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Chapter 112 The parents on the road to escape 10

"Dad, we're here."

Yuan Xi stepped off the bullock cart and moved his numb hands and feet, "Lao Er, go knock on the door and see if Hu Zi is at home?"

Zhang Sen obediently stepped forward to knock on the door and shouted into the yard: "Brother Huzi, sister-in-law, are you at home? I am Zhang Sen."

With tall courtyard walls and solid wooden doors, this is the house that the Qi family spent great efforts to build after they settled in Zhangjiacun. There is a small trench around the house, and several traps are set up. Living on the mountain, it is natural to guard against wild beasts on the mountain.

This courtyard wall, wooden door and those traps have withstood the attacks of black bears.

"I'm coming."

A female voice came faintly from the courtyard.

"squeak~"

The heavy wooden door opened, and a heroic-looking woman came out, "Uncle Zhang is here, come in and sit down."

"Yingzi, is Huzi at home?"

Yuan Xi walked in, and the two of them exchanged pleasantries while walking.

"He hasn't come back yet. He went to the mountain to see the trap he set two days ago."

Yuan Xi entered the main room and sat down, took a sip of warm water to moisten his throat, looked at Yingzi who was busy in front of him, and said: "Stop working, come and sit down. I have something to tell you."

"It's rare for Uncle Zhang to come here. It's getting late, so I might as well stay and have a meal. Yesterday, a tiger trapped some hares and pheasants. I'll pick up two and take them out to stew them."

She was so excited that she wanted to kill the rabbit.

Yuan Xi quickly stopped the person and said, "No, don't be busy. The food is ready at home. Sit down and listen to what I have to say."

"This time, I have something to ask you and your wife for a favor."

"You say it and I listen."

"I want to put something at your house, please help me keep it safe." Yuan Xi pointed to the ox and donkey cart in the yard, "There are other things in the cart, so I will put them at your house first, and they will arrive one after another." Move away. But the cows and donkeys will be kept there for a long time, so you keep the money."

As he said this, Yuan Xi took half a tael of silver and put it on the table.

Yingzi said unhappily: "I'm a favor to my relatives. How can I accept your money? Who do you think I am? Uncle Zhang, take it back quickly."

"Listen to me first. These half taels of silver are for the food of the ox and the donkey. Take it."

"Don't fool me. Cows and donkeys eat grass. The mountains are full of weeds. There's no need for food expenses."

The two were in a stalemate, one kept the money and the other refused to accept it.

At this time, voices came from the yard, "Asen is here, and Brother Wang is here too."

"Brother Huzi, you are back."

"Tiger, that's all right. There are so many prey to hunt, oh, and there's also a sheep."

"Uncle Sen, Uncle Wang."

"When the little bear grows up, he can go hunting with your father."

"Little Bear is so awesome. He beat two rabbits, and at such a young age, he got your father's true legacy."

Hearing the sound, Yuan Xi looked towards the yard and saw a tall, muscular man with a bow and arrow on his back and a woodcutter on his waist. He was carrying a sheep in one hand and several hares and pheasants in the other. Behind him was an eleven or twelve year old boy, Qi Xiong, the only member of the Qi family.

As soon as Huzi came back, he found car marks outside the gate. He opened the door and walked into the yard. He saw an ox cart and a donkey cart in the yard, as well as Zhang Sen and Zhang Wang who were feeding cows and donkeys. Huzi was surprised.

"Uncle Zhang is here too."

"Huzi, you came back just in time." Yuan Xi walked over and put the money into his hand, "I leave this matter to you."

Without giving him a chance to respond, "Second brother, Dawang, it's getting late. Let's go down the mountain and go home."

Huzi looked confused and shouted at their retreating figures: "No, Uncle Zhang, you haven't said anything yet?"

"Ask your wife~"

Yuan Xi's voice came from far away, and Huzi turned to look at his wife, with doubts on his face.

Yingzi rolled his eyes and said angrily: "You dare to reach out and take anything. Uncle Zhang asked us to help keep something, and what you have in hand is hard-earned money."

"How dare you accept money for helping us with such a small amount of help among relatives?"

Huzi felt aggrieved: "No, wife, I'm so sorry! I just came back and I don't know anything."

