The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

The rain didn't stop until midnight. The soil was wet after the rain. My shoes were covered with mud as soon as I stepped in, making my steps heavy.

Yan Zhenshen went out to cut fresh grass and came back. Before entering the yard, he used a branch to scrape the mud off the soles of his shoes. "The mountain road is slippery after the rain. Let the sun shine for a day. We can go down the mountain tomorrow."

Chu Xiao was sitting in the yard combing Taxue's fur. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "I see a lot of grass has started to turn yellow. I'll cut more today if I have nothing to do."

Yan Zhenshen put the fresh grass into the woodshed, turned around and said, "Okay."

We need to dry some hay. When autumn officially arrives, the grass in the mountains will turn dry and yellow, and all the captured rabbits and wild goats need to eat grass. Wild animals in winter are not strong enough, and if they are not fed well, they will not be sold at a good price.

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The mountain road was rugged to begin with. The ground was much drier on the sunny side, but it was still muddy in places with many trees. Although the little muntjac was timid, it was also stubborn. It had not eaten much grass in the past two days, and now it would not move after walking a few steps. The hunting dog had to bark at it from behind to scare it.

The road was difficult to walk on, so naturally the pace was slower than usual. We came down the mountain later than usual today, and after walking and stopping many times, it was already mid-afternoon when we got home.

"Boss, Xiao Ge'er." Zhao Guizhi heard the dog barking and saw the two men when she walked out of the yard. When she got closer, she called them with a smile.

Chu Xiao waved his hands happily and ran home happily, making the wolf cubs in the basket on his back cry out loudly.

"It just rained, and the road must be difficult to walk on. Are you hungry?" Zhao Guizhi asked with a smile.

"Mom, I made some pancakes this morning and ate them on the way home." Chu Xiao put down the backpack and placed the wolf cub, who was crying from being thrown around, on the ground.

Arriving in an unfamiliar environment, the wolf cub became a little wary and hid beside the backpack without coming out.

"Where did this puppy come from?" Zhao Guizhi stared at it for a long time and felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

Yan Zhenshen tied up the muntjac and came out of the backyard, saying, "Mom, it's a wolf cub."

Zhao Guizhi took two steps back when she heard this. The women in the village were not so scared of wolves, but they were almost the same. After all, they were surrounded by mountains and it was possible that wolves would go down the mountain in winter.

Her mother's home is far away, and she has to climb over several hills. There are not many people in the village. When she was a child, she saw wolves coming down the mountain. Many poultry and livestock raised in homes along the way were harmed. The men in the village used farm tools to drive them away, but several people were still bitten.

Zhao Guizhi smacked her lips, her face showing obvious disapproval: "Can we just keep this wolf? It's a ferocious beast after all. What if it hurts someone in the future?"

"Mom, just treat it as a puppy." Chu Xiao squatted down and took the wolf cub out, rubbing it teasingly: "Bark one, woof woof, bark one."

The wolf cub whined twice in a very disrespectful manner. Chu Xiao was naturally not happy with it barking like that, as it had been barking for the past two days.

"Woof woof, not woof. If you bark nicely, I'll give you some fruit."

The wolf cub looked confused and whimpered twice.

Chu Xiao was helpless. This wolf cub was so stupid. He didn't bark when he should. He deserved to be thrown out.

However, Taxue saw that his little follower was surrounded by people, so he walked over slowly and habitually scratched the wolf cub with his claws.

Seeing the familiar big dog, the wolf cub became a little bolder, barking softly and patting the snow with its front paws.

Zhao Guizhi was surprised: "This wolf can also bark like a dog?"

Chu Xiao was not sure about this. Yan Zhenshen had been hunting for many years and had heard old hunters talk about it before. Wolf cubs would learn some barking sounds, and they probably imitated dog barking as a provocation. They would not bark like that when they grow up a little.

As for whether wolves can bark like dogs, the most likely answer is yes. However, this does not make any sense to wolves, as their barking is mainly used to transmit signals and to gather together to hunt prey.

