When the pears are green

The north wind blew for several days, and then a heavy snow fell.

Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou stood at the door of the main room, leaning against each other and looking at the snowflakes all over the sky. Song Li stretched out her hand, and snowflakes fell on her hand, but immediately disappeared without a trace.

Song Li rushed into the yard happily and jumped around, and her laughter instantly filled the entire yard.

Jiang Qingzhou originally wanted to pull Song Li back, but when he saw Song Li's happy look, he walked towards the kitchen helplessly and prepared to boil ginger water.

Song Li saw Jiang Qingzhou walking towards the kitchen, so she ran over, grabbed Jiang Qingzhou, and went to the kitchen with him.

Jiang Qingye saw Song Li jumping in the yard through the window, and he also wanted to go out and play in the snow. But before he could open the door, Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou went to the kitchen together. Jiang Qingye withdrew his hand from pulling the door, sighed, and lay back on the bed.

"Why don't you play anymore? Don't you like it very much?" Jiang Qingzhou asked with some surprise.

Song Li held Jiang Qingzhou's arm and whispered, "Even if I like it, I know I can't play for too long. If I catch a cold, it will be troublesome. I'm not a child, so I don't understand this."

Jiang Qingzhou laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Song Li asked.

"Nothing, I was just wondering if Xiaoli has ever seen snow before." Jiang Qingzhou replied.

Song Li snuggled up to Jiang Qingzhou. She thought about it seriously, and then said, "Of course I've seen snow before, but I haven't seen such heavy snow for a long time."

After hearing this, Jiang Qingzhou smiled and promised Song Li: "When the snow stops, I'll make a snowman for you."

Song Li happily hugged Jiang Qingzhou, silently praying in her heart that the snow would be heavier, she wanted to build a snowman with Jiang Qingzhou. But she thought about it, and immediately prayed that the snow would be lighter, she didn't want a snowstorm to happen.

It has been snowing all day.

Before going to bed, Jiang Qingzhou first lit a brazier in Jiang Qingye's room, and then lit a brazier in his own room.

Song Li asked softly, "Is the window open?"

"Don't worry. In the past, we would light a fire pot when it snowed. I opened the window." Jiang Qingzhou replied.

Song Li finally felt relieved. She lay on the bed, listening to the rustling sound of the snow falling and the whistling sound of the north wind. She asked worriedly, "Qingzhou, when will the snow stop? Will it collapse the roof?"

Jiang Qingzhou hugged Song Li and whispered to her, "Xiao Li, it's okay. It snows so heavily every winter. Apart from the roof that has been in disrepair for a long time and may collapse, nothing will happen. Go to sleep!"

Jiang Qingzhou patted Song Li's back slowly, coaxing her to sleep little by little.

When Song Li woke up again, she saw Jiang Qingzhou adding wood to the brazier. She asked, "Qingzhou, when did you wake up?"

"I just woke up too. I added more wood. You lie down for a while. The snow has stopped." Jiang Qingzhou said to Song Li with a smile.

When Song Li heard that the snow had stopped, she was happy to be able to make a snowman, but she was even happier because she no longer had to worry about whether the roof could withstand the weight of the snow.

"Is the snow thick?" Song Li asked again.

"It's quite thick. The road we swept yesterday has already been covered with a thick layer of dust. I'll sweep the road again in a while." Jiang Qingzhou said, looking up at Song Li.

Song Li quickly put on her clothes, walked quickly to Jiang Qingzhou and said, "Qingzhou, I'll go with you."

Jiang Qingzhou and Song Li cleaned the path they walked in the yard every day.

Seeing that Jiang Qingye had not yet gotten up, Song Li thought of the brazier that Jiang Qingzhou had lit last night, so she hurriedly asked Jiang Qingzhou to go and see what was going on.

Jiang Qingzhou knocked heavily on Jiang Qingye's door, and Jiang Qingye's confused response came from inside. Only then did Song Li feel relieved.

After breakfast, Song Li, Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye first built a tall snowman in the yard.

Song Li took out some wood ash from under the stove, smeared it on the snowman, drew a pair of round eyes, added a gray nose, and finally drew a mouth.

Jiang Qingye took two wooden branches from under the shed and inserted them on both sides of the snowman to serve as his arms.

