books44 Chapter 258 Heavy snowfall
Chapter 258 Heavy snowfall
The two sisters closed the door and tiptoed away, then braved the strong wind and snow that brushed their faces to return to their bedroom and crawl back into bed.
Lin Chunyi, curled up in the thick blanket, blinked her dry eyes and sighed, "Lanshan, if this snow continues all night, we'll probably have to find our way through the snow when we go out tomorrow."
She suddenly remembered seeing videos of northern winters on short video platforms. In some places, after a heavy snowfall overnight, many people wake up to find their doors blocked by thick walls of snow, unable to get out...
The threshold of their bedroom was much higher than the steps leading down to the courtyard, so it shouldn't be that bad.
Hearing her sister say this, Lin Lanshan turned to look at her and laughed quite happily, "Then you step on it and half a person is gone, right? Hehe~ That's pretty fun!"
"..." Their height is quite amusing.
I wonder if Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan and An An Kang Kang will be fun~
After all, given their size and height, if they were to fall headfirst into the snow, it would probably take the two sisters a whole day to find them!
Last winter, they hadn't come to this home yet, so these little ones had never seen snow. And this year, the snow has been so heavy.
I wonder if they'll be scared...
The next morning, the two sisters lazily and laboriously crawled out of their warm beds.
Not for any other reason, just from hunger, I was woken up purely from hunger!
Knowing that it had snowed heavily in the first half of the night, the two women consciously wrapped themselves up thickly, looking like bears, before opening the bedroom door.
The moment they opened the door and saw the view of the yard, the two sisters were utterly shocked.
The outside and inside of the door seem like two different worlds!
The sudden heavy snowfall overnight created the scene described in the poem, "Thousands of pear trees in bloom."
The sky is white, the eaves are white, the tiles are white, the trees are white, the tables and chairs are white, the ground is white...
And the snowflakes drifting slowly in the air are also white.
To the naked eye, apart from white, there are hardly any other colors to be found.
Such a beautiful and spectacular sight, in just a glance, almost revealed their snow blindness!
Actually, they had already experienced a snowy winter last year, but it wasn't as big a deal as it is now.
And this was just the first snow! They were all completely stunned.
The two sisters closed their eyes, turned around and looked at the darker interior of the room in tacit agreement, and then readjusted to the vast expanse of pure white.
"It's been snowing all night, and it's still snowing..." Lin Chunyi said softly, then reached out and caught several snowflakes.
The hexagonal, silvery-white petals melted instantly in her warm palm, leaving only a few cute little water droplets.
"Sis, the snow in the yard is piled up really high. Look, even the very first step at the bottom is covered in snow!"
Lin Lanshan stood on the second step, excitedly stepping into the snow, instantly obscuring the color of her shoes.
She lifted her foot again, leaving a deep, shoe-shaped crater in the snow. She stepped in with her other foot, then stood up again…
Have a great time.
Lin Chunyi called out to her sister, "Alright, stop playing. Let's hurry up and get Daoqing out so we can see how Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang are doing. Then we can get something to eat. The colder the weather, the faster the food in our stomachs is digested! I'm so hungry right now."
Peach and Reunion are very clever, so the two sisters rarely interfere with them, letting them play, eat, and run around freely.
This meant they hadn't thought about the increasingly cold weather and the need to change their bedding. Last night, a sudden heavy snowfall almost froze the kittens!
So this time she remembered to check on them first before going back to the kitchen to cook!
Their den doors were still closed.
At this time of year, the gates should have been open long ago, and these little guys should no longer be visible.
"Oh right, right right! I'll go get the shovel right now." Lin Lanshan withdrew her feet, which were used to playing in the snow, and headed towards the kitchen.
Normally, these iron tools are kept in the storage room across the street. But thankfully, the two of them kept a small shovel in the kitchen specifically for shoveling wood ash.
The snow in the yard wasn't particularly thick, only about half a calf high.
They didn't exert much effort to clear a path with shovels and made their way to Peach and Reunion's hut.
I opened the door, and... they were still sleeping!
It was quite a rare sight to see them staying indoors peacefully in the morning, sleeping with their eyes closed.
Fortunately, I slept quite soundly and wasn't cold.
"You stay here and watch over them, wake them up, I'll go back and get some food. They can't easily go out and find their own food in winter, so they'll have to eat at home for the next few months."
Lin Chunyi looked embarrassed, suppressed a laugh, and turned to leave for the kitchen.
Lin Lanshan squatted down in front of Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang, poked An'an's soft feathers with her finger, and casually replied with a joke:
"Okay, we'll put it in the books! When spring comes, we'll have to send them out to find plenty of food to make up for the food we've lost these past few months, hahaha..."
Or they could pay off their grain debt by doing hard labor at home and outside—the two of them grinned like shrewd businessmen.
The noise was so loud that it woke up Peach and Reunion. They opened their bewildered eyes, looking left and right, unable to figure out what was going on…
These two sisters are quite carefree and trusting.
Since Peach and Reunion were able to work together to open the gate, they rarely left food for them in their den.
The reason they've grown into their current glossy, fleshy form is entirely due to their daily, tireless efforts in foraging for food from dawn till dusk...
But with the heavy snow, it's hard to go out, so there's nothing I can do. I can only feed them every day, just like when I first brought them home.
And even if they could get out, with such thick snow, they wouldn't find much to eat. It wouldn't be worth it if they got their mouths and feet frozen.
Lin Chunyi returned to the kitchen and looked at the staple foods such as rice, millet, and flour stored in burlap sacks and cloth bags in the cupboard.
He then looked at the rows of earthenware jars on the table, which contained various beans, eggs, duck eggs, and other foods.
For a moment, she couldn't think of what to give Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang to eat.
Um~
It's been so long since I fed them grain that I've completely forgotten what ordinary mules, chickens, and geese usually like to eat...
Forget it, just take whatever you like. Whoever can eat whatever they want can eat it.
The main point is to let children choose for themselves!
She put four bowls of grain in the space and then returned to her hut.
Then we discovered that Lin Lanshan was truly a fickle and unpredictable person.
He was actually laughing loudly, encouraging Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang to come and play in the snow!