In the twelfth lunar month, the days are cold and the nights are even colder. The northwest wind blows all night, making the temperature in the house seem to get lower and lower. In view of this, Chen Ling moved the stove into the house early and covered it with a thick quilt to avoid Wang Susu's cold weather at night.

Being caught cold.

But in the middle of the night on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, after the stove was extinguished, Wang Susu still felt cold. She opened her eyes in confusion and remembered to pick up the thick quilt again, but she saw a bright light outside the window, and the light came through the window paper.

Come, the bedroom is no longer dark and dark, and becomes slightly brighter.

After being stunned for a moment, I immediately realized that it must be snowing outside.

I quickly pushed my sleeping husband next to me to wake him up.

"Ah? It's snowing?"

Chen Ling sat up as soon as he heard this, and then without putting on any clothes, he got out of bed, walked to the window and opened it to take a look. He felt a biting cold wind blowing in, but outside he was already full of people.

All white.

"Hiss, it's such a heavy snow."

Chen Ling passively took two sips of cold air and couldn't help but shiver, but his face was filled with surprise.

Just as he was about to drag his wife over to watch the snow, he saw Wang Susu retracting into the quilt and covering her neck tightly, leaving no gap.

He immediately slapped his forehead, secretly blaming himself for being careless.

My daughter-in-law is already pregnant, so why would I come over and open the window? What should I do if I'm freezing?

He quickly closed the window, took out a quilt from the cabinet, and covered Wang Susu with it.

"It's snowing heavily. I'm going to go to the yard to check on our chickens, ducks and livestock to make sure they don't get frozen."

"Well, turn on the light and take a look."

Chen Ling turned on the lights inside and outside the house, got dressed, put on his coat, opened the door and walked out.

The snow on the ground was already very deep at this time, and it creaked when you stepped on it.

Under the electric light outside the courtyard, the northwest wind blew the snowflakes down, like catkins or reed flowers. Sometimes they were blown sideways by the wind, sometimes they were blown around, and they fluttered to the ground.

The roof, the trees, the bamboo beds, and the yard are all covered with thick white snow. Under the dim yellow electric light, there is a slight gradual warm tone, which looks extremely beautiful.

Seeing this, Chen Ling rubbed his hands excitedly, exhaled two thick puffs of white air, stretched out his hand to catch a few falling snowflakes, leaned over and grabbed two handfuls of snow on the ground, stuffed two mouthfuls into his mouth, and melted it.

After feeling the unique coolness and refreshing feeling of the winter snow melting into water, I felt that my experience was over.

Then I walked through the thick snow and went to the sheepfold to take a look. The lambs were only about two months old and had weak resistance. If it snowed for the first time, they would easily freeze if they were not kept warm.

Walking into the sheepfold, Chen Ling saw that the lambs had hid under the belly of the ewe, with only their little heads exposed, bleating softly, and looking at him curiously.

He was obviously feeling cold, so he kicked away a few piles of sheep dung, walked forward, gathered dry thatch, and gave them a thick mat. He also fed them two mouthfuls of the spiritual water from the cave, and then stood up and walked out.

When the two dogs heard the noise, they crawled out of their kennels and ran up to him wagging their tails. After being slapped away by him, they circled around and splashed happily in the snow.

They were also very happy when they saw snow for the first time.

Chen Ling ignored them, since these two guys would definitely not survive the cold anyway, and then went to look at the rabbits, chickens, ducks and pigeons.

After going around like this, in the end, except for the two pairs of wild pigeons locked up in the barn, one of the captured male pigeons was always being bullied by the female pigeons at home, and his skull was pecked until it was bald and bloody.

, all huddled in the warm nest, sleeping with their eyes squinted.

Seeing this, he went back to his house to sleep with peace of mind.

In the early morning, the snow gradually stopped.

Villages, fields, mountains and forests are all covered in silver.

It just so happens that today is the Laba Festival.

Chen Ling and his wife did not stay in bed like they did a few days ago, but got up early to cook Laba porridge.

As the saying goes: Laba will freeze your chin off.

In the twelfth lunar month, when the weather is freezing, cooking a pot of hot Laba porridge is the greatest comfort to the body and mind.

Wang Susu had prepared all the ingredients for making Laba porridge before the twelfth lunar month.

Rice, millet, adzuki beans, black beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, red dates, and lotus seeds are all available.

After entering the kitchen, I took out all the ingredients and washed them in water.

After cleaning, Wang Susu added water to the pot.

Chen Ling squatted in front of the stove to light the fire, pulling the bellows a few times from time to time. Soon the firewood in the furnace was burning more and more vigorously. He blocked the mouth of the furnace with an iron plate, and could still hear the "crackling" and "bang" of the firewood burning rapidly inside.

