Lucky husband

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, eat planed pork soup.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, sweep the dust.

Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe of Dafang only soaked 29 catties of dry rice noodles that day, and when they were sold, they closed the stall and went home to help clean the house.

Four of the five pigs raised this year were sold when Jiang Zhiyun gave birth, and the family kept one that had just been slaughtered. The old man Li at the pigsty had already cleaned up the pigs after slaughtering them yesterday, so don't worry about them.

There are ten chickens in the chicken coop, Jiang Zhiyun ate four, and there are still six left. No matter whether Bai Xiuhe used to feed the chickens or now old man Li feeds the chickens, the chicken coop is often cleaned and it is not dirty.

Therefore, Li's dust-sweeping is mainly to check the roof tiles, clean up the cobwebs in the house, and dredge the gutters in the yard, which are not usually done.

Shanghe Village is located in the south of Dayu, and there is almost no snow in winter, so there is no need to worry about the roof being crushed by the heavy snow, so everyone will not check the roof before winter, but wait until the time of sweeping the dust before the New Year.

In the morning, there was an adult man, Li Chengshi, at home. He took his two half-grown nephews to the roof together. Under the guidance of old man Li, he straightened out the roof tiles of the main room and the left wing.

Mrs. Li, alone, marinated the New Year's pork that hadn't been processed yesterday to prevent the meat from spoiling. As for the meat to be used for the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow, just put it in a bowl and put it in water to freeze it. not bad.

In the afternoon, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe returned to Li's house.

Li Chengzhi took the two brothers Li Mingde and Li Mingli to clean up the gutters in the yard and outside the house. The two children Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue swept the yard of Li's house. The old lady Li led Bai Xiuhe Clean up the sanitation of the main house together.

In the third room, because Jiang Zhiyun was confinement, Li Chengshi took care of the house. Fortunately, Jiang Zhiyun is a clean naturer, and the house is usually tidy. Li Chengshi only needs to clean up the cobwebs and wipe the dust .

Everyone is doing things, and the leisurely and busy day passes like this.

New Year's Eve, family reunion, the most anticipated day of the year-New Year's Eve is coming.

Granny Li got up early that day, and was busy in the kitchen with Bai Xiuhe. In the past few years, the life of Li's family has gotten better and better, and the New Year's Eve dinner has begun to be richer, and there are many things to prepare.

The rest of the family couldn't be free either. Brothers Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi decided to take a hatchet and rope and go to the back mountain to chop firewood.

Li Mingjin hasn't gone up the mountain for more than two months. Children can't go up the mountain alone, they can be accompanied by an adult. He looked at his uncle and father: "Daddy, uncle, can I go up the mountain with you?"

Li Chengshi has always doted on Li Mingjin, he hugged Li Mingjin: "Brother Jin, what do you want to do up the mountain?"

Li Mingjin didn't know what he wanted to do, but he just wanted to go: "I haven't gone up the mountain for a long time, and I want to see what changes there are on the mountain."

Li Chengshi felt that his brother looked cuter and cuter, so he pinched his cheek: "Brother Jin wants to go up to the mountain to have a look. Dad and uncle go up the mountain to chop firewood, so it may be a long way, and we will come back later. You have to carry the firewood, if Brother Jin can't walk anymore, and neither father nor uncle can carry you, are you still willing to go together?"

Hearing this, Li Mingjin twisted a few times and got off Li Chengshi's body: "I'm already eight years old, I don't need to be hugged by my father, I can walk by myself."

In the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, Li Mingjin and his two brothers and sisters often went up the mountain. He is not the kind of coquettish person who cannot walk and wants to be hugged by others.

Li Chengshi put Li Mingjin on the ground and took care of his elder brother to go out.

The two brothers Li Mingde and Li Mingli heard the news and followed suit. Since the two of them went to the county school to study, the time and frequency of going to the back mountain have been greatly reduced, and they want to go too.

But the two brothers didn't just go to play, they would also help carry firewood down the mountain later.

A group of five people went up the back mountain. On the way, Li Chengshi wanted to hug Li Mingjin, but Li Mingjin refused to let him say anything, and he could walk by himself.

With his son's attitude so firm, Li Chengshi thought that if brother Jin couldn't walk when he came back later, he would carry less firewood and carry him home.

The back mountain in winter is different from other seasons. Many trees have lost their leaves, leaving only the bare branches. They look very lifeless. Li Mingjin asked curiously, "Father, are these trees not dead?"

"No, they just fall off the leaves, and they will grow back in the spring, just like Brother Jin's hair, every time your mother washes and combs your hair, a few will always fall off, and it falls off quickly It grows again, so Brother Jin's hair is still so much, it hasn't decreased." Li Chengshi replied.

Li Mingjin touched his hair: "My hair will fall out? I never knew."

In the past, it was Jiang Zhiyun who washed and combed Li Mingjin's hair. During Jiang Zhiyun's confinement period, it was changed to Li's old lady who combed and washed his hair. He had never heard his mother or grandma say that his hair was falling out.

Li Chengshi smiled, and pushed aside a branch blocking Li Mingjin: "You comb your hair once tomorrow morning, and you will know if it will fall out."

