The husband's son-in-law
Chapter 21
The two surnames in Dongping Village are Gu and Zhao.
The wife who taught Gu Zhao was surnamed Zhao, who is now the uncle of the village head of Dongping Village. Because of his fame, he was exempted from fifty acres of land tax. , exempt from taxation.
Mrs. Zhao has a son and a daughter under her knees. The daughter has already been married, and the son is also studying, but it is not material for studying. Now Mrs. Zhao concentrates on nurturing his grandson.
"...When I was studying, I read it with my master's son. He was eight years older than me before he was admitted to Tongsheng. When I took the college entrance examination for the first time, he had already given up the exam."
"Master Zhao's family only has ten acres of land, and his son Zhao Ming takes care of it, which is enough to feed a few members of the family for a year. The living expenses all depend on the Shuxiu that Master Zhao received. But now that he is getting older, the village Few children are sent there to study."
Gu Zhao held Zhou Zhou's hand, the snow covered the road, and the two walked slowly, just in time to talk about the master.
"Did Xianggong get a child at the age of ten?" Li Zhouzhou figured it out.
Gu Zhao hummed, the original was a child prodigy at the age of ten, and he had a good time in the village at that time, and the name of the little child prodigy was called out.It may also have something to do with hurting Zhongyong. Later, Yuan himself neglected to learn.
When we arrived at Dongping Village, Master Zhao's house was inside, and the location was quiet and remote.Gu Zhao deliberately made a detour, entered from the other side of the field, directly avoided the entrance of the village, and detoured to Master Zhao's house.
The yard of Mrs. Zhao’s house does not look much different from other yards in the village.The yellow mud courtyard wall, two black wooden doors, couplets pasted on the doors, black characters on a red background, and the font is slightly straight.
It should be written by Master Zhao's eight-year-old grandson.
Gu Zhao raised his hand and knocked on the door, a woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Master, it's me, Gu Zhao."
Stepping from far to near, the door creaked open.The woman wore her hair in a bun and tied a silver hairpin. She tidied up very neatly. When she saw Gu Zhao, she smiled and said, "It's Zhao'er." Her gaze turned to Li Zhouzhou who was beside Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao immediately introduced: "It's Gu Zhao's wife, Li Zhouzhou."
Although Zhou Zhou is a brother, but in formal occasions, it is more respectful to introduce his wife.
Zhao Shiniang also understood when she heard it, she smiled in relief, and greeted the two of them to enter.When Li Zhouzhou came, he was a little nervous. He heard my husband say that my master is a serious person, but my wife is kind and easy to talk.
"Hello, mistress."
"Okay. Come in and sit down, why are you still taking something, please be polite." Mrs. Zhao didn't refuse, took the basket and put it in the stove, and came back with a teapot and cup, and poured tea for the two.
Mrs. Zhao came out after a while. There were more than 50 people, wearing a padded gown that was a little stiff after washing. They were thin, with a straight back, a serious face, high cheekbones on both sides, and sunken cheeks. expression.
Li Zhouzhou felt nervous just looking at it.
Gu Zhaoxian greeted Master, and Li Zhouzhou also called Master.
Master Zhao didn't look at Li Zhouzhou, but asked Gu Zhao what's the matter.Gu Zhao knew very well that this master was stubborn, even a bit old-fashioned, and he used to put on a straight face, but now that he has become the son-in-law, Mrs. Zhao looks down on the son-in-law, and he may feel that he has lost face as a scholar.
But no matter how much Mr. Zhao looks down on him, he still has to live.Zhao Ming manages ten acres of land to feed a family of six, so he can't sell much.Daily expenses depend on Zhao Ming's wife and mother-in-law to feed pigs and chickens, as well as the money saved by Shu Xiu from the past. Mrs. Zhao is obsessed with fame and fame. He knows he can't pass the exam, so he gave all his expectations grandson.
How can reading and writing imperial examinations be free of money?
Gu Zhaoxian said it was New Year's greetings.Mrs. Zhao's face darkened, and before he could speak, Mrs. Zhao cleared her throat and asked Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou to drink tea, and said that Gu Zhao brought meat, sugar and wine, which was really expensive.
Master Zhao swallowed the words with a dark face.
His teacher's wife looked kind and smiled when she saw everyone, but the housekeeper was sure that Mrs. Zhao was right.Gu Zhao smiled inwardly, and bowed to Master Zhao with a serious face, explaining the purpose of his visit.
