Yao Jingping didn't take it seriously.
It will start to snow heavily in the evening, and everyone in the village begins to prepare firewood.
There are also people who take advantage of the heavy snow to go to the old forest to set iron buttons and dig traps. If they are lucky, they might be able to trap a few hares, pheasants, and catch a wild boar or something, and they will have the New Year's goods.
Black Wolf must have seen the stranger entering the mountain.
When I arrived at my second uncle's yard, I saw Zhou Zhiyuan sitting on the kang through the window, helping my second uncle sew the quilt.
The second uncle has been a bachelor for so many years, and having enough food and clothing is a good life. As for what a good life looks like, he himself has no idea.
If Zhou Zhiyuan hadn't made him a new cotton-padded jacket during the Chinese New Year, and asked Cai Genyun to help him make two new pairs of pants and a pair of new cotton-padded shoes, he would have had to wear his jacket with patches on the shoulders and elbows. The cotton-padded jacket is worn out.
His quilts and old cotton-padded jackets were all piled up in the house, and he couldn't bear to throw them away even if he got new ones.
Now that I am getting older, my eyesight is too dizzy and I can no longer do needlework. The quilt has become unthreaded, exposing the cotton.
The cotton had turned black. In Zhou Zhiyuan's impression, the second uncle's quilt had never been changed.
He felt more and more guilty.
"Second uncle, after the busy New Year is over, I will find someone to sew the quilt and send a new one to my second uncle."
"You can't do that. They were used by my second uncle for you to marry Ning Jing. My old man, I can use a new one."
But if Zhou Yongshan is in a hurry, it would be good if he is not arrested. How can we ask for Zhiyuan's things again?
"Zhiyuan, listen to your second uncle's advice, recognize your biological parents, and follow them back. Beijing is nice, but that's where the emperor used to live. It's very noble, and your biological parents are helping to organize it. It will definitely be better in the future..."
"You don't have to worry about me, I have hands and feet so I won't starve to death..."
"No, Ning Jing said that we will provide for our second uncle to take care of him until his death."
Yao Jingping, who was standing in the yard holding noodles and sauteed seeds, had a sore nose.
I really couldn't blame my second uncle for Zhou Zhiyuan's abduction.
The second uncle is just an uneducated old farmer. How could he have such high consciousness and think of sending the abducted children back?
Besides, until Zhou Yongliang passed away, Zhou Zhiyuan's true identity was not revealed. Even if the second uncle had intentions, where could he help Zhou Zhiyuan find his relatives?
As Zhou Guangyi said, being able to raise Zhou Zhiyuan is already a great benefactor to the Zhou family.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, how can I apologize to my second uncle..."
Zhou Zhi, who was standing next to him, pulled Yao Jingping's sleeve and frowned nervously.
She likes her eldest brother from the bottom of her heart, and is even more worried that her eldest brother will hate her because of her second uncle's affairs.
"It's okay, my second uncle is honest and doesn't hold grudges..."
Snowflakes are already falling, and a thin layer has fallen on the roof and the ground.
Yao Jingran and Zhou Zhi stood at the door with a layer of snowflakes on their hair and bodies. Worried that Zhou Zhi would catch a cold, Yao Jingran hurriedly opened the door and walked into the house.
The second uncle was sitting on a small bench smoking a dry cigarette with a sad look on his face.
Seeing Yao Jingping and the girl who looked like a little tiger come in, the second uncle was so frightened that he stood up in a hurry, took the dry pipe in his mouth, banged it on the sole of his shoe a few times, and pinned it on his waist randomly, with panic in his eyes. They didn't dare to look up into Zhou Zhi's eyes.
This little girl is like a little tiger, she is really scary.
However, the little tiger completely lost the arrogance he had in the morning. He quickly stepped forward, lowered his head and bowed deeply to his second uncle.
"I'm sorry, second uncle. What I said this morning was too thoughtless and impulsive. Can you forgive me? How about second uncle slap me twice?"
While talking, he secretly glanced at Zhou Zhiyuan sitting on the kang from the corner of his eye.
