The sun rises late in the winter, which is the time when farming is slack, and the Chinese New Year will be celebrated in less than a month.
Although the family also raises two working pigs, there are quotas in the commune and nothing can be left behind.
Fortunately, it is close to the mountain. Shui Shangqing was a soldier before. Due to some reasons, he retired and returned to his hometown. After getting married and having children, he could usually hunt to support the family.
The seven sons in the family are all born with the surname Jian, in order Jianguo, Jiandang, Jianjun, Jianshe, Jianren, Jianyi, and Jianli.
The eldest is seventeen years old and is studying in high school in the commune. He has good grades and may stay in school to teach.
The second child is fifteen years old and the third child is thirteen years old. One is in the third grade of junior high school and the other is in the first grade of junior high school. The remaining four all attended primary school with educated youths in the village.
The fourth child is only one year younger than the third child and two years older than the fifth and sixth children. Jianren and Jianyi are twins, but one looks like their father and the other looks like their mother.
Lao Qi is only eight years old and is the naughtiest of all the boys. I have always been poor in studies and always wanted to be a hero.
While the other brothers were resting, he got up early, carefully opened the door bolt, and ran to see his sister.
A thick felt mat was hung at the door of the house where Liu Xuemei lived, which kept her warm. The kang was kept burning for fear of freezing them.
Shui Jianli struggled to lift the felt mat, pushed open the door, walked in quietly, and then carefully closed the door.
I climbed onto the kang carefully and only dared to touch my sister's face when my hands were warm. It was really soft and felt good, softer than a big white steamed bun.
Even though Shui Shangqing was the village chief, it was very difficult for him to support his seven sons. So you can only eat white flour steamed buns during the Chinese New Year.
This is only possible when things have gotten better in recent years, and basically everyone from the oldest to the fourth has gone hungry.
Not satisfied, Shui Jianli just touched it with his hands and directly kissed the side of his sister's face. Shui Bingyue was completely woken up now. Looking at her brother who was approaching, she felt very angry and started crying.
What no one noticed was that Shui Bingyue's lotus birthmark was emitting a faint light, which meant that Shui Bingyue's soul was recovering little by little and would one day be able to open up the spiritual space.
This kind of space is innate and cannot be taken away by others. The only drawback is that you need your own spiritual consciousness to be strong enough to open it.
The grandma was awakened by her granddaughter's cry and quickly picked up the child to comfort her. He took the time to pat Xiao Qi on the back: "You kid, you didn't sleep well and came here to cause trouble."
"I didn't even take a good look at my sister yesterday. I came here specifically to see her." Xiaoqi looks the most like Liu Xuemei among all the children, and is also the most liked by her grandma.
"You troublemaker, don't do this in the future, so as not to make my sister feel uncomfortable. Look at her, don't touch her, kiss her. She is still too soft, she will drool easily if you kiss her too much."
When Shui Bingyue heard her grandma say this, she hummed in a dignified manner.
"Hey, you little girl, do you understand? Just answer." The old lady also had no resistance to the fat and white baby.
Although the old lady did not favor boys over girls, she still couldn't figure out the point of having a little girl since her daughter Liu Xuemei was almost forty years old.
Shui Bingyue fell asleep again in her grandma's arms after a while. Shui Jianli said helplessly: "My sister is so sleepy that she can't even play with me for a while."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shui Shangqing came with the prepared breakfast to his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
"Mom, Xuemei, it's time for breakfast. Leave Bingyue to me." Shui Shangqing thought about his little girl all night. This was the daughter he had been waiting for for more than ten years.
Strange to say, Shui Shangqing is tall and tall, but he is very good at taking care of children. Maybe it was because the aura on his body was very similar to that of the leader of the Piaomiao Sect that Shui Bingyue felt at ease.
The other sons were also awake, thinking about how to improve the food at home. Mom has just given birth to a sister. She must eat something good so that she can have milk to feed her.
Boss Shui Jianguo arranged: "Second brother, you take Xiaosan and Xiaosi to the river to dig ice for fishing. I'll go to the mountains to see if I can catch pheasants, deer and the like."
"Brother, let the mistress go with you. It's a long way in the mountains, but we two have someone to look after you." Shui Jiandang, the second child, suggested thoughtfully.
The third child also nodded quickly: "I will follow the big brother, so that when the big brother hunts the big guy, I can also help."
Just like that, the few people put on their dog-skin hats and thick gloves, took the necessary tools and went out.
The eldest brother and the third child walked up the mountain one foot at a time, while the second and fourth children went to the less populated part of the river.
After all, people here sometimes like to take shortcuts directly on the ice. If the fishing hole is drilled in a place where people come and go, it can easily kill people. There are rules for what to do.
After Shui Shangqing finished caring for his daughter, Xiaowu, Xiaoliu and Xiaoqi were left in the family.
"Where are your four brothers?"
"Brothers went hunting and fishing. They have been gone for a while." Xiao Wu quickly replied. In fact, he also wanted to go, but he was young and his brothers were unwilling to take him.
Shui Shangqing is not worried. After all, the children have been there on their own in previous years. The boss has been an experienced hunter for many years and is well versed in his true heritage.
Here, the eldest brother and the third child walked for two hours before reaching the forest where animals are prone to appear. There is little snow here, which is suitable for wild animals to forage.
The third child is a good slingshot. When a pheasant appears, he can hit the pheasant on the head with a stone and then put it into the bag containing the prey.
"It's a good start today, maybe we'll meet the big guys soon." The third child said happily, as there is something special about what you do.
Although the eldest brother did not speak, the smile on his face proved that he agreed with his younger brother's words. The two of them continued walking towards the mountains.
The second and fourth boys, who were digging into the ice to get fish, searched for a long time and found the weakest spot on the ice. They only carefully dug a small hole.
Even the thinnest ice surface is more than 20 centimeters thick, otherwise people would not be able to move on it at all.
The moment the ice cave was drilled through, the fish under the ice surface crowded toward the entrance. After all, the oxygen content under the intact ice surface was extremely low. Fish also need to breathe.
Seeing so many fish, Lao Si Shui Construction quickly took out the fishing net to catch the fish and threw the lively fish on the ice.
It doesn't take long for the fish to be frozen and just put it in your pocket. There were many and big fish this time, and it seemed that we had caught a fish eye.
The second child told the fourth child: "Go home and call dad here. Bring a few more bags. We will have all the fish for this winter."
"Hey, I'll go right away." The fourth child hurried home quickly. At this time, most people were at home, and no one saw the fourth child rushing home quickly.
After entering the house, he ran directly to his mother's room, knowing that his father would definitely be there.
