Lucky husband

After a while, Li Chengzhi came over with a bundle of thigh-thick tree trunks that had been chopped into pieces. Seeing Li Mingjin and the three of them squatting under a tree, he asked, "What are you guys doing over there?" Woolen cloth?"

"Father, we caught a rabbit." Li Mingde stood up holding the rabbit's ears and showed it to his father.

Li Mingli is more lively than Li Mingde, he always talks more, he ran over and gesticulated and said: "Father, we picked up a stupid rabbit that crashed into a tree by itself, this rabbit is so stupid, it jumped from the side of big brother In the past, it ran very fast, and I thought I couldn’t catch it, but I didn’t expect it to hit a tree and faint, hahaha.”

Li Chengzhi put down the firewood on his back, and took the rabbit, which was still fat in winter, and weighed it in his hands: "It's not bad, it should weigh four and a half catties. Take this rabbit home and raise it first. It will be braised in soy sauce tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Rabbit meat."

Li Mingli salivated at the thought of the taste of braised rabbit meat, and asked, "Can't we eat it today?"

Li Chengzhi put the rabbit down: "Your grandma and mother started preparing for tonight's New Year's Eve dinner early in the morning. There is a big table full of delicious food. Are you sure you will eat braised rabbit meat today instead of waiting until tomorrow or the day after?"

"That's right! Tonight's New Year's Eve dinner must be a lot of delicious food. I saw that the grandma brought out a lot of meat." Li Mingli's glutton was completely hooked out.

Half a child eats a poor old man. He ate a bowl of coarse grain paste and two pancakes in the morning. After only an hour, he started to feel hungry again thinking about delicious food.

Seeing this, Li Chengzhi planned to speed up his movements. He told Li Mingli: "You watch and light this bundle of firewood. I'll go to your third uncle and bring the firewood back to us before we go home."

Li Chengzhi and Li Chengshi cut a total of three bundles of firewood. The two brothers carried one bundle each, and brothers Li Mingde and Li Mingli each carried half of the remaining bundle. Li Mingjin offered to carry the rabbit.

On the way back, Li Chengshi saw Li Mingjin holding a rabbit and asked how he caught it.

Li Mingli took the initiative to jump out and vividly told the process of the unlucky rabbit being caught by them, and told the story of waiting for the rabbit.

After finishing speaking, Li Mingli concluded: "I found that our brother Jin's luck seems to be quite good. I remember that he and Xia Yatou caught two pheasants and picked up two baskets of wild eggs on the mountain. This time, we will go up the mountain. Together, I met a silly rabbit that hit a tree by itself, remember to bring brother Jin with you when you go up the mountain, so that you can eat meat every day."

Li Mingjin wanted to say that the last time he met the pheasant with his fourth sister was not lucky, he had dreamed about it in advance, but he remembered that his father said that he could not tell about his dreams, so he carried the rabbit and continued walking .

Hearing this, Li Chengzhi patted Li Mingli on the shoulder, and jokingly said: "What nonsense are you talking about, brother Jin is really lucky, but how can good luck be used to catch pheasants and hares on the back mountain? It's too embarrassing. I think it's better to wait for your grandma to be free, and take Brother Jin to the rice noodle stall in the county seat for a while, and bring more customers to the rice noodle stall, hahaha."

Hearing this was just a joke, Li Chengshi echoed, "Okay, to prove that my brother Jin really has good luck, then I will call the brothers from the county government to the rice noodle stall, and the eldest brother will give you a cheap price."

"No problem, no problem, all the arrests from the county government come to our small stall to eat rice noodles, what you wish for."

Talking and laughing all the way, maybe because of unexpected gains, everyone walked more briskly on the way back, and returned to Li's house after a while.

Seeing them coming back with a fat hare, Mrs. Li didn't have time to talk to them, so she just said: "You guys said that you went to the mountain to cut firewood and brought back a hare. I don't have time to serve you right now. Go and put the rabbit in the chicken shed in the backyard, Mingde and Mingli, remember to go out and find fresh grass to feed the rabbit."

Li Mingde helped his father and third uncle to carry the firewood home, washed his hands and went back to the house. It was half an hour before lunch. He recalled the article taught by his master some time ago on the road. There is a short passage The content was a little blurry, so he reviewed this paragraph, and he must not forget his homework during the holidays.

Li Mingli, who was quite eager to express himself, took the initiative to put the rabbit in the backyard, and approached Mrs. Li: "Grandma, this rabbit was caught by us when it knocked itself into a tree. There were many and dense trees on the mountain at that time. The rabbit It jumped so fast that my eldest brother and I thought we couldn't catch this rabbit, but we didn't expect the silly rabbit to crash into a tree by itself, making us laugh to death."

Old Madam Li didn't have time to listen to him, so she nodded perfunctorily a few times: "Okay, okay, I know, if you have nothing to do, go talk to your master, don't stick around in front of me."

Granny Li is very busy, and it will be noon soon, so she and Bai Xiuhe have to make a simple lunch for the family first, and then eat a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner in the evening.

Disliked by Mrs. Li, Li Mingli hurried to find Old Man Li, took Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue with him, and went to listen to him talk about the joy of waiting for the rabbit this morning.

It was very interesting to listen to Li Mingli's story. Li Mingjin had already heard it once when he first caught the rabbit, and then he listened to it again on the road. This was the third time.

The little Li Mingyue heard that her brothers had caught the rabbit, and wanted to go and see it. She remembered that the rabbit was fluffy, cute and well-behaved.

