Xiao Yue looked up at his grandfather, hesitated for a moment, and finally bit his lip, with a look of fear on his face, and walked carefully to a place more than one meter away from Su Qiao.
The frightened look and trembling little body made Su Qiao feel sad again.
She didn't dare to touch him casually.
She put two palm-sized white rabbits with their legs tied with ropes into his arms: "Here, these two little rabbits are for you to raise and play with."
Then, she gave him a gentle reminder: "Hold them tight, don't let them run away. I'll make you a bamboo cage for them to nest in a little while."
"Really...really give it to me?"
Qi Yue was frantically holding the two little white rabbits that were moving around in his arms. He was afraid, but with a little anticipation, his voice was low.
Su Qiao raised the two remaining rabbits in his hand and said with a gentle smile:
"These two small ones are for you, and the two big ones can be stewed for you by your father in the evening, okay?"
"… good"
After observing carefully for a while, Qi Yue quietly breathed a sigh of relief and responded softly.
At the same time, Old Man Liu and Qi Jinghe, who had been clenching his fists and had a tense face, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ahem, Jinghe, why don't you go and clean up the rabbits? Didn't you hear what your wife said?"
"Humph, the weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken, it has no good intentions."
It took Qi Jinghe a while to realize that this woman didn't hit his son.
I felt very strange.
"Jinghe..."
Old Man Liu frowned, very much disagreeing.
Su Qiao shrugged indifferently and stuffed the rabbit in his hand directly into Qi Jinghe's basket.
"Old man, you guys go ahead and do your work. I'm going to carry this wild boar to the town and sell it for some money. I can then buy some rice, grain and oil."
It seems that the rice jar at home is almost empty.
These days, the whole family eats thin porridge with vegetables, without even a trace of oil.
Su Qiao was too lazy to eat lunch and went to sell the wild boar first.
The smile on Father Liu's face became more genuine, and he said cheerfully, "Okay, okay, Da Qiao, go quickly. When you come back, it will be time for dinner."
"Well, I'll go then. Old man, remember to cook the medicine."
Su Qiao grabbed the wild boar and carried it on his back, then strode out of the village.
The wild boar weighed at least three hundred pounds, and was so big that it blocked Su Qiao's entire body.
Looking from the back, only a pair of feet wearing black cloth shoes were left.
The old man looked at her gradually disappearing figure, with a hint of relief in his eyes.
He turned to look at his son who was in deep thought, with a hint of anxiety:
"Jinghe, you can see that she has changed. You must not make any mistakes."
Qi Jinghe was shaken for a moment, but when he looked down at his son who was squatting on the ground playing with a rabbit, his eyes became firm again.
"Dad, what kind of personality she has, haven't you seen it clearly in the past two years?"
"She is like this today, maybe she did something wrong outside."
The more Qi Jinghe thought about it, the more he felt it was right. His expression became more serious:
"Dad, if something really happens, you can take Yue'er away first, don't worry about me, I can survive anyway."
"Jinghe, we have to try to think positively, otherwise how can we live like this?"
The old man was also hesitant, but overall he still hoped that his life would get better and better.
"Oh, it would be great if her temper really changed."
Xiao Yue'er gently stroked the little rabbit's back and looked up at the two of them. There was a hint of satisfaction in her distinct black and white eyes:
"Daddy, Grandpa, Mommy... Mommy didn't hit me, she even... even touched my head."
And smiled at him.
A very gentle smile.