"Ziming, come here."

After seeing the children off, Song Zhili waved to Song Ziming. When Song Ziming approached, Song Zhili leaned down and whispered in his ear.

He told him about He Chengjing's willingness to teach him martial arts.

After hearing this, Song Ziming jumped up and down with joy.

Seeing Song Ziming so happy, Song Zhili smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Once Song Ziming had recovered, he bowed respectfully to Song Zhili again, saying, "Sister, thank you so much."

"By the way, you must not tell anyone else that He Chengjing knows martial arts, not even your parents. Just say that you went to learn hunting skills from him."

Song Zhili leaned down and whispered something in his ear, and the latter nodded repeatedly, "I know, sister, I promise I won't tell."

Song Ziming looked so serious that he almost raised his hand to swear an oath.

"Alright, you can play in the yard. I have to go cook dinner."

Song Zhili rubbed Song Ziming's head, then went to the kitchen. Hu Cuicui and Ji Qingqing were both busy in the kitchen. They had just seen Song Ziming jumping and skipping in the yard.

Upon seeing Song Zhili approach, Hu Cuicui asked her, "Da Ya, what's wrong with your brother? Why is he jumping and skipping around in the yard so happily? Is there some good news?"

"Oh, it's nothing. A few days ago, I heard Ziming say that he wanted to learn hunting from He Chengjing, so I asked He Chengjing for him today. He was so happy to hear that He Chengjing was willing to teach him."

"Oh, really? He Chengjing is a really nice guy."

In Hu Cuicui's mind, this was a skill that could provide a livelihood. If Song Ziming learned it, he would never go hungry, no matter how hard life got.

"Little sister, is He Chengjing teaching me for free? Or does he have to acknowledge me as his master? Or do I have to pay him some money?"

Ji Qingqing thought about it more deeply than Hu Cuicui.

"Well, he didn't take any money, he just asked me to provide him with three meals a day. I guess he can't cook for himself."

Hearing this, Hu Cuicui and Ji Qingqing felt that He Chengjing was a pretty good person. He didn't make any excessive demands, only asking that they be provided with meals.

"He'll probably come over for dinner in a bit, and then he'll tell you about this. Go to the main room and wrap up the rest of the fish balls. I need to start cooking now."

Hu Cuicui and Ji Qingqing still had some fish balls left to wrap. Upon hearing Song Zhili's words, one of them carried a basin of fish paste, and the other carried a bowl of minced pork to the next room.

Song Zhili first stewed the pig's trotters, and then she went to the yard to pick out a relatively large fish.

She suddenly had a craving for sauerkraut fish again. When she returned to the kitchen, she took advantage of everyone's inattention and used her mind to retrieve a packet of sauerkraut fish seasoning from her spatial dimension. Then she quickly tore open the packaging and threw it back into her spatial dimension.

After she poured the ingredients for the sauerkraut fish into bowls, she began to prepare the fish, skillfully slicing it into fillets.

Then use the powder from the seasoning packet to marinate the fish fillets in a dish.

When the pig's trotters were almost cooked, Song Zhili began to make the pickled fish.

About half an hour later, Song Zhili finished preparing all the dishes, and Hu Cuicui and Li Shi went into the kitchen to help Song Zhili bring the dishes to the table.

At this moment, Song Zhili saw Song Hai return from outside, beaming with joy, still carrying the flask of wine that Song Zhili had bought for him.

"Old man, where have you been just now? I heard from Daya that you haven't seen Old Xu next door for a long time? Weren't you chatting enthusiastically with him in the fields this morning? How come you haven't seen him for so long?"

When Song Hai heard that Li Shi had exposed his lie, he was not angry. He grabbed the wine pot and ran happily to Li Shi's side.

"Hehe, didn't Da Ya buy me some wine today? I just went over and bragged about it to him, and you wouldn't believe how angry he got! He even told me that his grandson will buy him wine tomorrow, hahaha..."

Song Hai couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Old Man Xu's exasperated look earlier. Old Man Xu always liked to brag to him about how good his grandson was to him.

"Hey, Hey kid, you're here! You can drink, right? Come on, let me pour you a glass, have a drink with me."

Before He Chengjing could refuse, he took the bowl next to him, poured him half a bowl of wine, and then returned to his seat and poured himself a bowl as well.

Seeing that Song Hai had already poured him some wine, He Chengjing couldn't refuse Song Hai's kindness. He raised his bowl, clinked it against Song Hai's in the air, and took a sip.

During the meal, Song Zhili told them about Song Ziming's plan to learn hunting from He Chengjing.

Everyone was happy for Song Ziming, especially Song Hai. After He Chengjing finished drinking the wine in his bowl, he poured him another half bowl.

Everyone enjoyed the meal. After dinner, Song Zhili saw He Chengjing to the door, then went back inside and distributed the money to everyone.

They had just finished dividing the money when they heard a knock at the door. Song Zhili and Hu Cuicui exchanged glances, wondering why anyone would come so late.

"Mother, you put the money away first, I'm going out to take a look."

After Song Zhili finished speaking, she opened the door and went out. As soon as she reached the courtyard, she could faintly hear the sound of a child crying outside the door. It was late at night, and the sound was a little eerie.

She mustered her courage and went outside to open the door. There stood a woman, her hand still gripping Black Egg's ear.

Black Egg was sobbing incessantly.

Song Zhili remembered that the woman pulling on Hei Dan's ear was his mother, Zhao.

"Aunt Zhao, why are you here so late? What's wrong with Heidan? Why are you pulling his ear? Let go, he's in so much pain."

Hu Cuicui and Ji Qingqing also heard the commotion outside the courtyard. They hid the copper coins carefully before walking to the courtyard gate with a puzzled look on their faces.

Ji Qingqing walked ahead and was the first to see the scene at the door. She walked forward with a pained expression, wanting to persuade Zhao Shi to let go.

When Zhao saw that Song Zhili and the others had come out, he released his grip on Heidan's ear and looked at them apologetically.

"Well, Sister Hu, I'm so sorry. My child is ignorant and I hope you adults will be magnanimous and not blame him."

As Zhao was speaking, she was about to kneel down in front of Hu Cuicui, which startled Hu Cuicui and the others. She and Ji Qingqing quickly stepped forward and helped her up.

"Sister Zhao, we're all from the same village. Just tell me what's wrong. Why are you kneeling? What happened?"

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