Li Mingli hadn't played enough, Li Mingyue wanted to see the rabbit so much that he couldn't continue talking, so he asked Li Mingjin to take Li Mingyue to see the rabbit, and he continued to tell the master.

The rabbit was brought back by Li Mingjin carrying and holding it all the way. He played with the rabbit all the way, and now he went there with Li Mingyue. He has no enthusiasm for playing with the rabbit, and just stays with Li Mingyue.

The poor silly rabbit just woke up in the backyard of Li's house, hid in the corner and looked at the unfamiliar environment for no reason, and then welcomed a child who was very interested in it, pulling its ears, touching its fur, and wagging its tail. Make it tremble.

The Li family members were all at home on the New Year's Eve, and voices could be heard from every room, making it very lively.

In the right room on the other side, Qian Xinghua smelled all kinds of meat and was so greedy that she salivated, she leaned over to Li Chengli who was weaving straw sandals under the eaves: "Brother Li, why don't we go to dinner with our parents tonight?" Eat, although our old Li's family is separated, but the New Year's Eve dinner should be together as a family, we should all go back, what do you think?"

Li Chengli also had this idea, he nodded: "You go to the butcher to buy a piece of meat, then check if there is any fish, and cook two dishes and eat them together."

Mrs. Li scolded Li Chengli so much that he couldn't lift his head last time. He remembered what Mrs. Li said, if you don't want to spend money to buy meat, don't live a poor life. He is already the head of the family and cannot drag the family with him If he wants to go back to take advantage of his parents, if he wants to go back and have a New Year's Eve dinner with his parents, he not only has to go back with the food, but also has to give his parents filial money.

This time, Qian Xinghua agreed very happily: "Okay, I'll go cut the meat now, let's eat vegetarian at noon, and take the meat to my parents' place in the evening."

Qian Xinghua took all the money at home. When she went into the house to get the money, Li Chengli followed her. After she went out, Li Chengli found the money jar and took out two taels of silver from it.

The third brother said before that he would pay his parents five hundred taels of filial piety every month. He is not like the third brother who can get so much money from working in the county government, but he should have what he needs. It can be regarded as making up for this year.

After taking the silver, Li Chengli put the money jar back to its original place, without telling Qian Xinghua that he took the money out of the money jar.

In the afternoon, Mrs. Li and Bai Xiuhe continued to work in the kitchen, and it fell to Li Chengshi to take care of Jiang Zhiyun and Li Mingkang.

Li Chengshi hugged the eight-year-old Li Mingjin easily and effortlessly, but Li Mingkang was in a hurry when he was replaced by Li Mingkang. This is because the child's bones have not yet hardened, and it will feel soft when hugged. Li Chengshi has never taken care of a baby. Always worried that the child would fall from his arms if he didn't pay attention.

No matter what he had to learn to take care of his own child, under Jiang Zhiyun's guidance, Li Chengshi successfully made Li Mingkang cry while changing the diaper. He looked at Jiang Zhiyun innocently: "Mother Yun, what's wrong with Kang'er?"

Jiang Zhiyun looked at him dumbfounded: "It's okay, it's normal for a child to cry, you should move gently and pat him on the back."

After finally coaxing Li Mingkang to stop crying, Li Chengshi went out to wash the diapers and went into the house, Jiang Zhiyun asked him to help carry the baby over, she was going to breastfeed.

Probably because of the experience just now, or because Li Mingkang was familiar with Li Chengshi's smell, he didn't cry now, but cracked his mouth at Li Chengshi.

Li Chengshi interpreted Li Mingkang's action as a smile, and said in surprise: "Look, Yunniang, Kang'er smiled at me!"

"The child is only fifteen days old, so he won't laugh anymore. He is hungry and needs milk. Hurry up and bring him over, he will cry again later." Jiang Zhiyun took the child with a smile and continued, "Again After half a month, Kang'er should be able to laugh, that's what Brother Jin was like back then."

Li Chengshi was a little unhappy: "I have to go back to the county office after the annual leave, and I can only come back at the end of January. When the time comes, Kang'er remember to smile at Daddy."

Jiang Zhiyun looked at Xianggong's somewhat sad and aggrieved expression, and laughed at him: "Why are you like Brother Jin, always thinking about seeing Kang'er smile?"

"Yun Niang, after the new year, I can only see Kang'er twice a month." Li Chengshi became more and more aggrieved as he said, "I was at the border when Brother Jin was born, and now I am at the county government office when Kang'er is born. , I can't see any changes in the two children..."

While talking, he suddenly suggested: "Yunniang, why don't you bring Brother Jin and Kang'er to the county town next spring, and we rent a small courtyard near the county government?"

Li's family has already separated, and it is possible for the three of them to move to the county seat, so that he will not have to be separated from his wife and son for a long time. He will return to Shanghe Village to visit his parents when Muxiu is here. I have selected a small yard suitable for their family in my mind.

Jiang Zhiyun disagreed, and she persuaded softly: "Brother Shi, this is not good. Now that Kang'er is still young, I am a woman and I take two children to a county where I am not familiar. Handle. Also, we didn’t have much money when we just separated, and it would cost too much to go to the county seat, and in the future, brother Jin’s dowry and Kang’er’s schooling will all need money, so let’s talk about going to the county seat later.”

These words extinguished Li Chengshi's small flame just now. He thought that the cost of the county town was really high. With his monthly money alone, the family's life was very tight, so it was better to continue to live in Shanghe Village.

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