The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

With the fall of an autumn rain, the rice in the fields ripened immediately, and within a few days every household was busy working in the fields.

The amount of rice planted by the Yan family this year is relatively large in the village. Fortunately, the Yan brothers are all quite capable, and they found two temporary workers from the town to help.

The wages for helpers during the autumn harvest were much higher than usual, ranging from thirty to forty cents. The helpers were hired by Yan Zhennan, and since everyone heard that his food was good, he didn't ask for too high a price, thirty cents being the lowest in the market today.

The sun is very strong during the harvest days. Although it is not as hot as in summer, people still sweat profusely while working. Many men take off their coats around noon, and some even go shirtless.

I hired someone to help this year, so the wife in the family doesn't have to go to the fields with me. But it's troublesome to feed so many people, and men work very hard, so they always want to eat well.

Zhao Guizhi and Yan Sanmei were busy cooking, so Chu Xiao had to go to the fields to bring them some water from time to time. The water was freshly drawn from the well and tasted cool.

Even if people were hired, it took four days to harvest the crops on the land. The crops were spread out to dry in the open space outside the new house, and they looked bright yellow from a distance.

At this point you can see the advantage of being far away from the village. The location is large enough and you don't have to fight with others over which family occupies which place.

Although his house is empty, he doesn't have to worry about anyone taking the rice away, because there are several hunting dogs watching, and if someone gets too close, the barking can be heard from far away.

Yan Sanmei sat on the doorstep, drinking the mung bean soup cooked by Zhao Guizhi. Her face was full of smiles as she looked at this year's harvest.

"We have to thresh the grain after two days of drying it in the sun. By then, everything will be covered in dust." Yan Sanmei put the empty bowl aside and took out a handful of hazelnuts from somewhere: "Brother Xiao, do you want to eat some?"

Chu Xiao took two of them and turned them in his hand to play with. Although he had good teeth, he didn't want to bother biting them. What if the tooth broke? He couldn't just put a gold one on it like those landlords and gentry did. It would be too ugly to look at.

"After this busy period, it's time to pickle sauerkraut. Mom said a few days ago that she went to Xinghua's house to cut some for us. Also, the radishes planted in our backyard haven't grown much, so I'm afraid we'll have to go out and buy some this year."

"Yeah." Chu Xiao nodded: "If you can buy sweet potatoes, peanuts, etc., buy more."

Although the soil in the backyard vegetable garden is not very good, it is no worse than that of other families because of Chu Xiao.

The radishes were planted in an open space in the backyard, which was not Yan's property. When the radishes grew, one or two were missing because they were picked by passers-by.

They are all old hands in the fields. If the radishes he grows are too good and get seen by others, there will probably be more talk.

"Okay, and we need to buy more red dates, Brother Xiao, if you and Big Brother go up the mountain and plant more persimmons, I wonder if there will be frozen pears for sale this year."

Chu Xiao listened to Yan Sanmei talking about the arrangements for the winter and felt that this girl had really grown up a lot and had to worry about more than him, the head of the family.

But the more I listened, the more I felt something was wrong. Why did he talk for so long about all kinds of food?

Chu Xiao smiled helplessly, thinking that he had grown up, but it turned out that he had already started to be greedy before the winter.

There are many livestock at home, and the autumn harvest is not yet completed. No children from the village will bring grass, so Yan Sanmei has to take a rest for a while and then go to cut grass again.

Ever since Chu Xiao had a chat with Bai Hao on the day of Xiao Yuer's full moon banquet, all he had said was to ask him to keep a low profile and pay attention to his identity.

It was not known whether he had heard it or was being controlled by Lei Huo, but when Lu Zhicheng came to make up for the full-month ceremony, he said that Marquis Zunyuan had been practicing martial arts very seriously recently.

Chu Xiao thought that he would be able to stay quiet for a few days, but until he and Yan Zhen went deep into the mountains, he did not see Bai Hao coming again.

The beginning of autumn is also the time when prey begins to gain weight. Rabbits are now much fatter than usual.

No one had come to the thatched hut for a long time, and there were actually a lot of pheasants and rabbits around.

The two of them caught two rabbits on their way up the mountain. Yan Zhenshen picked up the fat rabbits and threw them into the woodshed.

After walking all the way, Chu Xiao's legs and feet were inevitably a little tired. He sat at the gate of the courtyard for a while, staring at the trees that were already turning yellow. Although he had only been at the foot of the mountain for half a year, he felt as if he had not been up the mountain for a very long time.

He still missed this mountain a little.

Yan Zhenshen didn't take a rest. He first opened the door and went into the house to clean up the west room where they usually lived. Then he came out and called Chu Xiao: "Husband, go in and take a rest. Don't sit at the door and get blown by the wind."

Chu Xiao was called back to his senses. He stood up with a smile and started working with Yan Zhenshen. This house had not been lived in for half a year and there was dust everywhere that needed to be cleaned up.

The wolf cub was much happier when he entered the mountain than when he went up. He and Dahei ran away in a flash, probably to patrol their territory.

They were busy during the day, and after dinner at night, the two took the hunting dogs around the area, and only returned to the thatched hut to rest after confirming that there were no large wild animals.

The forest was very quiet at night, with only the occasional chirping of insects. Chu Xiao couldn't sleep for a while. He didn't hear Xiao Yu'er's voice that day, and he felt a little weird.

Yan Zhenshen turned over, hugged him in his arms, and asked in a low voice: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

Chu Xiao leaned into his arms and sighed, "I didn't feel that I loved the little guy that much when I was at home, but now I haven't seen him for a day, why do I miss him so much?"

Yan Zhenshen cares about his son much more than Chu Xiao does. If conditions permit, he would really like to take his son wherever he goes.

"Mom and Dad will definitely take good care of him. Don't worry. We will be back in a few days."

This time they really planned to stay there for too long, and they would have to go back every ten days or so at most.

"it is good."

Chu Xiao responded, then yawned, and fell asleep quickly without thinking any more.

Yan Zhenshen stayed at the foot of the mountain for a long time this year, and the money he earned might not be enough to cover his expenses, so his main purpose of going up the mountain this time was to get some good furs, which are always more valuable than other things.

Besides, his mother said she wanted to make a quilt for Xiaoyuer. Actually, rabbit skin is not a bad choice, but as an old father, it is inevitable that he wants to give his child better things.

Pure-colored fox fur is naturally the best, but it would be a waste to use it to make blankets, so it would be better to hunt more foxes with mixed fur.

After taking a day's rest and chopping some firewood for future use, Chu Xiao stuffed a cloth bag full of salted duck eggs, pancakes, and pickles for him. Yan Zhenshen then took Taxue and Dahei into the mountains.

The wolf cub also tried to go along, but when Chu Xiao called him, he came back reluctantly, circled around him twice and nudged him with his head, trying to push himself to catch up with the main group.

Chu Xiao came back to his senses and slapped it hard on the head: "Be quiet, go play by yourself."