Lucky husband

As soon as Li Mingkang's first birthday passed, time flew by and it was almost the Chinese New Year.

This year is more relaxed than last year. Last year, Jiang Zhiyun gave birth to confinement, and Li Chengzhi and the others just started selling soup rice noodles. The two things started to be busy at about the same time. The old lady Li was like a spinning top, spinning around at home all day long. For those who are transferred, there is endless work to do.

This year, Li Chengzhi and Bai Xiuhe's couple still went out to sell high soup rice noodles, but with the help of Jiang Zhiyun and Qian Xinghua who came to help from time to time, Mrs. Li was much more relaxed.

The twelfth lunar month is the most leisurely time in Shanghe Village and the busiest time in Changping County.

The winter is cold, and people in the village have no farm work to do. What everyone likes most is to put a stool in the yard to sit in the sun, drink tea and chat.

But once you go to the county town, you will find that the streets with the most shops in the county town are full of people. When you go to the county town, you don’t necessarily want to buy something, but maybe just to enjoy the New Year’s atmosphere—lively.

The business of Lijia rice noodles is getting better every day. The quantity of soup rice noodles has increased to 150 bowls a day, and the quantity of fish soup rice noodles has increased to [-] bowls.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Chengzhi and the others did not prepare rice noodles after they closed the stall in the afternoon, because Li’s family had to remove dust on the 29th of the Lunar New Year, and they had to stay at home to do this together.

Last year, Jiang Zhiyun was confinement, and Li Chengshi did a simple cleaning alone. This year, Jiang Zhiyun was able to join everyone, and she cleaned up the left room thoroughly.

However, the small room in the house of the two of them has not been tidied up this year, because at least until Li Mingkang is three years old, he can rest assured that he can sleep alone.

Since the family did not raise pigs this year, naturally there was no planed pig soup, but Mrs. Li brought a dozen chickens back to raise them in September, just to have a meal of planed "chicken" soup during the Chinese New Year.

Clean up the house on New Year's Eve, and on New Year's Eve, there will be bursts of fragrance from the kitchen early in the morning.

Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue would go to the kitchen to have a look from time to time as a group, looking eagerly at the food steaming on the cauldron, as if they were asking: When can we eat it?

Seeing their appearance, Bai Xiuhe was really greedy, and each of them gave them a small piece of brown sugar for making braised pork, and sent them away: "Okay, you two, go to the yard to play for a while, don't block the door of the stove, and let's wait a while." I didn't look at you when I was serving things, be careful of being burned."

Li Mingjin grinned while holding the brown sugar, and said, "Thank you, auntie, the two of us are at the door like this, we won't go into the kitchen, it's okay."

Li Mingyue also nodded: "Mother, Fifth Brother and I are watching at the door, we don't go in, we are very obedient and well-behaved."

"Boss, hurry up and do something." Mrs. Li turned her head and stared at the two little guys at the door, "Brother Jin, girl Yue, what's the use of you two waiting at the door, these meals won't be given to you right now food."

"It's not the first time for New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve dinner, the dinner when everyone gathers together at night is the New Year's Eve dinner, don't you understand!"

Compared with Bai Xiuhe's smiling tone, Mrs. Li was much more aggressive. Even though Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue were not afraid of their grandma, after being stared at by Mrs. Li for a few times, they still left anxiously.

Li Mingjin took the brown sugar and didn't eat it. He wrapped the brown sugar with a small handkerchief and stuffed it into his pocket: "I'll go out and have a look, Mingyue, stay at home obediently."

"I want to go out too, I want to go out too." Li Mingyue quit and clamored to be together.

Li Mingjin didn't want to take his little sister out. He thought for a while and turned around to scare Li Mingyue: "Mingyue, I'm going to the second uncle's house next door. If you want to go there, Mingcai will snatch your brown sugar cubes if you want to eat them."

Unexpectedly, Li Mingyue rolled her eyes and handed the brown sugar cubes to Li Mingjin very neatly: "Fifth brother, help me hide the brown sugar cubes. Sixth brother won't know that I have brown sugar cubes."

Just now, Li Mingyue could clearly see the action of Li Mingjin putting the brown sugar cubes into the handkerchief. Don't imagine that the fifth brother would trick her into staying at home like before, and go out to play secretly by himself.

Li Mingjin continued: "Mingyue, I'm going to the right room to find the second and fourth sisters. I'm going to give them my brown sugar cubes later, and put your brown sugar cubes in too. Then I'll just give them together later." Second sister and fourth sister?"

Whether to stay at home and eat brown sugar cubes, or go out to play with Wu Ge, but there is no brown sugar cubes to eat, Li Mingyue bit her finger and fell into a tangle.

Li Mingjin raised her eyebrows: "Mingyue, you eat brown sugar cubes slowly at home, brother, I'll go out first."

Seeing that Li Mingjin was about to leave, Li Mingyue made a decision instantly: "Wait a minute, fifth brother, put the brown sugar cubes together, and let's go find the second and fourth sisters together."

