Lucky husband

As soon as Li Chengshi said this, everyone in the room paused.

Old man Li and old lady Li were stunned for a moment, while the others carefully observed the expressions of the two elders and guessed what they meant.

Back then, when he proposed to live in the county permanently, old man Li immediately objected without any hesitation. He would not open his mouth to scold like Mrs. Li. , there is no need to go to the county to enjoy the blessings."

In the Li family, the old lady Li decides the small things, and the big things are usually discussed by the old couple after the old lady Li speaks out. The old man Li rarely speaks. Once he speaks, even the old lady Li will not refute.

Therefore, when Li Chengshi brought up this matter again, everyone was beating their hearts, and even the old lady Li quietly looked at the old man's attitude from the corner of her eye.

To everyone's surprise, old man Li didn't speak, he frowned and took a sip of warm water.

Year after year, old man Li obviously felt that his physical strength was not as good as before. In the past, when the farming season was busy, he could work hard for several days and his body was still full of energy. In the past two years, when the farming season was busy, he only needed to do more on the first day. My whole body was sore, and I couldn't lift my spirits for the next few days.

Don't look at the old man Li who is bored at home and doesn't speak, he is quite stubborn. After realizing that his body is not as good as before, he refused to admit defeat and went to the ground with a hoe still on his shoulders.

Fortunately, there are a lot of fields at home, some of which are rented out, and some are hired to plant. When he went to the fields, he did less work than before. No one would say anything, only he himself knew.

The sons were too worried to notice these small details, and the daughter-in-law was not around, only Mrs. Li, who was the person next to Mr. Li's pillow, had discovered it early on. She thought that the old man was not really tired of working to death. I didn't mention it, but quietly made the meals more generous, and found a few reasons to give him massage at night to loosen his muscles and bones.

This year's Chinese New Year, if her sons don't mention it, she wants to discuss with the old man whether he will live in the county for a long time in the future, or he can't do without the crops and stay in the village and watch others plant them.

The old man Li didn't speak at this moment, and gave his sons a sense that he was considering a compromise. Li Chengshi had already started, and then Li Chengzhi continued to persuade.

"Father, you also know that our rice noodle shop has expanded now, and the business is better than before. Every day, Xiuhe and I go back and forth between the village and the county where we go out early and return late every day. Even hard-working people can't stand it. How about we Just go to live in the county, we are close, and we will know if there is anything."

"Also, no one lives in my house. Weeds were growing on the roof when I went to see it last time. If no one lives there, I'm worried that the house will be deserted."

As the eldest son, Li Chengzhi was not cautious in his words, and then he talked about where the house would cost money and how much it would cost if the house was deserted.

Old man Li didn't feel touched by these words. He thought angrily that his sons now have a lot of money. Although it would cost money to renovate the house, it wasn't too scary. The Li family could afford it.

Granny Li became anxious. She knew that the house would be deserted if no one lived in it for a long time, but she didn't know that the house in the county was so expensive to repair, but the old man didn't express his opinion, so she couldn't say anything.

Seeing that the money spent on building the house did not impress his father, Li Chengzhi went on to talk about the large area in the backyard. The previous owner planted a lot of flowers and plants and arranged it elegantly. After no one took care of it, it was full of weeds soon Yes, if you can sort it out, you can grow a lot of things.

Old man Li's lips trembled when he heard the changes in the backyard. He had lived in Li Chengzhi's house in the county seat and knew that there was a large area in the backyard.

Li Mingde and Li Mingli were two brothers who lived there at that time, and they took care of it from time to time. Although they were not as good as the previous owner, it was still okay. Old man Li felt that there was no waste of food, but he didn't say anything.

If the flowers and plants in the backyard are all abandoned, the land will be barren, and the quality of the soil will become worse and worse if left unattended, and it will be very difficult to grow anything else in the future.

When the words reached old man Li's heart, Li Mingjin who was on the side could see that his father was shaken, so he quickly poked his father, and if there was any persuasion, he quickly added another fire.

After Li Chengzhi finished speaking, it was Li Chengli's turn. A few years ago, Li Chengli took the silver rewarded by the emperor and wanted to buy a farm with a lot of fields, but this kind of farm was in the hands of powerful and powerful families, and he had no way out. Can't buy it.

After thinking about it for a while, he listened to his elder brother and third younger brother, left behind his daughter's dowry and his son's dowry, and took out most of the money to set up a shop in the county.

Like old man Li, he is a man who loves farming. He doesn't plan to give up the land he has cultivated all his life, so he didn't buy a house in the county town, and he will live in the village when he gets old.

