Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

Seeing that Grandma had something to say, Liu Yu hurriedly stopped her words and said, "Grandma, we bought some pork and big bamboo bones. Let's make bone soup and drink it tonight."

After that, he took a basket from the eaves corridor, carried it behind his shoulders, and said to the three of them: "I'll go to the mountains to find some mushrooms, and we'll make soup together in the evening."

"Bring a bamboo pole. We don't have many chestnuts at home. Bring back more." Nian took out a bamboo pole that had been erected on the wall and handed it to Liu Yu.

"It's done." Liu Yu went back to the house to get a sack, rolled it up, and put it into her backpack. Then she saw a large dustpan of chestnut shortcakes on the square table in the main room. She put a dozen more of them into her backpack while no one was paying attention.

Go out and pick up the bamboo pole from Nian's hand and go out of the fence gate.

"This kid, the road up the mountain is over there, why did he run into the village instead?" Nian couldn't help but muttered as she watched Liu Yu go out and turn in the opposite direction.

Changsheng remembered that when he came back, Liu Yu said that he had an idea in mind about who to look after Shui Sanmei, and knew that he would probably go to this person to avoid worrying about the two old people.

Changsheng used his words to cover it up a little: "I think the chestnuts on this mountain have been beaten almost completely, so Ayu went into the mountain from other mountain roads to hunt chestnuts!"

Nian just said it casually, not necessarily wanting a definite answer. Seeing that Changsheng was serious about what he said, he smiled, took the basket they brought back, and asked Liu Fusheng to find the hammer.

"Ignore him, let's break the bones first. The soup will be white and fragrant, and it will take some time."

Liu Yu rarely visited the village on weekdays, but now all the men were out looking for someone, and the women and husbands were either doing housework at home, or going to He Dayong's house to comfort Mr. Ren.

At this moment, there are only a few half-year-old children still playing in the village with mud and water.

As soon as several half-grown boys saw Liu Yu, they quickly moved out of the way to let Liu Yu pass.

"Don't get too close to the water. Is the adult here at this moment? Be careful of falling into the water."

"It's okay. We all know how to drink water. Brother Ayu, what are you doing?"

A tiger-headed boy looked at Liu Yu curiously.

Liu Yu smiled at him and recognized that the boy in front of him with dirty clothes and a dull face was the youngest son of the big-mouthed Wang family, Li Peng.

Li Peng is nine years old this year. He is at the age where cats hate dogs and he has no time to spare. This kid also chases chickens and beats dogs. He is just restless and playful. Every day in the village, you can hear loud mouths and scoldings. This kid's voice.

"I'm going to the mountains to pick chestnuts."

"Brother Ayu, I heard that your chestnut cake is delicious. Is it true?" Li Peng looked at Liu Yu with greedy eyes.

"Well, I put a lot of sugar in it. It's very sweet. It's soft and dense when it comes out of the pan, not to mention it's fragrant."

"Brother Ayu, I don't have money, can you let me try your freshly baked chestnut cake?" Probably knowing that it is not good to eat other people's food for free, Li Peng blushed slightly and said loudly: "I, I I can pick up chestnuts for you in exchange. I know which chestnut tree on the mountain has the biggest chestnuts."

"Okay, once I've picked up a sack of chestnuts, I'll treat you to shortbread."

Liu Yu looked at the other children who were also looking at him with starry eyes and smiled.

"Wow! Really, Brother Ayu, you are so kind."

"Let's go right now. Go up the mountain from behind my house, pass through the bamboo forest and turn two corners, and there will be four or five chestnut trees."

Several children were so excited when they thought of the soft and dense chestnut cake that they came up to surround Liu Yu and were about to go up the mountain.

These children usually go up the mountain to pick wild fruits, dig out bird eggs, and even dig traps to catch hares and pheasants. They are very familiar with this mountain, so Liu Yu doesn't worry about anything happening, so they walk together to the mountain road.

There are also four or five families living in this house. Liu Yu glanced around and saw that except for Aunt Xu's family feeding chickens in the fence yard, neither Da Zui Lao nor Shui Sanmei were there. She didn't know whether these two people were there. At home, I still went out.

"Li Peng, what are your eldest sister, second sister and sister Xiuxiu doing in Xunri? Why don't you see them at home?" Liu Yu asked pretending to be casual.

"My eldest sister and the three of them want to go to the mountains together to collect firewood."

Li Peng took a look at his fenced yard and said carelessly.

Liu Yu paused slightly. This big-mouthed ladle was wandering around the village all day long, gossiping. This Li Xia is only thirteen this year. Li Zhen is even younger. Although an eleven-year-old girl can do some work.

But how did Dazuipiao manage to feel at ease and let his two girls go to the mountains to collect firewood?

"Let's go." As he passed by these adobe houses, Liu Yu caught a glimpse of Chang Xi stretching out of the room.

Liu Yu rarely entered the mountain from this mountain road, and Li Peng jumped away. Several children about his age, who were not old enough to walk well, jumped ahead and led the way.

As soon as he came out of the bamboo forest, Liu Yu saw the figures of Tian Xiuxiu and others.

They were picking up dead branches in the forest, and several bundles had been tied on the ground not far from them. The three girls must have gone up the mountain after lunch.

Liu Yu distributed the chestnut cakes in the basket to several children, handed the bag over and asked them to pick it up first.

Li Peng and others didn't expect that the chestnut cake would be received before they even started working. Everyone's brows were beaming with joy. They held the chestnut cake and took a bite first. The warm pastry skin crumbled as soon as they touched it, and the chestnut filling inside As expected, it is creamy, dense, and very sweet.

They had never eaten such delicious cakes in their entire lives. In order for Liu Yu to hire them to pick chestnuts in the future, the children hurriedly made sure to pick big and good ones.

Seeing a few children laughing and walking away, Liu Yu walked up to Tian Xiuxiu's place.

This girl was a little far away from sisters Li Xia and Li Zhen, which was just right, so he didn't have to worry about keeping them away.

"Xiuxiu, I'm collecting firewood."

Tian Xiuxiu was crying secretly when she suddenly heard a sound from behind. She was so frightened that the branches in her hands fell off. She covered her thumping chest and turned around to see Liu Yu. For some reason, she could barely hold back. His eyes watered down.

"Brother Ayu." Tian Xiuxiu's voice was choked, probably because she was afraid that Li Xia and Li Zhen would hear it, so she glanced at the two of them and held back.

"Why are you crying? But it scared me."

Liu Yu dug into her arms and took out a fine cotton handkerchief. This was the leftover fabric that Zhao Tianyu made for Changsheng's inner clothes. Changsheng made two handkerchiefs for himself.

Tian Xiuxiu took the handkerchief and started to wipe it, but the tears became more and more. Liu Yu remained silent and just waited for her to finish crying.

"Brother Ayu, I'm sorry for soiling your handkerchief." Tian Xiuxiu returned the handkerchief to Liu Yu with a look of embarrassment on her eyes and the tip of her nose.

"It's okay, just go back and wash up." Liu Yu saw that Tian Xiuxiu had stopped crying at this moment, and was curious about why she was crying, and was afraid that asking would cause the girl in front of her to burst into tears, so she couldn't help but hesitate.