Pastoral Chronicle of the Talented Talent

At this time, the patriarch's youngest grandson Yu'er came in bouncingly. He was only seven or eight years old. He was wearing thick cotton shoes embroidered with tigers newly made by his grandmother. He was wearing thick thick cotton shoes in festive colors. A cotton-padded jacket, with a pure golden longevity lock hanging around his neck, he has a tiger head and a tiger head, his chubby face is raised up, revealing the pink-tender pink-tender teeth that have lost two front teeth, and his face is full of childishness , stepped forward and grabbed Li Min's sleeve, begging him to play together.

The patriarch asked him to go play with Li Lang, but he didn't do it, the little man insisted on hanging around Li Min.

"Lizheng was very lenient about the matter of building a house, and he didn't feel embarrassed. The old man also felt that he did it fairly. It's just that the river embankment is also a good thing for the villagers. I think continuing to build Going down is also very good, what do you see?"

The patriarch's words were already very intimate, and Li Min understood a little when he heard it. He grabbed Yu'er's fleshy little hand holding his cuff with his backhand, and gently squeezed it. He knew that the patriarch was talking about it. Seek your own opinion.Li Zheng didn't object to his plan to build a house, and he didn't block it. It was obviously a gesture of goodwill.It's just that the notice that he wants to build the embankment has already been posted, how can it be taken back?

Furthermore, he had informed the patriarch that night when he came back, and he wanted to open a clan discussion. If he backed down at this point, wouldn't it be a failure?

Li Min thought about it for a while, squeezed Yu'er's small hand tightly, and said firmly, "Grandpa, building the river embankment is a matter of course. Since even the county master agrees, wouldn't it be annoying if we made more noise and less rain?" Disappointed? Min'er will go to the field to see it now, draw up the plan, and the river embankment can't be delayed."

Hearing Li Min's words, Li Qifu felt confident and nodded immediately, "In this way, the old man will discuss with several elders in the clan, and find a suitable time to gather everyone together in the ancestral hall for discussion. this matter."

Li Min nodded, took his tools and planned to go to Tianranhe to investigate.

"Grandpa, grandpa! I want to be with Brother Min, and I want to eat at Brother Min's house!" At this time, Yu'er clapped her hands happily, grabbed Li Min's sleeve and walked to the kitchen, muttering, "I also Let's cook, Yu'er's cooking is delicious!" Now, why don't you go home with the patriarch.

Li Min also saw the meal, and immediately invited the patriarch to have a meal together. Li Qifu was cold, so he was not willing to stay, so he immediately put his young grandson Yu'er here, and he went back to his home, saying that he would come to pick up Yu'er later.

They called Li Lang and asked him to follow Yu'er and Li'er, while Li Min went into the kitchen and cut off a piece of meat to start a fire.He stewed the meat first, then went back to the house and asked Li Lang to call Min Jian for dinner.

When I opened the door, I saw Lang'er playing boxing games with Yu'er. The sound of the jingling longevity lock on Yu'er's body caused Li'er, who heard the sound, to pat her pink-tender little hands and spit bubbles from time to time. Li Lang looked back at Li'er from time to time, his young eyes showing concern as an elder brother.

There were two long pillows piled up on the edge of the couch, and Li'er was inside the pillows.Even so, Li Lang's eyes never left Li'er in the couch.

Yu'er looks thick, white and fat, although he is only seven or eight years old, his height is the same as Lang'er.Compared with Lang'er, he has lost weight quickly since he came back from the bunch of little beggars, his small face showed a slightly pale yellow cheekbones, and the commoner clothes on his body had not been changed for several days. On a cold day, he was dressed lightly, revealing his shaved neck. When he turned his head to look at Gu Li'er, his neck became longer and thinner.

Li Min stepped forward and gently stroked Li Lang's slightly dry hair, with a soft-soft voice, "I'll see, you go and bring Brother Min to our house for dinner, he's cool to cook by himself, come to us Eat at home, lively."

Li Lang was acting like a parent just now, playing with Yu'er, looking after Li'er, when he saw Li Min coming in, he made a small face, "Got it." He lowered his head sullenly, and put Li Min on it by the way Shaking his hand off, he pressed Yu'er's hand instead, and instructed like a little adult, "Wait here! I'll play with you when I come back!"

"Yeah." Yu'er blinked innocently and nodded emphatically, "Don't worry, I'll wait for Brother Lang to come back with peace of mind!"

Watching Li Lang's small body disappearing at the door in silence, Li Min pursed his lips slightly and said nothing, the room fell silent for a while.

"Brother Min, are you okay?" Yu'er hugged Li Min's cold and rough hand in his sleeve, trying to warm it up as much as possible, with a timid voice.

