Jiang Damei: "At least you have some conscience. Speaking of going into the mountains, you can forget about it. Not only did you not catch any prey, but I almost became a laughingstock because of you."

Wu Shengli went into the mountains once and was so frightened that he fainted. Jiang Damei mistakenly thought that Wu Shengli was dead, so she grabbed him and cried and made a scene.

The examination revealed that he had only been hit by a wolf's tooth, without even breaking his skin. He had fainted purely from fright, which caused him to be ridiculed by the entire group for a long time.

Wu Shengli: "I just wanted to bring more meat back home. After that incident, I realized that I'm not cut out for this, and I won't go into the mountains anymore."

He was a scorekeeper, but his income was only based on the full work points, with no extra salary or subsidies, so it wasn't easy for him to afford meat.

Thinking that Captain Huang was organizing people to go into the mountains, and that there would be more people and less danger, he wanted to sneak some meat into the mountains. Little did he know that he would almost lose his life.

After this experience, he realized that living was more important than eating meat, and he would never dare to think about going up the mountain again.

Jiang Damei: "No amount of meat is as important as the safety and well-being of the whole family." Fortunately, Wu Shengli was alright, otherwise she didn't know if she could have made it through.

The couple were discussing how to take special care of Zheng Lanlan. The Huang family and Huang Guihua's family were no exception. They all decided to pay more attention to Zheng Lanlan, not asking her to do much, but just to keep an eye on her so she wouldn't go looking for Gao Shujing.

Inside Gao Shujing's house, the children expressed their love for glutinous rice balls by asking Yu Rujia to make more.

Yu Rujia: "We still have some glutinous rice balls at home. I'll make some for you in a couple of days."

Duolu raised his little hand in celebration and said, "I love Auntie the most!"

Duoxi echoed in her childish voice, "I like it, I like it."

Duo Shou ate the glutinous rice balls with millet teeth, and after receiving Yu Rujia's assurance that she would make more glutinous rice balls in a couple of days, she happily added another bowl of glutinous rice balls to her bowl.

Although Gao Guojing likes to eat glutinous rice balls, he prefers braised meat. The meat is already in the pot and cooking. During dinner, he got up several times to check the fire, afraid that if he wasn't careful, the fire would go out and he would waste time.

Two days ago, Gao Shujing asked someone to buy him a train ticket departing from the city at 5 p.m. tomorrow. He needs to go to the town to catch the bus to the city at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow.

He left home around midnight, so the braised food had to be cooked tonight and then drained overnight.

Today's braised items aren't easily flavorful offal; they're all time-consuming, requiring at least three hours of braising to fully absorb the flavor.

Ever since Gao Guojing had tasted braised food last time, he had been craving that flavor. Today, he finally had some braised meat, and he had to have some before going to bed to satisfy his craving.

Fortunately, Gao Shujing came back a little earlier this afternoon. The two of them worked together to clean the meat and put it in the pot before six o'clock, so they could eat before nine o'clock. After eating, they could go to the cowshed and then go to sleep.

Gao Guojing happily calculated the time in his mind, laughing out loud as he did so.

The little ones, who were eating glutinous rice balls, were so startled that they forgot to eat.

Duofu looked at Gao Guojing with a worried expression: "Uncle Guojing, are you alright?"

She was crying and sobbing this morning, how did she turn into this by evening? Is she stupid or crazy? Duofu said he's too young to tell.

Duoshou frowned slightly: "Are you sick? Auntie, why don't you let Uncle Guojing take a look?"

Yu Rujia calmly said, "Don't worry, your Uncle Guojing just wants to eat meat. He'll be fine once he gets to eat some."

In response, the food-loving Duolu expressed disbelief: "Auntie, I also really want to eat meat, but I haven't been able to eat like Uncle Guojing."

Duoxi couldn't understand what everyone was saying. She looked at everyone with a blank expression, then scooped up another glutinous rice ball for herself and enjoyed its deliciousness, not bothering to speak.

Yu Rujia calmly offered a reason: "Uncle Guojing is different from you. He's going to Jiangcheng tomorrow."

Duolu raised his little hand as if he had something to report: "I know, I know, Uncle Guojing said there's nothing good to eat in Jiangcheng."

Gao Shujing didn't know what Gao Guojing had said to the little ones, or how it had led them to have such thoughts.

If the people of Jiangcheng heard this, they would definitely beat him up. It's not that there's no good food; it's just that there are too many restrictions, preventing them from eating as freely as they do here.

The children, unaware of Gao Shujing's thoughts, continued to share their own ideas.

Duoshou: "Won't there be no good food after Uncle Guojing leaves tomorrow?"

Duofu: "Uncle Guojing is so pitiful."

When Duolu thought about the days without good food, she felt she could understand Gao Guojing's feelings of both crying and laughing. In her little heart, she felt that it was still good that Uncle Guojing could still laugh, even though his laughter was a bit strange.

If he doesn't have good food, he'll definitely cry every day.

Thinking this, Duolu covered his mouth to suppress the pain of sharing the food and forced himself to scoop a glutinous rice ball from his own bowl and put it into Gao Guojing's bowl next to him.

Gao Guojing, who was lost in his own thoughts, suddenly found a spoon in his bowl. When he looked up, he saw Duolu's big eyes filled with heartache.

Gao Guojing asked, puzzled, "Duolu, what's wrong?"

Duolu wanted to pat Gao Guojing's head to comfort him, just like he always did when he was patted on the head, but when he reached out, he found that he couldn't reach Gao Guojing's head. So the little guy could only take a step back and pat Gao Guojing's arm instead.

Duolu: "Uncle Guojing, eat more."

Gao Guojing didn't understand what had happened, but it was a great joy that Duolu, who was always protective of his food, would share some with him. Adhering to the principle of teasing him first, he nodded.

Gao Guojing: "Thank you, Duolu." Then he ate the glutinous rice ball that Duolu had just scooped over.

Yu Guangzhong indeed saw that Duolu looked heartbroken. He probably knew that he wouldn't be able to get his glutinous rice balls back, so the little guy decisively turned back to eat the glutinous rice balls in his own bowl.

Duolu quickened his pace, fearing that if he ate too slowly, Gao Guojing would take it from him again.

Gao Shujing: "...", he even takes the children's food, this stupid younger brother is really something else.

That evening, Gao Guojing didn't even practice his martial arts; he just stayed in the kitchen making braised meat.

Watching his watch and counting down the seconds, Gao Guojing finally endured three hours. He couldn't wait to cut a few small pieces of meat with a knife and start eating, tears streaming down his face as he ate.

Gao Guojing: "Waaah, it'll be so long before I can eat meat this delicious again."

Fortunately, the little ones were all in Yu Rujia's room preparing to sleep, otherwise they would have felt sorry for him seeing him like this.

Gao Shujing arrived just in time and saw Gao Guojing crying and muttering to himself while eating.

A few beads of cold sweat trickled down Gao Shujing's forehead. He really didn't want such a stupid younger brother; whoever wanted him could take him.