They only cleared a path leading to the toilet in the yard, and then Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying went to sweep the roof and outside the yard.

Seeing them come out, Qin Ying, who was sweeping the roof on a ladder, hurriedly reminded them: "Don't go outside, play for a while and then come back, don't catch a cold!"

An An agreed without hesitation, and raised her head to ask Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian, "Do you know what a chicken's footprints look like?"

Zhou Qi and Zhou Mian shook their heads.

"That's it!" An An stretched out a chubby little finger and drew on the snow. After finishing, he asked, "Do you know what a kitten's footprints look like?"

Zhou Mian nodded, squatted beside her excitedly, and tapped a few times on the snow with his fingertips. "That's right! I had a raccoon dog when I was a kid!"

An An blinked and, to maintain her character, asked, "What is a raccoon slave?"

"It's a cat," Zhou Mian explained. "My cat has snow-white fur, one eye is yellow, and the other is green. It's so beautiful!"

Zhou Qi also squatted down on the other side of An An, reached out and touched the snow, which felt cold.

An An rolled up a snowball, drew an oval, pressed the snowball on top, and looked up to ask Zhou Mian, "Is that so?"

"No," Zhou Mian drew a simple picture on the snow, "It's probably like this... Actually, I can't remember it clearly."

"Well, better than me," An An shook his head, "I haven't touched a cat yet!" He had seen one before, but he just didn't know what it felt like.

Zhou Mian smiled and said, "Then when there's a chance, I'll give you a cat."

"Let's have a snowball fight!" An An had no interest in raising a cat because she had seen cats shed hair and it would be troublesome to clean it up all the time. She also heard that cats were not easy to please.

She threw the snowball she had made at Zhou Mian's feet, jumped up and ran away.

Zhou Mian was stunned for a moment, then he grabbed a handful of snow and threw it out, shouting, "Don't run!"

The snow was light and did not fall on An An, but instead fell on Zhou Qi's head.

Zhou Mian was stunned, his lips moved, and he subconsciously wanted to apologize.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Qi also grabbed a handful of snow and threw it over her head, then stood up and chased An An: "An An, don't run!"

An An giggled and grabbed some snow and threw it around randomly.

But she was small and took small steps, so she was soon blocked by the two sisters and had several small snowballs thrown at her.

Qin Ying glanced down while sweeping the snow and saw that they were having fun, so a smile appeared on her face.

Zhou Yu also came out to sweep the snow. Uncle Chen Jiu suggested that everyone pile the snow together and transport it to the fields. When it melts in the spring, it will be like watering the fields thoroughly, and there will be no need to fetch water with great effort.

Or you can fill it directly into the ditch.

Seeing Qin Ying standing on a ladder sweeping the snow from the roof from a distance, Zhou Yu's heart tightened, fearing that she would slip and fall. However, it was not easy for him to go over by himself, so he turned around and called Zhao Hu: "Go home and help."

Zhao Hu agreed and started running, but was caught by Zhang Jinzhi. However, because he ran too fast, Zhang Jinzhi almost fell down.

Zhao Hu was startled. He held onto Zhang Jinzhi with both hands, hastily apologized, and then complained, "Why do you keep dragging me down? It's freezing out here, and a fall would be really bad!"

Zhang Jinzhi said helplessly, "How could I have known you were such a savage!" He turned and said to Zhou Yu, "Sir, the two young ladies are still here, so it's better to be cautious."

Zhou Yu was also a little annoyed. He had just acted impulsively. Now he could only say, "Huzi, go outside the courtyard and say hello to Aunt Zhao first."

Zhao Hu agreed and hurried home. He met Aunt Zhao at the gate of the courtyard and told her that he was going to sweep the roof.

Aunt Zhao turned her head to look at the yard and pushed him: "No need for you, your sister and I can finish it, you can go sweep somewhere else.

"Tell Mr. Zhou that the two Miss Zhous are much better now and are playing with An An right now."

"Listen," Zhao Hu stretched his neck to look inside and said sourly, "I haven't had a snowball fight with An An yet!"

Aunt Zhao pushed him and said, "Go away! You're everywhere! Hurry up and leave!"

Zhao Hu had no choice but to turn around and walk away.

After Zhou Yu heard him talk about his sister's situation, a smile appeared on his lips involuntarily, and he knew that his decision was right!

Miss Qin...

After clearing the snow, it was dark.

Aunt Zhao and Qin Ying continued to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Zhou Qi, Zhou Mian and An An were all sweating after playing. They first helped An An change into dry underwear and spread out her cotton jacket on the kang mat to dry it before going back to their own room to change clothes.

Qin Ying stopped him and said, "Wait a moment, drink some hot water first. I'll go heat up the room over there before you go over there."

Zhou Qi took out the key from his sleeve and handed it to Qin Ying.

Qin Ying brought the burning charcoal brazier over and placed it in the house to warm it up first. Then she carried a bundle of sorghum stalks and filled the kang hole in the inner room with it.

Normally, there is no need to heat the kang in this room. As long as the fire in the stove in the outer room is kept burning, the kang will always be warm.

But there was no fire in the stove today, and the room was cold. The two sisters also needed to change clothes, so naturally they needed a higher temperature.

The sorghum stalks were lit and the kang hole was covered. Qin Ying went to the outer room again, cleaned the pot, added water, and saw that there was not much water left in the small water jar, so she filled it up.

Then I started to light the fire to boil water so that the two sisters would not have a shortage of hot water when they needed to wash.

And when the water is hot, the temperature in the room can be increased a little.

When the water in the pot boiled, she scooped two more scoops of water and added them in, filling the water tank with water. Then she washed the large wooden basin and moved it to the inner room, and the room was almost warm.

He first poured some water on the ground and then cleaned the house again with quick hands and feet.

She poured hot water into the wooden basin, refilled the pot, and let the stove slowly warm up. Then she lit a candle and placed it in the niche, then turned and went over there.

After sending the two sisters over and listening to them lock the door, Qin Ying went back to work.

When the two sisters saw the hot water in the big wooden basin, their hearts warmed.

First, I found some clean underwear, and then, following Qin Ying and the others' example, I lifted up the mattress and spread the clothes directly on the kang mat to dry. Then I took off my outer clothes and started to wash them.

After they finished cleaning up, the two of them worked together to move the wooden basin to the outer room. They were discussing how to pour the water when Qin Ying's voice came from outside: "Are you done washing?"

"Okay, okay," Zhou Mian quickly agreed and opened the door. "Sister Qin..."

Qin Ying smiled and said, "I'll help you pour some water."

"This water..." Zhou Qi felt a little embarrassed. The two of them were wasting too much water.

"It's okay," Qin Ying said as she bent down to pick up the wooden basin. "The open space in the yard is for growing vegetables. Just pour the water there. When spring comes, you won't have to carry water for the vegetables."

The two sisters were stunned to see her lift a large basin of water so easily. It was not until she reached the door that Zhou Mian came to her senses and hurried over to help open the door and open the curtain.

Qin Ying poured the water and placed the wooden basin at the foot of the wall. She said to them, "You can go over there now, or take a rest before going over there." An An was also tired from playing and fell asleep.

"We don't have much else to do, and dinner won't be served for another hour."

Because we have to stay up all night, we eat the New Year’s Eve dinner later.

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