Bandit Reborn

As a result, Li Huaixi glanced at the stool, and Liu Quan sat down knowingly.

After dinner, Li Chengkui went to the entrance of the village to play chess with Li Chengxiao. Li Huaixi watched his mother and his grandmother chatting while feeding chickens in the yard, and dragged Liu Quan to the corner of the backyard by ear.

"Okay you kid, I saved you, but you dare to bully me!"

"I don't have the conscience of heaven and earth!" Liu Quangu opened his big eyes, hoping that Li Chengkui would go home quickly.

"No? Why didn't you speak when I was beaten?! You only kowtowed after the beating. Do you think I don't know your narrow-mindedness?" Li Huaixi wrung Liu Quan's body hard as he spoke, until Liu Quan burst into tears. down.

"I didn't, I really didn't! Huaixi, you believe me!"

"What did you call me?" Li Huaixi twisted hard again.

"My lord! If you spare me, my lord, I won't dare next time!" Liu Quan was indeed a man of current affairs, so he quickly changed his address.

"It's not bad. Remember, you are mine. Tomorrow you will help my grandma work hard at home. I will come back to teach you how to write in the evening. From now on, you will be my school boy! Eat more than a pig, and even a penny You don't know how to grind, why should I support you?!" Li Huaixi felt that he was at a loss.

"I know how to grind ink. Isn't it just adding some water? I will!" Liu Quan said, rubbing his arms.

"You know how to fart! Learn more! Now give me a foot, I'll go to the side to pick some peaches, hurry up, what are you dawdling!" Li Huaixi pushed Liu Quan to the ground and squatted, and then stepped on Liu Quan. He climbed up the earth wall with his shoulders, and picked a few big peaches from the neighbor's peach tree and threw them over. At this time, a dog barked from the neighbor's house, and Liu Quan ran away with the peaches in his clothes, and he didn't care at all. He's the 'son' who can't get off the wall.

18. Money

Three days later, when Liu Quan had just learned to write his own name, the county government sent people to summon them. The two kidnappers were about to appear in court, and all witnesses, including Li Chengkui, had to go to the county government hall to testify in court.

What surprised Li Huaixi was that the magistrate of their county turned out to be a boy who looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, which was very different from the image of an old man with a goatee in his opinion. Li Huaixi suspected that this guy was also a time traveler. , or a child prodigy with an IQ of 180 or above, he would not be an ordinary person anyway. Kong Yi has been studying all his life and is still a child. There is no reason for this guy to become an official in his teens.

The traveler Li Huaixi couldn't stop looking at the county magistrate sitting upright, that guy didn't look like a good bird, even if he looked old-fashioned in a black official uniform, he couldn't suppress the light in his eyes, the county magistrate felt that he Looking at him, he smiled at him pretending to be kind, so Li Huaixi discovered another thing, the county magistrate is pretty good-looking.

When it was Li Huaixi's turn to testify in court, the county magistrate said that he was young and meritorious, so he was allowed to stand up and answer. Before Li Huaixi could say the classic line "Thank you, Mr. Grandpa", the scene was chaotic.The people who surrounded the county government for several circles were very excited when they saw Li Huaixi standing up. Some threw flowers, some applauded, and two women with children wanted to rush in to give him eggs. They didn't know if they were raw or not. Cooked.

"Silence!" The county magistrate above quit, and slapped the gavel, and the yamen servants shouted "Mighty~~~!" with their sticks together, the voice echoed in the empty lobby, and they were so frightened that they just stood up and wanted to pick it up. The egg Li Huaixi almost knelt down again, the county magistrate curled his mouth and sent someone to carry him to a chair.

Li Huaixi felt much better sitting in the lobby. The county magistrate above asked him a question, and he answered it in a clear and unhurried manner, and he felt good about himself, but he always felt that the county magistrate’s expression was very strange, as if he was waiting to go to the latrine urgently. .Fortunately, the county magistrate was not really so sloppy, and finally nodded his head pretendingly, and asked the yamen servant to take him to the back hall to rest. I took it for him, it was raw, because two of them were broken, and the egg yolk was dripping.

After a while, Li Long and Li Hu were also sent over. Liu Quan took the longest time and was finally sent over crying, but Li Huaixi thought that this guy was just pretending to win sympathy.