I still want to continue studying for the imperial examination, and I want to ask my master about it.Now I live in Xiping Village, and it is inconvenient to come and go. In the future, if I don’t know how to save, I will come to ask, and I will still pay according to the previous bundle, one tael of silver every year.
"Success." Mrs. Zhao agreed straight away, and said with a smile: "The house is empty now, Zhao'er is here, and I happen to be with Ze'er as a companion, so I can ask whatever I want."
Zhao Ze is the grandson of Master Zhao.
Taking advantage of the slope, Gu Zhao took out his 'question book' from his pocket.
"I won't bother you anymore." Mrs. Zhao waved to Li Zhouzhou and said, "They are talking about knowledge, it will take a while, let's go to the stove to warm up..."
Li Zhouzhou and Mrs. Zhao went to the kitchen.
Mrs. Zhao opened the door of the kitchen, Li Zhouzhou, although he is a brother, is a man after all, he still has to pay attention.
It was noon after this question, Li Zhouzhou was hungry, he was too embarrassed to open his mouth, so he had to drink hot water.It wasn't until the afternoon that he looked at the sky, and it was time to make dinner on weekdays, when the husband came out and bowed to his master.
Mrs. Zhao stood up and said: "Come out, I'll take you out, walk slowly on the road, be careful on the slippery road in snowy weather."
Li Zhouzhou and Mr. Xianggong left the gate of the Zhao Family Courtyard, and walked around the field the same way they came. They couldn't see the Zhao Family Courtyard behind them from a distance. Li Zhouzhou really held back his words, but he felt that people were not good at talking behind his back, so he changed his words Cheng asked his husband, "Are you hungry?"
"Hungry." Gu Zhao touched Zhou Zhou's stomach, which was also deflated, and said with a smile, "I was hungry at noon, and my master was also hungry. I can hear my stomach rumbling clearly."
Li Zhouzhou said ah, then, are you hungry and won’t eat?
"Master Zhao's family eats two meals a day instead of lunch?"
The hot water in the stove kept burning, and my wife added hot water when she saw that the water in Li Zhouzhou's teacup had bottomed out.
The hot water pipe is full.
"I don't know how to eat on weekdays. I only know that I have been studying at Master Zhao's house since I was six years old. I have never had a meal at Master Zhao's house until now." Zhou said: "Once the master punished me for copying books. I just passed the Tongsheng exam at that time. I was dissatisfied and deliberately dawdled. It was getting dark and the master was hungry. He waved me back and came back tomorrow."
"Before I went out, I heard my master tell my wife if there is any steamed buns to fill up first."
Li Zhouzhou's eyes widened, "Could it be that you've been hungry all day?"
"Master should have eaten in the morning, and it's not a day—more than half a day."
The situation was exactly the same as today, Li Zhouzhou couldn't hold back any longer, seeing that there were no one in the fields around him, he whispered: "Then why didn't the Master's family eat secretly? Could it be that there are outsiders around, so they don't eat and are hungry all the time?" is it on?"
People in the village value food, and those who save money will live on. Some people in the family don’t cook when they visit, or see off guests in a different way after cooking. meal.
Li Zhouzhou knew about this, so he didn't think it was a big deal. The situation of each family is different, so there's nothing funny about it.He doesn't drop by to chat easily, and when he has something to do, he picks the time when it's not the meal time, and leaves quickly after asking, which saves people trouble.
But today is different, they come to the door with gifts, logically they are guests.Just like the elder sister Zhu who came here before, if someone brought something, he must keep him for dinner.
Otherwise, it would be stingy, stingy, and not polite to spread the word.
"Stop cooking, that's Master Zhao's family skipping the noon meal. They really ate it secretly, but they just don't pay attention to etiquette and guard against others." After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he added, "I ran into it before. But Zhao Ze's mother secretly fed him."
After all, it's a child, so it's not good to go hungry.
Li Zhouzhou: ...
!!!
"I saw that Mrs. Shi is kind and polite, and she speaks nicely, but I didn't expect..."
Seeing Zhou Zhou in a daze, Gu Zhao held hands and said, "There is no difference between you and me. Although the master is famous, he is from the village, so don't be nervous. Their family's behavior is not as good as ours."
Pull slightly and step down.
