Lucky husband

On the day of Li Chengshi's Muxiu, the Li family put aside the drought and prepared for Li Mingkang's [-]-day banquet with peace of mind.

Limingkang's full moon happens to be the coldest time of the year. It is impossible to take the child out of the room at that time. It is impossible to give the child full moon wine. We can only adjust the time to officially invite Jiang's family to after Limingkang is a little older. hundred days.

It was said to be a hundred days, but in fact it was less than a hundred days. He just thought that Li Mingkang's father, Li Chengshi, would only be at home for this day, so he arranged the hundred-day banquet ten days in advance.

Few people in the countryside are willing to do a full moon or a hundred days for their children, and the Li family didn't call anyone else, only the Jiang family was invited.

On this day, Bai Xiuhe didn't go out to sell rice noodles. Jiang Zhiyun also took the initiative to work in the kitchen after getting up early. The two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law were busy working together, cooking dishes for two tables, one for adults and one for children.

And Li Mingjin is also very busy. He was very happy when he got up in the morning and heard that his grandfather and uncle were coming. He kept going around Li Mingkang's crib and the door of Li's house, running back and forth on both sides, waiting to see Jiang. When will the family come over.

In the middle of the morning, the Jiang family came in a mule cart, Jiang Yuzhi was at the front, Li Mingjin saw them at a glance, and ran out of the Li family's yard: "Grandpa, uncle, aunt, cousin, cousin. "

Old man Jiang got off the mule cart and hugged Li Mingjin: "Brother Jin is growing taller again, and in a year or two, grandpa will be older and won't be able to hug you."

"No, grandpa won't grow old." Li Mingjin stuck out her tongue and got down from her grandfather's arms.

Jiang Yuzhi helped his wife get out of the car, and carried his little daughter down: "Father, Bi Niang, you go in first, I will tie the mule to the door, and Qi Ming will lead the younger sister."

"Grandpa, let me tell you, my younger brother is getting better and better, and he smiles at me every day." Li Mingjin held the old man Jiang with one hand and greeted, "Cousin, cousin, you haven't seen my younger brother yet." , my younger brother is called Liming Kang, everyone calls him Kang Er, he is the cutest younger brother in Shanghe Village, no one can compare to him."

After visiting the Jiang family with his father in the second year of junior high, this was the first time Li Mingjin saw the Jiang family. During the Chinese New Year, his younger brother Li Mingkang had just been born and hadn’t fully grown. He was embarrassed to praise his younger brother to others. He looks good, now Li Mingkang is chubby like a little boy in a New Year picture, and Li Mingjin shows off his younger brother when he sees people.

"Brother Jin, stop talking." Jiang Zhiyun hurriedly stopped him after listening to Li Mingjin's words. She felt that Li Mingjin liked her younger brother so much that she thought her younger brother was the prettiest. In fact, as long as children are raised well, they will be white and tender Tender, cute and lovely.

Jiang Qiming has a solid personality, he nodded slightly after listening to Li Mingjin's words, and led his sister to follow him in to see if Kang Er was the cutest brother.

When Jiang Qiming and the others entered the room, Li Mingkang looked over with wide eyes, and immediately attracted Jiang Qiming.

Jiang Zhiyun's hands are very skillful, and the clothes she prepared for the baby fit her well. The swaddling clothes and the quilt are all very beautiful, and there are many patterns embroidered on them, making Li Mingkang look more well-behaved than ordinary babies.

In addition, Jiang Zhiyun loves cleanliness, so the children and the house are tidy and clean, which further enhances Li Mingkang's cuteness.

In a word, Jiang Qiming recognized Li Mingjin's words, and thought in his heart that Li Mingkang was the cutest brother in Shanghe Village and Xiahe Village combined.

Seeing her eldest nephew looking at her younger son without blinking, Jiang Zhiyun picked Li Mingkang up from the crib: "Qi Ming, do you want to hug my younger brother?"

"Ah?" Jiang Qiming hurriedly waved his hands and stepped back after reacting, and said rather embarrassedly, "No, no, aunt, I don't know how to do it."

Brother Kanger looked at the small ball, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold him and make him cry, so he should bring books to teach him how to read when he is older.

Jiang Zhiyun turned around and sent the child to her father, Old Man Jiang: "Father, Kang'er doesn't recognize anyone, why don't you hug him for a while?"

Of course old man Jiang was willing, he was stronger than Jiang Zhiyun, he could hug Li Mingkang with one hand, and he could tease Li Mingkang with the other hand, making Li Mingkang scream "Ahhh".

Old man Jiang took the opportunity to take out the longevity lock he had prepared for the child and a pair of anklets with small bells that Jiang Yuzhi had prepared. Both were made of silver. Li Mingkang was so curious that he stretched out his hands to grab them.

The Jiang family members were all sitting in the main room on the left side, teasing Li Mingkang, which made him very excited for a while, and after a while, he yawned twice and started rubbing his eyes.

"Yunniang, does Kang'er want to sleep?" Old man Jiang saw his little grandson's eyelids drooping, and he returned the child to Jiang Zhiyun with some reluctance.

Jiang Zhiyun nodded: "When he sleeps for a while, let's have lunch and talk in the afternoon, and he will wake up again."

Not just sleeping, this time is almost the time for Li Mingkang to breastfeed, and she happened to carry him to the house to nurse and coax him to sleep.

