After the tragic death of his daughter, the honest father of the age awakened

Chapter 164
After dinner and the whole family took a shower, it was getting dark.

A full moon gradually emerged, and the moonlight was so bright that even the kerosene lamp was no longer needed.

The dining table was not taken back to the main room and was still placed in the yard.

But at this time, there was no food on it, replaced by moon cakes, oranges and grapefruits, all brought back by Xu Qingmu and Zhao Dashan.

There are also glutinous rice cakes that Cui Lanhua steamed today.

It's just that tonight's glutinous rice cakes don't seem to be very popular. Both Xu Shuxin and Xu Shuyue are focusing on moon cakes and fruits.

There were mooncakes exchanged by Xu Shuxin in the room of Xu Qingmu and his wife, but Zhao Dashan knew his situation better and could not take them out. He could only say sorry to Zhao Dashan in his heart.

I remember when he brought the clothes made by Cui Lanhua to Zhao Dashan, he would complain about the waste, ask him where the fabric for the clothes came from, and even try to give him money.

At that time, Xu Qingmu thought hard and gave a reason to fool him. Now he doesn't want to fool him anymore.

He decided to wait until things got better at home before slowly repaying Zhao Dashan.

However, Xu Qingmu was not disgusted with Zhao Dashan's previous behavior of questioning him about the source of the fabric and telling him to be careful when changing things.

Because he knew that Zhao Dashan really cared about him, that's why he asked that question.

If it were Old Man Xu and Mrs. Xu, they might not ask where those things came from, but would only ask if there were any more and why they didn't give more.

Even if he asked where he got it, it was for his brothers, so that his brothers could also benefit.

When Xu Qingmu put things on the table, Cui Lanhua took out a clean knife from the kitchen, and Xu Qingmu took it, "I'll do it."

He first cut the mooncake into small pieces, then cut and peeled the grapefruit, tore off the white outer layer, divided it into pieces and placed them on the dinner table.

Xu Shuyan raised her hand to take the grapefruit, but Xu Qingmu patted it gently, "Let your Grandpa Zhao eat it first."

Zhao Dashan waved his hand, "Don't worry about this, you can eat it, and I don't like to eat these things."

Xu Shuxin didn't believe it. There were still people who didn't like eating fruits?

She picked up a grapefruit and handed it to Zhao Dashan, "Grandpa Zhao, eat it."

Attitude is tough.

Seeing this, Zhao Dashan had no choice but to take it, "Grandpa Zhao, thank Xinxin."

Zhao Dashan took it, and Xu Shuyan couldn't bear it anymore. She picked up a piece of grapefruit and was about to stuff it into her mouth. Xu Shuxin quickly stopped her, "Sixth Sister, you have to pull out the outer layer of skin before you can eat it. Also, the inside is The core must also be spit out.”

Xu Shuyan did as she was told, but she kept talking, "Xinxin, you haven't eaten grapefruit before, how do you know?"

Xu Shuxin: "...I heard what dad said, dad, right?"

As she spoke, she mentally complained about the system.

This dog system must know why she knows this, but no matter how she asks, she can't get an answer.

Later she simply stopped asking.

Xu Qingmu was very cooperative, "Yes, I told Xinxin."

Xu Qingmu's family was so happy to enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes and fruits, and chat. However, most families in the Peace Brigade did not have this happiness.

They have to tighten their belts in daily life. Even during festivals like the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's just a few extra grains of rice.Unless, like the branch secretary, someone in the family is serving as a soldier or working outside, they are willing to buy some candies and moon cakes and share them with the whole family.

But there are still very few people like the party secretary in the entire Peace Brigade, so even if the moonlight is bright, most of the members go to bed early.

Even the patrolling militia team went back after seeing that it was getting late.

Zhao Xingsheng spat, "Let's all go back. It's been a whole day. Except for the traces of the wild boar's hooves, we didn't see even a single pig hair. It seems that those wild boars have run away long ago and will not come back. Let’s go back to bed too.”

With that said, Zhao Xingsheng took the lead and walked towards the village.

When I left, I didn’t forget to complain, “We are working hard patrolling here, but Xu Qingmu and his family are eating meat. It’s really unfair!”

In the evening, he happened to pass by Xu Qingmu's house and smelled the aroma of meat coming from his house. At that time, his saliva could not help but flow from the corner of his mouth.

Hearing Zhao Xingsheng's words, everyone in the team couldn't help but ask, "Captain, how do you know that Xu Qingmu's family eats meat? Did you smell it?"

Zhao Xingsheng curled his lips, "I just smelled it. This Xu Qingmu is really willing to give up. It's just a Mid-Autumn Festival. Every family is not celebrating it as usual, but his family is special and eats meat!"

"And his girls, they just found traces of wild boars walking by. What's the fuss? They ran to tell the captain, otherwise we wouldn't be patrolling?"

His tone was full of complaints.

"That's it!" Someone echoed, "Then his daughter is really troublesome! Captain, should we continue tomorrow?"

Zhao Xingsheng: "Forget it, let's just go around. But you will get work points if you go around a few times. Only a fool would not do it. But let's go back early in the evening."

"Just listen to the captain."

Several people were still talking about Xu Qingmu as they walked into the village.

"I don't know what kind of bad luck Xu Qingmu got, to be able to go to work in the commune, and now he is eating meat! I haven't smelled meat in a long time!"

"Who isn't? But Xu Qingmu is willing to eat it. If we have a job, our family will be reluctant to eat meat."

"Hey! He doesn't have a son. What will he do with the money in his hand? Should he leave it to his daughter? In the future, his daughter will belong to someone else's family. Doesn't that mean he uses his own money to raise money-losing products for others? So of course he is willing to give it up."

"What you said makes sense..."

Xu Qingmu didn't know that members of the team found out about their family's meat-eating, but he wasn't afraid even if they found out. He had a job now, so it wouldn't be surprising if he could afford meat.

Moreover, many members of the club saw him and Zhao Dashan coming back, and they also saw the meat and fish in his hand.

Most of the members had no other thoughts except envy, and only a few were as unhappy as Zhao Xingsheng.

Old man Xu was lying on the bed, thinking about the overt and overt comments from his son and daughter-in-law during dinner in the evening, and how Xu Qingmu didn't even come over to look at him, let alone bring him meat, and how he felt in his heart...

He felt that the old woman was right, Xu Qingmu was also a white-eyed wolf and a troublemaker, and should have been thrown away when he was a child.

He rubbed the glutton in his stomach and thought about how to build a good relationship with Xu Qingmu in the future so that he would take the initiative to think of him as his biological father when he had good food at home. Slowly, he fell asleep.

At Xu Qingmu's house, after the family had admired the moon, it was almost ten o'clock.

Sisters Cui Lanhua and Xu Shuxin went back to their rooms.

Xu Qingmu used wooden boards to build a temporary bed in the main room and put a quilt on it. He and Zhao Dashan spent the night in the main room.

(End of this chapter)