After Liu Quan came in, he sat far away from Li Huaixi, and he didn't dare to come over while looking at Dim Sum. During the Taozi incident, Li Huaixi had a grudge, and he didn't look good towards him these days, and even beat him up when he found time , Liu Quan was a little afraid of him.

As the master, Li Huaixi was quite generous. When he ate the last piece of snack, he waved to his servant. Liu Quan rushed up to him, took two bites of the snack and swallowed it. He wanted to lick the leftover dim sum left on the plate, but Li Huaixi glared at him, and Liu Quan was so frightened that he quickly put down the plate, finally fulfilling some of the few hosts' faces.

Near noon, the trial of the county magistrate was over, with all the witnesses and material evidence, and the two kidnappers were sentenced to beheaded by Qiu Houwen. I realized that I was also raised by my parents, but unfortunately it was too late, and crying was useless.

In order to show kindness, the imperial court gave Liu Quan five taels of silver pension to Liu Quan, who had no father or mother and left his hometown. Under Li Huaixi's watchful eyes, Liu Quan turned his head and handed it over to Li Chengkui, and did not keep a penny for himself.

Li Huaixi has become a celebrity in their county. The county magistrate told him in a very solemn and serious tone that his deeds will be recorded in the county annals and will be admired by future generations forever. like.He suspected that the county magistrate deliberately used such phrases to amuse himself, but the county magistrate's expression didn't look like that, it was quite serious.In addition to these false names, Li Huaixi also received 100 taels of silver as a reward from the state government, but all the 100 taels of silver were handed over to Li Chengkui by the county magistrate, and he didn't even see a hair.

After leaving the county government office, Li Chengkui first deposited the money in the bank, and then took the four children to the restaurant for dinner. The waiter Xiaoer had just seen the excitement outside the county government office in the morning, and recognized them at a glance. The boss gave them away enthusiastically. After eating their two side dishes, he praised the children for their vigilance.

Li Chengkui's wine is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated, and he faints after taking a sip of wine. He holds up his chopsticks and brags about his precious son to the diners in the restaurant. Hearing others' surprise, the three brothers feel that their father is telling a story while eating Liu Quan didn't have any idea about his potential, and he ate more than Li Hu. Li Huaixi felt more and more at a disadvantage, and wanted to return the deed of sale to this guy.

After returning home, Li Chengkui told his wife about the reward of 100 taels of silver from the imperial court. 100 taels is not a decimal, it is equivalent to Li Chengkui’s income for two years in a normal year. He can buy a small shop in the county town, or he can buy more than ten mu of fertile land .

"Our third son earned this by himself. You should save it for him first. How to use it is up to him in the future. This little thing has an idea. You don't even know how arrogant I am when I go out today!" Li Chengkui was flattered He handed the bank note to his daughter-in-law. He has never been so beautiful as today.

"Look at you, but you're wrong. The 100 taels were not earned by San'er alone. Several children have a share. To drive Dalong to school tomorrow and Huzi to start a business, we can just do it." Save it, hehe, all from here." Cheng corrected with a smile, she stopped what she was doing, and carefully put the money in a small wooden box, which Li Chengkui handed over to her on the night of her marriage. She, inside is Li Chengkui's savings accumulated for many years, not much, but there are more than 200 taels.

"Hehe, then what do you want us to do? The children call us father and mother for nothing. Look at you being stingy." Li Chengkui secretly scratched his wife's nose and did not dare to do anything else. He went into the yard with firewood and got off the kang quickly. Although the two are husband and wife, they still have to pretend to be serious at ordinary times.

"Mom, I bought dim sum for you from the city, and they are all soft. You can cook later, and taste whether the dim sum is delicious first." Li Chengkui stood outside the kitchen door, and was preparing to cook inside. The mother-in-law said respectfully.

When the old lady turned around, she said a little embarrassedly, "Oh, I'm about to go into the coffin, what are you doing with this money, feed it to those children, I have no teeth, and I can't taste any good taste myself."

"They are young and young. When they eat delicious food, don't worry about them. I will put the snacks at Xiu's place. The children eat a lot at noon, so don't worry about cooking." Li Chengkui persuaded the old lady with a smile.

Unable to resist the son-in-law, grandma washed her hands and went into the house. Mrs. Cheng handed the snack box to her mother. There were several small snacks neatly arranged inside, which were made by the most famous dim sum shop in the county.

"This Cheng Kui, how much does it cost! Mother can't eat so much, things are easy to spoil in summer, you eat a few, and I will send the rest to the children." The old lady pushed the snack box towards her daughter push.

