She Is Not a Witch Chapter 11: Memories in the snow
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It's snowing.
Hopland in the south has a rare snowfall. In this warm seaside city, snow is really a novelty.
White snowflakes drifted slowly from the sky and landed in the courtyard. The air became colder than before. Some children wore cotton-padded jackets and played happily in the snow, throwing snowballs, and making snowmen. They grew up by the sea, 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 outdoor from the warm indoors, the fire of the indoor fireplace burns quietly, and the mahogany bronze pendulum clock against the wall makes a ticking sound.
Meilu sits quietly on the small sofa by the fireplace. The armrest on the left is heated by the fire, and it feels warm. She is covered with a blanket. The blanket is woven with wool. It looks like Some are old, and small hairballs have appeared in some places.
It is reasonable to say that the eldest lady of the Hollis family and the current owner of the house would not be unable to afford a good blanket, but this one has a special meaning to her.
Although she was behaved when she was a child, there were also times when she was playful. When she was about 8 years old, Hopelander also had a snowfall, which was bigger than this time. She and Feng Nao, as well as some other people of the same age. The girls are playing in the snow, and they are also trying to pile up various things with snowflakes, such as villains, kittens, puppies and so on.
Because of their inexperience, they always piled differently, and they were ugly. Edley and Wick and the boys laughed at them. Feng Nao was out of breath, so he picked up a snowball and smashed it. , This time is good, the boys and girls on the snow have a snowball fight with each other, throwing snowballs back and forth.
While playing and running, the small animals that had been piled up were also trampled by others. At that time, she was so angry that she was full of grievances. Feng Nao comforted her, but she still kept going. Later, Feng Na went to find Fenton's brother. Fenton was almost adult at that time, and he was the oldest in their generation, and he was very prestigious.
He quickly found Adley and Wick, who were about 9 years old, and asked them to apologize to himself. Although Adley was naughty at the time, he didn't dare not listen to Brother Fenton's words. Reluctantly apologized to her, and then she stopped crying.
Later, Brother Fenton found a few more shovels and shoveled the snow together, which was much faster than they did with their hands, and then asked Edley and other boys to help build the snow. They were a little disdainful at first. Don't want to play house games with girls. But piled up and got interested, Wick suggested that everyone build a castle together, which got the approval of many children.
So a dozen children joined hands to build a castle on the snow. Brother Fenton was watching. Sometimes he went to find some tools to help flatten the snowdrift into big squares and gave them some The small wooden planks make it easy to make the snowdrift into an angular shape, which makes them more interested.
For a whole day like this, they didn't even want to eat at noon. They were all thinking about how to build a beautiful castle. More than a dozen children ran around in the snow, constantly gathering the snow in the middle. They first piled up a hill roughly, and then Fenton helped them plan the general shape, such as the wall, the main body of the castle, the high tower, etc., and then one person took charge of a small part and started to take action.
Aidley wants to build the tallest fort in the castle, Feng Nai wants to build a tall tower, Wick wants to build the main body of the castle, because they have the best family background, they are usually the leaders, and other children are also Can't earn, so they can only choose first. Brother Fenton saw that she was not selected, so he ran over with a little curiosity and asked if it was because he was shy that he didn't dare to say.
She didn't know what to choose at the 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 Nao waited for 5-6 children to build the main body of the castle in the middle, and the other 8-9 children to build the wall on the outside.
It was only in the afternoon that the castle was built. During the period, Brother Fenton watched it several times, and made several revisions before it was finally completed.
The white ice and snow castle, the walls are a bit twisty, the height is uneven, the main body of the castle in the middle is not very symmetrical, the tall tower is a bit thick, and it doesn't look pretty. But it can still be seen as a whole, it is a castle.
Although it's not perfect, everyone is still very happy, and then they start to assign themselves where they want to live in the castle.
Aidley was the first to speak. He said he wanted to live in the fortress rotunda in the middle of the castle, because that was where the king lived. Then there was Feng Na, who said that she wanted to live in the tower, just like the princess. Wick took a look and said he lived in the middle of the castle. He wanted to be a general. Then the other kids also said what they wanted, where they lived and who they wanted to be. There were ministers, heroes, queens, and bishops. , There are poets and so on.
Finton finally asked her where she wanted to live. She thought about it and said that she wanted to live with her family. It would be nice if we all be together happily. After talking about it, Aidley laughed, saying that this wish is too boring. Seeing that she had a tendency to cry again, Brother Fenton gave Edley a few more words to tell him not to judge other people's dreams, and she felt a little better.
She spent a whole day playing in the snow. At that time, she was relatively weak. After returning, she caught a cold, headache, body heat, and curled up in bed all day long. Her father specially asked the pastor of the church to give it to herself every day. After casting a healing spell, she was a little better, but she was still a little bit sluggish~IndoMTL.com~ Sleeping a lot in bed, but a little uncomfortable.
Aunt Lige, the maid chief, saw that she was in a bad mood all day, so she was talking to her beside her bed, and she was not idle in her hands, knitting a blanket.
At that time, she lay in bed and listened to Aunt Lige’s talk about past events, such as scenes of Lige’s life in the mountain village when he was young, wild boars, monsters, foxes in the mountains, etc., and Aunt Lige herself and The stories of the brothers and sisters, what they would play with, etc., these make Mei Lu listen to it with gusto, and lying in bed is not so boring.
The cold lasted for a week or two. During the period, Feng Nao also looked for it several times, but because of fear of infecting her, both parents refused to let them meet. They only left some gifts, not only Feng Nao, but also other children. Yes, even Edley and Wick asked Feng Nao to bring her a beautiful little dagger.
When the cold is over, the blanket woven by Aunt Lige is finished, and she will wear it when it is cold. Be careful not to catch a cold again in the future.
Time flows slowly. The blankets that once covered the whole body are now only suitable for draping over the shoulders. The people who knit the blankets are no longer there, and the children who play together also go away and disappear in life. I'll never even see it again.
The fire burns quietly, the past time seems to emerge in the flames, Mei Lu is immersed in memories, sometimes smiling and sometimes sad, waiting for the blanket on her shoulders to slip off, and then inadvertently wake up and pull it up again. Blanket, and then fiddle with the firewood in the fireplace to make it burn again.
Mei Lu looked at the orange-red flame, her eyes no longer had the worries and anxiety of the past, and a calm and peaceful fire reflected in them.
Even if the past is no longer and the familiar people go away one by one, she will continue to move forward. Just like she dreamed of when she was a child, she would make the Hollis family a warm family again.