Due to their nature, wolves generally do not howl, so when you find a wolf pack deep in the mountains, there is a high probability that they have been surrounded by wolves.

They just had to raise the wolf cub, and Zhao Guizhi didn't dwell on it. She let them rest first while she went to the kitchen to cook dinner.

Yan Zhenshen fetched some water and the two of them simply washed their faces and changed their clothes, then sat under the eaves to cool off. Yan Zhengdao was in a good mood when he saw his son and his wife coming back, and said with a smile, "There are freshly fried peanuts in the house, bring them over to eat."

Yan Zhenshen took a small bamboo basket and grabbed a few handfuls and placed them in front of Chu Xiao. He also peeled a few.

According to the date, it is time to start harvesting peanuts and soybeans. Once these are harvested, we will officially enter the autumn harvest.

These peanuts were brought by Aunt Wu when she came to buy a rattan basket a few days ago. Zhao Guizhi gave a little to the two children and left the rest there, waiting for Chu Xiao to come back and give them to him to try.

Chu Xiao had indeed never eaten peanuts, so he peeled one and put it in his mouth and it tasted delicious.

Seeing that her husband loved to eat it, Yan Zhenshen sat there and helped him peel the shells. The wolf cub smelled the smell and ran over to join in the fun, scratching Chu Xiao's trouser legs with his little claws. These summer trousers were not thick to begin with, and could not withstand the wolf cub's scratching. After a while, Chu Xiao found that his trouser legs were all torn.

Today's dinner was made early, so we naturally ate it early too. Our family usually doesn't buy fresh pork, so we made bacon again tonight. But Zhao Guizhi is a good cook, so everything she makes tastes good.

Garlic sprouts, bacon, stir-fried bamboo shoots, and a serving of cabbage and mushroom soup. Chu Xiao was extremely satisfied with this meal.

After dinner, the third sister went to wash the dishes. Zhao Guizhi called the two of them into the house. She took out a box with a smile on her face. In it, in addition to the sixty taels of silver returned by Doctor Hu, there were also twenty-seven taels of dividends from Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills.

This time, the boss and Xiao Ge went up the mountain for more than half a month. With so much silver left with her, she couldn't sleep well at night. On the day when Doctor Hu brought the money to her, she changed places to hide the money several times in one night and was laughed at by Yan Zhengdao.

However, although he was worried, he was naturally happy to see so much silver. Now that the family had no debts, Yan Zhengdao no longer had to spend several cents every month on medicine. The money he earned now was enough to buy a house and land and build a family business.

Chu Xiao took the silver and wanted to divide it, but was stopped by Zhao Guizhi, who said that the money was earned by him, and it was okay to give some household expenses, but it cannot be divided like this forever. The second child is grown up and wants to start a family, and as an older brother, he can help, but he cannot really support them for the rest of their lives.

Chu Xiao felt that this made sense. In fact, he didn't mind at all if he really supported the whole family, but it was better for men to be more independent. Moreover, he wanted to build a big house, but the goal was too ambitious and he didn't know when he could achieve it.

In the end, he gave her ten taels of silver for household expenses. Zhao Guizhi did not refuse and accepted it happily.

Then he took out a few new clothes and showed them to Chu Xiao. They were all for autumn wear. The fabrics were much thicker than those for summer, and some of them even had a little cotton stuffed inside.

Zhao Guizhi has never been a pedantic person. The money earned by the boss and Xiao Ge'er should be spent. It is autumn now, and the mountains are much colder than the village, so autumn clothes should be prepared early.

This time, she made four sets of autumn clothes for Chu Xiao, two of which had some cotton inside. Some of the eldest brother's autumn clothes from last year were still wearable, so she made two sets for him. She didn't make too many sets, after all, the clothes could be worn again in the spring of next year after being worn in autumn, so it would be convenient to have one or two extra sets for changing.