"You eat it. I can't eat it. I still like to eat sour food. You said that I won't have another boy in my stomach, so I really can't stand it!" Cheng said worriedly, clutching his stomach.

"You have to take care of both boys and girls. What are you talking about? Boys are not bad, maybe there are too many..." Grandma also felt a little headache when she thought of giving birth to a boy.

"Cheng Kui prefers to be a girl, and so do I."

"Come on, don't say silly things, the children are listening in the stomach, boys and girls are treasures. I still can't eat, I'll go and send some to the children." Grandma took the snack box and went to see the rare quiet four a boy.

Li Huaixi is practicing calligraphy. Li Long has decided to take the children's test next year, so he is also working hard. Li Hu thinks that Liu Quan is a malleable talent. He is teaching Liu Quan addition and subtraction from what he is learning and selling. Poach corners and turn Liu Quan into his future treasurer.

"Let's rest for a while, come over and have some snacks, grandma has tasted it, it's delicious."

Li Huaixi glanced into the snack box, picked up a piece and brought it to grandma, "Grandma, don't lie next time, this snack is still full."

"Hehe, you little clever ghost, let's eat together." Grandma sat down with a smile, and picked up Li Huaixi's big characters while eating, "The writing is really good, neat and tidy, and even grandma thinks it looks good even if she doesn't know how to read. .”

"Grandma, sir, you all praise Huaixi for writing well." Li Long and Li Hu said together beside them.

"Really? That's really good. Grandma has a bad stomach and can't eat so much sweet food. Eat slowly by yourself, and grandma will cook for you." Grandma just ate a piece of snack and went to the ground. When it's ready, just put it on the fire and put it in the pot.

Li Huaixi didn't like these soft and sweet snacks very much. After eating one piece, he followed to the kitchen, took two pieces of snacks in his hand and chased them to feed his grandma. Sometimes old people lie more than children, but the purpose is different.

"Grandma, the county magistrate gave me 100 taels of silver today, am I amazing?" Li Huaixi held his snack and asked expectantly, he knew his grandma would definitely praise him.

Sure enough, while adding fire to the stove, the old lady turned around and kissed him, "Awesome, my grandson is the most powerful!"

"But my father gave it all to my mother, and I didn't even touch it." Li Huaixi pouted.

"Can you grow a piece of meat by touching it? Hehe, cheapskate, it really looks like your mother when she was young." Grandma replied with a smile.

"It's my money to be able to enjoy the eyesight without growing a piece of meat." Li Huaixi said angrily.

"Boy, you can't say that. Which is your money? When you are young, whose is it that you eat? Whose is your drink? Your father comes and goes every day in the wind and rain, for your food and drink. Does he care if you ask for money for your study?" Grandma got up and took a look at the pot lid, then put it back on, and then said, "You are a family, and every cent of the income in the family is now At home, don’t talk about yours and mine, money is something that you don’t take with you when you live or die, don’t take it too seriously, do you hear me?”

"Understood," Li Huaixi nodded, and suddenly felt that the truth was absolutely correct. In his previous life, he had saved millions of dollars, but in the end it was all for nothing.

"It's good to hear it, and you must remember it. Don't be fooled by money at any time. In the future, my grandson will be a high-ranking official. He must be promising, and he must not be petty." Grandma kissed him on the top of the head. After a while, sit down and continue to add fire, "Besides, you are thinking about it blindly. Your mother told me just now that when your father handed over the money to your mother, he agreed to keep it for you. You are so young now, what do you want money for? You can only enjoy your eyes, and your own father can’t give you such a large sum of money! You can’t be separated from your stepfather, your father is more general than those scholars, it’s a good one kind of."

"I know, I don't have any quarrel with him. I have forgotten what my father looks like. He is my father. Why should I be so concerned?" Li Huaixi said and glanced outside the door. His father Li Chengkui was crossing the courtyard. Feed pigs, with big arms and round waists, like a hill.

"You are a little heartless, how can my father forget it? Without him, you would be gone. Without your talented father, how could you be so smart? Look so good-looking?" Grandma nodded reproachfully on his head. finger, making a gesture to bite his little hand holding the snack.

Li Huaixi was giggling, and while dodging his grandma, he said with a smile, "You are right anyway, why don't you just go for the exam."

"If your grandma and I hadn't been reincarnated as a girl, it would have been their turn to be the number one scholar back then..."

