CH 78.2

Hearing what he said, Lu Gu couldn't hold back his eyes and smiled, thinking that the name of this soup was really long.

Seeing that his fulang was smiling, Shen Xuanqing also showed a bright smile.

After eating breakfast, seeing so much snow in the courtyard, Shen Yan gathered several balls of snowballs to play with the puppy, Shen Yaoqing saw that she had nothing to do, so he smiled and said: "I don't think the snow will melt these two days, it's better to pile it up and make a snow lion."

When he said this, even Wei Lanxiang praised him. This year, if they had money, they wouldn’t worry about food and clothing. Compared with the previous two years, they still could make snow lions, which looked more leisurely.

There would be two stone lion like the house in the city in front of many people's houses, and they would make it with different appearance.

In previous years, when Lu Gu was in Anjia Village, he could only look at other people's snow lions, but he couldn't do it himself. Now he was standing beside Shen Xuanqing and Shen Yaoqing, his eyes were full of curiosity.

The two piled and patted the snow, and even poked and carved the lion's head with wooden sticks. In the end, they really made a decent snow lion lying on the ground. Although it was rough, it was not as exquisite as the stone lion in the city, but you could recognize it as a lion at a glance, it was very good.

Lu Gu was overjoyed, his face was full of smiles, Shen Xuanqing also handed him the burnt firewood, and asked him to outline the lion's eyes, mouth and nose. It didn't matter if the outline was not good, it was just for fun, Shen Yan was still making the outline of the lion's tail there.

It was a little brighter, and the people from the tofu shop didn't sell tofu in various villages today, or maybe Shen Xuanqing went out to buy tofu before they came to their village, and now the snow gradually stopped.

The snow in front of the courtyard had been shoveled clean, but it had been snowing lightly before, and a thin layer of snow fell on the ground again. Lu Gu sent him out, the ground was slippery, and asked him to walk slowly on the road, Shen Xuanqing agreed, and went to the tofu shop. After leaving the house, Dahui followed behind him slowly flicking his tail, and went out together.

Lu Gu didn't stay idle after calling Guaizi back. He picked up the big broom leaning against the wall and swept away the thin layer of snow that fell on the ground, otherwise it would be painful enough if his feet slipped and fell. If you were pregnant, you needed to be more careful when going in and out.

Shen Yaoqing was tidying up the backyard and passage, he only had to clean the front yard, from the yard to the outside. He already dressed thickly in winter, the front yard was not too small to sweep, and he was sweating a little.

Almost every household were clearing snow and shoveling snow. Standing in front of the door and looking to the side, there were quite a few people who climbed up to the roof with ladders and raked down the snow for fear that the snow would be piled too much and too thick and made the roof collapsed.

The second room of the Shen family didn’t need to worry that their roof would collapse. Shen Shunfu spent a lot of money to build the house back then, and put on strong beams. The roof was made from mud and rice tiles instead of a thatched shed. They didn’t need to afraid that it would collapse since the snow would flow down naturally when it melted, so they didn’t need to rake the snow.

Lu Gu was about to go back after sweeping, when he saw Mrs. Miao from the neighbor's house coming out. There was a road between Miao's house and their house, with a persimmon tree planted by Miao's house planted there. Both families also plant autumn vegetables and winter vegetables next to the house. In spring and summer, there would be a row or two of garlic or other vegetables.

"Aunt." Lu Gu called out.

Aunt Miao shoveled the snow to the side, straightened her waist and said to Lu Gu with a smile: "You guys got up early, the front of your door has been swept."

Lu Gu was about to answer with a smile, when suddenly there was a sound of beating and scolding from the Zhang family that was three houses away from their house. An old woman seemed to be very angry, and the voice of reprimand came out: "Beat you! Beat you to death! This Shameless thing, dare to steal food, there is no family law!"

The door of Zhang's courtyard was open, and the village was not very noisy in the early morning, even though it was three houses away, Lu Gu seemed to hear the muffled sound of sticks falling on someone’s body, and his expression turned pale.

Zhang Zhengzi beat and scolded Xiao Zhang Shi every now and then under the instigation of Lao Zhang Shi. The  lightest was swearing and the worst was physical violence. Xiao Zhang was still smiling when she first got married, but she became more and more reticent later on, and didn’t dare to scream when she was beaten. Today perhaps Zhang Zhengzi made a serious move. After a while, they heard crying and indistinct begging for mercy in the courtyard, saying that she would never dare again.

[Zhang Shi: After marrying, a woman name become her father’s surname and the affix “shi,” meaning clan/maiden name; Xiao: young; Lao: old (of people)]

When Lao Zhang Shi heard her daughter-in-law crying like this, Fearing that others would hear the joke, she said angrily, "If you dare to bark again, hit you!"

"Wow!" The puppy kept barking because of the movement.

Aunt Miao was getting old, and she felt palpitations when she heard the miserable cry. She patted her chest while looking in the direction of Zhang's house, and cursed in a low voice: "This old woman with no conscience!"

She also looked down on Zhang Zhengzi, that bastard who couldn't figure it out. He only knew how to beat his wife in the nest, spit on the ground and then turned back.

Speaking of it, Aunt Miao was also kind-hearted, she was so close to the Zhang family, and she usually saw her when she looked up and down. Xiao Zhang was an honest person, she didn’t know about people in the town, but if the wife in the country made a mistake, it was not uncommon for her husband to beat her, and others didn't need to persuade them. Most people in the village was like this, and she was no exception.