The husband's son-in-law

More than 50 village chiefs are also surnamed Wang. They are very serious on weekdays and have dignity in the village.Now that he offered to let Li Zhouzhou ride in the ox cart, Li Zhouzhou didn't dare to refuse. In fact, he also wanted to sit a little bit in his heart.

It's not that he is lazy and afraid of walking, but that he was envious when he saw other people sitting. At that time, he wanted to sit, but now he wants to try it.I went up to sit for a while. Before, he walked beside and behind the ox cart, watching the people on the cart laughing and chatting. Now, from a different angle, he is sitting on the cart.

I just thought it was okay, I didn't treat it as a rare thing when I was young.

On the car were eggs and firewood that the villagers wanted to sell in the town. The space was not big. When riding in the car, one had to shrink one’s legs and not move. Li Zhouzhou wasn't used to it, he might as well walk around, it would be much warmer.

So after sitting for a while, Li Zhouzhou took the initiative to come down.

"Why don't you sit down for a while? Come down now?" The aunt in the village said with a smile.

Li Zhouzhou: "I walk to keep warm."

"That's right. There are still loads on the car. I don't think you know where to put your legs."

Li Zhouzhou smiled, he didn't know how to answer what to say, just laughed or um.Fortunately, my aunt knew Li Zhouzhou's personality, so she didn't say anything, just chatted with others with a smile.

The hottest topic in the village recently is the stove. Did you buy it? You bought it. You even baked a steamed bun. Use chopsticks to turn it around a few times. My family was tossing around and putting peanuts next to it made me angry... …

Brother Xing pulled Li Zhouzhou's arm, winked, and asked in a low voice, "Are you having trouble with Aunt Wang?"

"Ah."

Brother Xing: "Why did she provoke you? Your temper can make you unhappy."

The two walked a little slower.Aunt Wang also came today, walking ahead. The two bundles of firewood on the ox cart belonged to Aunt Wang's family, and they were sold in the town.In previous years, there were a few other houses in the village as well. This year, because it was too cold and bought a stove, it was Aunt Wang's family who brought firewood to the town to sell.

Just talking about the stove, someone asked Aunt Wang.

"Your grandson is only half a year old. I thought your family would not sell any waste wood this year."

"Auntie, have you bought your stove? Look at what I asked, your child is young, and you are next door to Zhou Zhou's house, so you should have heard the letter and bought it earlier."

Aunt Wang said with a smile: "This year, I have so much firewood that I can't run out. I'll sell some more. I'll ask the boss to run over the stove."

"Buy it today? It's a waste of time. The 28 Zhu Masons have closed their furnaces and cellars."

Now Aunt Wang couldn't even laugh.A few other people were chatting. Seeing Aunt Wang's face, they quickly changed the subject. They were talking about going to the town to buy something for the girl and brother. The children in the family wanted to eat cakes. It was expensive. Isn't it Chinese New Year? Still buy some.

Later, Li Zhouzhou and Xing Geer walked slowly, separated by some distance, and then briefly talked about the stove.Brother Xing snorted when he heard that, "She's too shy, I don't think it's too bad to return what you used, and give her ten cents cheaper."

"I refused, so I won't talk about it." Li Zhouzhou said.

Brother Xing stopped talking, turned his head to look at Li Zhouzhou, and said with a beaming face: "If you used to suffer from this, it's not easy to refuse, but now it's fine."

"I'm not stupid, it's just that it used to be a trivial matter. It's okay to eat less and walk more." Li Zhouzhou said.

Brother Xing thought the same, at that time he got married first, and later he was also anxious to see Li Zhouzhou, and told him that there were some good ones in the village, although they were ugly in appearance, they were honest and responsible, so he said it was a lie , Li Zhouzhou didn't agree but still didn't nod.

