I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 274

The thin ice, which was only slightly thicker than the piece of paper, melted in Zhou Chenyu's hands. She shook off the water drops and washed her hands again with the stream water. "It's a pity that we don't have snow here. It would be great if it could snow heavily like in the north." , that must be beautiful.”

Zhou Wanqiu followed her, as happy as a child.He smiled and said, "Sister, I heard that there is snow in Pingzhou. It's so big and heavy, and the white snow is piled up. There is a lot of it on the calves that are about to pass by with just one shovel."

"Really?" Zhou Chenyu's eyes lit up, "Pingzhou, it seems you should go and see it if you have a chance."

"But I also heard that heavy snow does not happen every year. Only when the weather is extremely cold, snowflakes will fall in the sky. Usually, it is just thin ice on the water like us." Late Qiu said lightly, the tip of his nose was red. Yes, my eyes were hard to open due to the cold wind.

"Looks like it's not easy for us to see the snow once." Zhou Chenyu glanced at her and saw her shivering under the cold wind, so he hurriedly pulled her and ran to Zhou Shuqing's house.

When the two of them approached their yard, they heard lively voices before they even entered the door. The voices were not only those of the green trees and red plum trees, but also the three young boys from Zhou Huilan's family. There were some splashing water and scrubbing between the words. sound.

They walked into the courtyard and immediately attracted the attention of a group of people across from them.

"Hey." Hongmei walked up with a smile, "Chen Yu, we are talking about you, so we are expecting you to come."

Zhou Chenyu looked at the three tall sons of Zhou Huilan's family standing next to the stone mortar. The youngest was holding a broom, the eldest was carrying a bucket, and the second son was only responsible for giving directions. The three of them stood around a table that looked like a giant wine cup. Next to the stone mortar, aiming at the large concave circular groove dug in the middle, you and I talked about the work, and white breath kept coming out of the mouth, not to mention how lively it was.

She smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Hongmei, what do you expect us to do?"

Hongmei joked, "It's not like those bastards said that it's just a bunch of old men here. Without a pretty girl, there's no energy to work. I said you two would come here."

"Really?" Zhou Chenyu raised his eyebrows, but Wan Qiu lowered his head in shame.

Old Mrs. Wang held the child in her arms, thinking that she had heard something wrong. Everyone living in the village was not from the same clan and had some kinship.If they really saw each other, wouldn't it be a mess?

She glared at those bastards who were talking nonsense and scolded: "Are Hongmei's words true?"

The young men looked at the old lady's serious look and were frightened, "Grandma Wang, how dare we? Our brothers are just joking."

Zhou Shuqing found the wooden hammer used for pounding glutinous rice from the utility room and said with a smile: "Grandma, don't worry. If they dare to have evil thoughts on these sisters, I, the elder brother, will be the first to hit them with the wooden hammer." Break their legs."

Several young guys looked at each other and immediately accused each other of who had spoken first, "It's all you who made you talk nonsense."

"Hey, why are you blaming me? You didn't mention it first?"

"You said it first!"

"You said it first!"

Zhou Chenyu listened to the pushing and arguing of these people, pulled Wan Qiu over, and said with a silent smile: "Brother Shuqing, we were sent here to work. The stone mortar has been cleaned by you, and the two wooden hammers are left. Just leave it to us.”

Zhou Shuqing saw that Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu had rolled up their sleeves and exposed their arms, and said with a helpless smile: "Well, I'll leave it to you. These two wooden hammers can be heavy when wet, so you have to be careful."

"Okay." Zhou Chenyu took the wooden hammer with one hand. Not to mention, she couldn't hold it with one thin arm and needed two hands to dance.

She and Wan Qiu sat by the well, picked up the brush and started cleaning slowly.Zhou Chenyu lifted the wooden hammer that had been soaked in water again. It was much heavier than the dry one just now. "No wonder the old lady just said that Baoyu should save his strength. Who can move this wooden hammer?"

Wan Qiu lifted up the broken hair beside her ears and smiled, "That's right. This wooden hammer is already heavy. After beating the glutinous rice until it becomes soft, it becomes even heavier. Only these men can move it."

Grandma Wang saw the two sisters whispering and came over with the child in her arms, and asked with concern: "Are you two sisters cold?"

Zhou Chenyu glanced at the babbling child, shook his head and said with a smile, "Grandma Wang, we are not cold."

The old lady looked at their cold-red hands and raised a cold eyebrow, "Why isn't it cold? I see your hands are all red from the cold. I'm going to get the charcoal basin up. After you wash it, come over to the charcoal basin. Let’s warm ourselves over the fire.”

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu smiled cutely, "Okay."

Washing the wooden hammer is an easy task. Just brush it inside and out with a brush several times, rinse it clean, and then put it in the sun to dry.

After washing the wooden hammers, the two sisters listened to Grandma Wang's words, shivering and sat down by the charcoal basin, and competed with several young men from Zhou Huilan's family for space to warm themselves by the fire.

"Good sister, brother, I just finished washing the stone mortar, and my hands are still cold. Why don't you move your place for me and let me warm myself by the fire?"

The smooth-talking second brother approached Zhou Chenyu and joked with a smile.

Zhou Chenyu remembered that he was usually the most noisy and rejected it, "No, first come, first served."

The second child pestered her again and said some kind words.

Zhou Chenyu tilted his head and ignored him.

The second child was unwilling to give in and shamelessly took a detour to Wan Qiu, "Sister Wan Qiu, brother knows that you are the most obedient and sensible. Just respect the old man and make room for brother."

Zhou Wanqiu was thin-skinned and stood up silently as soon as he finished speaking.

Zhou Chenyu held her down and rolled his eyes at the man, "Good brother, you only tell us to respect the elderly. Why don't you love and care for our little sisters? It's not okay to just respect the old and not love the young."

The second child rarely hit a wall like this, and his deflated appearance made everyone burst into laughter and applause.

Mrs. Wang looked at the young people in the room and listened to their chattering. She didn't feel noisy at all. She also brought out two more plates of prepared New Year's goods, stuffed some into everyone's hands, and greeted them with a smile. : "Don't just sit there, eat some snacks."

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu broke off a few peanuts to eat, and then heard the courtyard door being pushed open. Aunt Zhou Huilan and her husband walked in with difficulty carrying cooked glutinous rice, and their youngest daughter followed behind carrying something.

Zhou Huilan saw the whole yard full of young people, grinned and said, "Hey, everyone is here."

Zhou Shuqing and Hongmei hurried up to help, and the couple exclaimed: "Ms. Huilan, our steamer has just started to smoke, and your glutinous rice is already cooked. It's really fast."

"The first pot has just come out of the oven. There are two buckets of glutinous rice waiting to be cooked behind. What can we do if we don't hurry up?" Zhou Huilan straightened her messy hair, looked at the people in the yard, and smiled with relief, "But here we are With a large population, there is also a lot of glutinous rice to cook. Once our end is ready, you and Xiuju will be ready soon."

(End of this chapter)