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Chapter 167 Winter is a Delicious Roasted Sweet Potato

The cold air in the early morning made people's nose hurt, and the old wooden door with black and peeling paint creaked open.Bai Yu was dressed warmly, and he came out with the bamboo broom he made himself in his hand and waved it. The sound of sweeping the floor was very loud in the quiet street.

Bai Yu's small shop is located in the middle of the village, and in front of the door is a stone road that runs through the entire village.Because of the terrain, the village is built on a slope, and there are stone steps going up or down the road after a few steps, which is very good for physical exercise.

The village is not big, so it only took Bai Yu 10 minutes to sweep the whole road.Turning around and taking a look at the fruits of my labor, I was very satisfied.There was a slight sweat from the tip of her nose, and because of this, she felt even colder.Rubbing his almost frozen fingers, he picked up the broom and hurried home.

"Huh! It's so cold!"

In order to avoid getting hurt, Bai Yu didn't go directly to the fire, but rubbed his hands and face to warm up first.After fiddling with the charcoal fire a few times, I took a piece of sweet potato from behind the chair and threw it in, and re-buried the charcoal fire before doing other things.

Turning on the lights, sweeping the floor, wiping the counters, and arranging the goods, the figure was busy in the small shop, and the brazier was crackling from time to time.By the time everything was done, the smell of roasted sweet potatoes was already wafting in the shop, and Bai Yu was already hungry.

"It's hot! It's hot!"

Even if your fingers are constantly being scalded by the sweet potato you just picked out of the fire, you can't bear to throw it aside.Tear off the burnt black skin to reveal the golden and sweet flesh inside.Gently pinch it with your fingers, and honey juice flows out of it.Can't wait to take a bite, and some hot sweet potato meat rolls in the mouth a few times before running to the stomach with the temperature, from the mouth to the stomach, the ironing makes people unable to help but sigh with satisfaction.

After eating a whole piece of sweet potato, there are black ashes on the corner of the mouth, the mouth is stuck together by the sweet juice, and the hands have already become sticky, but the happiness brought by the roasted sweet potato is enough to cover up these imperfections.The cold wind brings snowflakes in from the door, blowing away the warmth in the house and the satisfaction brought by roasted sweet potatoes.

"Sister, here we come."

As soon as Bai Yu washed his hands, several familiar figures appeared at the door.She hadn't seen these children for several days, and suddenly felt that they seemed to have grown up.

"Come in, is it cold?"

Busily beckoning the children to come in, Bai Yu closed the door halfway to reduce the cold wind blowing into the room.Children are the children of the wind, and they are the least afraid of the cold.The five children shook their heads in unison, even if their cheeks were flushed by the cold wind, it didn't matter.

"Cook yourself on the fire first, and then do your homework later."

Bai Yu is the most educated person in the village, and knows many stories that children have never heard, so the children in the village like to come to her small shop to do their homework.

Listening to the chattering of the children sitting around the brazier, Bai Yu quickly unfolded the folding table and wiped it clean.Because of the voltage, the lights in the house are not bright.So Bai Yu took out another prepared power supply and hung it up, so that the children's eyesight would not be reduced due to insufficient light.

"Sister, this is the glutinous rice cake made at home. Grandma asked me to bring it for you."

A girl named Erya yelled out of nowhere, and Buddy Bai and Bai Yu were taken aback.Everyone looked at her in unison, thinking that something important had happened.Erya solemnly took out a pack of newspaper-wrapped things from her schoolbag and handed it to Bai Yu, murmuring in a low voice, "If you forget such an important thing, you will definitely be scolded when you go back home." .”

Bai Yu felt dumbfounded, and took the Ciba with a smile: "When I go back, I will help my sister to say thank you to your grandma."

Immediately, an iron frame was set up over the fire to bake the glutinous rice cakes. After a short while, the round cake-shaped glutinous rice cakes became swollen little by little under the blessing of the fire, accompanied by a faint rice fragrance.Bai Yu flipped it deftly until both sides turned golden and the inside was sticky before taking it off the fire.The glutinous glutinous rice cakes that were still bulging just now quickly 'thinned' down, and the children who were doing their homework had already attracted all their attention to this delicacy, and their hands holding the pens hung there for a long time.Bai Yu came out of the kitchen with two bowls, one filled with sugar and the other filled with chili noodles, he couldn't help laughing when he saw the children's little greedy cats.

"Come and eat, it won't taste good when it's cold. The big belly is the biggest in the world, and you can do other things when you're full."

Hearing the sound, everyone quickly dropped their pens and sat around in front of the brazier again, not caring that the rice cakes were still hot inside, and couldn't wait to put them in their mouths.Even though he grinned his teeth after being scalded, he still had a satisfied expression on his face.The small stone house is filled with rice fragrance and laughter, completely different from the cold and windy scene outside.

"Husband, I want to eat roasted sweet potatoes."

In the morning, I went to a relative's house in this city to pay New Year's greetings. Chen Xiaonian didn't eat too much because of her ladylike image, and she was barely half full. On the way back, she saw an old man pushing a baked sweet potato in the wind. The car moved forward with difficulty.Seeing such a scene, Chen Xiaonian was very sad. It was supposed to be a family reunion festival, and the old man had to brave the wind and snow to set up a stall.I don't know what his family members are doing, how they would allow such a thing to happen.

