Chapter 64 A Chicken in the Left Hand and a Duck in the Right Hand

In the main room, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were staring at the things in Luo Laosi and his sister-in-law's hands.

Watching Zhai Ximo hurriedly get up and lead the guests to the side room at the back of the house.

The farmers who were eating were extremely jealous.

"Good fellow! Luo Laosi is so generous!"

"The Luo brothers are so lucky! I heard that they killed a wild boar less than an hour after entering the mountain."

"Yesterday they sent pheasants, and it's only been a day, and now they sent ducks and pig's feet to the third child. Can he finish them all?"

Everyone was still talking at once.

Wang Ziru's hearty laughter could also be heard from the side room at the back of the house.

At this time, a figure came into the Zhai family yard. It was Zhai Qingsong's mother, Liu Xiulan. She was holding a small piece of pork in her hand and walked into the main room with a smile on her face.

"Oh! I am an old woman with a greedy mouth. I can't bear to see other people eating meat. So I cut the wild boar from the Luo family into two pieces because it looked fresh."

"Who among you still wants to cut the meat? Hurry up and go. People from the neighboring Huma Village heard that we are killing pigs in our village, so they are all coming to cut the meat."

"If I don't go now, I'm afraid I won't be able to get good meat."

Mrs. Liu originally thought that when everyone saw the pork in her hands, they would definitely say something envious and flattering.

However, everyone just glanced at her, ate their meals and chatted.

Xu Ping glanced at the narrow piece of pork in her mother-in-law's hand and pouted, "Mom! Look how happy you are! Fourth son Luo gave third son a pig's trotter."

"What did you say? Luo Laosi brought pig's trotters to the third kid and the others?" Mrs. Liu frowned. It turned out that she had been standing in the courtyard of the Luo family, watching everyone cutting meat, and she also saw the butcher specially chopped off a large pig's trotter and handed it to Luo Laosi.

It turned out that it was sent to the third kid?!

How is that possible?

That's a pig's foot.

By the way, I think I saw the eldest daughter-in-law of the Luo family go to someone's house and bring back a duck...

Mrs. Liu really couldn't accept it. Recently, people always gave gifts to the third boy's family, and the second piece of meat she had been craving for was no longer tasty anymore.

After walking quickly into the house, he went straight to the door of the side room at the back of the main house.

Sure enough, I saw several figures standing in the cramped room.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family was talking to Wang Ziru.

And her good-for-nothing third son was standing beside her and talking to Luo Laosi, and it seemed that they were talking about his mother's home.

"Since you, my sisters-in-law, are so polite, I will go to your house after lunch tomorrow. As long as the child is well, it won't delay anything for us to go back to my parents' home later." Wang Ziru saw her mother-in-law standing outside the door with a dark face, staring at her.

It looked as if her daughter-in-law had done something wrong to her.

The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family noticed that Wang Ziru's face darkened for a moment, and turned around to see Mrs. Liu outside the door.

Looking back, she nodded with a smile, "We feel relieved with your words, sister. It is you who really saved our girl this time."

At this time, Luo Laosi smiled shyly and said, "Sister Ziru is the benefactor who gave birth to my daughter!"

"We would also like you to help us pick a name for the child. Is that okay with you?"

"Yes, according to the old people in the village, if the lifesaver gives a name to the child, the child will surely grow up well in the future." The eldest sister-in-law of the Luo family explained with a smile, "All of us in the Luo family are illiterate, and the names we give are not nice."

"Oh, sister-in-law, please stop talking about it! My eldest brother named his child 'Luo Chunxiang', which I don't think sounds good at all."

"Don't you understand what your elder brother means? He means that it is spring now and the Chinese toon trees have sprouted."

When Wang Ziru heard what her uncle and sister-in-law said, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Chunhyang? How tacky.

She hesitated for a moment, "As for a girl, if she is born as noble and beautiful as a jewel, she will surely be a dragon among men when she grows up, and her son-in-law will also be a man of noble status! Then why not name the child 'Baozhu'?"

When the three heard the name Luo Baozhu, they thought it was not only fashionable but also easy to pronounce.

Even Zhai Ximo couldn't help but look deeply at his wife. How could she come up with such a nice name?

How could the Luo family not be happy to hear the profound implication?

"Baozhu, Baozhu." Luo Laosi murmured, and immediately nodded with a smile, "Let's call her Baozhu. This name is really nice. She sounds like a daughter of a wealthy family in the city."