"Boom" sound.

The firewood was too strong, and soon the steamed buns were piping hot. Wang Susu was afraid that the rice porridge would burn and stick to the bottom of the pot, so after a while, she took off the grate of the steamed buns and used a rice spoon to push and stir the buns in the pot from time to time.

When the Gudu Gudu bubbles, the kitchen is filled with steam and filled with the rich aroma of Laba porridge.

Because it takes a long time to cook, the sweet potato inside has its own sweetness and is very easy to cook. It quickly turns into a pot of soft, glutinous and fragrant sweet porridge.

When the Laba porridge was cooked, the young couple put the sticky Laba porridge in a bowl and brought it to the dining table. They saw that the Laba porridge was all in color, including black, white, red and yellow. The color, flavor and flavor complemented each other.

Take a gentle breath and your mouth will be filled with sweetness.

Tasting it carefully, I found that the rice in Laba porridge is sticky and delicious, the beans are fragrant when chewed slightly, and the sweet potatoes are soft and sweet. Drinking this bowl of Laba porridge is so hot that when you drink it in your stomach, your whole body will feel warm immediately.

Yangyang.

Taking advantage of the first snowfall, eating Laba vegetables and drinking Laba porridge, this Laba Festival can be said to be extremely comfortable.

With the crispy and sour Laba vegetables and the sweet and hot Laba porridge, Chen Ling finished three steamed buns in one go.

While they were eating warm food in the kitchen, the lambs were jumping around in the snow, playing back and forth. After adapting to the winter environment, they were specially fed with spiritual water last night, and they no longer feel cold now.

The little weasel was also shrinking in the tree hole in the yard, with its three little heads crowded at the entrance of the tree hole, looking out, either watching the lambs playing in the snow, or watching Heiwa rolling on the ground in front of the kennel.

But he refused to come out.

After waiting for a while, Chen Ling finished eating and came out with a bucket to feed the poultry and livestock.

They just squeaked out of the tree hole, skimming the snow with light footsteps, climbed onto Chen Ling, and got into the pockets of his warm cotton coat to keep warm.

They are thieves, they know this is a good place.

After Chen Ling finished feeding him and cleared several paths in the yard, he still refused to come out.

Chen Ling saw that they were just staying there and not making as much noise as before, so he just let them sit in his pocket.

Then he locked the door with Wang Susu, who was neatly dressed and bundled up, and went out to watch the snow together.

It was very lively outside at this time.

I am not only happy because of the Laba Festival, but also because it snowed so heavily.

As the saying goes: If you have three layers of quilt covered with snow in winter, you will sleep with steamed buns on your pillow next year.

Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, which is the best omen for the common people.

House after house was busily clearing the snow in their front yards. Children, even teenage girls and half-grown men, were having fun in the snow, having snowball fights and building snowmen. They were so happy.

The adults were talking about this year's solar terms.

The snow this winter is really hard to wait for.

Although the weather in previous years has been more sunny and less rainy and snowy, it is only a little. It does not mean that there is really no snow before the twelfth lunar month.

What's more, there is a leap month this year, and the solar terms at this time are two solar terms later than in previous years.

Waiting left and right, waiting to make people scratch their hearts and lungs, seeing that the Chinese New Year is about to come.

This winter snow was like a big girl, and it started to fall secretly in the middle of the night before Laba.

"Come out and take a look, Fugui."

"Well, let's go out for a walk and clear the snow. Uncle Yun, these branches broke a lot."

"Who says it's not the case? I heard the sound of kacha kacha outside when I fell asleep at night. The snow was quite heavy, so I didn't wait in vain."

"..."

"I woke up very early today, Fugui."

"Good morning, sister-in-law, we are going to Laba Mile today, how can we stay in bed?"

"Haha, where are you taking Susu?"

"Go for a walk in the fields and look at the snow."

After greeting the villagers along the way, Chen Ling and Wang Susu walked slowly out of the village through the thick snow.

I saw that the fields were completely white, and the green wheat seedlings were all covered, and not a trace of green could be seen.

It's like a snowy world, and the surrounding mountains seem to be wearing white hats, all covered with white snow.

However, the cold wind outside the village is much stronger than that in the village. There is a vent here. As soon as I walked out of the village, there was a cold wind blowing over. The wind seemed to be wrapped in ice particles, and it hit people's faces slightly.

Feeling of pain.

The cold wind sucked the icy air into his lungs, making Chen Ling shiver.

But after the respiratory organs of the entire body adapt, the whole body will feel refreshed.
To be continued...