Chapter 111
The sunlight came in slowly from the window. Jiaojiao, who was standing on a stool in the kitchen, looked like he was washing the rice that Zhou Yi had given him very seriously. But in fact, his white and tender hands were dangling in the water. It seemed that he was playing more than washing.
Li Yubai took a drain basket, turned around and saw that he was obviously playing with water. He raised his hand and poked his little arm: "If you wash it again, it will go bad."
Jiaojiao clapped her hands innocently, looked up at her father, found a big and plump apple from the pool and handed it to him: "Daddy."
Li Yubai lowered his head helplessly and took the rice bubbles from his hand.
Seeing her father eating, Jiaojiao shook the water off her hands, put her hands back into the sink, took out handfuls of washed rice and put them in the drain basket, then turned to look at her father: "Wash it clean."
Li Yubai nodded: "Well, eat."
After hearing her father say that it was time to eat, Jiaojiao lowered her head, took one out of the basket and put it in her mouth. The sweet taste exploded in her mouth. Jiaojiao squinted her eyes, looked up at her father and smiled.
I don’t know what I’m happy about every day?
Li Yubai couldn't help but reached out and pinched Jiaojiao's chubby face.
Coming out of the kitchen, Jiaojiao held the colander and let her friends taste the sweet little berries one by one.
Cao Yuhao and others, who had never seen this thing before, surrounded Jiaojiao curiously.
"It's sweet." Cao Yuhao was a little surprised after eating one.
"What is this?" Lou Yaoyao asked while eating.
Jiaojiao shook her head: "I don't know, did my brother give it to me?"
"That brother?" Mu Yicheng asked curiously.
Jiaojiao, who didn't know Zhou Yi's name, tilted her head and thought for a moment: "That's it, that, the brother from the village."
Shi Huairou picked up a rice ball, looked at it carefully, and put it in her mouth: "Is that the one who was carrying a large pile of grass today?"
Jiaojiao nodded: "Yeah, that's him."
Cao Yuhao: "Why is he carrying so much grass?"
Jiaojiao shook her head: "I don't know."
"Carrying so much grass?" Lou Yaoyao suddenly seemed to have thought of something and looked at Jiaojiao expectantly: "Does he have a lot of rabbits at home?"
Shi Huaian was puzzled: "Why a rabbit? Can't it be a dog or a cat?"
Mu Yicheng retorted: "Do dogs and cats not eat grass?"
"Nonsense, my dog eats grass." Shi Huairou used her dog's behavior to prove her words.
A group of little guys ate while wondering what kind of animal Zhou Yi's family raised that needed to eat so much grass.
When netizens in the live broadcast room saw that they had mentioned all the grass-eating animals and still couldn't guess the pig, they couldn't help but remind them in the barrage. Although they knew they couldn't see, they couldn't stop them from doing so tirelessly.
Finally, Cao Yuhao waved his hand and slapped the table with certainty, saying, "He must have an elephant and a giraffe at home, otherwise they wouldn't be able to eat so much grass."
Jiaojiao, confused by what they said, blinked and tilted her head in confusion: "Elephants and giraffes?"
Seeing that Jiaojiao didn't know what elephants and giraffes were, Cao Yuhao and others hurriedly used their smart watches to show Jiaojiao the images of elephants and giraffes.
After being educated and brainwashed, Jiaojiao believed from the bottom of her heart that Zhou Yi's family had elephants and giraffes.
When Cao Yuhao and the others asked him to talk to Zhou Yi and let them go to his house to see the elephants and giraffes, he nodded his head seriously and promised in a childish voice: "Jiaojiao will talk to brother and ask him to allow us to go to his house to see the elephants and giraffes."
At this time, Zhou Yi, who was scooping pig food to feed the pigs at home, did not know that in Jiaojiao's heart, he was already a powerful person who raised elephants and giraffes at home.
After lunch, Jiaojiao and others went to take a nap.
The sun is very scorching at noon. Even if the work in the fields has not been completed during this period, no one will work at this time. No matter how busy or anxious they are, they will avoid this period.
The scorching sun was shining directly in the sky, and the whole village was quiet. The old men and women who couldn't sit still took advantage of this opportunity to take their small stools to the largest old locust tree in the village, enjoying the cool air while fanning themselves with a palm-leaf fan and chatting.
Suddenly, an old lady pointed at something not far away with her palm-leaf fan and said, "Look, old man Li, isn't that Zhou Yi?"
Old man Li, who was playing with the two chess pieces he had eaten and frowning in thought about his next move, looked up and glanced at him quickly when he heard the words, and his hand movements paused at the glance.
Under the scorching sun, a thin figure was staggering on the path carrying a hoe. In such a scorching sun, he didn't even have a straw hat.
Knowing that he had been beaten again yesterday, Old Man Li cursed Zhou Daqiang inwardly for being more and more excessive. Finally, he couldn't help but shout, "That Zhou family kid, if you want to go to the fields, wait until the sun goes down."
Zhou Yi, whose head was very dizzy, vaguely heard the shouting, but he didn't think it was calling him, so he blinked and continued walking into the field with heavy steps.
