1.昨天降温了,还淅淅沥沥下了一天的小雨。自然的晚上我老早的就回到了桃园这边。而且我听着小说,听着听着大概7点多就睡着了。后来9点多醒来时,发现外面还挺亮的,一推开门才发现已经下了一地白茫茫的雪了。再次醒来时已经是4点多了,那时候外面又刮起了大风。幸好前两天把整个屋子都用保温毯给围了起来所以虽然屋子会被盗风刮的呼啦啦的响但并不会有凉风灌进来。有趣的是快5点时我就已经睡醒了,于是干脆就听着小说,在被窝里眯着了。
2. 一直到大概7点我才起了床,给鸡鸭鹅们弄上饲料,再把小鸡们放出来。可等我想给小鸡儿们把取暖灯打开时,才发现居然停电了。于是就去后边儿看了一下,把电闸给重新推了上去。
3. 一路上我发现银装素裹,到处都是白茫茫的一片,看起来美丽极了。
由于昨晚下着雨,我干脆就是穿着靴子走来的,所以一路上走走停停,看到美景就顺手拍了照。
走着走着,脚也热了起来。等到家后才发现老爸也没起床多久。后来正准备做早饭了,就接到了二姨的电话,说是要今天一起去大姨家玩呢。于是我和老爸就干脆决定不做早饭了,直接去街上吃热干面得了。
4. 说干就干,我们简单洗漱了一下,就去门口把那车子上的雪给弄了下来,并弄了些热水把挡风玻璃上的冰雪全都给融化了,再擦干净,随后也就出发了。
没想到这么冷的天,街上还有不少人呢。尤其是后来我们去了热干面店,才发现店里几乎坐满了人。也是,在这样一个寒冷的日子里,估计有机会的人很多都懒得自己做饭,而会选择买点儿东西吃。还别说,偶尔吃上一顿热干面,感觉简直舒服极了。
5. 也不知道是之前车子电没充满,还是冬天电池里的电不太顶用,走到半路上,走着走着,我那车子的电就不多了。还好后来车速跑慢点,最终也赶到了地方。当时到了大姨家,发现他老两口正在门口晒太阳呢。老实说,每次看到他老两口都有种亲切祥和的感觉。
6. 刚到他门口那会儿还稍微有点冷,我干脆钻进了他们家的厨房,那里正用土灶烧着热水呢。不得不说,冬天土灶旁边还是十分温暖的。后来太阳逐渐升高了,气温也就上升了。慢慢的在门口晒着太阳,也就不冷了。我们等了大概半个多小时,二姨和小外甥以及小舅他们都来了。这下也就热闹起来了。尤其是小外甥一来之后就拉着我去河滩边散步去了。我们沿着河滩,一边散步一边聊着天,看着那浪花,朵朵涌向岸边,看着那颗颗美丽的石子在那透明的河水里不时的推来推去,看着那浪渣里推来的各种有趣的漂浮物……走走停停,说说笑笑,倒也十分有趣。
7. 中午大姨做的饭菜比较简单,但却十分好吃。说来神奇,大姨也就是用萝卜和豆腐皮儿,炖了个焖罐肉;又用豆腐和白菜弄上些滑肉,炖了另一个锅。但就这两大火锅盆的菜虽然简单,但吃起来却特别有味道,而且是那种小时候一直向往的过年才能吃到的饭菜的味道。
不好形容,就是非常特别,非要说的话,就有一种很亲切,很独特,暂且叫做童年回忆中的那种味道吧。每次来大姨家吃饭,都会有一个幸福的烦恼,那就是大姨总会怕我吃不饱会一勺子一勺子的给我舀菜。几乎是我刚把碗里的菜吃的少了点,另一勺子就已经舀来了……结果就是中午又给我吃撑着了。怎么说呢,我发现越长大后,相聚时光就会越短暂。果然还是美好时光总是太短暂。吃过饭后,各自也都有各自的事情,我们也就很快都回了家。
8. 到家后我简单收拾一下,就倒头午休了。下午我去了桃园一趟,看了一下小鸡们,发现小家伙们在鸡妈妈的带领下蹦蹦跳跳倒也自在,我也就放心了。后来我又拿起叉子翻了一会儿土。可是一动起来就热了一身汗,也就停了下来。回到家后,本来想做上一套八段锦的,但怎么都不想动,于是刷了会儿视频,转眼就4点多了。
9. 我和老爸就赶紧动起来,弄了点豆腐炖白菜。然后又做了一锅地锅饭。这次的锅巴和米汤都很美味。可惜中午吃的有点多,吃晚饭时都感觉没怎么饿呢。就是感觉有点渴,于是一下子就喝了两大勺的米汤,后来配的菜,简单的吃了点锅巴,晚饭也算了结了。随后再弄点热水,洗漱一下,泡个脚,转眼天就开始擦黑了。等来到桃源时太阳能灯已经自然亮了。我赶紧给大鹅们弄了些饲料,然后把它们赶进了栅栏里。进了鸡棚,发现大部分小鸡们已经跳进了保温箱里,钻进了鸡妈妈的怀抱,有两只比较弱小的家伙还在保温箱外呢。一看就知道这俩小家伙还不知道怎么跳进保温箱呢。我心疼的把这俩小家伙抓进了保温箱,并把卧进同一个保温箱的两只老母鸡给分开了。等忙完这些事时,天已经完全黑了。
英文版:
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The temperature dropped yesterday, and it drizzled lightly all day. Naturally, I went back to the peach orchard early in the evening. I listened to an audiobook, and before I knew it, I fell asleep around 7 o’clock. Later, when I woke up around 9, I noticed it was still quite bright outside. As soon as I opened the door, I saw the ground covered in a thick white layer of snow. When I woke up again, it was already past 4 o’clock, and a strong wind was blowing outside. Luckily, I had wrapped the entire house with insulation blankets a couple of days earlier, so even though the wind made the house rattle loudly, no cold air seeped in. Interestingly, I couldn’t fall back asleep after 5 o’clock, so I just lay in bed, half-asleep, listening to the audiobook.