Ever since Zhou Zhou knew that he was going to visit Mrs. Zhao, he became more and more nervous the closer he came. He got up early in the morning, washed in hot water, changed into new clothes, and double-checked the gifts he brought.Even though he said not to be nervous, and teased Zhou Zhou on the way here, it was useless.
There is a difference between a scholar and a scholar with fame.
Gu Zhao said that he failed to dispel Zhou Zhou's nervousness, as well as his deep respect for Mr. Zhao's family and his fantasies about scholars, which should be gone now.
"You can't say that." Li Zhouzhou wanted to make love to Mrs. Zhao's family, but his stomach growled just after he finished speaking, so he had to say: "Next time, if you want to learn more, you must eat first. If it doesn't work, I'll bring you some more." Have something to eat."
Gu Zhao responded with a smile.In fact, it is unbearable. Mr. Zhao is old-fashioned and pays attention to etiquette-it depends on the situation.Like Gu Zhao went to ask for knowledge, and the two of them talked about the contents of the book, they definitely couldn't eat.
It's not okay to eat secretly.
But being able to eat on the way back with him is Zhou Zhou's love for him.
As for the tael of silver for Shuxiu, Gu Zhaoxian thought it was expensive. Compared with Zhou Zhou in the town, he felt that one tael was cheaper, and he was afraid that it would be cheaper. Mr. Zhao was unwilling to teach, and he did not teach well.
Also, in the past, one tael of silver a year, but now it is half or five pennies. Although it is not unexpected, people will always compare it with the past in their hearts.Li Zhouzhou used Aunt Wang's purchase of a stove as an example to convince his husband.
"If Aunt Wang hadn't heard of our stove's [-] Wen, she thought it was expensive at first, but after seeing how it works, she probably would have bought it without hesitation."
"What Zhou Zhou said is true."
It was already dark when the two returned home.Li Da sat in the main room warming up by the fire, peeling and eating peanuts at the same time, and he was finally able to relax all year round.
Li Zhouzhou was about to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, so Gu Zhaoxian put his 'homework book' back, and originally wanted to change into this new robe, but after thinking about it, he still didn't change, and then went to the stove to help.
The meatballs, fried chicken, and fruits at home were all made yesterday. Li Zhouzhou made the dumplings before leaving in the morning, stuffed with cabbage and meat, and put them directly in the steamer with a bamboo lid on the stone mill outside. This will come back much easier.
The meatballs and fried chicken nuggets are steamed in large porcelain bowls.
"Zhou Zhou, there are three grass carp in the bucket, make one and eat."
"I know dad."
Li Dajin traded the fish for pork, and the brave ones in the village went to the river to smash the ice to catch a bucket, and the fish weighed four to five catties and were plump.
Li Zhouzhou picked a big one, picked it up and put it on the chopping board, knocked the gourd ladle unconscious, put it in the basin and started slaughtering and digging out the internal organs. The movement was skillful, and it was done in three or two strokes. With fish scales on his hands, he said naturally: "Sanggong, take a ladle of water and wash it for me."
"Okay." Gu Zhao rolled up his sleeves to scoop up water.
After washing for the first time, the dirty water was poured into the pig food bucket outside the stove house. Li Zhouzhou took the basin and said that he came by himself.
The fish tastes best when it is cooked with soy sauce.
Cut the body of the grass carp with a knife, heat the pan, put the fish and a few slices of ginger when the oil is hot, Li Zhouzhou takes out a jar of soybean paste, put a tablespoon of soybean paste in it, add cold water, and put the tofu bought in the morning that has been frozen for a day in it , Cover the pot and cook.
After a while, the fish boiled, bubbling and bubbling.
"Xianggong's fire is a little bit smaller."
"it is good."
Gu Zhao took out a piece of firewood and put it out.
Li Zhouzhou took advantage of the time of stewing the fish, took the dumpling plate and put the dumplings in the pot of the main room. When the dumplings were cooked, the meatballs, chicken, and fish were also ready. Li Zhouzhou also fried another cabbage, adding I ordered a vegetarian dish.
The fish is served in a pot, which is very fragrant. The tofu is cut into large pieces, and the surface of the stew is honeycombed, which is full of juice.
This is Gu Zhao's favorite food.
The courtyard is closed, the stove in the main room is hot, and the family of three celebrates the New Year's Eve.In winter, cabbage and radishes are eaten all over the place, but now the table is full of meat. Although there are not many varieties, the amount is enough.
The staple food is meat dumplings.
