Chapter 229: Couple's Night Talk
After walking around the guesthouse, the chicken was cooked. Xiao Chunhong came out and called out. Sui Yu called Uncle Lao Niu and A Shui and asked the father and daughter to go over and have some more food.
Five chickens were stewed with dried vegetables in two pots. In addition, Meng Ma also made a dish of chicken soup with tofu. The tofu was fried until golden brown and then stewed in chicken soup. When it was served, a handful of chopped green onions was sprinkled on it, which looked very beautiful.
Sui Yu scooped a bowl of chicken soup, and suddenly remembered, "I forgot about red dates and astragalus. Red dates stewed chicken, the chicken soup is sweet."
"Let's stew it tomorrow." Zhao Xiping took another bowl and scooped some tofu for her and put it next to her.
"The pancakes are here." Sister Cui brought a large bowl of pancakes and said, "Dip the pancakes in chicken soup, and they will taste better the more you eat them."
"Is there no food left?" Sui Liang asked, "Come over and eat with us."
"We're not hungry. The pancakes are ready, let's fill our stomachs first." Cuisao walked out, saying, "There are two pots of stewed pig's trotters. We just need two more fires. Bring them over right away."
After Sui Yu finished drinking the chicken soup, she handed the bowl to Zhao Xiping, and then took the chicken soup tofu to eat.
After two bowls of soup, Sui Yu was sweating all over her forehead. After eating the chicken soup with tofu, she took the bowl and continued to eat the chicken.
Zhao Xiping looked at her and reached out to tuck up her drooping hair.
"Mom, this is for you." The kid picked up a big chicken leg and handed it over.
Zhao Xiping stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Eat it yourself. Your mother has a chicken leg in her bowl."
"Oh." The kid took a bite of the chicken leg, then stretched his neck to look at the dishes on the table. He kept an eye on his mother's movements, always ready to serve her some food.
"Eat your meal well and let your mother have a good meal." Zhao Xiping lowered his head and whispered, "Eat your meal well and walk around in the yard when you're full. When your stomach is full, we'll go back to sleep. Your mother is tired."
The kid nodded and said, "I want to eat tofu, too."
"Don't you dislike eating tofu?" Despite what he said, Zhao Xiping still gave him a small piece.
After eating a piece of tofu, a chicken leg and a chicken foot, the kid felt full and slipped off the chair and walked out.
Sui Yu spat out the chicken bones and looked up, saying, "Little one, just play in the yard and don't run out."
"good."
The soybean and pig's trotter soup was served. Zhao Xiping was the first to take Sui Yu's bowl and scoop a bowl. The pig's trotter was stewed until it was soft and the soup was thick and white. The soybeans were also stewed until the skins were cracked. He sucked it gently and it went into his stomach along with the pig's trotter meat.
"It's still more comfortable to eat at home." Sui Yu took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face.
"Tell Sui Liang to buy more pig's trotters tomorrow, and also some pig's liver and pig's blood," Zhao Xiping instructed. "Are you full?"
"I'm full, and I'm stuffed. I'm going out for a walk." Sui Yu stood up and said to the servants, "Eat slowly, but don't eat too much. It will be hard to digest at night, and you might not be able to sleep because you're too full."
"It's all because Grandma Yin and Ma Meng cook such delicious food." Xiaochun Hongpin said.
"I'm going to complain. You can just wait to drink wild vegetable soup tomorrow." Sui Yu joked.
Zhao Xiping broke off two pancakes and soaked them in a bowl, drinking and chewing the liquid and dry food until his stomach was full. When he felt full, he put down his bowl and chopsticks and went out.
Sui Yu was standing in the kitchen talking to Yin Po and the others. Xiaozai and A Qiang rolled up their sleeves and squatted on the floor to wash dishes. They said they were washing dishes, but they were just playing with water.
"Want to go out for a walk?" Zhao Xiping asked at the door.
"Okay." Sui Yu walked out and said, "Hey kid, continue washing the dishes. When your uncle is full, let him give you a bath."
