Chapter 86 We haven’t been that honest with each other yet!
"Hey, I'm finally back!"
Xu Wenxiu, who returned home early, found the clothes that had been warmed up long ago, took over Xu Jinxi and Xu Mingxu that were hanging on Xu Yu, and chased them into the house like little ducks.
"Everyone, hurry up and go inside to change your clothes!"
"Yu'er, you and Xia Xia, change your clothes and come over to drink the ginger soup. Your Third Aunt prepared it early in case you caught a cold."
"Yanran, Mingyang, you two should go back to the house!"
Xu Yu tightly wrapped around Sang Zhixia the men's coat that was obviously ill-fitting, smiled and nodded, and led Sang Zhixia into the house.
"Hurry, hurry, the snow is getting heavy, go change your clothes quickly."
Without saying anything, he grabbed Sang Zhixia and walked to the door. He pushed the door open and pushed her in, then stopped outside on his own accord.
"Change your clothes first, I'll bring you some ginger soup."
Sang Zhixia turned her head from her thick, airtight clothes and couldn't help laughing when she saw the tightly closed door.
When Xu Yu went into the house to change clothes, Sang Zhixia went to the main room with ginger soup in her hands.
There was a warm charcoal brazier burning in the room. The old lady still used the excuse of not feeling well and didn't come out, but the atmosphere was peaceful.
The few little ones who were having fun on the ice have lost their previous enthusiasm. They are wrapped like cotton balls, their little faces are red, and they drink ginger soup with grimace.
Sang Zhixia's mouth twitched because of the pungent smell of ginger.
"Even if you don't like it, drink more."
Aunt Xu laughed and said, "It's so cold, you've been rolling on the ice for half a day. What if you catch a cold if you don't ward off the cold?"
They did not want to get involved in the younger generation's play, and went home when they were sure there was nothing they could do to help.
But Xu Yu and Sang Zhixia insisted on taking these little ones with them and went out for fun until it started snowing again before returning.
Second Aunt Xu also said, "The snow is getting heavier. If you don't come back, someone should go look for you."
Without even looking up, she tapped Xu Mingyang on the head and said, "Don't pour your ginger soup into Mingxu's bowl secretly. I'll give you some more after you finish it."
Xu Mingyang's little trick was cruelly discovered. He pinched his nose and took a big gulp. His eyes flashed with excitement and showed from the edge of the bowl, and he smiled with his white teeth showing.
"Mom, let me tell you, this is fun!"
Unable to bear the loneliness, he rubbed against Aunt Xu's side: "Big brother is super strong!"
“There were also people pulling the kids in the village, but none of them could run as fast as we could!”
“We’re awesome too!”
Xu Mingxu raised his hand unyieldingly and emphasized, "Sister-in-law led us to stuff Big Brother into the tub! We also dragged Big Brother to go skating!"
Xu Yanran wanted to interrupt and express her happiness, but when she thought of her elder brother who was pulled over on the ice and had a wooden basin hit his head, she lowered her head and swallowed her words.
Big Brother probably doesn't really want to be pulled by them...
Her silence lasted only a moment, and she was soon infected by the excited roars of several others, and they all started talking about what was happening on the ice.
The kids were talking excitedly, but Sang Zhixia kept lowering his head.
She wanted to stick her head into the bowl.
The situation was indeed under control until she became so bold as to decide to stuff Xu Yu into the wooden basin as well.
But when Xu Yu was stuffed into the wooden basin, the only appropriate word was chaos.
It's a mess.
Xu Yu was lying on the ice with the basin on his head, and the little wooden barrel doll rolled into a mess.
There were also children from the same village whose names she couldn't remember, shouting and coming over to make trouble. In the chaos, the only thing she could feel was the touch of Xu Yu falling on the ice again and again as a cushion for his flesh, and the fact that the man seemed to have hard bones all over.
It’s really hard...
It hurts wherever I hit it.
Sang Zhixia rubbed her sore arm with lingering fear, and turned around to see Xu Yu, who looked like a decent man, coming in.
His long hair that had been tangled into a mess was tied up with a headband again, and after changing his clothes, he looked calm and handsome again.
This appearance is quite intimidating.
Sang Zhixia lowered her head to suppress the teasing in her eyes, then grabbed the small stool and moved to the side.
Xu Yu sat down next to her and said, "Grandfather, the winter fishing season in the village may last for three to five days. Let's put the greenhouse building on hold for the time being."
"No rush."
The old man smiled and said, "Since this is a major event for the village, then our family naturally cannot be left out of this effort."
