Quick Wear: With the cub in hand, the world is mine

After filling their stomachs, Hua Ke and Wen Lin took a walk by the field to digest their food. Wen Lin mentioned his future plans. Hua Ke looked at the hard, dry land under her feet, shook her head and said, "I don't want to go to the capital with you now."

Wen Lin had already guessed that she was unwilling to go with him, "It's okay, I'll go with you if you want to go next time."

"So we need to build a new house?"

Hua Ke raised an eyebrow, "Are you rich?"

"Well, I ran several bookstores with Xuanye in the capital, and the business was pretty good. I came back in a hurry, so I only brought one thousand taels of silver..."

"Only? One thousand taels?" Hua Ke's almond eyes were as big as copper bells. "I don't even have fifty taels on me."

Wen Lin raised his lips, "You said before, my money is your money, your money is still your money, I will give you all the banknotes later."

In the afternoon, Hua Ke, who had become rich overnight, happily held the silver bills. It was so good to be rich. She wanted to take Si Niu and run away.

But it's just a thought, she still has to grow sweet potatoes.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, Liu and Li went back to their parents' home to visit relatives, leaving Hua Ke, Siniu and Wen Lin alone at home.

Li had asked Si Niu if he wanted to go to his grandmother's house, but Si Niu decisively refused. More than half a year had passed, and Si Niu was still very resistant to getting along with his parents. Hua Ke didn't care about him and let him do whatever he wanted. Anyway, she would protect Si Niu.

In her opinion, losing Si Niu was a loss for Wen Fugui and Li. They didn't cherish and care for him when he was young, so it was too late to care for him now. Especially Si Niu was sensitive. He could tell who was really good to him. It was useless to pretend in front of him.

"If you don't go back to the capital, what will happen there?"

"It's okay. I'll write to tell them tomorrow."

"Carrier pigeon?"

"Ah."

This communication method is really backward, so she doesn't understand why someone would want to travel back to ancient times. Except for the better air quality than modern times, there seems to be no other advantages. There is less food to eat, more rules to abide by, and many aspects are restricted. The average life expectancy is short, and it is considered a long life for most people to live to their forties. Colds and fevers that are easily cured in modern times can easily take people's lives in ancient times.

Thinking of this, Hua Ke said to Wen Lin: "If my parents knew you were still alive, they would definitely be very happy."

Wen Lin felt bad. He had heard the bad news from Wen Fugui before. His father-in-law and mother-in-law had passed away due to a cold a few years ago. He couldn't imagine what Xiao Ke would feel when she knew about it. He was not by her side during her painful days. What was he doing at that time? It seemed that he went to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion with Xuanye to celebrate the birth of Lu Yizhi's daughter.

"Xiao Ke, how about we go and pay respect to my father-in-law and his family now?"

"Tomorrow, my brother probably won't be home. He should be taking Zhao to some other place today."

The next day, Hua Ke patted Heima's back and said, "Brother Ma, you have to lead three people today. Thank you for your hard work. I will feed you more sweet potatoes when I grow them."

Hua Ke mounted the horse skillfully and reached out to Si Niu. After Si Niu mounted the horse, he held the reins and said, "Gee! Big horse, let's set off now."

Hua Ke smiled and pinched Si Niu's cheek, "Aren't you waiting for your grandfather?"

"No, he's too slow."

Wen Lin, who came out of the house, smiled helplessly, climbed onto the horse's back easily with his long legs, and hugged Hua Ke's waist, "Don't worry, you are very light, it can run."

Shicheng Village is at the easternmost end of Yanlai Town, and Shuixiu Village is at the westernmost end. Hua Ke rarely came back after she got married, and only came once a year after her parents passed away.

In the courtyard of the Hua family, Hua Lutao was holding his crying little daughter An An and trying to comfort her, "Ancestor! Please stop crying, okay? You are eight months old, it's time to stop breastfeeding. Your mother is scared of you and she told you not to bite, but you kept doing it. Now she's angry and she won't give you any more food."

When Hua Lutao was changing the position of the child, he saw a woman who looked like his third sister riding on a horse, with a child in front and a man behind? Hmm? A man?

After they arrived at the yard, Hua Lutao was stunned. "Third sister? You found another man? Are you finally willing to remarry?"

Wen Lin's face immediately turned dark. This brother-in-law is hoping that Xiao Ke will remarry, right?

"No, this is your brother-in-law. He didn't die that year."

Hua Lutao was frightened by these words and almost lost his grip on his noisy daughter. "Not... not dead?"

"Okay. Let me hold the child for a while." Hua Ke reached out and took An An. The strange thing was that the first time Hua Ke held her, she actually calmed down immediately. Her round almond eyes looked at Hua Ke obediently, and then she showed her four milk teeth and babbled in baby language.

Hua Ke held her and squatted down, "Si Niu, this is your cousin, Xiao Tao, what's her name?"

"An An, among the three aunts, she looks most like you."

Upon hearing this, Wen Lin walked over and looked at the baby carefully. They did look alike. If only he hadn't been in trouble, maybe he could have had a daughter who looked even more like her.

After staying at the Hua family for half an hour and chatting about each other's recent situation, Hua Ke took Si Niu and Wen Lin to their parents' grave.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back. Don't worry, I will take good care of Xiao Ke in the future... I'm sorry that I can't show my filial piety to you..."

Wen Lin knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. Before he joined the army, his mother-in-law treated him very well. Knowing that he was adopted by the Wen family, she felt sorry for him and often told Xiao Ke not to bully him. After knowing that Xiao Ke was pregnant, she often came to see them with the chickens she raised. After the child was born, she also helped him take care of the child. He didn't expect that such a good person would leave the world so early.

Hua Ke kowtowed and led the four cows to burn incense and paper money.

After staying on the mountain for an hour, the three returned to Hua's house, where Zhao had already prepared food for them.

"Xiao Tao, after the spring, I'll give you some sweet potato and corn seeds. Remember to come and get them..."

"Got it, Third Sister."

Hua Ke was very kind to her only brother. When they were little, she liked to tease this brother who was nearly ten years younger than her. Hua Lutao also liked to stick to her and thought that she was very capable and it was never boring to follow her.

On the day Hua Ke got married, he cried the loudest because he was reluctant to let Hua Ke leave home. On the day he heard that Wen Lin had passed away, he cried the loudest because he felt that his third sister's life was more bitter than coptis. In the early years, he often shouted that he wanted to introduce a second spring to Hua Ke, but Hua Ke ignored him.

After a meal, Si Niu had already started hanging out with his two younger cousins. Hua Cong, 11 years old, and Hua Shun, 9 years old, took Si Niu, 3 and a half years old, to play "cockfighting" and released water into the Pacific Ocean. An An refused to sleep and insisted on being held by Hua Ke. After succeeding, she sat in Hua Ke's arms and watched her brothers play games. Hua Ke wiped her saliva many times, and every time she wiped it, An An smiled at Hua Ke. Wen Lin saw this and regretted again that he didn't have a daughter.

It was a rare opportunity to go back to her mother's home, so Hua Ke and her friends sat there until the afternoon before setting off to return to Shicheng Village.

On the way back, Wen Lin suddenly said, "Xiao Ke, how about we have another daughter?"

"Are you crazy? I'm already in menopause. If I want to give birth to you, go find someone else." Asshole, don't you think about how old she is now.

Hua Ke's cold tone suddenly sobered Wen Lin up, "Xiao Ke, I was wrong. I won't have a child with anyone else. We can have a daughter in the next life."