Four gusts of wind

The elder brother walked up the yard step by step, as if he was stepping on something very brittle, and every step was very bright. In the faint light of day, he saw a figure come outside the room, and he gently opened the window, and the cold wind came in and blew on his forehead, as if there was a weightless piece of ice on his forehead.

"Mao, get up, it's snowing!".

He woke up suddenly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw his brother standing by the door with a snowball in his hand, looking at him excitedly.

His eyes moved from his brother to the outside, and through the windows and doors, he saw the white expanse of the mountain opposite, which was particularly dazzling in the morning light.

It's snowing.

He hurriedly put on his clothes and jumped out of bed, and ran to the door before his shoes were put on, and the cold wind blew his feet, and he felt a little comfortable.

On the lower right, a white smoke gushes out of the white roof, slowly drifting towards the white chestnut tree behind the house, and the distant mountain top reflects the light of the sun's falling, with a hint of gold, and the edge of the field, white and gray, accompanied by slowly falling snowflakes, like a landscape painting in a textbook.

In the chestnut forest next to the vegetable garden, a group of black and yellow big birds sit on the white branches, quacking, and the cattle and sheep in the pen stand in front of the pen door and look at the snow, their mouths keep twisting, and sometimes they will exhale white gas.

Dabai jumped up and down in the snow not far away, wagging his tail and playing with them as if there was something else unknown in front of him.

"Let's go, chop bamboo." "

The elder brother took his hand, dragged him to the kitchen to get a sickle, and then ran to the bamboo forest on the side. The brothers searched left and right, and finally picked a medium-sized bamboo, cut it with a few sickles, and then carried it to the courtyard. The elder brother took the sickle and carefully cut off the branches, cut off the thin parts, and then returned to the kitchen with a two-meter-long bamboo stick.

At this time, the fifth uncle was preparing breakfast on the fire pit, while the grandfather was looking at a yellowed book while roasting the fire. The words in the book were disorganized, and they didn't form a complete sentence, and he couldn't read them, but he remembered that they were very similar to the one of the fortune tellers who came to the house in the first place.

The elder brother came to his grandfather's side with a bamboo stick, took his grandfather's hand and begged.

"Grandpa, help us make the sled." "

Grandpa closed the book in his hand and gently stroked his brother's head.

"Okay. "

After speaking, I saw that my grandfather divided the bamboo stick into two sections, and then split it from the middle, first roasted the two pieces of bamboo on the fire, and did not roast them all, only the part of the bamboo in the middle. After cutting for a while, the part of the bamboo became pale black, and the grandfather took out the bamboo piece and put it on the ground and pressed it with a sickle handle, and then grabbed one end of the bamboo and bent it hard, connecting with the other end.

"Stepping on." "

The elder brother didn't say a word, and stepped on the bamboo pieces that met head and tail.

After that, Grandpa picked up the other two pieces of bamboo and repeated the steps just now, and then let him step on them after baking.

The two brothers stepped on it for a while, and after hearing their grandfather say that they could do so, they slowly moved their feet, and a few pieces of bamboo slowly got up after the weight first, and finally formed a green V-shape.

They were so happy with their sleigh that they couldn't wait to go out and try it. But as soon as I got up, I was yelled at by the fifth uncle.

"It's almost time to eat, what's slippery? I'll go back after eating." "

As he spoke, the fifth uncle removed the lid of the pot, cut the tofu in his hand into pieces, put it into the hot pot one by one, and then walked back to the table to pick up a red basin, and then put the cabbage inside into the pot.

The brothers sat on the fire, and had no appetite for food. At this moment, even if there are big fish and meat in the pot, they just want to run to the slope outside and step on the freshly made sleigh, flying down the snow from top to bottom.

After a while, the fifth uncle lifted the lid of the pot, tasted the soup with a fan, nodded with satisfaction, and then put the lid aside.

"That's it. "

As soon as the words fell, the brothers hurriedly ran to get the dishes and chopsticks, and after serving the meal, they gulped the food into their mouths, chewing casually, as if they were drinking.

Within a few minutes, they had already eaten several bowls of rice, and then put down the dishes and chopsticks contentedly, and after asking Grandpa and Fifth Uncle for instructions, they took the sleigh and ran outside.

The two men left two clear rows of footprints in the snow, which stretched from the door of the house to the woods, and through the trees to a slope above.

The elder brother stomped the snow firmly, stepped out of a long slope, and slid down the sled from above to the bottom.

He followed his brother's example, stepped on the sled, stabilized his body, and moved step by step until his body slid down with the sleigh automatically. It's slow at first, but it gets faster and faster as you go down. Slipping into the middle, he didn't steady himself to the side, and rolled several times.

Seeing this, my brother hugged his stomach and laughed.

Unconvinced, he got up and walked to the beginning and continued to slide down the slope, this time before he reached the middle, and fell not long after slipping out.

He got up and patted the snow off his body and looked at his brother in confusion.

How did he slide that far?

The elder brother walked up slowly while laughing, and walked to the starting point, just about to continue sliding, when two familiar voices suddenly came from below. The two looked through the snow-covered branches, and saw the direction of the persimmon tree, and Liu Mei and Ermao were waving at them.

"This way. "

Seeing the two siblings, he responded happily.

After a while, the sister and brother also took the sleigh through the forest to the slope, and when they saw the long slide in front of them, Ermao's eyes were straight.

"So long?".

The elder brother patted his chest proudly and said to the two below.

"It's enough for you to have a good time." "

With that, he slid on the sleigh and slid towards the two of them with a roar, and finally came to a steady stop near the woods.

The elder brother stood up, walked up to the sister and brother with a sled, and patted Ermao on the shoulder.

