Chapter 11 Memories in the Snow

Snowing.

The southern Hopeland has a rare snowfall. In this warm seaside city, snowfall is really a novelty.

White snowflakes slowly fell from the sky and landed in the courtyard. The air became colder than before. Some children wore cotton jackets and played happily in the snow, throwing snowballs and building snowmen. For the older ones, this is almost the first time in their lives, so they are also very excited.

The large glass windows covered with thin frost separate the cold outside from the warm inside. The fire of the indoor fireplace burns quietly, and the mahogany bronze pendulum clock against the wall ticks.

Mei Lu was sitting quietly on the small sofa by the fireplace. The armrest on the left was warmed by the fire and felt very warm. She was covered with a blanket, which was woven from wool and looked a little old. In some places there were also small hairballs.

It stands to reason that the eldest lady of the Helis family and the current owner cannot afford a good blanket, but this one has a special meaning to her.

Although she was good-looking when she was a child, she also had fun when she was about 8 years old. When she was about 8 years old, Hopelander also had a snowfall, which was bigger than this time. She was with Feng Nao and some other girls of the same age. Play in the snow, and try to build various things with snowflakes, such as villains, kittens, dogs and so on.

But because of their inexperience, their piles are always not the same, and they are rather ugly. The boys Adeley and Wick are laughing at them. Feng Nai is in a hurry, so he picks up the snowball and smashes it at it. Fortunately, the boys and girls on the snow had snowball fights with each other, throwing snowballs back and forth.

While fighting and running, the small animals that were originally piled up were also trampled off by others. At that time, she was so angry that she cried, and her heart was full of grievances. Feng Nai comforted her, but she still didn't stop. Later, Feng Nai went to find Brother Felton. At that time, Felton was almost an adult. He was the oldest in their generation and was very prestigious.

He quickly brought in Adley and Wick, who were about 9 years old, and asked them to apologize to him. Although Adley was naughty at the time, he didn't dare not listen to Brother Felton's words, so he had to be reluctant. Apologize to her, only then did she stop crying.

Later, Brother Felton found a few shovels and shoveled the snow together on the ground, which was much faster than their hands, and then asked Aidley and other boys to help with the snow. The children played house games together. But the piles were also interesting, and Wick suggested that everyone build a castle together, which was approved by many children.

So more than a dozen children joined hands to build a castle on the snow, while Brother Felton watched, and sometimes went to find some tools to help flatten the snowdrifts into large squares, and gave them some small wooden boards. It's easier to get the snowdrifts into angular shapes, which makes them even more interested.

For a whole day like this, they didn't even want to eat lunch at noon, all they thought about was how to build a beautiful castle. A dozen children were running around in the snow, constantly collecting the snow in the middle. They first roughly built a hill, and then Felton helped them plan the general shape, such as the wall, the main body of the castle, the tower, etc., and then one person was responsible for a small part and began to act.

Aidley wanted to build the tallest fort in the castle, Feng Nai wanted to build a tall tower, and Wick wanted to build the main body of the castle. Since they had the best families, they were usually the leaders, and the other children couldn't earn it. So just let them choose first. Brother Felton saw that she didn't choose, so he ran over curiously and asked if it was because he was too shy to say it.

She actually didn't know what to choose at that time, so she had to say that I would build the city wall with the other children. It was relatively simple. In this way, Feng Nai waited for 5-6 children to build the main body of the castle in the middle, and the other 8-9 children built the city wall on the periphery.

It was not until the afternoon that the castle was piled up. During this period, Brother Felton was shown several times, and it was finally completed after several revisions and revisions.

The white ice and snow castle, the city wall is a bit twisted, the height is uneven, the main body of the castle in the middle is not very symmetrical, the tower is really thick, and it does not look beautiful. But it can still be seen as a whole, it is a castle.

Although not perfect, everyone was very happy, and then began to assign themselves where to live in the castle in the future.

Aidley was the first to speak. He said that he wanted to live in the fort rotunda in the middle of the castle, because that was where the king lived. Then Feng Nao, she said that she wanted to live in a tower, like the princess. Wick looked at it and said that he lived in the middle of the castle. He wanted to be a general, and then the other children also said their thoughts, where they lived, who they wanted to be, ministers, heroes, queens, and bishops. , poets, etc.

Finally, Felton asked her where she wanted to live. She thought about it and replied that she wanted to live with her family, and it would be good for everyone to be happy together. After saying that, Adeley smiled, saying that this wish is too boring, what is there to think about. Seeing that she had a tendency to cry again, Brother Felton taught Aidley a few more words to tell him not to arbitrarily judge other people's dreams, which made her feel a little better.

After playing in the snow all day, her body was relatively weak at that time. After she came back, she caught a cold, had a headache, and had a fever. She curled up on the bed all day. Her father specially asked the pastor of the church to treat her once a day. Spell, she is a little better, but still a little lack of energy. Sleeping in bed too much is a little uncomfortable.

Aunt Lige, the head maid, saw that she was in a bad mood all day, so she talked with her beside her bed, and knitted a blanket without any idle time in her hand.

At that time, she would lie in bed and listen to Auntie Lige talking about some past events, such as the scene of Ligea living in the mountain village when she was young, the wild boars, monsters, foxes in the mountains, etc., and Auntie Lige herself and her brother when she was a child.

The stories of the younger siblings, what they would play, etc., these made Mei Lu listen with relish, and lying in bed was not so boring anymore.

The cold lasted for a week or two. During this period, Feng Nai also looked for her several times, but they were afraid of infecting her. The parents on both sides refused to let them meet, but left some gifts, not only for Feng Nai, but also for other children. Even Adeley and Wick asked Feng Nao to bring her a beautiful little dagger.

When the cold is cured, Auntie Lige's knitted blanket is also finished, let Meilu wear it when she is cold, and be careful not to catch a cold in the future.

Time passed slowly, and the blanket that once covered the whole body is now only suitable for drape over the shoulders. The person who made the blanket is no longer there, and the children who played together have also gone their separate ways and disappeared in life, and some even reappeared. will not see.

The fire burns quietly, the past time seems to emerge in the flames, Mei Lu is immersed in memories, her face is sometimes smiling, sometimes sad, and when the blanket on her shoulders slips off, she inadvertently wakes up, pulls the blanket again, and then Play with the firewood in the fireplace and let it burn again.

Mei Lu looked at the orange-red flame, her eyes no longer had the worries and unease of the past, and a calm and peaceful fire was reflected in it.

Even if the past is no more, and the familiar people are gone one by one, she will still move on, just as she dreamed when she was a child, she will make the Helis family a big warm family again.