Lucky husband

After being busy until the middle of the afternoon, Mrs. Li can finally take a breather. She only needs to start cooking in half an hour, and everything else is ready.

At this time, Li Chengli brought Qian Xinghua and the others to come.

Seeing her second son come over with food, Granny Li, who was sitting in the yard resting, had a flash of relief in her eyes. The boy finally got a little better after telling him so many times.

Before, Li Chengli told Qian Xinghua to make two dishes, one with pork and the other with fish, but after Qian Xinghua went out, he only bought a knife or two catties of pork, not fish.

She made a bowl of braised pork with bean sprouts from the side that was both fat and thin, and a bowl of roasted pork with potatoes from the side that had more fat. That's fine, let's not talk about the fish.

Li Chengli took the lead to enter the house: "Mother, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I brought Xinghua and the children over here, and our family will celebrate the New Year together."

Old Madam Li nodded: "Okay, Mrs. Qian, please put the dishes in the kitchen. You can go in and talk to your father."

Old man Li had nothing to do this morning. Mrs. Li watched him go in and out of the yard several times, and every time she glanced at the right side, what was he thinking? .

The old man Li and the old lady Li are the two who talk more on weekdays. She has a straightforward temper, and she will tell you any dissatisfaction with you. Li Chengli made her unhappy before, and she exploded on the spot After one pass, I stopped talking in my heart.

Old man Li is different, he doesn't talk very much, on the surface he seems to be quite similar to Li Chengli, but in fact he sees things better than Li Chengli, he just holds back and doesn't say anything.

Seeing Li Chengli come back on his own initiative today, old man Li's complexion really improved a lot.

On the other side, Qian Xinghua went to the kitchen with two bowls of vegetables. Looking at the meat and vegetables on the chopping board and smelling the tangy aroma of meat, she couldn't help but feel happy for her decision today.

It only cost 32 renminbi to buy two catties of meat, and you can come over and eat more than a dozen dishes after cooking two dishes.

Bai Xiuhe was cutting vegetables in the kitchen at this time, and when she saw Qian Xinghua come in, she greeted her happily: "Second younger sibling, I was wondering when you would come over just now, this year the third younger sibling is confinement, just me and mother Busy in the kitchen, mother can rest after you come."

Bai Xiuhe said these words just thinking that her mother-in-law could rest with the help of her sister-in-law, and didn't think about anything else, but Qian Xinghua heard something meaningful, as if she was complaining that she came too late, and the New Year's Eve dinner was coming soon It's time to come and eat ready-made.

No matter what Qian Xinghua thought, Bai Xiuhe gave her the work of cutting vegetables after she came over, and she was not polite at all to do other things by herself.

In Li's family, the person Qian Xinghua fears the most is her mother-in-law, Mrs. Li, who is inherently oppressive to her daughter-in-law, so she is not afraid of it, followed by her elder sister-in-law, Bai Xiuhe.

Bai Xiuhe is from the main village of Shanghe Village, and she gave birth to the eldest grandson of Li's family as soon as she entered the door. She is very embarrassing in front of her parents-in-law. No matter how dissatisfied Qian Xinghua is with Bai Xiuhe on weekdays, she will not easily provoke Bai Xiuhe, and today is no exception.

Qian Xinghua said to herself three times in order not to get angry, then picked up the kitchen knife and began to chop vegetables.

After Qian Xinghua came over, although Mrs. Li didn't go into the kitchen to continue working, she still had to go into the kitchen to have a look from time to time. One was that she liked to worry about things at her age, and the other was that she was worried about Qian Xinghua and worried about money. Xinghua steals food and does not work hard.

After everyone in the second room came in and said hello, Liming hurriedly took Limingxia, who had the best relationship with him, to the backyard to see the rabbit he and his brothers caught this morning, and told her the story of waiting for the rabbit by the way.

After finishing speaking, Li Mingjin always felt that what he said was not good enough, so he ran out and called Li Ming Li who was watching the adults chopping firewood in the yard, and asked Li Ming Li to explain how to catch the rabbit again.

The same thing, it is much more interesting to say it from Li Mingli's mouth. After listening to it, Li Mingxia touched the stupid and poor rabbit, and said in agreement: "I also think that Brother Jin has good luck. Let's go to the back mountain to look for it in spring to see if we can catch wild rabbits or pheasants again."

After looking at the rabbit, Li Mingjin took Li Mingxia to the left room again, dug out the cakes Li Chengshi brought back for him a few days ago and the candies he had finally hidden and gave them to Li Mingxia, because he suddenly discovered that Li Mingxia was Thin.

After Li Mingxia ate several yuan, he asked her: "Fourth sister, what does Second Aunt ask you and Second Sister to do at home in winter, I don't think you two go out very much."

To his younger brother who grew up together and had the best relationship with him, Li Mingxia told the truth: "I didn't do anything at home, but my mother left me and my second sister with a cotton-padded jacket. , so she won't let us go out."

In fact, it is very common for Qian Xinghua’s practice to be applied to poor people. Some even wear cotton-padded jackets for the whole family, and only the person who goes out wears them. But the Li family is obviously not that poor, and Shanghe Village is not that poor either. family.

Li Mingjin was very surprised after hearing this: "I saw that Liming only wore several different padded jackets, the second aunt is too biased."

He couldn't help but say these words, and felt sorry for Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia.

On the contrary, Li Mingxia persuaded Li Mingjin: "Ming is a boy, he often goes out, and he will go to a private school to learn how to read in spring, and make him two more clothes to change, so that he won't be laughed at by others."