"Don't just look at it, go up and slide." "

"Okay. "

Ermao and Liu Mei jumped up and down, like two rabbits jumping out.

He stepped on the sleigh and tried to rush down again, Ermao and Liu Mei saw that he was menacing, and they all made way for him, but he still didn't slide in front of Liu Mei and them, so he rolled several times.

"Mao, you're such a waste. "

Seeing this, Liu Mei also laughed at him.

Unconvinced, he got up and walked up again.

Before you know it, the sun is in the sky, and the snow is not drifting again. The wind was cold, blowing on the face as if something sharp was cutting through it, and the snow was crunchy, and there was always a bright and clear sound when stepped on it.

A few children rolled a lot of marks on the slopes, making a mess of the otherwise smooth and clean snow.

It's strange to say, although Ermao and Liu Mei also fell several times, the two of them can at least slide to the bottom, but he is the only one who can only go to the middle after sliding all morning.

Could it be that he is really a waste?

Several people fell and were covered in snow, their clothes were soaked with snow, their faces were red, and they were also tired, so they walked back to the house with sleds to make a fire.

Entering the house, Grandpa was sitting by the fire pit wearing reading glasses and still looking at the yellowed book, while Da Bai was lying next to Grandpa, sleeping motionless.

Today, it's rare that it doesn't like to move.

Several people said hello to grandpa, who responded with a smile and continued to bury his head in reading. Da Bai also looked up at a few people when he heard the voice, wagged his tail perfunctorily and went to sleep.

They put the sleigh down and sat down by the fire pit with their hands outstretched, palms facing the rising flames. After only a short while, white smoke slowly emerged from the clothes, hands, and hair of several people, and the warmth was cold.

"Finished wet?"

Grandpa glanced at a few people and said softly.

"Well, they're too stupid and always wrestling. "

The elder brother took over teasingly.

Grandpa didn't say anything more and continued to read.

Seeing this, Ermao suddenly became curious, and hurriedly asked his grandfather what book he was reading. Grandpa patted Ermao's head gently, saying that he couldn't understand. Ermao didn't ask any more questions, and roasted the fire quietly.

"On this snowy day, how about calling Sister Xiao Ran to come out to play?"

Liu Mei saw that several people did not speak, so she immediately made a suggestion, but was soon rejected by her brother.

"She can't get out. "

Hearing this, several people fell silent again.

Grandpa looked at the boring fire of a few people, staring at the flames with dead eyes, pushing his reading glasses, and said slowly.

"Why don't you go looking for the rabbits? It's best to look for them on a snowy day, just chase the marks in the snow." "

"Rabbit?".

As soon as the words fell, their eyes immediately radiated brilliance again, and the elder brother slapped his thigh violently, got up and shouted.

"Let's go, grab some rabbits and come back." "

After saying that, several people got up and walked out the door. When he arrived at the door, his brother turned back to greet Dabai, thinking that with Dabai together, it would not be easy to catch rabbits.

But who would have thought that Da Bai just glanced up at them, shook his head, and continued to sleep on his stomach.

"Isn't this guy usually very jumpy? Why is he afraid of the cold on a snowy day?".

The elder brother complained and stopped hoping for it, and then led a few people to the opposite mountain.

Outside, the snow covered the grass and cloned the trees with a white coat. Standing on the mountainside and looking at the village, smoke rose from the white roofs, and sparse figures shuttled between the villages, they greeted each other, and some quickly passed by. Above the village, in front of a handful of houses, children about their age build snowmen, while adults gather around the braziers in the courtyard, knocking melon seeds and discussing the coming year.

From time to time, birds would emerge from the snow and fly towards the tall trees, and some birds would jump in the snow and peck at the insects buried underneath.

After walking for a long time, the village became more and more distant.

Along the way, the snow was full of birds' paw prints, and the rabbit's shadow was nowhere to be seen. Or, they hadn't seen what a rabbit's footprints looked like, and they couldn't tell whether they were birds' or rabbit's.

"Brother Jun, is there really a rabbit?".

Liu Mei was tired of walking, and complained while bending over and panting.

He and Ermao didn't hear Liu Mei's words, and kept looking ahead and walking with difficulty. The elder brother also said a few perfunctory sentences casually, and continued to search for the marks on the ground.

Climbing to the top of the mountain, several people were too tired to do anything, and they squatted on the side of the road to rest.

The road on a snowy day is much more beautiful than usual, white and flawless, making people feel clean. However, it is also much more difficult than usual to walk, not only do you have to pay attention to slipping with every step, but there is also a lot of snow sticking to it when your feet fall and lift up. The snow sticks to your shoes and slowly turns into water, making your feet even colder.

"No, I remember when I followed my uncle and them to this place to herd cattle, Dabai's mother could often catch rabbits, why can't I see any of them now?"

The elder brother looked at the white snow and fell into deep thought.

"Could it be that the big white has been caught all the fuckingly, and there are no rabbits, shall we go back?".

Liu Mei still shouted to go back, but Ermao couldn't listen anymore and turned back.

"Keep shouting to go back, then what did you just come with me? Don't talk again, I'll beat you up if you talk again." "

As he spoke, Ermao rolled up his sleeves and made a gesture to hit someone.

Liu Mei did not show weakness, and glared at him viciously. At this glance, he was stunned by Ermao, and his raised hand was taken back.

"Do you have a long ability? dare to hit me?".

"Did I really beat you?".

Although Ermao's whole body was bent up, his mouth still let out cruel words.

"Come on, come on, you can take a look at me." "

Liu Mei deliberately grabbed his hand and put it on her face and shouted.