An Ziqi's ancient life

When An Liji came back in the evening, he was carrying a hare.Mrs. Zhao came up to meet him, untied the firewood from his back, and looked at the prey in An Liji's hands, showing joy.

"Father, today's luck is really good. This rabbit just happens to feed a few children, especially Ziqi." Mrs. Zhao sent the firewood to the kitchen, took the rabbit, and began to think carefully.

"Well, I'll deliver it to the upper room in a while, and let my mother make it for you to eat." An Liji scratched his head and smiled honestly.

Mrs. Zhao's smile faded, and she turned around and said, "His father, he didn't eat all day when he went to the mountain today. There is a meal left for you at noon." Turning around, he went into the small kitchen again, brought a bowl of corn stubble porridge, because the kang was still burning, There is hot water in the pot, and the porridge is still hot.

An Liji took the bowl, snorted the porridge into his belly, and felt warm immediately.

"Father, you're back!" An Zimin ran over and plunged into An Liji's arms.

"Good boy!" An Liji picked up An Zimin and spun around a few times.An Zimin was amused and giggled.

"Rabbit!" An Zimin shouted in surprise, "We have rabbit meat to eat!" An Zimin broke free from his father's big hand and ran to see the rabbit.

"Half stewed in soup, half braised in brown sauce." An Zimin immediately arranged where the rabbit should go. "I'll tell sister and brother to go." Turn around and run away.

An Liji couldn't stop him in time, seeing Zhao Shi giving him a nasty look, he scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

"Father, do you really have rabbit meat?" An Ziqin helped An Ziqi out.

"Yeah, it's all here. I'll send it to the house later, and let you cook milk for you to eat."

"Send it to the room?" An Zimin yelled in disbelief.

"Father, there is no shortage of meat in the house. You are rushing to show your courtesy, and people still think you are coquettish!" An Ziqi said coolly.

"What's more, if it's in the hands of the grandma, can we still eat it?"

"How can it be? Your grandma is not that kind of person." An Liji scratched his head.

"Father, you also know how long Zimin hasn't touched meat. The meat from the house, we and mother can't touch it at all. Nanny would rather throw the meat away and feed it to the dog than give it to Zimin. Look. See how thin Zimin has become?"

"Uh..." An Liji saw An Zimin looking at him eagerly, then looked at the emaciated eldest son and eldest daughter, and thought of his parents who were in the room, he was in a dilemma.

An Ziqi winked at An Zimin.

An Zimin understood, and immediately hugged his father's thigh, "Father! Zimin wants to eat meat, so we won't have a share in it when it's delivered to the room!" He choked up on purpose, his sallow face the size of a palm was pitiful for a moment . "Grandma only loves the uncle's family, where can we have a place? Dad..." continued to shake, "There was only a little broth left over during the Chinese New Year, and it was left over by the elder brother. My sister didn't even taste the meat. !"

That's right, what An Zimin said was the truth.

An's family is not divided now, food is taken care of by Mrs. Li, the old lady of Shangfang An, Anli has to hand over wages for working in the off-season, and even Mrs. Zhao has to embroider to subsidize the family.Apart from Zhao's little dowry, the couple don't even have a penny of private money!Even if the son wants to eat meat, he has to go up the mountain to find wild animals.Now that An Ziqi is ill, Mrs. Zhao has pawned off the last bit of her dowry. She is really poor and useless.

An's Sanfang ate the least and did the most. During the Chinese New Year this year, they didn't even catch a piece of meat.Ge Yin's family has become poorer and poorer in the past few years, and Dafang's eldest son has to go to school again, so all the family's food and clothing are added to Dafang.In Sanfang, An Zimin and An Ziqi's two sons and grandchildren got some boiled vegetable soup left over from An Zishu, Zhao and An Ziqin didn't even smell the meat.

Looking at the yearning eyes of his youngest son, An Liji struggled. Thinking of Dafang's face, and looking at his own family members who looked disheveled, he gritted his teeth and said firmly: "Okay, anyway, it's a wild thing I found when I went out, I want to come Parents don't care about it either. Later, Xiuniang will cook it for the children." Xiuniang is Zhao's nickname.

"Father, you are the best!"

An Zimin pulled his father down and kissed him on the cheek.Mrs. Zhao also smiled again.

An's family only ate breakfast and lunch, so Mrs. Zhao locked the door of the west wing and carried the rabbit into the backyard kitchen.

When Mr. An came here to hide from the military disaster, he also had a lot of money in his hand.Buy land and build a house to marry a wife.With a wave of his hand, Mr. An built a big green brick house.There are three rooms above, and the east and west rooms also have complete kitchen courtyards.At that time, the big house was repaired, and the people in the village discussed it for a long time, all of them were jealous and spoke bitterly.

It was at that time that Mrs. Li got married, and gave birth to several sons one after another. Her tail was raised to the sky, and her vitriolic face offended her natal family all over the place, almost breaking off contact with her.Unexpectedly, Feng Shui took turns. After Li's sons got married, An's family became poorer and poorer. Now, they can hardly even eat.Hundreds of acres of fertile land were sold and there were only [-] acres left, which would be enough for one year's production and for the eldest son of the big house to study, so he tightened his belt to live.

When Mrs. Zhao entered the house, Mrs. Li suffered a serious illness and cost a lot of money. Mrs. Li hated Sanfang even more.The An family was in decline, and the Li family was at odds with her natal family, so she had no choice but to be a man with her tail clamped. It was Li's favorite thing to do to torture the "sinner" of the Zhao family.