At night, Li Huaixi was lying on the mat with his little arms bare and only a thin quilt was put on his stomach. Thinking of Liu Quan's pension, he touched Liu Quan who was fanning himself, "Why did you put those five taels Give the silver to my father, in fact, if you want to leave, I can return the contract of sale to you, and I will only charge you one tael of silver."

"You mean my life is worth one tael, right? The traffickers are going to sell me ten taels!" Liu Quan was not angry, and the scar was healed, and he forgot the pain. He threw his fan and rode on Li Huaixi's body and pressed hard. He was lifted off by Li Hu, and the three brothers were all on top of him again.

"Let's say you're smart. Sometimes you're quite a dick. I don't care if you want 100 taels, do you have it?" Li Huaixi pressed on Liu Quan's whole body, and pulled Liu Quan's face with both hands. He likes it recently. Do it like that, it's fun to tear all the boys in the village into big fuzz.

Liu Quan was caught in tears, still unconvinced, "You're only two, your family has delicious food and drink, why should I leave, it's you instead, are you leaving?"

Li Huaixi rode on Liu's body, wanting to describe to him the lofty state of "freedom", but after thinking about it for a long time, it was the scene of Liu Quanfeng eating and sleeping in the open. When Li Huaixi was discouraged, he turned over and lay back on his pillow, "Get up and give I'll fan it hard, or I won't give you food tomorrow!"

"It doesn't matter if you say it or not." Liu Quan muttered and started to fan him. Li Huaixi pinched him, and the guy finally shut up and was honest.

19. Mountain tour

Li Huaixi went to school for more than half a month under the rain of various specifications. In the middle of July, a small wooden bridge erected on a tributary of a large river could not withstand the erosion of the rain, and finally fell apart on a rainy night. The brothers returned home halfway, and at the entrance of the village, they met the uncle's family who were weeding weeds in the rice fields.

Li Cai, Li Bao, and Li Li all did not go to school. Their uncle, on the contrary to his father, felt that the chances of success in paying for their children's education were too small, so they would rather save the money to buy land.Now, the uncle's family has more than 20 mu of fertile land, where rice, potatoes, soybeans, mung beans and red beans are planted, and there seem to be other crops. Li Huaixi doesn't care much about such things, so he doesn't know.The uncle's family is not up to the landlord class, and the five members of the family are all responsible for planting these lands, and even the youngest Li Li has to go to the fields to work every day.

Li Cai was a little jealous of the three of his second uncle's family who went to school every day dressed like dogs, so he aimed at Li Long and threw a watery barnyard grass with mud on its roots, flying over very fast , and very accurate.

Li Hu reacted faster than Li Long in this regard. He first pulled his brother away, then bent down to pick up a piece of dirt and threw it at Li Cai. Every time the brothers met, they would have a fight. say.

After a while, the six brothers sat on the edge of the rice field and shared the snacks they brought. Li Cai asked while eating, "Why didn't you go to school today?"

"The bridge outside Zhangzhuang collapsed. The master told me to rest for three days and wait for the bridge to be repaired before going." Li Long answered vaguely while eating.

"Will you go to the mountain tomorrow? My mother and several aunts and aunts in the village have made appointments. We will go to the mountain to pick mushrooms tomorrow, and we will all go." Li Bao next to him said expectantly.

"Then let's go too. We'll go home and talk to my mother later. It turns out my father promised." The three members of Li Chengkui's family looked at each other and felt that the problem was not serious.

"Then we have to leave before dawn tomorrow. Hey, Li Huaixi, can you get up tomorrow? Look at you as thin as a chicken, can you walk?" Li Cai habitually provoked Li Huaixi. There are several people without delay.

"If Li Li can walk, I can walk. If I can't walk, my brother will carry me. He is as thin as a chicken and he is better than your Li Li, who is as fat as a pig. If you are capable, you can carry him tomorrow and I will see." Li Huaixi Li Long and Li Hu smiled proudly with grinning teeth.

Li Li, who is only interested in profit, is actually a little dumbfounded, but he doesn't want others to say that he is fat, especially Li Huaixi who bullies him every time, so after a short intermission, the cousins ​​fought again, It didn't end until the uncle in the distance yelled.

When I got home, the three brothers told their mothers about going up the mountain to play. Cheng was a little worried because the youngest son was too young, and all the people who went into the mountain this time were women. She couldn't go, and Li Chengkui also Inconvenient to go.

