Chapter 63

Gou Wa and Niu Niu were the first to get up, as they both went to bed early.

Seeing that the adults were still asleep, Gou Wa knew that they must be tired from last night. He told Niu Niu to go to the backyard to feed the rabbits in a low voice, opened the door to let Xiao Hei out to find food, and then turned into the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

When Gu Qichuan got up, Gou Wa had already prepared breakfast.

“Good morning, uncle.”

“Good morning Ruirui, did Ruirui make breakfast?”

“I did it, uncle.”

Gu Qichuan looked at the soft and glutinous rice porridge, the delicious mixed vegetables, and the beautiful egg cake on the table, and sighed silently that he might be even worse than a child.

“I learned it by watching my mother make it, but I still don’t know how to make pasta. The hot steamed buns in the pot were steamed by my mother.” Gou Wa set the table and glanced at Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli’s room.

“Save the food for your parents. Let’s eat first. They probably worked until late at night. Zhou Yubai won’t be working today, so let them wake up naturally.” Gu Qichuan said in a low voice.

Gou Wa nodded, saved some food for Zhou Yubai and his wife, and then called Niu Niu to come and eat.

Niu Niu’s little rabbits have grown bigger than before, and their number has increased to six.

Whenever Xiao Hei went up the mountain, he would catch any rabbits he saw for Niu Niu.

Niu Niu always happily hugged Xiao Hei and praised him in various ways, which made Xiao Hei hesitate whether to catch some other animal cubs to please his little master.

After breakfast, Gu Qichuan went to work.

Not long after he left, Shen Qingli and Zhou Yubai got up. They had things to do today and they couldn’t sleep all the time.

“Dad and Mom, the food is in the pot.” Gou Wa said to them.

“Okay, thank you for your hard work again, Ruirui.” Shen Qingli said in a gentle voice. She felt a little guilty. After bringing Gou Wa back home, he became very capable, trouble-free and pretty.

What a divine son this is.

If all children were like him, I guess no one would dislike children.

Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli washed up and had breakfast together.

“Dad, why didn’t you go to work today? Are you not feeling well?” Niu Niu had been wandering in the yard. She waited until Zhou Yubai finished his meal before walking over to ask. While speaking, the little girl kept her eyes on Zhou Yubai.

I was trying very hard to make sure that Dad was not feeling well.

Zhou Yubai curled his lips and said, “Dad is not feeling unwell. He just wants to go out with your mother to do something.”

“As long as you’re not sick.” Niu Niu smiled sweetly.

Shen Qingli joked, “Yubai, a daughter is a father’s little cotton-padded jacket. Our Niuniu’s cotton-padded jacket is so nice.”

“Yes.” Zhou Yubai affirmed.

“Dad also has a cotton-padded jacket, a very good cotton-padded jacket.” Niu Niu said in a soft voice.

Zhou Yubai and Shen Qingli were both amused, and Gou Wa looked at Niuniu with satisfaction, and the atmosphere was very good.

After simply tidying up the kitchen, Shen Qingli put some snacks such as large biscuits and egg cakes in a basket, and also made some pickles, and a large bottle of beef sauce and egg sauce.

After everything was packed, he asked Zhou Yubai to go out with him.

Gou Wa has already taken Niu Niu and Xiao Hei to the foot of the mountain.

Except for looking for food, Xiao Hei spends all his time with Gou Wa and Niu Niu, while Da Huang stays at home watching over the yard.

The two have already worked out the division of labor and are each doing their own job.

Zhou Yubai took Shen Qingli on a detour to the cowshed.

When they got there, Qin Zhi was already repairing the wall. His legs didn’t hurt that much, so he worked bit by bit, leaning on a stick.

“Uncle Qin, why are you still working when you are injured?” Shen Qingli stepped forward and dragged Qin Zhi back to the kang.

“I’m just thinking of doing something first. Who is this?” Qin Zhi’s eyes fell on Zhou Yubai. Judging from his temperament, this young man is very good, as if he came from the army. He has a straight body, but judging from his face…

A bit ugly.

Although men should not just look at the face, but, their Ah Li is so pretty, what’s wrong with looking at her lover’s face?

“This is my husband, Zhou Yubai. You can call him Yubai or Xiao Zhou.” Shen Qingli introduced him in a gentle voice. When she mentioned Zhou Yubai, there was a smile of pride in the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.

It’s like saying, look at my love, he is very good.

Zhou Yubai was a sensitive person, so of course he could see Qin Zhi’s disappointment. When he and Shen Qingli stood together, anyone would say, “It’s a pity for Shen Qingli, her man is so ugly and not worthy of her.”

But, his little girl looked so proud, as if she was telling the whole world that she was proud of him.

She loves him.

Zhou Yubai’s heart was already filled with warmth. He nodded to Qin Zhi and called him Uncle Qin as a greeting.

“Xiao Zhou, thank you for your hard work today.” Qin Zhi said. He realized his previous loss of composure and felt a little embarrassed.

“It’s not hard.” Zhou Yubai started to work immediately. He checked the wall that was leaking air everywhere and found a large piece at the back that was almost bigger than the window.

“Yu Bai, can we use bamboo to pierce it up and down and fix it, and then directly paste the mud on the bamboo? ” Shen Qingli thought for a while and said.

“Okay, we can do this on these sides. It will be easier to hang mud with bamboo.” Zhou Yubai responded, looking at Shen Qingli with admiration in his eyes, “I’ll go cut some bamboo, you wait here.”

“Well, I’ll see what I can do.” Shen Qingli said.

“You don’t have to do anything.” Zhou Yubai instructed and walked quickly into the forest.

Shen Qingli smiled softly and looked at Zhou Yubai’s back until he was out of sight. Then she withdrew her gaze and looked at Qin Zhi. The smile between the girl’s eyebrows disappeared in an instant.

Qin Zhi coughed twice and said, “I am not the kind of person who judges people by their appearance. I was just a little surprised just now. Xiao Zhou is a very good guy. I can see that.”

“Uncle Qin, actually Yu Bai’s… disfigurement was an accident. He used to be very handsome.” Shen Qingli said in a low voice, looking a little disappointed, which made Qin Zhi regretful.

He wanted to hit himself twice. If he wasn’t so rude, could he have made Shen Qingli sad?

“It’s my fault. I will formally apologize to Xiao Zhou later. Don’t be sad.” Qin Zhi advised.

“Oh, no need, Uncle Qin. Yu Bai won’t take it to heart. I will definitely remove the scar on his face.”

“Yeah.” Qin Zhi immediately agreed, “If Xiao Zhou didn’t have that scar, he would definitely be a handsome man.”

Shen Qingli raised her eyes and said, “Yes, that’s right.”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

Shen Qingli then smiled. She looked around and there was nothing to do, so she simply cleaned up the house thoroughly. After that, she stuffed all the big biscuits and egg cakes in the basket to Qin Zhi.

“Hide it, don’t let anyone see it.”

“This is too…” Qin Zhi wanted to refuse, but Shen Qingli had already walked out of the door to check the stove.

In the end, Qin Zhi hid everything.

The small room where Qin Zhi and his friends lived was the most shabby one in the entire cowshed. It was on the west side of the yard. It was hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

The team was afraid that people would freeze to death in the winter, so they built a kang only after they knew that people would live here.

The original stove was connected to the kang, and it was too hot to heat the kang in the summer, so Qin Zhi and Zhuang Mu built a stove for themselves, also in the outer room. It was very small and could only hold a small pot…