Wang Ziru accepted such a valuable thank-you gift and promised them that she would go over there every day for the next two or three days to take the child out to sunbathe. Only then did the uncle and his wife leave with satisfaction.

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After lunch the next day, Wang Ziru packed the gifts she was going to take back to her parents' home.

I originally planned to send a chicken to my parents’ home.

However, there were generous gifts sent by the Luo family, including a pig's trotter weighing ten kilograms and a duck weighing more than two kilograms.

"If we keep these things at home, we will have to spend time preparing them. We might as well take the pig's feet and duck back home to celebrate my father's birthday." Wang Ziru said, looking at the pig's feet in the wooden basin on the ground.

Next to her, Zhai Ximo rubbed her braided hair lovingly, "You can also keep it for yourself, and I can give some money to my parents."

"Forget it! You'd better not pay extra money. Spend it frugally. We all depend on you for food."

Wang Ziru told her husband to stay at home and take care of the baby.

She went to Luo's house alone and examined Zhao Junxia's body first.

"You are in good health and you will recover quickly. It should take a few days for the evil dew to clear up."

"I have to thank Sister Ziru for helping me."

"Your husband gave me a generous gift, how can I not help you?" Wang Ziru smiled, lifted the quilt, and checked the child. "Look, the child's face is obviously turning less yellow. In a few days, she will regain the rosy complexion she had when she was just born. Just relax and take care of yourself during the confinement period."

Taking advantage of the abundant sunshine in the afternoon, he held Luo Laosi's daughter and basked in the sun in the yard.

After basking in the sun for a full half hour, he brought the child back to the house, asked Zhao Junxia to feed the child, and reminded her of some precautions.

Baoer had been waiting at home for a long time and was getting impatient.

I kept running outside to look around until I saw my mother coming back.

A family of three is preparing to return to her mother's home in Longwang Village.

Zhai Ximo had already put the pig's feet and the duck into the backpack. When he saw his wife coming back, the whole family set off for Longwang Village.

Many people in the village saw the third boy of the Zhai family carrying a backpack, and it was obvious that he was going to visit relatives. They all couldn't help but greet and ask Zhai Ximo from a distance in the field.

When they heard that the boy was carrying pig's trotters and duck to celebrate his father-in-law's birthday, they all urged him to hurry up with a smile.

Mrs. Liu was strolling on the village road, clasping her hands.

I saw the third son and his family carrying the pig's feet and duck that the Luo family had sent yesterday, and they were delivering them a long way to their father-in-law.

Mrs. Liu wished she could kill herself on the spot.

"What a jerk! You have something good but you don't know how to honor your poor mother! You even gave it to your father-in-law? You are such an ungrateful person!"

The whole family walked towards my mother face to face.

Zhai Ximo didn't even say hello to his mother. He carried the slightly heavy backpack and turned around to look at the little guy on his wife's back.

I'm in a particularly good mood.

Wang Ziru carried the little boy on her back and walked side by side with the man to the village road.

This scene suddenly made me want to sing.

After a pause, she said, "I'm going to sing. Do you want to listen?"

"Sing." The man said softly.

"The wind blows through the willows, rustling

Whose daughter-in-law returns to her parents' home

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A chicken in the left hand and a duck in the right hand

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She's carrying a fat baby on her back!"

Starting from Hongmei Village, we passed through Qianshui Town and walked east for about an hour.

Arrived at Longwang Village.

This village is close to the sea in the east. The houses where the villagers live are mostly stone houses built with stones and mud. They are warm in winter and cool in summer, and are much more comfortable than the earthen-walled houses built deep in the mountains.

Far away, a group of naughty children were playing hide-and-seek in the village.

Someone saw that it was the girl from the Wang family who had married to Hongmei Village and came back to her parents' home, and greeted her warmly.

Wang Ziru carried the little guy on her back and walked straight to the door of her house.

I was still thinking about what to say when I see my parents.

When he returned to his mother's house, he saw his sister-in-law grabbing his eldest nephew by the collar and beating him with a bamboo stick, cursing: "I told you not to run around all day! I will break your legs..."

"Brother Zhuzi! Why did you get beaten?" Baoer was lying on her mother's back. When she saw her ten-year-old cousin being beaten, she asked loudly.

When the sister-in-law heard the cry, she looked up and saw her sister-in-law carrying the baby on her back. With her was her brother-in-law, a soldier who was returning to her parents' home wearing a military coat and carrying a backpack.

Her sister-in-law quickly let go, as if a distinguished guest had come to the house. She smiled brightly, "It turns out that Aunt Zhuzi is back! I said that you should be home by now..."