The winter sun shone on Zhang Dad, who was used to taking a nap, and he felt drowsy. After a while, he could be heard snoring softly.
Zhang Guoqing burst out laughing at this. His father, who a moment ago was still looking towards Daqing Mountain, worried about the safety of his grandchildren, was now asleep.
Then he sighed inwardly. Time is unforgiving and his father is really old.
Zhang Guoqing stared at his father's dazed face. After a while, he heard some movement in the backyard. He stood up quietly and thought to himself that his wife was also a person who made him worry.
——He was just chatting with his mother in the living room, why did he run to the backyard again?
Zhou Jiao was just planning to ask him to come over and deal with the wild animals. When she saw him appear, she was overjoyed and raised her hands to wave at him like a lucky cat.
Zhang Guoqing was amused by her posture and laughed heartily. He quickly ran up to her and asked, "Do you miss your man so much?"
"What a character!" Zhou Jiao glanced at him sideways, turned sideways and looked back, raised her chin, "Look, my son is amazing, isn't he? He caught so many prey in less than half a day, and he said there's more to come."
Zhang Guoqing laughed and patted the hat on her head. "Yes, yes, yes. Your son is really amazing! Why didn't you ask them to call me over to help?"
Zhou Jiao spread her hands. "As soon as he put down his things, he ran away, saying that Ping'an was still waiting over there. Don't worry, my silly sons don't have any other advantages, but they have a lot of strength."
Zhang Guoqing didn't dare to agree with this. A wife who protects her child should not be offended.
He squatted down, stretched out his hand and looked at the fatal spots of the prey one by one, then nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, the children are indeed capable of teaching."
Zhou Jiao looked at him amusedly and squatted beside him. "I think I've heard you say this several times."
"Wife, give me the tools first. We need to deal with it quickly before it freezes into ice." Zhang Guoqing looked around and pointed in front of him. "You don't understand this. This is another affirmation of the children. With their hunting skills, the children will never have to worry about not having enough food to eat in the future."
"Once the Animal Protection Law comes out, this skill will be useless." Zhou Jiao released a set of "slaughter" tools from the space. "Do you want me to boil some water?"
How can it be useless?
As long as his son is still a soldier, it is still very practical. However, Zhang Guoqing did not dare to scare his wife by saying this, but of course she could not fail to make the connection.
But let’s not talk about these topics during the New Year.
Zhang Guoqing followed her words, smiled and replied, "No, I'll deal with what I can deal with first, and we'll use hot water to deal with the rest later."
"Okay." Zhou Jiao rolled her eyes and squatted there with him for a while. Then, while he was focusing on cleaning the prey, she stood up and left.
She knew Zhang Guoqing was worried about her, but who was she, Zhou Jiao? A true macho woman! Just move a pot and put it on the original rack. How simple.
Fortunately, she didn't say it out loud, otherwise she would have been laughed at. Not to mention that she knew her own business, even Lin Juhua and the others would have burst out laughing if they heard it.
Zhou Jiao looked at the two stoves in the kitchen. One of them was infected with anger by the scorching "brother" next to it. It was too hot. What should she do?
Standing there, Zhou Jiao frowned. Should she just take out a pot from the space and say she just bought it this morning? Unfortunately, Xiao Liu, the eyewitness, was here!
The "tomboy" Zhou Jiao strolled back to the backyard and came to the simple stove. Without saying a word, she secretly moved a pot out and put it on the stove and added water into it.
"Brother, this pot was brought back by the children!"
Zhang Guoqing heard her sudden words, followed her gaze, and immediately burst out laughing. So this is how the so-called "taking the blame" came about!
"What are you laughing at? If I say so, it's true." Zhou Jiao glared at him angrily. "Remember that, right?"
Zhang Guoqing nodded hurriedly, "Okay, you said it's the sons' fault, then it must be their fault. Hahaha... my precious daughter-in-law..."
Zhou Jiao glanced at him and laughed along. In fact, she had many excuses, so she could handle her mother-in-law without any problem.
As for outsiders?
Does she need to explain to anyone?!
With the big pot and the hot water boiling, Zhang Guoqing could process wild boars and other game much faster. By the time Ping An and Liu Yi came back with the prey, the work here was almost done.
Zhang Guoqing was too lazy to complain about how he was becoming a professional butcher. "Children, don't kill them all. At least let them have a good New Year's Eve."
Ping An put down the things and nodded happily, "Dad, leave it to me. You and my mom can rest first."
"Forget it, this is all I can do for you now." Zhang Guoqing said so, but he couldn't bear to let his son suffer. "Hurry up and come back for dinner."
No one knew better than him how miserable it felt to have to gnaw on a few bites of hard dry food in the mountains in the cold weather.
"Okay. The three of us brothers had stewed some soup at the wooden nest at noon. Anyway, Liuyi and I have to go back quickly. Wuyi will be waiting there."
"Be careful."
"good."
Liuyi waited until Ping'an finished speaking before quickly asking, "Dad, there's a wild boar and two roe deer over there. Is it appropriate to leave half for the village?"
Zhang Guoqing smiled nonchalantly, "Just do whatever you want. I'll pick you up at the mountain pass over there later. Don't let anything get exposed."
"I understand. See you in half an hour." Liuyi waved happily to Zhou Jiao and pulled Ping'an out through the back door.
As soon as they left, Zhang Guoqing walked around and looked around. Seeing that there was no one around and nothing unusual, he quickly asked Zhou Jiao to put her into the space first.
He didn't leave much behind. If people found out that his three sons were on the mountain together, they would be able to get back so many things in less than a day.
The result is either you are doing something for others or you make others hate you.
Since this matter concerns his son, he has to act with caution.
After cleaning up, Zhang Guoqing swept away the traces of snow on the ground and stretched out his hand to Zhou Jiao: "Come on, your husband will take you to enjoy the scenery of the north."
Zhou Jiao looked at him with a smile and put her hand on it.
"After the New Year, I'll take you to the hot springs."
"Just arrange it."
"So good."
After a quick wash, the couple didn't disturb the sleeping Zhang's father and mother. Xiao Zhu, who was going to the provincial capital, and Xiao Liu, who was going to the county town, were about to return and would remember to remind their father to sleep in the sun.
Sunbathing, in winter, such scenery can be seen everywhere in the countryside.
Spending the long winter in the sun has not only become a lifestyle habit for them, but also a unique landscape in the countryside.
When you walk out of the yard and stroll along the country road, you can always see three or five people of the older generation squatting or sitting in a row in the corner of the wall, allowing the sunlight to shine on everyone.
They huddled together, occasionally smoking a pipe and chatting about family matters. Of course, the topic also had to do with his father's happy old age.
In fact, happiness depends on how you think about it.
As Zhang Guoqing saw, these old people had calmness and relaxation on their faces. It was a blessing for them to accept the caress of the sun so contentedly.
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