Chapter 226 Soft Nails
“Brother!!”
After Yue Feng heard his eldest brother’s movements, he said hello in a deep voice from afar.
Hearing his brother's response, Yue Shan immediately came up to him, thinking of helping his brother to carry something, but Yue Feng was holding a big black eagle in his right hand and had nothing in his left hand. It was not good to have two guns on his shoulders. Taking it down, it felt a little cramped for a while.
"I heard from mom that you can come back today. The family is waiting for you to come back to eat dumplings! Take off the gun and I will carry it for you?" Yue Shan asked proactively.
Yue Feng glanced at his sister-in-law who was standing at the entrance of the alley. He already knew what was going on, but he didn't have a seizure. He refused: "It's hard to take off the gun belt. Let's go! We're home after two steps."
"Brother Shan!!"
"Brother Shan!"
After Xiaotao, Xiaowu and the others saw Yueshan clearly, they also said hello one after another.
"Hey! It must be brothers Xiaotao and Xiaowen Xiaowu! You must be exhausted along the way. Come inside and have a rest! Hong, tell mom to make some dumplings. They are all back!"< br>
"Hey!" Chen Hong only responded, but she did not move at the entrance of the alley. She was waiting for her brother-in-law Yue Feng.
"Sister-in-law is here too. It's cold outside. Go back inside!"
Yue Feng actually just discovered that his sister-in-law Chen Hong was also at the entrance of the alley, but he didn't say hello immediately after being separated by dozens of meters. , but walked all the way to the front, and then called sister-in-law in a nonchalant manner.
"Hey! It's neither cold nor cold! I heard from mom that you went into the mountains to hunt. What are you carrying?" Chen Hong asked.
“The half-grown red deer cub was reluctant to kill on the mountain, so it was tied up and carried back! Xiaowen Xiaowu, you two, be careful when you enter the alley, it’s a bit slippery!”
Yue Feng responded and turned to remind his companions behind him, which made Chen Hong feel a little cold.
Under normal circumstances, she would have turned around and left without saying a word.
But today was different. She turned on the flashlight and shined it on a slippery spot on the ground.
“It’s frozen here, let me keep a lookout for you!”
“Thank you, sister-in-law!”
"Thank you, sister-in-law!"
"You're welcome, you're not an outsider!" Chen Hong held a flashlight and stood aside, waiting for brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu from the hunting team to walk through the icy place, and then followed Entered the house at the back.
The group of people entered the yard in a mighty manner and put the sledge in. The antlers of the adult red deer were very conspicuous. The red deer calf was also placed in the middle of the yard. Listening to the noisy sounds around, the red deer calf stood tall. Afraid and kept neighing.
Mom, dad, and Jingjing also came out of the house, using flashlights to see what Yue Feng had gained from going into the mountains.
"How about a live one? This is the calf of a red deer!" Yue Lei stood at the door and took a look and said with great certainty.
"Yes, this kid's eyes were pecked out by a big black hawk, and he was blinded when he hit a tree, so we captured him alive! Uncle Zhao said that this deer blood is precious, and a living one is worth more than a dead one. Once we added up, we tied him up. Okay, let's carry it down the mountain!" Yue Feng said with a smile.
"The big black hawk can still do this job! It has learned a new job!"
"Yes! It can report messages and peck its eyes!!"
"Okay, that's good! Don't be stunned. You can't see it at night. Let's drag the meat and the red deer cub to the warehouse first. We'll clean it up tomorrow! Let's go inside and warm ourselves up. Let's eat dumplings later. !
Hang up our firecrackers and let them go!”
"Hey!"
Yue Shan responded, went into the house and took out the red hanging whip, and soon hung it at the door of the house and lit it.
The banging sound of firecrackers made the atmosphere at home a lot more festive, and Xiao Tao Xiaowen and others, fully armed, also filed into the house.
In terms of closeness, Yue Shan is naturally closer to his younger brother Yue Feng, but in terms of familiarity, Xiaotao, Xiaowen, Xiaowu and the three brothers are now much more familiar with each other than Yue Shan because they are in and out of Yue Feng's house all day long.
The three brothers entered the house and directly opened the door of the west room where Yue Feng slept. They took off the thick sheepskin jackets that Shangshan was wearing to keep out the cold. Then they sat on the edge of the kang and took off their leggings, taking off their hats, bags and other odds and ends. .
The door to the west room opened as the three brothers came in, and the four wolf-blooded dogs that had been staying under the edge of the kang in the room also came out.
They haven’t seen their owner for more than a day. Although their mother took them to the yard to have fun in the morning, they were still very affectionate after meeting Yue Feng, the real owner. They licked their hands and surrounded Yue Feng. The tail wags into an electric fan.
“Ah, there are four dogs in my little brother’s house? Why are these beasts still in the house!!”
Chen Hong was shocked when she saw the four dogs coming out of the west room. , asked with a slight frown.
While playing with a few dogs, Yue Feng said: "The puppies are still small. The temperature outside is too low to withstand the cold, so they are keeping them in the house temporarily. When they grow up in the spring, they can be raised. Nailed a doghouse in the yard!”
"Then... the dog sleeps in the house, how dirty it is..."
Chen Hong felt a little uncomfortable thinking about having to spend the night at home later.
"The conditions are indeed limited. It is normal that my sister-in-law is not used to spending the night in her hometown since she has been living in the city. At night, you and your mother can sleep quietly in the east room, and we three will sleep on the kang in the west room!"
