Lucky husband

The old lady Li said sadly: "Second brother, mother hopes that your life will be good and your children will be successful, but mother has to say that your family will only be favored by the scourge of the Qian family. It's broken."

"Recall what Mingde and Mingli were like when they were seven years old, and Mingcai is now seven years old, what kind of man is he?"

"To put it bluntly, if Mingcai's temper doesn't change, he will continue to be spoiled by the Qian family and grow up. He will know how to play crazy outside every day and not know how to take care of the housework. He will not do anything. Waiting for you and What will Qian do when he gets old?"

Mrs. Li was really worried. Seeing Mrs. Li's sad face, Li Chengli thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Mother, then I will take Mingcai to work and teach him in the future."

"Why didn't you see that, then Mrs. Qian is a high-spirited person. She counts on your family's bright talent to be an official in the future. She wants to be an old lady in the official family. She can agree with you to bring your bright talent to work in the field. Live, be a mud leg for the rest of your life?" Mrs. Li was so angry that she wanted to beat Li Chengli twice to open his head.

Not to mention Shanghe Village, which is a dozen or so nearby villages, and even Changping County, Mrs. Li has never heard of a family that produced a master in the past few decades. She couldn't figure out where Qian Xinghua's self-confidence came from. There are such thoughts.

In fact, Mrs. Li asked Li Mingde and Li Mingli to study in a school in the county seat. Her highest expectation for them was to be a scholar, so that they could open a private school in the village or teach in a school in the county seat.

If you can't, then learn more, take a childbirth test or something, find a stable job in the county, and your life will be easier in the future.

Take the third child of her family as an example. He was lucky enough to work in the county government. He has a fixed amount of money every month. People have to respect the Li family when they mention it. Someone is willing to answer what their Li family is going to do in the village. , This is what Granny Li hopes that Li Mingde or Li Mingli can do in the future.

She will not have unrealistic dreams, thinking about how to live a prosperous life all day long, only by being realistic can life go on.

Having a child and raising a child is not only to feed him and raise him up without disease and disaster, but also to teach him the skills of survival and the principles of being a human being, respecting the elders, being friendly to brothers and sisters, and being honest in doing things. .

At the end, Mrs. Li vaguely mentioned that if you really can't teach your son well, then treat your two daughters well. It's okay to be young now. When he and Qian Xinghua reach the age where they can't do anything, they will be fine. You will know how important children's filial piety is.

Inside, Mrs. Li earnestly taught Li Chengli how to teach children.

Outside the house, old man Li was also talking to Li Chengzhi.

Old man Li and Mrs. Li have slightly different ideas. Mrs. Li is worried that the old couple will die and no one will take care of Li Chengli. What old man Li thinks is that the eldest is still at home, so that the eldest can teach the second in the future.

Li Chengzhi is not selfish, he has the demeanor of the eldest son, and in his heart it is his responsibility to take care of his parents and take care of his younger brother, so when the old man Li mentioned it to him, he agreed and said to his second brother when he had time Said, look at something about their family.

After talking about his own affairs, Old Man Li asked what happened in Li Chengzhi Village last night, what Village Chief Bai was doing now, whether there would be any more wolves in the future, and what to do if there were any more wolves.

Li Chengzhi told him all the news he had learned, and by the way, he also told about his visit to Zheng Liehu's house.

Old man Li thinks what Zheng Orion said makes sense. The older generation taught them that animals are inherently afraid of people. No matter if there are beasts coming down the mountain or encountering them while chopping firewood on the mountain, they should not show timidity or turn around and leave. Run, show your weapon and deal with it head-on, don't expose your back.

As for Zheng Butcher's point of not raising live poultry and livestock, it's a bit difficult. Li's family still keeps two fat and tender hens, and raising them is afraid that they will attract wolves. If they don't keep them, they will be killed. Bring it clean to the house, the smell will not dissipate for a long time, and it is more likely to attract wolves by then.

"I think we should either send the chicken out or buy it. I'll ask your mother how to deal with it later." Old man Li has never dealt with these housework very much, and waited for his wife to educate the second child to say.

"Okay." Li Chengzhi kept it in his heart, and he must bring up the two chickens later.

It is estimated that the fourth house of the Bai family in the west of the village has too many chickens in the house, which attracts the wolves to their house. If they don't have so many chickens, the wolves should not be eyeing their house.

After talking about the chicken, Li Chengzhi and old man Li checked the doors and windows of the house together, starting from the yard.

Li's new house cost a lot of money when it was first repaired, and there was no place where poor materials were used to save money. Now all the doors and windows are in good condition.

The only problem is that the windows are hollowed out for light transmission. Although it is more convenient to transmit light, it is relatively not so strong.

After thinking and thinking, old man Li and Li Chengzhi decided to temporarily seal the windows, and moved all the wooden cabinets and other objects at home to the back of the windows to block them.

