Chapter 306 The first snow in 1998
“Selling chestnuts, freshly fried chestnuts, very big, cheap and delicious~”
A group of people walked from the roadside As they walked by, Zhang An couldn't help but smell the aroma of sugar-roasted chestnuts.
"Young man, you should eat chestnuts."
As soon as the boss saw Zhang An walking over, he said with a smile.
These are essential skills for stall holders. Greet people when you see them. Don’t be shy.
If you are shy, you will lose a lot of customers.
Generally, people who don’t want to buy will walk away quickly when they hear the boss’s words. Not buying will also delay others’ 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 disadvantages, 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, please pack two bags for me.”
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 these two people 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, that’s all, 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 haven’t seen any clothes for themselves throughout the year.
Zhang An was not married before, so he didn’t even pay attention to buying his own. It was Wang Fang who greeted him.
So after Su Ying came in, she felt that her parents-in-law were very willing to treat her.
But they were very economical with 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 he is quite good at it this year.
So I still prepared a little bit for him. When it comes to throwing bait, you 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 was afraid of being criticized.
"No, I think these shoes are too much. If I give him too many, his little tail will be raised again."
Zhang An shook his head, he had no such intention at all.
The little old man made his parents suffer a lot in the past, so naturally he can't give him a good look now.
Otherwise, how could he be worthy of what his parents had suffered at his hands before?
Seeing this, Chen Wenwen also bought a dress for his parents-in-law, and then also bought a dress for Zhou Yang's grandparents.
But I didn’t buy it for her parents because she was a new daughter-in-law who had just married 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.
Besides, Zhang An's family is in good condition, and Su Ying has a salary herself, so no one will speak against 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 become better and better in recent years, buying clothes now really costs money.
A set of clothes and shoes costs several hundred. Buying so many at once is really debilitating.
When we 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 began to fall from the sky.
Since the twelfth lunar month of winter this year, it has not snowed.
Originally, Zhang An saw that the weather was pretty good these days, and 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 1998 came earlier than before.
Because the Chinese New Year is relatively early this year, it’s only January now.
So after the New Year, there is a high probability that there will be anti-spring weather.
When we arrived at the door of our home, the snowflakes in the sky were getting bigger and bigger.
It didn’t take long for things to pile up on the ground.
Looking at the heavy snow in the sky, Zhang An knew that it would definitely not stop today.
"Mom, why are you chopping so many vegetables?"
Zhang An watched his mother chop a basket of vegetables, including cabbage, green vegetables, spring onions, coriander, etc.
Anyway, I chopped down a lot of baskets, big and small, and prepared everything for the house.
"It's snowing too much. Let's chop some vegetables for your second grandfather and his friends to go over there so that they don't have to go out. The road is too slippery."
The two elders still live in the old house by themselves. On weekdays, they still live by themselves. Also live by yourself.
In this snowy day, the road conditions outside are very bad. Wang Fang is worried that they will go to the ground to chop vegetables by themselves.
As for the fourth grandfather of the Zhang An family, you don’t need to worry about it, because he lives with his youngest son, so he feels relieved that someone will take care of him.
"Then let me carry it, you can be at home."
Zhang An picked up the basket and went out. The little tiger who was still lying on his back did not know when he followed. Behind him.
"Master, milk."
Zhang An opened the door and entered the house, where the two elders were warming themselves by the stove.
“Hey, you are carrying so much vegetables here to do it, it’s not like we have nothing to eat.”
Zhang An entered the main room and put the basket of vegetables in the corner. That's right.
"It's snowing so hard, and I don't know how many days it's going to snow. My mother was afraid that you'd run out of vegetables and go to the ground, so she cut some more for me to carry over."
Anyway, in this weather, I'll put more of these vegetables. It won't go bad for a few days, just like if it's in the refrigerator.
Looking at 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 burning so small. I'll drag it over after it's finished."
Zhang An opened the furnace lid, but there was not enough coal inside.
“Hey, you need to put a lot of it, that’s enough. It can make a fire and cook.”
Seeing that Zhang An was about to add coal to the stove, the old lady quickly put the tongs on Grab it.
“It’s as red as yours, and it’s very roasting.”
The main room of Mr. Zhang’s house is not big, but the fire will make it warm inside. of.
"Milk, please fill up the water tank. I'm afraid the water pipe 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.
Although last year before it snowed, Zhang An came over and wrapped the outer 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 scald the frozen water pipes.
So fill the water tank first, so that the water will not be so urgent later.
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 have no 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. This is probably what I mean.
"Xiao An, please move the flowers and their nests home. The snow is so thick outside and it's too cold."
Zhang Jianguo came down from upstairs with a big bowl, Zhang An You will know it as soon as you hear this.
I guess 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.
"There are also owls outside, please move them and feed them when the time comes."
"In this kind of weather, mice don't come out, and there's nothing for them to catch at night."
In addition to his favorite Huatou family, Hui Qiu, who works hard to catch mice for the family, has not been forgotten by the old man.
Zhang Jianguo would like to move it himself, but feeding is fine at ordinary times, but Zhang An really has to do it himself if he wants to move the nest.
Otherwise, those guys at home may seem very well-behaved, but in fact they don’t give much face.
Originally, animals like owls and goshawks have 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, and 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 ordered us to move the house for you."
Zhang An stepped up his feet and stretched out his hand 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, the flower head jumped on his shoulder.
He also rubbed his head on Zhang An's neck affectionately, feeling an icy sensation.
"Go away, your hair is covered with snow, and you still dare to rub against me."
The scheming flowerhead, Zhang An discovered everything he was thinking. , keep patting it aside with your hands.
Zhang An carried the nest of 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 it.
Because this is the junction between the big house and the small house, everything is blocked.
The wind can't blow, and the snow can't drift in. It's very uncomfortable to leave the flower heads 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 made casually by Zhang An.
Staying Up All Night God of War Although the night is fierce, these guys will hardly 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.
So 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 art of painting cakes, but now he can do it himself Used so skillfully.
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, and I won't accompany you to suffer the cold."
This guy is hairy all over his body, especially his head. Hair, especially frost-resistant.
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 in someone else’s house, I wouldn’t even think about it.
Even hard-working old scalpers can only eat corn kernels when they are busy.
In winter like this, we only have straw to survive, but it’s pretty good, as we 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 one’s life.
"Brother An, my father asked you to come over and have a drink and eat turkey."
When it was almost noon, Damingzi ran over to call Zhang An with heavy snow on his head.
"Hey, why are you willing to kill the chicken now?"
At this time of the year, even if you want to kill it, 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 temperament of the second master, he would definitely be reluctant to part with it."
"It's amazing. The big rooster I was feeding was forgotten to catch at home last night. It was frozen to death when I saw it this morning."
Huang Ming raised his thumbs up, hey hey hey. smiled.
"My grandma and my father had been arguing for a long time about this matter, and we 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 it all the time.
Even if someone comes to buy it, it is impossible to sell it if the money is not enough.
So in the eyes of Second Mistress Huang, that big cock is very precious.
It is 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 is famous 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.
The big rooster in Mistress Huang’s house wants to move its mouth when it sees someone.
Almost all the children living in nearby homes have been pecked by it.
Because of this, many people hated it very much, but because Mrs. Huang apologized, everyone let it go.
Later, in order to prevent it from pecking people, Huang Er also made a chicken pen and locked 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)