Haven't eaten yet, let's pay New Year's greetings first.
Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou knelt in front of Li Da, and they kowtowed to celebrate the new year.Gu Zhao said auspicious words, happy new year, wishing his father good health and all wishes come true in the coming year.
"I wish you good health." Li Zhouzhou said earnestly.
The creases on Li Da's face stretched out, he took out the money wrapped in red paper, and gave one to each of them.
After paying New Year's greetings, Li Da moved his chopsticks first, took a bite of a dumpling the size of an ingot, and then a bite of a meatball.
The last bowl of cabbage was rarely moved, and the meat and fish were clean.Gu Zhao thought about saving the cabbage for tomorrow, Li Zhouzhou smiled: "Master, you can't save the food for the New Year's Eve for the next year, I will eat it later."
They are all particular, and the leftovers on the last day at the end of the year should not be eaten at the beginning of the year.
The bowl of cabbage was left in the main room, and it was kept in a clean bowl.
Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong cleaned up the pots and bowls together, boiled hot water and washed, but they couldn't go back to bed on the kang, because they had to watch the year.
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhao said, "Then the robe is for nothing?"
Li Zhouzhou even forgot what happened in the morning, and he was stunned for a while when he heard what Xianggong said, but soon he understood, his face was burning, "I, I didn't agree either."
"That's because I'm thick-skinned, I want to make such a fuss with Zhou Zhou." Gu Zhao leaned over and posted it shamelessly.
Anyway, the stove house is just the two of them.
Li Zhouzhou's face was burning hot, and finally he said, "I think so too."Xianggong is not thick-skinned.
Keeping the year old means not being able to sleep at the thirtieth year, sitting all night until dawn the next day.The oil lamp in the main room was on, and the three of them sat around the stove to warm up, eating melon seeds and peanuts, and drinking hot tea when they were thirsty.The bowl of cabbage was not long afterwards, Gu Zhao guessed it was ten or eleven o'clock, and he and Zhou Zhou ate it separately.
There is no timekeeping in the village, and everyone is guessing the time.
The sound of firecrackers came from the first house, and soon followed.
Li Da also went to the yard to set off firecrackers, and Zhou Zhou and Gu Zhao gave him New Year greetings, but he didn't say anything about giving the red envelopes. He heard the firecrackers, and what he thought was: in the new year, bless Zhou Zhou and Gu Zhao to have a child.
At the end, I added a sentence, girls and brothers are all good, as long as they are healthy and born by Zhou Zhou.
After the firecrackers are over, go back to the house.
Brother-in-law Gu Zhao is peeling peanuts for Zhou Zhou.Li Da turned his face away, pretending he didn't see Gu Zhao touching Zhou Zhou's hand by handing the peanuts, it's a good thing that Gu Zhao likes Zhou Zhou.
In the second half of the night, I couldn't sit still, and I was really sleepy.Gu Zhao used to be a student in modern times, and it was no problem to stay up all night writing a thesis. When he first came here, he was not used to going to bed before seven o'clock in the evening. Now it's only a long time, and he won't stay up late.
Gu Zhao rubbed his face, Li Zhouzhou saw this and said, "Is your husband tired? You lean against me and squint for a while."
"Can't you sleep?"
"It's fine if you don't go to sleep on the kang."
Gu Zhao leaned his head on his wife's shoulder, but didn't fall asleep, and said, "Tell me, I won't be so sleepy."
Before his wife could think of a topic, Gu Zhaoxian said: "I plan to start the new year. After the Lantern Festival, I will go to my master's house every one, three, five every month. I used to study in the morning when I was in the village, and study at home in the afternoon after noon."
"Bring a gift during the New Year and holidays, it doesn't need to be as heavy as yesterday."
In the past, when I was studying in my own body, besides Shuxiu, I would bring two buckets of grain, one bucket of rice, and one bucket of wheat when the crops were ripe and harvested.The conversion is twenty catties of rice, twenty catties of noodles, and three catties of meat for the New Year.
Now the food is gone.
Li Zhouzhou listened to his father-in-law and agreed.
"Don't visit on the first day of the new year, and go to Zhu Xiucai's house after the fifth day."
"it is good."
The couple were talking.Gu Zhao opened the conversation, and Li Zhouzhou also talked about what to do in the next year. You can’t use a knife on the first day of the new year, and you still have dumplings that are frozen. eat as soon as possible.