He is the same as the black-faced Buddha, but the Buddha holds beads in his hands, while he carries a thimble and needle and thread.
The way he threads a needle really doesn't match his dark face.
"I'll come, I'll come! I'll sew a quilt for my second uncle. Brother, why do you wear so few clothes? You're not cold. It's going to snow heavily. It's already cooling down. Don't catch a cold! Brother, you Are you hungry? My sister-in-law has rolled out noodles and brought some to my second uncle..."
Zhou Zhi didn't wait for his second uncle's consent, and quickly ran to the kang, snatched the needle and thread from Zhou Zhiyuan's hand, sat down next to Zhou Zhiyuan, and began to sew.
The remaining patch was sewn in a few strokes.
Zhou Zhiyuan put a big patch on his second uncle's tattered quilt. The surrounding areas had been mended and there was only one side left.
The stitches were tight and even, as if they were being mended with a sewing machine. Zhou Zhi glanced at the stitches on the patch and grinned at Zhou Zhiyuan in embarrassment.
"Haha, brother, I work very quickly. Anyway, as long as the patch can be sewn so that the cotton is not exposed... I will give my second uncle a new quilt when I have time..."
Yao Jingping put the things he brought on the pot table. When he came back to look at it, he couldn't recognize it and giggled.
Zhou Zhi's stitches looked like they were being scraped with chicken claws.
Zhou Zhi scratched his head in embarrassment and took Zhou Zhiyuan's arm to shake it like a baby.
"Brother, brother, please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it again... You take care of your second uncle, and I will take care of him, okay? Big brother feels sorry for his second uncle, and he must also feel sorry for me! This day I I haven’t had a good meal anymore. If my eldest brother doesn’t come home and my sister-in-law doesn’t make noodles for me, I will starve to death..."
Zhou Yongshan did not dare to move forward, so he could only speak cautiously to urge Zhou Zhiyuan to go home quickly.
"Zhiyuan, Zhiyuan, go back with Jingjing and your sister quickly, and go home quickly for dinner. I don't need anything, so there's no need to run here..."
The second uncle became more and more nervous and frightened, and Zhou Zhiyuan became more and more distressed.
The old man was supposed to be enjoying his old age, but he was frightened for no reason.
When he was a child, his second uncle devoted everything he had to raising him. He remembered every bit of everything his second uncle did for him.
Cultivating kindness is better than giving birth to kindness. He must support his second uncle well. Anyone who can't get along with his second uncle can't get along with him.
"Um."
Zhou Zhiyuan got up. Before leaving, he turned on the stove and asked his second uncle to close the door before going to bed and leave the dirty clothes. He would come over tomorrow to help wash them.
"Brother, brother, please walk slower. Your pace is too fast, I can't even catch up..."
Zhou Zhi trotted after Zhou Zhiyuan, stubbornly stretched out his hand to hold his arm, and even though Zhou Zhiyuan shook his arm a few times, he refused to give up.
"Brother, brother, I'm not familiar with this place. If I accidentally go the wrong way, I'll be in trouble if I get lost! I heard from my sister-in-law that you can set a rabbit buckle on the mountain behind. Let's go and set a rabbit buckle too? We'll trap a rabbit. No, please give all the meat to Uncle Er, okay?"
Yao Jingping felt that it was not worth it for Zhou Zhi. She talked all the way and was dragged home by Zhou Zhiyuan, while the black-faced old fossil didn't even look at her.
"The children are back! Come on, Guangyi, hurry up and light the fire. It's already ten o'clock in the evening and we haven't eaten yet. The children are all hungry..."
"Zhiyuan, you have to eat dinner on time from now on. Eat on time three times a day. Tell mom what you want to eat. Mom is good at cooking. Tomorrow mom will give you fried meatballs and sugar cakes..."
Tian Xinping's mood was obviously higher. She put the noodles into the pot quickly and talked to Zhou Zhiyuan and Yao Jingping in a good mood.
Zhou Zhiyuan frowned.
"You still want to stay here?"
