Chapter 4: Father and Son

"Dad, I'm back, by the way, what did you make delicious today?" Xiao Yanbing happily pushed open the door and looked at the man who was preparing lunch for himself.

The room was small and simple, with only two beds and a table, and a stove, and the sparrows were small but well-organized, one was tall, with short red hair, a bronzed face as sharp and angular as a knife and an axe, and brown eyes revealing tenderness, and a gray dress on his body, giving people a clean and neat feeling.

This man is the man named Yan Hao, who was rescued by the village chief one night five years ago, and has been staying in this harmonious village since then, taking care of his newborn child. With the help of the village chief and the villagers, this warm little family was also built, and the people in the village heard that he was the village chief's distant relatives, and they were also very enthusiastic about him.

During the period of recuperation, the old village chief and the people in the village would often help Yan Hao provide some living items, and the old village chief often came to help him take Xiao Yanbing with him, which made him feel the warmth of home here.

When he was almost recovering from his injuries, Yan Hao began to hunt on his own in the mountains behind the village, and then exchanged the game and the villagers for some daily necessities and money. Since most of the people in the village grow food and vegetables to make a living, they are also very fond of Yan Hao's prey, and often exchange things for prey with Yan Hao, and they will help Yan Hao to sell them in the nearby city of Bastan.

Yan Hao often hunts a lot of prey. Some were sold, and some were given to the villagers and the old village chief who have been taking care of themselves and their children in the past few years, which also made Yan Hao very popular with the villagers in the village.

Although there is a mountain behind Shuiling Village, there are many wild beasts on the mountain, but there are very few hunters in the village, because the income of being a hunter is very unstable, so the younger men usually go to the nearby city of Bastan to find a stable job so that they can make better money and support their families, but there are also individual people in the village who stay as hunters. But they are far less prey than Yan Hao hunts.

At first, the people in the village looked at the poor father and son, and many young women said, "Yan Hao, you can go to the nearby city of Bastan to work, so that you can take better care of Xiao Yanbing, don't worry, we will take care of it for you, child."

Yan Hao smiled and refused, he explained to the villagers, "I prefer hunting, I'm not used to working in the city, and besides, I used to make a living by hunting."

Yan Hao was afraid of being seen by his enemies in Bastan City, although Bastan City was not a very big city, but it was also just in case, not to mention that he had to take care of his own children.

After that, Yan Hao began to hunt for a living, and also to take care of his children. Every time Yan Hao went out hunting, he could return with a full load, which also made the people in the village look up to him.

"Today I made your favorite roast chicken, go wash your hands, and hurry over to serve the food. The man said to Xiao Yanbing while he was busy for a year.

"Oh yes, roast chicken, it's so good, I like roast chicken the most!" Xiao Yanbing said with a happy face.

Soon the roast chicken was brought to the table by Yan Hao, Xiao Yanbing quickly tore off a big chicken leg and put the chicken leg in his father's bowl

"Dad, give you a chicken leg first, the chicken leg is delicious, you eat it quickly" Xiao Yanbing was very filial and sandwiched a big chicken leg for Yan Hao.

"Okay, Dad will taste the chicken leg that his son gave me!" Yan Hao was very happy.

Xiao Yanbing looked at his father happily eating the chicken leg he had sandwiched for him.

"Well, it's really delicious, come here and eat this chicken leg for you, one for each of us!" Yan Hao took a bite and sandwiched another chicken leg for Xiao Yan Bing.

Xiao Yanbing stretched out his hand and put the chicken leg that his father had put in the bowl to his mouth, and he ate it in a big gulp, and from time to time he made a sound of "woo, it's delicious, it's delicious".

Looking at the oily child eating in front of him, he reminded him of his wife, at that time, his wife also liked to eat roast chicken very much like Xiao Yanbing, and every time she ate roast chicken, she would also eat with oil on her face, and even her face showed a happy smile when she thought about Yan Hao.

"Dad, if you don't eat it, I'm going to finish the roast chicken!" Xiao Yanbing asked puzzled as he watched his father staring at him stupidly and smiling.

"It's okay, Dad already ate a lot when he cooked again just now, you can eat quickly!" Yan Hao said softly.

Hearing that his father didn't eat it, Xiao Yanbing directly took the remaining roast chicken to his mouth and gnawed it directly.

After a while, a whole roast chicken entered Xiao Yanbing's stomach, he sat on the chair contentedly, patted his round belly, and hiccuped from time to time, and muttered "It's so delicious!"

"Dad, you can cook a big meal in a few days, let's entertain you, village chief grandpa!" Xiao Yanbing said to his father sitting opposite.

"Yes, but when the time comes, you want to cook a big meal with me to entertain the village chief's grandfather, okay?" Yan Hao looked at his cute child in front of him and said softly.

"Okay, when the time comes, I must let the village chief and grandfather try my craft!" Xiao Yanbing happily agreed, with an excited face, I really hope that the village chief and grandfather will come to his house as a guest, and he can also show his cooking skills in front of the village chief and grandfather.

After a while, Xiao Yanbing patted his round belly again, picked up his rice bowl and walked towards the stove.

Xiao Yanbing familiarly carried the bench under his feet, so that he could reach the stove more easily, and then slowly brushed up the rice bowl.

Originally, these living Yanhao were not allowed to dry Xiao Yanbing, but under Xiao Yanbing's strong request, he could only agree.

So cooking every day is Yan Hao's job, and brushing the dishes has become Xiao Yanbing's job.

Although Yan Bing is not very old, he is also very sensible, knowing that his father is very tired from taking care of himself every day, and sometimes he has to go hunting in the mountains to support the family's life. So Yan Bing tried his best to help his father do what he could to reduce his father's burden.

"Yan Hao, haven't you finished eating, hurry up and clean up, we have to leave quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to come back after dark!" A heroic voice came from outside the house.

"Okay, I'll be here soon!" Yan Hao hurriedly replied.

"Then I'll go first, after you do these things, go to the back mountain to exercise your body, don't relax on yourself, but at the same time pay attention to safety!" Yan Hao repeatedly advised.

"I know, you should leave quickly, otherwise Uncle Dalin will be in a hurry," Xiao Yanbing said helplessly.

Yan Hao picked up his hunting bow and arrow and set off.

....................................................................................................................................................................................... (To be continued)