"First, do the things you've been asked to do. The rest can be put off until later."
The Xu family received a lot of help from the villagers before and after they moved to the village. When it comes to times like this where everyone's efforts are needed, they should not shirk their responsibilities.
Uncle Xu nodded in agreement, feeling a bit excited as he thought about it. "I heard from the villagers today that in previous winters, they caught fish weighing over 100 kilograms. I wonder if we can be so lucky this year."
"About a hundred pounds?"
"Shouldn't something that big be a tribute to the imperial court?"
Aunt Xu was surprised and said, "But I haven't heard of the village paying tribute to the imperial court."
"Offering?"
Uncle Xu's eyes flashed with sarcasm, and he said subtly, "The emperor is far away, and the sky is high. This place is three thousand miles away from the imperial city of Kyoto. How can we possibly send things there?"
It's not that the villagers deliberately failed to report the incident, but that in such a remote place, the government offices are non-existent and the county and state governments are unable to take care of themselves.
Not to mention that the common people below did not know that having more than a hundred items was considered auspicious, even the local officials were probably not aware of the rules for offering auspicious items to the royal family.
Even if they knew, if they took such good things out of the village, there would be no chance of sending them to the imperial city.
Along the way, countless officials of all ranks peeled off fish scales and bones by hand. How many more than a hundred pounds were needed?
When Uncle Xu San said this, his face became a little more gloomy.
Xu Yu was amused by this and said, "Being far away also has its advantages. If such a good thing were to enter the capital, our family would at most get a few ounces of meat. But it's different here."
"I heard from Brother Wu that the winter catch will be divided equally among the whole village. Even if we calculate it by household, a big fish weighing over 100 kilograms can be divided into a pot of meat for our family."
"Meat?"
Xu Jinxi, who was less than two years old, widened her eyes in surprise. She smacked her fingertips and mumbled, "Eat a pot of meat?"
"Hey."
Sang Zhixia picked her up and nodded her nose, jokingly saying, "Little Jinxi, are you craving meat?"
"Come, let me touch your belly and see if you are greedy."
Xu Jinxi nestled in her arms, rolling around with laughter, and her childish laughter also dispelled the invisible haze on the adults' faces.
Xu Yu stretched out his hand to block the charcoal brazier to prevent them from getting burned while playing.
The old man also closed his eyes and said, "Don't imagine things far away. The current situation in the village is very good."
The rites and music in the emperor's residence were in ruins, and there was no law or order.
There is a rare fairness in the remote village.
This is extremely ridiculous.
But it was also a rare blessing for the Xu family whose business was about to collapse.
Thinking of this, his tone lightened up considerably, and he smiled and said, "Instead of dwelling on this, I should think about how we can join the villagers in doing hard labor, so that we can get a lucky item weighing a hundred pounds or so and broaden our horizons."
"Jinxi, wait for your uncle and big brother to catch some big fish for us, what do you think?"
Xu Jinxi doesn't understand many things, but he is quite knowledgeable about greed.
Hearing her cheering and raising her hands and saying "yes", Xu Mingyang and Xu Mingxu, who also didn't understand but were very greedy, also jumped up.
“Big fish, big fish!”
"I want to eat big fish too!"
"I'm afraid we'll have to wait a few days for the big fish, so don't be impatient."
Sang Zhixia blinked mysteriously and whispered, "Go back to bed and eat something delicious tomorrow, okay?"
She shook the tempting hook and the little fish bit it like crazy.
Amid the cheers and laughter of the little ones, Sang Zhixia returned to the west shed. Xu Yu lagged behind, closed the door, and began to take off his clothes.
The first one is normal.
The second one is nothing.
Just as he moved so smoothly that he directly took off the last piece of underwear, the veins on Sang Zhixia's forehead began to throb wildly.
She knelt on the bed, clutching a corner of the quilt with both hands.
"Xu Yu."
Xu Yu pulled at the corner of his collar, revealing his already firm chest, and raised his eyebrows playfully: "Hmm?"
"Just listen to my advice."
"you say."
Sang Zhixia suppressed her pounding heart and said earnestly, "It's winter, and you'll catch a cold if you sleep without clothes."
"We can't afford a doctor now!"
Wake up!
We haven't been honest with each other yet!
Xu Yu was a little slow to realize what she was talking about. After a long silence, his long eyebrows raised in a playful arc.
He looked at Sang Zhixia, who was trying to remain calm, with a smile on his face, and said delicately, "Zhizhi, what are you thinking about?"
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