When David woke up, he felt very cold.

A deep cold.

“It’s so cold…”

David stood up wrapped in a quilt, walked to the closet, took an extra quilt, then returned to the bed, and wrapped it back on himself.

But he found... it was still not warm enough.

Still cold.

"What the hell is going on?"

Today is his 19th birthday.

On my birthday... I didn't expect that I would wake up in this way.

He lay on the bed for a while, and then found that... he couldn't sleep anymore.

When it gets cold, I get hungry.

David stood up from the bed, put on a few clothes, and carefully came outside, preparing to go to the kitchen to make some late-night snacks by himself.

In this village, the acquisition of grain is never an easy task. For crops, they cannot guarantee the guaranteed harvest of drought and flood, and foods such as poultry, meat, eggs, and milk are not so easy to obtain.

Fortunately... David's family has a lot of food.

But unexpectedly, as soon as I walked outside, I saw my sister Dai Lan holding a flashlight and looking through a book.

"Hey, Dai Lan! You..."

"elder brother!"

When Dai Lan saw David, she was shocked, "You scared me to death."

David walked to her and said, "Get up so late to read, aren't you afraid of myopia?"

Dai Lan lowered her head aggrievedly and said, "I...I..."

"Oh, forget it." David looked at the book she was reading, which was a book introducing tourist attractions. There was an illustration on the book, which was a beach.

"Brother, I want to see the sea." Dai Lan pointed to the photo in front of her, "If it weren't for this photo, I wouldn't have known that the sea looked like this."

David looked at the photo and said, "There is nothing to do. My brother, I have never seen the sea."

Dai Lan thought for a while and said to David: "Brother, by the way, today is your 19th birthday, right? Happy birthday!"

"Little Nizi, you just remembered it. Why did you get up so late to read a book?"

"I have to study in school during the day and I don't have time to read it. But the class is really boring, there are only a few teachers, and I don't even have textbooks."

Dai Lan held the book and said, "Brother, do you say I'll make a cake for you? I've read a book about baking..."

"No need," David shook his head: "Why do you learn from Westerners' birthdays? Just put a bowl of longevity noodles?"

"Your name sounds very similar to Westerners..."

David has always taken great care of this little sister, and the relationship between the two brothers and sisters has always been very good.

"elder brother……"

"Um?"

"After your birthday, you will be joining the village patrol."

"Ah, yes. If you are nineteen years old, you are not a student. If you are an adult, you have to contribute to the village."

Dai Lan continued to look at the book in front of her and suddenly said, "Brother, I was not born ten years ago at that time... At that time, the village was not like this. You..."

"Dai Lan." David sighed, patted Dai Lan's back of his hand, and said, "I don't really want to recall what happened ten years ago."

"Oh... OK."

Ten years ago...

So...

It's been almost ten years since it was indeed.

"Oh?" At this moment, Dai Lan suddenly thought of something and said to David: "Brother, why did you get up in the middle of the night?"

David felt that it was a bit embarrassing to think about finding something to eat in front of his sister because he was cold and hungry. He hurriedly said, "Of course I just got up to check it out when I noticed that you were reading here."

Dai Lan looked at her brother carefully, her face full of disbelief.

"Brother, are you sure?"

"I'm sure...remain..."

"All right."

David rubbed his sister Dai Lan's head and said, "Go to bed. We both go."

"Oh, okay..."

When he arrived at the bed, David continued to lie on the bed.

Suddenly, he noticed that snow began to fall outside the window.

"It's snowing?"

It seems that this cold winter is not so easy to get over.

At this time, David recalled Dai Lan's words just now.

Ten years ago...he was only nine years old at that time.

He also clearly remembered what happened at that time.

Although he is very young, he still remembers his father who often goes to work in the fields and grows organic vegetables. The village is full of laborers but he likes to work in the city, so there are many elderly, weak, women and children in the village. Many of them are left-behind children of the same age as David. But his father is different, and he does not plan to work in big cities.

At that time, my mother had just gotten pregnant with Dai Lan and had a very bad morning sickness and couldn't go to work in the fields. My father took all the farm work on himself. At that time, he could really be said to be the most diligent and hardworking farmer in the village.

But no one expected that in that winter, the whole village...

"call……"

David breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned into aerosol.

He is... nineteen years old.

...

I don't know how long it took to wake up later, but David opened his eyes.

At this time, the fish belly just turned white outside.

David still felt very cold.

The wind and snow outside are still the same.

David opened the door and found that his father and mother had both gotten up.

At this time, they were preparing breakfast for the family.

"David," David's father immediately said to him, "have you got up so early?"

"Yeah, dad, get up."

At this time, my father was holding the firewood, picking up the matches and lighting them.

There is no natural gas or tap water in the village. Ten years ago... these things were originally available, but now everyone can only rely on themselves and be self-sufficient.

Although there was no running water, there was water in the well. Mom went to the well outside to fetch water early in the morning. When Dad lit the firewood, he started boiling water.

"David," David's mother smiled and said, "Today is your birthday. You will come back early tonight. I will give you birthday noodles and ribs noodles."

"Okay!" David laughed when he heard the pork ribs.

Although the supply of meat cannot be said to be tight, every household hopes to prepare more meat.

"David," said David's father: "In the afternoon, follow me and bring some of our pickled bacon to Captain Lin's house. You are nineteen and have to participate in the daily patrol of the village. Captain Lin will be the captain this month. He has to handle some of his side."

"Yes, your dad is right." David's mother nodded and said, "Captain Lin is still a good person, and he is very easy to talk to."

"Yeah, OK."

"Remember," Dad David reminded: "When you see Captain Lin, be smarter and sweeter, wear all the time, and don't wear flattery."

"I understand, dad, mom."

It was past nine o'clock in the morning.

David went out in a fur coat.

At the age of nineteen, he no longer needs to go to school, and in this winter, he has no farm work.

He gradually followed the others to a square in the village.

In the center of the square is the most respected Mr. Zhao in the village.

In front of him was a box.

"Okay, everyone, the time is almost over, so I'll start drawing lots."
To be continued...