Yue Feng did not explain that the dog was not in the house even after peeing, so it was not dirty. Instead, he directly saw through Chen Hong's thoughts and gave a solution. "These dogs are very sensible. They go out to poop and pee. Canglong, go back to the house!!"
Meng Yulan also noticed the subtle changes in the atmosphere, so she rounded up the situation and called Cang Long back to the house.
After hearing the Emperor's order, the four dogs obediently entered the west room with their tails between their legs, and lay down in a row on the cushions on the wall under the window.
Seeing this scene, Chen Hong stopped talking. She somewhat regretted her decision to spend the night in her hometown.
But now that I have said it, I have no choice but to bite the bullet and help my mother-in-law make dumplings.
I made three-cover dumplings in the afternoon, which was enough for Xiao Tao and the others.
In fact, if the Yueshan couple hadn't come home and said they would spend the winter solstice together in the evening, Meng Yulan would have called Xiaotao's family and Xiaowen's mother to her home to celebrate the winter solstice and eat dumplings together.
The three brothers were also aware of the situation. They noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere. Xiaowen winked at Xiaowu and Xiaotao, and the three brothers immediately understood.
"Brother, aunt, uncle, we won't eat at your house today. During the winter solstice, the family must be waiting for us to go back and set off cannons! Let's go back first!"
"This... ...I’ve already made your dumplings. Let’s go back after eating!” Come back in the morning!”
"Okay, Xiaofeng, give some of the meat to the younger brothers!"
"No, let's talk about it tomorrow. It's so dark that we can't see clearly! Let's go first, auntie!" Xiaowen greeted a few times. In a sentence, he took the people and left Yue Feng's house.
Meng Yulan also felt a little awkward, but she couldn't force her to keep a few children. No matter how close the relationship was, these days were spent separately, and her parents were waiting for their children at home.
The three brothers in the hunting team have all gone home, leaving only six members of the Yue Feng family in the house.
The dumplings were put out of the pot, and soon the water started to boil. After a few boils, when the heat was up, the dumplings were taken out of the pot, and a large family gathered around the dinner table in a lively manner.
While waiting for her second son to come home in the evening, Meng Yulan had already delivered wrapped dumplings to Grandma Li, so there was no need to deliver dumplings to Grandma Li when the dumplings were ready in the evening, and the family was waiting for dinner in a down-to-earth manner.
From beginning to end, Yue Feng acted very calmly.
The eldest brother is the biological eldest brother, and the sister-in-law is not necessarily the biological sister-in-law. How could Yue Feng not understand this truth? No matter what he thinks in his heart, he must be able to live up to his reputation.
Chen Hong also seemed to be aware of the subconscious reaction just now, that there was a slight problem. During the meal, she acted quite actively, pouring vinegar and serving dumpling soup, and kept busy.
Both sons are at home, and Yue Lei is in a very comfortable mood today. He specifically asked Yue Feng to pour him half a glass of white wine.
"Today is the winter solstice. It's not easy for our family of six to be able to eat these dumplings stuffed with white flour and meat filling. We owe it to the Party, our son, and Xiaohong and your mother! Cherish the good days. It’s hard to come by, let’s have a drink!”
Brothers Yue Feng and Yue Shan also picked up the wine glasses in front of them and took a sip with their father.
It was a lively meal, missing the three brothers Xiaotao, Xiaowu and Xiaowen. Three curtains of dumplings, but two curtains of dumplings were not finished. After eating and drinking, my mother Meng Yulan packed them away. I prepared bedding for the east and west houses to sleep at night.
The three gentlemen slept in the west room, and Meng Yulan and her daughter-in-law slept in the east room, which was a good sleep.
But, lying on a completely unfamiliar kang, Chen Hong felt very complicated.
Brother-in-law Yue Feng acted calmly when faced with the couple's overtures of goodwill, and did not lose any of the courtesy he should have. But if you ask how close they are, it may not be true.
How to describe it, Chen Hong and her husband went home before, and faced the Yue Feng family who seemed to be close but actually maintained a certain distance. Today, Yue Feng returned exactly the same.
Yue Feng doesn't even care about the salary and benefits of his eldest brother and sister-in-law working in the coal mine.
During the meal, when Chen Hong asked about the income from selling wild game in the city, Yue Feng was vague and did not give any useful information at all.
While eating, Chen Hong also asked how much the red deer calf was worth. Yue Feng also fooled him by saying that he had never sold it before and was not sure yet.
In short, it can be summed up in one sentence: polite and enthusiastic, and don't know anything about anything.
Chen Hong tried several times but hit a wall.
After his mother made the bed, Yue Feng entered his house early carrying a rubber footbath.
After two consecutive days of hiking on the mountain road, I felt very tired. So scalding my feet with hot water can relieve my fatigue.
Both brothers washed their feet, and then quickly went into the west room to get on the kang. After the lights were turned off and there was no movement in the room, Yue Feng started chatting with his elder brother.
"Brother! Are you satisfied with your current life in the city?"
"Huh? Why do you ask? I can go to work to make money and have enough to eat and drink. Isn't it great?" Yue Shan heard his younger brother ask. The question was slightly taken aback.
"I'm not referring to this! What I'm talking about is that you live in your own small home in the city with your sister-in-law. Are you satisfied with this life? If you don't tell me, I actually know that my sister-in-law is a very strong person! "
Hearing his brother's question, Yue Shan's heart sank and his mood became complicated.
(End of this chapter)