The people sitting under the shade of the tree saw that Zhou Yi ignored them, paused for a moment and sighed.
It’s no wonder that Zhou Daqiang doesn’t like Zhou Yi’s personality. He is gloomy all day long and ignores people. He is really not likable.
Forget it, there must be something hateful about a pitiful person. This is his fate and no one can help him.
The old men and women who thought so suppressed the pity in their hearts and continued playing chess and chatting.
Under the urging of time, the sun moved westward reluctantly. Around 3:30 in the afternoon, Jiaojiao woke up from a nap, pulled her father's trouser legs, and walked out of the mushroom yard in high spirits.
When the group reached a fork in the road, Jiaojiao waved her little hand and said goodbye to Cao Yuhao and the others who were about to go out.
Cao Yuhao, who had to go to the fields carrying a small bamboo basket, glanced at Xiao Tiancheng, sighed, and turned to Jiaojiao and said, "Let's go work and earn work points. You go ask that brother if you can go to his house to see the elephants."
Jiaojiao nodded seriously: "Okay."
After the group separated, Jiaojiao pulled her father's trouser legs and walked slowly in the village, turning her little head to look around, trying to find Zhou Yi.
Seeing Jiaojiao's expression, Li Yubai asked, "What are you looking for?"
"Looking for my brother, going to his house to see the elephants?" Jiaojiao looked up at her father and said.
"elephant?"
"Yeah, brother carried so much grass, brother Yuhao said it was for feeding the elephants."
Feed the elephants?
If he guessed correctly, that pile of grass should be used to feed pigs, right?
Li Yubai looked at Jiaojiao hesitantly, but didn't tell him his guess. Instead, he squatted down and picked up Jiaojiao: "I'll take you to find him."
Jiaojiao was happy: "Dad, do you know where my brother is?"
"I almost know." Li Yubai said as he glanced at the surrounding mountains and walked in one direction.
The kid also carried a load of pig grass around this time two days ago. If nothing unexpected happened, he should be cutting pig grass in the mountains now.
The fact was just as Li Yubai guessed. At this time, Zhou Yi was walking towards the mountain, intending to cut a bag of grass for pigs.
Being very hungry, he first found some rice to soak and eat. After filling his stomach a little, he turned around and went to the place where he often cut grass for pigs.
Nowadays, fewer people in the village raise pigs, so the pig grass on the mountain is very lush, and it doesn't take much effort to cut a large pig. This is a job that Zhou Yi relatively likes.
Because in the mountains he can pick berries and see the beautiful sunset. There are no children who hate and laugh at him, and no villagers with eyes full of pity who make him feel pitiful all the time. Sometimes Zhou Yi thinks, it would be great if he could live in the mountains forever.
He found a wooden house that no one could find, used straw as a quilt, and often looked for some berries in the mountains or caught a few wild rabbits to fill his stomach. He was also good at farming and could grow his own vegetables and rice.
Zhou Yi, who had this idea when he was very young, once secretly ran into the mountains. However, there was no wooden house in the mountains. He squatted under a big tree, and the whole forest became dark at night.
The moonlight was completely blocked by the dense treetops. Some strange calls and occasional footsteps in the mountains made him feel scared, as if his grandfather was looking for him angrily with a wooden stick as thick as a bowl. At that time, he thought that if he was found, he would definitely be beaten to death!
But hidden in those fears is often a very subtle expectation, expecting that his grandfather will come to look for him anxiously after discovering that he is missing.
Even though he knew he would be beaten if he was found, he was still secretly looking forward to it.
Unfortunately, no one came to see him.
On the second day of his stay in the mountains, there was a huge rainstorm. The furious thunder and lightning seemed to be punishing him for running away from home. The sound was so loud and scary that it was terrifying.
Fear gripped his heart tightly. Zhou Yi, terrified to the extreme, ran down the mountain holding his head. After returning home, he was beaten by Zhou Daqiang for two whole hours. Two of the carrying poles in the house were broken. When he curled up on the ground in a daze due to the pain, he really thought he was going to die.
But he was really as his grandfather said, he was extremely tough. After lying in the woodshed for two days, he forced himself to crawl out of the woodshed to find food, and then survived again.
Li Yubai and Jiaojiao, who climbed up the mountain, were not familiar with the layout of the mountain, nor did they know where Zhou Yi usually cut grass for pigs.
Realizing this, Li Yubai did not waste time and energy looking for her. Instead, he sat on a rock beside her holding Jiaojiao, looking at the sunset in the distant mountains.
The sun hadn't completely set in the west yet, and its golden halo dyed the surrounding clouds with color. The girl, sitting in her father's arms, holding her bottle and watching this scene, looked up at him and said, "Dad, it's beautiful."
"Yeah, it looks good." Li Yubai rested his chin on his head and looked at the scene lazily with his eyelids raised.
As early as when they went up the mountain, Li Yubai asked the staff carrying the cameras to leave, leaving only two small cameras flying in the air.
So at this moment, there was no one else in this area except him and Jiaojiao, and the silence was so soothing.
