Chapter 67: First snow

Natsuno returned from the winter vacation in the first year of college, and brought more things to the house than when he went.
When he reported to school, he only brought a few pieces of personal clothing and documents. When he came back, he was packed with two suitcases full of specialty products. The backpack was filled with dried fruits and sugar. He didn't buy roast duck or something. I bought those snacks that children like.
It was in the afternoon when Xia Ye arrived home. After returning from the airport to rest, he took a backpack and went to the front yard. He was a little strange, so he called his dad and asked, "Dad, where is Xiaoyu?"
Teacher Xia was still at work in the unit. He didn't expect he could come back so early. He smiled and said: "You forgot, the elementary school hasn't had winter vacation. You have to wait a few more days. You can rest at home and see you at night."
Xia Ye just remembered that he used to be late for winter and summer vacations in high school. Every time his brother was at home waiting for him to come back from school. Now he has more winter vacation time in college, and it is his turn to wait for the children.
Xia Ye didn't wait much at home either. Seeing that the time was almost up, he went to pick up people at the entrance of the elementary school.
Outside the elementary school is always the busiest. There are more than a dozen small shops on the two adjacent streets. They have everything from snacks to toys. The names are also varied. A little further there is a snack bar. Some also sell popcorn and roasted sweet potatoes. Especially in winter, the uncle roasting sweet potatoes is always next to the candied haws seller. On a small cart, there is the boss and a candied haws stick. There are 20 or 30 bunches full of red, red and eye-catching.
Xia Ye looked down at his watch, calculating that it was almost time.
Sure enough, I heard the primary school bell ringing soon after school, and the campus was full of excitement. The first wave of people who ran out were all young boys, rushing to buy snacks together.
"Run! Today's "Little Hero" (dry gan) has a new card for crisp noodles. I must get the lucky number seven little lion!"
"I want the one to play on the 5th. Who of you guys can get it for me!"
The pencil case in the schoolbag carried by the little boy in the lead made a noise, and the few behind them ran fast, brushing them and ran away from Xia Ye.
Xia Ye glanced at them, his gaze paused on their running figure, and quickly recovered.
His younger brother has never run like this before. In his memory, the child walks very carefully, not only for himself, as if he knew from an early age that if he hurt his family, he would worry about it. He was so behaved.
Xia Ye waited at the school gate for a while. Tang Jinyu walked out with a few friends. At first she tilted her head and talked to the classmates beside her, but she didn't know what was going on, so she looked up and looked around.
Xia Ye waved his hand at him. The child's eyes lighted up, and he threw down the little friend and ran over. Xia Ye stretched out to hold him. After half a year, he was still so proficient in his movements. He threw himself into his arms and hugged him hard. After rubbing, call brother.
Xia Ye laughed, stretched out his hand to pinch his little ear, and asked, "Is it cold?"
Tang Jinyu shook her head, with excitement on her small face, she couldn't help but look up at him, as if it was not enough.
Xia Ye hit him with his forehead, and teased him: "Isn't it enough? First say yes, you can see, you can (touch Mo), but you must not drop the golden peas." He raised his hand and rubbed the child's head. The voice softened, "If you cry too much and you will get sick, you can't step on the snow."
Tang Jinyu's nose was sour, but she was happy when she heard the last sentence, and nodded and said: "I'm going to step on the snow, brother, it's snowing late this year, and it hasn't fallen yet."
"Well, it has snowed in these two days."
"Wow--"
Xia Ye said according to the weather forecast, and his brother immediately joined him, as if he had summoned the snow, Xia Ye was amused by him.
The small classmates who had been with Tang Jinyu before ran over. Han Yixing was the leader. She was very happy when she saw Xia Ye and shouted: "Hello, Xia Ye!" The next few children shouted for brother, all looking up. Looking at their brothers, especially Tang Jinyu, who was hugged so high, children without elder brothers were very envious.
Xia Ye nodded.
Han Yixing looked forward to it again: "Is my brother back too?"
Xia Ye shook his head, "Your brother still has something to do. He won't be back until two days later."
The little girl was particularly disappointed.
Xia Ye paused, and then said to her: "Your brother asked me to buy you some delicious food." He made up these words temporarily. Han Yichen had something to do in Beijing late and he said that because he was afraid that the little girl would be sad, but Not knowing how to go round, he looked around and said, "Look at the pick, he said he doesn't know what you like to eat, let you take it yourself, and I will buy it for you if you choose."
The little girl was excited: "Can you buy anything?"
"Correct."
Xia Ye looked around and followed the envious little classmate, and said generously: "Are you Xiaoyu's classmates? Go pick it too, take whatever you want."
A group of children cheered and yelled "Thank you brother" together, and followed Han Yixing to the nearest small shop to pick it up. It is a holy place in the hearts of elementary school students. All the delicious things in the world are in it!
Xia Ye took Tang Jinyu's hand and walked over and asked him, "How many are you going to pick?"
Tang Jinyu didn't let go, but looked up at him: "I won't eat."
Xia Ye said strangely: "Then what do you want?"
The child shook his hand, his eyes curled up with a smile, and looked at him without speaking.
Xia Ye suddenly felt soft, raised his hand and squeezed his small face, and smiled.
Han Yixing bought a lot of snacks and a whole set of Digimon stickers. The rest of the children didn’t dare to take so many. They were all polite and only took the small snacks of 50 cents, the figs in the grey (color) bag (dry gan). ), a bag can be chewed for a long time.
Xia Ye handed a large bill to the boss to retrieve more than half, but he didn't ask for the change, but stuffed it into Tang Jinyu's small schoolbag and gave his brother pocket money.
This move aroused the envy of the little students next to him. You must know that they have at most one yuan for early cash every day, and the pocket money is very small. Tang Jinyu's brother just gave it one at a time! Ji Yuanjie bit a bag of figs (dried gan) very envious, he thinks Tang Jinyu's brother is really good!
