The belated first snow covered the world as soon as it appeared.

The Lin family had left two fields with manure that hadn't been piled up yet, and now they had to rest forcibly until the snow melted.

At the end of the year, the atmosphere of the new year in the village is getting stronger and stronger. The adults are busy cleaning the house, inviting the Kitchen God, and steaming the ancestral cakes. Dim sum came and went.

This year Liyu Village has used compost, and the harvest has more than doubled that of last year. Everyone has more spare money, and they are also thinking about it.

On Lin Zhennian's [-]th day, he showed his skills and cooked more than a dozen dishes, which made the whole family give their thumbs up.

On the second day of the new year after the Chinese New Year, according to the custom, those who have relatives from their natal families will go out to visit their relatives to pay New Year's greetings. Auntie Lin's uncle, Lin Zhen and the others are still alive, so Auntie Lin will naturally go to pay New Year's greetings , Early in the morning, I packed up two pieces of bacon, a baconed pig's foot, and rice cakes, cakes and other things.

In Lin Zhen's memory, there were almost no traces of the wai aunt's family. First, the two families were far away, and second, wai gra didn't like them to visit relatives. When he was a child, Lin almost always went alone.

Lin Zhen looked at the full pannier, "Father, are you going alone this year?"

"Yeah, your elder brother and second brother are going to accompany your sister-in-law and second sister-in-law back to your mother's house, and I just asked you to take care of the younger ones at home." Father Lin has walked the road back to her mother's house for many years, and she is not afraid.

"Let me go with you, carry your things for you, and meet a relative by the way." Opening the door every day in the town to do business, and only staying at home when she came home, Lin Zhen felt a little bored and wanted to go out for a walk.

Moreover, there was still a little unmelted residual snow on the mountain outside, and he was a little worried that Father Lin would go on the road alone, and something would happen without anyone to help.

Aunt Lin looked at him, "You came back after a long time, take a rest for a few days, besides, you don't like your relatives going, and you will be angry when the time comes."

"I'm my father's son, and I'm not an outsider. No matter how angry my grandmother is, can I drive me out with a broom?"

"Besides, I just want to go out for a walk when I'm bored at home."

"Okay, go back to the house and put on more clothes." Father Lin thought of something, but didn't refute.

Lin Zhen got his wish, and walked briskly back to the house, added an extra shirt with thin cotton under it, carried the full pannier on his back, and said to Gu Shuanzi who was in the cabin: "Shuanzi, I'm with you Why don't you go to my grandma's house, don't read for too long, lest you hurt your eyes."

Gu Shuanzi, who was writing a paragraph silently, heard the voice, opened the door and stood there: "When will you be back?"

The small wooden house has not changed at all from the time he lived in before, but Lin Zhen knew the dangers of myopia, so he asked Brother Lin and the others to open two large windows on the wall, and bought high-quality window paper to paste them, making them very bright.

Lin Zhen stood beside Father Lin, "I don't know yet, it will be no more than three days at the latest, and maybe I will rest at Grandma's house for a day or two."

It’s rare to go there all year round, and you must have a rest. Grandma Lin, who was married and born several years ago, is over 60 years old this year. In this era, the loess is already buried up to the neck.

After saying hello to Gu Shuanzi, Lin Zhen went out with Father Lin. At this time, the light gray in the sky had just faded away, and occasionally a late-rising rooster could be heard crowing.

When I was still in the village, although the road under my feet was a little thinner, the snow had already melted away, but as soon as I walked down the mountain road beside Liyu Village, sparse residual snow was spread on the withered yellow grass. The wind that came brought a heavier chill.

Father Lin's mother's family is in Xiaogang Village next to Wayao Village. There are a little more households than Wayao Village, which is considered to be a relatively large village around them.

But this is also compared with their scattered small villages, with a combined population of less than a hundred, scattered scattered on the slightly flatter mountainsides, at the foot of the mountain, and in the valleys.

Lin Zhen and Adie Lin walked for more than four hours to get there. The backpack, which was not too heavy for him, became the biggest burden, and his head was steaming.

He stood on the mountain ridge and looked at the sparsely distributed houses, put his back basket on a raised stone beside him, and managed to catch his breath: "Where does Grandma's family live?"

Father Lin looked at his red face, pointed to a small hill in front of the right: "It's just under the hill, and we'll be there in half an hour's walk."

"You refused to give me the basket along the way, so stubborn."

Lin Zhenyi heard that it would be half an hour later, and he fully understood what the phrase "Wangshan ran to a dead horse" meant. He could see the place from here, but he still had to walk for so long.

He put the basket on his back, and walked up the weed-covered mountain path: "I have no reason to let Dad carry it, anyway, I rested several times along the way, it's okay."

"By the way, Father, how many children does our uncle have at home?" While walking, Lin Zhen was talking to Father Lin, he really didn't want to look at the road under his feet, and chatting could distract him a little.

Because Lin Zhen and his grandma didn't like people visiting their relatives, even Lin's father hadn't come for seven or eight years, and Lin's father came alone.

He said: "Your uncle is also a brother, married from Wayao Village, and gave birth to a boy and two brothers."

"The boy is 19 years old this year, and the oldest brother is 17 years old. He already has his own family. The youngest brother is [-] years old this year. When I came last year, I was looking at the family. I don't know if it will work."

"Then let's go to my grandma's house today. It's very lively. Not only my cousin's children, but also my married second cousin will come back to pay New Year's greetings."

"Yes, although there are fewer people than ours, it's still quite lively."

"...If you go, remember not to talk to your cousin's grandma, she has a very weird personality, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

Is it my cousin?

Isn't that Grandma's mother-in-law?

"Cousin's grandma is still there?!" My grandma is in her 60s, so isn't she 90 or 60 years old? In this age where people generally only live in their [-]s, and [-] is considered an advanced age, it is simply amazing. envious.

Daddy Lin doesn't like this dad very much. He will never forget what he saw his dad suffer in his whole life. Every time he goes there, he just says hello in a hurry, and then sits with his dad and chats about some homely things .

But Dad always urges him to go back, saying that he is fine and doesn't need him to come and see.

He said: "It's still there, but the legs and feet are not as sharp as before, and the energy of nagging people has not diminished."

Father Lin has a gentle temperament and rarely speaks ill of others. From his mouth, he can hear the phrase "the energy of talking about others has not diminished", which shows how annoying this is.

Lin Zhen nodded immediately: "I will definitely be your little tail when the time comes, and I will definitely not take the initiative to provoke this mountain."

"Poor." Father Lin liked his energetic appearance very much, and the two of them walked along the weedy mountain path, and they walked for half an hour before reaching the front of the hill.

I saw a thatched hut with mud and grass on the outside wall and a thatched roof standing on a gentle hill. Smoke was coming from the roof, and there was a dirt road as wide as an arm.

Father Lin led him up, and he just popped out. The boy who was washing radishes in the yard was black and thin. He looked only about ten years old and looked at them from the side. He hesitated for a while and recognized Father Lin: " Aunt."

Father Lin went up: "Xiao Hua, where are your father and father, are you there?"

"Yes," the child named Xiao Hua stood up and ran in, "Father, father, aunt is here."

Father Lin told Lin Zhen from behind, "He is your third cousin, Xiao Hua."

Lin Zhen frowned. He didn't forget what Father Lin said just now. The three cousins ​​are all 14 years old this year, and they started discussing marriage last year. Gu Shuanzi was even shorter, he looked like a child.

At first glance, it is long-term malnutrition, and the body has not developed at all.

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