Taking advantage of the light rain, Yan Zhenshen and Chu Xiao put on their raincoats and ran to the river to cast their nets, catching more fish and putting them into the space. Even if they were dead, the smell shouldn't be too bad.

On the way back, the two of them also dug some bamboo shoots, which made their hands covered in mud, especially their trouser legs and shoes, which were so dirty that they were almost unbearable to look at.

As soon as Chu Xiao came back, he felt so cold that he quickly boiled some hot water. They put their feet in a basin facing each other.

Yan Zhen walked a lot in the deep mountains, so his soles were covered with thick calluses, which hurt Chu Xiao's instep when they scratched him.

Chu Xiao moved his feet to the side, but Yan Zhenshen chased after him and stepped on them: "You dislike me."

"You should use more badger oil this winter, otherwise I will hate the cracks on the soles of your feet even more."

Knowing that her husband was worried that he would be in the same situation as last winter, she deliberately used the calluses on the soles of her feet to rub the backs of his feet: "We should buy clam oil soon, and then see if there is any suitable one for children, otherwise Xiaoyu'er's face will be chapped after crying twice."

As the two were talking, the wolf cub and Dahei started to make a fuss. They rolled and crawled into the rain, and instantly became two drenched dogs. Their fine fur was wet and turned into clumps.

It was cold now and the hounds would get sick if they got wet, so Chu Xiao quickly took their feet out of the basin and prepared to light a fire to warm their fur.

The wolf cub knew that Chu Xiao would dislike how dirty it was, so it did not rub against him like it did in the past. Instead, it squatted there obediently, waiting for Chu Xiao to light the fire.

Yan Zhenshen came over to help light the fire. After it was lit, the two of them did not go into the house, but just sat by the fire. Chu Xiao also took out a few chestnuts and threw them into the fire. He did not plan to eat them, but mainly roasted them for the wolf cub to grind his teeth.

"I wonder if Xiao Yuer will still recognize us when we go back?" Chu Xiao used a stick to poke the swollen chestnuts.

Yan Zhenshen smiled and said, "It's not like we've been gone for a year or two. It's only been half a month. How can our son not recognize which one is his father?"

Yan Zhenshen couldn't help but smile when he mentioned Xiaoyu'er, "Our mother took good care of him. He might gain a lot of weight when he returns. I'm afraid it will be difficult to hold him by this time next year."

"You can even carry a wild boar, so why can't you carry a baby?" Chu Xiao deliberately joked.

"How can they be the same?" Yan Zhenshen didn't want to compare his baby with a wild boar at all. He said this simply because he thought his baby should be white and plump.

In fact, the baby at home is already two months old, and Chu Xiao's body has recovered a long time ago. Originally, both of them were still thinking about that thing, but when they really went into the mountains, Yan Zhenshen was so tired every time he came back, and even if he wanted to, he was powerless.

It was a rare moment of free time and some thoughts popped up in his mind, but he still felt embarrassed to let Yan Zhenshen speak as directly as his husband.

After searching for a while, he said, "It's still a little cold outside, so you should go inside and rest for a while."

Chu Xiao raised his eyebrows and immediately understood. He took the man's hand and walked into the house without any hesitation.

The wolf cub was originally waiting to roast the chestnuts, but when it saw the two people leaving quickly, it immediately started howling, calling Chu Xiao to dig its food out of the fire first.

However, its call obviously could not bring back the two people who had more important things to do.

After entering the house, Chu Xiao pushed the man down without saying a word. Yan Zhenshen quickly stopped the impatient husband: "I'll go add some fire to the stove first."

What if the room is not heated up enough and her husband gets frozen?

"Then hurry up." Chu Xiao didn't object. He took off his shoes, got on the kang and spread out the quilt.

When Yan Zhenshen came in again, Chu Xiao had already lain down in the bed: "It's still warm in this cold weather."

Yan Zhenshen also quickly got on the kang and held her husband in her arms.

Outside, the wolf cub was still feeling sorry for the chestnuts that had turned into charcoal, and was whining non-stop.

The noise made Taxue a little annoyed, so he knocked the wolf down and punched it with left and right hooks. After defeating the wolf, he used his tail to lightly sweep the hurt wolf cub, which was considered a certain comfort.

Amid the howling of the wolf cubs, there would occasionally be some suppressed whimpering. The fire outside the house was gradually burning out, but the house was bustling with activity.

The firewood in the stove made crackling sounds, and everything returned to peace only when the last wisp of smoke came out of the chimney.

Yan Zhenshen felt relaxed all over as he hugged his husband, and all the fatigue from the past half month seemed to have disappeared without a trace.

He pinched his husband's fair face affectionately, his eyes full of bright light: "Are you okay?"

Chu Xiao waved his hand away, his voice lazily revealed, and he said weakly: "We'll fight again another day."

Yan Zhenshen didn't make things difficult for Chu Xiao. He just held him tightly in his arms. The warmth that had been away for a long time always made people happy.

The man who had been working for a long time had strong muscles and some body heat, so the quilt that had just been covered for a short time soon became warm.

The rain outside had not stopped yet, and the sound of the rain made it very easy to fall asleep. After a while, the two of them snuggled up to each other and closed their eyes.

This autumn rain lasted for several days in a row. The ground was extremely muddy and slippery. Chu Xiao went out to the toilet and slipped without paying attention. He fell on the spot that had been overused in the past two days, which hurt even more.

When Yan Zhenshen heard the noise, he hurried out and helped the two of them back to the house. He helped them change clothes and tuck them into the quilt, and even rubbed them carefully.

"Does it hurt?"

"What do you think?" Chu Xiao was angry. Although he loved eating meat, he couldn't force himself to eat after he was full.

He had been nearly starved to death these past few days, and after this fall, he felt like he was about to fall apart.

Yan Zhenshen touched his nose awkwardly, and after rubbing his butt, he rubbed his husband's waist: "Well, let's take care of it first."

Chu Xiao turned his head to glare at him: "Fatten up and eat your fill?"

"I'm not full." Yan Zhenshen said this from his heart. Otherwise, a wolf that has been hungry for a long time cannot be satisfied with just a little bit of meat.

Chu Xiao didn't expect that his brother Shen would be able to talk back. He was a little speechless and didn't know what to say. After a long time, he finally said: "Brother Shen, we have to do what we can."

After saying that, he immediately added: "Isn't it good to have a steady stream of income?"

"Okay." What else could Yan Zhenshen say? He could only respond obediently, otherwise his husband would be angry and might not even give him any meat.

There were no outsiders in the deep mountains. The people that Lu Zhicheng had arranged in the Dongshan Valley should have already arranged their identities to enter the city. However, Chu Xiao still did not go there. He couldn't help but feel sorry that such a precious land was buried like this.

After a continuous rain, looking around, there are only a few scattered leaves still hanging firmly on the branches of many trees.

The way down the mountain will be more difficult to walk now, and the ground needs to be exposed to the sun for another two days.

But the fish and shrimp in the river were unusually plump and delicious. Since he couldn't go down the mountain anyway, Chu Xiao set his eyes on this delicacy.

This year he would rely on them to make up for the gifts from the mountains that he had lost.

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