Tian Shao opened the door and saw clusters of snowflakes, like countless torn cotton balls falling down. At this time, the yard and the roof were all white.
Tan Yue stood behind her, watching this scene and said with a smile: "The snow is quite thick, how about we build a snowman?"
Tian Shao had never played making a snowman before, so she said cheerfully: "Okay, let's make a snowman after breakfast."
Anyway, we’re having New Year’s Eve dinner here. We’ll just eat it briefly at noon and prepare it together with Sister Li in the afternoon. With so many people preparing it, it can be done quickly.
Not long after breakfast, Sankui brought his eldest aunt and others with him. At Tian Shao's invitation, they came to celebrate the New Year with everyone.
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My aunt saw Tan Yue shoveling snow and Tian Shao piling snow there, and asked strangely: "Xiao Shao, what are you doing?"
"Build a snowman!"
The eldest aunt didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "This pile of snowmen is for children to play with. How old are you, why are you still playing with it?"
Tian Shao said cheerfully: "Auntie, no one stipulates that adults can't build snowmen? And when we were children, we wanted to play in the snow, but our parents didn't allow it. If we saw it, we would be beaten."
Mainly because they were poor and wore very thin clothes before, but now it's snowing and it's very cold outside. Tian Dalin and Li Guihua didn't let the sisters play because they were afraid they would catch the cold.
My eldest aunt sighed after hearing this and said, "Don't blame your parents, they can't do anything about it. If you get sick from playing in the snow, you won't even have money for medical treatment."
Tian Shao understood that poor people couldn't afford to get sick. She smiled and said, "I know, so I don't blame them. Auntie, it's cold outside, so please come inside quickly!"
There are now more maternity leaves than before, and Tao Shuhui can rest for 90 days. Her maternity leave coincides with the winter vacation, so she can feed the wet nurse for four months. As for four months later, it will still be very cold at that time and she will definitely not be able to take the child to school.
Taking this into consideration, Sankui prepared milk powder in advance.
Tao Shuhui couldn't help but envy Sanya when she saw her. She also gave birth to a baby and was breastfed. She gained weight and couldn't wear any of her previous clothes. Sanya was as slim as if she hadn't given birth. But she regretted it the most.
What's strange is that Tian Shao told her at that time not to rush for supplements after giving birth, but she didn't listen because she felt that Tian Shao had never given birth and didn't understand. As a result, she regrets it now!
Seeing her annoyed look, Sanya pulled her to sit down and whispered: "It's okay. You will lose weight soon after weaning."
Tao Shuhui said with a depressed look: "I'm afraid I won't be able to lose weight!"
It is easy to gain weight but difficult to lose it. Also, my aunt thinks that she is very good and blessed as she is now, which makes it more difficult for her to lose weight.
Sanya smiled and said: "If you are worried about auntie's obstruction, just tell her that being too fat is bad for your health. As for losing weight, you can eat less meat and exercise more, and you will lose weight soon."
"My second sister gained more than 30 pounds after giving birth to her baby. After weaning, my mother forced her to lose weight. It took her more than half a year to lose 20 pounds. Now her figure is only a little rounder than when she was a girl."
Tao Shuhui asked with concern: "How did my aunt help cousin Erya lose weight?"
Sanya didn’t know the specific details. She smiled and said, “I just eat more vegetarian food and don’t eat meat. I’ll know what I eat specifically after I ask my eldest sister.”
Tao Shuhui understood as soon as she heard that Erya's weight loss diet was also provided by Tian Shao. She said with some emotion: "Sanya, my cousin is so kind to you."
"Your sister is also very kind to you."
Tao Shuhui laughed when she heard this: "Yes, my eldest sister is pretty good too."
If her eldest sister hadn't received the news from her husband's family in time, she wouldn't have taken the school's recruitment exam and stayed in Sijiu City. She might not have been able to survive such a harsh environment if she had to go to the countryside.
Sankui put everything down and went to the yard to help Tian Shao. When he found that there was not enough snow, he went outside and shoveled it in.
It took about two hours to build a snowman as tall as an adult. Then Tian Shao used black buttons to make its eyes, carrots to make his nose and mouth, and two tree branches to serve as his hands.
After looking at it, Tian Shao went into the house again, got a hat and a towel, and came out to put them on.
Sankui was very happy and said: "Sister, your snowman is so beautiful. Sister, where is your camera? Take it out and I will take a photo. Then I will wash it out and send it back to my father and my sister-in-law."
Tian Shao was also very satisfied with his work and went into the house to get a camera. But it was rare for everyone to get together, so he called everyone out to take a group photo.
Sanya and Tian Shao said: "Sister, Zhengqing came over last time and said that he wanted to take some photos of the child and send them back to my father-in-law. Sister, please take a photo of me and Miaomiao so that we don't have to go to the photo studio.
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The eldest aunt said with some worry: "It's such a cold day, what if the child freezes when he is taken out?"
Sanya thought the snowman looked beautiful and it was very memorable to use it as the background: "It's okay, I'll put more clothes on the child. And it's only for a short while, so he won't freeze."
Seeing this, Tao Shuhui also took the child out to take pictures.
Tian Shao suddenly became interested, and after taking photos of his family, he asked Tan Yue to take photos outside. On New Year's Eve, everyone put on new couplets and door gods, and some of the more sophisticated people even hung up lanterns.
Tan Yue saw that Tian Shao was even taking pictures of the road and the trees next to him. He couldn't help but smile and said, "What's there to take pictures of? I'm not afraid of wasting film."
Tian Shao shook his head and said: "Take the photo as a memory. Otherwise, in a few years this place will change drastically, and we won't even remember what the original scenery here was like."
"What big change?"
Tian Shao glanced at him and said: "The current appearance of Sijiu City has changed a lot since I came to college. In the future, the pace of construction will become faster and faster, and Sijiu City will definitely be completely different by then. Photo,
You can help us record what Sijiu City looks like now."
Speaking of which, it has been ten years since she arrived here. When she first arrived, she had no time to be sad and depressed because she was struggling to make ends meet, and she just wanted to get out of poverty as soon as possible. Thinking about it now, she was really motivated at that time.
Tan Yue looked at Tian Shao and was deep in thought without disturbing her. After she came back to her senses, he asked: "What are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in thinking."
Tian Shao would not tell the truth anymore, so she randomly found an excuse: "I was thinking about the past. At that time, many families in the village could only eat meat during the New Year and festivals throughout the year. Now that they are rich, they want to buy meat at the market.
That’s fine.”
Tan Yue felt that the people in Tianjiacun were all thanks to Tian Shao, because someone in the family went out to work and became rich, so they could buy meat at any time. Other villages were not so lucky.
Tian Shao smiled and said: "Now that the policy is liberalized, people's lives will get better and better. In a few years, most people will be able to afford meat."
When policies are liberalized, Yangcheng and the other two special zones will have an increasing demand for labor. People from Yongning County go to Yangcheng and coastal cities to work, and their lives will get better and better.