Chapter 53: Raise a glass to the moon
It has been two months since she returned to Baiyao Valley from Wuhe Village, and Cui Ranxin has broken her heart for the pregnant cow, and she is busy every day, and she also makes bedding for the calf. Cui Jiuan is immersed in the pile of medicinal books every day, except for eating, going out, and sleeping time is squeezed out to specialize.
And Du Youjia, who was drinking stuffy wine, sighed every day, looked at the clouds and felt that it was going to rain, looked at the mountains and felt that it was going to landslide, and looked at the ground and felt that the ground was going to move, in short, he was sad every day.
"Father-in-law, look at the cow, is it about to give birth?" Cui Ran ran panting.
Du Youjia looked up at the big yellow cow mooing in the distance, and lamented: "It's the cowman who misses it, and it's still a month before it arrives." β
"There's still a month! Then the father-in-law, I'm gone, you have to take care of the cow and Jiu'er. Jiu'er is Cui Ranxin's name for the unborn calf, and in Cui Jiu'an's repeated objections, she still persevered, just because she felt that she was looking forward to it every day, waiting every day, and the time was too long, so she named it Jiu'er.
"Cui Ranxin, how many times have I said it, I don't agree with that little beast calling it this name." Cui Jiu'an in the room was full of resistance.
"I agree."
"I agree with the teacher."
Cui Ranxin and Du Youjia both raised their hands and said in unison, and they also high-fived each other and nodded, so angry that Cui Jiuan's nose was closed and panting.
"Du Youjia, do you still want me to bring my wife and children to see you in this valley in the future?" Cui Jiuan's eyes shot like arrows.
Du Youjia hurriedly nodded and changed his words: "Why don't you call it Xiao Huang?" β
"Father--how can you disarm and throw a gun like that?"
"Then what am I going to do, he is holding this hostage as his father!"
"Father-in-law, I swear, if he dares not to come, I will tie him back with a rope."
"Words count! We pull the hook. β
"Okay."
Cui Jiuan looked at the two child-like people squatting in the yard, shook his head, and prepared to enter the house.
"Don't run, you kid, I have something to tell you."
Du Youjia pulled Cui Ranxin to sit in the chair, and beckoned to Cui Jiu'an, who was at the door.
After the three of them sat down around the stone table, Du Youjia took the hands of Cui Ranxin and Cui Jiuan and said solemnly: "I understand, birds always have to return to their nests after flying in the sky, tomorrow is a sunny day, you pack up and set off." β
"Father-in-law." This time, not only Cui Ran was shocked, but Cui Jiuan also looked at Du Youjia with a complicated expression.
"It's not a way to delay you all the time, it's good to get together and disperse, there will be a farewell, this time I promise not to cry or make trouble." Du Youjia said, tears already filled his eyes.
"I'm sure I'm not crying or making trouble." After repeating this sentence, I still lay on the table and beat my chest, crying for a long time.
Cui Ranxin also had red eyes, and her mouth was sad.
"We'll be back to see you in three years." Cui Jiuan patted Du Youjia's back and slowly spit out.
"Really? Words count. Du Youjia hurriedly wiped away his tears and snot and asked.
"Count."
"Then you pack up your things, and I'll go get some game and come back."
Seeing Du Youjia happily jumping away, Cui Ranxin felt that the whole person was not good, and she muttered in a low voice: "Four years is three years later, ten years is three years later, and fifty years is also three years later." β
Cui Jiuan knocked on Cui Ran's heart mercilessly, and said with a cold face: "Say a lot." β
"My poor stupid father-in-law, how can you fight someone more cunning than a fox!"
Cui Jiuan was not angry when he heard this, and the fox who picked up looked at the girl with veins in his eyes and said, "I will bring you back." β
Cui Ranxin, who had been pretending to be fine, was watched by those moving eyes, put down all pretenses, threw himself into the arms of the other party, and cried.
The figure behind the big tree in the distance slowly squatted down, constantly wiping away the tears that had slipped from his face.
