Traveling Through Farmhouses: Taking the Baby on a Famine Escape

"And Little Flower is a pregnant tiger, so don't scare her!" Zhang Xixi reminded her as she was about to leave.

Zhou Yuhao watched Zhang Xixi's departing figure, speechless. Who was scaring whom here?

There are even tigers in this house. What exactly happened while I was away?

My wife is different from before. She seems like a completely different person from our wedding night. But a wife is a wife. No matter how she changes, she is still the wife my parents gave me. I should treat her well from now on!

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yuhao turned around and went back to deal with the deer. He used to kill sheep often when he was at the border. He easily skinned the deer, took out its internal organs, and cut it in half with a knife.

Following Zhang Xixi's instructions, he took half of the venison to the west wing, found the outermost room, and opened the door to see a spotted tiger resting with its eyes closed.

Wow! That tiger is huge!

They won't eat people, will they?!

He tentatively stretched out one foot, but there was no response, so he took another step forward.

Xiao Hua smelled the scent of a stranger, raised her eyelids to glance at Zhou Yuhao, but seeing that she had never seen him before, she closed her eyes again.

Zhou Yuhao became more alert, adopted a defensive posture, and slowly placed the venison into the basin in front of the tiger.

"Little Flower, this is the food your master gave you, eat it quickly!"

After speaking, Zhou Yuhao backed out the door, afraid that the tiger might pounce and bite him if he wasn't careful.

Facing a tiger is not a wise move.

Sun Xiuxiu fed the chickens and ducks and came over to see Zhou Yuhao in the yard and the venison on the ground. Could it be that her master had gone hunting?

"Master, this venison!"

Zhou Yuhao looked around at the kitchen in front of him. It looked quite tidy, but he wondered what it was like inside.

"I'll follow your boss's arrangements!"

Hearing that cold voice, Sun Xiuxiu felt a chill. This master of the house didn't seem easy to get along with. She wondered if he would kick them out.

Zhang Xixi went to check on the field and came back. As soon as she entered the door, she saw this scene. She sighed inwardly at how indifferent the man was. It must be very comfortable to be by his side in the summer!

When Sun Xiuxiu saw Zhang Xixi return, she immediately asked, "Master, how should we prepare this venison?"

"Divide it into four portions, keep one portion to cook tonight, and I'll give the rest away."

"Hey, good!"

After Sun Xiuxiu responded, she went to cut the meat. Zhang Xixi then looked at Zhou Yuhao, who was processing the deer hide.

"Wait a moment and take the venison to my eldest and second cousins' houses."

Zhou Yuhao nodded, thinking that he would go to the ancestral hall to offer incense to his ancestors after delivering the meat.

After making the arrangements, Zhang Xixi took the venison to the Zhang family home. She figured her father and the others probably wouldn't be coming over for dinner tonight, so she decided to deliver it to them and let them cook it themselves.

Zhou Yuhao carried the meat to deliver to Zhou Dashan and Zhou Dahai, and after delivering it, he went to the ancestral hall to pay his respects.

On the way back, I frowned as I thought about the banquet my older cousin had mentioned.

He can only stay at home for two or three days this time, and then he has to go to the border. He doesn't know when he will be back next time, so it's better not to hold a banquet. There are other ways to let everyone know that he is back.

After dinner, Zhou Yuhao took several children to their house to check on their studies.

Zhang Xixi was in the yard, struggling with how to talk to Zhou Yuhao about going to bed that night.

She couldn't accept sharing a room with a strange man, let alone lying in the same bed.

But they are husband and wife, so it's not appropriate to tell him to move somewhere else!

Little Jin dragged a deer back again. Seeing that its owner hadn't noticed it, it even roared, "What's wrong with your owner today? He's been spacing out!"

Hearing Xiao Jin's roar, Da Bao, who was suffering from his studies, immediately perked up and boasted, "Dad, that's Xiao Jin's voice! Er Bao and I rode it all the way here from our hometown. It's amazing!"

Zhou Yuhao was about to run out when he heard the tiger's roar, but his son's words stopped him.

"This tiger was also raised by you!"

Da Bao nodded, "Yes! Dad, aren't we amazing!"

Seeing Da Bao's pleading expression, Zhou Yuhao found it a little funny, but still praised him, "You're all great! You'll be even more amazing if you study hard in the future!"

Da Bao ignored the second half of the sentence and ran out happily, taking the opportunity to escape the fate of being tested.

Zhou Yuhao, feeling uneasy, followed them out and was awestruck by the sight of the large white tiger in the yard!

That tiger is huge, and it's white too—that's quite rare!

Zhang Xixi was just about to ask Zhou Fu to call Zhou Yuhao out when he came out.

"Zhou Yuhao, come over here and process this deer. Take all the meat to the west wing."

"it is good!"

Zhou Fu had already taken out all the knives, and he was helping Zhou Yuhao as the two of them skinned the animals.

Meanwhile, Zhang Xixi and Dabao were giving Xiao Jin a bath. One of them used a small brush to brush Xiao Jin's teeth, while the other used a large brush to wash Xiao Jin's fur.

After tidying up, it was time to sleep. Before Zhang Xixi could even hesitate, Zhou Yuhao said he wanted to sleep with Zhou Yujie. The two brothers hadn't seen each other for so many years and wanted to catch up.

This suits me perfectly. Zhang Xixi's brows relaxed, and she took the wooden basin to wash up.

The next day, Zhou Yuhao also watched Zhang Xixi and the others' pre-breakfast activities, but he didn't say anything, though his eyes revealed satisfaction.

Although he was a scholar, now that he was a soldier, he knew how important a strong body was.

After breakfast, Zhou Yuhao took his family's household registration certificate and his scholar's degree certificate and went to the county with Zhou Dashan. Since he was still alive, he wanted to register his household. Moreover, the scholar's degree was tax-exempt for 100 mu of land. Although it was not much for his family at present, every little bit saved was a little bit.

At home, Zhang Xixi and the others continued to dig sweet potatoes. With so many people hired, they should be able to finish digging the sweet potatoes in about four more days.

The cellar wasn't full of sweet potatoes yet, so Zhang Xixi asked Wang Daniu to arrange for some more to be moved to her house and placed in the yard.

She and Sun Xiuxiu carried it to the cellar bit by bit.

Around 3 PM, Zhou Yuhao and Zhou Dashan returned. They drove directly to Zhou Dashan's house, and then Zhou Dashan took Zhou Yuhao to visit the relatives who were not yet beyond the fifth degree of kinship.

Zhou Yuhao presented each of them with a piece of pork weighing about one pound, and only after the visit did he drive his carriage home alone.

Zhang Xixi was surprised when she saw the cart full of things!

What is this person planning to do with all this stuff?

"What are you standing there for? Come and help!" Zhou Yuhao said quickly when he saw Zhang Xixi standing there silently.

Zhang Xixi arrived at the carriage, picked up a bag of rice, and headed towards the kitchen.

Zhou Yuhao was speechless again as he watched his wife effortlessly lift a 100-pound bag of rice!