"Mother, let us go. I promise to take care of myself. My uncle's Li Li is not much older than me." Li Huaixi shook his mother's arm and rolled on the kang, playing tricks.

"What do you promise, Li Li is half a head taller than you, and besides, his mother will follow, please stop making trouble, and we will discuss it after your father comes back." Cheng couldn't pull back her arm, so in the small Li Huaixi poked his son's waist and eyes, and Li Huaixi immediately let go with a giggle.

In the evening, when Li Chengkui came back, without waiting for his mother to speak first, Li Huaixi jumped up on his father's back when he blocked the gate of the courtyard. Li Chengkui staggered into the courtyard carrying a burden and hanging his son.

"What are you doing? Did you do something bad?" Li Chengkui put down his things, grabbed his youngest son from his back and held him in his arms.

"No, my aunt is going to take us into the mountains tomorrow, and my mother said that I need my father's consent. Dad, you agree, right? You promised." Li Huaixi grabbed his father's beard and asked repeatedly.

"I promised, I promised, Dad promised, hehe, you bad boy, don't pull me, if you pull me again, I will spank your ass." Li Chengkui carried his son into the house with a smile, and said to his wife who was doing embroidery work, "My son, I met his uncle at the entrance of the village just now. He said that there are many children this year, so he will drive there tomorrow morning. Business is not easy these days, so I will go with him, so you don't have to worry."

Mrs. Cheng put down her work, glanced at the triumphant Li Huaixi, and said, "Little things have worn you out, I know you are easy to talk to. Then tomorrow morning, I will make some dry food for you, and take it with you on the way. Take it all, it's a child too."

It rained a little more that night, and when Li Huaixi thought that he would be able to go up the mountain to play the next day, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep, but when he woke up the next morning, he was already on the way, and his father was holding him in his arms. Chat with his uncle.

Li Huaixi got out of his father's arms and found that Li Long, Li Hu and Liu Quan were all there. His little servant worked hard to hold his little crossbow for him, and no one would let him touch it.Li Long and Li Hu were very happy to see him wake up, and beckoned him to eat, Liu Quan squeezed a place for him among the children, Li Huaixi crawled over to eat the sugar cake his mother baked in the morning, and Li Long handed him water Drink, the sugar cake has been wrapped in a cloth in a basket, and it is just warm now.

The sun had just risen a little, and it had just rained, so it felt cool.After eating, Li Huaixi sat next to his eldest brother Li Long, playing flower cards with a few children in the car. He is not addicted to playing anything, but he plays very well. The bullock cart is really slower than people walking. Auntie and a few women from the same village have been walking in front, and the distance between them is getting bigger and bigger. The long journey is boring to death, and Li Huaixi can only pass the time by playing flower cards.

After playing for a while, Li Huaixi couldn't sit still anymore. He threw down the cards and went to his father's side to ask, "I want to go down too."

"No, there are still several miles to go. If you go down now, you won't be able to walk when you reach the mountain." Li Chengkui carried him back and put him away, and then went to chat with his uncle.

Li Huaixi got out of the car secretly from the back, the first one and the second one, several children also jumped down together, the children who stayed in the car were all obedient, one of them wanted to sue, but was caught by Li Hu Shut up when you scare.

Walking on the ground is much more fun than riding an ox cart. There are many wild flowers and weeds on the side of the road, and there is a river flowing beside it. At a glance, the river water is crystal clear, and the pebbles of various colors are very beautiful, but in response to the saying 'when the water is clear, there are no fish', there are no fish in the water.

Passing by an orchard, Li Cai ran over first. Li Huaixi and the others hadn't decided whether to follow in, but within 3 minutes Li Cai was chased out by a big yellow dog. The other children were as frightened as hell, and rushed back to the cart. Fortunately, the big yellow dog just stood at the gate of the orchard and barked a few times, instead of chasing and biting.

Li Chengxiao and Li Chengkui, who were chatting, turned their heads and looked at them. Li Chengxiao hit the embarrassed Li Cai with a whip for driving cattle. Li Cai grinned in pain and did not dare to say anything.

The foot of the mountain was right in front of us, and the women in front were waiting for them sitting under a tree. Each of them had a wicker basket beside them. Li Huaixi looked around and couldn't find where his basket was, so he ran to ask Li Chengkui, his father Pointing to him a small basket hanging on the side of the bullock cart, Li Huaixi immediately became unhappy. This basket is flat and much smaller than others, and it can't hold many mushrooms at all.After thinking about it for a while, he understood that his father just took the children out to play, and he didn't think about how many mushrooms he could pick.