Although there will be no light in the room, it is at least safe.

Before the two of them had time to move the cabinet, Mrs. Li pulled Li Chengli out of the room.

Old man Li looked at Li Chengli: "Second brother, remember to tell Mrs. Qian what to do when you encounter wolves when you go back. It's okay that you didn't raise poultry and livestock, but remember not to eat meat at home recently. Also, if wolves appear at night If you are nearby, don't yell to attract the attention of wolves, let them stay in the house."

Qian Xinghua took the little chickens back to raise them during the Chinese New Year this year, but her chickens had just grown up and started laying eggs, and they encountered a drought. She was reluctant to feed the chickens too much food. So in a fit of anger, she killed and ate the half-grown hens one by one.

"Also, don't just close the doors and windows, but use something to hold them back. You go back and arrange the house. The two girls let them sleep here for a while."

After listening to the old man Li, Li Chengzhi replied sullenly: "Father, I understand."

After Li Chengli left, Li Chengzhi asked Mrs. Li what to do with the two chickens at home: "Mother, Zheng Orion said that it is best not to keep poultry and livestock at home. What do you think about our two chickens?"

Old Madam Li slapped her head. She forgot that there were two chickens at home. Fortunately, the wolves did not go east yesterday, otherwise they might have been attracted by the smell of the chickens and ran over.

"Hurry up and kill..." Granny Li didn't finish her sentence, she shook her head immediately, "No way, killing a chicken smells bloody, and wolves have sharp noses, so killing a chicken is more attractive to them, how about it? The chicken is sold!"

"Boss, you will take the two chickens to the county town to sell later, and go to your brother to tell the wolves that the village is coming, and let him come back earlier next time Mu Xiu, if he can't come back sooner, the first It’s fine to come back the next morning, don’t wait until it’s dark to go home.”

As Mrs. Li said, she found a long rope and went to the backyard to tie up the two chickens, and put them in the basket. Under the basket, she also put two hatchets for Li Chengzhi, so that Li Cheng Zhi took it for self-defense.

Li Chengzhi picked up his backpack and asked, "Mom, do I need to bring something else back from the county?"

Mrs. Li thought for a while and said, "It's nothing else. If the price of salt in the grocery store hasn't increased, you can buy some and come back. It's faster on the way. Go early and return early."

I still have salt at home, but it’s only enough for a month, so I can buy some more so that I don’t have to go out and buy it later.

It would be faster for two people to work together to move the cabinet. Old man Li was going to wait until Li Chengzhi came back to do it with him. Right now, he and Mrs. Li were sitting in the yard, discussing what else to do at home.

Mrs. Li thought for a while and reminded him: "Old man, there are many chickens and pigs in the village, so why don't we remind Village Chief Xiabai to let everyone deal with the chickens and pigs at home? "

Mrs. Li hesitated a bit when she said this. Chickens and pigs are considered a considerable fortune in the farm family. A well-raised chicken can lay eggs continuously, and an egg costs one penny. Raising a few chickens can save one or two taels of silver.

As for pigs, let alone, if you are reluctant to kill yourself to eat a pig that has been raised for a year, then let the butcher come to drag the whole pig away. A good pig can weigh two hundred catties, which is also two or three taels of silver.

It’s okay to kill chickens, and it’s easy to raise them quickly. Pigs are not that simple. Some people even tighten their stomachs during this drought and want to raise the pigs. They will sell them after a while. .

During the drought, the price of pork rose wildly just like that of grain. A pig that grows up can be sold for seven or eight taels of silver.

Old man Li understood Mrs. Li's concerns. He thought for a while and said, "I'll talk about it when the boss comes back. I don't worry if there is no man in the house. I'll just talk to Village Chief Bai. Anyway, if we remind you, the villagers won't listen." Listen, we can't control it anymore."

"Okay." Mrs. Li nodded, "Actually, selling the pigs is not a disadvantage now. There is no pig grass to raise pigs for food. The bigger the pigs are, the more they will eat every day. It is better to sell them earlier."

The sun was getting higher and higher, and the yard was getting hotter and hotter. The old man Li and the old lady Li moved the stools under the eaves and leaned against the wall, drowsy.

Li Chengzhi walked quickly on the road with two chickens on his back. Now that the village is not peaceful, he misses his family.

Walking to the county seat at a speed one-third faster than usual, Li Chengzhi saw that three or four straw huts had been newly built near the gate of the city. The smell of taro porridge came from inside, and many people in ragged clothes were behind the huts. line up.

Not daring to go over to join in the fun, Li Chengzhi touched the lid of his back basket, walked quickly to the gate of the city and lined up to enter the city.

After entering the city, Li Chengzhi didn't go to the black market. Although he heard that the price of selling things on the black market was higher, he didn't have time to inquire about the location. Sell ​​to restaurants.

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