"Come on..."
The carriage entered the village after dark and returned to the gate of his own yard. The candles in the house were still lit, and the people inside were not asleep. Hearing the sound of horse hooves outside, Qi Wanfeng's heart moved, and he opened the door of the house and strode out. Just
as he raised his hand to knock on the door, the door was opened from the inside.
When Cao Xiangnan saw the person opening the door, a smile appeared on his face and he put his hand down.
"Husband, you are back, come in quickly." Qi Wanfeng didn't expect that her husband would come back so soon. He was just wondering how long it would take for her husband to come back. The weather was getting colder and colder, and if it snowed, the road would be difficult to walk on. When her husband was away,
she was always worried about him. The children at home also asked him every day when his father would be back. Even the little Baoer, who was so young, asked him to hold him at the door every day to take a look.
"Master, you are back." Liu Guizhong, who was following behind, was also very happy to see the master come back. When the master came back, his son who followed him also came back. Seeing his son doing things properly beside the master, he was very satisfied in his heart, and finally did not embarrass his father.
If it weren't for the master, the Liu family would not know where they are now.
"Uncle Liu." Cao Xiangnan called out, and the two dogs circled around him, wagging their tails, and he rubbed the dog heads. Liu Guizhong responded and said, "Master, you are tired after rushing all the way, come in and rest, the two boys and I will clean up outside."
He handed the things outside to the Liu family father and son to clean up, and told them to go back and rest after they were done. Cao Xiangnan walked inside with the evening breeze. At this time, the children had all gone to bed. He went into the room to take a look at them and found that Xiangzi was still awake. He touched the child and told him to go to sleep quickly before he came out of the child's room.
Xiangzi, who was
lying on the bed, knew that his uncle had returned and was too excited to sleep. There were hot noodles on the table. Qi Wanfeng put a pair of chopsticks on it and said to her husband who came out of the child's room, "Come and eat it while it's hot." He walked over and bent down to smell it. Cao Xiangnan looked up at the person who had prepared the noodles for him, his eyes full of tenderness, and said, "It smells very good."
"If it smells very good, eat it quickly, or it will get mushy in a while." Seeing that her husband said he liked it, Qi Wanfeng smiled. She got up and planned to take out the clothes for her husband to change. The hot water was boiling on the stove, and she could take a bath after her husband finished eating the noodles.
"Where are you going?" Seeing the man was about to leave, Cao Xiangnan grabbed him.
"I'm going to get you some clean clothes, you can wear them after you take a shower." Qi Wanfeng glanced at her husband who was holding him tightly, and found it funny. Cao Xiangnan pulled him down and said, "Don't worry, sit down and keep me company for a while." He
saw Qi Wanfeng busying around since he entered the room, and he couldn't even look at her for one more time.
Seeing her husband say that, Qi Wanfeng had no choice but to sit down, "Okay, okay, I'll sit here, you eat quickly." If you don't eat it now, the noodles will get mushy, and if they get mushy, they won't taste good.
Cao Xiangnan grabbed the chopsticks and started eating the noodles in the bowl. The familiar taste in his mouth made him nostalgic, and this taste couldn't be tasted outside. When he looked up, he saw the person who was watching him eat noodles. He picked up a piece of noodles and passed it to him. Seeing that the person didn't eat it, he still held it up. But he couldn't resist his husband, so Qi Wanfeng opened his mouth and ate it
. You took a chopstick each and I took a chopstick each in the bowl of noodles. Most of it went into Cao Xiangnan's stomach. The person who had already eaten dinner and ate noodles now touched his stomach and said that his stomach was about to burst .
"Really? It's burst, let me touch it." Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand to touch it, and said, "Maybe there is a baby in it." "
..." Qi Wanfeng, scolded his husband for not saying anything.
He also thought that there was a baby in it, but it was a pity that his husband said that the child was still young and didn't want him to get pregnant so soon, otherwise the belly might really be pregnant again.
Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but go over and kiss the man who was staring at him. Seeing that her husband wanted to continue, Qi Wanfeng hurriedly pushed him away and urged him to take a shower. It was getting late. How long would it take to make such a fuss? !
After they were busy, ate, took a shower and went back to the house, the two of them had been lying on the bed for a while.
"Then tell Wei Lin tomorrow. Maybe Wei Qi will be back in a few days." Qi Wanfeng paused when he heard her husband say that Wei Qi had left. Seeing that her husband was distressed, he still comforted him.
Cao Xiangnan understood that he just thought that he couldn't explain to Wei Lin that he had lost a person in one trip. Seeing that Wei Qi's explanation didn't seem like he would be back in a short time, it would be best if he really came back in ten days or half a month.
Holding the warm and fragrant person in his arms, he couldn't help but kiss his lips. Qi Wanfeng responded to his husband, and his heart longed for his husband's touch. The two kissed, and their hot breaths hit each other's faces. They longed for each other.
There was a lonely moon hanging in the sky, accompanied by a few stars.
The night passed, and the dawn rose. When the child woke up in the morning, he couldn't believe that his father had returned, and stretched out his little hands to rub his eyes. Cao Xiangnan saw the boy who had gotten up and was standing there with a sleepy look on his face. He called out, "An'an, it's Daddy who's back."