At this moment, Li Chengkui turned his head and told the three brothers and Liu Quan, "Don't run around when you enter the mountain, don't pick mushrooms blindly, and don't eat fruits blindly, many of them are poisonous, so you should fasten your trousers tightly to save yourself When you encounter a snake, it will go into your pants. San’er, come here, Dad will help you fasten it.”

Li Huaixi crawled over and asked his father to carefully wrap his trouser legs with cloth strips several times until it reached his knees. The cloth strips were thick and coarse cloth, which could not be penetrated by ordinary snake teeth.

Li Chengkui checked the trousers of the three older children again, Liu Quan was tied a little loosely, and Li Chengkui tied them up again before leading them out of the car.

Li Cai and the others have entered the mountain in the past years, especially Li Cai, this is the third time he has entered the mountain, so this guy behaves like an expert everywhere, making several children in the same village admire him and run over to everything ask him.But this guy himself is really an idiot, talking nonsense about what is right and what is wrong, and making up names for things he doesn't know, but his memory is not good, so next time he asks about the same thing, he will make up another one. After a while, I lost my prestige.

Li Huaixi is very familiar with all the things on the mountain, which ones can be eaten, which ones can’t be eaten, which ones can be used as medicine, and which ones can be used to make poison. passed.But he doesn't like to show off like Li Cai, Li Huaixi has been following his father, and occasionally scolded his little servant Liu Quan, that guy went to the mountain for the first time, and everything he saw was new.

This year's rain is sufficient, and the vegetation in the mountains and forests is very lush. The air is filled with the fragrance of plants. The fallen leaves and fruit shells deposited for many years are entangled with the soil. They are soft, rotten, and damp. They are ideal breeding grounds for various fungi. Stars Dots of mushrooms were scattered in the woods. Li Huaixi shuttled through the woods lightly. When he saw edible mushrooms, he dug them out, covered them with mushroom bags, and sent them to the basket carried by his father. It was half full in a short while. basket.

Li Chengkui checked the mushrooms he found one by one, and asked in surprise, "San'er, who taught you this? The mushrooms you dig are all good mushrooms!"

"No, I just dug these because I think they should be delicious. Dad, what should I do if the basket can't fit later?" Li Huaixi asked with her head raised.

"Don't dig if you can't fit it. You little thing still want to hollow out the mountain? How much can you eat? Be careful, don't let the bugs on the ground bite you, there are many scorpions here." Li Chengkui said in his After touching his little head, he straightened up and looked for the other two sons who had run a little far away. The wicker basket containing mushrooms was placed on the ground, and the freshly picked mushrooms exuded an attractive fragrance.

Li Huaixi held the wicker basket on the ground to make the mushrooms inside denser, and then searched around again with his small shovel.In fact, he is very competitive in his bones. He must not be able to compare with others in terms of quantity, because his small basket can't hold so many, so he is going to win in terms of quality. The fresh and tender mushrooms became his first choice, and he didn't want anything that wasn't tender and delicious.

But after a while, his plan was ruined again. His father brought back his two older brothers and Liu Quan, and then carried Li Huaixi up like a monster king and left, followed by big and small A dozen children, like a dozen little demons, "Silly son, mushrooms are sold in the market every day. Why do you compete with them? Daddy will take you to the top of the mountain to play!" Li Chengkui carried him. Ha ha laughed and said.

The stone road up the mountain was covered with moss, Li Chengkui carried him and walked quickly, Li Huaixi held onto his father's hair tightly, for fear that his father's feet would slip and throw him out.

After walking in fear for more than half an hour, Li Huaixi was put down by his father, "Boy, your father is about to become bald by you, look at your timidity!" Li Chengkui scratched his little nose and rubbed himself Scalp laughed at him.

Li Huaixi was a little embarrassed, and pretended to climb the big rock next to him. His father patted him with a smile and said, "Where are there no stones? Come down, dad won't laugh at you, there is a piece of wild raspberry in the woods over there, it's so sweet." Now, be careful when you pick it, dad is waiting for you here."

