Chapter 224: Chicken-Shaped Thoughts Inspired by the Red Kestrel
"Here, little girl. Here are the dried fish and the big tuna pillow I bought for you. You have to take the pillow apart when you get home. By then, it will become a really big tuna that is much bigger than Yaya."
After being kissed by Yaya, Xiang Yuanyuan hurriedly searched around and finally handed the two packages to Yaya.
"Thank you, aunt~"
Yaya held the things, kissed Xiang Yuanyuan again, and then returned to her mother.
"Come on, Maomao, you have one too."
Xiang Yuanyuan even took out a pet necklace from her bag and put it around Maomao's neck. The leather collar had a silver bone pendant hanging on it. When worn on the golden retriever, it really made the golden retriever look a bit more handsome.
"Oh, I spent so much money again. Yuanyuan, are you hungry? I'll go cook some noodles for you."
Everyone was very happy, even my mom, who said that they were wasting money, couldn't hide the happiness on her face.
"Okay, Du and I will add an egg."
Xiang Yuanyuan smiled when she heard this, and even took the initiative to make the decision for Du Ruo.
"Okay, okay, you guys sit down and rest for a while, it will be ready soon."
No one else noticed that Xiang Yuanyuan was a little extra enthusiastic today. Only my mother looked at Xiang Yuanyuan a few more times. But seeing that she and Du Ruo looked normal, she nodded and turned to go to the kitchen.
"Dad, are you free tomorrow morning?"
After dividing the things, they returned to the living room. Not long after they sat down, Du Ruo took the initiative to speak.
"I have nothing to do tomorrow, what's wrong?"
Dad was smoking a cigarette and when he heard Du Ruo's question, he just replied casually.
"Let's go to the city to look at cars tomorrow. Last time I said I would buy you a new car. Let's go tomorrow."
Du Ruo said softly, then picked up the tea and took a sip as if nothing had happened.
But he acted calm and composed, while others were not so calm. The living room immediately fell silent, and the sound of Du Na and Xiang Yuanyuan's chatting also disappeared in an instant.
"Didn't they say next year? Why so sudden?"
Dad didn't agree immediately, but glanced at Xiang Yuanyuan inadvertently, and seeing that she looked normal, he spoke.
"Oh, isn't it better to buy it early and enjoy it early? I'll buy the car tomorrow if I'm free. After it's been running in for a while, I can drive it out for a vacation with my mom next year."
Du Ruo just smiled. He had to go to the beautiful country in a few days. No matter how confident Du Ruo was, he couldn't help but want to arrange some things at home.
"I haven't discussed this with your mother yet?"
Dad was obviously a little hesitant and looked in the direction of the kitchen, but he was still somewhat tempted.
"It's okay. Ask mom to go with you tomorrow. We can discuss it on the way. Sister, brother-in-law, are you free? Let's go together."
Du Ruo waved her hand and invited her sister Du Na and brother-in-law to go together.
"Okay."
The same is true for my brother-in-law when it comes to looking at cars, few men can refuse him.
"Tsk, why not do it tomorrow? It's just past noon now. Yuanyuan and I can have some noodles and then go to the city. We can book a car. There's no need to delay it another day tomorrow."
Seeing that no one had any objections, Du Ruo looked at the time. It was only about one o'clock in the afternoon, so he simply moved the time forward.
"So urgent?"
Perhaps Du Ruo was a little too anxious, and everyone present noticed something unusual, especially Dad, who began to frown, but did not look at Du Ruo, but at Xiang Yuanyuan.
"What's the hurry? Come on, Yuanyuan, eat your noodles."
Just then, my mother came out of the kitchen with noodles, called out, and asked the two to start eating.
"Mom, I have to go out in a few days. A friend wants to invite me to go fishing at sea. It's a bit far this time. I'm afraid it will take ten days or half a month to come back. I'm going alone this time. Yuanyuan will come over for dinner."
Du Ruo said something to her mother with a smile, then gave Duna a wink, and went to the dining table with Xiang Yuanyuan to eat noodles.
"You're going out so far again, and you didn't even bring Yuanyuan with you. What a shame."
Du Ruo's words just now dispelled his father's doubts. Only his mother murmured a little, but she didn't say much.
"Mom, change your clothes, we'll go out later."
Du Na understood what Du Ruo meant and took her mother to the room.
When I came out not long after, my mother had changed her clothes. I don’t know what Du Na said to my mother, but she didn’t refuse to buy a car.
In the afternoon, we drove two cars out and headed directly to the car sales city in the city.
When my dad was in the car, he listed the brands of vehicles he had seen recently, and kept talking about the pros and cons of the brands and their performance.
He was talking excitedly, only his mother was secretly pinching his father, obviously she still had some opinions about his hiding the truth from her. As a result, Du Ruo nodded and agreed to everything while driving, but when he arrived at the car city, he drove directly to the Mercedes-Benz 4S store.
Seeing this scene, my father opened his mouth but said nothing, while my mother secretly increased her strength.
It didn’t take too long to choose the car.
After seeing the Mercedes-Benz, all the other car brands my dad had thought about were forgotten.