Now that he wants to persuade old man Li to live in the county permanently, Li Chengli racked his brains to think of a reason: "Father, I heard from my third brother that there are more and more goods from outside our county, and there are also many seeds from other places. People living in the village don’t know what new seeds are coming every day, if you live in the county, you can often go to the grain store to see if there are new seeds, that’s great.”

Li Mingjin covered her mouth when she heard the second uncle's words, and almost laughed out loud. The second uncle was still as straightforward as ever, and my grandfather didn't even move his eyelids after hearing his words.

After Li Chengli said these words, he sat back a little bit to reduce his sense of existence. He is not such a material, so he should not make trouble for his elder brother and third younger brother, let them persuade his parents.

Li Chengzhi looked at the expression of the second elder, and thought that although it would be more difficult for the second elder to move to the county where his father was, he could not let go of the help of his mother. If he could convince his mother to move his heart, let his mother persuade his father in private. Maybe it will work out.

To persuade Mrs. Li, of course, you can’t use the same method as old man Li. Li Chengzhi talked about how good the business of the rice noodle shop is, and he has to greet customers and collect money. I forgot to collect the money all the time. If the shop can have one more person to help collect the money, I don't have to worry about this problem.

When he said this, Li Chengzhi kept looking at Mrs. Li, and she was a little confused. When he said that there was one more person, she understood what Li Chengzhi meant, and her heart skipped a beat.

After Li Chengzhi finished speaking, the room was quiet for a while, except for the occasional crackling sound of firewood burning.

The parents didn't speak, Li Mingjin blinked, and asked in a low voice: "I heard from my parents that the food rented out by the family has decreased in the past two years, my lord, has the year not been so good in the past two years? "

Old man Li looked up at Brother Sun. The past two years have not been good?

How can it be!

No disasters or disasters, it has been very peaceful recently, and most of the food in the family has always been sold and can still fill the granary.

Li Mingjin went on to say: "My mother and I went to see the crops before harvesting them. We thought the crops were growing well. Why did the renters keep crying and saying that the crops were not so good?"

When Li Mingjin and Jiang Zhiyun were discussing to persuade the two elders to live in the county, Li Mingjin casually said that in the future, old man Li, who was not free, could help supervise the tenants. He's happy to do it.

But at this time, Li Chengshi and Jiang Zhiyun didn't intend to mention it. They said that they would arrange for the elderly to work. They were worried that the two elders would feel uncomfortable after hearing this.

However, it would be better for Brother Jin, a grandson, the old man is always more tolerant of the children of the next generation, and Li Mingjin didn't say it stupidly, but turned a corner.

Old man Li really took the bait: "God has been very kind in the past few years. As long as you work hard and tend the crops, the harvest will not be bad. You must have been cheated."

As it was about the crops in the field, old man Li paid more attention and asked Li Mingjin a lot of questions. Fortunately, Li Mingjin followed his mother to visit those who rented the fields and knew the situation.

Old man Li was heartbroken when he heard this: "This is obviously lazy. I didn't work hard with the owner's field. If I continue to plant like this for a few years, the good good land will become inferior bad land!"

Before, Li Mingjin and Jiang Zhiyun thought it was hard for those tenants not to hand in so much food, so they quietly deducted some, but never thought that it was because they didn't treat the fields well.

The land is just like people, the more it is cultivated, the fatter it becomes. If the land is not cared for, the good fields will gradually deteriorate, and eventually become more and more barren, and the food grown will become less and less and worse.

"Master, these tenants are too much, relying on my mother's kindness, they mess around without knowing the fields and crops!" Li Mingjin slapped his thigh angrily, "Master, teach me how to tell whether the land is good or not!" Well, this year we can no longer let the previous tenants rent the land of our family, we have to change to someone who is more honest."

Jiang Zhiyun frowned slightly when she saw Li Mingjin slapping her thigh. This action seemed nothing in the village. If mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law talked about something exciting, it would be like this, as if it would make people more imposing Same.

But Jiang Zhiyun would not do this. She has a child-born father and a talented elder brother. She has been more careful in her words and deeds since she was a child, and she was the same when teaching Li Mingjin.

But after all, he grew up in the countryside, so he still has a bit of vulgarity.

If Brother Jin married into the Bai family, followed Bai Zhiwen to Fucheng to study, went to other places to rush for exams, become an official, and received Bai Zhiwen's classmates and colleagues, Brother Jin would still slap his thigh excitedly when he spoke, that would be too rude Now, I need to find a nunnery to teach me well.

Li Mingjin got excited imitating his grandma and made a movement that she didn't usually do. She was listening seriously to old man Li talking about how to distinguish the land and the crops planted in the field. She didn't know that this unconscious movement of hers made Jiang Zhiyun seek education. Mammy became even more anxious.

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