Traveling through the ages with the hotel, being doted on by four brothers

Chapter 230 It's Her Husband's Child

In order to distribute the meat earlier, the team leader asked the people in charge of processing the prey to work overtime, and then give these people who worked overtime two more kilograms of meat as a reward.

In the evening, Xiao Fengfeng and the other two came to her house for dinner. In order to celebrate Xia Qi and Xiao Fengfeng's safe return, Xia Chan prepared a sumptuous dinner, including chicken stewed with mushrooms, spicy fish fillets, mutton soup, braised pork, pig's trotter soup with peanuts, scrambled eggs with leeks, braised radish strips, and stir-fried shredded pork with cabbage.

I steamed a large basket of white, plump and soft steamed buns. I added a little white sugar to the dough when kneading it, so the buns tasted slightly sweet.

"Xiao Fengfeng, Brother Qi, you've worked hard hunting in the mountains. Eat more tonight and get a good night's sleep. Next we have to prepare for the New Year." Xia Chan said.

"Actually, it's not that tiring in the mountains. We are divided into small teams, eating and resting on time. The only thing is that we can't wash up, so we feel like savages." Xiao Fengfeng said, but for him, it was also a magical experience.

After all, if he hadn't come to Yong'an Production Team, he might never have had the opportunity to experience such a thing in his life.

"Xiao Fengfeng, what are you going to do with your meat? Do you want to smoke it into bacon with us, keep it and eat it slowly, and then send some back home?" Xiao Fengfeng lives alone, so he can get dozens of kilograms of meat!

"Yes, yes. Tiantian and I will keep one third of it to eat fresh, and the rest will be smoked into bacon." Xiao Fengfeng said immediately.

Although the family can buy meat, they can't buy much openly, and can only find other channels to buy it privately. He can send the meat back home, so the family doesn't have to find other channels. However, the meat cannot be sent before the New Year, as today is the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Both pickling and smoking take time, so it is estimated that it will take time to send it back home before the Lantern Festival.

Xiao Tiantian and Yuan Bingbing live together. They share a portion of meat, and each gets several dozen kilograms. Yuan Bingbing's home is nearby, so she will definitely take the meat home for the New Year, so Xia Chan doesn't have to help her smoke the bacon.

After dinner, Yuan Bingbing brought a lunch box of food back to Zhou Ji. She came to Zhou Ji's dormitory, called him out and handed him the lunch box. When Yuan Bingbing turned to leave, Zhou Ji took her hand and came to the place where they usually chatted.

"It's cold!" Yuan Bingbing said helplessly. She wanted to quickly return to the warm house.

"It will be fine in a moment." Zhou Ji held Yuan Bingbing in his arms and said softly, "I missed you."

After staying in the mountains for so many days, he really missed her. If he didn't want to get more meat to eat when there was no vegetables after the New Year or the beginning of spring, would he have gone into the mountains with so much trouble?

Yuan Bingbing leaned in Zhou Ji's arms, feeling the warmth in his arms, "I missed you, too. I feel relieved to see that you are back safely."

The temperature was very low at night, so the two did not stay outside for long. After chatting for a few words, they hurried back to the dormitory.

There were so many prey that they didn't finish processing them until noon on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month. Then they started distributing the meat to everyone after lunch. They first distributed it to the winter hunting team, with each person getting 10 pounds. Then they distributed it to everyone else. The meat, bones, offal, blood sausage and so on were all distributed. After all, there were so many. If the team was to prepare the pig-killing dish, it was not known how long it would take. Moreover, they had already eaten the pig-killing dish when they killed the New Year pig a few days ago, so the meat was distributed to each family, and those who wanted to eat the pig-killing dish could make it themselves.

The Yong'an production team now has a telephone, which makes it much easier to contact the outside world. Yuan Bingbing called her colleagues and friends in the county in the morning and told them that the meat would be distributed in the afternoon. Those who want to exchange meat should bring good things to exchange. They must bring the things that the villagers need the most, and they can no longer bring old clothes and old shoes, because people don't need these things much now.

The next day after Zhou Ji came back, he borrowed the team's phone to call his mother to report that he was safe. His mother almost cried when she heard Zhou Ji's voice on the phone. After all, it was his first time to go hunting in the mountains and he would be gone for such a long time. Which mother would not feel distressed?

Then yesterday afternoon Zhou Ji called his mother again and told her that the meat would most likely be distributed today, and asked her to bring some things over in exchange for the meat. It would also be a good opportunity for her to meet Xia Qi, so that others would not suspect her real purpose of coming to the countryside.

On the surface, he came to exchange meat, but secretly he came to confirm the illegitimate child.

When everyone was distributing the meat, Yuan Bingbing's colleagues came over on donkey carts carrying things. The villagers who had already received the meat came to see if there was anything they needed. If it was not something they needed, they would not waste meat by exchanging it.

After all, smoked bacon can be eaten for a whole year!
There is no need to replace anything that is not missing at home.

Zhou Ji's mother also came at this time. Although she came to confirm whether the illegitimate child was true, she did not forget to bring a bunch of nutritional supplements for her son before coming. Because this year is her son's first year to go to the countryside and there is no home visit leave, he can only go back occasionally and cannot stay at home for a long time.

Zhou Ji saw his mother coming and hurried forward to greet her, "Mom, you are here. The meat is being distributed today. When my meat is distributed, you can take some home to eat."

Seeing her son being so considerate of her, Zhou's mother felt a little comforted. If her husband really cheated and had an illegitimate child, she still had her son to protect her, so she was not isolated and helpless. Moreover, 80% of the family's property was in her hands now. She also bought a wedding house in Zhou Ji's name. Even if the illegitimate child was really brought home by her husband, he would not be able to gain any advantage.

She has worked hard for her family for decades. It is impossible for her to give away her hard-earned property when she is old.

"Xiao Ji, where is the young man who looks like your father? Take me over to see him now." Zhou's mother said.

"It's right over there." Zhou Ji pointed at Xia Qi not far away.

When Zhou's mother saw Xia Qi's face, she was so shocked that the things in her hands fell to the ground. This young man really looked like her husband when he was young, at least 80% similar.

Two people are 30% or 40% alike, so they can be said to look alike. However, two people who are so similar cannot be explained by just saying they look alike.

Zhou's mother is already certain that Xia Qi is her husband's child, but she doesn't know when her husband betrayed her. Judging from her age, it was before they got married. She doesn't know whether he had any contact with the mother and child after they got married.

Thinking that her husband had been having affairs outside all these years and had kept it a secret from her, Zhou's mother felt extremely disgusted.

"Xiao Ji, please take me to your dormitory to rest!" said Zhou's mother.

Zhou Ji went over and said goodbye to the educated youth who lived in the same dormitory with him, then took Zhou's mother to his dormitory. The double room was slightly larger, but still not as big as his own room at home.