Ye Tiancheng was considerate of his younger brother, but the little fox only felt that he wasn't that uncomfortable and could still help his elder brother. Therefore, the little fox expressed that he could help Ye Tiancheng, and there were no problems.
Hearing the little fox say this, Ye Tiancheng carefully observed the little fox's condition.
Ye Tiancheng found that the little fox was indeed not forcing himself too much and his condition didn't seem particularly bad. So, in the end, he did not refuse his brother's help.
Ye Tiancheng felt that if his brother himself felt there was no problem with this small matter, then there was no need to force him.
Thus, another day proceeded as usual.
Ye Tiancheng took the little fox with him up the mountain to collect firewood. After collecting it, they had to bring it home and split it before they would have suitable firewood to use.
This was also one of Ye Tiancheng's daily tasks.
First, he checked if there was enough firewood. If not, he had to go and collect firewood immediately.
While collecting firewood, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox received a lot of attention from people. Ye Tiancheng roughly knew the reason. It seemed that he was originally from the western village and after marrying Aya, he moved to Aya's village.
Therefore, within a short time after getting married, the villagers in Aya's village were not very familiar with Ye Tiancheng, and it was likely that their curiosity was quite strong.
So, Ye Tiancheng didn't pay much attention to the gazes of others.
He and the little fox worked together, their hands and feet were quite agile, and they quickly finished what they needed to do.
Because collecting firewood and then splitting it required quite a lot of time, by the time Ye Tiancheng finished splitting the firewood, even though he was very fast, it was already time for Ye Tiancheng to quickly prepare lunch.
He had promised his wife Aya that morning that he would be responsible for lunch and dinner today.
Ye Tiancheng looked at the firewood that had not yet been moved. The little fox beside him assured Ye Tiancheng that he could help his elder brother complete these tasks, and his elder brother could go cook with peace of mind.
Ye Tiancheng saw that time was indeed running short and did not refuse.
As Ye Tiancheng walked to the kitchen to cook, the little fox looked left and right, instinctively wanting to call out, as if wanting to ask someone to help him. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly became bewildered, unable to remember who he was supposed to call.
It was strange. Why would he suddenly feel that his elder brother didn't just have him as a brother, but seemed to have someone else accompanying him?
This was too strange...
The little fox was somewhat confused.
Clearly, Ye Tiancheng only had him as a brother. How could he have such a strange thought?
The little fox was puzzled in his heart and finally just shook his head, deciding not to think about it further.
Just as the little fox was moving the split firewood, a bird with mottled black and white feathers suddenly flew over and landed on the pile of firewood.
The little fox looked at the bird and was stunned for a moment.
He seemed to remember something, and yet he seemed to remember nothing.
After a long while, the little fox regained his ability to think and then looked at the mottled black and white feathered bird, a smile appearing on his face. He reached out and stroked the bird's head.
The bird didn't seem to notice the little fox's touch.
Clearly, they knew each other.
The little fox said to the bird, "You're back? Where did you fly off to before?"
The little fox remembered that this bird was raised by his elder brother Ye Tiancheng and him for a long time. This bird recognized its masters and was very spiritual, able to recognize them.
The bird felt somewhat comfortable being stroked by the little fox, its eyes squinting, its neck retracting. Upon hearing the little fox's words, it tilted its head slightly, its gaze towards the little fox seeming a little confused.
After the little fox finished speaking, he became a little dazed again.
He shook his head, thinking that his state was truly strange. Why was he talking to a bird?
Actually, talking to a bird wasn't a big deal.
People who kept pets, even if they knew their pets couldn't understand them, would still talk to their pets.
However, the little fox had a vague feeling.
For a moment, he felt that the bird in front of him could actually understand what he was saying.
This was truly a bizarre thought.
How could a bird understand human speech?
The little fox interacted with the bird for a while, and then immediately resumed moving the firewood, also speeding up a bit, moving all the split firewood to its proper place.
After finishing the work at hand, the little fox's first reaction was to find his elder brother Ye Tiancheng.
As a result, before the little fox had walked two steps, he heard a door open.
The little fox instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw Aya coming out of the room.
He looked at Aya, and the word "sister-in-law" was on the tip of his tongue, but he always felt a little awkward, unable to say it. The little fox thought that perhaps it was because his elder brother had only recently married Aya, so he wasn't used to it.
However, due to this hesitation, the little fox did not greet Aya, but Aya spoke to the little fox first.
Although Aya's main purpose in speaking to the little fox was not because she wanted to talk to him.
Aya walked up to the little fox and asked, "Where is your brother? Where did he go?"
The little fox instinctively dared not look directly at Aya, lowered his head slightly, and obediently answered Aya's question, "Big brother said that he will be making lunch and dinner today, so after big brother finished splitting the firewood, he went to cook."
