Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

"Bang!"

"Dad, what do you want from me?"

Li Qingshan pushed the door open suddenly and asked his father Li Chengman.

Li Chengman was startled by the slamming of the door and angrily scolded, "You son of a bitch, you should knock on the door and report before entering. I've told you so many times, but you just won't listen. Do you think this is your home?"

After saying that, Li Chengman stood up and raised his foot to kick Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan quickly hid aside and said, "Dad, I'll remember this and pay attention next time."

"Qingshan, this is just the last time. If you don't change after repeated admonitions, watch out for your skin."

Li Chengman didn't really want to kick him, he just wanted to scare Li Qingshan. He took a letter from the table and handed it to Li Qingshan: "Here."

"Dad, what is it?" Li Qingshan took the letter and asked Li Chengman in confusion.

Li Chengman lit up his pipe and said with a smile, "You will know after you take a look."

Li Qingshan looked at the smile on his father's face and knew it was a good thing. He opened the letter and took a look. He looked up at Li Chengman and said, "Dad, this is a letter from my brother!"

Li Chengman said: "Keep reading."

"Oh!" Li Qingshan continued to look down and saw that his wife Qin Huairu was pregnant. He smiled and said to his father, "Dad, I'm going to be a father."

"Hey, that's not right!"

"Dad, my brother wrote this letter not long after we left. Why didn't he send it until now?"

"With this time difference, the children must have been born by now."

Hearing this, Li Chengman said uncertainly: "Maybe something delayed him!"

"Hurry up and write back to your brother and name the child."

Li Qingshan asked, "Dad, what should we name our child?"

Li Chengman smoked a cigarette and thought for a while, then replied, "Name it after your brother, and you can think of the rest of the name yourself?"

"Oh, I see. Let's call him Li Weidong!" Li Qingshan found a piece of letter paper in his father's room and started writing the letter. After he finished writing, he handed it to his father and said, "Dad, I'm done. Can you take a look at it? If it's ok, just send it out directly."

"There are still a few days until the Chinese New Year, and I don't know if the letter can be delivered before the New Year."

"It would be nice if there was still family leave, so I could see my children."

"You're just thinking about good things!" Li Chengman took the letter, looked at it, nodded and said, "Okay, leave the letter here first, I'll mail it out tomorrow, Lao Er, you can go back and have a rest first!"

"Got it, Dad."

Li Qingshan walked out of the house, closed the door, and went back to sleep.

 …

Li Qingfeng was cooking New Year's Eve dinner in the kitchen. When he saw Weiguo sticking his head out of the kitchen door and looking cautiously in his direction, with two little kids following behind him, he couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Weiguo, what are you doing there with your brother and sister?"

When Li Weiguo saw that he and his brother and sister were discovered by his father, he walked into the kitchen and whispered to Li Qingfeng, "Dad, can you take us to set off firecrackers?"

Before Li Qingfeng could finish his words, Wu Lirong, who was making dumplings next to him, said, "Weiguo, Weihong, Weijun, don't you three see that your father is busy? Let's set off the firecrackers when we eat."

Li Qingfeng looked at the three children's disappointed expressions and said with a smile: "Where is your master? Why don't you go find him to take you to set off firecrackers."

Li Weiguo said, "Dad, my master and grandpa are playing chess."

Li Weijun: "Yes! Dad, grandma is away to look after my brother, and now there is no one to play with me."

Li Weihong said, "Dad, you will make delicious food and accompany me to set off firecrackers."

"Then wait until I finish cooking and then I'll play with you. You can go back to your room and read picture books first." After Li Qingfeng said this, he ignored the three children and continued cooking.

"Oh!" Li Weiguo held his brother's hand with one hand and his sister's hand with the other, walked out of the kitchen, and slowly returned to the house. He found the comic book and put it on the kang. He carried his brother and sister to the kang one by one with great effort, took off their shoes, and said, "Look! Dad will be able to play with the three of us in a while."

"I know, brother."

The two little men responded at the same time, then lowered their heads and began to read the picture books seriously. Although they had read these picture books countless times, they still found them very interesting.

Li Qingfeng looked at the last dish, which was about to be served, and said to Wu Lirong, who was making dumplings, "Lirong, don't make dumplings yet. The dishes will be ready soon. Go call our father and the others to come and eat."

"Yes!" Wu Lirong washed her hands, left the kitchen and came into the house. Seeing her master and her father still playing chess, she said softly, "Dad, Master, it's time to eat."

Quanfu responded: "Yes."

Wu Chenggui said, "I know, I'll finish it right away."

Wu Lirong shook her head in amusement and walked into the inner room. Seeing the three children lying on the kang and reading the comic book seriously, she said with a smile, "Children, stop reading. It's time to eat."

"Ah!" Li Weihong said, "Mom, what delicious food did Dad make?"

Li Weijun said, "Mom, please put on my shoes for me. I want Dad to take me to set off firecrackers."

Only Li Weiguo didn't say anything. He got off the kang quickly, put on his shoes and ran out.

"Brother, wait for me." Li Weijun watched his elder brother run out of the house without him, and quickly said to Wu Lirong, "Mom, help me put on my shoes quickly. I want to follow my elder brother and let Dad take us to set off firecrackers."

"Got it, little ancestor." Wu Lirong put shoes on the two men, watched them run out in a hurry, and shouted, "Wei Hong, Wei Jun, you two should run slower."

As soon as Li Weiguo ran into the kitchen, he shouted to Li Qingfeng, "Dad, can you take us to set off firecrackers now?"

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Okay."

Li Qingfeng led Li Weiguo, holding Li Weijun who followed behind, to the utility room to get a string of firecrackers.

He said to the three children, "Cover your ears and stay away from them. Be careful not to get hit."

"Oh!"

"Got it, Dad."

When the three children heard what Li Chengman said, they nodded quickly and came to the kitchen door, covering their ears and looking at Li Qingfeng.

Li Qingfeng turned to Wu Lirong and said, "Lirong, go to Huairu's room and watch over the child. Don't let the child get scared by the sound of firecrackers."

"I understand, Brother Qingfeng." After hearing what Li Qingfeng said, Wu Lirong went into the house to find Qin Huairu.

Li Qingfeng watched Lirong enter the house. The three children stayed away from the firecrackers, so he lit a cigarette and used the cigarette butt to light the firecrackers. He then quickly ran towards the children.

"Crack! Crack!"

The sound of firecrackers suddenly rang out in the yard.

When the three children saw the firecrackers going off, they covered their ears and jumped around, shouting happily.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"Ah! Ah!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

The sound of firecrackers in the yard was like a fuse. Before the firecrackers had finished sounding, firecrackers rang out one after another nearby, like a chorus.

After the firecrackers stopped going off, Li Qingfeng called his three children and went into the house to eat the New Year's Eve dinner.

This year's New Year's Eve dinner was divided into two tables. Those who were drinking ate at a small table, and the remaining wine was drunk in Qin Huairu's room.

Qin Huairu is still in confinement after giving birth and it is not convenient for her to go out, so Wu Lirong and her mother-in-law took the three children to Qin Huairu's room to eat, which also made it convenient for them to help Qin Huairu take care of the children.