"Don't talk about this, I'll tell you to listen to you, go back and make friends with my sister-in-law, I didn't put the stove in the main room, so I put it in my room, but let her two children come to me to play for warmth, melon seeds and peanuts for offering, that day My sister-in-law is much more enthusiastic towards me, helping Yuan Yuan wipe diapers, she also feels guilty, knowing about the stove to provoke my mother-in-law..."

Brother Xing's sister-in-law Xu is a hardworking person, able to endure hardships, and also a person who knows how to live. She is not particularly picky, but she has fine hair, similar to her mother-in-law.So Xingge's mother-in-law is very satisfied with Xu.But when it's cold, it's okay for adults to carry the freezer, but it's okay for children.

Xu's son and daughter went to the second aunt's house to keep warm, eating and drinking Xing brother was not restrained, the two children loved to go to the second aunt's house to play after finishing the housework, and they could tease Yuan Yuan when they were warm.When Mrs. Xu came back and listened to her son and daughter, of course she cared more about Brother Xing.

"My mother-in-law has recently seen that I am not as picky as before. Today, she went to the town and asked me to buy melon seeds and peanuts for everyone to eat. She also gave me five extra coins and said that I should not be cold when I eat bowls of noodles."

Brother Xing was very happy when he mentioned it.

Li Zhouzhou was also happy for Brother Xing.

When they arrived in the town, the big guys bought New Year’s goods together, or sold eggs, meat, and firewood.

Some pigs were slaughtered early, so they decided to go to the town to sell them for some money.It seems that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, like the cloth and cotton for new clothes, they have been bought earlier, and now the New Year’s purchases are sugar and cakes for gifts, or some dry goods, maltose, vinegar and salt for the family.If you love your children at home, buy some handkerchiefs, headbands, snacks, toys, etc.

So on the way here, I knew whether you were selling or buying things. I bought a shop with hair rope and handkerchiefs. I made an appointment to meet you at the gate of the town when the time came, and went to work together.

Li Zhouzhou and Brother Xing can buy together. The two bought it once more than ten days ago. Now Brother Xing has finished running errands for the family’s public housing and bought salt and dry goods. There is a pastry and candy shop next door. His mother is saving face, so she has to buy a piece of candy and wine.Before he came out, he asked his sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law said that he didn't need to bring candy, but just bought some dried fruit caramel, and gave him fifteen cents.

"Zhou Zhou why did you buy three yuan? So much?" Brother Xing was shocked.

Li Zhouzhou said: "Master wants to visit Master during the Chinese New Year."

"Isn't it not teaching anymore, why are you still taking things?"

"Sister-in-law also wants to ask Master about his studies." Li Zhouzhou didn't say much.

Brother Xing muttered in his heart that reading is really a waste of money.The two bought things, such as sugar, wine, dried fruit and caramel, Xing Geer bought a small toy for Yuan Yuan, and finished his work early.

"Going to eat a bowl of noodles?" Brother Xing asked, still afraid that Li Zhouzhou would not agree, "We bought it early, and the other people in the village have not yet arrived. How cold it is to stand at the gate of the town now."

Li Zhouzhou: "Let's go."

When we arrived at the noodle stall, Brother Xing ordered meat noodles. Unexpectedly, Li Zhouzhou also ordered meat noodles. It was quite strange, "I thought you were saving money."

"Eat once in a while." Li Zhouzhou said so, but he remembered that before going out, his husband told him to come to the town and it was cold and tired of shopping, so he would eat at a stall above the town at noon, and don't come back hungry, and let him eat meat of.

Li Zhouzhou felt warm when he thought of Xianggong acting like a baby with him.

The two ate quickly, and it was the first portion when they arrived at the ox cart at Zhenzikou. After waiting for a while, the big guys came out one after another.Those who put away the goods put away the goods, chatting about the things they just bought, and waiting for others to hold melon seeds and smash their teeth.

Brother Xing blended in perfectly, and Li Zhouzhou was listening.

"Who hasn't come yet?" the village chief asked.

Someone raised his neck and looked around, "Aunt Wang and Zhang's."