"Dad!" An'an saw that it was his daddy who was back and jumped over happily, "Dad, when did you come back? How come An'an didn't know that Daddy was back?"
"Dad came back last night and went into your room to see you. You were sleeping like a piglet. Did you forget about this?" Cao Xiangnan stretched out his hand and pinched his little brother's nose, and put the boy down.
"An'an fell asleep, An'an didn't know anything." An'an stretched out his hand to cover his little nose. His daddy was the worst, always pinching his little nose. But it didn't hurt. An'an wrinkled his little nose and forgave his daddy in his heart.
Seeing the child playing tricks, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but laugh.
He reached out and touched the heads of the two little ones who followed behind, and asked them to find Aunt Liu to braid their hair. Aunt Liu, who was in the hall with two young masters, heard what the hostess said, waved to the children to come over, and tied two small buns for each of the two little brothers, and tied up Xiang's hair.
The door of the room was opened from the inside at this time, and Qi Wanfeng woke up. When he came out and saw that everyone in the room was awake, but he was the last one to wake up, he felt a little embarrassed.
"Mommy."
After responding to the children, Qi Wanfeng touched the small buns on the children's heads. Over there, Xiao Baoer saw Mommy coming out, and the child who couldn't walk yet wanted to crawl over. Liu quickly carried the child over.
"You're up, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Cao Xiangnan asked when he saw the person getting up. He got up early to make breakfast, and he tired the people in the house last night. He didn't want to wake them up, so he wanted to let him sleep a little longer in the house.
Qi Wanfeng shook his head. He woke up naturally at this time. Seeing the way his husband looked at him, his face blushed.
"Go wash your face and come out for breakfast. I made your favorite taro cake." He raised his hand and slid down the loose hair on the man's face. The two looked at each other straight in the eyes. Cao Xiangnan saw Wanfeng blushing, so he smiled.
"Yeah." Qi Wanfeng walked away with a red face. When he thought of his husband's naughty smile, he smiled unhappily, knowing that his husband was deliberately being naughty. Seeing
that the relationship between the master and the mistress was so good, Liu smiled secretly with her lips pursed.
After washing up and coming out, Qi Wanfeng took the little Baoer who couldn't wait in Liu's arms. The child has been clinging to him since he was a child. It's okay when he grows up, but if he sees him, he still wants him to hold him and won't want anyone else.
He couldn't help but kiss the little Baoer on the white and tender face, making the child giggle non-stop.
While eating, the children told me that Cao had just taken people to the mountains to hunt. Cao Xiangnan had just returned and didn't know about it yet. Qi Wanfeng said "oh". Knowing that her husband had just returned and didn't know about what was happening in the village, she mentioned this to her husband.
Last year, they took people to the mountains to hunt. It was Cao Xiangnan's idea at first.
The mountains are rich in products, and usually not many people go into the mountains to hunt. There are only a few old hunters nearby who go into the mountains to hunt, and no one else goes in. At this time, going into the mountains to hunt can store food for the winter. The chestnuts at the foot of the mountain are ripe, and there are many wild fruits and vegetables. Picking them can also be stored as food.
So this year, the village chief Cao Gang took the lead and led some men in the village to go hunting. Knowing that the mountains were dangerous, Cao Gang did not lead people into the deep mountains. They hunted some small prey outside and picked some wild fruits and vegetables. After each trip, they were very fruitful and had a rich harvest.
At dawn, the young men arranged by the village and the aunts who could spare time all came to the village chief's house with baskets on their backs, waiting to go into the mountains together.
When Cao Xiangnan went out, he saw the people outside. Everyone greeted him when they saw him. He walked over to greet everyone and asked a few questions. Cao Gang happened to come out, so he walked over.
"I heard the sound of horse hooves outside yesterday. I think you are back." Cao Gang knew that Cao Xiangnan had returned yesterday, so he was not surprised to see him here this morning. But when he saw Cao Xiangnan return but did not see Wei Qi, a trace of doubt flashed across his eyes.
Wei Lin, who was following behind, did not see his brother, so he asked, "Xiangnan, where is my brother?"
"He has something to do and will be back later." As for what he went to do and how late he would be back, Cao Xiangnan could not say. Gan Weilin was sometimes a careless person. When he heard Cao Xiangnan say this, he thought his brother went to do something small and would be back soon. He said "Oh" and nothing else.
This made Cao Xiangnan breathe a sigh of relief.
He found that Cao Gang looked at him with inquiry in his eyes, and Cao Xiangnan looked innocent, so he said that he knew nothing.
The hunting in the mountains was going on vigorously. However, compared with last year when Wang Dahu and Liu Baishu were there, the fighting capacity was very strong. This year, there were a few less good helpers, and the situation was somewhat worse. However, for the villagers, they were already very satisfied with the harvest.
The men who followed into the mountains every day took turns, not just a few people every day, otherwise they would feel a little unbalanced if they had to share the hunted items with everyone. Just like last year, some of the hunted items were taken back by themselves, and some were left for some elderly people in the village to spend the winter, and no one had any objection to this.
As for whether to exchange or give to each other privately, that was their own business. At
this time, all the food that can be harvested from the fields has been harvested. The white radishes, plump potatoes, and vegetables that have been hit by frost are wilted and can't survive. They have to be picked and taken home for their own consumption.
At this time, it is already the end of autumn and winter is coming.