An Liji's family lived in the west wing, the first room and Mr. An lived in the upper room, and the second room lived in the east wing.

However, they have to go to the upper room to eat, and the daughters-in-law of each room take turns to go to the upper room to serve, and it is Zhao who goes the most.An Ziqi has been sick for the past few days, so he was allowed to open a small stove. Mrs. Zhao didn't have to go to the room, but brought home to eat.

An Ziqi also enjoyed the "blessing" because of his illness, and he got a few handfuls of japonica rice to boil rice soup to drink. Usually, the Anzi family only had corn stubble porridge, sorghum rice or corn noodles and other coarse grains, white flour and japonica rice.As for whether the big room has a small stove to eat good food, everyone in the third room knows it well.

"I'm going to clean up the rabbits, the head of the house, you go to the small courtyard and pick some green onions and peppers."

Mrs. Zhao is a hard worker, and she often doesn't have enough to eat in the upper room. She doesn't want her children to starve, so she grows a lot of vegetables in the small yard.

So, that night, the people in the third room ate the meat that they hadn't seen for a long time.

An Ziqi had just passed through the past few days, drank a lot of traditional Chinese medicine, and only ate rice soup, so it was rare to have a proper meal today, and he was very touched.Although it is common to be hungry in the last days, it is rare to eat a meal with a strong taste of home, and he is very happy.

Seeing An Zimin and An Ziqin eat with oily mouths, as if this is the best thing in the world, An Ziqi's heart ached so much, and his parents only watched them eat, which made him sore, this feeling I haven't experienced it for a long time.

His mother died and his father remarried, so he was thrown to the nanny, and his father only gave him money and left him alone. Otherwise, how could he have met a Jiang Siya who treated him a little better, and worked so hard to be nice to her?Now he also understands, why should he deal with unworthy people?Take good care of your own one-acre three-point land, whoever is really good to him, he will be good to him, and the irrelevant people will go as far as they can.

"What's wrong? Ziqi." Mrs. Zhao gave An Ziqi a piece of rabbit meat. Recently, Ziqi was in a daze after waking up. She was very worried and didn't know how to ask.Occasionally, she would show a strange look, which made her shudder, thinking that An Ziqi would not encounter any dirty things!

"It's okay, mother, you eat." An Ziqi picked up a piece of meat for Mrs. Zhao.

Seeing An Zimin, he also picked up for his father, and won several darlings.The whole family enjoys themselves.

However, the outside is different.

In the room, Mrs. Li brought a basin to wash Mr. An's feet, and put it down after half of the washing.

"Old man, didn't everyone see that the third child caught the rabbit and brought it back? Why hasn't it been delivered yet? Maybe he cooked it himself!"

Mr. An glanced at his old wife and said, "Ziqi is still sick, what's wrong with eating a rabbit?"

Although Mr. An is biased, he is his own son after all, his palms and backs are full of flesh, and An Ziqi is also his grandson. What's more, in the matter of An Ziqi, Mr. An already feels that he can't live with Sanfang. It's just a rabbit, no big deal.

Mrs. Li's face immediately fell down, she got on the kang, and continued with a straight face, "I don't understand my son yet? He won't hide any good things, he will only be busy honoring us. How dare you today?" Hiding the rabbit, it must have been instigated by that little whore, Zhao Xiu! The scumbag who cheated on his heart, wants to drive our mother and child apart!"

Mr. An frowned when he heard Li's harsh scolding. "What nonsense, it's just a rabbit, it's not as exaggerated as you said!"

"You still protect her!" Li Shi yelled, reaching out to grab Mr. An's arm, "Tell me, did you fall in love with that little whore? Back then, my mother didn't want this daughter-in-law. It’s next! Ah? Say it! Don’t you?”

Mr. An blushed with anger, and waved Li's hand away angrily, "You are still yelling nonsense when you are old! If you don't talk nonsense, you will die? Can the daughter-in-law arrange things randomly? Does the An family still have a reputation? "

"You hit me?" Li yelled even louder. "I'll fight with you!" Mrs. Li is also a shrew, and immediately wanted to show Mrs. An a good look.

Mr. An was caught by Li's face, his face was old, and the traces were not obvious.Mr. An was also angry, and slapped Li Shi over, staggering and laying on the kang.

"You just do it!" Mr. An pointed at Mrs. Li, "Sooner or later, this family will be broken up! Think about your mother's family, it's all because of your cheap mouth. What's wrong with my son and grandson wanting to eat meat? After so many years How come you know all about the third room, what are you going to do? Are you forcing them to death?"

Mr. An was panting with anger, accusing Mrs. Li bitterly.

Seeing that Mr. An was really angry, Mrs. Li's tone became lighter, "It's not because of this family. I have treated you with all my heart and soul for so many years, but you beat me because of a little whore!" Mrs. Li lowered her head and covered her face Weeping, I don't know if it's really sad or fake.

Mr. An felt distressed when he saw his old wife like this, "Don't cry, the daughter-in-law of the third family also treats you respectfully, so you can just enjoy the blessings honestly. Does she still dare not be filial to you?"

Mrs. Li still cried, but stopped cursing.

"Okay, okay, if you want to eat meat, let the eldest daughter-in-law go to the town to cut it tomorrow. It's not good to hear the noise at night, and the eldest family is still next door!"

Only then did Mrs. Li gradually quiet down.

From the beginning to the end, the people in the big room next door seemed to be asleep, and no one came to ask or persuade.