Plough in spring, plant in summer, harvest in autumn and store in winter.

The sky was covered with heavy snow, as if the sky and the earth were all covered in white.

Although this was Ji Qingyue's third time experiencing the northwest winter, no matter how many times he experienced it, he would be shocked by the extreme cold.

After getting up in the morning, I wrapped myself in a thick blanket, stood behind the window and looked at the snow-covered world, feeling the loneliness and desolate snow scene. Facing the pale world, the only thing I remembered in my heart was an extremely beautiful poem.

Birds in thousands of mountains have disappeared, and all traces of people have been wiped out.Boat PC World Weng, fishing alone trees and snow.

Ji Qingyue felt that at this moment he was like the old man in a straw raincoat and hat fishing alone in the snow on the cold river in the poem, appreciating the beauty of the painting alone.

The snow fell particularly heavily during New Year's Eve, and he successfully spent another year in this world and entered the new year - the sixth year of Baoying.

Last night, on New Year's Eve, as in previous years, Ji Qingyue waited until almost dinner time before coming out of the painting. Outsiders saw that he stayed in Li Erlang's room for a day and came out just before the New Year's Eve dinner. Even so, no one would say anything, as Li Daqing's family had long been accustomed to Ji Qingyue's "weak body" and frequent illness in bed.

The two families always celebrate New Year’s Eve dinner together, killing chickens and sheep, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, it is so lively!

Nowadays, we wear thick cotton-padded clothes and no longer have to end a lively dinner before nightfall and then lie on the kang to stay up till the New Year.

Nearly 30 people from the two families gathered in the main house, sitting at three tables. They were recently fascinated by the hot pot, which not only saved them from having to worry about the food getting cold, but also saved them a lot of trouble.

At Ji Qingyue's suggestion, the base of the hot pot this time included not only mutton soup, but also pork tripe and chicken soup. Sufficient amount of pepper was added. The chicken soup was delicious and rich. When you drink it, you can taste a slight spicy taste on the tip of your tongue. It is both delicious and nourishing to the body.

Although they called for a hot pot, the women from both families still showed off their cooking skills and cooked several dishes. In addition to the homely dish of roast lamb, they stuffed lamb bone marrow and other ingredients into beef intestines to make sausages, which were steamed and eaten. They also fried a large pot of crispy meat, stewed fish with goat's milk, and stir-fried deer and chicken, and served them with Hu cakes and rice. This meal must have been very enjoyable!

Although they told outsiders that it was Li Erlang who planted the garlic, both families knew in their hearts that all this was due to Ji Qingyue's help.

At the dinner table, Li Daqing's family naturally had to toast to Ji Qingyue.

If it weren’t for Ji Qingyue, how could they grow garlic and cotton?

After drinking a few glasses of hot wine, Ji Qingyue began to feel hot and dizzy. Li Erlang was sitting nearby and observing him all the time. Seeing this, he quickly intercepted the wine glasses of his three cousins ​​and drank three times the amount of wine for Ji Qingyue.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, but before nightfall, the men gathered together to discuss next year's plans. They would go to the barracks after the spring ploughing, and there were many things to do before leaving. The mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, and sisters-in-law gathered together to chat and gossip, and the topic of Li Erlang's marriage came up again.

"I don't know why, Erlang refuses to get married." Li A'niang is so worried!

Li Liu, the younger brother's wife, was eating melon seeds and said, "If Erlang can't get married, why not marry Sanlang? Although he is one year younger than Erlang, he is also seventeen."

We said we can get married after the exam next year.

Aunt Li shook her head: "No, no, we should not go beyond the order of seniority." This was the reason for the conflict in the first place, but she remembered something: "Now, not to mention Erlang, Sanlang is also unwilling to get married. I don't know what these two brothers are thinking!"

Li Sanlang was afraid that the anger would spread to him, so he quickly took the children from both families to the study room, saying that he was going to teach them about their homework. He walked out while muttering to himself: "I don't know where my second brother and Brother Ji are..."

After the children left, the room suddenly became much quieter. Looking at Li Sanlang's back as he left, Li Liushi didn't know what she was thinking. She quietly leaned over to Li A'niang's ear, beckoned her to whisper, and then said softly, "Sister-in-law, maybe Erlang doesn't like girls..."

