"Hey, uncle is finally willing to go out. I thought I wouldn't see you today."
"Er Shun, you must be itchy. If you dare to make fun of your elders, be careful and I will punish you." Shui Jianguo said with a smile.
"Who doesn't know that my uncle never hits anyone, so I'm not afraid."
"Uncle, if you don't hit people, I will. You are the same as you!" Ershun's wife ran over from the field nearby and grabbed his ears again.
Shui Jianguo shook his head: "Chunxia, it's okay. Just let him go. This will save some face for Er Shun."
"Uncle, you don't have to worry about it. He just has a bad mouth and dares to make jokes about anyone. This is not okay."
Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, Shui Jianguo went directly to his parents. While his parents were drinking water, he went to work in the fields.
After Shui Shangqing drank the water, he asked his eldest son to go back: "On your first day of marriage, have a good rest and go back."
"Then I'll cook you a delicious meal tonight." Shui Jianguo left carrying the empty earthen jar. Instead of going home, I went straight up the mountain.
When he got to the mountain, he shot three pheasants and a hare with the stones he picked up, and then went down the mountain.
When Bai Lu saw her husband coming back in the main room, she was surprised: "You just went out for a while and you came back with so many wild animals."
"We brothers followed our father to the mountains to hunt since we were young. I hunted not far from the foot of the mountain and didn't climb too far up.
Now everyone is busy working in the fields. If you don’t have time to hunt, there will be plenty of prey. "
Then Shui Jianguo didn't see his brother and sister, so he asked his wife: "Lulu, where are Xiaoqi and Bingyue?"
"They went to play with Huo Tingchen. Xiao Qi said that the people living there are very powerful."
"If you are not great, you will not be demoted. In this era, everyone has difficulties. I just hope that my family will be safe, healthy and happy."
Bai Lu nodded: "That's right, I'm not as happy as I look. But with your protection, I'm not afraid of anything."
Xiaoqi is learning painting from Shen Dongsheng, and it's pretty decent. Since he didn't have tools, Shen Dongsheng used burnt carbonized branches to demonstrate on the ground.
With just a few strokes, Shui Bingyue's little face was drawn, and Xiao Qi immediately became energetic: "Master, your painting is so good, she really looks like my sister."
"Then try it."
"good."
Xiaoqi is indeed very talented, and after copying, she is almost like him.
Shen Dongsheng nodded: "Yes, keep practicing. When you and I are almost ready, I will teach you how to capture the characteristics of the characters."
Shui Bingyue was practicing writing with Huo Tingchen in Mr. Huo's room while eating dried sweet potatoes.
Because Shui Bingyue is young and has soft hands, the words she writes are all round and look cute.
Huo Tingchen is older, holds the pen more steadily, and his handwriting is very beautiful. Shui Bingyue looked envious.
Mr. Huo rubbed the little girl's head and comforted her: "It will be fine when you grow up a little and your wrists become stronger. Don't worry, you are still young, so it is already written like this. Take a rest for a while. Don't worry." Practiced.”
Both of them put down their pens. Huo Tingchen turned his head and asked Shui Bingyue: "Can you stay and sleep with me tonight?" "
"Of course not. I have my home and I want to go home and sleep."
"Then why can Sister Bai Lu sleep with Brother Jianguo when she has no blood relationship with you?"
"Because she is married to my brother. They are husband and wife. If they become husband and wife, they can sleep together."
Huo Tingchen's eyes suddenly lit up: "Then you marry me, and we can sleep together."
As soon as his innocent words came out, Huo Lao, who was drinking water, choked and coughed uncontrollably.
The filial Huo Tingchen immediately got up and went to express his gratitude to his grandfather. Huo Lao said earnestly: "Tingchen, you are still young and don't know what marriage means. Don't say this to other little girls casually in the future."
"Why?"
"Marriage is a very serious matter. It's not just as simple as sleeping together. You have to like each other and your parents agree."
Huo Tingchen thought of the tall and stalwart Shui Village Chief, and he seemed to dare not say these words to him. He closed his mouth silently.
Although he became much more cheerful with Shui Bingyue's company, he still had a deep memory of what he had experienced in Beijing.
The world of adults is difficult to understand, and not everyone will be kind to him. The disappearance of his father and the departure of his mother made his heart very fragile, so he did not dare to take risks or try, he was very timid.
Mr. Huo also understands the crux of his problem, but now he has no choice. Unless his son can come back, children cannot do without their parents' teachings.
In order to protect herself, the daughter-in-law has remarried to someone else and can no longer take care of Tingchen. I hope Jiawei can come back safely and soon.
In fact, Tingchen's father Huo Yu'an went to participate in a secret research. He could not imagine that while he was working hard to contribute to the country, his family was being persecuted by some villains.
His direct leader was afraid of affecting the progress of the research, so he intercepted the information from the outside and did not let him know.
Maybe when the research is successful, someone will be willing to help his family clear their grievances. When there is no strength, you cannot enjoy true fairness, and this is true for everyone.
When Xiao Qi and Shui Bingyue left the landlord's old house and walked home, they met Su Mengchen who had returned from hunting.
Now that he has become familiar with the two children, he also likes Xiao Bingyue very much. Holding the prey in one hand, he picked up Xiao Bingyue with the other.
"What do you like? Pheasant or hare? Uncle can give you one."
Shui Bingyue shook her head: "I don't need it. Uncle and grandpa should eat together. Our brothers can hunt. Just ask them to go when they want to eat."
Xiao Qi puffed up her chest: "Yeah, I've hit all of these before, so we don't want your things. If my sister wants to eat it, I can catch it."
Su Mengchen smiled and asked, "Wait until I send the prey back and take you two home."
Xiao Qi shook her head: "No, please return my sister to me and we can go on our own."
"Bingyue, don't you want uncle to give it to you?"
"Well, uncle is very tired from hunting and should go back to rest. I can go home by myself."
Su Mengchen had no choice but to hand Shui Bingyue to Xiao Qi, and watched the two children walk to the road before returning to the landlord's old house.
Fang Xiyuan saw him coming in, came over and asked, "I want to trade a pheasant with you."
"What do you want in exchange for it?"
"This." Fang Xiyuan took out a small jade rabbit, only half the size of a baby's hand, but it was all white and had rubies inlaid eyes. It looks very nice.
