Lucky husband

The topic of the night watch started with whether old man Li and old lady Li should live in the county seat after the new year, and ended with Li Mingjin asking old man Li how to distinguish the quality of the fields and predict the harvest of the crops.

Seeing that old man Li was having a good time talking, everyone didn't mention the matter of letting them live in the county seat, so as not to spoil the atmosphere of the New Year's Eve night and make the two old people unhappy.

It may be that Li Mingjin made old man Li not have to listen to the persuasion of his sons, he was very happy, this night he pulled this grandson and said a lot of words for the first time.

Li Mingjin also accompanied him patiently, because he saw Nai and his aunt and mother muttering to each other in a low voice a few times, and when they talked, they would also look at the grandfather. He thought that this seemed to be discussing where the two elders would go after the Chinese New Year.

I was used to going to bed early and getting up early, but suddenly I had to stay up until midnight, and Li Mingjin started yawning and crying before he arrived.

"Look, I told you not to follow the vigil, you just want to stay, now you know that vigil is not a fun thing." Li Chengzhi looked at the side and teased Li Mingjin.

"Uncle, I'm just not used to it. It's time to set off the firecrackers in a little while. I'll go back to sleep when the firecrackers are over." After Li Mingjin finished speaking, she covered her mouth and yawned. Twice the cheek to wake yourself up.

The others saw that he was so sleepy, so they smiled and didn't say anything about him. Everyone thought that this was the last year that Brother Jin would spend at his natal home. Have a comfortable year.

Trying to keep his eyelids from drooping, when Li Mingjin heard the first sound of firecrackers outside, he was on the verge of crying with joy. It had been a long time since time passed so slowly.

After the sons of the Li family heard the sound of firecrackers in the center of the village, they took out their own firecrackers and started the New Year with excitement.

Li Mingjin couldn't bear it any longer, stood in the yard and waited for his firecrackers to finish, then walked into his room like a wandering ghost, lay down on the bed and fell asleep without energy to wash his face.

Young people sleep well and fall asleep quickly, but it is not so easy for the elderly, especially Mrs. Li who has something on her mind.

Although she didn't discuss the matter of the old couple going to live in the county seat at night, she kept this matter in her heart, and later checked with her two daughters-in-law, and the scale in her heart was biased.

Speaking of it, Mrs. Li felt that the short period of time she lived in the county town was good. She is not the kind of old woman who closes the door all day and lives by herself.

During the time she lived in the county town, Mrs. Li met her neighbors face to face, and met a few old ladies who were more talkative. She chatted with everyone when she had nothing to do, and then went to her son's shop to give them some advice. Make a meal and send it over, and the day will pass in a flash.

Although it is relatively leisurely, it is easy to live, but it is not as comfortable as in the countryside when talking, and you have to be more careful when dealing with people in the city.

Tonight, she understood the meaning of what her son, daughter-in-law and grandson said, but the old man still seemed to be ignorant.

After tidying up the charcoal fire in the main room, Mrs. Li took old man Li back to the house. She had to discuss with this stubborn old man what to do after the new year.

After entering the room and closing the door, Mrs. Li asked, "Old man, what did you think about what the third child said just now?"

"What else can I think." Old man Li sat on the edge of the bed and said nothing.

At this time, he was very contradictory. He felt that he was not old enough to need his son to take care of him. He could live in the village and work in the fields to grow rations for the children.

But just now, according to what the boss said, the husband and wife ran back and forth between the village and the city for two days. It was really tiring. As a father, I don’t want to hinder the young people.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li have figured out the old man's mind for many years, and they have seen his contradictions.

After thinking about it, Mrs. Li mercilessly exposed him: "Come on, you planted how much of the boss's field now, I think you just went down with a hoe to show off during the busy farming season, most of them The work is done by people hired by the boss.”

"The kids didn't say that it was their burden that we went to the county town. If you are really worried that you will go to the county town to eat free rice, then you can plant vegetables in the backyard of the old people. We will eat what we grow for free. "

"I've already thought about it. After I go to the county seat, before my old lady is confused, I will go to the shop to help the boss and the others look at the rice noodle shop in the morning and noon when the number of customers is the most, so as to save the customers from forgetting. Collect money."

Granny Li has carefully calculated that if she wants to live in the county seat and help out at the rice noodle shop, she has to arrange her daily time well.

Fortunately, now that Yue girl has grown up, she can do a lot of homework, so there is no problem.

As soon as old man Li heard the old woman's tone of voice, she understood that she had basically made up her mind to live in the county seat, and she felt even more depressed.

