As soon as the autumn harvest is over, the farmers are relatively idle, and this year's harvest is good, and every household looks at the grain piled up at home, and they all smile. And Geng Qiu and Ah Hao began to collect the accounts. Earlier, they exchanged some of their prey and food for everyone, and now they can cash in. So one after another, people sent things to their homes, and their families soon accumulated some kinds of food.

There are also some homes that are not exchanged for food. For example: The bamboo bed that Ah Zhu's family made for him, originally he hoped to use it in the summer, but he didn't have time to make it for his family, so he took an old one for them to use first, and now he can make a new bamboo bed for him. According to Geng Qiu's requirements, it must be about one meter and five wide, not one meter and two wide. It's a little more generous, and it's more comfortable to lie down in the summer. Especially if there is a child in the family, don't look at him small, but he occupies a lot of space. In addition, like basket sieves, drying mats, sleeping mats, bamboo curtains, dustpans, etc., also need a pair. Therefore, bamboo weaving tools need a lot. And now they only have a few baskets and two small baskets. He needed a lot of bamboo to make so many things. Fortunately, the pile of bamboo piled up behind their house had already dried, just right for weaving things, so most of them were pulled over to Ah Zhu's family.

Geng Qiu also had to build a grass shed for the mules to live in, so he had to go up the mountain to cut bamboo, and invited Ah Qing and some villagers to help build a grass shed, that is, to build a frame with bamboo, plus a grass roof, and reeds and grass around it were smeared with yellow mud, and after the yellow mud dried, the walls were relatively strong and not airy. The grass shed built in this way has good warmth and can be used for two or three years.

Mules are the heroes of his family, and they are also the most valuable goods, and they must be given a good nest. This large hut near the latrine is half for the mules and half for firewood, and they have been slowly accumulating firewood, which needs a lot of firewood to cook and keep warm in winter.

The winter here will be very cold, and it will snow, and it is estimated that there will be two or three months of sub-zero days, and many times the house will have to be roasted, and it will be troublesome if there is no firewood. Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that there are few people going up the mountain to cut firewood, they get back a lot of thick branches, of course, even the leaves and withered grass are not spared, and their family is not like other people's homes have harvested crops, orange stalks, wheat stalks, bean stalks, etc., and all the firewood and grass are brought back by going out.

In autumn, when the weather was a little colder, Ah Hao began to be keen on hunting in the mountains, and took a mule into the mountains for the first time, and it took five days to go back and forth. When he went, Geng Qiu deliberately fried more than a dozen coarse noodle cakes and let him carry them on his body. Geng Qiu couldn't sleep the first night, because it was very cold to spend the night in the mountains, and there was nothing to do alone, and there was no helper. The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, Geng Qiu regretted very much that he let him go alone, he should have gone with him.

But at that time, Ah Hao objected and said: "Do we still take Ah Niu to hunt together." You have to leave someone at home to take Ah Niu. Geng Qiu thought that he was right, Ah Niu stayed at Ah Qing's house during the day, but he had to go home at night. You can't let your child stay in someone else's house all day and night, what is that, and Ah Niu has grown so big, he has never left them at night, so Geng Qiu compromised at that time. Now sleeping in bed, with one less by his side, the more Geng Qiu thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep.

Although they are a couple in everyone's eyes, Geng Qiu and Ah Hao have been in the same bed for a few months, but the relationship is very innocent, it is really pure sleep. Although Geng Qiu likes men, and Ah Hao also regards him as his own man, Geng Qiu always has a hurdle in his heart, and always feels that Ah Hao treats him as a stand-in for others, and he himself only lives with Ah Hao at the beginning, and does not really regard him as a partner. After all, their relationship did not start with love, but became a couple as soon as they met. So the two have never had that kind of relationship, but Ah Hao has no need for this aspect, maybe because he has some postpartum disorders, maybe because he was injured when he was pregnant, anyway, he didn't ask for joy like Geng Qiu. Everyone is safe and sound, and the two sleep together every day, which is just real sleep.

In Geng Qiu's heart, he had never thought about what their relationship was, and because he had been busy making a living, he didn't have time to think so much. Now that Ah Hao is not at home, he always feels that something is missing, his heart is empty, and he can't do anything. He finally understands now, in fact, during this period of interdependence, his feelings for Ah Hao have changed, and he doesn't know when they really became close, maybe Ah Hao doesn't know, in some ways Ah Hao is very dull. Geng Qiu stayed up at home for a few nights, and just when he was in a hurry, Ah Hao came back. This time, Ah Hao has gained a lot. More than a dozen fat pheasants, five rabbits, half a basket of wild fruits and wild eggs, plus a hundred pounds of wild boar.

Ah Hao came back with so many things, and the village was boiling. Everyone gathered around his door, Geng Qiu discussed with Ah Hao, and decided to exchange more than half of the prey for the villagers, of course, they were all exchanged for grain, some for wheat, some for beans, some for corn, some for sorghum, anyway, as long as it was food, he wanted it, and the price was fair. So the villagers moved very quickly, you are three catties, he is five catties, one wild boar, there is not much left at once, and there are only two pheasants and rabbits left, Geng Qiu refuses to change, they have to stay and eat by themselves. Ten catties of pork, two front legs, a pork rib, plus two chickens and two rabbits, it is enough for them to eat for a while.

