Before her husband got home, Wei Zijun didn't cook the food first. He went to the yard and turned over the sweet potato chips that were drying on the bamboo plaque.
The Xiao An brothers walked out and knew that they were looking for someone without asking.
"Mom?" I looked at my mother and turned over the sweet potato chips several times. I couldn't help but tugged on her sleeves and called out softly.
After coming back to his senses, Wei Zijun realized his gaffe, picked up a piece of French fries and handed it to his daughter's mouth: "Don't worry, mom is fine, and your dad will be fine too."
Ruyi bit into the half-dried French fries and nodded. She also wanted to say something to appease her mother, but she didn't know what to say.
"Mom, I'm really fine. There's no feeling of panic here. It's just that this is the Mid-Autumn Festival. If any blind person dares to come here to look for trouble, your father will definitely make them regret being reincarnated into this world.
." Seeing his daughter's worried look, Wei Zijun quickly added.
This is true. After I reunited with my father, I don’t know if it was because I had lost him and found him again after so many years. Anyway, my father was very attached to the family.
Every time when he came back from doing errands, he would look around first when he entered the house. If he saw her, her mother, and her two brothers together, her father would raise his eyebrows, and the corners of his mouth would immediately rise.
Today's Mid-Autumn Festival affects dad's return for reunion dinner. You can imagine how angry dad will be.
However, Ruyi also knew in her heart that it must be very serious and important to prevent her father from coming back for dinner.
Daddy will be fine. Ruyi heard from others that if something happened to a close relative and his life was in danger, the relative would be heartbroken and panicked, but he didn't seem to be. Ruyi put a hand on his heart and thought.
Just when Wei Zijun was trying to control his emotions and not wanting to affect his daughter, and was sorting the ingredients again in the kitchen, Xiao An's voice came from outside. It was urgent, but it was good news that made the two women in the kitchen immediately relax:
"Mother, wishful thinking, daddy is back."
Ruyi rushed out immediately. Wei Zijun looked at his daughter's back, then raised his hand and patted his heart.
He Zexu, who entered the yard, reached out and touched the head of his daughter who was coming towards him. When he saw Xiao An at the door of the kitchen, he took his daughter's hand and walked quickly towards the kitchen.
In the kitchen, what comes into view is my wife sitting by the stove, lighting a fire.
"You're back? Come and light the fire." Wei Zijun glanced at her husband and said casually, standing up and pulling on his apron.
"Dad? Do you want your son to come?" Xiao An asked filially.
During this Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no helper left in Wei Zijun's yard. Whoever is going to light the fire must be one of the four members of the family.
Xiao Le, who entered the house later, saw his brother's filial piety being rejected by his father, and couldn't help but shake his head. He really doesn't have a long memory.
Ruyi sympathized with her elder brother very much and asked him to place the dishes and chopsticks with her.
Xiao Le washed her hands and rolled up her sleeves, put the pomegranate seeds prepared in advance on the juicer made by her mother, shook the handle and watched the red pomegranate juice slowly flow into the large jar.
My mother bought pomegranates in the summer. There were a lot of pomegranates, and they were stored in what my mother called the cold room next to the icehouse, because the three siblings all liked to drink them.
My mother knows a lot about how to store fruits and melons so that they can be stored for a long time without freezing and changing the taste and texture. She also knows what kind of fruits can be placed in the coldest freezer. The harder they are frozen, the better.
It's delicious, like the pear that turns black after being frozen.
Soak the frozen pears in cold water after thawing, and the outside of the frozen pears will freeze. Take a bite of the pear after breaking off the ice shell, and the cool and sweet juice will not be too delicious, especially after eating melon seeds and dried fruits.
Three siblings, they are the luckiest and happiest children in the world.
At this time, most people have finished their dinner.
In the kitchen, the five members of the family were busy with their own work. Soon six hot dishes, one soup and one cold dish were placed on the table.
The two adults drank peach blossom wine, and the three children drank pomegranate juice, chatting and laughing, and clinking glasses from time to time. It was very warm.
At the dinner table, He Zexu didn't mention anything that delayed his return home late, and no one asked about it.
"Dad? Will you take us to the north to hunt two wolves this winter?" Xiao An suggested after swallowing the food in his mouth.
Wild boar? Several people at the same table looked at him in confusion.
"Brother, are you hungry for wolf meat? Or is it for Dr. Xu?" Ruyi blurted out.
Now, it was everyone's turn to look at her.
"Why give it to Dr. Xu?" Wei Zijun asked curiously. She knew medical skills, so she naturally knew that wolf meat is also a traditional Chinese medicinal material. This product is the meat of the canine wolf. Its main functions are: nourishing the five internal organs, thickening the intestines and stomach, and treating deficiency.
Labor, dispel cold accumulation.
However, she has no memory of telling this child? Besides, her daughter has not been to the military camp a few times and has no contact with Dr. Xu.
"My daughter once went to the eldest brother's military camp and heard Dr. Xu saying that wolf meat is a medicine that nourishes the five internal organs, protects against wind and cold, and warms the stomach. So, when I just heard the eldest brother talk about it, I thought she was calling Dr. Xu to give it to me.
Use it by the soldiers who need it." Ruyi responded a little nervously, being careful not to mention the role of wolf meat in aphrodisiac and filling the marrow.
That's what happened, Wei Zijun understood it, but if it was really the reason, why did he feel that his daughter was a little nervous? Could it be that he was too worried?
"No, no, there is a scout in my son's army named Huang. He wears a wolf fang pendant around his neck. My son thought it was cool, so he wanted to take the wolf fang and wear it." Xiao An didn't notice.
My sister was nervous and gave the correct answer with a smile.
"Isn't it cool to wear a pendant made of wolf teeth? Then why not ask mom to make a vest for you with the tiger skin that dad bought, wouldn't it be cooler?" Xiao Le glanced at the relieved sister and joked.
"Go, go, you're a civil servant, you're a civil servant all day long, how do you know what it means to be cool?" Xiao An was dissatisfied with his brother laughing at him, and looked at his father expectantly.
The north where there are wolves is not my mother's territory. In order to avoid unnecessary disputes and troubles, Xiao An did not make any decision and secretly go there without telling his parents. However, if his father nodded and went together,
That’s it.
"It's just a wolf fang. Dad will take you to fight it." He Zexu didn't think it was a big deal and agreed immediately.
When he turned his head, he saw his wife's slightly helpless eyes, which seemed to say, just get used to it!
Xiao An was very happy after getting his father's consent. He also looked at his younger brothers and sisters very proudly. What does that mean? Daddy, please dote on this great boy like him!
Naive, Xiao Le even felt that her mother had misremembered the birth order of him and Xiao An?
After the family had a good dinner, the three siblings took the initiative to clean up the dishes and let their parents go to the yard to sit, drink tea, watch the moon and chat.
It is said that the moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen round, but for Wei Zijun and his wife, the moon in their hearts is big and round every day when the family is together.
On the small table in front of you is not only tea, but also mooncakes made by Wei Zijun, as well as grapes, melons, fruits and other nut snacks.
"What's going on?" Wei Zijun picked up the tea cup, looked towards the kitchen and asked softly...