"Uncle suddenly came out, stuffed something into me, and ran away after stuffing me. I'm so...unjust!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go down the mountain tomorrow and return it to Uncle Zhang. I'll take a rabbit by the way. I haven't seen my little sister for a long time. Let's go see her."

"If you want to see your aunt, take this rabbit and show your aunt that I can hunt." Qi Xiong looked proud.

"Okay, my dear son is really good. Let your aunt see what you are capable of tomorrow."

Hu Zi was disdainful, but he did not dare to confront his wife, so he could only whisper: "A blind cat has encountered a dead mouse, what skills does it have."

He turned his eyes to the yard. All the things in the car had been unloaded on the ground. The two carriages were side by side. The cows and donkeys were locked in the cowshed and were eating fodder in the stone trough.

"Why did Uncle Zhang buy so many things?"

Yingzi glanced at it, feeling surprised, but she didn't want to delve into other people's private affairs, so she just said: "Put these things in the house first."

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Yuan Xi and the others hurried down the mountain before the last rays of the sun disappeared.

At the foot of the mountain, it was getting dark, and the three of them went home in the dark.

Work at sunrise and rest at sunset. By this time, the villagers had already finished their meals and gone to bed, and no one was wandering around outside.

So the three of them met no one along the way.

When they got home, an oil lamp was lit in the main room, and the room was full of people. Zhang Yuanlin and others were waiting for them to come back.

The food was still hot in the kitchen. Yuan Xi had no appetite. After eating a little, he said he wanted to rest.

"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to do. We've been tired all day, so let's take a break."

Zhang Yuanlin spoke, and everyone went back to their houses.

The next day.

Yuan Xi took a bunch of things and sat in a row to divide the fruits.

"Leizi, have you sent over your second uncle's share?"

"Dad, it has been sent over."

"Well, sit down."

Zhang Lei sat down obediently.

Yuan Xi stood up and said, "Okay, let's start dividing things."

He pointed to a few pieces of cloth on the table and said to his three daughters-in-law: "These cloths will give each of our family new clothes. Please excuse me. Miaomiao will also follow your sisters-in-law's example."

"Dad, are all these cloths made into clothes?"

Zhang Miao's eyes were shining as he looked at a piece of water-red cotton, "Dad, I want this color."

"It's up to you. You can choose whatever color you like."

"Thank you dad."

Zhang Miao was overjoyed when she received a positive answer.

"I'm so happy now. Come on, this is for you. See if you like it."

A purse containing a pair of silver lilac earrings, a silk flower, and a red headband. This three-piece suit was Zhang Miao's wish list. She didn't expect that it would all come true today, and she was so moved that she dropped a few small pearls on the spot.

"Why are you crying? Daddy bought the wrong thing? Don't you like it?"

"like."

"Just be happy if you like it. There's nothing to cry about."

"Uh-huh."

Zhang Miao raised her head and held back her tears.

Yuan Xi looked at the envious expressions of his three daughters-in-law and gave each of them a purse.

"Dad, do we have one too?"

"What did you call me?"

"father."

"That's alright, take it."

"I don't know what you like, so I bought a pair of earrings for each of you."

Yuan Xi bought all these with real money, and there is nothing so simple in the space.

"Thank you dad."

The people who received the gifts happily sat together and communicated quietly.

He looked at Yuan Xi longingly when he didn't receive it.

"I have them all, take them."

After dividing it among the sons, it was time to move on to the grandchildren.

"Brother Fan, Brother Rong, Brother Chang, and Xiuxiu, Huihui, come to my grandfather."

"Here are the pastries I bought for you."

"There are also pens, inks, paper and inkstones. From now on, you must all start practicing calligraphy."

Regarding the education of the next generation, the Zhang family has never stopped. Both men and women of the Zhang family have been literate since childhood. It’s just that pens, ink, paper and inkstones are expensive, so you can only get a sandboard to write on, or use charcoal to write on the ground.

Ancient knowledge was very expensive, and the Zhang family's most expensive possession was the box of books left behind by his grandfather. They keep it carefully, which is the hope for future generations to rise.

With the pastries in front of them, several children laughed happily, thinking that practicing calligraphy was like learning a few characters a day and just making a few gestures on the ground.

They won't be able to laugh anymore.