Divorced woman with child travels through time

When the children finished breakfast and came out, Wang Erniu and the others had already slaughtered three pigs. Da Xiong led the group out to digest their food in the yard, while Chen Xuanyu remained in the smelly slaughterhouse watching them process the pork, seemingly unbothered by the stench.

The men and women took turns eating breakfast and then began processing the meat. The aunties from Wangjiazhuang who usually helped with needlework also came, bringing their children. Zhuzi followed behind his sister Chunlan, looking around curiously.

As soon as Chunlan arrived, she joined the chicken-plucking team and had no time to pay attention to Zhuzi. He sat on the bench next to him, looking around blankly. There were some snacks and candies on the table, but he didn't dare to take them.

Zhuantou was also plucking chicken feathers. He looked up and saw him, and quickly waved him over, "Zhuzi, come here, I'll give you candy."

"Hello, Brother Brick." Zhu Zi obediently came over.

Zhuan Tou washed his hands, turned around, grabbed a handful of peanut candy from the table and stuffed it into Chen Xuan Yu's hands. He then called out to Chen Xuan Yu, "Brother Xuan, take good care of Sister Chun Lan's little brother for me." He sat down and continued plucking chicken feathers.

Chen Xuanyu turned around and called out, "Okay!" and came over, followed by the inseparable duo Xiao Hao and Shiwu.

Zhu Zi looked at the child who was a head shorter than him. This was the young master, as his sister had mentioned. He spoke in a low voice with a very respectful yet restrained expression, "Don't worry about me. I'm fine here."

Chen Xuanyu looked around and said, "What's fun here? Come on, follow me." Zhu Zi hesitated for a moment, but followed them without hesitation.

Four enormous braziers stood at the four corners of the main house, filled with firewood and coal. The fires didn't need constant refueling, though there was a slight odor, so the courtyard gate remained open. It wasn't cold, though. Gradually, more and more people arrived. On either side of the courtyard, large wooden tables held boneless pork, and about a dozen aunties and uncles sat chatting and chopping meat. The atmosphere was lively and cheerful. The freshly slaughtered pig's meat was still warm, and as everyone talked and laughed, bowls of sliced, shredded, and chunked meat were brought to the stove.

"Let's go, let's go play beanbag toss! Hurry up, everyone gather here!" Chen Xuanyu shouted at the top of his lungs, both inside and outside the house. "Hurry up, you two go and call everyone," Chen Xuanyu urged Shiwu and Xiaohao.

"Okay!" Xiao Hao and the other person ran off separately.

Xiao Hao ran into the girls' room and called out, "Sister Xiaocao, Sister Fang'er, Sister Lulu, do you want to play beanbag toss?"

Lulu was very sensible. While sewing the little shoes, she said, "You two go ahead. I want to see my little sister, so I won't go."

Fang'er said happily, "Let's go to the little grass."

Chen Xuanyu ran to the room and called Chengcheng and Tietou over. Xiaoyi and Xiaodouya also wanted to go. Chen Xuanyu looked at their thin little bodies and said, "You can go, but just watch from the side and stay far away so you don't get hit." The two obediently nodded. All the children went to the training ground. The training ground was very hard and perfect for playing games.

Fifteen searched everywhere for Big Bear, and after looking around, he finally found him in the kitchen, where he was helping to start the fire.

"Big Bear Brother, Xuanzai wants you to come play beanbag toss with us," Fifteen greeted him politely.

"I'm not going, I'm busy." Da Xiong felt that his group, with so many children, were eating and dressing well every day, and apart from himself, the others couldn't do any work. He felt he was letting down the Chen family who had raised them, so he was always thinking of ways to do something. As soon as an old man who was tending the fire left, he immediately took over and started tending the fire, since that was the only thing he did well.

The old man tending the fire had no choice but to go help pluck the duck's feathers again. Aunt Liu, who was simmering bone broth, stirred the bones in the pot, looked at Fifteen who was refusing to leave the door, and said to Da Xiong, "Go out and play. There are people here to help. Look at you, you've taken Uncle Wang Gui's job. At his age, he can't even see clearly when plucking a duck's feathers."

Da Xiong looked at Uncle Wang Gui as instructed, and sure enough, Uncle Wang Gui had presbyopia. After plucking ducks for half a day, he hadn't even lost a few feathers from their rumps. Da Xiong followed Shiwu to the training ground, feeling ashamed.

"Alright, everyone's here. Let's follow the usual procedure. First, we'll divide into classes. Big Bear, you take Iron Head, Chengcheng, and Little Grass as one team, and the three of us plus Sister Fang'er as another team. We'll go first." Chen Xuanyu said excitedly. Several other children nearby were equally excited, stomping their feet.

"Okay, everyone, be careful, only throw your feet, don't hit anyone," Big Bear instructed.

"Brother Zhu, what do you think we should do? You can switch with me later." Chen Xuanyu didn't forget to take care of Zhu.

Zhu Zi nodded, flattered.

The battle began quickly. In a large square, two children stood on one side and four children ran around frantically in the middle. One child picked up a sandbag and threw it over, and all four children jumped. The other child quickly picked up the sandbag again before the children got too far away and threw it over.

"Hey, run! Run!" Little Bean Sprout was extremely anxious, wishing she could join the fray herself. "Brother Iron Head, run!" Little Yi shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Hey, Tie Tou, stop running! I hit your leg!" Xiao Hao finally managed to pick up a sandbag, and immediately threw it at Tie Tou. Fang'er was over eight years old and tall with long legs, so he could never pick up the sandbag.

"Sigh..." Tie Tou slumped down and quickly ran out of the square. Chen Xuanyu and Shiwu, who had also practiced, quickly hit their targets, except for Fang'er who just threw randomly. Tie Tou went down first, and the more he watched, the more something seemed off. The others were all very accurate; it was the same last time, and they lost in no time.

"No, no!" Tie Tou shouted. "You guys throw too accurately, we can't throw at all. It's always like this, it's not fair, we need to redistribute the people."

Chen Xuanyu looked at it and it seemed to be the same. "Then let's split up, the three of us."

Fifteen immediately said, "I don't want to be separated from Xuanzai."

Seeing this, Xiao Hao said, "Then I'll go over there, who will come over instead?"

Chengcheng spoke up, "I'll go." Actually, he also felt it was a bit unfair; he always lost. Kids have tempers too, but then he thought about how Chen's family had been supporting them for so long, so what was wrong with losing a little? He just hadn't expected this young master to be so reasonable. Chengcheng's gaze towards Chen Xuanyu changed. He'd heard that Fifteen was also adopted by them; presumably, his older brother, Chu Yi, was more capable. "I definitely want to become that capable person someday," Chengcheng silently set a goal for himself.

With Xiao Hao joining in, the battle quickly became intense, and soon they changed venues. Sandbags and laughter flew everywhere. Xiao Douya and Xiao Yi participated in the battle, getting hit and coming down one moment, only to be hit again the next. Even Mu Tou, who had been watching for a long time, was pulled into the cubicle by Tie Tou.

Taking advantage of his agility, Chen Xuanyu shouted, "Come on, hit me! You can't hit me, can you? Heh, haha!"

Ah Hao was so angry that he stopped hitting anyone else and just kept smashing him. The two of them went back and forth, and it was a 50/50 fight.

The construction crew who arrived later, having finished moving the tables and chairs and setting out the bowls and chopsticks, were bored and started making a fuss. The kitchen was also packed with people. Brick, having finished his work, was also ushered out. He grabbed a handful of peanuts and came over to watch the fun. The training ground was surrounded by a large square of people. It was noisy and chaotic.