When it snows, going to Beijing becomes Peiping; when we go to Houhai to watch the snow, we return to the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
This is what the poet Yin Lichuan wrote at the beginning of his blog after he went to Houhai after a snowfall one year.
The plain text is enough to move many people.
The snow fell very thickly when I went to Beijing that year. Looking around, the roofs of the streets were flat and swaying, which also concealed many modern atmospheres.
Especially in Houhai, there are very few things with obvious modern flavor, and there are also many houses with ancient styles.
The heavy snow falls, covering up all the hustle and bustle of modern society. Standing in the snow, you can feel like you are in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in a trance.
Auspicious snow filled Kyoto, and all the palaces turned into silver palaces.
This year's first snow fell for an especially long time, and since last night, the flying snowflakes have not stopped.
It is estimated that this year will also be a year of heavy snowfall.
It rarely snows in Zhonghai. The poor southern children have never seen snow in their entire lives.
This heavy snow completely ignited the childish nature of the little girl.
If the snow hadn't been too thick now, she might have rolled on the ground.
The reason why the little one was so excited was because she had never seen snow before.
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a new research report in Science magazine and pointed out that when children face novel and unexpected things, they will learn more than when they face ordinary things. It will make them smarter.
If she were an ordinary parent, she might have already taken her back to wash and eat and do whatever she had to do.
But Chen Xi didn’t.
He put the towel back into the washbasin, then came to the steps outside the west wing, and quietly watched the little girl squatting on the ground and rubbing the snowball hard.
At the bottom of the steps, the snow had already condensed into ice.
The little girl scraped up the snow layer by layer, then put it in his hands and kneaded it into a ball.
The snow was not too thick yet, so she rubbed it very slowly.
And she didn't wear gloves. When she finally made a snowball the size of an egg, her pink fingers were already red from the cold.
"Daddy! Snowball! Snowball!"
The little girl ran to Chen Xi holding the snowball as if he was offering a treasure. She didn't seem to notice the pain in her hand because of the ice ball.
Chen Xi knelt, gently touched her little face that was flushed with excitement, and said softly: "Be good, throw it away. After throwing it out, we will wash up and have breakfast, and then Dad will build a snowman with you, okay?"
"Good!"
The little girl nodded heavily, then turned around, raised his hands to the back of his head, and then threw the snowball heavily.
Seeing the snowballs hitting the ground and scattering all over the place, the little girl immediately clapped his hands with joy.
Chen Xi gently held her hand and asked with concern: "Is it cold?"
"Not cold!"
Even though his bones were aching from the cold, the little girl laughed and shook his head.
Chen Xi didn't point it out, and after releasing a ray of true energy to wrap around her little hand, he picked her up: "Let's go, daddy will take you to wash your face, eat, and build a snowman!"
"Build a snowman! Build a snowman!"
With the temptation of the snowman, the little girl immediately followed Chen Xi to wash up.
After breakfast, before Chen Xi could clear the table, she couldn't wait to drag Chen Xi to the yard.
There wasn't much snow on the ground, so Chen Xi slowly raised his hands amidst the little girl's slightly excited shouts.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew in the small courtyard.
That year.
The first snowfall in Beijing was extremely heavy.
……
Dongming Hutong entrance.
A Sprinter slowly stopped.
From the appearance alone, this car is somewhat similar to the Jinbei car.
Except it has a Mercedes-Benz logo.
Only one woman was sitting in the huge carriage, and she was holding a red wine glass and shaking it slightly.
After the car stopped, the woman raised the curtains and took a look.
After confirming that she had arrived at the station, she lowered the partition between the carriage and the cab, and then asked: "Lao Meng, when did they move in?"
"It should be September 29th. You asked me not to come near here, so I'm not sure about the specific time."
"September 29th?"
The woman gently placed the wine glass on the table in front of her and then laughed softly.
As if talking to herself, she said softly: "Today is November 21st. Do you think of this place as your home?"
After saying that, she opened the car door and got out of the car.
This woman has a very tall figure. She is wearing a beige long coat from Canada Goose and a pair of black Balenciaga boots. Looking at her outfit, she looks a bit like a model who came to the old street to take photos.
There is still light snow falling in the sky, and none of the stalls along the old street have been set up today.
After all, in this cold weather, it’s better to stay at home.
The bluestone road in the old street has been covered with a layer of snow, and the sound of a woman walking echoed in the empty alley.
A few minutes later, the woman arrived in front of the Sihe Courtyard.
She was not polite and pushed the door open directly.
Chen Xi and the little girl were squatting in the middle of the yard building a snowman.
He had long noticed the movement in the alley, so he stopped moving.
Therefore, just as the woman pushed open the door and entered, Chen Xi also stood up.
One is in front of the screen wall in the southeast corner, and the other is in the center of the courtyard in front of the main hall.
Both of them glanced at each other's location.
But the high courtyard wall blocked their view.
Chen Xi stood still and didn't move. The little girl was busy adding bricks and tiles to the snowman, so he didn't notice anything strange about Chen Xi.
The woman moved.
'Da da da……'
Her heels clicked on the stone floor, making a crisp sound.
Every time that sound sounded, it seemed like a morning bell and a dusk drum, beating Chen Xi's chest hard.
He stared blankly at the hanging flower door in front of him that separated the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard.
The woman walked very steadily and soon passed through the front yard and arrived in front of the hanging flower door.
And at this moment.
Chen Xi also saw her appearance.
Not Yingying...
An indescribable feeling immediately came to Chen Xi's heart.
He was just stunned, watching the woman walking straight towards him.
The little girl squatted on the ground, holding a ball of snow slag in his hands, trying to pat it on the snowman.
The woman was getting closer and closer, and her footsteps finally alerted the little girl.
The little girl turned his head and glanced at the woman who suddenly appeared.
Immediately afterward, she suddenly grinned, as if she was very happy, and asked sweetly: "Sister, do you want to build a snowman with us?"
The woman said nothing.
The little girl waited for a while.
Seeing that she didn't speak, he stopped paying attention to her and continued to build his snowman.
The woman looked at the little girl squatting on the ground silently.
After a long while, she suddenly asked: "What's her name?"
Her voice sounded very cold.
Just like the weather today, although the sun is shining brightly, there are still snowflakes.
Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then solemnly replied: "Chen Nian."
"How about you?"
"Chen Xi."
"Chen Xi?"
After the woman muttered the name softly, she finally moved her eyes from the little girl to Chen Xi.
"My name is Qin Yuqing."
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