His father didn't give them anything to hold raspberries. A group of children gathered around a large field of wild raspberries and ate them one by one. The raspberries were so sweet that they couldn't stop eating them.Li Huaixi was quite conscientious, so he made some soft branches and weaved them into a crooked little basket. Li Long, Li Hu and Liu Quan picked some not yet fully ripe raspberries with a bit of sweet and sour taste, and prepared to put them in the basket. Bring them back to their pregnant mother to eat.

At noon, Li Chengkui led the children down the mountain.The women set up a pot in the open space by the spring and were cooking soup with freshly picked mushrooms. Every family brought dry food. Li Chengkui even brought a piece of bacon from home to his sister-in-law in the morning.

Now, the bacon and mushroom soup is full of fragrance. People are full of praise for Li Chengkui's unique bacon. Women come to ask how to make it. When Li Chengkui asks three questions, they push them to his wife. Li Huaixi's mother just married here not long ago , and not very familiar with the women in the village, and women don't like to get close to women who are prettier than themselves. Li Huaixi's mother doesn't get close to many women in the village. Pushing it there is like pushing it to the end. Few people will Really ask.

In fact, bringing bacon this time was a family discussion, just to see how well the villagers accept this kind of meat product with a special taste. They plan to make more in winter, and sell bacon at this time next year. Make up for the loss caused by the decrease in fresh meat sales.Now it seems that the response is good, and their bacon should be sold.

When the sun was a little west, people started to walk home with their things on their backs. Li Huaixi was exhausted and lay in the car and fell asleep.His wicker basket was finally filled with mushrooms, and some small fungus the size of a fingernail, which is very delicious, but the amount is too small. He only picked a small amount, and used a few beech leaves and The other mushrooms were separated, and Li Huaixi asked Liu Quanshou to watch by the basket, just like his little crossbow, and no one could move it.

20. Overbirth

In the second ten days of July, the weather gradually became clearer and cooler. After the ears of rice gradually turned yellow, the village began to be lively. People went to help whose rice matured first, and went to another one after the work was done. , Race against time to return all the grains to the warehouse before the grains fall.

There is a public yard in the middle of the village, where the children have a good place to play. Every day they roll and play in groups on the soft straw piles. The sky was falling, and it would be very troublesome to picket it. The culprits included almost all the children in the village. The saying that the law does not blame the public is applicable here.

Li Huaixi returned the two copybooks that his husband lent him at the beginning. The husband asked him to copy a few words on the spot. Every day, you have to hand in a copy sketch of no less than [-] points.

He has grown a lot taller, and it is already very difficult for his eldest brother Li Long to hug him. Now his father is the only one in the family who will carry him around every day. Li Huaixi is very greedy for his father's broad and warm embrace, because in a few more days It is possible that this embrace does not belong to him anymore.

In the past few days, his mother has just handed over her embroidery work, and has been busy making small clothes and quilts to prepare for the coming new life in the coming year.The old lady Wen in the village calculated the date. The fourth child of the Li family had a big birthday and would be born in the first lunar month.

On this day, when Li Huaixi came home, he found that his mother was making a strange thing, which looked like a pouch but was sealed, with tassels on the bottom, which was very beautiful.

"Mother, what are you doing? Who is it for?" Li Huaixi walked over and asked.

"It's for you, I don't even recognize the lucky bag? You're a little fool, won't it be your birthday in a few days, what do you want to eat, let your grandma make it for you then." His mother asked him with a smile.

Birthday?Li Huaixi has never had a birthday experience when he grew up. In his previous life, he had several ID cards, each with a different name and a different date of birth, but none of them were true, and he himself did not know himself. When is the birthday? I only remember that it seems to be summer, but even his gambler father can’t remember the exact date. For this reason, his father cried and confessed, but unfortunately he went to play cards after the confession. In his father's place, confession and correction are two different things.

Li Huaixi was looking forward to his birthday, but he didn't want to make it too obvious, so he pretended not to care. He grabbed the tassel of the lucky bag and asked, "How many days is my birthday?"

"Well, it seems that there are still three days left. You bring me the month card, and I'll take a look." His mother put down the work in her hand and pointed to the month card not far away.

Li Huaixi went over and handed the month card to his mother, glanced at his mother's swollen belly and said, "You have to go to the field to move more, or you will be in trouble when you give birth."

"Go away, which eye of yours can see that I am not moving, your birthday is on the third day of August, and there are four days left, go outside and play, don't bother me here." His mother's temper has become more irritating since she became pregnant No, sunny and rainy, faster than June, Li Huaixi left