The family talked and laughed all the way, and walked deep into the back mountain.

Today, Li Chengzhi and the others are not going to cut branches, because branches are easy to find as firewood. Usually, their father can carry a lot of them by walking around the mountain when they have nothing to do. Fallen trees, such trees are not easy to find, but such firewood can burn for a long time after being dried.

When cutting firewood, no one would cut down the trees near the foot of the mountain. This is a rule left by the ancestors. The villagers don't know the specific reason, but they only know that bad things will happen if they are cut down.

Li Chengzhi and Li Chengzhi walked ahead to open the way, looking for firewood, while the two brothers Li Mingde and Li Mingli took care of Li Mingjin and walked slowly behind.

Li Mingjin's physical strength was not as good as that of his two elder brothers, he had to stop and rest for a while every time he walked, and Li Mingde and Li Mingli followed him to rest.

Just a while ago, Li Mingde found a book about plants in the school. This book was written by an adult who liked carpentry in the former Ministry of Industry. It recorded hundreds of different trees. Most of the trees on the back mountain are They are all in it, including the names, growth habits, characteristics and functions of these trees. The two brothers have seen them and find them very interesting.

So when they stopped to rest, they found out the tree they knew and told Li Mingjin.

After walking up the mountain for half an hour, he finally arrived at the place where he was going to cut firewood today. Li Mingjin was exhausted, so he sat down on a relatively smooth stone and sighed: "Father and uncle are not easy to cut firewood. It's been so long."

Li Chengzhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, and laughed at Li Mingjin: "I know you are tired, will you come next time?"

Li Mingjin frowned, and then said firmly, "I'm coming!"

Li Chengzhi and the others arrived first, and after resting enough, he picked up the hatchet and walked to the side to see if there was any kind of firewood he wanted nearby, then turned around with a smile and said, "We'll talk about it tomorrow when you get back up. "

People who have not climbed mountains for a long time will not feel anything on the day of climbing, but their legs must be sore when they wake up the next day. Li Chengzhi is waiting to see Li Mingjin's jokes tomorrow.

Li Mingjin didn't know this, he listened to his uncle explaining tomorrow, and quickly retorted: "Uncle really hates it, I will definitely get up early tomorrow, grandma said that people who are late together on the New Year's Day will be lazy for a year, I don't want it Be a slacker."

Li Chengshi followed Li Chengzhi with a hatchet, and looked at Li Mingjin when he heard the words: "Brother Jin, do you still remember what your mother taught you? Be polite when talking to elders."

Li Mingjin pursed his lips and saluted Li Chengzhi: "Uncle, Brother Jin is wrong, he shouldn't have spoken to you like that."

"It's okay, it's fine, it's good for the kids to be more lively." Li Chengzhi laughed twice, kids at Brother Jin's age are the funniest, and he likes to tease kids.

What's more, it's not rude to be like brother Jin just now, Li Chengzhi didn't take it to heart.

When Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi started to hear the sound of chopping firewood, Li Mingjin finally had enough rest. He stood up and looked at the area curiously. He had never been here before, and everything he saw was very novel.

It was not the first time for Li Mingde and Li Mingli to come here, so they took Li Mingjin around to see if they could find anything interesting.

After a few steps, a cloud of dust jumped out from Li Mingde's feet. Li Mingjin took a closer look and found that it was a gray rabbit. He shouted: "Big Brother, Third Brother, Rabbit!"

The rabbit seemed to have been frightened by Li Mingjin's roar, it shook and jumped forward at a faster speed.

Li Mingde and the others also saw the rabbit, and he chased after the rabbit. Li Mingli was in the other direction, and the two just formed a kind of outflank to the rabbit, a bit like the way Li Mingjin and Li Mingxia were catching pheasants back then.

I don't know if he was scared by the sudden appearance of people, or because the rabbit's eyesight was not good. Li Mingjin stared at the rabbit as he rushed towards a big tree, and then hit the tree trunk straight without turning. , fainted.

Li Mingde ran over in two or three steps, lifted the hare by its ears, and the stunned rabbit legs struggled unconsciously in the air a few times.

"What a silly rabbit! Have we encountered the "waiting for a rabbit" mentioned in the book?" Li Mingli walked over and looked at this unlucky hare in surprise.

Li Mingjin also ran over: "Big brother, third brother, what does it mean to guard the pig and wait for the rabbit? Guard the pig and bring the rabbit?"

After tying the temporarily unconscious hare with a rope, Li Mingde explained to Li Mingjin what it means to wait for the rabbit: "We used to regard this story as a joke, but we never thought that one day we would see the rabbit crashing into a tree with our own eyes."

Li Mingjin fiddled with the rabbit's ears twice, and said solemnly: "The person in the story didn't find the right place. Where would there be rabbits and big trees by the side of the field? If he was on the mountain, he must have waited for the rabbit long ago, like us. .”

Li Mingde and Li Mingli felt that what Li Mingjin said was quite reasonable. Thinking about it, if there were not many trees on the edge of the field, even if a rabbit with bad eyesight appeared, if they wanted to wait for the rabbit to hit the tree, it might be too late. It's too low.

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