Chapter 71 A Deer Footprint
A quiet countryside evening.

Everyone around could clearly hear the quarrel between Chen Liping and Ding Xiaohong.

Be it Chen Liping's own family or the surrounding neighbors, they all tacitly acted as if nothing had happened.

As long as there is no fighting, there will be peace.

By the time I finished all the housework, the noise from next door had died down.

Lin Jiao picked up An Wenyi, who was sleeping soundly.

An Wenjing held the oil lamp in one hand and protected the flame with the other, and the mother and daughter returned home in the dark.

Chen Hui has been busy since he got up in the morning and is feeling tired.

He simply rubbed his face, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

I am young and in good health, and with the influence of my biological clock, when I wake up I find it is still very early.

He turned over and counted on his hands.

Today is the fourth day of the New Year.

In two days, I will be able to marry An Wenjing and take her to experience a life she has never experienced before, from a couple to a family of four.

Think about it, time flies by so fast.

Chen Hui is about to get married, and there is one thing he thinks should be done before that.

He got up from the bed, took a few dollars, and rode his bike towards the village entrance.

"Hey, Chen Hui, where are you going?"

"Go to town."

"Oh, you're going to prepare things for your wedding, right? Congratulations."

"Isn't this Chen Hui? Where are you going so early in the morning?"

"Go to town."

"Oh, go ahead, go ahead."

"Chen Hui, Chen Hui, have you had breakfast? I have some melons that I picked yesterday. Go over and ask your aunt to get you some."

"I'll go to town first and get it when I come back."

"Then remember this when you come back."

From his home to the village entrance, Chen Hui met several fellow villagers who were rushing up the mountain early in the morning.

The villagers who were avoiding him a few days ago, afraid to make eye contact with him.

Today they all have a different look, with smiles all over their faces. Anyone at home who has fruits or vegetables calls him over to get them.

Even Chen Guangming, the young man with the best reputation in the village, has never received such treatment.

Chen Guangming, who was carrying a hoe and was about to go up the mountain from the other side, saw this from afar, curled his lips in disdain and walked away.

Chen Hui went all the way to the town and simply bought some fruits and incense sticks.

Yesterday’s salt was used to process the pork, so I bought another pound of salt.

Since I was already here, I bought some steamed buns and two fried dough sticks and hurried back to the village before breakfast.

"Mom, I seem to smell something?!"

Lin Jiao and An Wenjing both had work to do, and An Wenyi was walking around the house bored, going into the kitchen to talk from time to time.

"You can smell the aroma of greasy crumbs and fried meat strips, right? I'll give you two when we have breakfast."

An Wenjing leaned over and pinched An Wenyi's little face.

Noticing that she was still wearing old shoes that were too short, he asked, "Where are the new shoes your brother-in-law bought you? Why don't you wear them?"

"No!" An Wenyi smiled and shook his head.

"She said it would be too short when she wore it, so she was reluctant to wear it." Lin Jiao said with a smile.

"Silly boy, you are growing up every day. Your feet will get longer whether you wear new shoes or not."

"When you don't wear it for a day, it will be too short. If you cry, go get it out and change it."

After An Wenjing finished speaking, she pushed her sister out of the kitchen door.

He turned around and took out a few bowls of rice porridge.

Chen Hui came back at the right time, carrying buns and fried dough sticks.

"Wow!"

An Wenyi ran forward and circled around Chen Hui excitedly. "Youtiao, baozi, steamed bun, choose one." Chen Hui smiled and opened the bag.

An Wenyi didn't hesitate at all. He took one and ran to the kitchen. As soon as he entered the kitchen, there was only one piece of fried dough stick left in his hand.

"How can a child eat so much? He will get a sore throat if he eats so much." Lin Jiao said as she put most of the fried dough stick into the empty bowl.

An Wenyi didn't cry either. She just stood there with a pouty mouth and red eyes.

"Don't be angry, try the meat your brother-in-law fried for you." An Wenjing saw it and took a bite of meat to coax her.

The fried meat strips are also very fragrant.

An Wenyi quickly accepted the cruel reality that the fried dough stick was half-cut, and sat next to An Wenjing to eat breakfast.

"Chen Hui, what are you going to do today?" Lin Jiao noticed the fruits and incense candles that Chen Hui brought back.

"I'm getting married the day after tomorrow. I want to go with Wen Jing to burn some paper for my parents and father-in-law to say hello."

"Um?!"

Lin Jiao looked at Chen Hui with some surprise, and said with a smile: "You are so thoughtful. I was so busy at home that I forgot about it."

"I want to go too?!" An Wenyi raised his head.

Chen Hui stretched out two fingers and waved them in front of her.

An Wenyi understood immediately and nodded happily.

make a deal!

"Brother Chen Hui, you will spoil her like this." An Wenjing said.

"It's just two candies. She's not asking for the stars or the moon. It's no big deal." Chen Hui said indifferently.

"Yes, yes!"

An Wenyi agreed with a smile, no longer clamoring to go together, and just lowered his head to eat.

Had breakfast.

While An Wenjing was washing the dishes, Chen Hui took An Wenyi home to get two assorted candies. On the way, they also picked some weeds to feed the rabbits.

After successfully dealing with the little devil, An Wenjing held a small basket in her hand, which was filled with washed fruits and incense sticks.

Walk up the mountain road on the other side of the village.

Every year on Qingming Festival and the anniversary of his death, Chen Huihong would come to remember her brother and sister-in-law.

There were only some weeds growing on Chen Hui's parents' side, but it was generally clean.

Just some simple weeding and tidying up the surrounding area.

He placed fruits on the table, lit incense and announced his intention to get married.

The two went to the other side of the hill.

"It's much harder to walk here. I forgot to bring a hatchet with me."

There are a lot of thorns on the way to the other side, and if you walk fast, your pants and shoes will be scratched.

An Wenjing broke off a branch, picked up the thorn vine high, and threw it far away while waving her arms.

The thorns grow in a tangled way, entwined with each other, and their roots are rooted in the soil, so it is not easy to deal with them.

An Wenjing processed a small piece and shook her hands repeatedly because she was so tired.

Turning back, he saw Chen Hui standing a few meters away from him. He looked around thoughtfully and asked in confusion:

"Brother Chen Hui, what are you looking at? Come and help me."

"Look here!"

Chen Hui squatted down, pulled away the wild ferns on the ground, and pointed at the ground for An Wenjing to see.

"What are you looking at? There are neither mushrooms nor wild fruits." An Wenjing didn't quite understand.

"Look carefully, there are footprints here." Chen Hui pulled the wild ferns apart a little more.

There is a small footprint on the ground, which is shallow in the front and deep in the back. It looks like a plum blossom but is somewhat different from the footprints of cats and dogs.

"What is this?!" An Wenjing couldn't figure it out.

"It's a deer. Judging from the size of the footprints, it should be a fawn."

"Haha, hahahaha."

Chen Hui's statement made An Wenjing laugh, "Brother Chen Hui, no one in our village has ever seen a deer. We don't have such animals as deer here."

(End of this chapter)