My village can't be like this

Chapter 306 The first snow of [-]
“Selling chestnuts, freshly fried chestnuts, very big, cheap and delicious~”

As a group of people walked by the roadside, Zhang An couldn't help smelling the aroma of sugar-roasted chestnuts.

"Young man, you should eat chestnuts."

When the boss saw Zhang An walking over, he said with a smile.

These are all essential skills for stall holders. Greet people when you see them and don’t be shy.

If you are shy, you will run away a lot of guests.

Generally, people who don't want to buy will walk away quickly when they hear the boss's words. Not buying will also delay other people's business.

Zhang An walked to the stall, reached out and grabbed a chestnut that had just come out of the pot, peeled it open and tasted it.

These are local large chestnuts. The chestnuts are rich in meat and taste soft and waxy.

After mixing it with sand and sugar, it will be warm, sweet, soft and glutinous, and very delicious.

There are also shortcomings, that is, it is a bit greasy and the price is not cheap.

When Zhang An took to the streets before, he was never willing to buy one.

"Boss, help me pack two bags."

When the boss heard this, he enthusiastically packed two bags for a total of five yuan.

Zhang An handed a bag to Zhou Yang, opened and peeled the shells himself, and then peeled two for Su Ying without eating them.

But the two of them were too busy looking at their clothes to even think about eating.

When they came out of the joint after turning around, Zhang An and Zhou Yang were holding many bags in their hands.

It’s full of clothes, and that’s it, I haven’t bought them yet.

These are clothes bought for my parents and in-laws at home, especially Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang.

They stayed in the village all year round, and most often went to the town to catch up with the market. Every time they were asked to follow him into the city, neither of them was willing.

So they never bought any clothes for themselves throughout the year.

In the past, Zhang An was not married, and he didn't even pay attention to buying his own. It was Wang Fang who greeted him.

So after Su Ying entered the door, she felt that her in-laws were very kind to her.

But they are very economical for themselves, so Su Ying greeted them all.

One person gave them two pairs of clothes and shoes, and Grandma Zhang An also bought some.

As for Su Ying asking Zhang An if she wanted to buy something for Zhang An's grandfather.

After Zhang An thought about it, he bought him a pair of leather shoes.

This old man has done many evil things in the past, but this year he is quite good at it.

So I still prepared a little bit for him, throwing bait, we have to do it step by step.

"Zhang An, wouldn't it be good to just buy shoes? How about buying a set of clothes?"

Su Ying felt that a pair of shoes was not big enough, and she was afraid of being criticized.

"No, I think these shoes are too much. If I give him too many shoes, his little tail will be raised again."

Zhang An shook his head, he had no such intention at all.

The little old man had made his parents suffer a lot in the past, so naturally he couldn't give him a good look now.

Otherwise, how could he be worthy of what his parents had suffered at his hands before?

When Chen Wenwen saw this, he also bought a dress for his parents-in-law, and then also bought a dress for Zhou Yang's grandparents.

But she didn't buy it for her parents because she was a new daughter-in-law just a few days ago.

If she does everything towards her mother's family, then others will say that she doesn't know how to be the head of the family, so she goes to her mother's family so quickly.

The new daughter-in-law has to wait until the second year to give gifts to her parents.

Su Ying is different, because they are the only two sisters in the family, and they are all married.

Moreover, Zhang An's family is in good condition, and Su Ying has a salary herself, so no one will criticize her.

Finally, at Zhou Yang's request, I bought some clothes for Chen Wenwen's parents, but not a complete set.

Although their family's living conditions have improved in recent years, it is really expensive to buy clothes now.

A set of clothes and shoes costs hundreds of dollars, and buying so many at once is really debilitating.

By the time I came out of the back street, it was already past twelve o'clock.

It was no longer appropriate to go home for dinner, so the group had lunch on the street.

A few people were lucky. As soon as they arrived at the intersection of Maomaoqing, snowflakes started to fall from the sky.

Since the twelfth lunar month of winter this year, there has been no snow.

Zhang An originally thought that the weather in the past few days was not bad, so he thought that the snow would last until the New Year's Day.

But I didn't expect that it would already be snowing today.

The first snowfall of [-] came earlier than before.

Because the Chinese New Year is relatively early this year, it’s only January now.

Therefore, after the Chinese New Year, there is a high probability that there will be anti-spring weather.

By the time we arrived at the door of our house, the snowflakes in the sky were getting heavier and heavier.

It didn't take long for the ground to start piling up.

Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, Zhang An knew that it would definitely not stop today.

"Mom, why did you chop so many vegetables?"

