"You all go and sit there first. I'll cook. Xiaoting, wash the bullfrog." Yang Mo walked into the kitchen after giving instructions.
"By the way, where are the uncle and aunt? Why don't you see them? Are you asleep?"
Just as Yang Mo was about to walk into the kitchen, Zhang Hu suddenly said something, which stunned him.
Yang Ting was afraid that her eldest brother would tell her that his father was injured and lying in bed, so she deliberately lied: "Brother Zhang Hu, my parents have gone to bed early."
Zhang Hu said calmly: "Oh, okay!"
Seeing this, Yang Mo felt relieved. It wasn't that he didn't want Zhang Hu to know, and he was afraid that he would keep asking after he found out, and Yang Mo was too lazy to tell him that Wang Er did it.
Just when the two of them thought they could hide it from Zhang Hu, an old voice suddenly appeared in the room: "Is Zhang Hu here?"
Yang Bin in the room heard someone talking outside, and he heard clearly that Zhang Hu was coming.
In the past, when Yang Mo was away, Zhang Hu often came to Yang Bin with wine, and the two of them sat at home all night, talking and laughing about the past.
If someone saw Yang Bin and Zhang Hu talking and laughing together for the first time, they would think they were father and son. Since Yang Bin and Zhang Hu repeatedly told him not to ask him to always bring things to visit him, Zhang Hu rarely comes here, and only visits once in a while.
Now hearing Zhang Hu's voice outside, Yang Bin was even more excited, because he hadn't seen Zhang Hu for a long time, and even missed this young man.
"Uncle, it's me, Zhang Hu, are you asleep?" Zhang Hu greeted him very warmly.
"Cough...cough...cough, still...not yet?"
In the room, Yang Bin coughed a few times, then got out of bed and walked out.
Seeing that Yang Bin was struggling to walk, Zhang Hu stepped forward and helped him over, and said, "Uncle, have you been feeling unwell lately? I've been at home these days. Are you okay?" You can call me for anything, don’t be embarrassed.”
"Well... uncle, your words are enough. You and Yang Mo have been on good terms since childhood. I know this, but I also know that you are usually busy outside. You should have a good rest when you finally come home." , don’t always run this way.”
Yang Bin looked at Zhang Hu with a look of relief and nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, I understand, uncle. Yang Mo is back today, so I came here to catch up with him. After all, I haven't seen him for a long time."
After helping Yang Bin sit aside, Yang Mo's mother Li Xiaofen also walked out of the room and said with a smile: "Zhang Hu, I'm here to visit my uncle again."
"Yes, Auntie." Zhang Hu responded politely.
"Hey, by the way, aunt, has uncle been sick recently? Why is his health not as good as before?"
"Oh, you don't know something. The day before yesterday, because I was fighting for some kind of poverty alleviation subsidy in the village, I was given it by Wang Er..."
Li Xiaofen was about to continue, when suddenly Yang Bin stared at her and coughed, signaling her to stop with his eyes.
But Zhang Hu, who was usually carefree on the surface but thoughtful behind the scenes, couldn't see anything fishy. Then he asked Yang Bin directly: "Uncle, what happened to you?"
"Nothing's wrong. Hey, Zhang Hu, if you come to visit your uncle today, don't mention these unhappy words. Let's have a drink tonight."
"Auntie, is nothing really wrong?"
"No, no, your uncle has been working in the fields day and night recently. His body is overworked and he hasn't had a good rest, so his mental state seems a bit bad."
"But I just heard you talking about poverty alleviation subsidies and so on..."
"Oh, it's nothing. Only the government can control that. We ordinary people don't know anything."
"All right!"
Seeing that the two of them didn't want to talk, Zhang Hu stopped asking further.
Yang Ting, who was present, also broke into a cold sweat because she was afraid that if her mother accidentally spilled the beans, Zhang Hu would be furious and go to Wang Er to beat her up, because she also knew the relationship between her father and Zhang Hu. Extraordinary.