After finishing speaking, she also comforted herself: "Mother always said that the second and fourth sisters are thin, and brown sugar cubes are just right for them to make up their bodies."

After going out to sell rice noodles, occasionally there would be some soup left over. Li Chengzhi and the others would bring back what they hadn’t finished eating at noon. Call me over for a drink.

The few words that Bai Xiuhe occasionally said, Li Mingyue remembered them all in her heart. She knew at a young age that her two sisters should be thinner, especially the second sister, and she should treat them better.

Seeing that he probably won't be able to fool Li Mingyue this time, Li Mingjin resignedly put the brown sugar cube in her hand with his own, took her hand and took her out together.

This year Qian Xinghua is very honest, she doesn't dare to jump too high if she has something to do now, she is afraid of being sent back to her mother's house.

When Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue went to the right wing, Qian Xinghua was busy in the small kitchen in the right wing. She was going to make a dish of pickled meat with preserved vegetables this year. The dried preserved vegetables were left over from the family after the drought. Put them to use.

In addition to a portion of pickled meat with preserved vegetables, Qian Xinghua also prepared a fish, just like Li Chengli ordered last year, with a whole braised in braised sauce, every year there is surplus, every year there is fish, and fish can be counted as Chinese New Year.

Old Madam Li knew about Qian Xinghua's preparations a long time ago, so she didn't cook the two dishes of pickled pork with preserved vegetables and braised fish in braised sauce. She didn't dare to be cautious about Qian Xinghua's preparations for the others.

Li Mingjin walked into the courtyard and called out to Qian Xinghua, who was busy in the kitchen: "Second Auntie, I'm here to find the second and fourth sisters to play, do you want them to help?"

Qian Xinghua poked her head out from the kitchen, and looked at Li Mingjin with a kind smile on her face: "It's brother Jin and girl Yue, you go find the two older sisters, I don't need their help here."

On the surface, this is what she said, but in fact Qian Xinghua had already scolded a lot in her heart: The two damn girls are sitting at home every day waiting for their mother to cook for them. They are lazy and greedy, and she is mad at her... …

He was not in agreement, and his acting skills were not good enough, which made Qian Xinghua's expression look a little weird. Li Mingjin nodded at her and hurried into the room. He always felt that the second aunt was even more unpleasant now than before. .

Li Mingyue didn't think so much, she walked in happily: "Second sister, fourth sister, are you in the room?"

They used to live in the same courtyard, and now there is no distance between them. Li Mingyue doesn't feel strange to the two sisters.

When Li Mingjin and Li Mingyue came to look for them, the two sisters Li Mingchun and Li Mingxia went to the main room ahead of time. They had lunch with Li's family and did not return to the right room.

Li Chengli didn't say anything about this, but he steamed a pot of rice before going over with pickled vegetables and braised fish in the afternoon.

This summer was not going well without rain. Mrs. Li sold the surplus food when she was sure that the drought was over and her family had enough food in exchange for a sum of money. They had a good year this year.

In addition to the meals brought by the second room, Mrs. Li also steamed a large pot of white rice, six meat dishes, four cold dishes and a large pot of soup.

The New Year’s Eve dinner started around mid-afternoon and continued until it was dark at night. The children had long been unable to eat and played around the table. Only a few men were eating and chatting slowly with wine glasses.

Qian Xinghua was the last one to get off the table among the women. She ate non-stop from the moment she was on the table, and slowed down in the middle of eating. In the end, she took a bite and rested for a while before continuing to stuff it into her stomach. She waited until she felt The food in her stomach reached her throat, so she reluctantly put down her chopsticks.

Just like that, she was reluctant to get off the table, and sat aside to see if she could eat some more later.

Old Madam Li looked at her coldly, she made a lot of New Year's Eve dinner, because tonight's meal had to be reserved for the first day of junior high school, and she couldn't finish it even if she made Mrs. Qian dead.

It wasn't until the end of Haishi, when the children started rubbing their eyes and felt sleepy, that the men at the dinner table put down their chopsticks.

The women tidied up the food on the table swiftly. Don’t worry about the leftovers, just wipe the edges of the bowls, and put the leftovers in smaller bowls, so that they can all be put together in a locked cabinet later.

When the dining table was cleared and the fire in the kitchen was extinguished, except for Li Mingde and Li Mingli, the two and a half-year-old boys, all the other children were sleepy.

The old lady Li said: "You daughters-in-law take the children back to sleep first, and come here to watch the night later."

Li Mingde and Li Mingli both stood up: "Grandma, the two of us will be men soon, we don't need to go to bed early, we want to watch the night together from this year on."

"Old man?" Mrs. Li looked at her old man, she decided to keep watch at night, and she didn't care.

"If you want to stay, you can stay." Old man Li nodded. Li Mingde is 13 years old this year, and he will be fourteen after the new year. Li Mingli is two years younger. If they want to stay, let them stay. Boys should be better than others. Children are more important.

In the middle of the night, the sound of firecrackers crackled in every corner of the village. In everyone's expectation, the New Year came.

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