Li Min shook his head, with a slightly sour nose, secretly decided that after this matter was settled, he would feed his siblings well.Lang'er is only one or two years older than Yu'er, but his clothing, food and clothing are thousands of miles away from him. He knows that Lang'er has grown up after the incident of the little beggar. Although he knew how to look at the little girl before, he just threw her away in the blink of an eye. In the back of his mind, he completely forgot about his little sister, with a pure childlike heart; but now the responsibility of taking care of his little sister is completely engraved on his heart. Put a pillow on the bed, turn your head from time to time to look around for the safety of the little sister, to prevent her from falling off the bed.You are only ten years old, but you have to deal with these things.

"Be good, Yu'er, we'll eat meat later!"

Li Min swept away the dullness on his face, and smiled at Yu'er.

Min Jian came here not long after. Seeing Li Min boiled sliced ​​meat directly in the big white pot, he shook his head, "Min'er, this meat without spices is not good at all! Come, come, stay by the side, I Come get it, and keep you delicious when the time comes!"

He is a man who knows how to live. Not long after, Li Min saw that Min Jian brought all the cinnamon bark and other things that his family picked from the mountains for spices to his home. He immediately asked, "Brother Min, don't you always take it here?" thing."

"What's the matter!" Min Jian waved his palm, his face was full of indifference, and he said in a rough voice, "Min'er, you should know all about these things. I will take you to the mountains sometime to find time to recognize these spices used for food. Trees and grass stems, when the time comes, your cooking will be so delicious!"

Li Min nodded.

Li Lang cooked dough rice, and the meal was hot, so Li Min packed his bags and went to the natural river.Min Jian wanted to follow, but Li Min smiled and asked him to stay with the children.Min Jian scratched his head and agreed, but Lang Er rolled his eyes at him in dissatisfaction, because he felt that he was powerful and there was no need for Min Jian to watch at home.

Li Min stretched out his hand to touch his hair, and said with some nostalgia and compassion, "When I come back, I will wash Lang'er's hair and put him in a nice bun. With this appearance, he will look more and more like an adult. It should look like a child!"

"Humph!"

Li Lang shook his neck and shook Li Min's hand away again.Li Min wasn't angry, but smiled deeper. His gaze was fixed on Li Lang, and the deep and clear pupils became darker and darker.Li Lang was still staring at him at first, but then he looked away as if he couldn't bear it anymore, to prove that he was not defeated, he turned his head away, the little man picked up his chest and spread his legs apart , he slapped his heels on the ground twice, showing some momentum.

"Look at Li'er well, and be polite to Brother Min." Li Min instructed softly, and then walked out.In fact, he asked Min Jian to eat today, and his private purpose was to keep Min Jian to take care of his younger siblings.It is absolutely impossible for Li Min to let his younger siblings stay at home alone. Even if the yard is adjacent to the patriarch's house, he still can't rest assured. He only needs to think that nothing will happen in the care of his younger siblings.

Some despised his own selfishness and hypocrisy, but Li Min had no choice but to think that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely repay Min Jian.

Just two steps away, Yu'er hugged Li Min's waist, insisting on following him, but Lang'er couldn't keep him in the boxing game.

"You can take him with you!" Min Jian said indifferently, "This kid likes you right away."

Li Min nodded, and took Yu'er out the door, but turned to the patriarch's house.

He couldn't just take Yu'er away like this. After all, not everyone's children are like his Lang'er, who can be taken away at will, or even become beggars, begging for a living.

He wanted to go to the patriarch's house to put Yu'er down, even if he would be misunderstood and dislike the child.Unexpectedly, Yu'er was determined to follow, the patriarch and Li Bian had no choice but to allow the grandson, and urged Li Min to take good care of Yu'er.

Li Min looked down and saw the ingot bracelet on Yu'er's wrist, which was an auspicious and beautiful thing attached to the adults. The patriarch's other grandchildren have grown up, but this young grandson is a treasure in his heart.This is also the reason why he is unwilling to take the child out easily. If someone knocks and falls, he will be guilty of a great crime.

Leading Yu'er's chubby little hands all the way to the natural river, the ground was still a bit wet and muddy and his feet were sticky. Li Min encountered a difficult road, so he simply carried Yu'er over there, and the passing villagers saw this They greeted each other one after another, and when they asked Li Min if he was going to Tianranhe, everyone couldn't help whispering, and some of them even looked happy.Some villagers followed Li Min from a distance, wanting to see what happened.

Li Lao Er refused to pay the money, Li Min decided to build a river embankment, now there is something to see!

Some people ran home and told the big news to their acquaintances.

Li Min ignored him and went out of the village to the natural river. Yu'er on his body was clamoring to get off, but Li Min let him down when he was tired of hugging him. Seeing freedom, Yu'er stomped his little feet on the ground and ran to the shallows He held his hand under the river bank, suddenly let out a "wow", and shouted crisply, "Brother Min, it's so cold, it's so refreshing!"

"Be careful to freeze your hands."

Li Min smiled at him, raised his eyes to look at the upstream, not far from here is the farmland, if water is diverted for irrigation, it will definitely increase the field yield, especially in the drought season, water diversion is even more important.

He shook out the white cloth in his sleeve, picked up a piece of charcoal and made a mark on the cloth.