"Du Youjia, when did you fall in love with Jindou like a girl!" As he spoke, he slapped the side of his face with his hand.
"It's okay, my body will live to be fifty years old, and I will definitely wait until they come back."
After speaking, Du Youjia wiped away his tears and walked towards the deep mountains.
When Du Youjia came back with a pheasant and a hare, Cui Ranxin and Cui Jiuan were busy in the kitchen, one chopping vegetables, the other stir-frying, and the two of them cooperated tacitly.
Du Youjia is also skilled in handling pheasants and hares, an hour later, the stone table under the pavilion in the courtyard has been full of dishes and three wine glasses, a jar of wine, this pavilion is Cui Jiu'an built the year before last, so that even if it is rainy and snowy, you can enjoy the scenery and tea, and enjoy the bitterness.
After three rounds of drinking, Cui Ranxin consciously only drank three glasses, and then stopped drinking. Cui Jiu'an is now following Du Youjia's house, not saying that he is not drunk with a thousand cups, but he is not drunk with a hundred cups, and after drinking one jar, Cui Jiuan has to go to dig a second altar under the pear blossom tree, but is stopped by Du Youjia.
"These are all for teachers, and no one will make wine for me when you leave, so you are not allowed to touch them." Du Youjia has always liked spirits, so although he only drank most of the jar, although he was not drunk, he was already a little debauched.
"Master, I buried three hundred and ninety-nine jars, and used all the wine jars you have accumulated over the years, which is enough for you to drink for a few years."
"That's not good, after you leave, I have to borrow wine to kill my sorrows, see things and think about people, these are my lifeblood, don't move."
Helpless, Cui Jiuan sat back on the chair, shook the wine jar, and some of them, just poured out the last cup, who knew that as soon as he put down the wine jar, the cup was drunk by the old drunkard in one gulp, and he was in a hurry, choking and coughing, Cui Ranxin hurriedly patted the other party's back.
Du Youjia grabbed Cui Ranxin's hand and said seriously: "Girl, if he bullies you in the future, my father-in-law will definitely catch him and give you anger." β
"Father-in-law, he has bullied me a lot in the past two years, and I haven't seen you give me a head." Cui Ranxin pointed at Cui Jiuan and said.
"Okay, father-in-law, I'll vent my anger for you." I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, Du Youjia picked up the stick on the wall and turned the medicine to smoke the young man who was already slightly drunk.
Cui Jiuan rubbed his eyes, ran away, and muttered: "Master, I know that I am wrong, I will definitely love her in the future, I will not bully her, and I will help you raise her to be chubby-"
When Du Youjia heard this, he threw away the stick in his hand with satisfaction, picked up the empty cup on the table, raised his glass and invited the moon and said: "I think I Du Youjia is a handful of age, originally had no children and no daughters, green mountains as companions, all kinds of grass depend on each other, save the life and help the wounded, I thought I could be at ease, I didn't have to worry, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was the most children's loveββ"
"Heroic shortness of breathβ" The slightly drunk man also raised his empty cup to drink with the moon.
Cui Ranxin looked at the old man who sighed for a long time, and then looked at the young man with red cheeks, shook his head helplessly, snatched the cup in their hands, and said sharply: "Go back to sleep!" β
Who knew that the two of them really obediently went back to the house and fell asleep. Cui Ranxin cleaned up the stone table, then boiled the decanting soup, first gave it to Du Youjia, and then took it to Cui Jiu'an, who knew that the spoon just touched his lips, a pair of misty eyes slowly opened, and said with a smile: "Thank you, motherββγ β
Cui Ranxin, who is still a mother, didn't hear clearly, but she still rudely poured the sobering soup down, and complained before leaving: "I'm not your mother, nor is it your mother." β
When I saw the top book in front of the desk, I frowned and picked up the book, ran into the kitchen and was about to throw it into the fire, thinking that it was not good to burn people and things casually, so I threw it into the pyre.
"I thought I worked too hard and watched some kind of nonsense."