After lunch, the four adults had nothing to do, so they took out mahjong and started playing.

Li Xu's three children sat quietly by the side.

Seeing Yang Li's high spirits while playing cards, Li Xu couldn't help but say, "Mom, you're retired now, it's time to enjoy your life. Don't make yourself so tired in the future. When you have nothing to do, play cards with the neighbors. Just let Brother Feng and Xiao Sen take care of the children."

"I'm destined to be a hard worker. I'll never be idle." Yang Li laughed and threw a card. "Eight bamboo shoots. Besides, I don't do much work. It's just sewing, taking care of the children, and cooking. It's not tiring at all."

"You're taking Brother Feng and Xiao Sen's work." Li Xu was a little amused. "You're doing all this work, so what are they doing?"

“They help me do it.”

At this time, Du Ming interrupted, "Xiao Xu, there's no need to persuade her. For your mother, as long as she can see her grandchildren around her every day, she won't feel tired even if she works from morning till night."

Seeing the old couple say this, Li Xu stopped trying to persuade them and started talking about other topics.

In the afternoon, with the return of Du Lin and Du Sen's families, the Du family became lively again.

Especially the noise from the children, it seemed like the roof could be blown off.

But even so, Du Ming and his wife did not feel bored, but laughed even more happily.

When Du Feng and his family came back, everyone was surprised to find that they were holding several wild rabbits in their hands.

These rabbits were quite large and immediately attracted the attention of the children, who gathered around them.

After Du Feng put the rabbit on the ground, Li Xu asked curiously, "Brother Feng, are there still wild rabbits for sale on the street?"

Rabbit meat is lean and a bit tough to eat. If you want to make it delicious, you must use a lot of oil and spices.

People think that eating this stuff is worse than eating lean pork.

Therefore, wild rabbits are very difficult to sell and few people will sell them.

Du Feng chuckled, "This is a gift from my father-in-law. It's perfect for dinner. I'll add more oil and fry it a little more spicy. It will be the perfect dish to go with wine."

Hearing this answer, everyone was stunned, "Did your father-in-law give it to you?"

"Well, my brother-in-law caught a litter a few months ago. Some of the rabbits were still small, so they didn't eat them. They kept them in the house until they grew up. They ate a few of them on New Year's Eve, and the rest were left for our family."

Li Xu and others then showed a look of sudden realization.

You should know that rabbits grow very fast and can reach adulthood in a few months.

So usually people will raise the baby rabbits for a while and eat them when they grow up.

"My in-laws are so thoughtful. Second brother, have you thanked them for us?" Du Ming said thoughtfully.

"I did, and they said you're welcome."

Hearing this, Du Ming nodded and said nothing more.

However, Yang Li pulled Du Feng's wife Li Qingxi and whispered to her.

You don't need to listen to know that she must have asked Li Qingxi to tell her family one day that she doesn't need to do this in the future and can just eat by herself.

It's not that she dislikes the gift, but she just can't bear it.

At the beginning, Du Feng insisted on marrying the country girl Li Qingxi. Yang Li and her husband were very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. This was their choice of person to take care of them in their old age, so they had to agree to him.

Later, Li Qingxi married into the Du family. After spending a long time with her, the old couple had no objection to her being simple and honest.

Especially when Li Qingxi smiled, they felt even more favorable towards him.

From then on, they often considered things from Li Qingxi's perspective.

Just like now, the adults in the house all know how poor the conditions of Li Qingxi's mother's family are.

To be honest, if Du Feng hadn't given a considerable sum of money to his father-in-law's family, it would have been difficult for Li Qingxi's brothers from her mother's family to get married.

Although her family's life is better now, it is still tight. They can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year.

Wild rabbit is nothing to the Du family, but it is a rare meat dish to Li Qingxi's family.

Therefore, Yang Li thought it would be most appropriate for Li Qingxi's parents to catch wild rabbits in the future to improve their own food.

Li Qingxi knew Yang Li's personality very well and knew that she had no other intentions, so he was not angry, but just responded with "hmm" and "ah".

As for whether they will do so, no one knows.

These rabbits are really tenacious. Even after being played with by so many children, not a single one of them died.

When it was time to prepare dinner, the three daughters-in-law of the Du family wanted to take the rabbits out to be slaughtered. The older children were fine. Although they were a little reluctant, they didn't say anything. But the younger children were not so happy. They cried and made a fuss, and some even rolled on the ground, refusing to let the rabbits be slaughtered.

The three mothers were cruel enough to ignore their own children, but the old couple Du Ming could not. They could not bear to see their child crying, so they finally decided to keep a rabbit.

As the children were happily playing with the rabbit, Du Lin, who had watched the whole process, looked a little gloomy. "Dad, Mom, if you continue to spoil the children like this, I will discipline them from now on."

Du Ming and his wife looked at each other and said awkwardly, "They are still young. When they are older, we won't be used to it anymore."

"If you guys spoil them now and they develop bad habits, how much effort will it take to correct them later? Second and third brothers, be careful from now on. Tell me if this happens again. If you dare to hide anything and I find out, you will have to think about the consequences."

When they suddenly heard their names, Du Feng and Du Sen shuddered unconsciously. When they came to their senses, they nodded repeatedly.

Du Ming and his wife were afraid of angering their eldest son, so they didn't dare to continue to refute and could only turn their heads away angrily.

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