"I don't wash dishes." The kid wanted to be a follower.
However, before he could even walk out of the kitchen, Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping had already run out.
"Mom—Dad—"
No one paid any attention and the footsteps died down. The boy pulled A Qiang to give him courage and the two of them walked out of the kitchen door. It was pitch black outside and no one could be seen.
The kid called out twice more, and A Qiang led him into the house.
"You can't go out after dark. There are wolves outside who like to eat children like you." A Qiang threatened him.
"You're lying." The kid didn't believe it.
"Then you go out? The wolfskin mattress you cover yourself with in the winter is the wolfskin your parents killed and skinned at night."
The kid hesitated twice.
Sui Yu and Zhao Xiping walked out from the corner of the courtyard wall, and they walked away quickly with light steps.
"Aqiang is quite good at making up stories," said Sui Yu.
"Your son is becoming more and more annoying every day. In order to suppress him, everyone, young and old, is using all their skills." Zhao Xiping snorted.
Sui Yu held his hand, leaned on his broad shoulders and asked, "It seems that you are quite dissatisfied with my son."
Zhao Xiping chuckled twice.
Sui Yu hit him with his head.
"He's a shrewd fellow. Don't be fooled by his sweet and sensible behavior in front of you. When he gets stubborn, it's really annoying." Zhao Xiping protested, "Didn't you bring him two pairs of thick trousers? I washed the white one when it got dirty, and it shrank when it dried. But he's blaming me for ruining it. Please judge for yourself."
"Oh, you ruined it by washing it." Sui Yu had already looked at the trousers. "Did you wash them with hot water? Cashmere clothes should be washed with cold water."
Zhao Xiping stopped.
"My son didn't wrongly accuse you, did he?" Sui Yu hit him lightly.
"I don't know." Zhao Xiping explained.
"Well, is there anything else besides this?" Sui Yu asked.
"He saw the hen laying eggs and asked the rooster why it didn't. When he heard Grandma Yin say that chicks were hatched from eggs, he felt that he was also hatched from eggshells. He didn't sleep at night and imitated the crowing of a rooster in my ear." Zhao Xiping complained quite a bit.
Sui Yu laughed out loud.
Influenced by her, Zhao Xiping also laughed.
"Anything else?" Sui Yu continued to ask with a smile.
"Xiaomi was quite busy for a while, so she sent Aning here to Uncle Niu to help keep an eye on him. The child was timid and quiet, and was chased by a big rooster and started crying loudly. The little guy saw it and helped to chase it away. He was very brave and picked up a stick to fight the rooster. Aning was not hurt at all, but the rooster kicked his hand and broke it. Now Aning stopped crying, but he howled for a long time."
Sui Yu nodded approvingly, "Not bad, you have the demeanor of a brother. What's next?"
"Then the big rooster went into the pot, and he gnawed on its two feet. Two days later, the wound on his hand healed, and he started to enjoy gnawing on chicken feet."
"He's using chicken feet to replenish his strength. He thinks he'll become more powerful after eating chicken feet," said Sui Yu.
Zhao Xiping nodded, he thought so too.
"How adorable! And you're still not satisfied." Sui Yu climbed onto his shoulders and jumped, then laid on his back. She tilted her head and said, "It seems like Zhao Xiaozai's life is quite exciting. No wonder he didn't react when I told him I'd be leaving next year. When I asked him if he was sad, he said no."
Zhao Xiping hugged the two legs draped over his waist and said, "He missed you and asked the caravan to bring him something back. When you weren't home, he kept talking about it."
Sui Yu understood that children all like to receive gifts.
"I miss you, too." Not wanting to talk about the child anymore, Zhao Xiping said sweet words under the cover of night, "I dream about you every now and then."
"What did you dream I was doing?" Sui Yu blew at him ambiguously.
The man laughed silently, looked forward and said nothing.
"Let me ask it another way. What did I do with you in my dream?" Sui Yu wrapped her arms around the man's neck and asked in a soft voice.
"Harvesting wheat."
"Pooh." Sui Yu spat at him.