The two of them were also hungry for meat, and Geng Qiu burned a chicken for dinner that night. Marinate the rest and save it for a while. Ah Hao went into the mountain alone this time and suffered a lot. He was not familiar with the deep mountains here, and he didn't dare to go too deep. Afraid of encountering hordes of fierce beasts, in order to hit the prey, he ran a lot of roads, kept circling around the periphery, and did not find big prey, but he also got a lot of pheasants and hares. When he was about to return, he found the trace of the wild boar, and chased it for a long time, so it took an extra day and a night, and the prepared things were already eaten, although he roasted a pheasant to satisfy his hunger, but one day and one night were only enough to eat half full.

When eating, watching Ah Hao gobble it up, it made Geng Qiu feel sad. Now the men in the whole village are envious of him, thinking that he has a good life, and he can still support his family if he finds a husband. This is the first time everyone has seen a husband who can do more than a man. Geng Qiu can guarantee that in the future, there will be more families in the village who marry their husbands.

"Here, eat more meat." Geng Qiu took another piece of chicken and put it in Ah Hao's bowl. Now he himself feels that he feels a little like eating soft rice, so he unconsciously piles all the meat in Ah Hao's bowl.

"Well, you eat more, too. Where can I eat so much, it's delicious. Although Ah Hao said that he ate quickly, his movements were not so rude, and he would not talk while chewing food in his mouth, he finished eating a piece of meat in his mouth, and also put a few pieces of meat in Geng Qiu's bowl.

After eating, Ah Hao leaned on the chair and didn't want to move, he was too tired and too tired, so he wanted to take a good rest.

"I'm tired, why don't you come back sooner, it's okay if you can't hit the wild boar, and it's good to have a few pheasants and hares. Don't fight like this next time. Geng Qiu persuaded him.

"How can it be done, our family has been living a long life, and we haven't had a good meal of meat, you see you are black and thin, I have to make you fatter." Pheasants and hares alone, where is there enough to eat. Ah Hao said. There were a lot of pheasants brought back this time, and they gave one to the village chief's family for nothing, just to thank Sister-in-law A Qing for taking care of Ah Niu. Although they usually pay the corresponding things, they always have to pay back, and if they are good to them, they will be doubly good to others.

"And what did you eat in the mountains?" Geng Qiu asked while washing the dishes, he knew that the cakes were not enough to eat.

"Hey, as soon as you asked, I remembered, tomorrow we have to go into the mountains again, I found a few wild pears, wild persimmon trees, persimmons are not ripe, pears are just right, because I am in a hurry to chase wild boars, I can't pick some back to eat." Ah Hao sighed as he spoke.

"Really. Great, the pears are not released, and I am afraid that they will rot after a while. But persimmons are not afraid, pick them back and put them at home, they are not ripe, and they can be put for a long time. Geng Qiu was also excited, he liked fruits, but in this village, except for persimmon trees, he had never seen other fruit trees. As for some unknown wild fruits that Ah Hao brought back, he liked them very much. It was sweet and sour, and some even had a little astringency, and he was very happy to eat it.

"Let's go tomorrow." Ah Hao asked.

"Don't worry, let's go in a few days, you have to rest for a few days first." Geng Qiu replied. Those wild fruits grow in the mountains, and no one knows about them. But Ah Hao was tired for several days, so he had to recuperate and recuperate.

"It's okay, I'm a little tired." Ah Hao said that he went to take a bath, staying in the mountains for a few days and nights, it did make him suffer a lot, when he went, fortunately Geng Qiu forced him to bring a thick robe to keep out the cold, I was afraid that he would spend the night on the mountain, Geng Qiu also thought that he would refuse to come back if he couldn't hunt the prey. Sure enough, he went for a few days and nights. It's not easy to have no one to take care of you. For most of the past half a year, Geng Qiu took care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation every day, and he was so violent that he left, and he was really not used to it. And he himself is not very good at taking care of himself.

When Geng Qiu finished washing Ah Niu and entered the room, he found that Ah Hao had fallen asleep, Geng Qiu gently put Ah Niu down, washed it in a hurry, and coaxed Ah Niu to play in the outhouse, afraid that he would make a noise to Ah Hao, until Ah Niu was about to sleep, he returned to the room. There were three people side by side, and a large bed was also packed. Looking at the two similar faces, Geng Qiu suddenly felt that such a day was not bitter.

If you have someone to worry about, someone who is with you day and night, who relies on you wholeheartedly, and who helps you wholeheartedly, your heart will be full, and you will no longer return to the empty house alone, this is a home. Although this family is very poor, and it may even be hungry, when he thinks that Ah Hao risked going into the mountains alone for a few days and nights in order to let them eat meat, he felt that the fatigue of so many days was nothing, and he also felt that every effort was worth it.