Knowing that Uncle Xiaozu was angry, Gai Yin didn't dare to say anything. Today, Uncle Xiaozu was really beaten hard, and it would be bad if he made him angry again if he said the wrong thing. He turned around and took a large water bag from the house and handed it to him.
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"What?" Gai Jun glanced at him doubtfully, took the water bag and took a sip. He realized that it was wine, or good wine. His expression immediately changed from gloomy to clear, and he praised his nephew for his filial piety.
After drinking less than half of the wine in the bag, Gai Jun still felt unwilling to accept it, so he wanted to tease him out loud and asked: "Do you like Ah Bai?"
Gai Yin stiffened and didn't know how to reply.
Seeing this, Gai Jun felt very happy and asked again: "Then does she like you?"
Gai Yin was at a loss by his straightforward words.
"If you let me win once, I will promise her to you."
Gai Jun didn't care about the impact his words would have on Gai Yin, he walked straight into the stable and took out Tayun and rode on.
"Haha, Tan Xiaoer, let's go hunting with me. Get everything you need and take the black horse with you."
Gai Yin finally came to his senses and immediately couldn't laugh or cry.
On bad moons and bad days, people rarely travel, making the surrounding fields seem particularly empty.
Two people and one dog walked north along the white water for a while, then turned to the foot of an unknown mountain, and entered a hidden valley mouth by a familiar road. Obviously, this was not their first time here.
Entering the valley, you can see white and yellow wildflowers in full bloom, dotted among the green grass and cypresses. The gentle breeze blows, and the air is filled with a refreshing fragrance, making people unconsciously intoxicated.
Gai Jun is sitting on a horse holding a black horn bow. The bow has a slightly shorter body and a simple appearance. It is the standard compound riding bow of the Han Dynasty army.
Suddenly, a hare jumped out of the grass, about fifty steps away. The black horse pressed down, whining, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any time.
Gai Jun ordered it to stay where it was, looked at each other and shouted "drive" at the same time.
Rabbits are alert, petite, and agile in movement. They never run in a straight line when escaping. It is extremely difficult to hit them. The two people shot four arrows in the first two rounds, but none of them hit.
Gai Jun glanced at Gai Yin, gritted his steel teeth, pulled the string of his bow, and guided the arrow to the arrowhead. The arrow flew into the bush with a "whoosh" sound and penetrated the hare.
"Hahahaha, if you want to compete with me in riding and archery, you have to practice for another twenty years." Gai Jun raised his bow and said with joy, finally avenging his two one-shot defeats.
"..."
The two of them did not dismount to pick it up, but continued to move forward.
Black Horse ran to the rabbit corpse, picked up a jump in his mouth, and put the rabbit into the leather bag on the side of Tayun's hip.
He even hunted pheasants and more than ten rabbits, most of which were done by Gai Jun. There is no doubt that Gai Yin was no match for him in riding and shooting.
It was almost noon, and their stomachs started to growl, so they stopped by a stream.
Of course, cooking is not a job for one person. The two of them divide the work and cooperate. Here Gai Jun picks up some branches, clears an open space, and lights a fire. There, Gai Yin quickly shaves the fur and removes the internal organs, sprinkles salt on it, and puts it on the fire.
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After a while, a fragrance began to fill the air. Gai Yin immediately took out a knife and cut off a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully. He nodded to him, indicating that he could eat it.
Gai Jun cut a piece and tasted it, and found it delicious. At the same time, he took out the remaining half of the bag of wine, took a sip and handed it to Gai Yin.
Gai Yin didn't care about the courtesy and returned it after drinking.
Despite their young age, both of them are actually big eaters. They ate up several pheasants and rabbits in one mouthful of wine and one mouthful of meat.
After eating and drinking, Gai Jun was lazily lying on the lawn with a grass stem in his mouth, hugging Heiju, and suddenly asked: "What are your plans for the future?"
Gai Yin diverted water from the stream to put out the fire and shook his head. He didn't know whether he had thought about it or not.
Gai Jun turned his head and said seriously: "What I told you is not a joke."
Gai Yin looked at him puzzled.
"What I promised you, Abai."
Gai Yin was so happy that his round face was almost squeezed into the shape of a bun.
"Look at your potential." Gai Jun said angrily. This guy is obviously very tough, but he has no ambition at all. It's really hateful.
"You don't plan to let Abai be the groom's wife for the rest of your life? I feel sorry for you even if you don't feel sorry for me. No matter what, you have to be the wife of a school captain. Even if you don't think about Abai, where are your mother and brother? And you.
My father under the Nine Springs?"
Gai Yin's face became solemn, and he lowered his head in thought.
There was no conversation between them for half an hour after that.
Seeing that the smell of alcohol was gradually disappearing from his body, Gai Jun skillfully inserted his head into the stream, drank a few mouthfuls of water, jumped on his horse and headed back home.
Gai Yin followed silently.
When the two of them and one dog walked along the water, dusk had already appeared in the sky, and the blood-like sunset was gradually drowned by the thick clouds.
Suddenly, a faint cry of a baby came closer and closer, drifting in the wind. Gai Jun glanced around, but there was no trace. He couldn't help but look back at Gai Yin, who pointed towards the river.
"Huh?"
I saw a wooden basin floating down the river, wasn't it the source of the baby's cry?
Gai Juncai got off the horse, and Gai Yin was afraid that the uncle from the clan would mess up, so he jumped into the river first, swam to the wooden basin with his hands and feet, and carried him back to the shore.
Gai Jun frowned and took out a baby boy who was obviously not very young from the tub. He had heard that children born on May 5th were often abandoned or even strangled. He didn't believe it at first, but he didn't expect to meet him today.
Gai Yin wiped the water on his face: "Uncle Xiao Clan, the abandoned child must not have gone far, we can catch up."
"So what if I catch up with you? If you abandon this child so cruelly, how can you admit it? Even if you admit it, can you guarantee that this child's parents will not abandon him a second time?"
"What should we do?"
"Let's go home and talk about it. He's crying a lot here. I'm afraid he's hungry." Gai Jun put his son on the saddle and turned the horse's head.
When he returned to Wubao, he first found his maid A Yue who had just given birth to a baby. As expected, the baby stopped crying after a good meal of milk and fell asleep peacefully.
He had brought back a baby out of nowhere and had to inform his parents. He took the baby to the study room in the west wing of the south courtyard and knocked on the door.
"Father, grandma, it's me, Jinnu."
"Come in."
Gai Jun opened the door and walked in. His parents sat side by side in front of the case, holding bamboo slips in their hands and chatting, presumably exchanging their thoughts on the meaning of the scriptures.
When the Gai couple saw the baby in Gai Jun's arms, they were both startled and said nothing, waiting quietly for their son to speak.
Gai Jun explained: "My son picked up this child in the river."
The Gay couple understood immediately.
"This child is really lovable." Gai Ma Zhao took over the sleeping baby and said angrily: "The parents are really hateful and should be cut into pieces."
Father Gai shook his head and said: "Don't make a conclusion easily. There have always been more people abandoning daughters on May 5th than children. After all, children can inherit the family and will not be abandoned easily. Look at this child's body only wrapped in coarse cloth and nothing else.
It’s not expected that it came from an Ankang family, maybe it was abandoned because the parents couldn’t afford to support it.”
"From now on this child..." After all, he was saved by his own hands, and Gai Jun was particularly concerned about his future.
"There were several elderly families in the clan who did not have a son, so the child was given to one of them for adoption."
As the head of the family, Gai's father made the final decision.