Chapter 125
Chapter 125
The snow was heavy, and it fell for nearly three days. After the snow at the foot of the mountain melted, he came to the mountain to collect firewood with an ax and hatchet on his back.
"Brother Jiang, let's stop going up, it will be bad if there is an avalanche." Xiao Zhang, the woodcutter, advised him.
The snow on the mountain is still very thick, and there is no tendency to melt, and an avalanche will occur at the slightest movement.
"Then let's pick some up here first."
As he spoke, he threw a small firewood stick into his basket.
Xiao Zhang pretended to pick up a piece of firewood and put it in the basket, remembering other people's advice, and followed behind him, "Brother Jiang, which girl in our village do you think is prettier?"
He thought for a while, and without stopping, he picked up another branch, "The little flowers in the village chief's house are pretty pretty, and..."
"You like Xiao Hua?" Xiao Zhang was surprised, and grabbed his shoulders, "Then you don't see her talking much? I know..."
"What do you know?"
"Brother Jiang is... what kind of word, reserved! Brother Jiang is a reserved person!"
He smiled and put his arms off his shoulders, "I haven't finished yet, the little flowers in the village head's house are pretty, the grass in Aunt Li's house is also pretty, the sister Guoguo in Aunt Zhang's house is also pretty, and Sun Grandpa's granddaughter..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhang said "Cut", "Why don't you mention all the girls in our village?"
"I really think they look good!"
"Okay, I won't tell you this anymore. A while ago, Xiaohua asked me if you have a favorite girl. I'll reply to her when I get back later."
"Why did you reply to her?"
"Don't you think she is pretty, that means you like her!"
Hearing this, he almost fell to the ground, and began to explain, "No, Xiao Zhang, you don't necessarily like it because you think it looks good, right?" Wiping off his sweat, he didn't forget to pick up the firewood on the ground again and put it in the basket.
"Don't tell her, I don't want to delay her."
Xiao Zhang smiled all over his face, "Brother Jiang, you can't think that way, you see, you are not married, she is not married, you two are a match made in heaven!"
"Are you still unmarried? There are many unmarried and unmarried people in the village who know nonsense." He didn't want to talk about these things with Xiao Zhang anymore, and walked to the other side with the basket on his back.
"Oh, brother Jiang, think about it!"
"She has a good personality and is gentle, and her father is still the village chief!" Xiao Zhang shouted at him, hoping that the dull man could change his mind, after all, Xiao Hua gave him a little benefit, he can't take other people's things and do nothing, right? !
Not far away, a thick snowfall fell from the mountain, and the face of the person in front changed drastically: "Xiao Zhang, keep your voice down!"
"Why keep your voice down? You don't know that she asked me to tell you, you see you are so old, you should think about it..."
He hurriedly came to hold Xiao Zhang's hand, "Brother, you are my brother, don't shout anymore, it's an avalanche, run!"
The loud noise caused an avalanche, but luckily he and Xiao Zhang ran fast, otherwise they would have been submerged in the snow, so it was safe and sound.
After a long time, the snow stopped, and the two continued to go up the mountain with their baskets on their backs.
It was hard to find the way after the avalanche. Fortunately, the dead branches on the mountain also washed down with the avalanche.
"Let you talk nonsense!"
After experiencing the avalanche, Xiao Zhang became much more silent, stopped discussing those things with him, and started collecting firewood. The dead branches were obvious in the snow.
"Actually, after the avalanche, it was easier to pick up branches." Xiao Zhang began to make excuses for himself.
"You're right, but our lives are more important."
The snow was so thick that he was unsteady, and he fell into the snow, buried his face in the thick snow, and touched something cold and hard with his hand.
He raised his head and took the thing in his hand. It turned out to be a frozen little white snake with an oval head, which seemed to be non-venomous.
If he hadn't fallen down, it would have been impossible to catch the little snake that was similar in color to Xue, so it was a fate.
He chose to save it. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, and saving the little snake is the same, as it is to accumulate blessings for his future.
He climbed up with difficulty and put the little snake safely in the basket, then he said that he would stop collecting firewood and go home to cook.
Xiao Zhang began to collect firewood by himself, and when he saw him leave, he became suspicious, because he was always the first to come and the last to return.
"Hey, how should I reply to her?" Xiao Zhang wrote and drew on the snow with a dead branch, thinking about how to tell Xiao Hua about this matter.
The little snake needs to hibernate in winter, and the temperature inside the cabin is slightly higher than outside. He thoughtfully put a cotton padded jacket under the little snake, touched its body, and it was still very cold.
The whole village lived at the foot of the mountain, but his parents died since he was a child, and he was watched by his neighbors, Aunt Liu and Uncle Liu. Aunt Liu had no children in her [-]s, so he took care of the two of them. The banker who sells firewood will give them some.
When Uncle Liu was young, his body suffered from illnesses. When he bent over for a long time, his waist would hurt. Aunt Liu suffered from illnesses all year round and needed to take medicine. Therefore, he was needed to plant, harvest and sell the fields of the two families.
A few days later, Xiao Zhang went to the city to visit relatives. He started to go to the mountains alone to collect firewood. When he picked up firewood, he carried it to the town to sell, and he would not return home until evening.
On this day, I went back to my simple cabin, lit a candle, and habitually looked at the little snake in its sleeping position, only to see it move a bit and spit out a letter.
"Little guy, are you awake?"
The little snake that wakes up in winter moves slowly, and doesn't even want to move, lying on the cotton-padded clothes all day long to keep itself warm.
He started to cook for himself on the stove.
"What do you guys eat?"
The little snake wants to eat the mouse.
Today's little snake is thin and small, besides, he just woke up today, and he intends to catch a mouse for it, but the room at night is not as bright as day after all, and the little snake can't eat what humans eat.
After cooking the noodles for himself, he sat down in front of the little snake with a bowl in his arms and began to eat, "I'm sorry, but you can't eat what I ate. I'll help you catch mice tomorrow, okay?"
The little snake stood up and glanced at him. After listening to what he said, he lay down on the cotton-padded jacket again, motionless.
Knowing that the little snake would not reply to him, he still talked on his own, and the little snake found him annoying, so he turned around and lay down on the cotton-padded coat.
"Little guy, I saved you, otherwise you would be a popsicle now."
The little snake thought he was noisy, turned around, opened his mouth wide, spit out the letter, and showed his fangs.
Seeing this, he quickly moved the bowl to another place.
Seeing him go, the little snake lay on the padded coat, motionless.
"Hmph, if someone else would have thrown you away long ago, you still want to bite me!"
He looked at the motionless, slender and short little snake, and felt compassion. He needed to catch it some food, feed it well this winter, and when spring came, it didn't matter whether it left or stayed.
On the second day, he got up early in the morning and began to writhe in the room, holding a pot and a spatula, the little snake stood up and spit out the letter, not even knowing what the hell this human being was doing?
The sound of "chirp" came, and the little snake stood up, and the human really caught a little mouse for it.
The little mouse was injured. The little snake looked at him, then at the little mouse, and finally wrapped it around it slowly, opened its big mouth and swallowed it slowly.
Seeing that the little snake had swallowed the mouse whole, he felt relieved, and went out with a basket, ax and machete on his back.
When the little snake was full, he took a sip of the bowl of clear water prepared in advance, and lay down on the cotton-padded coat without moving.
He went out during the day, and brought back a mouse to the little snake every few days for him to devour.
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