"It's as if literacy is so important." Li Mingjin snorted. He didn't like the second aunt and the sixth brother. Seeing that the sixth brother had been studying in a private school for half a year, he didn't see any changes.

After talking to Li Mingxia, Li Mingjin asked her to continue eating cakes at home, and went to the delivery room to find Jiang Zhiyun.

Jiang Zhiyun was looking through the fabrics in the room, and was going to make summer clothes for Li Mingjin when she was confinement. Li Mingjin has grown rapidly in the past two years, and the summer clothes she made last year were already short. Now that she can manage her own house, summer clothes don't cost much fabric Do it quickly, and don't want to wrong the child to wear clothes that don't fit.

Looking up and seeing that the person entering the room was Li Mingjin, Jiang Zhiyun asked him a little strangely: "Brother Jin, why are you here?"

On weekdays, Li Mingjin usually had breakfast in the morning, came to find Jiang Zhiyun to read, played with Li Mingkang for a while, then came over to see his younger brother after lunch, and finally came over after dinner, three times a day was very regular, usually not Come by in the afternoon.

Li Mingjin pouted, and asked a little angrily: "Mother, how can you make Fourth Sister's life better?"

"What's wrong with your fourth sister?" Jiang Zhiyun put down the cloth on hearing this, and talked to her son seriously.

"Mother, you taught me not to criticize the elders, but the second aunt is too partial. She only left a cotton jacket for the second sister and the fourth sister, and the rest of the cotton was used to make cotton jackets for the sixth brother." Li Mingjin said angrily. .

Why did Qian Xinghua treat her own child? Jiang Zhiyun, as the daughter-in-law of the third room, couldn't say anything. She thought about it, and said to Li Mingjin: "Brother Jin, ask your mother to think carefully and see if I can help you. Second Sister and Fourth Sister, if you feel sorry for the two sisters, in the future your father will bring you some delicious food, send them a copy."

Before Li's family separated, every time Li Chengshi brought pastries and candies back, Li Mingjin basically remembered to give them to Limingchun and Limingxia.

After the separation, I spent less time seeing the two of them. In addition, Li Mingjin later met his cousin Li Qiusheng, who was also an older brother. Thinking of Li Mingxia and the others, I spent less time.

Li Mingjin nodded obediently, and he reminded himself to remember to visit the right room more and share the delicious food with the fourth sister and the others.

But within a few words, the voice of Mrs. Li shouting for dinner came from outside.

The New Year's Eve dinner is not eaten until it gets dark, but it is eaten from Shenshi in the afternoon until dark. The later you eat, the smoother your life will be in the coming year.

Qian Xinghua helped put all the dishes on the table, and she smiled with satisfaction at her son who was obediently sitting at the table and staring at the dishes. Her family Mingcai was obedient.

During this meal, Qian Xinghua and Li Mingcai, the mother and son, stuffed meat into their mouths almost non-stop, and nothing happened. The whole family ate happily.

Mrs. Li didn't say anything when she saw this. Anyway, there was a table full of meat. Qian Xinghua and Li Mingcai couldn't finish it even if they were stuffed to death. One more thing is worse than one less thing. The New Year's Eve dinner makes everyone happy.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, there was a night vigil. Bai Xiuhe led Qian Xinghua to collect the food on the table, and put melon seeds and peanuts on the table for everyone's entertainment during the night vigil.

Night vigil is an activity for adults, and the children in the family are still young. The oldest, Li Mingde, is only 13 years old. As the old saying goes, if you don’t sleep well, you don’t grow tall. No, don't let them follow the vigil.

Everyone sat and talked and laughed, drank a big pot of tea, ate a plate of melon seeds and peanuts, and the time was getting later and later.

Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe came back from a trip, with two new spring clothes in their hands: "Father, mother, this year, Xiuhe and I are busy with the soup rice noodle business, so we don't have time to make new clothes for you two." , I bought this at a clothing store, I hope you two will like it."

Before the separation, Jiang Zhiyun basically made the clothes of the family members by herself. After the separation, Bai Xiuhe should do the clothes of old man Li and old lady Li who followed the big house.

Adding a new set of clothes to parents every year is what Bai Xiuhe should do as a daughter-in-law, but she thinks that her craftsmanship is not good and she really doesn't have time this year, so the two of them together bought two outfits at the clothing store and brought them back.

In addition to two sets of clothes, Li Chengzhi also bought old man Li a nice teacup, and old lady Li a silver bracelet of about one tael without any patterns on it.

As soon as these few things were brought out, Old Madam Li was very satisfied: "Your filial parents all know that you two just started doing business, and you didn't make much money, and all of it was spent on it. Don't do this in the future, don't worry about it." Save some for the kids."

Seeing this, Li Chengli took out the little silver ingot that he had been carrying all afternoon and one night: "Father and mother, I have been dull since I was a child. If there is anything I have not done well, please point it out, and I will definitely correct it in the future."

Qian Xinghua's eyes widened instantly when she saw this small silver ingot, and she looked at Li Chengli short of breath: "This, what's going on?"

"Xinghua, this is for us to be filial to our parents." Li Chengli took Qian Xinghua and pulled it hard, and they knelt down together.

Li Chengli was still as taciturn as before, but Qian Xinghua suddenly didn't dare to make a fuss with Li Chengli as before, and knelt on the ground in amazement, her heart was pounding, she felt that something was different from before.

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