Helpless, they waited for a while before all the people arrived before they arrived.The village chief drove the ox cart, and no one was in the cart when he went back. The big guys all left, and there were shopping and baskets from each family on the cart.

"Why so late?"

"Don't talk about it, I'm so mad. I went to buy sugar, and I saw that it was the same thing. Why did you ask me for more money? It looks exactly the same to me." Tian imitated what he had just delayed.

Someone said: "Are you talking about the newly opened sugar store? I know that store, but it is three renminbi more expensive than the old one. It seems to be a bit heavier. I didn't buy it. I thought it was too expensive and went to the old store."

"If you think it's expensive, go to an old shop to buy it."

"Why, I'm happy with the exact same thing." Tian likes the candy packaging in the new shop, which is tied with a red string. It can be used as a headband, and it can be a gift for younger brothers and girls when they return to their mother's house during the New Year.

The old shop uses hemp rope.

Several people heard Tian's yelling.Someone asked Aunt Wang why she was slow, and Aunt Wang had no expression on her face, and said, "The house that bought firewood this year will not accept it. I knocked on the doors of a few more houses."

It turned out that it was cold early this year, and last year Aunt Wang’s firewood sellers bought firewood early, so she had to find another buyer, and finally asked the seller to collect it, but because she was in a hurry to sell, the price was more than ten cents lower. Aunt Wang carried two loads of firewood, but she couldn't take it back. She went back and forth and finally sold it.

I earned fifteen less than last year.Aunt Wang couldn't be happier.

But this reason has not been learned from others.Aunt Wang knew she would be laughed at, so she could only swallow it.

It was already dark when we returned to the village.

When Li Zhouzhou arrived at home, he washed his face first, and wiped his face with hot water. He didn't eat the food that Gu Zhao cooked, and waited to eat together.When Li Zhouzhou finished washing and tidying up the things I bought today, my father hadn't come back yet.

"Why is it so late?" Gu Zhao went to look at the gate of the yard, but it was so dark that he couldn't see anything clearly.

Li Zhouzhou said: "Father went to Dongping Village today and said that there are only two families. Logically, it shouldn't be so late."

After waiting for a while, it was too late. The husband and wife ate the meal first, packed it up, and warmed the meal for father in the main room stove, and did not go to sleep.

Li Zhouzhou felt uneasy, and his face turned paler as he waited, Gu Zhao wanted to find him with an oil lamp.

Finally, the courtyard door was knocked, and the two hurried out.It was snowing outside, Li Da's body and shoulders were covered with snow, and he didn't take any water in his hands. Li Zhouzhou was worried at first, but now that his father came back, he would die if he didn't take the water.

All the way to the house, after washing, Li Da took a sip and said: "It's nothing, I finished killing two families in the morning, and met the second uncle of Gu's family, and even his elder brother wants to kill pigs."

Today, Li Da killed four families, and he was exhausted.

Gu Zhao: ...

You don't need to ask to know where you went into the water.

Li Da took care of his brother-in-law's face, so he didn't say directly: "It will be too late after the killing, they are all relatives, there is no need to go into the water."

Uncle Gu Zhao wanted to give it, but Li Da confiscated it.

Then why did the two families killed in the morning disappear?Gu Zhao knew it well, and said, "Father, next time my stepmother asks for something, don't be afraid that you won't be able to get rid of it, just push me directly, saying that I am weak, and I will make up for what I eat, otherwise I won't be able to have a child."

Li Da: ...

Li Zhouzhou: ...

Why did Xianggong say that about himself!Obviously it is also very good on the kang.

Li Da coughed and said: "There is no shortage of water at home, your stepmother is going to ask for it when she has a big belly."

Father and son are of the same character.

"Then I won't bring meat with me when I go back during the Chinese New Year." Gu Zhao is not at a disadvantage, "Anyway, it's all thrown into the water, so there are still two servings, which shouldn't be bad."