The three of them stood in front of the snowman and nodded with satisfaction.

Jiang Qingzhou heard the sound of snow being swept at the door, so he opened the gate and wanted to clear the snow at the door.

Seeing this, Song Li told Jiang Qingye to boil some hot water, and she turned around and went to the west room to get the shovel and wooden spade.

Jiang Qingzhou took the shovel from Song Li's hand. He cleaned the left side of the door while Song Li cleaned the right side of the door.

Jiang Qian's house is to the left of Jiang Qingzhou's house. Jiang Qingzhou was shoveling the snow bit by bit. Just when he was about to finish, Jiang Qian also came out with a shovel.

Jiang Qian greeted Jiang Qingzhou, and Jiang Qingzhou asked, "Second brother, why didn't you go to school today?"

"It's stopped snowing today. I want to clear the snow at noon and go again in the afternoon." Jiang Qian said with a smile.

After Song Li heard this, she came over and asked, "Second brother, why haven't you seen Second Sister-in-law recently? Is Uncle Ping's illness getting better?"

Jiang Qian stopped what he was doing, blushed and smiled, then said softly: "Thank you for your concern, my father is much better now, and Yingniang is pregnant, so I dare not let her out. When the snow melts, I will let her come to play with you, I hope you won't mind."

Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou smiled at each other and said quickly, "Congratulations, second brother. I'm bored at home too. I wish my second sister-in-law would come to play with me every day!"

Jiang Qian thanked Song Li again, chatted with Jiang Qingzhou for a few more words, and then hurried off to shovel the snow.

Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou quickly shoveled the snow at the door, and just when they were about to go home, they heard bursts of cowbells.

Song Li stopped and looked back in the direction where the cowbell sound came from.

The sound of the cowbells got closer and closer, and finally stopped beside Song Li.

"Mr. Wu, Mr. Li, it just snowed, why are you here?" Song Li looked at the two people on the ox cart in surprise. They were Wu Mingde and Li Yun'an, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

Song Li's voice startled Jiang Qian who was shoveling snow and Jiang Qingzhou who had returned to the yard.

Jiang Qian also looked up at the person on the ox cart. He recognized that he was his former classmate.

Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde greeted Song Li with a smile.

Li Yun'an jumped off the oxcart and saw Jiang Qian. He walked over happily, patted Jiang Qian on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, it's been a long time since we last met. How have you been lately?"

Jiang Qian smiled and replied, "Yun'an, I am already a student and will be taking the entrance exam next August."

Wu Mingde also came over. He first congratulated Jiang Qian, then smiled and said, "That's great. Yun An and I will also go there in August next year. We will go together then. I didn't expect that you and Brother Jiang are neighbors. We are here to do some business this time. When the academy is on vacation, Yun An and I will come to see you again."

Jiang Qian saw that Wu Mingde seemed to be holding something in his arms, so he hurriedly said, "Yun'an and Mingde, go and do your work first, and we'll get together again when there's a chance."

Jiang Qingzhou had already opened the gate completely. After Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde said goodbye to Jiang Qian, Li Yun'an led the ox cart into the Jiang family's yard and praised the snowman in the yard.

After Li Yun'an tied up the ox cart, Song Li hurriedly invited Li Yun'an and Wu Mingde into the main room.

Li Yun'an sat by the brazier, drinking hot water and warming his hands. He smiled and said to Wu Mingde, "Mingde, you see, we have suffered a lot for a few books."

Wu Mingde just glanced at Li Yun'an and didn't say anything.

Song Li asked: "Mr. Li and Mr. Wu came to our house, what's the matter?"

Li Yun'an smiled and replied: "Miss Song..."

"It's Miss Jiang." Jiang Qingzhou corrected.

"Haha, I forgot. Don't be offended, Brother Jiang." Li Yun'an laughed.

At this time, two cats came out from Wu Mingde's arms. Song Li looked at the two cats curiously. She felt that they looked a little familiar.

Wu Mingde took out a folded paper from his sleeve and handed it to Song Li.

Song Li took it and was about to open it, but when she saw Jiang Qingzhou constantly looking over here, she smiled and put the paper between her and Jiang Qingzhou.