After Xiuxiu brought in the washed cabbage.
The family gathered around the kang and started to taste the so-called elk meat.
It was indeed a little tough, even tougher than beef.
But the meat flavor was strong, with a hint of freshness, and it wasn't bad at all.
In high spirits, seeing her husband drinking alone, Xiuxiu poured herself a small cup of wine and drank with him.
The little girl also started to clamor for a drink, so Xiuxiu poured her a cup as well.
They ate the hotpot until it got dark.
All three of them were full.
The little girl had even had a couple of extra cups, and now she was lying on the kang, clutching her stomach, half asleep.
This made both Xiuxiu and Li Yu laugh.
They cleaned up the mess in the room.
Xiuxiu thoughtfully brought in a basin of hot water from outside to wipe the little girl down, as she had sweated so much today.
If she stayed on the kang all night, she would become a stinky girl tomorrow.
Just as she was about to unbutton a few buttons, Xiuxiu suddenly turned her head.
She glared at Li Yu and said.
“Don't you have any shame? You really want to see that?”
“Cough cough.”
Li Yu, who had also had a bit too much to drink, was a little dazed and hadn't thought to avoid it.
He coughed twice to relieve his embarrassment.
He quickly got up and said.
“I'm drunk. I'll go to the backyard and take care of the meat so it doesn't get ruined by rats or something.”
“Be careful, don't catch a cold.”
“I know!”
Looking at Li Yu's hurried back.
Xiuxiu couldn't help but chuckle.
She murmured.
“He's good, but he wants everything. Sigh!”
She sighed.
Xiuxiu turned her head to look at the drowsy Little Min.
She reached out and pinched her rosy little cheek.
“And you, you were crying and clamoring to take good things from me when you were little, and you still dare to do that now, you're not letting your big sister have a moment of peace.”
The little girl felt uncomfortable and, half-awake, reached out to pull Xiuxiu's hand away from her face.
She murmured.
“Brother-in-law, don't bother me, I want to sleep!”
“Sleep your head off, get up and I'll wipe you down.”
Li Yu went to the backyard. The cold wind outside blew away some of the alcohol.
The meat piled on the sled was still there, untouched.
There was so much of it, there was no way the room could hold it all.
Tomorrow, he could go to the river and get some ice bricks to make a natural refrigerator to freeze the meat.
But with so much, he wouldn't be able to finish it all until next summer.
Besides, the meat would lose its flavor if it was frozen for too long.
He, a famous hunter in Xiagou Village, wasn't so down and out that he had to eat this kind of meat.
He would go see his uncle tomorrow and try to sell this meat.
He also had to tell him about the big-clawed creature at Eagle's Beak Cliff.
The livestock in the forest had been driven to the outer edge, making it easy for them to hurt people.
When Li Yu was almost finished cleaning up.
Xiuxiu also pushed open the door and came out.
Seeing that the venison was almost organized, she said softly.
“You didn't even take a break. You should have waited for me to come out and help you. Look at you, you're all sweaty.”
“It's fine, you don't have to come out. It's cold outside, don't catch a cold.”
Xiuxiu didn't insist, but returned to the house to prepare hot water for Li Yu to wipe himself down.
He had just finished doing so when Li Yu pushed the door open and walked in.
“Whew..... It's getting colder and colder.”
“Here's hot water, wipe yourself down to get rid of the cold. You'll be warm after you go to the kang.”
Li Yu looked at his wife, who had brought him the hot water and towel.
His heart warmed.
He casually asked.
“You haven't washed yet?”
Xiuxiu shook her head and said.
“I wiped Little Sister down. She had a little wine and got restless, and she messed around for a long time. Go wash yourself, I'll go after you!”
“No need, save water, let's do it together!”
“Huh?......... Huh!”
Before Xiuxiu could react, she was pulled over.
It was almost dawn before they finished.
The couple pushed open the door of the inner room and walked in.
They tidied up and snuggled into the warm bed.
Xiuxiu rubbed her still cold little hands.
She said coquettishly.
“Look at the trouble you've caused, it was so cold, you almost froze me to death.”
“I couldn't help myself, my wife is just so beautiful!”
Xiuxiu was immediately ashamed and angry.
“You, you're really getting on my nerves, how can you be so infuriating?”
“Haha, how about I give you something to make up for it, my dear wife?”
“Something? What is it?”
Xiuxiu looked curiously at her husband.
Noticing his smirk, she refused without thinking.
“No, if you do that, I might not be able to get up tomorrow!”
Seeing Xiuxiu's slightly wary look.
Li Yu smiled and pinched her nose, saying.
“I'm telling you something serious, why are you always thinking about that?”
“It's all your fault......”
Xiuxiu was both ashamed and angry, and her pretty face flushed red.
She took a deep breath, suppressing the fire in her heart, and asked.
“If it's something serious, then tell me what it is?”
If he didn't give her a proper explanation, she wouldn't be able to follow his lead in the future.
Li Yu reached behind him and touched around.
In Xiuxiu's puzzled look, he pulled out a gold bracelet and handed it to her.
“Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da, do you like it?”
“A gold bracelet?”
Xiuxiu took it from Li Yu's hand and examined it carefully, confirming that it was real gold.
She was immediately flustered and said.
“Where did you get this?”
Li Yu looked at his wife's surprised and delighted expression.
He smiled and said.
“This was saved by my grandfather for me to pass down, and now that you've married me, this gold bracelet is yours, the wife of our Li family.”
Li Yu's face didn't turn red, his heart didn't beat, he lied without even drafting a plan.
He had earned a lot of money today, and after buying the gun, he still had a lot left over.
Thinking about how his wife had followed him, except for buying her some cloth and cotton to make clothes, he had given her nothing else, and she hadn't complained a single word.
She had managed the house so well.
Li Yu felt that he owed her.
So he decided on the spur of the moment to buy a gold bracelet from the System Mall for 2,000 gold coins, as a token of love between him and Xiuxiu.
After hearing Li Yu's words, Xiuxiu lowered her head and looked at the gold bracelet in her hand.
She felt it was unusually heavy.
“This is too precious. We should sell it and get some money!”
Even though she was reluctant, Xiuxiu still thought of the whole family.
But Li Yu took the bracelet back.
He took her hand and forcefully put it on her wrist.
“Look, it looks so good. Besides, we don't lack money now. From now on, you'll be in charge of keeping it.”
Xiuxiu was a little flustered. She looked at the gold bracelet in her hand, then at her husband. This time, she took the initiative to lean in.