Chapter 6 Chapter 6 The little mute thinks you are a very good person...
Tian Er picked up his bowl of water and watched the change in Tian Ge's expression.
I haven't grown up yet, I'm still a child, and I like to be praised.
Tian Er finally discovered that sugar was added to the water.
I asked Qin Xiong, but he was a taciturn person. He couldn't say a word and just nodded or said "hmm".
Just think that Qin Xiong's family is hospitable.
I didn't expect Qin Xiong to be such a cold-faced but warm-hearted person.
"Ge'er, I can't drink this sweet stuff. Please help me drink it. Don't waste Brother Qin's kindness."
Tian Ge held the bowl and glanced at his second brother.
Sweet water is such a delicious drink, but my second brother doesn’t like it.
However, he had never seen his second brother drink sweet water at home.
Now I can’t tell whether my second brother really doesn’t like to drink or if I gave it to him on purpose.
"Drink quickly, we have to go home after drinking. It's getting dark, so we don't want to disturb Brother Qin any longer." Tian Er said.
Tian Ge naturally listened to his second brother. After drinking the sweet water, the two stood up and said goodbye to Qin Xiong and Qin Bao.
Before leaving, Qin Xiong cut a piece of meat from the inner room and gave it to them as a return gift.
The smoked wild boar meat weighed several kilograms.
It’s smoked so well, with a hint of golden color in the dark.
Tian Ge knew that smoked meat needed to be cured with a lot of salt, so this return gift was too expensive.
"Brother Qin, we appreciate your kindness, but we really can't accept it." Tian Er held Qin Xiong's wrist and tried to refuse.
As Tian Ge looked at the smoked meat, his mind automatically popped up with the idea of stir-fried bacon with diced wild celery, stewed bacon spareribs with potatoes, and braised bacon slices...
For ordinary rural families, the only time they can eat such delicious meat dishes is during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.
Of course Tian Ge knew that he couldn't take it. He just thought about it and swallowed quietly.
Unexpectedly, Qin Xiong suddenly stretched out his hand in front of him.
"Keep this. I hunted this wild boar meat, and Qin Bao and I can't finish it all." Qin Xiong said so many words to Tian Ge for the first time. "Thank you for making the fish soup specially for me."
Tian Ge looked at Qin Gu's right hand involuntarily.
Qin Gu bent his fingers and held the bamboo leaf rope that held the bacon.
The finger bones are distinct, and the blue veins on the back of the hand are prominent, extending all the way to the forearm.
Tian Ge still remembered the strength of those hands that pulled him out of the river and held his chest tightly to prevent him from slipping into the deep water.
Such a pair of broad and powerful hands, but the fingers are extremely slender, leaving dark marks from wind and sun.
It was covered with healed scratches and scrapes of various sizes.
Qin Xiong used a pair of hands like this to hunt wild boars.
Wild boars are such ferocious animals that they can eat up all the food in the cornfields when they come down the mountain.
I heard that the fangs can pierce a person alive.
Tian Ge suddenly thought that since Qin Xiong could recognize words, he must be able to write.
Except for him, all the students at the old master's place are men.
The men's hands were white, with delicate skin and tender flesh, and it was obvious that they had never done heavy work.
Qin Xiong used his rough but powerful hands to hold the thin pen...
Tian Ge wanted to see Qin Xiong write at an inappropriate time.
Tian Ge thought of many things in an instant.
After coming to his senses, he waved his hand.
He made a gesture of thanks to Qin Xiong, indicating that he could not accept such an expensive return gift.
"Brother Xiaotian, just take it. My brother is really good at hunting."
Qin Bao persuaded him with his bowl of rice, pretending to mutter softly: "Besides, everything my brother cooks tastes the same. Brother Xiaotian, just look at the food in our pot and you'll understand."
The implication is that everything tastes bad.
Tian Ge couldn't help but chuckle, thinking of the sticky and mushy vegetable in the pot.
Qin Xiong gave Qin Bao a look and opened his mouth to scold him, but when he saw Tian Ge laugh, he fell silent again.
"How about this, we'll take the meat, make it into dishes and send it to you." Tian Er also saw what the two Qin brothers were eating, and thinking that Qin Xiong was really generous and enthusiastic, he compromised.
Qin Xiong is a person worth associating with.
There is a give and take when there is a give. If you are in a hurry to cut off the relationship, it will make you seem like a stranger.
This is a really good idea, Qin Bao's eyes lit up.
Finally, we reached a consensus.
Tian Ge took the piece of meat, and when handing it over, it briefly touched Qin Xiong's fingers.
Instantly separate.
Tian Ge followed his second brother out of the yard.
The full moon is in the sky, frogs are croaking and dogs are barking, and the road along the edge of the field is also clear.
The two Qin brothers stood at the door and watched them go.
I hadn't taken two steps when I heard footsteps behind me.
Tian Ge turned around in confusion and saw Qin Xiong striding towards them.
Picked up the broom on the ground.
"The man you saw this evening was my second brother. He had just gotten married and was spending his money on wine and women in the county town. I taught him a lesson," Qin Xiong said.
So that’s how it is, Tian Ge nodded.
If a brother behaves badly, it is the older brother's responsibility to discipline him.
If he did that, his elder and second brothers would probably break his legs.
Qin Xiong just threw the broom and missed, so he was considered merciful.
"Every family has its own problems. No matter what others do, we can trust Brother Qin's character." Tian Er replied, "Then we'll be leaving. Brother Qin, you should go back soon."
"Um."