No matter how much negative news Mercedes-Benz has on the Internet, rural people don't pay so much attention to it. The son bought a Mercedes-Benz for his father to drive. No one in the whole village or even in the neighboring villages has ever heard of anyone doing this. Just for this reason, my parents will definitely be the most handsome old people in the village for the rest of their lives.
After choosing the model, Du Ruo made the decision and finally swiped the card. Everything was settled. Dad no longer wanted to look at other brands of cars, and Mom no longer complained about how expensive it was.
The brother-in-law patted his chest and assured that Du Ruo didn't need to worry about the subsequent procedures, and he would accompany his father throughout the process.
The atmosphere when we got home was completely different. Even my sister Duna insisted on treating us, so we found a restaurant in town and had dinner before going back.
After dinner, Du Na and her family stayed in the town, and after Du Ruo sent her parents back home, she took Xiang Yuanyuan back to the B&B.
Yang Ling had already arranged for an aunt to come and clean the yard that Du Ruo rented, so Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan could move in directly after they returned.
Xiang Yuanyuan was indeed a little tired today as she had been running around the whole day, but after returning home, the two of them washed up and insisted on meditating and practicing qigong for an hour before going to bed.
Originally, I thought Xiang Yuanyuan would fall asleep quickly, but as soon as she got on the bed, her hands groped down, and when Du Ruo stood up, she turned over and started to whip the horse.
Not just once, but again and again, until three in the morning, when he finally lay down exhausted to rest.
"Ah~"
Du Ruo touched Xiang Yuanyuan's sweaty hair and sighed. He understood Xiang Yuanyuan's change. Both of them did not take any measures. Xiang Yuanyuan was so enthusiastic just because she wanted to get pregnant as soon as possible, which made Du Ruo even more worried.
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The next day, the two got up very late. They had originally planned to go up the mountain, but because of this delay, they had to postpone it.
Xiang Yuanyuan still felt a little weak. She sat under a parasol in the yard, drinking tea and watching Du Ruo practicing boxing.
Du Ruo was practicing Xingyiquan, but it was not the Five Elements Boxing nor the Twelve Forms. His movements were somewhat random, and people could only see the shadow of Xingyi, but could not tell which specific boxing style it was.
"Ok?"
Du Ruo, who was practicing boxing, suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
"Honey, what's going on? Hey, it's the Red Falcon!"
Xiang Yuanyuan had been paying attention to Du Ruo. When she saw him stop, she couldn't help but feel curious. Just as she asked, she saw a tiny creature swooping down from the sky and standing on Du Ruo's shoulder.
When she looked clearly, she realized it was the kestrel on the mountain.
Xiang Yuanyuan hurried over and looked at it with some curiosity. She didn't expect that the red kestrel would appear here.
"Yuanyuan, go buy some beef. These little guys have come to our house, so we must treat them well."
Du Ruo looked at the red kestrel standing on his shoulder and looking at him with its head tilted, and could not help but smile, then asked Xiang Yuanyuan to buy some meat.
Du Ruo stopped boxing and brought Hong Jian to the tea table. While teasing Hong Jian, he took out some peanuts, melon seeds and the like and tried to feed Hong Jian.
Who knew that the red kestrel was so arrogant. When it saw the peeled peanuts in Du Ruo's palm, it just pecked at Du Ruo's palm, and then went on to comb its feathers, with a bit of disdain.
It was not until Xiang Yuanyuan came back from buying beef that the red kestrel jumped onto Xiang Yuanyuan's arm as if it had smelled something and stared at the beef in Xiang Yuanyuan's hand.
"Wow, this kestrel seems to have grown a lot. It's a lot bigger, and look at its claws. They look very strong."
Xiang Yuanyuan put the beef and the bag on the table and watched the kestrel jumping on it. When it tore the beef with its beak, it used its claws and body to tear off a piece of beef and then eat it into its stomach.
"Well, it's true."
Du Ruo hadn't paid much attention at first, but seeing that Xiang Yuanyuan was so interested, the two of them just sat beside the coffee table and watched the red kestrel eat.
"Honey, this red kestrel's legs are so thick and strong. It looks very powerful."
Xiang Yuanyuan asked curiously.
"That's because you've seen too many chicken legs. You're used to seeing them, so you think the kestrel's legs are out of proportion. The kestrel is a carnivore, so its claws and legs are its most powerful weapons. How can it not be strong? And it can't have too much meat, so the meat is evenly distributed between the thighs and calves."
Du Ruo gave a few words of explanation casually, but his eyes were unconsciously attracted to Hong Xun's legs.
"Oh, then I'm pretty good at watching chickens. We have cockfighting in Fujian, and I've seen it. I'll take you to see it when you come back."
Xiang Yuanyuan was originally very excited, but when she talked about waiting for Du Ruo to come back, she couldn't help but lower her voice.
"Haha, the attack power of chicken claws is not that strong. I heard that the owner of the fighting cock will tie razor blades to the chicken claws. If it is a kestrel, there is no need for razor blades at all. The chicken legs are mainly... huh?"
Du Ruo was originally explaining it to Xiang Yuanyuan, but while speaking he became stunned.
He observed the chicken's legs more than once, but he was so focused on observing the chicken's foraging state that he could only see the chicken's claws scratching on the ground and was completely unable to comprehend the true meaning of it. However, he just realized that he seemed to be wrong.
(End of this chapter)
