At the entrance of Dingjia Village, four brightly dressed little girls were competing in guessing the number of Ding shells. They were paired up: Ah Man and San Niu, and Da Niu and Er Niu. Whoever won each guess took a step forward.
Jian Ning taught the game to Da Niu and the others, and the three of them taught Ah Man. Currently, San Niu was far ahead. She screamed with joy every time she won a guess. Yuan Bao also raised his face to show her a cute smile, jumping around at her feet, jumping even happier than her.
Each of the four little girls had a little silver fox following them. Maoqiu was no longer so hostile to Ah Man. Whenever Ah Man won and took a step forward, Maoqiu would also leap forward. Like a puppy, he would spin around in circles and chase his tail, biting it, as if he was extremely happy for Ah Man. Ah Man was so happy that he would often shout, "Maoqiu~~My dear Maoqiu~~"
Ah Man's happiness didn't last long. They were waiting for Dabao Dingsheng and the Ma brothers on Jian Ning's orders. There was still a lot of meat filling in the morning, so Jian Ning sent them to pick them up to eat dumplings.
As soon as Ma Fuquan took Dabao down from the horse, the furry ball shot into his arms like a cannonball, rubbing against his chest and barking "woof woof woof" non-stop, as if asking for comfort.
Now the four little silver foxes all imitated the barking of the village dogs, and they really sounded like dogs barking. Everyone in the village thought they were four puppies, but when Ma Fuquan picked up the ball of fur and took a look, he recognized it was a little silver fox.
He returned the fur ball that was baring its teeth at him to Dabao, then looked at the other three little silver foxes and said with a smile, "Did your mother catch this for you?"
"Yes, Uncle Ma." Sanniu held Yuanbao and looked up at Ma Fuquan, "Uncle Ma, can I ride a horse?"
"Sure. Come on, you two guys, come down first." Ma Fuquan carried Ma Xiaodou and Ma Xiaomi down, then picked up Sanniu, "Uncle Ma will carry you up."
He picked up Sanniu and suddenly thought of his daughter, Xiaochuntian.
Wu Juan nicknamed their daughter Chuntian. Every time he looked at her photo, he'd thought about going home to see her, but he couldn't get over the thought. He'd grown up in the Wu family and always considered Wu Juan and Wu Ping his own sisters. Suddenly, his adoptive father proposed that he marry Wu Juan, saying he'd be ungrateful if he didn't.
He couldn't be an ungrateful person and be despised by others, so he had no choice but to marry Wu Juan, but he always felt uncomfortable and entangled about it. He also knew that it was not Wu Juan's fault, and it was not that she was really too busy to go home. He just couldn't convince himself that the longer he was away from home, the less courage he had to go home and face his wife.
But at the moment he was shot and fell off the cliff, he regretted it when he thought of his wife and daughter, and he also understood that all obsessions in the world are like prisons that bring suffering to himself and his loved ones.
"Yaoyao, let me hold the Yuanbao for you, otherwise you will fall off the horse." Ma Xiaodou stretched out his hand and asked Sanniu to hand the Yuanbao to him.
"I don't want to. I won't ride on the horse anymore." Sanniu put one arm around Yuanbao and the other around Ma Fuquan's neck. "Uncle Ma, I don't want to ride on the horse anymore. Yuanbao doesn't like others holding him."
"Okay, then let's not do it. Uncle will hold you and go to your house to eat dumplings. Are you welcome?" He said with a smile.
Before Sanniu could even open her mouth, the three Ma brothers cheered, "Oh, oh, Daddy is going with us. That's great, that's great..."
Ma Xiaomai took a step forward with his left leg, raised his right arm, and shouted, "Go! Let's go eat dumplings! Go!"
Ma Xiaomi always listens to Ma Xiaomai's orders the most. When he runs, Ma Xiaodou follows, and then Ma Xiaomai. When the three brothers run, Da Niu and Er Niu, who originally wanted to ride horses, also follow. Seeing this, Ah Man, who had been pointing at the ball of fur in Da Bao's arms and cursing, shouted "Wait for me, wait for me" and followed.
"Brother." Seeing Ding Pingshun carrying a backpack and preparing to head towards his home, Ma Fuquan called out, "Let's go together. We're all from the same village, and it's rare for us two brothers to get together for a meal."
Sanniu also smiled sweetly and shouted, "Uncle, come with us. My mother's flatbread is delicious. Sister Daya and the others had lunch at my house. Come with us, uncle."
"Go, Dad." Ding Sheng also tugged at his father's clothes and looked at him expectantly.
Dabao said slowly, "My mother specially asked them to wait for us here. Let's go together. My parents will definitely be happy to see them."
Everyone was inviting him, and Ding Pingshun couldn't refuse their kindness, so he didn't refuse and went with them.
"Hey, Brother Ma, what wind brings you here?" Blind Liu happened to be in the yard. He and Ding Youtian went to the town in the afternoon and dragged back the other three sets of wine-making equipment. Master Ding San and his son were also there.
In one afternoon, he and his two sons had built three new stoves.
While Ma Fuquan was recuperating at home, Blind Liu came to see him once. He caught him sleeping and left after a short while without even a sip of water. Seeing him come, she was very happy. Tian was even happier. Seeing him come in with Sanniu in his arms, smiling, she thought to herself, since they already have three boys, could it be that her husband wants a girl?
Thinking of this, she became awkward, and her eyes seemed to be tinged with spring. Chang was surprised to see this. It really was an old cucumber painted green. What were they doing as an old couple?
She was about to tease Tian, but when she saw her husband and Ding Shengdabao following in, she paused for a moment, then hurried forward, smiling and saying, "It's strange today, even you've come to visit. It just so happens that we made a lot of dumplings with Sister Jian, and I've learned how to make them. We'll make one too tomorrow and treat them all back."
Ding Pingshun felt much more at ease after hearing her words. He had been somewhat uncomfortable being framed by Ma Fuquan and Sanniu Dabao, and was also worried that Chang would blame him for coming uninvited. He had just helped Ma Fuquan tie up his horse outside the courtyard gate and was about to turn around, but Ding Sheng pulled him hard, forcing him to follow in.
Ma Fuquan put Sanniu down and clasped his hands towards Blind Liu, saying, "I heard from Xiaomai's mother that your brother came to see me last time. Thank you very much. Let's get drunk today and have a good drink. Dare you?"
He knew that Ma Fu had always called Tian "Xiaomai's mother" in the past, and he was always strict, so he called her that in front of others and glanced at Tian with a smile.
Tian knew the meaning of his look. Her husband valued her and was afraid that she would be offended if he changed his name in public. In fact, she was very happy. If he called her "wife" in public, she would be embarrassed.
She gave him a smile that said, "I understand."
"Why not?" Blind Liu stiffened his waist when he heard him say this. "When have you ever beaten me, an old blind man, in drinking?"
Ma Fuquan pointed his finger and said, "I'm going to get you drunk today!"
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