Zhang An watched his mother chop a basket of vegetables, including cabbage, green vegetables, green onions, coriander, etc.

Anyway, I chopped down a lot of baskets, big and small, and everything I have at home is ready.

"The snow is too heavy. Let your second grandfather and the others cut some vegetables to save them from going out. The road is too slippery."

Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhang still live by themselves in the old house and live by themselves on weekdays.

In this snowy day, the road conditions outside were very bad. Wang Fang was worried that they would go to the ground to chop vegetables by themselves.

As for the fourth grandfather of Zhang An's family, he didn't need to worry about it, because he lived with his youngest son, and he was relieved to have someone to take care of him.

"Then let me carry it, and you'll be at home."

Zhang An picked up the basket and went out. Xiaohu, who was still lying on his stomach, followed him without knowing when.

"Father, milk."

Zhang An opened the door and entered the house, where the two elders were warming themselves by the stove.

"Hey, it's not like we don't have nothing to eat, since you brought so many dishes here to work."

When Zhang An entered the main room, he put the basket of vegetables in the corner, as is the case in rural areas.

"It's snowing so hard, and I don't know how many days it will fall. My mother was afraid that you would run out of food and go to the ground, so she cut some more for me to carry."

Anyway, with this weather, these dishes won't go bad if left for a few more days, just like if they were kept in the refrigerator.

Seeing the snow all over Zhang An, Grandma Zhang quickly took a towel and patted him clean, for fear of freezing her eldest grandson.

"Milk, please put more coal. The fire is so small. I'll drag it over after it's done burning."

Zhang An opened the furnace lid and found that the coal was not even filled.

"Hey, I need to put a lot of them. That's enough. It can be used to warm the fire and cook."

Seeing that Zhang An was about to add coal to the stove, the old lady quickly grabbed the tongs.

"It's as red as yours. It's very roasting."

The main room of Mr. Zhang's house is not big, and the fire will make it warm inside.

"Milk, please fill up the water tank. I'm afraid the water pipes will be frozen tomorrow."

The snow outside is too heavy and I don’t know when it will stop.

In such weather, water pipes are easily frozen, especially those exposed to the outside.

Even before it snowed last year, Zhang An came over and wrapped the outside pipes with dry straw.

But over time, it will definitely freeze. After all, this is a mountain.

At that time, you will have to boil water to thaw the frozen water pipes.

So fill the water tank first, and then you won’t be in such a hurry to use water.

Zhang An chatted with the two elders for a while, and then went back after nothing happened.There was a vast expanse of white along the way, and there were some children playing outside when we arrived just now.

Now they can no longer be seen, only the sound of beatings can be heard coming from some houses.

Adults are very well-educated and do not spank children in the twelfth lunar month unless they are too naughty and cannot hold back.

The snow in the sky became even heavier at night. After dinner, I didn’t even have to watch TV.

So after burning his feet, Zhang An hugged his wife and went to sleep.

In this kind of weather, it is most suitable for the wife and children to have a hot bed.

Although I don’t have children, if my wife has one, will the children be far away?

The next morning, the snow was still flying, and thick snow had piled up outside.

The mountains in the distance are also covered with white gauze, and the sky and the earth are the same color. That's probably what it means.

"Xiao An, please move Huatou's nest to your home. The snow is so thick outside and it's too cold."

Zhang Jianguo came down from upstairs carrying a big bowl. Zhang An knew this as soon as he heard this.

It is estimated that my old man was afraid that Huatou and his family would not be able to find anything to eat in the snow, so he went up to feed them.

"As well as the owls outside, please move them and feed them when the time comes."

"In this kind of weather, the rats won't come out, and there won't be anything for them to catch at night."

In addition to the Huatou family that he particularly likes, Hui Qiu, who works hard to catch mice for the family, has not been forgotten by the old man.

Zhang Jianguo wanted to move it by himself, but feeding was fine at ordinary times, but Zhang An really had to do it himself if he wanted to move the nest.

Otherwise, those guys at home may look very well-behaved, but in fact they don’t give much face.

Originally, animals like owls and goshawks had their own ways of surviving the winter.

But the old man couldn't bear to feel sorry for them and didn't want them to suffer.

The second-in-command in the family spoke, and Zhang An knew everything he could do.

Zhang An went upstairs to the balcony, where Huatou's family of four were squatting quietly in their nests.

Their eagle beaks are a little oily and shiny, and they actually reflect light. It is probably the remaining oily shine after the old man fed them just now.

Although several nests are under the eaves, there is some snow on the outside side. After all, this eagle's nest is quite big.

"Okay, the Emperor has an order to move you."

Zhang An stepped up his feet and stretched out his hands to slightly lift the wooden board under the Eagle's nest.

