Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Li Qingshan took a puff of his cigarette, shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Ask Auntie tomorrow and you'll know, right?"

"I don't know, you still have so much to say, let's eat first!"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at Li Qingshan and said unhappily, "Qingshan, tomorrow you should take the grain and oil book from home and buy all the food back home!"

"understood."

Li Qingshan threw away the cigarette butt, nodded, picked up Li Weiqiang and said with a smile: "Let's go, son, let's go eat!"

"It's time to eat."

Li Weidong shouted loudly behind his father Li Qingshan.

Li Qingfeng's family was also talking about buying grain.

During the meal, Li Chengman said, "Qingfeng, take the grain and oil book at home and buy everything listed above at noon tomorrow!"

Li Qingfeng's mouth was full of food, so he could only nod his head heavily and say, "Yeah."

Wu Lirong on the side said, "Dad, are you going to buy all the things you need?"

Li Chengman took a sip of wine, and then replied: "It's okay, buy them all, so you don't have to make another trip."

"Besides, it won't go bad if it's kept in the cellar."

After hearing this, Wu Lirong nodded and said nothing more and continued eating dinner.

The next morning.

After Li Qingshan finished his meal and went to work.

Qin Huairu asked Weidong to look after his brother while she went to clean up and wash the dishes.

After cleaning the house, Qin Huairu waited until almost nine o'clock, then she took a stool and needlework, and asked Wei Dong to lead her younger brother Wei Qiang to the big tree at the gate of the yard.

Qin Huairu sat under the tree, sewing shoe soles while waiting for the three aunts in the yard to arrive. She also looked at her two sons from time to time, not wanting them to run away.

The only women in the yard are those in the front yard. After the men in the family go to work and clean the house, they basically come out and sit to sew shoe soles and chat with each other.

The women in the backyard all sat and chatted with the women in the middle yard.

After waiting for a while, the third aunt finally arrived and Qin Huairu waved to her.

"Third grandma. Third grandma... grandma."

Li Weidong and Li Weiqiang greeted each other politely.

"Hey!"

The third aunt smiled and responded. When she sat down next to Qin Huairu, she continued, "Huairu, your two sons are really polite. They are not like the kid from the Jia family who never greets people and only looks at you with the sidelong eyes."

"hehe!"

Qin Huairu was very happy when she heard the third aunt praising her two sons, but she still said in a low voice: "They are still young and sensible now, but they will start to be naughty when they grow up."

The third aunt smiled and said, "Aren't all the children in the family like this?"

Qin Huairu began to change the subject and couldn't help asking about Liu Haizhong beating the child last night. She turned her head and looked around, but saw no one she knew. Then she asked softly, "Third Aunt, I heard that the child was beaten quite severely in the backyard last night."

The third aunt was sewing the sole of her shoe without raising her head. She said nonchalantly, "Huai Ru, you'll be fine once you get used to it."

Hearing this, Qin Huairu suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed. How could this become a habit? If it was her son, she would not have the heart to hit the child.

Qin Huairu then asked, "Third Aunt, Second Uncle beat up the brothers Guangtian and Guangfu so much, could they not be his biological children?"

After hearing this, the third aunt couldn't help but smile, and then said: "Huai Ru, you are really good at joking. Of course they are biological children."

"There's a reason why his uncle beat the child."

Qin Huairu leaned over, eyes full of gossip, and asked softly, "Third Aunt, what's the reason?"

"Huai Ru, I told you, don't tell anyone else."

The third aunt turned her head and saw that there was no one around. She saw Qin Huairu nodding, then she leaned over and whispered, "I heard this from your third uncle."

"They said Liu Haizhong beat his child because of his father's influence."

Qin Huairu asked: "Why?"

"Huai Ru, please listen to me."

The third aunt continued, "Liu Haizhong has an older brother. His father doesn't like Liu Haizhong and says that the eldest son should inherit the family business, so he kicked Liu Haizhong out of the house."

"We didn't give Liu Haizhong anything. If Liu Haizhong hadn't found his current job in the city, he might have starved to death."

"At that time, Liu Haizhong's wife was Liu Guangqi!"

"Although Liu Haizhong was not favored by his father, he followed his father's example and made Liu Guangqi, the eldest son, his heir."

"Then the second and third sons of Liu Haizhong's family will be unwelcome."

After hearing this, Qin Huairu felt a little unbelievable and couldn't help asking, "Third Aunt, since you are not welcome, you can't just beat the two children to death? Isn't Second Uncle afraid of hurting the children?"

Hearing this, the third aunt pouted and said, "Who knows! Anyway, my old man never beats children."

After hearing this, Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at the third aunt in her heart. Your family never beats children, but you just scheme against them. What kind of thing is that if you even scheme against your own children?

Be careful that these kids may plot against you and your uncle when they grow up, Qin Huairu thought to herself.

The third aunt continued, "Huai Ru, don't worry, Liu Haizhong knows how to control his severity. It's okay."

"Besides, Guangfu and Guangtian were both beaten by Liu Haizhong. They are tough and can withstand beatings."

Hearing this, Qin Huairu nodded and thought to herself that Guangtian and Guangfu had been beaten countless times, so if anything was going to happen, it would have happened a long time ago.

They are both stronger than other kids, and you can tell at a glance that they have thick skin and are able to withstand beatings.

After thinking about it, Qin Huairu stopped worrying about the two children. She sewed the soles of her shoes and changed the subject to talk about other gossip.

In the evening, Li Qingshan returned home after selling this month's grain.

At the gate of Hong Kong Island Courtyard, Yan Bugui's words were heard.

Yan Bugui walked up to Li Qingshan, glanced at the grain and oil in his hands, and said, "Qingshan, have you collected all the grain and oil for this month?"

Li Qingshan smiled and said, "Of course not, Third Uncle, you have to go get it anyway, it's better to get it all back at once, this way it will save trouble."

Yan Bugui stretched out his hand and gently squeezed the grain bag, and asked, "Qingshan, what kind of coarse grains are there?"

Hearing this, Li Qingshan thought for a moment, and then replied: "Uncle, coarse grains include corn flour and sorghum flour, I didn't pay attention to the others."

"Got it, Qingshan, I'll go back first."

After listening to this, Yan Bugui nodded and went home.

He took the family's grain and oil book, called the eldest and second sons, and the three of them, father and son, went to collect food together.

Li Qingshan returned home, put the grain and oil into the kitchen, washed his hands and walked into the living room, and asked with a smile: "Huai Ru, I can smell the fragrance in the yard, what delicious food have you made?"

"There's nothing delicious here, these are just home-cooked dishes, let's eat!"

Qin Huairu served Li Qingshan a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of him, then asked, "Qingshan, have you got all the food back?"

Li Qingshan nodded while eating and said, "Yes! They are all in the kitchen."

"Then I'll go take a look first."

Qin Huairu quickly got up and went to the kitchen to check the food.

Li Qingshan looked at Qin Huairu's back and shouted, "Huairu, come and watch after dinner!"