CH 23

In the end, the big cock fell under Wei Jianwei's chopper. He Xiaoyun seriously suspected that the cock was so tired that it couldn't run anymore, otherwise, it couldn't die so easily.

Just after the chicken was slaughtered, He Xiaofen's family arrived. She was carrying a basket and held her little daughter in her arms, while her eldest daughter was held by her husband, Zhang Jinsheng.

"You guys came quite early." After entering the door, seeing He Xiaoyun picking chicken feathers in the yard, He Xiaofen handed the child to Li Yuegui and rolled up her sleeves to help.

He Xiaoyun smiled, "You're not too late."

"There are eggs stewed in the pot, you and Jinsheng can eat first." Li Yuegui said to her eldest daughter. He Xiaofen listened and turned to explain to her husband: "You can take the children to eat first, I'm not hungry, I'll eat later."

Wei Yuanhang was playing with a chicken tail feather, when so many people came, he ran over to lean against He Xiaoyun.

"Why didn't Xiaoyuan call me Auntie today?" He Xiaofen teased him. Wei Yuanhang called out to his aunt, still clinging to his mother, looking rather shy.

"You haven't seen him for a long time. He's a bit shy. When you get to know him, he will turn naughty." He Xiaoyun smiled and turned her head to look at Yuanhang. "Go and play with your cousins."

He Xiaofen and He Xiaoyun were two years apart, and Xiaofen married earlier but Wei Yuanhang was born a few months earlier than He Xiaofen’s eldest daughter. As the two sisters married quite away from each other, Yuanhang and his two cousins were not as close as he was to Yanyan. 

When the chubby boy saw a new playmate, he was somewhat reserved. He Xiaoyun coaxed him with a few more words before he ran into the house to find his cousin sisters.

"Where's brother-in-law?" He Xiaofen's gaze rolled around in the yard.

The relationship between her younger sister and this Wei brother-in-law is not so good as she knows. At the beginning of the younger sister’s 'misdeeds', she also looked down upon her, but in the end, she was still her own sister. She can only wish that she lives well.

When she went to the Wei's house that day, she heard her younger sister talk to her brother-in-law, the two seemed to be more relaxed with each other than before, but Xiaofen couldn't rest assured unless she saw the two kiss. 

"Shhh..." He Xiaoyun lowered her voice, glanced into the room, and then said: "He was helping Dad fix the chicken coop in the backyard. Dad started repairing it yesterday, and it still hasn't been repaired. If mom knows that Jianwei helped, dad's going to be scolded." 

He Xiaofen nodded very understandingly. 

"Jianwei still has his craft, unlike that brother-in-law of yours. He can't even dry the child's diapers. I also need to scold him to start working!"

He Xiaoyun couldn't help laughing when she heard her eldest sister's tone, which was the same as their Mom's.

As He Xiaofen was talking, Zhang Jinsheng walked out holding his little daughter with a thick face, "Huihui won't eat when I fed her, nor when her grandma did, when are you coming to feed her?"

"What go?!" He Xiaofen said in an angry voice, "Didn't you see that I was busy here?"

"Then, I help you pull out the chicken feathers?" Zhang Jinsheng offered helplessly.

He Xiaofen looked at her husband with disgust, "And then, mess it up?"

Saying that, He Xiaofen stood up, washed her hands clean, and took over her daughter, "Xiaoyun, you do it for a while, I will come to help."

Zhang Jinsheng really wanted to help but He Xiaoyun immediately denied: "I don't need brother-in-law's help, there are only little feathers left. I'll just pull it out."

He Xiaofen tugged at him, "Look at you, don't mess around. If you really want to work, just pick two buckets of water."

"You only know how to scold me." Zhang Jinsheng muttered, but still obediently took the pole bucket and went out.

He Xiaoyun smiled while looking at them. Although Li Yuegui always said that her eldest sister and brother-in-law often quarreled, the relationship between the husband and wife was pretty good. Before long, she cleaned up the chicken, got to the kitchen, cut the chicken into small pieces with a knife, half of it was put in the pot to boil chicken soup, and the other half was to be fried chicken nuggets for a while.

The chicken soup boiled in the pot, He Xiaoyun sat under the stove and burned the fire, while He Xiaofen made noodles, the two sisters chatted.

Li Yuegui held Huihui in one hand and a big bowl in the other. The bowl contained a few peaches, which were brought by the neighbor just now. After giving out to her grandchildren, she plans to give the rest to her daughters and sons-in-law, "Where's Jianwei? I haven't seen him for a while."

He Xiaoyun and He Xiaofen looked at each other and He Xiaoyun stood up, "I just saw him hanging out behind the house. I'll take the peaches to him."

She took two peaches from the bowl and went out through the back door. Wei Jianwei has quick hands and feet. He has repaired the chicken coop. He's now preparing to make a cage door that can be moved. He Dazhi is not in the backyard anymore, he probably hid somewhere to smoke.

"Hey, eat some peaches." He Xiaoyun handed the peach to Wei Jianwei and took another bite in the peach on her other hand. The peach is not big, and the juice is not too much, but it was sweet.

Wei Jianwei couldn't free his hands from his work and looked at the peach in front of him, he opened his mouth to bite when He Xiaoyun retracted her hand, "Do I need to feed you with my hands again?"

Wei Jianwei looked up at her, "Can't you?"

He Xiaoyun felt that she was being played by this man lately. He played tricks and act like a hooligan to her, maybe it's her time to retaliate. She can lose the game but not the momentum.

"Yes, I can," He Xiaoyun smiled before making an unkind look, "Then beg me first."

He Xiaoyun used to watch TV dramas and always listened to the villains saying 'why don't you beg me?'. He Xiaoyun didn't feel anything when she heard those lines on TV but now that she was the one who spoke it, it feels...quite weird. When He Xiaoyun said everything, it was too late to take it back. She thought that Wei Jianwei wouldn't pay attention to her, but he complied, "Please."

The man was squatting and had to look up at her when he was speaking and with his word, He Xiaoyun suddenly felt that she was doing something fishy. The man's face didn't redden at all, It was He Xiaoyun who became ashamed with red ears.

"You're too shameless, alright." She muttered in a low voice. She couldn't bear this scene and squatted down, "Hey, don't bite my hand."

The peach is really not big, every time Wei Jianwei took a bite, his lips touch her fingertips. (T/N: I bet Jianwei was deliberately doing this. This sly man. (￣y▽,￣)╭ )

He Xiaoyun pretended not to care, but couldn't help thinking in her heart: It's not obvious, but this man has such soft lips.

In the kitchen, He Xiaofen peeked from the back door on tiptoes, and then turned to her mother with a smile: "I can see it, she's feeding him."

After He Xiaoyun finished feeding the man, she discarded the peach pits, her five fingers still splayed unnaturally, "Then... the chicken soup is almost done, so I go now."

After saying her piece, before Wei Jianwei could even speak, she turned around and returned to the kitchen. When she entered the door, her mother and her eldest sister were laughing at something they were talking about.

He Xiaoyun became curious: "What are you two talking about?"

He Xiaofen raised her eyebrows and glanced at the backyard, she teasingly said, "I told mom that you and your husband have such a good relationship, I'm afraid that Xiaoyuan has finally a brother or sister on your stomach right now."

He Xiaoyun was speechless. For some reason, her face burned hot and flushed. She suddenly wanted to shout out: Can you two be pure?!

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T/N: Yosh! I finally had some free time to update! So here it is! Don't worry about the translations, I'll make sure I do it! (Even if I had to forsake my sleeping time!)