Jiaohu

Chapter 8
"Huniu! My mother asked me to bring you corn bread!"

A thick shout sounded on the field ridge, Zhao Huniu looked up and saw Zhao Licheng standing there with a bundle in his arms.Zhao Huniu put down the sickle and walked up to the ridge.

"I'm bothering you again. Didn't I ask you to tell Aunt Fifth that you don't need to send me corn bread anymore?"

"Hey, it's just a few buns, it doesn't matter,"

Zhao Licheng smiled honestly, and then opened the bag in his arms, which contained two bright yellow corn buns; Zhao Huniu took a look, reached out to take it,

"Give this to you, I'll just eat one."

"Oh no, it's all for you, how can I eat one?"

"This is something from your family, so of course you should eat it," said Zhao Huniu, and handed one of the cornbreads to Zhao Licheng.The boy hesitated for a few blinks, but still took it.I ate it with big mouthfuls.

"Have you finished your homework? If not, I'll help you,"

"No, no, my house will be finished soon, so I don't need your help."

Zhao Huniu ate up the cornbread in her hand, and she just nodded when she heard Zhao Licheng say that.
"OK then."

Two steamed corn buns, it seems that the appetite of two people is not enough, and they have been eaten in a short time.Zhao Licheng stood where he was after eating the cornbread, watching Zhao Huniu casually wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes,

He looked a little embarrassed, as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.The girl looked up at the sky, and said to Zhao Licheng:
"It's getting late, you go back first. Say hello to your mother for me, my house will make steamed buns tomorrow, and I'll send some to your house when the time comes, you should tell your mother first."

"Ah, okay."

Zhao Licheng knew that Zhao Huniu was chasing him away, so he agreed resentfully, scratching his head,

Seeing Zhao Licheng leave with three steps and three turns, Zhao Huniu didn't feel anything, but picked up the sickle and continued to finish the rest of the work.

"This kid has been away for so long and hasn't come back?"

Fifth Aunt Zhao's eyes kept staring at the distance of the road, "It's not too far from here to the field of Wu's house in Zhao Village, I don't know what you're dawdling about, you brat."

"San'er hasn't been there for long, and besides, it's not strange to have a few words with Hu Niu. I think you are getting more and more abnormal as a mother."

"When did I say anything again?"

At this time, the figure of the young man finally appeared, but he looked a little downcast; Aunt Zhao walked over immediately, raised her hand and patted Zhao Licheng's head,
"You brat, why are you only coming back now? Did you go wild again?"

"Mom! I'm already this old, so don't hit me on the head every day!"

Zhao Licheng opened his mother's hand and said impatiently.

"Hiss, you brat, you dare to talk back to your mother! No matter how old you are, if you marry a wife and have children, they will still be your mother's children!"

Having said that, Fifth Aunt Zhao hit Zhao Licheng again, this time Zhao Licheng didn't dare to say anything, he just went down to the field and started working with Zhao Yong,
But Fifth Aunt Zhao obviously didn't intend to let him go, and then asked:
"She ate all the cornbread you sent?"

"Eat it,"

Although Zhao Licheng divided one for himself, he didn't pay attention to such details.

"She didn't tell you anything else?"

"No,"

Zhao Licheng was full of annoyance that Zhao Huniu didn't like to talk to him, and he didn't remember what Zhao Huniu told him to say to Aunt Zhao Wu on his behalf.Hearing what her son said, the expression on Aunt Zhao's face suddenly changed.
"That child is really good. Fortunately, I thought she was a down-to-earth and sensible child before, but now she seems to be so greedy. After eating so much food from our family, she didn't say thank you, and didn't say she came to help What, really heartless."

"What do you mean, do you give people food just to ask them to help you?"

"Then I don't think so, she should also take the initiative to help out."

"Oh, you are really a bitch."

Zhao Licheng obviously didn't listen to the conversation between father and mother,

What lingered in his mind was still why Zhao Huniu didn't want to talk to him more.

On the way home, Zhao Huniu thought about it, and went to Liu's house first, but there was no one in Liu's house at the moment, it seemed that the father and daughter had gone out together.

The Liu family doesn’t seem to have any land in the village, so apart from Liu Sheng’s teaching a few students, Liu Xiaowan’s daily income is helping other people’s families with laundry or sewing, and earning some pocket money.
It's really rare for father and daughter to go out together like this and not be at home.

Zhao Huniu stood at the gate of Liu's house for a while, then went back home.

I met another person on the road,
Not someone else,

It was Guo Yinshu.After Zhao Huniu beat Zhao Erdan that day, she never met him in the village.
Presumably, just as Liu Sheng said, the Guo family mother and son seldom go out.

Of course Zhao Huniu remembered him, but it was limited to remembering this face; the two came face to face, Zhao Huniu nodded slightly at Guo Yinshu, and had no intention of saying hello,
Guo Yinshu paused, and stopped facing Zhao Huniu.

