The first snow fell in winter in Big Stone Village.
Lu Lin convinced Chen Xiao Mi to stop hunting since the snow fell, Chen Xiao Mi did not hold back much, he used to have no choice but to be a hard worker, but now he did not feel obligated to work hard now that he had over 80 taels of silver in hand.
“Our Kang is amazing!” Chen Xiao Mi tucked himself under the blanket and started rolling around.
Lu Lin took a quick glance at Chen Xiao Mi, he thought Chen Xiao Mi must have learned that from Chen Xiao Mai, Mai was always happy to roll around on the kang.
Chen Xiao Mi sniffed the new blanket on him, he found the smell of the new blanket and the new bed rather attractive.
He always felt cold in winter no matter how wrapped up he was, and he would worry about his two younger brothers, ‘what if they get cold’, ‘what if I can’t afford a doctor’……
But this year’s kang had set his mind to rest, this was the first time he was not afraid of winter, he found winter could be cozy.
Lu Lin opened the window, snowflakes swirled in the sky like a myriad of feathers, he murmured: “Wow, what heavy snow.”
Chen Xiao Mi took a glance at the snow and said: “This is nothing compared to a few years ago, many people froze to death. But this year will be much better as many villagers now have kang at home.”
Winter is a quiet season on the farm, villagers usually hiding at home to avoid the severe cold. Their only entertainment was to gather on a sunny day and chat.
Chen Xiao Mi had nothing to say to the villagers, so the Chen brothers tended to stay at home all the time in the previous winter. But this year was much different because of Lu Lin.
“Xiao Mi, I think the sweet potato wine is good now.”
Chen Xiao Mi blinked: “Really? That’s fun.”
“We can open the bottle and taste it.”
“Sounds good.” Chen Xiao Mi nodded.
“We can sell some if it tastes good.” Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiao Mi tilted his head: “Let’s try it first.”
‘Lu Lin is a rich man’s son, I’m not sure if the wine is good or not, hmm… let’s see.’ Chen Xiao Mi thought.
Lu Lin had seen Chen Xiao Mi through: “Haha, let’s try it now.”
The two immediately walked to the basement. They opened the bottles, the taste was quite good. But there were two loose bottles, smelling sour.
“We can use these two ugly bottles to make vinegar.” Lu Lin suggested.
“Let me see how bad they are, I think we can still sell them, maybe at a cheaper price.”
Lu Lin smiled: “That would be good, the restaurant owner wants to buy more wine from us, I think he would be interested in buying these two bottles.”
“Let’s bring some sweet potato wine to his restaurant next time.” Chen Xiao Mi nodded.
“We can organize a trip to the city soon if the weather permits.”
The snow would make the muddy roads slippery, hopefully the sun would come out soon. Lu Lin already felt bored staying at home all day.
A few days later, the two decided to take a trip to the city, they brought the jars of sweet potato wine to the donkey cart and asked the two little kids to stay at home.
The little kids of course protested, especially Mai, he just looked at his elder brother and Lu Lin with those puppy dog eyes.
Chen Xiao Mi managed to calm Chen Xiao Mai down by promising that he would bring him snacks.
With that the two set off.
Chen Xiao Mi used to love driving the donkey cart when they first bought the donkey, but as time went by, he lost interest in it, so Lu Lin became the driver now, and Chen Xiao Mi just relaxed in the cart.
Lu Lin had recently made an inventory of the store, he wanted to clear more space to store things, he had used up all the bottled water in the store and burned all the plastic bottles.
Chen Xiao Mi was eager to help, he found a snack called “Latiao”1a popular spicy gluten sticks snack in China, and he really fell in love with it.
Latiao was not necessarily a healthy food, so Lu Lin would only allow Chen Xiao Mi to eat it when the children were not around.
Chen Xiao Mi was now eating Latiao on the train.
“Can I have some more?” Chen Xiao Mi craned his neck out of the carriage and asked Lu Lin.
Lu Lin smiled: “It’s all gone now, you’ve eaten it all.”
Chen Xiao Mi’s eyes dimmed: “It’s all gone?”
Lu Lin shrugged: “You’ve been eating it like a machine, plus, it’s junk food, don’t eat too much.”
Chen Xiao Mi’s heart sank as he said goodbye to Latiao, but he was soon comforted as there were still plenty of other treats: “Then how about chocolate, and… and marshmallows?”
Lu Lin narrowed his eyes: “I’ll cut you down, none of them are healthy foods.”
Chen Xiao Mi shook his head: “I don’t understand, why are you so picky about food? Food is food, food is delicious!”
Lu Lin found Chen Xiao Mi’s little tantrum quite amusing.
T/N: Was on a bit of a hiatus sorry about that but I am back. Chapters will be updated every Saturday and Sunday.