Tian Ge followed her second brother for a short distance, and when she looked back, Qin Xiong was still standing there.
He waved goodbye to Qin Xiong.
.....
Tian Ge held the bacon in one hand and let his second brother hold the other hand, walking happily.
"You look so happy, but be careful if you fall into the ditch and turn into a little cat, I won't care."
----That won’t happen as long as my second brother is here.
Tian Ge didn't use any sign language, but just looked up at Tian Er and smiled.
The moonlight was bright, and the little mute smiled with curved eyebrows and eyes. His nose was delicate and straight, and the small red mole in the middle of his nose was the same as his mother's.
My younger brother looks the most like their mother.
Tian Er laughed silently and sighed imperceptibly.
The little brother has grown up and can’t be kept here.
Tian Ge is seventeen years old this year, and it's time for him to start looking for a good family.
When the little boy was born, there was a distinct pink mark on his body that looked like a butterfly, so it was called a butterfly mark.
When a boy reaches a certain age, he will experience the spring tide once a year.
During the spring tide, the butterfly print will become particularly bright red, indicating that the boy's body has matured.
At this time, the boy will have a fever, feel weak and frail, and his mood will fluctuate greatly, which will last for about three to five days.
If a man has sex during the spring tide, he will easily get pregnant.
Around the age of eighteen, most boys will experience their first orgasm.
"Ge'er, what do you think of Qin Xiong?" Tian Er asked.
Tian Ge answered quickly. He pulled his hand out of his second brother's palm and used sign language.
----He is a good man.
After Tian Ge finished speaking, she thought of the pile of firewood in Qin Xiong's house and added.
----He is a hardworking and good person, just like his elder brother.
Tian Er looked at his brother's determined and innocent face and chuckled.
It seems he was overthinking it.
Tian Er took Tian Ge's hand and continued walking home. He spoke after a while.
"Everyone in the village says that the Qin family is a jinx."
Tian Ge opened his eyes wide in surprise.
Tian Er recalled what happened ten years ago.
At that time, the Qin family had just fled famine and came to their village.
.....
"Hey, I heard that Qin died last night in childbirth. Two lives were lost, and there was so much blood that the cotton wool stained both beds red."
"That's right. What a sin! I could hear her crying from so far away. How can you cry like that when giving birth? It's such a waste of energy."
"The head of their family died of illness just a month ago, and now the Qin family has... three more people dead at once. It's terrifying just thinking about it."
“That’s not it…Ah!”
A few aunts were chatting on the road. At some point, a young man in mourning clothes came up to them. They were so scared that they screamed and their faces turned pale.
At another glance, he was the eldest son of the Qin family, Qin Xiong.
He was tall and thin, and looked like a bamboo pole that had become a spirit. There were two dark circles under his eyes and his face was pale.
"Aunts, there's a funeral at home tonight. My mother loved the hustle and bustle when she was alive. Could you please come have a meal and say farewell to her?"
Qin Xiong said, taking out copper coins from his pocket, "I'll ask the aunts to help me with this."
When I took the real copper coin in my hand, I felt uneasy and scared.
The aunts finally returned the copper coins to Qin Xiong and ran away as fast as if there was a ghost chasing them.
Qin Xiong was left alone, dazed and slow to react like a puppet. After a while, he squatted down and picked up the copper coin that had fallen on the ground.
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"I was only fourteen at the time. When I heard Mom say we were going to the funeral, I insisted on going. Guess what, we were the only family in the whole village that went."
There are only three children left in the family.
The oldest is Qin Xiong, who is only sixteen years old, and the youngest is Qin Bao, who just turned three years old.
The three brothers of the Qin family knelt down and kowtowed to their parents.
Tian Er continued, "A shabby thatched hut with nothing in it, with a mourning hall set up, so cold and desolate that even my parents couldn't help but shed tears."
Thinking of his mother, Tian Er's eyes softened.
He remembered that night when, after returning home, his parents forced him to cross the brazier.
Later, my mother always secretly gave some food to the Qin family.
Later, Qin Xiong became a hunter and finally no longer had to worry about food.
There are always things arriving at their doorstep, such as pheasants, wild rabbits, and wild fruits...
It was clearly not there when I went to bed at night, but when I woke up and opened the door, it was there. It was obvious who sent it.
It’s a gift that lasts for several years.
A few years later, my mother died of illness. People in the village said that it was because she attended the Qin family's funeral and was contaminated by something unclean.
Tian Ge felt sad after hearing this and reached out to wipe his eyes.
He never knew these things.
Tian Er held his brother's hand and said with a smile, "Qin Xiong didn't even attend Mother's funeral. Do you know what he did?"
Tian Er didn't keep the secret and continued, "The day after my mother was buried, he slipped twenty taels of silver into our house through the crack of the door. He's quite rich, isn't he?"
I guess he emptied out all his family assets.
Later, my father came to the house in person, blocked Qin Xiong's way, and returned the money.
I don’t know what my father and Qin Xiong talked about, but the two families lost contact from then on.
"After so many years, by some strange coincidence, he went down to the river and saved your life two days ago. There must be some fate between our two families."
Tian Er pulled himself out of his memories.
Only ten years have passed, and things and people have changed.
The Qin family, who were so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat, now have no worries about food and clothing.
The Tian family, which was once relatively happy and prosperous, now has many elders who have passed away or are sick.
Fortunately, the children are all healthy and their hearts are with each other.
"Second brother, I have no other intention in telling you this. I just want to say that Qin Xiong is a responsible person. There is no need to be afraid of him."
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