Zhao Xiping laughed out loud.
"I'll tell you when I get back to the house." He turned and walked back, "Let Zhao Mingguang sleep with his uncle tonight."
"Can you get rid of it?"
"You try it."
Just give it a try.
However, when the couple returned, they found Zhao Xiaozai already lying on the bed. He had changed into a lavender bellyband and shorts. His pigtails had fallen down, and his hair was slightly curly and fluffy on his head. He looked as pretty as a little girl.
"Mom." Zhao Xiaozai somersaulted and sat up.
"Hey." Sui Yu responded sweetly. She sat down on the bed and hugged the baby. She said to Sui Liang, "Does he look like a little girl?"
Sui Liang nodded, "Now that you're back, I'll go back to my room."
"You sleep with your uncle. Tomorrow morning, you two should get up early to lead the horses to graze." Sui Yu did not forget the business. "I'm tired. I must get up late tomorrow morning. If you wake up early, I will definitely not be able to sleep."
Zhao Xiaozai was unwilling.
"Go with your uncle." Zhao Xiping said.
"I don't get up early." The kid lay down on the bed and said, "I miss my mom. I want to sleep with her."
Forget it, Sui Yu walked out, "Okay, I'll go take a shower and come back."
Sui Liang had finished washing. He lay back on the bed, crossed his legs and shook his feet, muttering "Ma, Ma, Ma..."
The kid covered his ears and refused to listen.
After Sui Yu finished her bath and came into the house, Sui Liang put on his shoes and went out to bed. He asked the kid if he wanted to sleep with him. When he was rejected, he spread his hands and said, "Sister, I'm going back to the house."
"Okay, go to bed early."
Lying down on the bed, the cub immediately rolled into his arms. Sui Yu pulled up the mattress made of two thin layers of cloth and put it over himself. It had the scent of both father and son. His heart, which had been wandering for half a year, now had a place to rest.
Surrounded by a familiar scent, Sui Yu leaned sideways to listen to the child talking about trivial and interesting things. Slowly, sleepiness came over her and she closed her eyes.
"...Mom, Dahua lays the biggest eggs. She always lays them in the haystack. I have to climb up the haystack every day to pick them up."
Sui Yu's thoughts were already confused, and she responded vaguely to show that she was listening.
"Dad sent Maoguan back to the city. He said Maoguan missed his wife..."
Sui Yu didn't respond. The boy got up and looked at her. Seeing that she was asleep, he also hugged her waist and closed his eyes to sleep.
Zhao Xiping came back from bathing in the river. When he opened the door, he saw that the mother and son were both asleep on the bed. He blew out the oil lamp and lay down on the bed in the dark.
…
As the sky brightened, a large group of chickens flew down from the earthen wall of the livestock pen, flapping their wings and making loud noises.
The chickens flew to the river to drink water, crowing occasionally.
The people in the room woke up. The boy heard the door opening next door. He got up on tiptoe and slid down from the end of the bed with his clothes.
The wooden door quietly opened, and the little boy came out with messy hair. He called out softly, "Uncle, wait for me."
The person left. Zhao Xiping opened his eyes and heard the footsteps fading away. He got out of bed and bolted the door.
"Don't pretend to be asleep." He hugged the woman with a raised mouth.
Sui Yu opened her eyes and looked at the man leaning over with her bright eyes.
The sun had not yet risen and the morning breeze was cool, but in the small room with the doors and windows closed, the heat was unbearable. The scorching sweat flowed down the tense skin and gathered together, like the oil in the oil lamp splashing, causing the flames to soar.
The hot sweat was like the water vapor on the river surface, gradually soaking the blue cloth sheets, leaving human-shaped marks on the sheets.
When the sun emerged from the clouds, a dazzling white light flashed. Sui Yu closed his eyes, and for a moment, his mind went blank.
"You sleep a little longer." The man got out of bed refreshed. He quickly put on his clothes and said, "I'm going to the training ground."
Sui Yu hummed lazily, and said jokingly, "Walk more steadily, don't be so weak."
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