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I didn’t get up until around 7 o’clock. I fed the chickens, ducks, and geese, then let the chicks out. But when I tried to turn on the heating lamp for the chicks, I found that the power was out. So I went to the back, checked the circuit breaker, and flipped it back on.
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Along the way, everything was covered in white snow, looking incredibly beautiful. Since it rained last night, I wore boots, so I walked slowly, stopping now and then to take photos of the beautiful scenery. As I walked, my feet warmed up. When I got home, I saw Dad had only been up for a short while. Just as I was about to make breakfast, Auntie 2 called, saying she wanted to go visit Auntie 1’s house together today. So Dad and I decided to skip making breakfast and go eat hot dry noodles downtown instead.
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We wasted no time—after a quick wash-up, we went to the door to brush the snow off the car. We poured some hot water to melt the ice and snow on the windshield, wiped it clean, and then set off. Unexpectedly, there were quite a few people downtown despite the cold weather. Especially when we got to the hot dry noodle shop, it was almost full. Makes sense—on such a cold day, many people probably don’t feel like cooking and choose to buy food instead. To be honest, eating hot dry noodles once in a while feels absolutely wonderful.
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I don’t know if the car battery wasn’t fully charged before, or if the battery doesn’t hold power well in winter, but halfway there, the car’s battery started running low. Fortunately, I slowed down the speed, and we finally made it. When we arrived at Auntie 1’s house, the elderly couple was sitting at the door soaking up the sun. Honestly, every time I see them, I feel a sense of warmth and peace.
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It was still a bit cold when we first got to the door, so I went straight into their kitchen, where they were boiling hot water on a clay stove. I have to say, it’s really warm next to a clay stove in winter. Later, as the sun rose higher, the temperature went up. Gradually, sitting at the door in the sun, I didn’t feel cold anymore. We waited for about half an hour, and then Auntie 2, my little nephew, and Uncle 3 all arrived. Things got lively right away. Especially when my little nephew came, he pulled me to go for a walk by the riverbank. We walked along the river, chatting as we went, watching the waves rolling towards the shore, the beautiful pebbles being pushed around in the clear river water from time to time, and all kinds of interesting floating things brought by the waves… Stopping and walking, laughing and talking, it was really enjoyable.
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Auntie 1 made a simple lunch, but it was extremely delicious. Amazingly, she just stewed braised pork with radish and tofu skin in a clay pot, and cooked another pot with tofu, cabbage, and tender pork slices. These two big hot pot dishes were simple, but they tasted especially good—like the kind of food we only got to eat during Chinese New Year when I was a kid, which I always looked forward to. It’s hard to describe, but it’s very special; if I had to say, it’s a warm, unique flavor that I’d call the taste of childhood memories. Every time I eat at Auntie 1’s house, I have a happy trouble: she’s always worried I won’t eat enough, so she keeps serving me food with a spoon. Almost as soon as my bowl gets a little empty, another spoonful comes… As a result, I ate too much at noon again. I’ve noticed that the older I get, the shorter the time we spend together. It’s true that good times are always too short. After lunch, everyone had their own things to do, so we went home soon.
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After getting home, I tidied up a bit and then took a nap. In the afternoon, I went to the peach orchard to check on the chicks. I saw the little ones hopping around happily led by the mother hen, so I felt relieved. Later, I picked up a fork and turned the soil for a while, but I broke into a sweat after moving around, so I stopped. When I got home, I originally wanted to do a set of Baduanjin, but I didn’t feel like moving at all. So I watched some videos, and before I knew it, it was past 4 o’clock.
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Dad and I hurried to get busy—we cooked some tofu stewed with cabbage and made a pot of earth-pot rice. The crispy rice crust and rice soup were both delicious this time. Unfortunately, I ate too much at noon, so I didn’t feel very hungry at dinner. I just felt a bit thirsty, so I drank two big spoonfuls of rice soup right away. Then I ate some crispy rice crust with the dishes, and that was dinner. After that, I got some hot water to wash up and soak my feet, and soon it started getting dark. When I got to the peach orchard, the solar lights had turned on automatically. I quickly fed the geese and herded them into the fence. When I went into the chicken coop, I found most of the chicks had jumped into the incubator and snuggled up to the mother hen, while two weaker ones were still outside. I could tell these two little guys didn’t know how to jump into the incubator yet. I felt sorry for them, so I picked them up and put them in the incubator, and separated the two mother hens that were lying in the same incubator. By the time I finished all these things, it was completely dark.