After hearing the little fox's answer, Aya nodded and did not intend to talk further with the little fox. Instead, she turned and walked towards the kitchen.
The little fox looked at Aya's receding back and frowned slightly.
He felt that he didn't quite like this sister-in-law. However, now that Aya was his sister-in-law, there was no use saying anything. The little fox could only comfort himself, thinking that since his elder brother liked her, Aya was his sister-in-law, and he should try to accept Aya.
Thinking this in his heart, the little fox sighed slightly.
Actually, Aya seemed to have no problems. She was pretty, young, and didn't seem to have a bad temper or treat him poorly. But for some reason, the little fox couldn't develop any good feelings towards her.
The little fox felt a bit awkward about this, but he couldn't express it.
If he told his elder brother Ye Tiancheng about this, his elder brother would surely be troubled by it.
As soon as the little fox thought of this, he couldn't help but retreat.
Ye Tiancheng was cooking in the kitchen. When he heard movement outside the door, he thought it was the little fox who had come over, so he said without turning his head, "Little fox, have you finished moving the firewood? Then quickly go rest, no need to come to the kitchen to help me."
Who knew that the voice that sounded behind him was not the little fox's voice.
Ye Tiancheng only heard Aya's voice behind him. Aya replied to Ye Tiancheng, "You guessed wrong! It's me!"
Realizing he had mistaken the person, Ye Tiancheng turned around in surprise.
Then, Ye Tiancheng saw Aya walking in from the kitchen door and approaching him.
Ye Tiancheng said to Aya, "Didn't we agree that I would be making lunch and dinner today? What are you doing in the kitchen?"
"It's smoky here, you should go out and wait."
Aya walked up to Ye Tiancheng and wrapped her arms around his waist, saying playfully, "When I came out of the room, I saw your brother. He said you were cooking in the kitchen, so I came to take a look."
"I didn't expect you could actually cook! And you're doing a pretty good job. I was worried you'd make a mess of the kitchen."
Ye Tiancheng was suddenly hugged by Aya and felt inexplicably uncomfortable, his whole body stiffening. However, after hearing what Aya said, Ye Tiancheng was stunned for a moment and looked at Aya with some confusion, then said, "I can cook, Aya, didn't you know?"
Aya did not answer for a moment.
After a few seconds, Aya released Ye Tiancheng and said, "You've never cooked for me before, how would I know you could cook?"
Ye Tiancheng's brow furrowed slightly.
He thought carefully and searched through his memories for a long time. Then, Ye Tiancheng realized that he indeed seemed to have no relevant memories. So, he looked at Aya apologetically and said to her, "I'm sorry, it was my oversight. I will cook for you more often in the future."
This was truly his fault.
He hadn't cooked for his significant other before?
Ye Tiancheng was talking and chatting with Aya while cooking. Suddenly, Aya asked Ye Tiancheng, "How can you cook? It seems like not many men can cook, right? How come you can?"
Upon hearing Aya's question, Ye Tiancheng's first reaction was to reply to Aya, "What's so strange about that? What's wrong with being able to cook? What does it have to do with being male or female?"
"No one stipulates that cooking is a woman's job, is there?"
However, regarding how Ye Tiancheng learned to cook.
Ye Tiancheng thought for a long time. After a while, he told Aya, "I learned to cook because I had to take care of my younger brother. It seems that for a period of time, only my brother and I lived together, and he was still young then."
"So, naturally, such a heavy responsibility should be borne by me."
Aya nodded thoughtfully, "So that's how it is..."
She hadn't had high expectations for Ye Tiancheng's cooking skills. However, Ye Tiancheng's meal turned out to be quite surprising to Aya. Ye Tiancheng's skills were actually quite good, and the food he made was delicious.
Aya ate happily and even ate an extra bowl of rice at noon.
Seeing that Aya liked it, Ye Tiancheng said that if Aya liked his cooking, he could take charge of all the meals at home from now on. In Ye Tiancheng's view, this was not something he couldn't do.
Aya was naturally not opposed to this and was very happy.
As for the little fox, he sat on Ye Tiancheng's other side, with a bird by his hand. In his memory, this was a bird that he and his elder brother raised together. This bird was very omnivorous; no matter what he fed it, it would basically eat it.
Feed the bird food, and the bird eats.
Feed the bird vegetables, and the bird eats vegetables.
Feed the bird meat, and the bird is willing to eat meat.
It was truly hard to figure out what kind of bird this was, how it ate everything, and looking at its plumage, it was really strange, black and white, and it was impossible to determine its breed.
However, the little fox felt quite affectionate towards the bird and kept feeding it, taking a bite for himself and a bite for the bird, feeding it quite happily.