Li Dali Zhou Zhou: ...

Nothing to eat, wash and sleep.The next day, Li Da had to kill pigs, but in his own village.

Year 29.

Someone knocked on Li's door.

Li Zhouzhou opened the door, but his father was not there. When the door was opened, it was the two faces. Li Zhouzhou didn't know each other, and they were not from their village.

"My family lives in Shili Village, and my father is a mason."

Li Zhouzhou immediately knew who it was, and quickly invited him into the room.

It was the son and daughter-in-law of Zhu Mason who came here for the first time, still carrying something in his hand.Zhu Mason's son is a few years older than Li Zhouzhou, and his wife is quick-tempered, and they greet each other by Li Zhouzhou's name directly.

"Your house is really clean, you can see that you are diligent." Zhu Mason's daughter-in-law praised.

Gu Zhao naturally came out to greet the guests at home, and everyone sat and drank tea. The faces of Zhu Mason and his wife were cheerful, and they didn't say a word, but they almost came out.

This is the stove thanks to Gu Zhaoxiang, and there are engraved words.

"With the writing, people in our village also liked it, so they all came to buy it."

"Fortunately, the family burns the furnace, and the firewood is prepared, so it's enough."

"It's rare to have a good year. My father said that he must come and walk around. If there is anything you want to burn in the future, just say that you are welcome."

……

Zhu Mason made a fortune a few years ago by relying on the stove. This thing is not a one-off sale, and it can be sold to the town in the future. This source of income came from Gu Zhao of the Li family, so he immediately asked his son and daughter-in-law to bring it. pay a New Year call.

A generous gift of everything, a jar of wine, a piece of candy, and some preserved fruits.But he didn't take the meat. Mason Zhu knew that Li Da was a pig butcher, so he didn't have to worry about meat.

Li Da was not there.

Zhu Mason's son and his wife originally said they would just sit and go, but of course that would not work. Li Zhouzhou stopped him and told him to cook, but he kept telling Zhu Mason's eldest daughter-in-law no need, no trouble, and there was still a living mouth at home. There is no power to parry.

Gu Zhao came forward and said with a smile: "I want to burn something, and I thought I would send it over after the next year. It just so happened that Brother Zhu came over. Can you wait a while, and I will draw a blueprint?"

"It's done." Zhu Mason's eldest son agreed.

Now Zhu Mason's daughter-in-law couldn't push it anymore, so she rolled up her sleeves and said to help.

Gu Zhao painted a teacup, the kind with a lid and a handle.Every household in the village uses bowls for drinking water, without lids. In winter, the water is just poured, and if you don’t drink it quickly, it will get cold soon.

There are teacups in the town, the exquisite and expensive ones are small and short, with patterns on them, and the cheap rough porcelain cups are larger, without handles and lids.

Gu Zhao is not an elegant person, what kind of tea should he drink?

It is thirst-quenching cattle drink.

"This is?" Zhu Mason's son looked like a cup, but it was very big, and the bowl was small, and there was still a handle.

Gu Zhao: "Large teacup. When I am absorbed in reading and studying on weekdays, the water gets cold when I look back. I want to add a lid and a handle to make it more convenient. I wonder if it can be burned?"

"It can be burned, and I can do it." Zhu Mason's son assured him.What's so rare about this.

Gu Zhao smiled: "That's great. If you can make it bigger, you can put a meal in it. When spring comes next year, you can go to the field to deliver meals to dad. It's also convenient to have a cover, so you don't have to worry about bugs falling in."

Zhu Mason's eldest daughter-in-law came in with food and praised it when she heard this.She is a person in the house, and she has to deliver food to the men working in the field during the busy harvest. She usually carries a basket, and the dry rice in it is afraid of spilling, and she walks slowly with the basket. It is much more convenient and clean to have this.

"Brother Gu, don't worry, I'll send you the first batch when the new year starts." Zhu Mason's son would think that his father said that Gu Zhao was smart.

