Back in Xujia Village, the village chief Xu Hengchun and others said goodbye, and each went back to their own homes, only letting two village cadres help carry the three chickens and a duck to help Xu Tongdao send them to his home.

Sent to Xu Tongdao's house, put down the chickens and ducks, and the two village cadres also said goodbye and left.

At this time, it was almost noon.

It stands to reason that Xu Tongdao should have kept them for dinner, and he did, but the two village cadres glanced at the two vegetarian dishes on his table, shook their heads and said that they didn't need to be so polite, and insisted on saying goodbye and leaving.

Seeing this, Xu Tongdao did not insist on retaining.

He saw the dishes on the table at noon in his house today, and it was indeed not suitable for guests to eat.

Just a stir-fried water spinach and a stir-fried green pepper.

"Big brother, are you hungry, right? Why don't you eat first? Don't wait for the second brother. ”

Ge Yuzhu, who had already prepared the meal, trotted happily in front of Xu Tongdao at this time, looking at the few bags of rice and rice in the hall, as well as the three chickens and a duck on the ground with their feet tied, and his tone became much lighter.

This morning, when Xu Tongdao was going out to find those people to ask for things, she was still worried, and she kept trying to persuade Xu Tongdao not to go.

But later, when she saw the village chief and the others helping the eldest brother to ask for those things, especially when she saw the bags of rice and rice being moved home, Ge Yuzhu's mood was completely different.

She is watching what the difficulties at home have become recently.

If they hadn't gone to the second aunt's house and borrowed two bags of rice to come back, their family would have been unable to open the pot a long time ago.

And today, she watched her eldest brother bring back six or seven bags of rice and one bag of rice to her home, and she was naturally overjoyed.

Because that means that the family won't have to go hungry for at least the next few months.

As for the return of three chickens and a duck, it was even more of a surprise.

"You help me with the meal!"

Xu Tongdao casually instructed his sister, then bent down to untie the straw rope on the three chicken legs on the ground, untied one, and threw one into the chicken coop.

He wasn't sure if the three chickens were his original chickens.

He probably not, he estimated.

If it's not, then the three chickens have to be prevented from escaping.

His chicken coop was in the corner of the hall near the gate, to the east.

In these years, rural families have raised families, and many families are like this.

A wooden chicken coop, boxy, can be used as a table to put things on the top, chickens and ducks are generally stocked outside during the day, and at night will go home by themselves and get into the chicken coop by themselves for the night.

If it weren't for the chickens and ducks that were raised by their own families, once they were released, they would definitely not know that they were coming back.

Therefore, Xu Tongdao untied the straw rope on a chicken leg and threw it into the chicken coop, and immediately closed the chicken coop door to prevent the chicken from running.

In his experience, the three chickens could have to be kept in the coop for many days before they could be released.

As for laying eggs?

In a month or two, I'm afraid I can't count on it.

He remembered that his mother had said that passing chickens would not lay eggs for a long time.

And the so-called passing chicken......

It refers to catching chickens from one house to another.

Because the chicken is very timid, as soon as a person catches it, it will be severely frightened, and the sequelae after the fright is that it will not lay eggs for a long time.

When the three chickens were put into the chicken coop and were about to untie the straw rope on the duck's leg, Xu Tongdao hesitated, and then did not untie the rope on its leg, and directly put it in the chicken coop.

He's going to kill it this afternoon.

Think of it as a celebration of having so many things back today!

In fact, the main reason is that he thinks that there is only such a duck left, and it will be difficult to raise in the future.

Chickens and ducks originally liked to be flocks of livestock, and when there were 8 of them in the past, they could be let out to find food during the day, and when others saw a flock of ducks, they generally did not steal.

But if a duck goes out, someone might steal it home and stew it at any point.

In Xu Tongdao's memory, there has never been a shortage of people in Xujia Village who steal chickens and dogs.

So, instead of this duck being stewed by someone else in the future, he might as well stew it himself.

It's just right to give my mother and them to make up for their bodies.

......

When Xu Tongdao and his sister Ge Yuzhu were halfway through their meal, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.

The brother and sister followed the prestige and saw that it was Xu Tonglu who came back.

Xu Tonglu, who is one year younger than Xu Tongdao, is not shorter than Xu Tongdao, and his face shape is different.

But skinny ...... The brothers are about the same.

Xu Tonglu, who had been out fishing all morning, was wearing only a pair of big pants and a white vest, holding a homemade harpoon in his left hand, about five meters long, and a string of fish strung together with poplar branches in his right hand, of various sizes.

Mainly crucian carp.

The big ones are half a catty, and the small ones are only the size of a cigarette box.

Barefoot, he walked to the gate with a grunt, leaned his harpoon against the door, and then stamped the mud off his feet, and walked into the hall with his feet up.

When her sister Ge Yuzhu saw the string of fish in Xu Tonglu's hand, her eyes lit up, and she immediately got up and trotted over, took the string of fish from Xu Tonglu's hand, and said happily: "Great, our family has fish to eat tonight......

Xu Tonglu didn't have a smile on his face, and raised his eyes to look at Xu Tongdao who was eating, and Ge Yuzhu had just eaten half of the rice bowl on the table, Xu Tonglu frowned, "You don't wait for me to come back after eating?"

This kid hasn't had a good temper since he was a child.

For his brother Xu Tongdao, who is only one year older than him, he has no respect or fear.

Proud since childhood.

His pride comes from many sources.

For example: he grew up fighting with his peers and never lost.

For example, since he was in elementary school, his academic performance has always been the first in his class.

For example: his hands-on ability is very strong, he can make all the toys that others can make, and he generally does it better than others.

"If you're hungry, serve your own food! Who will you show your face?

Xu Tongdao glanced at him angrily, not used to his stinky problem.

It turned out that time and space, after their father disappeared, Xu Tonglu became more and more lawless, he didn't listen to anyone, his mother couldn't control him, and he Xu Tongdao couldn't control this kid, so he made this kid's path more and more deviated, and finally succeeded in going to prison to eat public dinner.

Now, reliving his life, he will not let this kid let himself go again.

When necessary, he didn't mind subduing this kid with his fists and feet, and he couldn't let him be lawless anymore anyway.

"Humph!"

Xu Tonglu snorted coldly, stared at Xu Tongdao coldly, raised his feet and walked to the back door, ready to go to the kitchen to serve rice.

As a result, he had only taken two steps when he stopped because he saw the bales of rice and rice by the wall.

With a puzzled expression, "What are these things? Where did they come from?"

The rice and rice were wrapped in a snakeskin bag, and he naturally couldn't see what was inside.

Ge Yuzhu smiled and said happily: "It's rice and rice, both of which the eldest brother went to come back this morning, as well as three chickens and a duck!"

"Rice and rice, where did you get it back?"

Xu Tonglu was even more puzzled.

Subconsciously walk over quickly and open a bag to check.