In the sky, birds were returning to the forest with insects in their beaks. The sound of flapping wings mixed with the chirping of hungry little birds could be heard. For some reason, all the complicated thoughts in my mind calmed down.
Li Yubai rarely had time to relax like this. The first twenty years of his life were like being tied to a high-speed train, being swept forward desperately. He had no time to care about the little things in life, let alone watch the sunset.
Jiaojiao, sitting in her father's arms, wiggled her little feet and handed the bottle up: "Daddy."
Li Yubai lowered his head and took the bottle. Under his lazy eyelids, his dark eyes were full of smiles.
"Dad, why hasn't my brother come yet?" Jiaojiao asked, feeling a little bored while waiting.
Li Yubai turned his head to the left: "Isn't it coming now?"
Jiaojiao turned around and blinked. After seeing that it was Zhou Yi who was walking towards them carrying the pig grass, she quickly got out of her father's arms and ran forward, "Brother."
Zhou Yi, who was hurrying on his way, looked up when he heard the voice. When he found out it was Jiaojiao, he stopped in surprise.
He was a little dazed until Jiaojiao rushed close to him, then he came to his senses and subconsciously took two steps back to create some distance.
Li Yubai frowned slightly when he noticed this, and his eyes fell on Zhou Yi.
Jiaojiao, unaware that Zhou Yi was intentionally staying away from him, looked up and said, "Brother, why did you come just now?"
Hearing his words, Zhou Yi asked in surprise and disbelief, "Are you waiting for me?"
Jiaojiao nodded: "Dad and I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Zhou Yi was a little flattered: "You, why are you waiting for me?"
"Jiaojiao wants to go to her brother's house to see the elephants." When she said this, Jiaojiao's dark eyes were full of anticipation.
"Elephant?" Zhou Yi was completely confused.
What elephant?
When did he have an elephant at home?
Jiaojiao gestured with her hands: "They are really big elephants and giraffes."
Zhou Yi met Jiaojiao's expectant gaze and said honestly, "I don't have any elephants at home."
Seeing Jiaojiao was about to say something, he quickly added, "There are no giraffes either."
Jiaojiao tilted her head in confusion: "But Brother Yuhao said you have one at home?"
Although he didn't know who this brother Yuhao was, Zhou Yi thought he was probably not a good person, otherwise why would he lie to Jiaojiao and say that he had elephants and giraffes at home.
Thinking about this, Zhou Yi said, "There are really no elephants or giraffes in my home."
"Okay." Jiaojiao nodded with a little regret, then looked at the grass on Zhou Yi's back: "Brother, are you carrying so much grass for the rabbits to eat?"
"It's not for rabbits, it's for pigs." Zhou Yi said.
Jiaojiao's eyes lit up: "Is it the pig with delicious meat?"
Zhou Yi nodded hesitantly: "Yeah."
I don’t know whether the meat tastes good or not, but it is definitely pig.
"Can Jiaojiao go see the pigs?"
Zhou Yi subconsciously wanted to refuse, but when he saw the expectation reappearing in Jiaojiao's eyes, the words of refusal got stuck on his lips.
He looked up at the sky, then at Jiaojiao.
Although I don’t know why he wants to go see the pigs, my grandfather should still be in the city at this time, so maybe I can let Jiaojiao go and take a look.
"Well, I can only go and take a look." he said.
Jiaojiao said happily: "Okay, just take a look."
Fifteen minutes later, Jiaojiao came to Zhou Yi's house and stood outside the pigpen, looking at the big fat pig inside and swallowed her saliva with greed.
Zhou Yi cleaned the pigpen very cleanly and there was almost no odor.
Li Yubai glanced at the pig, then looked down at Jiaojiao's greedy little face. He bent down and pinched his face, which had gained a lot of weight recently, with a mixture of anger and amusement.
He didn't starve him, so why is he so greedy!
Just take a look if you say so.
Jiaojiao, who was very trustworthy, withdrew her gaze, smacked her lips twice, pulled her father's trouser leg and was about to walk out.
At this moment, Zhou Daqiang, who had taken Zhou Yaozu to the city to buy things, came back. He didn't know what had happened to him outside. He came back angrily and didn't even notice Li Yubai and Jiaojiao outside the pigpen. He picked up a carrying pole beside him, walked towards Zhou Yi who was cutting pig grass, and hit him on the back of the head with the carrying pole.
Zhou Yi turned around when he heard the noise. When he turned his head, the carrying pole did not fall on the back of his head but on his forehead.
This blow directly knocked Zhou Yi, who was sitting, to the ground, causing him to fall backwards. His head was buzzing and he even lost consciousness for a moment.
Big drops of glaring blood dripped down his forehead and landed on the cleanly swept gray ground. Zhou Yi, who was lying on the ground and struggling to get up, kicked his legs several times but failed to get up.
All this happened so quickly that it not only scared the netizens in the live broadcast room, but also frightened Jiaojiao so much that her eyes widened and she subconsciously hid behind her father.
As soon as the short-legged man took a step, he realized that it was Brother Zhou Yi who was being hit. Jiaojiao immediately shouted, "Bad guy, don't hit Brother Zhou Yi!"
Just rush forward.
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