After hearing this, Li A Niang was shocked, then a little angry, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about...!"

"Oh! Sister-in-law! There are many men who can't find wives nowadays, and sworn brothers are nothing new. You don't know about the one in the next village..." Li Liu and Li A Niang gathered together to eat melons, and told the gossip they heard yesterday in a vivid way, "Really! Their two families held a banquet and a wedding ceremony just like marrying a girl! I heard that they only invited two or three tables of relatives, but at least they worshipped heaven and earth and met their parents..."

As Li A'niang listened, her expression changed. It was not uncommon for men to fall in love with each other, but it was not something that could be put on the table and was not considered orthodox!

After hearing this, Li A'niang broke out in a cold sweat. Although her sister-in-law had already moved on to another piece of gossip, she was still unable to recover from the doubt.

Could it be that Erlang doesn't like girls?

Thinking of this, Li A Niang looked around the empty house and found an excuse to go out.

The cold air outside the house instantly woke people up. Li A Niang wrapped her cotton coat tightly and went to the study.

In the study, besides the books neatly arranged on the bookshelf, there is also a ruler that is quite old.

It seems that Sanlang wiped the ruler clean and put it out when he was tidying up the study.

At this time, Li Sanlang was leading several children from the two families to study and practice calligraphy, and explaining the lessons to Li Silang and Yang Jinyu, who had learned the most.

When she didn't see Li Erlang and Ji Qingyue, Li A'niang's heart subconsciously skipped a beat.

Thinking of something, she stood on tiptoe, turned around, quietly crossed the yard, and came to the window of Li Erlang's bedroom.

On such a cold day, Li Erlang did not completely lower the window floodgates, but just closed the windows with window paper pasted on them.

When things turned out like this, Li A'niang herself was a little confused. She didn't know why she was squatting under her son's bedroom window like a thief. She stuck her head to the window and listened for a while, but there was no movement in the room.

Just as Li A Niang was patting her head and laughing at herself for eavesdropping, she suddenly saw a set of two parallel footprints on the ground, coming out of the main house, passing through the corridor between the main house and the wing rooms and going to the backyard.

Li A'niang was shocked and frightened. She stood there at a loss as to what to do. Finally, she stomped her feet and followed the footprints to the backyard.

There were horse stables, sheep pens, chicken and duck cages in the backyard, as well as a large granary and several simple utility rooms. Two clear sets of footprints in the snow led directly to the granary.

During the banquet, Li Erlang blocked a lot of wine for Ji Qingyue, and when the mood was high, he also drank a lot. Although he was not drunk, his mind was a little fuzzy. Surrounded by all kinds of sounds in the main room, he felt more and more annoyed. Looking at Ji Qingyue who was sitting quietly against him and eating fruit, he felt an unknown evil fire rising in his heart.

Without thinking too much, he had already pulled Ji Qingyue to the yard.

Seeing his lover's expression as she hurriedly dragged him to the backyard, Ji Qingyue just found it funny. Before he could laugh out loud, the next moment, he was pushed against a wall and then started a passionate kiss.

Li Erlang is a gentle man, but he is not gentle at all when it comes to snatching love from his lover. He roughly pries open the lips of the person he loves and holds the person tightly in his arms, wishing they would never be separated.

During this period of time, the two of them have been busy with various things. It has been a long time since they had enough time to be alone together and release their long-accumulated desires.

An urgent kiss made Ji Qingyue forget everything, just like a drop of water falling into a boiling oil pan, boiling and exploding in an instant.

The relationship between men is full of violence and repression. They are unwilling to admit that the love they express is less than that of the other party. The two men keep chasing each other and catering to each other, and neither of them is willing to let the other go.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but as they reached the climax, their bodies and minds became one, they cuddled together tightly, breathing heavily.

Looking at the sweat drops on his lover's nose, Ji Qingyue curled up the corners of his mouth and revealed an infatuated smile.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, the two men quickly cleaned up the traces on their bodies and walked out of the granary.

As soon as he took a step out of the granary, Li Erlang felt a sinking feeling in his heart, and he also tightened his grip on Ji Qingyue's hand.

