As he spoke, he unlocked the gate, pushed it open and they both entered the yard. Tong Yiya closed the gate and then put down the backpack with the help of Aunt Guihua.
When Aunt Guihua was holding the backpack, she felt a living creature moving inside. She didn't say anything, but just waited for Tong Yiya to tell her what happened.
Tong Yiya didn't keep the secret, she put the firewood on the backpack aside, took a big rabbit from the backpack, handed it to Aunt Guihua and said, "Aunt, I caught this in the mountains today, take one back and eat it."
"I can't accept this, you can keep it for yourself," Aunt Guihua said when she heard that she wanted to give her own rabbit as a gift.
"Aunt, don't be polite with me. Just take it back and eat it. If I need help from you in the future, will you refuse?" Tong Yiya said
"No, we have such a good relationship. If you have any problems, just come to me. My family will help you in any way we can," said Aunt Guihua.
"Then please accept it, auntie. You've already said that we have a good relationship, right?" Tong Yiya said as she handed the rabbit in her hand forward.
Aunt Guihua saw that she couldn't refuse, so she could only take the rabbit. Then, thinking that Tong Zhiqing hadn't been to her house for dinner yet, she said, "I'll accept the rabbit, but you have to come to my house for dinner tonight. We've known each other for so long. Last time, your uncle and I came to your house for dinner, and you haven't even been to my house for a meal yet. You can't refuse this time."
Tong Yiya didn't expect that she would invite her to dinner at this time, but after thinking about it, she didn't refuse, so she said, "Okay, I'll go over and help my aunt later."
"Okay, I'll go back and prepare. You must come later, or I'll come and invite you directly," said Aunt Osmanthus.
"Don't worry, auntie. I promised I would go. I'll get you a basket to put the rabbit in and take it back. Otherwise it would be bad if the villagers saw it." Tong Yiya said, and went to the kitchen to find a basket and a piece of cloth for Aunt Guihua to put the rabbit in and cover it.
Aunt Guihua didn't waste any time and said, "Okay, I'll go back first, you can come over when the time comes."
"Okay, then I won't see you off, aunt. Goodbye," Tong Yiya said with a smile.
"No need to see me off, no need to see me off. Just go about your business," Aunt Guihua said, and then she walked out of her house and went back to her own home.
After she left, Tong Yiya carried the caught rabbits into the house, closed the door and brought them into the space. She seemed to remember that there were no rabbits in the space. Anyway, these rabbits were not busy eating now, so she thought of raising them in the space to breed, so that she would have food to eat in the future when they reproduced.
I used iron fences to enclose an area for rabbits on the grass in the space. I untied a few rabbits and threw them in. I saw that they were not so scared after entering the space. After being thrown on the grass for a while, they climbed up and started to eat the tender grass in the space.
Seeing them eating happily, Tong Yiya left the space. She usually did not enter the space during the day, for fear that someone would come to look for her and not see anyone.
After leaving the space, she took the firewood she brought back to the firewood shed, scattered it on the ground to dry, so that it would be easier to use later.
After finishing, she poured some hot water and washed her hands thoroughly, then went into the house to eat some fruit and read a book for a while.
When it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, she took half a pound of brown sugar and went out to Aunt Guihua's house. When she arrived, Deng Jinbo and Uncle Deng were cutting wood to make benches in the yard. When they saw her, Uncle Deng said, "Tong Zhiqing is here, come in and sit down. Aunt Li is cooking in the kitchen, and we'll be ready for dinner soon."
"Uncle, you are busy, don't worry about me, I'll go help my aunt," Tong Yiya said, walking towards his kitchen.
Deng Jinbo only raised his head and looked over when his father called someone. After the person entered the kitchen, he continued to lower his head and cut the wood in his hands.
Uncle Deng didn't think much of it when he saw it. He just thought that his little son was just curious about the Tong Zhiqing they were talking about, so he stared at him. But he was still afraid that his son would scare the little girl like this, so he said, "You, don't stare at little girls all the time in the future. Others will say something nonsense when they see you, and it will easily scare the little girl."
"Hmm." Deng Jinbo didn't explain much. He just said "hmm" and continued to work.
When Tong Yiya entered the kitchen, Aunt Guihua said, "Why did you come in? Go sit inside for a while. The kang is heated over there. It should be warmer."
"It's boring to sit alone, so I came to help you and I can chat with you." Tong Yiya put the candy in her hand on the table beside her and started looking for work to do.
The two of them cooked much faster. In the evening, Aunt Guihua fried a braised rabbit, a fish, some meatballs fried before the New Year, and an egg sauce to dip in the sauerkraut hearts.
These dishes are considered the best in the countryside. After everything was prepared, Aunt Guihua also cooked a plate of dumplings. She knew that Tong Zhiqing came from the south and they didn't eat dumplings during the New Year or when there were some good things happening there.
So I thought of cooking some homemade dumplings for her to try. Of course, there were also steamed buns for dinner. These were the white flour buns steamed on New Year's Day. We usually eat dumplings, so there were still a lot of these steamed buns.
After all the food was prepared, it was brought to the kang table in the room and placed on it. The four of them washed their hands, went into the room, sat on the kang and started to eat.
Aunt Guihua was very polite. She was afraid that Tong Yiya would be shy and not dare to pick up any food, so she started by putting a lot of meat and vegetables into the bowl in front of her.
By the time Tong Yiya realized what was happening, half of the bowl had already been filled. She quickly picked up the bowl and dodged, saying, "That's enough, Auntie. Eat your own food. This is enough for me. Wait until you finish eating before you fill it up. Otherwise, it will be wasted if you can't finish it later."
Aunt Guihua saw that there was indeed quite a lot in her bowl, so she took back her chopsticks and said, "Then you eat first, and then you can help yourself after you finish eating. Don't be polite when you come to my house."
"No, auntie, I'm not a polite person," Tong Yiya said with a smile.
"Okay, eat quickly," said Aunt Osmanthus
As she spoke, she started eating. Tong Yiya then took the bowl out from behind her. She was afraid that Aunt Guihua would serve her food again, so she held the bowl and ate.
Deng Jinbo on the side watched the little girl gnawing on the rabbit meat like a little mouse. Maybe the rabbit meat was not fried for too long, so some of it was still boneless, so she looked a little hard at gnawing on it.
Tong Yiya spent four or five minutes with a piece of rabbit meat. She wanted to get started, but she didn't dare to put the bowl down. After all, it was someone else's food, so it wouldn't be good to get started directly.
She breathed a sigh of relief after finally getting the rabbit meat.
The meal went smoothly. After the meal, Tong Yiya and Aunt Guihua cleaned up the kitchen and went back home.
Deng Jinbo stood at the door of his house, and watched the man enter the small courtyard opposite with his parents. They waited until the lights in the house came on before closing the gate and going into the house.
In the following days, Tong Yiya would go up the mountain for a walk every day if she saw that it was not snowing outside. Sometimes, if she was lucky, she would catch one or two pheasants or rabbits, which she would kill and bury in the snow.
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