As the protagonist of the centenary banquet, Li Mingkang slept soundly in his exclusive small bed in the left chamber, and the Jiang family who came to see him moved to the main room to chat, waiting for the meal to start immediately.

At the dinner table, Mrs. Li took the initiative to mention the fact that it hasn't rained recently: "My father-in-law, it hasn't rained for half a month. Is there any explanation in your village?"

Old man Jiang couldn't help sighing when he mentioned this: "I went out recently and heard everyone talking about this. If it doesn't rain again, the crops in the field will probably not be very good."

The Jiang family did not farm land themselves, but bought two acres of paddy fields and two acres of dry land and rented them out. The [-]% rent was enough for their family to feed. Eat vegetables and fruits.

Although they don't need to farm the land themselves, they still have to rely on the grain grown in the ground to survive. Old man Jiang was worried, so he went to the county town two days ago to buy two hundred catties of white rice and put it home.

"Both the old man and I feel that this year is definitely not going to be a good year, and we plan to start buying grain and go home tomorrow." Mrs. Li explained part of their plan, but did not say how to buy grain or the specific amount of grain to buy.

After listening to Mrs. Li's words, Old Man Jiang nodded in agreement: "Well, mother-in-law, it's really safe for you to do this. I think you should buy more food and store it at home. I just have to think about how to buy food and go home."

Most people are still waiting now. No one has much extra money these days. They have to plant grain every spring and harvest it in autumn. If it is not the time when there is no other way, few people are willing to spend money Buy a lot of food and keep it at home.

Old Madam Li saw that Old Man Jiang and Jiang Yuzhi were more concerned about the possibility of a drought, so she didn't say much after mentioning a few words, so as not to surprise her in-laws.

After lunch, Jiang Zhiyun dragged Jiang Wang, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, into the room, and talked to her alone: ​​"Sister-in-law, are you feeling much better now?"

"Well, with the ginseng you gave me before to regulate my body, I didn't get sick again this winter, and now I'm fine. As long as I pay attention not to be too tired, Doctor Xing said that my body will gradually return to the appearance of an ordinary person." Mrs. Jiang Wang is very grateful to the sister's family. If it wasn't for them, she would be reluctant to let the family spend money to buy ginseng.

"That's good. I'll rest assured that you're healthy. Sister-in-law, my father-in-law and mother-in-law both feel that this year's situation is not good, and suspect that there will be a drought. When you go back, you must find a way to save more food without telling others. "Jiang Zhiyun can't say that her brother Jin will dream of a severe drought this year, she can only say that this is the judgment of her father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Yeah, my husband and dad thought the same way. Dad went to buy food two days ago and came back." Jiang Wang said what Jiang Yuzhi had quietly said to her.

"Is there enough money at home?" Jiang Zhiyun asked in a lower voice, "Sister-in-law, as you know, my in-law's family is separated now, and the rest of Brother Shi's monthly silver is in my hands. If there is not enough money at home, Buy food, I can take some out here."

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Zhiyun would not think about subsidizing her natal family, but now that the situation is special, she is worried that the family does not have enough money.

"No, no, don't worry, I didn't get sick last year. I don't need to see a doctor to take medicine. I don't have much money to spend. The family has enough money." Where would Jiang Wang ask for money from her sister, she quickly refused.

"It's good if you have money at home. If you don't have enough money and food, sister-in-law, you can ask your elder brother or father to come over. Don't worry on my side. Brother Shi has a fixed monthly silver, and mother-in-law is watching. Something will happen." Jiang Zhiyun told Jiang Wang several times that she can find her if she is short of money, before talking about other things.

In the afternoon, Li Mingkang woke up and continued to sleep after playing with the Jiang family for a while. The Jiang family waited for Jiang Zhiyun to put him to sleep before returning to Xiahe Village, because if they waited until they had dinner before going back, it would be easy to walk halfway and it would be dark. Safety.

When they got back to Jiang's house, Jiang old man went to return the mule, and Jiang Wang called Jiang Yuzhi back to the house, and told him what she had just said with Jiang Zhiyun.

After Jiang Yuzhi listened, he said: "It seems that my sister-in-law's family is really worried about the drought. I don't know how wide the area has not rained in the past half month. I have read the records. The last time there was a large-scale drought was June 70. Years ago..."

That drought spread all over the northern part of the Great Yu Dynasty, and many people in the northern part couldn't survive, and they left their homes and ran to the southern part just to survive.

Several provinces in the south are also affected, but the original Han province has a lot of rivers and rains, and droughts are rare. It is rare to see more than ten days without rain in spring like this year.

Jiang Yuzhi felt that things should not be blindly optimistic, and they had to make plans in advance: "I will discuss how to buy food with my father later."

After finishing speaking, he added: "By the way, Bi Niang, there is money to buy food at home, you tell Yun Niang not to worry about us, she must put away the money in her hand, don't be tricked by others , don’t worry too much now when there’s nothing to worry about, if something really happens later, don’t borrow money casually from people like her husband’s second sister-in-law.”

Jiang Yuzhi had met Qian Xinghua a few times, and he had a good impression of the entire Li family, with the only exception being Qian Xinghua.

"Don't worry, I've already said these things to my sister. No matter what is going on with her in-law's family, you should ask her mother-in-law first, not to mention that Li's family has a sister-in-law besides her mother-in-law. It won't be until they, Sanfang, take the lead."

"Yeah." Jiang Yuzhi nodded reassuringly, as long as the girl knew that.

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