"What's wrong?" Ji Qingyue leaned out from behind Li Erlang and looked at the ground following Li Erlang's gaze.

In addition to the two sets of footprints they left when they came, there was another set of footprints going back and forth on the snow. They came in a hurry and left with big strides, as if they were frightened.

Judging from the length and depth of this footprint, it might be my mother's.

Li Erlang instantly determined the identity of the person and also thought of a countermeasure. He turned around, hugged Ji Qingyue and told him not to worry, he would confess to his father and mother tonight.

"What a coincidence! I just heard yesterday that a pair of sworn brothers got married in the neighboring village. I thought I would talk to my mother about it tonight to put the matter on the back burner, but I didn't expect it to be discovered at this critical juncture..." Li Erlang could only sigh at the fate, but it didn't make any difference whether he knew it earlier or later, he would be scolded anyway.

The longer Ji Qing remained silent, the more he would have to confess.

The two returned to the main house as if nothing had happened. Looking at Li A'niang, who was eating melon seeds and gossiping with her aunt as if nothing had happened, the two looked at each other, and silently went to Li A'die to discuss the major farming issues of the coming year.

After nightfall, Li Daqing took his wife and children home, and the liveliness suddenly died down. Even though there were still a few children in the house, it became much quieter.

Everyone gathered together to eat fruit plates and nibble on melon seeds, while the women were sewing small things.

Something seems wrong.

When Ji Qingyue returned to the painting, everyone felt that something was wrong.

Li Sanlang keenly noticed that after his aunt left, his mother didn't say a word, and only responded casually when asked.

Li Silang and Yang Jinyu also realized it later. Their eyes rolled around as they looked around and tried to figure out what was going on.

Li Changji held his daughter in his arms and approached Xu Qing cautiously, asking what happened and why her mother was so angry. Xu Qing shook her head gently. She didn't quite understand. It seemed that it was because of what her aunt said, but Jinniang was between her and her mother just now, so she didn't hear clearly what was said.

Li Jinniang lowered her head and moved the embroidery needle quickly. Her face looked calm, but her heart was already in turmoil.

She heard what her aunt and mother said! After hearing what her aunt said, her mother went out and came back with a horribly pale face, as if she had seen a ghost. Perhaps what her aunt said was right!

The main room fell silent for a moment, and no one dared to say a word.

At this time, Li Erlang stood up, turned around skillfully and knelt straight in front of Li A Niang.

Everyone is so familiar with this situation. What did Erlang do to make A Niang angry?

Li A Niang had a gloomy face and was silently sewing the rags in her hands. Her movements were quick and the stitches were messy. She didn't understand what she was sewing. She just wanted to vent her unhappiness!

Li Erlang knelt on the ground without saying a word, and no one understood what was happening.

Suddenly, Li A Niang could no longer hold back the anger gushing out of her heart. She angrily threw the piece of cloth into the cloth basket, and then smashed the entire cloth basket on Li Erlang's head.

A basket filled with scraps of cloth, scissors, embroidery needles and other sewing tools was dropped directly on Li Erlang's head, then knocked to the ground, with the contents scattered all over the floor.

Li A Niang's sudden action frightened everyone so much that they dared not breathe.

Li Erlang remained silent.

Li A'niang became more and more angry as she watched. She stood up and kicked Li Erlang in the chest.

She doesn't understand! She's so angry! She feels so wronged!

No matter what, she couldn't lose her temper with Ji Qingyue, nor could she treat Ji Qingyue arbitrarily, and Li Erlang had to bear all the consequences.

Li Erlang was knocked to the ground by A'niang's strong kick. Seeing that A'niang was about to fall to the ground, he rushed over to catch the falling Li A'niang before she even got up from the ground.

Everyone was so frightened that they rushed forward to stop them and persuade them.

"Sanlang, bring the ruler from the study!" Li A'niang sat on a chair, breathing heavily, and angrily told Li Sanlang to hurry up.

Li Sanlang looked at his second brother kneeling on the ground with concern, and ran to the study to get the ruler that had been covered in dust for a long time.

That ruler was made by my father when they were just in elementary school. It had never been used to beat any of them. It was placed in the study just to remind them to study hard. Why was it being used to punish the second brother now?

