Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Finally eating meat
Xu Yunfan glanced at the little kid that Qin Sanniang was holding. The kid didn't seem shy when he saw Xu Yunfan and just kept laughing.
Qin Sanniang laughed. "This is my eldest grandson, Qin Shan. We all call him Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan. Say hello to Brother Xu."
"Hello, Brother Xu." Xiaoshan is eight years old, dark and thin, with a pair of bright eyes.
Xu Yunfan touched Xiaoshan's head and said, "Hello."
Qin Sanniang put all the wild fruits into Xu Yunfan's basket and said, "It's getting dark, so we should go back first."
"We're almost at my house. Run'er has cooked dinner. You can come over and eat!" Xu Yunfan knew that he had to be polite when it was necessary.
How could Qin Sanniang possibly go? After waving her hands to refuse repeatedly, she took Xiaoshan's hand and walked back.
On the way back, Xiaoshan was very happy and skipped along. Qin Sanniang saw his happiness and asked with a smile, "Xiaoshan, why are you so happy?"
Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Brother Xu is so handsome, Grandma, he touched my head."
Qin Sanniang sighed and thought, this Xu boy is indeed handsome. She has lived for decades and has never seen such a handsome man. She doesn't know if such a man will stay.
When Xu Yunfan returned home, he saw that Qin Run had already prepared all the meals and several people were sitting at the dining table in the main hall waiting for him.
"Are you all waiting for me?" Xu Yunfan hurried to wash his hands. Qin Run stood up and took the basket of wild fruits. After asking, he found out that it was sent by Qin Sanniang.
"Do you like it?" Wild grapes are not sweet enough, so villagers usually only pick them to try them.
On the way back, Xu Yunfan picked a grape and tasted it. It was a little sour, but he liked it. "It's okay, but it tastes a bit sour. Qin Sanniang said, you are very familiar with the mountains? Take me to pick some someday."
As Xu Yunfan spoke, he pulled out a stool and sat down.
There are only two dishes tonight, but they are incredibly delicious.
He has been here for more than half a month, and apart from the chicken he had before, he can finally have a good meal.
Qin Run kept the legs, two duck wings and two duck legs. Xu Yunfan glanced at the four little ones who were waiting for him to come back obediently, drooling with greed but not clamoring to eat first. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up the duck wings for Erdan and Sandan, and gave the duck legs to Dadan and Qin An.
Dadan and Qin An looked at the big duck leg in the bowl, picked it up and said they wanted to give it to Xu Yunfan and Qin Run.
Xu Yunfan grabbed Dadan's hand and said, "I don't want the meat in your bowl."
He looked at Qin Run who had worked hard to prepare two delicious dishes beside him, leaned over, and whispered in Qin Run's ear: "Let them eat the duck legs this time, and next time I'll pick the biggest one for you, don't be wronged."
As he spoke, Xu Yunfan's breath was filled with a shuddering tingling sensation. A surge of heat rose up, and Qin Run blushed. Reluctantly, he slightly widened the distance between them. "It's okay, you can eat something else. I'll give you the duck legs next time, too."
"I don't like duck legs." Xu Yunfan was in a very happy mood as he looked at the person who was blushing and didn't dare to look at him and avoided his gaze.
Although teasing Qin Run was a very bad behavior, Xu Yunfan never got tired of it.
Dadan looked at Brother Qin Run, who was looking away but blushing, and then looked at Brother Xu, who was smiling mischievously. He couldn't understand what was wrong with them.
Sandan took a bite of the meat, and seeing that they hadn't eaten yet, he got a little anxious, and his short legs swayed on the stool, "Guoguo~ Eat some meat~"
"Okay, brother, eat the meat." Xu Yunfan glanced at Sandan who was sitting next to Qin Run. Knowing that Qin Run had washed their hands, he let him use both hands and grabbed the duck leg to eat.
Children in rural areas do not need adults to chase them with bowls to feed them, or to coax them into eating a piece of meat. For example, Sandan, when he has duck legs to eat, he will eat them by himself without being fed by adults.
After stewing the sour radish for half an hour, the duck meat was very tasty and fragrant, and the sour radish was not so sour anymore.
Xu Yunfan ate a few pieces of duck meat, and the rest was just pickled radish.
Although he hadn't eaten meat for a few days, he had never liked fatty food since he was a child. Although the duck skin was not fatty and had been fried and stewed, he still didn't like it very much. If it was as fragrant as the skin of roast duck or roast suckling pig, maybe he would like it a little.
Seeing that Xu Yunfan ate more pickled radish, Qin Run couldn't help but ask, "Yunfan, isn't duck meat delicious?"
"It's delicious." Xu Yunfan swallowed the pickled radish in his mouth, "But I think pickled radish is delicious too."
Qin Run knew that Xu Yunfan didn't like fatty food, and he also heard what he had just said to Qin An and the others. He got up and went to the kitchen to get a bowl, picked up a piece of duck meat and put it in the bowl, peeled off the duck skin with chopsticks, and then put the duck meat into Xu Yunfan's bowl.