Seeing that his wife seemed to be losing his temper, Mrs. Li smiled and pushed him a few times: "It is said to raise children to guard against old age. Why don't we let our sons take care of us when we are old, or wait until we are both buried in the soil. , the sons want to take care of us, but we can’t take care of them, what do you think?”

These words reached old man Li's heart. He thought of his parents who died young. Back then, his parents were too poor in health, so they left early, which made him unable to fulfill his filial piety when his parents got older. .

As the eldest son who should take care of his parents, old man Li sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night and always feels sad when he thinks about it.

Now that he and his wife are not too young, there are unpredictable circumstances, and there is no telling when they will go. Old man Li doesn't want his sons to have the same regrets as him.

After a moment of silence, old man Li finally let go: "Okay, just as you said, let's go live in the county with the boss and the others after the Chinese New Year."

Old Madam Li snorted softly: "It should have been like this a long time ago."

"By the way, after you go to the county seat, if you are really bored and you can't use up the enthusiasm for farming in the land in the old man's backyard, you can go to the grain shop to help the second child to see if there are any new seeds when you are free. , and then help the third family to supervise those tenants, so as to save everyone from being fooled by the third family and not working carefully."

Today, Brother Jin should mean this. In order to let the old couple go to the county town to live comfortably, the children have tried every means. Naturally, the two old people should think more about the children and help the children as much as possible. they do things.

After solving the problem that had been hidden in her heart all night, Mrs. Li took off her shoes and socks and went to bed, and fell asleep after a while.

The old man Li beside her didn't fall asleep so quickly. He was thinking about what life in the county would be like, and how he would live in the future.

Thinking about what the old woman said, and thinking about the sons, I suddenly felt that it would be nice to live in the county town, anyway, I could find something to do no matter what.

After turning over a few times, old man Li also fell into a deep sleep...

It may be because he slept too late this time, Li Mingjin slept very deeply. When Mrs. Li called everyone to wake up in the yard the next morning, he buried his face in the quilt, which was more serious than the first day of the previous year. Not happy to get out of bed.

At this time, it was still dark outside, and it was cold and sleepy. He really wanted to sleep in the quilt for a while longer.

But you can't sleep late on the first day of the new year, no one in Li's family can violate this custom, no matter how reluctant, Li Mingjin still crawled out of the quilt.

When he was getting dressed, he missed the first day of the new year when he had no vigil. Although the cold was still the same, at least he was not so sleepy.

Thinking about having to watch the night every year after getting married, Li Mingjin's face was wrinkled into a bun, and suddenly felt that growing up was not good at all, and she didn't want to marry.

After throwing these messy thoughts out of his mind, and washing his face with cold water while trembling, Li Mingjin woke up quite a bit, and ran into the kitchen to help his mother and uncle make breakfast.

Sitting at the warmest stove cavity in the warm spring-like stove, Li Mingjin half-closed his eyes and stretched out the fire stick to poke the stove cavity.

Li Mingjin's ghost-like appearance made Jiang Zhiyun and Bai Xiuhe amused, annoyed, and worried, fearing that if he accidentally put his hand into the stove cavity and would be burned.

"Okay, okay, go out quickly, wake up and doze off with Mingyue, don't make trouble in here, I will call you over to eat when it is ready." Bai Xiuhe lifted Li Mingjin up and drove him out. Kitchen.

Shocked by the air-conditioning in the courtyard, Li Mingjin regained clarity in an instant, standing at the door of the kitchen, unable to remember what he had done just now, why did he appear here?

Li Mingyue ran over and pulled him: "Fifth brother, what are you doing standing here stupidly, are you still asleep? Speaking of which, the first day of the new year is so cold this year, it seems to be colder than usual, if it wasn't for my grandma I won’t get up so early if the quilt is lifted.”

The chirping sound awakened Li Mingjin's thoughts: "I'm not lighting a fire in the kitchen, when did I come out?"

"Is it too warm because of the fire inside? Brother Wu, you almost fell asleep and were kicked out by mother and third aunt?" Li Mingyue guessed the truth.

Hearing this, Li Mingjin was completely awake, his ears turned red, Li Mingyue didn't notice it, because Li Mingjin's ears were reddened by the cold just now, and now they are just a little redder on the basis of just now .

After a while, Li Mingkang also came out, and the brothers and sisters were chatting at the door, checking how the breakfast in the kitchen was getting ready from time to time, ready to rush in to help serve the dishes at any time.

Although we eat the leftovers from yesterday on the first day of the new year, these leftovers are good dishes that are rarely eaten, and some dishes are specially made yesterday and not eaten very much, so we can keep the taste for today And better ones.

Although Li's family can not only eat these dishes during the Chinese New Year, everyone still enjoys the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.

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