Li A Niang could no longer think of what to use to hit people. The only thing that came to her mind was the ruler. She felt that only the ruler could be used to hit people lightly and painfully.

After a while, Li Sanlang took back the ruler and handed it to A Niang hesitantly: "A Niang, what did my second brother do to make you so angry?"

Li A Niang smiled angrily, grabbed the ruler and hit Li Er Lang: "If you scream, I will add three more feet!"

So, to everyone's horror, Li A Niang whipped him hard ten feet.

The ruler is very long. It is made of a mulberry branch that Father Li picked up from his own field. Mulberry branches are tough and not easy to rot, so the ruler made of it has a very deterrent effect.

The whistling sounds of wind blew one after another, which was particularly loud in the quiet room.

Just when everyone thought that Li A Niang had had enough beating, she raised the ruler again and hit Li Erlang over and over again.

Xu Qing carried Tuanlang to the old man's room next door and hid for a while. Li Silang and Yang Jinyu were scared and cried, huddled together and dared not say a word.

Li Changji and Li Sanlang stopped Li Erlang when A Niang raised the ruler for the fifth time, while Li Adie grabbed his wife and asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing!" Li A Niang gritted her teeth, and her hand holding the ruler was shaking because of excessive force.

He spanked her forty times so hard that she was exhausted, and he did it without making a sound!

After enduring forty lashes, Li Erlang only felt burning pain on his back, shoulders, arms and legs. He felt them and found no bleeding, but they were definitely swollen.

"Get out." Li A'niang threw down the ruler, stood up and went back to her room without looking back. Li A'die sighed deeply: "Da Lang San Lang, take him back to treat his wound. I'll go see your mother." As he said that, he also chased into the room.

In the end, it was Li Changji and Li Sanlang who pulled the man up from the ground. Li Erlang's knees were aching from kneeling, and the wounds on his body gradually spread from the surface to the deeper parts.

Li Changji and Li Sanlang were about to carry the man back to the bedroom, but when they left the main room, Li Erlang stopped them and pointed to the study room and said, "Wait, go to the study room." Then he ordered the two children behind him, "You two go to the eldest brother's room to get the medicinal wine."

In the study, just like when Yang Huang was treating the wound, Li Erlang sat on a chair, unbuttoned his collar, and pulled his clothes down to his waist.

The injuries on his body were exposed to everyone.

Messy marks covered the entire upper body, and after a while, the scars turned from red to black.

"What did you do wrong to make mother so angry?" Li Changji asked while applying medicine to his brother.

Li Erlang closed his eyes and said calmly, "My mother just caught me and Yuelang together."

"What's the matter..." Li Changji was about to say what's the matter, but the next moment he immediately realized what his brother meant, "Ah?!!!"

Li Sanlang was also shocked. He had never thought that the relationship between his two brothers would be beyond the ordinary.

But...it all seems to have a traceable basis.

The two children were slow to react and were still thinking about what Li Erlang meant.

Now, everyone was silent.

On the second day, the atmosphere at home seemed to have returned to normal. Some people worshipped gods, some worshipped the ancestral temple. Li Erlang followed the men in the village to worship the ancestral temple as if nothing had happened. They played and fought as usual. Naturally, no one knew that he had scars under his clothes.

On the third day, after Ji Qingyue came out, he asked Li A'niang that he wanted to go back to the county. Before Li A'niang had time to feel embarrassed, her face was full of surprise. After Ji Qingyue repeatedly assured her that he would come back, she acquiesced.

It's a good time for both sides to calm down.

On the fifth day, Li Erlang drove a donkey cart to take Ji Qingyue and Yang Jinyu to the county.

On the sixth day, a house on the east side of Shandan suddenly caught fire. When Hong Yu led the firefighters to the burning house, the fire was already beyond saving. Standing outside the house were Li Erlang, who had already collapsed, and Yang Jinyu, who was crying.

After the fire was extinguished, Hong Yu had people search the ruins, but no matter how many times they searched, they could not find the owner of the house, Ji Qingyue.

Finally, Hong Yu had to announce: Ji Qingyue died on the sixth day of the first lunar month in the sixth year of Baoying.

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