Xu Yunfan looked at the skinless duck meat that suddenly appeared in the bowl, and his eyes felt inexplicably sore.
Coming here, Xu Yunfan didn't miss home, he just knew clearly that no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn't go back. Now, he could only find a way to survive in this strange dynasty.
But Qin Run's sudden action was like a key that opened the memories that he had locked up, buried deep in his heart, and didn't want to touch.
When Xu Yunfan was a child, he would go out to eat with his parents. His parents were just like Qin Run, carefully and considerately cleaning the skin off the meat before putting it in his bowl.
At this moment, Xu Yunfan suddenly missed his parents and relatives.
Xu Yunfan's eyes were red and hot. He was afraid that he could not help it, so he had to stand up, make an excuse to get some water, and hurried into the kitchen.
It's a bit embarrassing to cry in front of a few children.
Now in his twenties, Xu Yunfan remembers that he seldom cried since he was old enough to understand. He knows that tears are the least valuable things, but they are another manifestation of the ups and downs, love and hate.
Xu Yunfan didn't dare to think about how worried his parents would be if he disappeared. If he couldn't go back in his lifetime, they would never see each other again. Whenever he thought about this, his heart ached.
"Are you crying?"
Qin Run's voice appeared behind him at some point. He just stood quietly behind Xu Yunfan, found a clean towel from somewhere and handed it to Xu Yunfan, "Do you miss home?"
Xu Yunfan: “……!!”
Xu Yunfan wiped his face and found that his palms were dry and there was not a single tear. Then he turned around and asked, "Which eye of yours saw me cry?"
"I know you're sad." Qin Run said, "Are you missing home?"
Xu Yunfan hummed sadly: "I miss home, but no matter how hard I try, I can't find the way back."
"I will go back. Don't be sad. Maybe one day..."
Qin Run obviously couldn't continue, but he forced himself to say it, "Maybe one day, you will find your way back just like you did when you came here."
Hearing this, Xu Yunfan blurted out, "Don't you want me to leave? Why are you still saying these words to comfort me? Do you think you'll let me go just because I find the way?"
Qin Run's heart tightened, he clutched the corner of his clothes with one hand, veins popped out on the back of his hand, his eyes were full of helplessness and confusion.
This question was a difficult decision for him. After a while, he lowered his head and hummed solemnly, "You want to leave. I can keep you, but I can't keep your heart. I don't want you to be unhappy. I will be sad and heartbroken. So, if you want to leave, I will let you go. As long as you are happy, nothing is more important than making you happy."
Boom boom boom…
Xu Yunfan seemed to have tinnitus, and his ears were filled with sounds similar to a rapid heartbeat.
What is Qin Run doing?
He always says something touching without even realizing it.
After Xu Yunfan recovered, he stepped forward, took the towel from Qin Run's hand, and said, "Idiot!"
Since he didn't take it, Qin Run kept handing him the towel. He was such a persistent person, and one didn't know how determined he was when he said this.
If Qin Run missed a man as handsome as herself, she might never find another one like him in her life.
"Let's go back and eat. I'm not full yet." Xu Yunfan's sadness came and went quickly, and now he was thinking about eating again.
Qin Run was about to turn around and leave when Xu Yunfan grabbed his hand from behind and said seriously, "I'm not sad anymore, Qin Run. I'll keep my word. Do you remember that?"
Qin Run was still warning himself until the two of them sat back at the table.
He was warning himself that Xu Yunfan was a good man and was kind to him. The words he said were only out of gratitude and there was no other emotion involved. He must not be too sentimental.
The four little guys probably haven't eaten such delicious meat for a long time. Xu Yunfan wanted to ask them not to eat too much for fear of stomach upset, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything. The dishes they usually eat also contain oil, although not much, but it shouldn't be a problem, right?
It turned out that he was really overthinking it.
Until the next day, Qin An did not show any discomfort.
Xu Yunfan and Qin Run were at the age where they could eat, and Qin An and Dadan were no exception. Dadan originally thought that he would stop eating after eating one piece of duck leg, and leave the rest of the meat for Xu Yunfan and the others to eat tomorrow, but when Xu Yunfan saw that he didn't take any, he would take another piece and put it in his bowl after he finished eating.
After the meal, Qin An Dadan was responsible for cleaning up and washing the dishes, while Qin Run took a few baskets to the backyard to pick up a few baskets of corn.
Xu Yunfan found a bench and lit three candles in several directions.
"Wow~" Erdan exclaimed, "Brother Xu, what is this?"
Sandan screamed around the candle, staring at the flame without blinking, his round eyes full of curiosity.
"This is a candle. You have one at home too." Xu Yunfan lit the candle and looked at Erdan and Sandan's exclamations. He felt inexplicably emotional. "Do you like it?"
Erdan nodded, "I like it."
Xu Yunfan sat on a low stool nearby, pulled Sandan into his arms, and re-tied the messy bun on his head. "Has Sandan ever had candy?"
"Dangdang~" Sandan looked up at Xu Yunfan with unclear words and a silly smile.
Erdan tapped Sandan's forehead and said, "Silly Sandan, it's Tangtang, not Dangdang."
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