Yang Mo in the kitchen didn't know what they were discussing outside because he was cooking too loudly. However, just when he was busy, Zhang Hu walked in.
"Didn't I ask you to wait outside? Why did you come in?" Yang Mo walked in while chatting. He just glanced at him and got busy again, and then said lightly.
Zhang Hu seemed to be staring at Yang Mo thoughtfully. He seemed to have something to say, so he asked casually: "I came in to see if your cooking skills have improved, and if you have a wife, you will be able to do anything." Not anymore."
Seeing Zhang Hu say this, Yang Mo also boasted: "My cooking skills are among the best in the whole village. I dare to say that I am first, but no one dares to say that I am second."
Yang Mo has been helping his parents with housework since he was a child. Whether it is cooking or cleaning, he can handle small tasks with ease.
While watching Yang Mo cooking, Zhang Hu, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke: "Let me ask you, what's going on with Uncle Yang? Did something happen?"
Yang Mo didn't show much surprise at his question, and looked calm, pretending not to know what to answer: "What's wrong? What happened? Isn't my father asleep? Why are you asking these questions?"
"He woke up. We were chatting outside just now, and I saw that he seemed to be walking unsteadily when he came out of the door of the room."
Hearing Zhang Hu's answer, Yang Mo didn't know what happened outside just now. He had been cooking in the kitchen and didn't notice what happened outside.
"It's okay, just a cold."
"Why can't I tell it's a cold?"
"One of you said it was a cold, and the other said he was overworked and didn't get enough rest. Which one should I believe?"
Yang Mo looked at him in surprise. At this time, what he didn't notice was that the meat in the pot had not been turned over for a long time and began to smell a burning smell.
"You should cook your food first and then tell me slowly."
Yang Mo calmed down after Zhang Hu's reminder. Seeing that Zhang Hu continued to ask questions like this, he couldn't hide anything, so he explained to him the various conflicts between his father and Wang Erzhong while cooking.
Yang Mo glanced at Zhang Hu and said calmly: "One of Wang Er's legs has been beaten and disabled."
"That guy shouldn't be dead, right?" Zhang Hu asked.
"No."
Zhang Hu sighed and said to himself: "It would be better if I didn't. I didn't expect that he wouldn't tell me such a big thing happened to Uncle Yang."
"It's okay, everything is over. I'm sorry that Wang Er won't dare to do this again next time." Yang Mo explained after finishing the dishes one by one.
"Okay then, let's eat first! I'm hungry."
"Xiaoting, take the food, the supper tonight is very rich."
"Okay, big brother."
In fact, it was just a late-night snack. The dining table was filled with various dishes, which dazzled everyone. Six people gathered together to eat happily, just like a family having a reunion dinner during the New Year.
"Zhang Hu, come on, go over there and get some wine. Let's have a drink together."
Just now, Zhang Hu learned from Yang Mo that Yang Bin had not recovered from being beaten by Wang Er, so he became cruel and refused, saying: "Uncle, you haven't recovered yet, so stop drinking and eat more food."
Seeing Zhang Hu's cold tone, Yang Bin was stunned. He had never seen Zhang Hu say such things to him like this before. Then he picked up the chopsticks and picked up the dishes on the table.
Li Xiaofen also thought what Zhang Hu said made sense, so she followed up and said, "Zhang Hu is right. You are not in good health, so don't think about drinking."
"Yes, Dad!"
"You can only drink when your body is almost recovered. You should not drink alcohol now that you are injured."
Yang Ting and Yang Mo also reprimanded, while Yang Bin, who was sitting there, shrank like a child who had made a mistake and did not dare to say a word.
"Dad, they are right, eat well and don't drink yet."
Seeing that everyone at the dinner table was speaking rudely to Yang Bin, He Xiaojing also spoke up and persuaded him gently.