This is a mortise and tenon structure made by Zhang An. After it is put down, it is stable and does not shake at all.

After lifting it up, the entire board can be taken out, making it easy to move.

When Zhang An moved the eagle's nest, Huatou jumped on his shoulder.

He also rubbed his head against Zhang An's neck affectionately, feeling a icy sensation coming from him.

"Go away, your hair is covered with snow, and you still dare to rub me."

Zhang An discovered everything that the cunning Huatou was thinking, and kept patting him away.

Zhang An carried the nest for their family of four into the room, but there was no room to hang it on the wall.

So I just put it on the ground. The snow won't stop for a while anyway, and the emperor at home will definitely come to feed it.

After helping the family move, Zhang An opened the window of the room so that if they wanted to go out for a walk, they could come in and out freely.

In the end, the house of the All-Night God of War was left. Zhang An walked over and took a look, and it seemed that there was no need to move.

Because this is the junction between the big room and the small room, everything is blocked.

The wind can't blow, and the snow can't come in. It's uncomfortable to put the flower head here.

Feeling that Zhang An was coming, the God of War got up from his bed and said hello.

The nest that Hui Qiu lives in now was casually made by Zhang An.

Night War Gods Although the nights are fierce, these guys rarely build their own nests.

What they usually like most is to go to other people's unwanted houses or find a tree hole.

Because owls are the birds with the worst nest building ability among all birds.

Therefore, the low-cost housing that Zhang An arranged for it has not changed at all.

No, it seems to be a little old.

"Work hard next year. Then I will get a piece of wood and dig a luxurious villa for you."

Zhang An used to hate the cake painting method, but now he himself uses it so proficiently.

Zhang An teased Hui Qiu for a while and found that this guy was very energetic.

It probably snowed last night and the gangsters around them didn't come out, so it didn't spend much time on duty.

"Okay, if you don't want to sleep, just have a good rest. I won't stay in the cold with you."

This guy is hairy all over his body, especially his head, which is covered in hair and is particularly resistant to freezing.

Then Zhang An went around the pen house. The snow fell too suddenly this time, and Zhang An didn't prepare any fodder.

So Wang Fang came together and fed some corn kernels to everyone in the circle.

This is Zhang An's house. If it were anyone else's house, don't even think about it.

Even hard-working old scalpers can only eat corn kernels when they are busy.

In winter like this, I only have straw to survive, but it's pretty good, as I can sleep all day long.

Of course, there are still a few big fat pigs left, because they need to be fattened, so they still have corn noodles.

But that's not something to envy, after all, it was earned with life.

"Brother An, my grandfather calls you over to drink and eat firewood chicken."

When it was almost noon, Damingzi ran over to call Zhang An with heavy snow falling on his head.

"Hey, why are you willing to kill the chicken now?"

At this time of the year, even if you want to slaughter, you have to wait until the New Year to worship the Bodhisattva.

"Hey, guess what." Da Mingzi smiled and said nothing.

"Did he freeze to death from the snow last night? Otherwise, according to the temper of the second master, he would definitely be reluctant to part with it."

"It's amazing. The big rooster I was feeding was frozen to death this morning when I forgot to catch it at home last night."

Huang Ming raised his thumb and said with a smile.

"My grandma and my father had been arguing for a long time about this matter, and they just stopped now."

When Zhang An heard this, he smiled dumbly.

The big rooster in Mistress Huang’s house has a high status in the family.

Just like this one from Zhang An's family, because they are both rare roosters, their coat color and appearance are very beautiful.

For such a rare big rooster, most people will choose to keep them all the time.

Even if someone comes to buy it, if the money is not enough, it is impossible to sell it.

So in the eyes of Second Mistress Huang, that big cock is very precious.

It's probably that Mr. Huang forgot to catch her and brought her home last night, so Mrs. Huang lost her temper this morning.

But although this chicken is precious, it is not a good thing.

He has a reputation around here because this guy is very vicious.

Unlike the one in Zhang An's family, he is usually very arrogant and doesn't pay much attention to others.

Unless someone provokes it, it will stare at you and chase and peck you.

As for the big rooster in Mistress Huang’s house, she wants to move her mouth whenever she sees someone.

Almost all the children living in nearby homes were pecked by it.

Because of this, many people hated it very much, but because Grandma Huang apologized, everyone let it go.

Later, in order to prevent it from pecking people, Huang Er also made a chicken pen to shut it up.

I was afraid that someone would steal it at night, so I had to take it home every night.

After being frozen to death, many people probably felt very happy and felt that they had gone to the village to do something evil.

(End of this chapter)