Changping Village.

Yang Huazhong hitched the carriage, changed his clothes, and drove the carriage with Wang Hongtao to the town to pick him up.

Wang Shuanzi was worried and wanted to go with him, but Yang Huazhong forcibly stopped him.

"Third brother, just let me go. I can't live alone in my heart..."

"No way, Shuanzi, your body can't stand the torment, it's freezing outside."

"Third brother, I can't see Mei'er and my father. I'm having a hard time at home. Let me go with you. I won't be cold in the carriage."

"If I say no, I won't do it. This is no joke!"

"Third brother, I beg you!" Wang Shuanzi wanted to kneel down to Yang Huazhong, but was pulled back by Wang Hongtao and Yang Ruoqing.

"Shuanzi, what's wrong with you? Why are you so stubborn? Everything depends on your third brother's arrangement!" Wang Hongtao said loudly.

Yang Ruoqing also persuaded: "Uncle, we understand how you feel. Please be more rational. My father and the others will be able to catch up with this delay. If you continue to delay like this, we may not be able to bring you back until midnight."

In the end, Yang Ruoqing's words had an effect. Wang Shuanzi finally gave up and followed them to the gate of the yard to see Yang Huazhong and Wang Hongtao's carriage away. Wang Shuanzi stood swaying on the spot, as if he was about to fall to the ground at any time.

This frightened Mrs. Sun, but as her sister-in-law, it was not easy for her to help him.

Fortunately, Yang Ruoqing was here. She was separated from Wang Shuanzi by generations, so she came directly to help him walk into the main room: "Uncle, don't go home yet. Just wait at my father's house. You can do it when my aunt and the others come back."

See it for the first time."

Wang Shuanzi waved his hand: "No, I'd better go back to my home..."

The third brother has gone to town, and the third sister-in-law is the only one at home.

Originally, the mother-in-law was also living at the third brother's house. No, after a quarrel with Mei'er yesterday, the mother-in-law moved back to the old house. If Wang Shuanzi came over tonight and didn't know it, the mother-in-law moved to the old house just to avoid Mei'er.

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So I absolutely can't stay here and wait tonight, it's inconvenient.

"Uncle, just stay here and wait. It won't be inconvenient. I'm here too, as well as my mother. The three of us will wait together."

Only then did Wang Shuanzi stay.

Mrs. Sun turned up the fire in the heating bucket and made it strong. Yang Ruoqing helped Wang Shuanzi sit in it and covered it with something outside. As soon as Wang Shuanzi sat in, he felt that the blood in his hands and feet began to flow again, and his whole body felt warm.

Mrs. Sun was sitting in a boat-shaped heating barrel not far away, holding needlework in her hand.

Yang Ruoqing sat on the stern of her boat, holding a bowl of tea in her hand, and the three of them chatted.

Mainly Wang Shuanzi and Sun were talking, and the topics they talked about were all kinds of speculations about why Yang Huamei and the others had not returned home for so long.

Wang Shuanzi was worried in a hundred ways and could not help but think about the worst. Mrs. Sun comforted him most of the time.

The north wind is howling outside, and I don’t know whose dog is talkative. It always barks a few times, and every time it barks, it will cause the other dogs nearby to join in. The dots become a line, and finally the dog barks become a continuous line.

In the meantime, Yang Ruoqing couldn't help but push the door and look outside for a while. When she came back, the barking of the dogs stopped. She spread her hands and said to Wang Shuanzi and Sun: "It's probably people from the village who return home at night, not my father and the others.

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The light in Wang Shuanzi's eyes weakened again, and he snuggled into the warm bucket and continued to wait.

"Qing'er, what time is it now?"

After a while, Wang Shuanzi suddenly asked.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the hourglass on the table and said, "It's almost the second watch."

Wang Shuanzi counted on his fingers and said, "Third brother and the others have been out for almost three hours. They haven't come back yet. Will they encounter bad guys on the road?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "The folk customs in our area are quite simple. The road to Qingshui Town is not far away. There are villages and fields along the road. At most, we pass through a small forest, so it is safe."

Wang Shuanzi nodded, as long as Yang Ruoqing said it was safe, he felt at ease.

"Qing'er, tell your mother to go back to the house and sleep." He said again.

Yang Ruoqing took a look and saw that her mother was dozing there like a chicken pecking at rice.

Yang Ruoqing smiled and said, "No need to call, she won't come back to the house if I call her, that's all."

It's warm in the hot tub and won't get cold, and past experience shows that if Yang Huazhong doesn't come back from such a night meal, Mrs. Sun will definitely not go back to the house to sleep alone. She will definitely have to wait, even if she dozes off while waiting...

Wang Shuanzi also smiled. Everyone was in the same mood. His relatives were outside, so he couldn't think of sleeping.

"What's the noise on the roof?" Wang Shuanzi asked again.

Yang Ruoqing raised her head and looked carefully.

In the howling north wind, leaves seemed to be falling lightly on the rubble, making no sound.

"Let me take a look." She jumped off the moon boat heating barrel again and opened the door of the house and went outside.

The north wind howled outside the house, causing the lantern under the door lintel to swing wildly.

There was a sudden chill in my neck, and it was a little wet.

She stretched out her hand, and a crystal snowflake fell from the sky into her palm, and instantly melted into a trace of water.

The ground and treetops are not yet white, and it seems that the snow has just fallen.

The first snow this winter came quietly on such a winter night.

"Uncle, it's snowing outside."

Returning to the room with a chill all over her body, Yang Ruoqing rubbed her hands and said to Wang Shuanzi.

For some reason, no matter what age you are, you always feel inexplicably excited when it snows in winter. Although the atmosphere tonight is not suitable, Yang Ruoqing is still secretly excited.

Wang Shuanzi frowned even more when he heard it was snowing.

"Is it snowing? I don't know if it's heavy or not. I'll take a look."

He got off the hot tub and walked out. The noise startled Mrs. Sun over there. Ms. Sun started up and opened her eyes. When she heard the sound of the door, she subconsciously asked: "Are they back?"

"Not yet, it's snowing outside." Yang Ruoqing said.

Mrs. Sun then also yawned, got off the hot tub and walked out.

The three of them stood under the eaves and watched the snow.

The snow was not very strong, falling lightly and spinning, and melted as soon as it hit the ground. The bluestone in the yard was wet, but the treetops were gradually turning white.

"My master is really accurate this year. I remember last year it seemed like there was a snowfall around the Laba Festival. It snowed in the twelfth lunar month, so in the first month I was able to visit relatives and friends. The sun was shining brightly in the twelfth lunar month, so maybe in the first month it was...

The door is closed due to rain and snow."

Mrs. Sun rubbed her hands and said the proverbs of farmers.

Yang Ruoqing listened with a smile. Sometimes, don't underestimate these proverbs, they are quite effective.
Chapter completed!