Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

At noon, Li Chengman asked his eldest daughter-in-law for the address of Weiguo School and went to pick up his eldest grandson.

Li Weiguo was very surprised that his grandfather came to pick him up from school.

He quickly ran forward, smiling and shouting, "Grandpa."

"Hey!"

Li Cheng picked up his grandson with a smile on his face and asked, "How is school? Are you hungry?"

"I was very obedient in school, and the teacher praised me."

As soon as Li Weiguo finished speaking, his stomach started to growl. He said in a low voice, "Grandpa, I'm hungry."

"I'm hungry, so let's go home and have something delicious."

After saying that, Li Chengman hugged Li Weiguo and walked towards home with a smile.

When Li Chengman got home, he saw that lunch was not ready yet, so he handed a bag of snacks to his grandson and asked him to share it with his younger brothers and sisters to fill their stomachs.

Li Weiguo happily took the snack and thanked Li Chengman: "Thank you, Grandpa."

Li Chengman rubbed Li Weiguo's little head and said with a smile: "Go! But you have to eat less, otherwise you won't be able to eat in a while."

"Ah."

Li Weiguo happily ran to his younger brothers and sisters and shared snacks with them joyfully.

Li Chengman lit a cigarette and sat in the yard, looking at them with loving eyes.

Not long after, Li Chengman heard his daughter-in-law calling for dinner.

Li Chengman said to his grandchildren, "Wash your hands and eat."

"Oh! Oh! I can finally eat."

Li Weiguo's five children chattered as they washed their hands in the sink, then trotted into the kitchen to eat.

Li Weiguo walked into the kitchen and saw the sumptuous meal on the table. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Lirong, Huairu, you don't have to cook such a sumptuous meal in the future. Just keep it simple."

"Got it, Dad. Just for this day."

Wu Lirong and Qin Huairu both responded with a smile.

"Well, let's eat! The kids are hungry."

Li Chengman smiled and picked up a piece of braised pork for each of the children. He seemed to remember something and stopped picking up the food. Then he said to Wu Lirong and Qin Huairu, "Lirong, Huairu, I will pick up the children from now on."

"When you're at home, I'll help you take care of the kids so you two can relax a little."

Hearing this, Wu Lirong and Qin Huairu looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

"Then I'll trouble dad."

After hearing this, Li Chengman laughed and said, "What's the trouble? It's just that Wei Qiang is still young, so I won't take him with me."

Wu Lirong and Qin Huairu both laughed when they heard this. They didn't say anything else and started eating directly, occasionally picking up some food for the children.

After dinner, the children went for nap.

Li Chengman had nothing to do, so he sat in the yard with a radio, smoking, drinking tea, and listening to the radio, looking very comfortable.

When it was almost time for his eldest grandson to go to school, Li Chengman called him up, helped him wash up, and then sent him directly to school.

After sending his eldest grandson off, Li Chengman did not stay idle at home. He wanted to go fishing.

He found the fishing rod and bucket in the utility room, then took a small stool and put them on the cart.

He said hello to his two daughters-in-law, asked his four beloved grandchildren, Wei Jun, Wei Dong, Wei Min and Wei Hong, to get on the cart, and then took them to Shisha Sea to go fishing.

When they arrived at Shishahai, Li Chengman saw that there were many people fishing, so he took his grandchildren to find a place with few people.

I parked the cart, let the grandchildren get off, and said to them, "Don't run too far. Just play around grandpa and don't go to the water. Got it?"

"I got it, Grandpa."

The four children of the guards nodded and shouted sensibly.

A serious middle-aged man not far away saw this scene, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised up, then he turned around and continued to look at the fish float on the water seriously.

Li Chengman took his fishing gear, walked to a flat shore, dug up a few earthworms with a wooden stick, lit a cigarette and started fishing.

At first, several children from the Wei army watched Li Chengman patiently, but soon they ran away to catch grasshoppers for fun.

Li Chengman simply told them not to play by the water and left it alone, but he would occasionally glance at Wei Jun's adorable grandchildren out of the corner of his eye.

Maybe there weren't many fish in the water here, or maybe his attention was all on the guards' children.

It was not until the afternoon that Li Chengman caught two crucian carps, each one finger long. He did not despise them and took them home to make soup and drink two taels of wine.

Li Chengman packed up his fishing rod and stool, carried the bucket and walked to the cart. While putting his things in the cart, he shouted to the guards, "Wei Hong, bring the brothers over here. We are going home."

"I got it, Grandpa."

Li Weihong was also tired from playing, so she led her three younger brothers Wei Jun, Wei Min and Wei Dong to come to their grandfather.

After the four little ones got on the cart, Li Chengman shouted "Sit tight" and took them home.

When Li Chengman and his four children returned home, it was already past half past five, and his two sons had already returned from get off work.

Li Qingshan was holding a bucket and saw two small crucian carps in it. He jokingly said, "Dad, there are only two small crucian carps in this bucket. Your fishing skills are not good enough!"

Li Chengman was washing his hands by the pool. When he heard Qingshan's words, he laughed and scolded, "If you can do it, go fishing. Don't brag to me."

"And quickly clean up the crucian carp and ask your sister-in-law to make fish soup for dinner."

"Oh!"

Li Qingshan curled his lips, went into the kitchen to get a small knife, then picked up a bucket and started to catch crucian carp in the pool.

Li Qingfeng parked the cart, put away the fishing rod and walked out of the utility room. He shook his head helplessly at his brother. He also heard what his brother said just now.

I feel like he's a bit brainless, and he dares to make fun of anyone. He needs to be punished.

Li Qingfeng lit a cigarette, walked up to the old man and asked, "Dad, I'll give you my bike tomorrow! This way it will be more convenient for you to pick up Weiguo and go to get off work."

Li Chengman smoked a cigarette, shook his head, and said, "No, I saw a lot of scrapped bicycles in the recycling station. After I send Weiguo off tomorrow, I'll see if I can assemble one."

Li Qingshan nodded after hearing this and replied: "Okay! If it doesn't work, just tell me."

"understood."

Li Chengman took a puff of his cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and then said to Li Qingfeng and Li Qingshan who was processing fish in the vegetable pond: "Qingfeng, Qingshan, this weekend, call your father-in-law and his family, and we will get together."

Li Qingfeng smiled and said, "Sure! We haven't seen each other for a long time, it's time to get together. Just tell my father-in-law when I go to work tomorrow."

Li Qingshan also said loudly: "I know, Dad, I will go to my father-in-law's house in advance to tell him when the time comes."

After saying that, he took the cleaned crucian carp and went into the kitchen.