He thought it was nothing before, he couldn't compare to Zhu Xiucai in his village, everyone was admitted as a scholar.But after he came here today, he found that Gu Zhao was very honest with others, he didn't have the eyes and brain problems of a scholar, and although his idea was not to write articles, it was practical for the villagers.

Still make money.

Li Da came back at noon, and the meal was ready.After dinner, Zhu Mason's son and daughter-in-law went back.

Li Zhouzhou told his father about the gift from Zhu Mason's family, and Li Da knew that Zhu Mason's family had made money with the stove, and said, "You don't have anything to take."

Xianggong also said this.

What Li Zhouzhou received was solid.

29 Some people are busy. In the afternoon, Li Zhouzhou fried fruit, rare white flour, with three eggs in it, and divided into two dough balls. One side is salty for salty taste, and the other is sugar for sweet taste. .Wake up the dough for a while, roll it into a skin, cut it into palm-sized strips, draw a few slits, roll it back and forth, stick it on the left and right, and fry it in an oil pan.

You can't use lard for oil, but soybean oil for frying.

Just out of the pan, it still has a soft taste, and when it cools down, the oil is crispy and fragrant.

Li Zhouzhou brought a bowl to Mr. Xiang first, picking up some of the sweet and salty ones.The remaining oil is still useful for making fried radish meatballs.

"Fry some chicken?" Gu Zhao pinched a piece of fruit and fed it to Zhou Zhou's mouth first.

Li Zhouzhou took a bite, and Gu Zhao continued to eat the rest, saying it was delicious.Li Zhouzhou felt embarrassed, changed the subject and said, "Is the chicken also fried?"

"Wrap it in egg flour and make a batter, fry it in an oil pan until it's almost cooked, and put some in stir-fried vegetables."

Li Zhouzhou quickly understood, "It's similar to jar meat, it's simple and convenient."

If the husband wants to eat, Li Zhouzhou will cook it.

Anyway, I have to kill the chickens and eat the eggs during the Chinese New Year, and I didn’t bring them with me. If I don’t want to eat and drink during the Chinese New Year, I will have to live hard in the coming year.The old saying goes.

Li Zhouzhou continued to work in the stove house, Gu Zhao stopped reading, wiped his hands, and took the fruit bowl to the stove house to be the fireman.

The husband and wife were working in the stove house, chatting and talking, working non-stop, time passed so quickly, it was dark in a blink of an eye, and it was time to have dinner.Li Zhouzhou was not too busy to do anything else. The fried radish meatballs and cabbage in the afternoon were boiled in a pot with big bone broth and eaten with pancakes.

Thirty years old.

Had breakfast early in the morning.

Li Da still has pigs to kill today, but he is not busy, there are only two families.I finished the killing a year ago, and after today is over, the first day of the first lunar month will be busy and busy, and no one will do it if asked.

"Father, my husband and I went to see our master in Dongping Village." Li Zhouzhou said to his father.

Li Dan hummed.

Gu Zhao changed into a new robe. He used to be a fastidious person. He didn’t pass the exams, so he was particular about his clothes. People in the village wore bunts, tight cuffs, and tight trouser legs. It was hot all year round. The weather is cold, but the style remains unchanged.

It is convenient to go to the field to work and clean up housework.

Only Gu Zhao is a robe.After he wore it, he first rested and recuperated, and then entered Li's house. Before he could speak, his stepmother arranged the 'dowry'. Li Guihua knew that the original body was a picky one, so she directly prepared the robe. She also said that her stepmother had worked hard, It costs cloth and cotton to make a robe.

A single gown, a quilted gown.

The style of the clothes is cross collar, right lapel, wide sleeves, inner jacket and inner trousers.

When Gu Zhao first entered Li's house, he was wearing his old robe, which had faded from washing too much, and was not very popular in the village. He was just a poor and beautiful young scholar.

