radicalducati Chapter 275 Xu Damao: The child is partly yours!
Chapter 275 Xu Damao: The child is partly yours!
"Play carefully and don't get your clothes wet."
After finishing lunch, Wang Hongtao came to the stream and saw Hou Kui and Xier playing in the stream.
"Ok!"
"Hahaha... Xiao Kui'er, block that side and don't let the fish escape from you!"
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After all, she was still a child. Fourteen or fifteen-year-old Xier was no more restrained than Hou Kui when playing. The little girl took off her shoes and socks and played enthusiastically in the creek, with her trouser legs rolled up above her knees.
When Hou Kui heard Xier's words, he hurried to the other side and blocked the stream with stones and mud.
After a while, the water became shallower and shallower and the fish began to scurry around.
Xier saw the right opportunity and quickly reached out to grab it, but she didn't expect the fish to be so cunning and easily slipped away from her hand. She was unwilling to give up and continued to work hard. Finally, after several attempts, she successfully caught a small fish.
"Wow, I caught it!" Xier shouted excitedly. Seeing this, Hou Kui was not to be outdone and tried hard to grope in the water.
Both of them had a lot of fun.
"Okay, it's almost time to go ashore, otherwise our clothes will get soaked." Wang Hongtao shouted on the shore.
Xier and Hou Kui then climbed up the shore reluctantly, sat on a big rock to rest, and waited for lunch.
I didn't feel it when I was playing in the water, but after I got ashore and was blown by the autumn wind, Xier couldn't help but shiver. "It's so cold!" Xier rubbed her arms and murmured.
Wang Hongtao said with a smile: "Why are you still sitting there? Come over here and warm yourself by the fire."
Xier and Hou Kui quickly walked to the campfire and sat down. Wang Hongtao handed them a dry towel and said, "Dry your hair first to avoid freezing."
After wiping her hair, Xier put her wet socks by the fire to dry, while Hou Kui moved closer to the fire and stretched out his hands to keep warm.
After baking for a while, Xier's socks were dry. After putting them on, she finally felt much more comfortable.
At this time, the rabbit soup was almost ready. Half a pheasant was added, and even the rabbit meat smelled of pheasant.
After Wang Hongtao served the soup, he gave everyone a piece of bread and said, "Drink a bowl of pheasant soup to warm your body."
The pancake is a solid hard-flour pancake. If you eat it dry, it will be hard on your teeth and it won't taste good. However, if you soak it in pheasant soup and eat it while it is moist but not melted, it will be very delicious.
Xier and Hou Kui's stomachs were already growling as they smelled the aroma of the pheasant soup.
As a native of Beijing, Wang Hongtao didn't need to say much. Even Hou Kui knew to eat bread with chicken soup. While eating the bread and drinking the chicken soup, he immediately felt warm and all the coldness disappeared.
After drinking the chicken soup, Xier touched her stomach, pouted her lips, turned her head to the south, and a hint of longing appeared in her eyes.
Xier's hometown is in the south, and it was probably the scene that brought back memories of her family.
Chen Xueru saw what Xier was thinking and patted her shoulder gently: "Don't be sad, Xier. If your family knew that you are living such a good life now, they would definitely be happy for you."
Xier pursed her lips and nodded, not thinking any more about it.
After eating and drinking, the trip was almost over, and several people sat on the mats to enjoy the last moments.
"It's so beautiful here." Chen Xueru murmured in a dream, leaning on Wang Hongtao's shoulder.
"Yes." Wang Hongtao put his arm around her shoulders and said, "When you are free, we can hang out again. I will accompany you."
Xier, who was standing by, heard her ears move and a smile appeared on the corners of her mouth inadvertently.
Hou Kui was playing by himself on the side, occasionally running over to interrupt their sweet moment.
Before we knew it, the sun was setting.
Wang Hongtao raised his hand and looked at his watch. "It's getting late. Let's go back."
Chen Xueru nodded and stood up reluctantly. Hou Kui also ran over and held Chen Xueru's hand.
"Mom, let's come here to play again next time." Hou Kui said.
Chen Xueru patted his head and said, "You should ask your godfather about this. He has the final say in our family."
“Godfather…” Hou Kui shook Wang Hongtao’s hand and pursed his lips to act pitiful. His posture was exactly the same as Chen Xueru’s.
"Okay, okay, as long as you listen to me, little monkey, I'll take you out to play next time!"
"Ok!"
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It was already four or five o'clock when I returned to the courtyard after sending Chen Xueru off.
As usual, Xu Damao went home early to prepare dinner for Lou Xiao'e.
Seeing Wang Hongtao coming back, he hurried over to ask:
"Hey brother, where have you been? I haven't seen you all day?!"
Wang Hongtao was in a good mood so he didn't argue with him: "Director Li assigned me a task, so I've been out for the past few days."
"Brother Damao, you are looking for me because of food, right? I will come right over as soon as I get home."
After saying that, he went into his home without waiting for Xu Damao to answer.
When he came out again, he was carrying a basket containing a fresh pheasant, half a pound of ribs and some vegetables.
"What do you think, Brother Damao? For this dish, if you put it outside, let alone ten yuan, there would be people rushing to buy it for fifteen or twenty yuan!"
Wang Hongtao put the vegetable basket on the table and patted his chest.
While Xu Damao was looking through the basket, the man surnamed Wang did not forget to take credit for it to Lou Xiao'e, saying that I prepared all this for you.
Lou Xiao'e returned a coquettish smile and pointed to her chest, indicating that she knew what was going on and that the man was good to her.
Xu Damao flipped through the book and knew that what Wang Hongtao said was true. A pheasant weighing two or three pounds and half a pound of pork ribs with meat would cost at least fifteen yuan, not to mention rare vegetables such as eggplant and tomatoes. (If you didn’t have meat coupons during those three years, you might not be able to buy meat on the black market for more than ten yuan. The old and young people in the old city had plenty of money, so they didn’t want too much gold and silver.)
"Thanks, brother. I have nothing else to say! You have contributed a lot to the child being born healthy!" Xu Damao said gratefully.
Wang Hongtao smiled and patted Xu Damao on the shoulder: "Okay, with your words, my work has not been in vain."
"Sister Xiao'e, these things are specially prepared for you. If Brother Damao dares to deduct them, tell me and I will settle the score with him!"
Lou Xiao'e smiled and squinted her eyes: "Did you hear that, Xu Damao? Lao Wang said that these are for me to use to raise my child, so you are not allowed to eat them secretly?!"
Xu Damao said with a bitter face: "I know, I know. Look at how miserable my life is... I work so hard but I don't get any food! How can I seek justice?"
That being said, Xu Damao was in a very happy mood.
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After leaving Xu's house, Wang Hongtao deliberately strolled to the central courtyard and squatted for a long time before he saw Qin Jingru.
"Brother Tao, what do you want to talk to me about?" Qin Jingru asked in surprise, playing with her pigtails.
Wang Hongtao nodded: "This is what happened. Recently, my leader gave me a task to help him with something. I have to go to the countryside. I want to ask if you want to go with me."
"Go to the countryside? Go back to Qinjiatun? I'm willing!" Qin Jingru answered without thinking, her eyes flashing with excitement.
"Well, wait for me at the entrance of the alley tomorrow morning. I'll come out after the neighbors go to work."
"Yeah!" Qin Jingru nodded heavily.
Finally, she whispered shyly, "Brother Tao, my relative seems to have left. How about I come over tonight?"
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