Much better than Xingxing’s brother. Last time he called Xingxing to ask about Xingxing’s homework. Brother Han picked up the phone and found out that he was a boy.
After biting the snacks and comparing them carefully, Xiao Ji firmly voted for Brother Xia.
Back in the evening, Chen Suling bought a lot of vegetables and lamb (meat rou), and the family gathered together to boil the hot pot to eat.
The mandarin duck pot is cooked at home, with red oil chili on one side and mushroom broth on the other. The thinly sliced ​​lamb (meat rou) rolls are placed in the pot and quickly reduced to fragrant cooked (肉rou). Fat and thin, it tastes spicy and delicious with the soup.
Tang Jinyu can’t eat spicy food. She ate a small piece of corn on the side and tasted delicious. After eating vegetables for a while, the adults in the family began to feed him (meat rou) and fish balls, as well as fresh egg dumplings. Just eat so that the belly is round.
Xia Ye had a big appetite, and finally cooked some noodles. Tang Jinyu couldn't eat it, but she refused to leave. She sat there with him and asked him if it was delicious.
Xia Ye gave him one, and Tang Jinyu ate it with relish, "Brother's noodles are so delicious!"
Tang Hongjun immediately said, "This is the seasoning made by my father! The whole hot pot is made by my father, Xiaoyu!"
Tang Jinyu turned her head and boasted, "Dad is really amazing!"
Tang Hongjun said proudly: "Yes, I know that Xiaoyu likes to eat this soup the most. Dad bought it at the supermarket after work. He specially found it to cook for you and your brother. After two years, the baby will grow up. Let’s eat the chili together. You can taste the red soup here."
Xia Ye was interested and said: "Uncle, Xiaoyu likes this brand of hot pot ingredients now?"
"Yes, there are tomatoes, and he likes them too."
Tang Hongjun said a few things, and Xia Ye wrote them down. He was not very good at cooking, but he could do something simpler.
Tang Jinyu sat aside and turned her head to look at the window, and suddenly said with joy, "Brother, look! It's snowing!"
The first snow came a bit late this winter, but it fell very heavily. Large swaths of snowflakes fell and spread a thick layer, and the ground quickly turned white. Tang Jinyu ran to the window to watch the snow. Xia Ye watched with him for a while, then bent down to ask him. The kid immediately nodded and rushed to hug him. Xia Ye picked him up and hugged him to the hanger while walking. : "Auntie, I will take Xiaoyu out to play, and I will be back soon."
Chen Suling urged: "Wear more. You both remember to wear a scarf and gloves. There are newly bought gloves at the door, one for each person, don't forget."
Xia Ye laughed and said, "I see."
The two of them are dressed. Xia Ye is a black and white down jacket. Tang Jinyu is still wearing a pink and blue (color) down jacket. The scarf, hat and gloves are all white and fluffy. She walks on the snow in her little boots. There was a creak, the child stepped on it for a while, then suddenly laughed, and looked up: "Look, brother, my footprints are as big as yours."
The children stepped on a straight line, and the two small footprints combined were indeed the size of Xia Ye's.
Xia Ye was afraid that he would fall and stretched out his hands to hold him, but the child misunderstood him, holding his arm and starting to climb up again. Xia Ye didn't stop him. After he climbed up, he laughed and said: "How old are you, come down and walk by yourself."
Tang Jinyu thought for a while, she was really embarrassed, and whispered, "Brother is carrying me."
As if carrying a little less shame than holding it, Xia Ye raised his eyebrows and looked at him. The child took his forehead and gently kicked his forehead. He laughed, "I miss you!"
Xia Ye squeezed his face and lifted him up.
There was only a row of footprints in the snow, but Tang Jinyu didn't care too much. He held Xia Ye's neck from behind and talked to him, chatting with no end. After talking for a while, he stretched out his small gloves around Xia Ye's neck and showed him the Luoxue he just picked up, and said happily, "Brother, look! Give it to you~"
Xia Ye smiled, "I have brought you a lot of delicious food from the capital. Both boxes are full. I plan to take it for you later, so you can send me some snowflakes?"
"There are so many things to give to brother!"
"What's all there?"
"I can't remember. I save a little every day. We went on an autumn outing this year and there was a leaf that looked very beautiful..."
Speaking of a leaf, it is naturally endless. Tang Jinyu didn't go home tonight, so he went to live in Xia Ye, and first received Xia Ye's gift. Xia Ye sat cross-legged on the carpet, and the child sat in his arms and went to see the candy and toys he brought back. Each of them was enthusiastically supported, and there was nothing to dislike.
Xia Ye felt that the gift was too comfortable, but he still pinched the tip of his brother's nose, and said, "Today I can only eat one candy, pick one myself, and I will supervise you brushing your teeth later."
"Hey!"
Tang Jinyu is very obedient. She chose the Begonia fruit recommended by her brother without any sugar. After washing, he could finish the whole fruit. The taste was a little bit sweeter and sour than the fruit. The children were very satisfied.
After eating small snacks, Tang Jinyu brought her baby box over and gave him all the small gifts he had accumulated over the past six months. There is everything in the box, a good-looking designer watch, a plastic bookmark, a small seal from the composition contest, beautiful leaves...
The leaf was made into a specimen, as Xia Ye taught him how to make it. It is well preserved.
Xia Ye picked it up and played with it, and said, "Good job."
The child looked up and looked, expecting: "Brother, next time we go together, I will tell my dad, he marked it on the map, and said that we will go and play with the whole family."
"it is good."
The child was tired from playing at night, and soon (sleeping in Shui), still holding a teddy bear Xia Ye brought him in his arms. Very sweet.