Song Guoliang immediately recognized the figure as his elder brother and said in a deep voice, "It's Song Guodong."
"Is it him?!"
Du Xiaoying was wondering why Boss Song showed up so early in the morning. She was just thinking about it when she heard the man's words.
"If you're sleepy, you can take a nap on my back."
Hearing this, Du Xiaoying shook her head like a rattle, her voice full of resistance, "No, no, I'm afraid I'll fall asleep and be thrown to the ground."
Song Guoliang coughed lightly with a guilty conscience and said hurriedly, "Wife, I'll be careful, it shouldn't happen again."
"Okay, I'll trust you again."
When the bicycle stopped, Du Xiaoying opened her eyes halfway, saw that they had arrived at the county, and quickly jumped off.
"Wife, how about...I go with you today?"
"no!"
Du Xiaoying realized that her tone might be a little too harsh, so she quickly softened her voice.
"You can't go to the black market. I can't let your job be at risk. Go to work. Tell the guard, and I'll return the bike to you later."
"No need, I can just walk back at night." Song Guoliang was upset, but he had to compromise.
Du Xiaoying turned around and looked at the man who was still standing there with a sullen expression, and sighed helplessly.
However, she doesn't regret it at all!
.....
Du Xiaoying rode a bicycle carrying two large bags of grain and stopped at the gate of her house.
"Da Ya and Er Ya, open the door. Mom is back."
"Mom." Daya and her sisters heard the noise in the yard, ran out to open the door, and were about to help carry the things in the car into the house.
"Da Ya and Er Ya, you can't move it. Hold on to the bicycles, mom will do it." Du Xiaoying carried a bag in each hand and carried it into the house easily.
"Mom, let's eat. The chickens are ready."
"Well, eat." Du Xiaoying was brushing off the dust on her body from moving food in the yard.
Breakfast is a simple corn grits porridge and steamed corn bread, plus a bowl of fragrant steamed egg.
"Daya eats eggs with her sisters."
"Mom eats too."
Seeing her daughter forcefully handing the spoon to her mouth, Du Xiaoying's heart softened and she opened her mouth to eat a spoonful of soft, fragrant and tender egg custard.
When Daya and her sisters saw their mother eating, they began to eat the fragrant egg custard in small bites.
....
The woods are dense, and sunlight sneaks in through the dense branches and leaves, forming spots of light.
The further in we go, the thicker the weeds become, with almost no place to step.
As they walked, the two men used long sticks they picked up to beat the grass to prevent any insects from hiding in it.
Liu Dajiao looked up at the big tree laden with fruits, his brows raised with joy and his mouth grinning.
"Xiaoying, why do I feel so lucky being with you? It's not like I haven't been here before."
Du Xiaoying vigilantly observed the movements around her. Seeing nothing unusual, she smiled heartily, "I also think I'm incredibly lucky."
"Let's not just stand there and pick them up quickly, otherwise the animals in the mountains might get them first."
"Yeah." Liu Dajiao responded, then skillfully swung the long stick to hit the fruits hanging on the branches.
“Clatter—”
After a rain of fruits, the ground was covered with plump fruits. The two men had no time to talk, but grinned and quickly picked them up into the backpack sack.
Du Xiaoying picked up the trash while keeping her ears perked up, listening to the movements around her.
When I thought about how I could sell these things for a lot of money, I was so happy that I couldn't stop smiling.
Suddenly, she caught a glimpse of a shadow passing by, and Du Xiaoying looked over vigilantly.
"Bang——"
A furry thing bumped into a tree and fell to the ground.
"What's going on?"
Du Xiaoying pointed to the edge of the tree, walked over and picked up a big fat rabbit with its head drooping, feeling both surprised and happy.
"Black girl, what do you see?"
Liu Dajiao slapped his thigh, his voice almost cracking, "Rabbit?! Xiaoying, where did you get the rabbit?"
Du Xiaoying pointed at the tree, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "I said the rabbit crashed into the tree and died. Do you believe it?"
"What? This silly rabbit, isn't this meat delivered to my door?" Liu Dajiao looked at the fat rabbit and pinched it. "Wow, this rabbit must weigh more than four pounds, it's really fat!"
"We both have meat to eat today!"
As they were talking, they heard a rustling sound.
A pheasant landed on the ground and walked around with its tail swishing.
The two men looked at each other and then surrounded the enemy separately.
Liu Dajiao raised his hands, stared at the pheasant, and swallowed.
Du Xiaoying picked up a stone, aimed at the pheasant's head, and when the time was right, the stone hit the pheasant's head.
The pheasant felt pain and spread its wings to escape, but Liu Dajiao pounced on it with his quick eyes and hands.
Listening to the pheasant's screams and looking at the chicken feathers flying in the air, Du Xiaoying stretched her neck.
"I caught it!" Liu Dajiao raised the struggling pheasant that was flapping its wings wildly in his hand, and with a force on his hand, the pheasant's head drooped limply.
.....
The two of them ran four or five times before they finally moved all the hazelnuts and chestnuts they found.
"Hei Mei, I'll take it back after I finish processing it at my house."
Liu Da Jiao chuckled, "That's exactly what I meant. Otherwise, if other families knew that we caught a pheasant, they would be jealous to death."
Yueya and the other children stared at the half-bald pheasant without blinking, and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Looking at the tightly closed gate of his own courtyard, Song Guoliang keenly smelled the fishy smell of shed hair. He easily climbed over the wall, climbed to the top, and jumped down lightly.
Liu Dajiao and her daughter, "..."
Suddenly meeting so many pairs of eyes, Song Guoliang's face froze.
Du Xiaoying's mouth twitched, and she suppressed the smile on her face. "Don't just stand there, hurry up and get the rabbit skin. I'm waiting for you."
Song Guoliang coughed lightly, nodded and greeted Liu Dajiao, and hurried to deal with the rabbit skin.
Liu Da Jiao nudged him with his elbow, winked, and jokingly said, "Your Old Song can't tell. He's so serious and stern outside, but he's quite a troublemaker at home."
"Cough~" Du Xiaoying choked, "I don't usually—"
"Mom, Xiaowu, open the door quickly! Sanya got first place in the class!"
Hearing her daughter's voice, Du Xiaoying dropped the half-plucked chicken and rushed out, "Are the test results out?"
"Well, my third sister is first in the class and got two perfect scores!" Si Ya puffed out her chest happily, "Mom, Si Ya also got second place."
"Mom, I'm third." Erya jumped three feet high with excitement.
Daya scratched her head, her face flushed with shame and annoyance, "Mom, I only ranked tenth, not as good as my sisters."
"My daughter is so amazing! Let's have meat tonight to celebrate and reward her for doing so well on the test."
Du Xiaoying's eyes were red with excitement and joy. "Guoliang, did you hear that? Our daughter did very well in the exam."
Song Guoliang nodded and looked at his daughters with relief and pride.
Little foodie Si Ya grasped the key point of her mother's words, her eyes brightening surprisingly, "Mom, is there meat?"
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