"This girl,"

Don't talk about girls around, and there is no one else, except for yourself, it should not be about others.Thinking so, Zhao Huniu also stood still.
Sensing Zhao Huniu's suspicious gaze, Guo Yinshu bowed his hands and bowed his head and said to Zhao Huniu:

"Last time, thank you girl for helping me."

"Help?"

"If there is no girl to help, I'm afraid I will suffer a lot of flesh and blood."

Ah, what he was talking about was the last time he beat Zhao Erdan himself.Seems like it really helped him.But it wasn't Zhao Huniu's original intention. After all, she just kept her promise and beat him once every time she heard Zhao Erdan say that insulting word.

"It's just a little thing,"

Zhao Huniu waved her hand,

"Is there anything else, if not, I'll go first."

"Just wanted to say thank you to the girl, girl please,"

Guo Yinshu withdrew his hand and stepped aside, Zhao Huniu glanced at him, then bowed to him, and stepped forward to continue walking.Guo Yinshu watched Zhao Huniu's figure leave, he turned around and ran towards his own direction.

"Father, I'm back,"

Zhao Huniu opened the door and shouted, Zhao Cunwu's voice came from the kitchen:

"Hey, it's good to be back. It happens that the meal is ready. Wash your hands and eat!"

"Ah."

Although she only ate a Wotou not long ago, it didn't affect Zhao Huniu's lunch.Scooped a ladle of water in the big vat at the door and flushed her left and right hands, she threw the ladle back into the water vat,

Turn around and look around the yard.

But the little white figure of the rabbit was nowhere to be seen.

"Come on, sit down, sit down, dad got an egg today, it's steaming on the fire right now, it'll be ready soon,"

Zhao Cunwu came out of the kitchen with the bowls and chopsticks, and put the bowls and chopsticks in his hand on the table. said:
"Come and eat, come and eat, or it will be cold."

"father,"

Zhao Huniu didn't move,

"Where's the little rabbit I brought back last time?"

"Ah? Ah, maybe I went to some corner. You know that thing is small and easy to punch holes. Maybe it's hidden. Let's eat first, and then talk about it after eating."
Ah, eggs, eggs, there are still eggs on the pot, the eggs can’t be steamed too old, can’t be steamed too old”

Zhao Cunwu muttered something, bowed his head and walked quickly into the kitchen.

He knew that Zhao Huniu would notice it, but he didn't expect Zhao Huniu to notice it so soon—in a panic, he was almost burned by the heat from the pot when he lifted the lid, and even knocked a bowl next to him.

"Oh, oh, this is a good bowl."

When Zhao Cunwu came out with the eggs, he saw Zhao Huniu standing in the middle of the yard with a gloomy expression as if water would drip out.

"father,

What about the rabbit? "

Different from the questioning tone just now, although Zhao Huniu asked a question at this time, there was no doubt in the tone, but it was determined, and it was extremely serious and frightening.

Zhao Cunwu's hands holding the steamed egg bowl trembled slightly.

"Rabbit, rabbit, did you accidentally run out?"

"father,"

Zhao Huniu interrupted the man's sophistry,
"You won't give that rabbit to your mother, will you?"

Feeling Zhao Huniu's cold eyes on him, Zhao Cunwu took a deep breath in his heart - he seemed to remember that Zhao Huniu was his daughter at this time, when he heard the word "your mother",
He actually overcame his natural fear of people with strong personalities, trying to establish his majesty as a father.Putting the bowl in his hand on the table, he calmed down and said to his daughter:

"Your grandma came here just now. She saw our rabbit and went to it. She said it was for your cousin's health. Their family hasn't eaten meat for a long time. Isn't it just for eating anyway?

But look, Dad went to Aunt Muzi's house today and asked for an egg for you. You like eggs, right?the rabbit

Before Zhao Cunwu finished speaking, he saw Zhao Huniu turn around and walk towards the door, her movements were so decisive and quick that the man had no time to react.
"Tiger girl! Where are you going!"

There was no human voice to answer the man's question, only the sound of slamming on the door.

Zhao Huniu never felt this way even when she was just resurrected from a dead body; she could hear her heart beating faster in her chest,
Even if it's just a little faster,
It is indeed accelerated.

There was a voice in her ear, it was the voice from the bottom of her heart, she was very familiar with that voice, and she had listened to what she told her for more than ten years, it should have taken root in her heart long ago,
But when he heard that the rabbit was asked to leave by Zhao Lan,
A wave of anger mixed with anxiety was like a flame, burning that voice completely.

With Zhao Huniu's current pace,
She rushed to Zhao Lan's house soon.

She kicked open the locked door, and what she saw was Zhao Erdan grabbing the rabbit's ears and slamming it to the ground.

(End of this chapter)