Now Wo Dong doesn't go out very much, so he just wears the clothes he wears during the fifteenth and sixteenth hours of the week. It is still comfortable to wear shorts, and his writing sleeves are not in the way.However, when I went out today, I still went to visit my master. Gu Zhao took it very seriously, but his family Zhou Zhou paid special attention to it, and he was already a little nervous.

I specially took the 'dowry' robe.

It was a dark blue robe.

"Sister, I'll comb your hair." Li Zhouzhou took the comb and the grate and began to smooth Xianggong's hair.

At home, Gu Zhao casually tied a ponytail.

"to make."

Gu Zhao sat obediently and let his wife dress up.

He saw that Zhou Zhou usually wears a tucker and fastens it with a wooden hairpin, which resembles a Taoist priest's head, which is very neat and convenient for work. All the men and brothers in the village comb like this, but the men tie it with cloth strips. hairpin.

If the family is rich, the material of the wooden hairpin will be replaced with gold, silver and jade, and carved with various handicrafts.

All brothers in the village are wooden hairpins.

Gu Zhao thought that Zhou Zhou combed his hair for him as a Taoist priest, but he didn't expect that it was half loose, tied up with a blue ribbon, and long hair hung behind his head.

"..." Isn't this inconvenient?

Gu Zhao was about to comb it all up, when he turned his head and saw his Zhou Zhou staring at him with bright eyes, very happy, Gu Zhao: ...

Just look at his good-looking face, understand, understand.

"Does it look good?"

Li Zhouzhou thinks that my husband is very good-looking, usually good-looking, but now he looks even better when he is dressed up, as if he was back on his wedding day - even better than that day.

"It looks good." Li Zhouzhou nodded in satisfaction.

His little husband is pretty.

Li Zhouzhou couldn't describe it, but he thought it was pretty and beautiful.

This dark blue robe is worn by other people's old-fashioned and old-fashioned clothes to complement the dark skin, but Gu Zhao is different. Gu Zhao was born with fair skin. He didn't do farm work before, and his body was too thin and sickly. Now he eats at Li's house. With drinking and daily exercise, I look more energetic than two months ago.

The skin is white, the eyebrows are thick and the eyes are deep, the bridge of the nose is high, and the lips are beautiful.

"Zhou Zhou likes me like this?" Gu Zhao stood up and turned around.

Li Zhouzhou couldn't move his eyes away.

"Then come back tonight, how about I wear this outfit and make trouble with Zhou Zhou?"

Li Zhouzhou blushed immediately, and the husband teased him again, how could he do this, this is the robe worn by scholars.But when he saw his husband's handsome appearance, he couldn't help being moved. In the end, he didn't answer, saying that he was about to leave and couldn't delay.

Gu Zhao responded with a smile.

I'm going to wear this robe on the kang tonight.

The couple went out with their things, and not long after leaving the yard, they met some aunts who came back from selling tofu at the entrance of the village. The couple said hello and said they were going to Dongping Village to see their master.They greeted each other with few words of politeness, and each was busy with his own business.

The shadow of the couple has not gone far.

Several aunts chatted enthusiastically.

"Hey, Li Zhouzhou's little husband is really like this." He gave a thumbs up.

"It looks so good, I have never seen it in ten miles and eight villages."

"The key is to Zhou Zhou. When Zhou Zhou said to leave, Gu Zhao didn't say much. He even held Zhou Zhou's hand. The young couple were sweet. I used to think that Gu Shulang had no great prospects, but now I see that he is a good match with Zhou Zhou. Just right."

"That's right, Gu Shulang, the old choreographer of the Zhang family, can't study well. Who is he compared with? Zhu Xiucai from Shili Village, but he's better than us. Look at the stove, it's what Gu Shulang thought. After a few years, I really can't farm anymore, Gu Shulang who can read and write may be the same as Li Da's brother, and take the whole family to the town to live a good life."

"That's the reason, but Gu Shulang looks so handsome, this outfit, he is much better than Zhu Xiucai..."