Chapter 26 The Antelope
An antelope only weighed more than a hundred kilograms. Su Jiuyue thought that she could handle it.
Wu Xiyuan knew what she wanted to do and stopped her, "Let me do it!"
Although Wu Xiyuan was tall, he did not seem to know how to do it. Therefore, Su Jiuyue doubted whether he could carry the antelope.
But what Wu Xiyuan did next shocked her. He picked up the antelope by the legs effortlessly.
Su Jiuyue immediately put the rice bag on Wu Xiyuan's shoulders, lest the blood stained his clothes.
Wu Xiyuan carried the antelope, walking in the front, while Su Jiuyue helped him behind. In this way, they walked from dusk to sunset.
Their stomachs were growling. Su Jiuyue rubbed her stomach and comforted Wu Xiyuan.
"Hold on. We'll be home soon."
They had just reached the entrance of the village when they met Liu Cuihua, who ran to them as soon as she saw them.
"How did you come back now? There are wolves when the night comes!"
She was worried about them and regretted letting them go back alone. She should let the adults send them back. If anything happened to them, she would hate herself.
As she got closer to them, she found that Wu Xiyuan seemed to be carrying something on the back.
She quickly took it down and asked, "What's this?"
Su Jiuyue gasped, "We saw two antelopes fighting on the way we were back. The antelope was killed, so Xiyuan and I brought it back. Then we could more food to eat."
Liu Cuihua felt lucky to have such a good daughter-in-law. Su Jiuyue just married into the Wu family for a few days, but she cared about them so much.
"Oh, you must be tired! Jiuya, go to the house and ask your brother to pick the antelope."
Su Jiuyue then hurried home.
Wu Xiyuan seldom did chores and he was really tired this time. Even Su Jiuyue felt distressed for him, let alone his mother.
She quickly unloaded the antelope from Wu Xiyuan's back and put it at the entrance of the village, waiting for her eldest son to pick it up.
As soon as Su Jiuyue entered the house, she shouted, "Brother! Brother! "
The family went back to their rooms after dinner. But they all went out when they heard Su Jiuyue's worried voice.
"What's the matter? You're breathless, Jiuyue. Didn't you go out with Xiyuan? Why did you come back alone?" The big brother was very worried when he didn't see Xiyuan come back. Xiyuan had an accident once. He would be upset if something wrong happened to him again.
Hearing that, Su Jiuyue knew big brother had misunderstood her. She hurriedly said, "It's not that case. Xiyuan is fine. Don't worry. Xiyuan and I found an antelope on the way back and we have carried it back. The antelope was at the entrance of the village now. Mom asked you to get it back."
The Wu family hadn't eaten meat for many days. When the members of the Wu family heard that, they were about to rush out to take it back. Wu Dacheng was extremely excited.
But they were stopped by Tian Xiuniang. "Wait a minute! You will attract others' attention if you go out altogether! The others will know that we have meat!"
Chen Zhaodi didn't think so, however. She said, "Even if we can hide it tonight, the whole village will know that we got an antelope when we cook it. That creature has a strong smell."
Tian Xiuniang was about to speak when Wu Chuan interrupted them. He took a draw on the cigarette and said, "Fine. Dacheng and Ercheng will go to pick it up. The others will just stay at home."