Lin Qi glanced at his wife, this girl is really innocent, whenever she has a little emotion, it is all written on her face.Seeing an intersection, he moved cleanly and turned the direction of the car.

"Master, please give us two pieces of roasted sweet potatoes."

The old man who was pushing the car towards home stopped when he heard the sound, and saw a young man in a black down jacket getting out of the car and coming towards him.It doesn't look like he is approachable, but what's the matter with the big butterfly on his chest?The old man was confused by the youth's demeanor and his totally inappropriate clothes.Lin Qi knew what was going on when he saw the old man's gaze on him all the time, he was also very helpless, what else could his wife do besides pampering him.

"Master, please give me two pieces of sweet potatoes, big ones."

Lin Qiru thought that he was too young to kiss his wife between his teeth.As if the old man had just recovered from his astonishment, he hurriedly opened the furnace lid and took out the sweet and soft sweet potatoes baked inside.

"Young man, let me tell you, my sweet potato is an old variety. I guarantee that you will never forget it after eating it."

Following the old man's movements, the stove lid opened and emitted a strong sweet smell, even Lin Qi, who doesn't like food, couldn't help swallowing.

"Old man, it's Chinese New Year, why are you still setting up a stall? Where's your family?"

Chen Xiaonian still couldn't hold back and ran out, seeing the old man's movements, he knew that he was in good health.The old man was weighing the weight, and there was a soft and waxy voice in his ears. At first, he thought it was a child of someone's family, but when he looked back, it was a girl who was tightly wrapped.The two rabbit ears on the head can move, which is very interesting.

"That's a long story."

The old man's expression was somewhat emotional, Chen Xiaonian mistakenly thought that he had mentioned his sadness, and was just about to apologize, but his words were blocked.

"It's not my daughter. When she came home the year before last, she said that she couldn't find the taste of roasted sweet potatoes at home, so I came here."

Chen Xiaonian had a feeling in her heart, it turned out that each piece of sweet potato was full of a father's love for his daughter.

"I just came here last year. I thought it would not be very popular in such a metropolis, but the business was unexpectedly good. It sold 10 yuan in one winter, so I came again this year."

The old man's words made Chen Xiaonian's sadness disappear instantly, she lowered her head and silently took the roasted sweet potato peeled by her husband.

"The most important thing is to let young people like my daughter in this city find the taste of hometown."

The old man's voice was full of pride and pride, "The two pieces you bought are the last ones, I should go back, otherwise my daughter will be rambunctious again."

Thinking of his daughter's nagging appearance, although the old man's tone was helpless, the smile on his face was genuine happiness.Seeing the old man's figure gradually disappearing, Chen Xiaonian felt mixed emotions in her heart.Lin Qi on the side looked a little funny at his wife's tangled eyebrows and eyes, this little girl is really cute.

"Honey, let's go back."

Just as Lin Qi opened his mouth, Chen Xiaonian ate the remaining sweet potato into his mouth in two or three bites, looked at him with puffed cheeks and said, "Where's my New Year's red envelope?"

Looking at the hand stretched out in front of him, Lin Qi twitched his mouth. All his belongings were handed over to her when he got married, and now he is still asking what red envelope he wants for the New Year.Chen Xiaonian's hand was wrapped in a plush glove in the shape of a rabbit into a chubby little one, Lin Qi couldn't hold back for a while, grabbed it and rubbed it.

"Okay, I'll give my wife a big red envelope when I get back."

Chen Xiaonian looked around, but luckily no one else saw it, otherwise Lin Qi's image as the president of the Lin family would be completely ruined, it's hard not to suspect that this person has special hobbies with his idiot face.

"How dare you hide your private money!"

Outside just now, this man laughed at himself in his heart, thinking she didn't know?As soon as Lin Qi got home, he transferred [-] yuan to his wife as a New Year's red envelope. He thought he would get a delicious and soft wife's stickers, but in the end he was pulled by his ears and questioned.

"Wife, wife, you are wronged!"

Chen Xiaonian was amused by his exaggerated behavior like Dou E's injustice, and it was just to amuse him, so he let him go.

"Xiao Langjun, my lady is here."

After imitating the pretentious voice in the audio, Chen Xiaonian threw herself towards her man.

It always gets dark quickly in winter, especially when it's cold and snowy.

"Goodbye sister!"

The children and Bai Yu waved goodbye one after another. Although they lived not far away, for safety's sake, Bai Yu urged them to go back early after helping them finish their homework.The shop returned to its cleanliness before the dissertation, and Bai Yu sat in front of the brazier in a daze, thinking about what story to tell the children tomorrow.

Since Lin Xiaolan left, Bai Yu's family asked her to go back several times but refused.Live an idle life of cleaning in the morning and closing the house at sunset.It was these children who brought her out of the sad predicament. If I want to stay here to grow up with them, I can count as guarding my own and her memories.

(End of this chapter)