according to the normal style, but Shi Jingqi always won, which finally ignited the fighting spirit of the other people, and three of them started to fight Shi Jingqi one.

Let Shi Jingqi be the landlord for a period of time, and the remaining three will replace each other. If two people fight Shi Jingqi, they still lose more than they win.

In the last round, Shi Jingqi's opponents were Liu Qinqin and Shimu. Shi Jingqi used a trick to let Liu Qinqin and Shimu win once.

Liu Qinqin was very happy, hugged Mother Shi and smiled.

At this moment, the sound of firecrackers was vaguely heard, and the clock in the hall also rang.

Shi Jingqi asked, "Dad, have you bought any guns this year?"

"I must have bought it, I'll take it." Father Shi turned around and went to the room over there.

Shi Jingqi stepped forward to help Liu Qinqin: "Let's go, let's go and see the cannon."

Liu Qinqin got out of bed to put on her shoes, and Mother Liu also got out of bed to put on her shoes.

The two women stood under the eaves, watching Mother Shi tie the firecrackers to a long bamboo pole stepping on the snow, and Shi Jingqi lit the firecrackers.

The red firecrackers and the sound of "crackling" add a lot of festiveness to the small courtyard wrapped in silver.

Liu Qinqin's face was even more pale and rosy against the background of the Spring Festival couplets on the door and the reflection of the snow.

After firing the cannon, several people cleaned off the snow on their bodies and shoes, and entered the house.

Shi Jingqi asked Liu Qinqin to take out the hot water bottle, poured out the water in it for her, and refilled it with hot water.

The family each had a piece of sweet potato, and they ate the sweet potato with Liu Qinqin, and the Shi family father and son went to sleep in the room over there.

Here Liu Qinqin also lay down, but Mother Shi went out again, and brought back a new urinal soon.

Seeing Liu Qinqin blushing, she said: "It's okay, the big girls and young daughter-in-laws in the village use this when it snows. This is a new one, and I haven't used it once. Your uncle was here just now. I'm afraid you'll be embarrassed, so It never came out."

Liu Qinqin only felt that her body and heart were warm, she nodded in bed, and said, "Auntie, you are so kind to me."

"Silly girl, you will be Qi Wazi's daughter-in-law in the future. I will treat you well. Go to sleep."

Liu Qinqin, who came to Shi's house for the first time, spent a warm night in Shi's house.

When I woke up the next day, it was past seven o'clock, and there was the sound of snow sweeping outside.

Liu Qinqin said badly to herself, and hurriedly sat up.

Shi Jingqi happened to lift the curtain and come in, with some snow still on his feet, it looked like he was also clearing snow just now.

Shi Jingqi held a pot of hot water, and said softly, "Are you up? There is hot water here. Use hot water to wash your face. I'll find you a washbasin."

After saying that, she turned around and went out again. After a while, she came in with a new washbasin and a towel. Seeing that Liu Qinqin was only wearing a sweater, not a cotton coat, she put the things down, picked up her cotton coat and put it on for her, saying: " It's cold, wear more clothes."

Liu Qinqin pouted, pulled Shi Jingqi's sleeve and complained: "Didn't I tell you to wake me up early? It's so ugly to wake up late."

Shi Jingqi pinched her nose: "My mother told you to sleep a little longer, saying that you must be tired yesterday, besides, it's not too late, the dumplings haven't been cooked yet, wash your face quickly, or it will be too late later gone."

Liu Qinqin nodded, put on her clothes and came out to wash. Seeing that the snow in the yard had been cleared, there were several paths leading to the kitchen, to the shed where the sundries were piled up, to the cellar, to the door, to the toilet...

To the toilet?Liu Qinqin thought of something, and hurried into the house, where there was no shadow of the urinal.

Shi Jingqi followed behind and asked, "Are you looking for yesterday's pot?"

Liu Qinqin nodded with a blushing face.

Early in the morning, Shi Jingqi couldn't bear to tease her, and said, "I'll pour it out for you when I get up, it's already washed and put away, don't worry, no one will see it."

Liu Qinqin can't wait to tuck her head into the padded clothes. If her mother finds out that on the first day of Shi's house, the first day of the new year, she will let Shi Jingqi empty the urinal for her. .

Just when I was embarrassed, I heard Mother Shi chanting outside: "The Jade Emperor, Wenquxing, God of Wealth, Guanyin Bodhisattva, all gods, please eat the New Year's dumplings. Please bless our Shi family with success and safety."

This time Shi Jingqi was embarrassed, scratched her head, and said, "My mother is not superstitious, this is a ritual, similar to setting off firecrackers and putting up Spring Festival couplets."

Liu Qinqin said with a smile: "Mothers in the world are the same, and so is my mother. She repeats it every year."

The two were happy because they had found another common ground. Shi Jingqi took Liu Qinqin's hand and walked out the door: "I'll help my dad light the cannon."

"Then I'll help carry the bowl."

After breakfast, the whole family started to clean the snow outside the yard together. They said it was cleaning, but it was just sweeping out the road so that people could walk more easily.

After leaving the courtyard gate, I saw that many neighbors on the left and right came out. It was also a big family. The men took the shovel, the women took the big broom, and the children took a small shovel to dig here and there.

A woman came out after seeing Liu Qinqin, greeted Mother Shi across the snow, and headed towards Shi's house for cleaning.

Because of Liu Qinqin at the door, Shi's house became a favorite, everyone swept in the direction of Shi's house first, and after half an hour, all the roads in front of Shi's house were cleared.

Several women pulled Liu Qinqin to touch the clothes, some touched the clothes, and some touched the scarf, and they all praised her for being good-looking.

The children circled around the women.

The men started to shovel other roads with their shovels on their shoulders. They walked all the way and shoveled all the way to the outside of the village.

Liu Qinqin invited the neighbors to sit at home, the coal stove was still burning, the women listened to Liu Qinqin tell interesting stories about Zhengzhou, and the children ate the snacks they brought from Mincheng.

(End of this chapter)