Chapter 159 Help

After dinner, the sun had already set and it was getting darker outside. Liu Yinyin waited for a while but didn't see Gu Cheng come back.

Liu Yinyin looked at the time. It was already half past six.

They set out for the mountain at nearly five o'clock, and even if they went fast, it would take them about an hour to reach the destination, which means a round trip of two hours.

So, it’s normal that he hasn’t come back now.

The atmosphere in the village is very good today. The canteen cooked a big pot of pork head soup, and every household in the village can get a big bowl of soup.

As for the twenty kilograms of wild boar meat given by Liu Yinyin's family.

Liu Changquan couldn't bear to cook it, so he pickled it with salt and saved it for later consumption.

As night fell, Liu Yinyin was busy watering the vegetable garden in the yard.

This year, Liu Yinyin planted sweet potatoes on one-third of the vegetable garden in the yard.

On the other two-thirds of the land, Liu Yinyin planted a bed of watermelons, a bed of tomatoes, a bed of cucumbers, a bed of beans, a bed of eggplants, and a bed of water spinach.

A basin of leeks, a basin of loofah, a basin of onions, ginger, garlic and chili peppers.

Pumpkins are also planted.

There are also two fruit trees in the yard. Perhaps because Liu Yinyin waters them diligently, both trees are growing well and have lush branches and leaves.

If nothing goes wrong, they should all bear fruit this year.

Because of the dry weather and fear of poor harvests, families with vegetable plots in their yards planted sweet potatoes this year.

They eat in the cafeteria, so it doesn't matter whether they grow vegetables or not. At worst they can go to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to eat.

The same goes for the Liu family.

Therefore, families like Liu Yinyin who still grow vegetables have become the oddities in the village.

Fortunately, she lived at the end of the village, so out of sight, out of mind, the villagers couldn't gossip about it.

However, growing vegetables is more difficult than growing sweet potatoes. The weather is so dry now that I have to water the vegetables in the field every evening.

Otherwise, the leaves will dry up and turn yellow due to lack of water.

Before she finished watering, Liu Yinyin heard a knock on the door.

This year, the family got so much meat, and now there are only mother and son at home. For safety reasons, the door of the house was closed by Liu Yinyin.

I thought Gu Cheng was back.

But after knocking on the door a few times, no one said anything. The little yellow dog seemed to smell a stranger and kept barking at the door.

Liu Yinyin knew that the person outside was not Gu Cheng.

If Gu Cheng knocked on the door, he would definitely ask her to open the door.

"Who is it?" Liu Yinyin put down the gourd ladle in her hand and walked over to open the door.

"Yinyin, is Gu Cheng at home?" Liu Changquan asked.

The person who came turned out to be the village chief. Liu Yinyin was stunned: "...No, he went out for something and will be back in a while."

Liu Changquan came to look for someone at this time specifically, but he didn't expect Gu Cheng to be not at home, so he couldn't stay and wait for someone.

After a pause, Liu Changquan said to Liu Yinyin, "There is something I want you to talk to Gu Cheng about. Yinyin, you know that the crops are dry now, and we don't know if there will be a harvest this year. We, as a village, can't just sit and wait to die.

So, I thought... let Gu Cheng take everyone to the mountains to hunt. If we get prey, we can take it to the county town to exchange for some food."

Liu Changquan has always wanted to take the villagers to the mountains to hunt, but hunting is also dangerous, and he cannot rashly take everyone to adventure in the mountains.

But Gu Cheng was a capable man, and Liu Changquan believed that it would be much safer if he was willing to take the villagers hunting.

Liu Yinyin hesitated for a moment and said, "Village Chief, Gu Cheng is just an ordinary person. For this matter...why not do the same as last time and ask the militia to help?"

Liu Changquan sighed when he heard this: "Village issues should be resolved by our villagers themselves."

Of course, he could also ask the village militia for help, but they would not come to the village to help hunt for no reason.

They would take away most of the prey they caught.

As a result, the village will not benefit at all.

Therefore, unless a large group of people come down the mountain, the village will generally not hire militia to hunt.

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Village Chief, I'll ask Gu Cheng later to see what he thinks. I'll give you an answer tomorrow."

In fact, she didn't want Gu Cheng to help, because...some things, the fewer people know about them, the better.

Besides, she also planted sweet potatoes on the mountain and couldn't let anyone find out.

Liu Changquan nodded, put his hands behind his back and left.

Liu Yinyin didn't take this matter to heart and went back to continue watering the vegetable garden.

By the time they came down from the mountain, it was completely dark.

They had no harvest this time; there was nothing in the traps on the mountain.

The Liu brothers went back.

Liu Yinyin made a bowl of noodles for Gu Cheng and put some pork lard in it.

When Gu Cheng was having dinner, Liu Yinyin wanted to tell him about Liu Changquan.

Gu Yanyan hadn't gone to bed yet and saw Gu Cheng eating noodles.

As if it smelled a familiar fragrance, it immediately ran over with its short legs, and with its two chubby little hands, it held onto Gu Cheng's thighs and tried to climb up.

Gu Cheng lifted him up with a big hand.

Gu Yanyan said in a baby voice: "Dad, eat..."

Although he was talking to Gu Cheng, his eyes were fixed on the pork lard in the bowl, and his thoughts were self-evident.

There is no child who doesn't like to eat pork lard, and Gu Yanyan is no exception. The little guy still misses the piece of pork lard he ate in the afternoon.

At this moment, looking at the pork lard in the bowl, his big black eyes were shining.

Gu Cheng asked him, "Want to eat pork dregs?"

Liu Yinyin laughed and said, "Don't pay attention to him, he has already eaten."

Gu Yanyan immediately pouted her lips and stretched out a round little finger: "Eat... one!"

This is a complaint that he doesn't eat enough.

The little boy looked very shrewd. Seeing how greedy he was, Gu Cheng patted his little butt and asked him, "Can you have one more at the end?"

Gu Yanyan said nothing, raised his head and opened his mouth: "Ah..."

Finally, he got to eat pork dregs again, and Gu Yanyan squinted his eyes happily.

Liu Yinyin originally thought that the boy would continue to push his limits, but she never expected that...

Gu Yanyan finished eating the pork lard that Gu Cheng fed him, struggled a few times, and then slid down from Gu Cheng's thigh.

He walked with his short legs to chase the little yellow dog to play.

A few months have passed, and the puppy that Liu Yinyin's family originally adopted has now grown a lot.

And it is very alert. As soon as there is a stranger in the house, the little yellow dog will immediately start howling.

With the little yellow dog guarding the house, Liu Yinyin felt more at ease.

"The young guy is quite trustworthy." Liu Yinyin was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She found that Gu Yanyan was a bit hypocritical.

Very obedient in front of Gu Cheng.

If it were her, Gu Yanyan would not give up so easily. He would make so much noise that Liu Yinyin would have a headache.