"Braised meat?" Gu Zhao felt a little hungry when he thought of the braised meat.
Li Zhouzhou: "Salt? Did Mr. Xiang say it was cooked with soy sauce?"
"Is that the way to cook fish with soybean sauce? No, I mean—" Gu Zhao remembered that there is really no such thing as lo-mei now, so he changed his words and said, "When the next spring comes, let's go to the town together. The pharmacy should have."
Things like star anise, cinnamon bark, bay leaves, cumin, and cardamom should be used as medicinal materials now, and you have to go to the pharmacy in the town to see for details.
"Success." Li Zhouzhou responded.
After talking, Gu Zhao fell asleep on his wife's shoulders in a daze for a while. When he woke up, his father and Zhou Zhou were still sitting. He straightened up and squeezed Zhou Zhou's shoulders, "Are you tired? Are you sore? I Squeeze."
Li Zhouzhou was embarrassed, he didn't know where to look.
Dad is still here.
Li Da sullenly ate melon seeds and peanuts, drank water when his mouth was dry, and went to the backyard to relieve himself after drinking a pot.
Added two more firewood.
The main room is burning warmly.
Until the first rooster crows, the New Year's Eve is over.Gu Zhaoxian was happy and said happy new year to his father and Zhou Zhou.Zhou Zhou asked his husband if he was hungry or not. He went to order some dumplings, but Gu Zhao held his hand and said that he was sleepy and just wanted to sleep.
Li Da waved his hand, "You two go to bed, don't rush to eat." He also ate dry goods all night, and he is not hungry.
On the first day of junior high school, you can't use knives, scissors, or sweep the floor. The old man said that money will be swept away.
When you are hungry, eat dumplings.
Go back to your room and sleep for a while.Gu Zhao pulled Zhou Zhou to stop busy work, and hugged his wife when he entered the back room. He was almost half a head shorter than Zhou Zhou, so he simply bent his legs against his wife's chest muscles, and said, "Zhou Zhou will sleep with me, Otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
"The bed is so cold~"
Li Zhouzhou's heart softened, and he continued to say: "Alright, let's sleep with my husband."
As a result, on the kang, the position was wrong.
Gu Zhao was wearing that blue robe, his long hair poured down, his skin was fair, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he blinked and asked, "Will Zhou Zhou take off my robe with his own hands?"
This will not be sleepy.
Li Zhouzhou blushed, and the handsome young man obediently lay down and asked him to undress——
Still solved.
In the new year, the two completed what they hadn't done last year.After sleeping all morning, it was noon when I woke up. Li Zhouzhou was still wearing clothes, but his waist was still a little sore.
I ate the dumplings whole at noon, and I still slept on the kang in the afternoon.
Chinese New Year is all about eating, drinking and drinking. It is rare to be comfortable in the countryside. Even Tian, who is usually stingy and has a bad temper, is always noisy. The yard has been quiet these two days.
After the first day of the first day, the second day is to go back to my mother's house.
Mrs. Tian of Zhang's family carried chickens, sugar, eggs, and meat in a basket with no lid on it, and swaggered all the way, showing off the dignity of going back to her mother's house.Beside her man, Zhang Zhuzi, was silent, and Daniu walked behind with the cow egg on his back, and the family of four went to Datian Village.
Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong are also going back to their "natal home" today.
"Just grab a handful of candied dried fruit." Gu Zhao said.
Li Zhouzhou is still Gu Xianggong's face, how can this be achieved?Really don't give me any meat?
"She's already eaten our meat." Seeing his wife's hesitation, Gu Zhao immediately wrapped around Zhou Zhou in a lazy sticky candy, saying, "Just listen to me, Zhou Zhou~"
It's not that Gu Zhao is stingy, but that the stepmother Li Guihua really knows how to push every inch.Last time I returned home to get a heavy gift, if it was a heavy gift again this time, Li Guihua would pester her, thinking that Li's family has a solid foundation, she must think of a way to get something from Li's house.
No excuses.Li Osmanthus is about to give birth, is she not allowed to give gifts?
You don't have to cry and be poor after giving birth, will your in-laws help?
For people like Li Guihua, it's just to be careful not to give too much, and it's okay to miss a meal. Anyway, I gave face when I returned home last time, so no one will chew my tongue if I give less this time.
Besides, Li Guihua took 18 taels of Gu Zhao's 'betrothal money'.
She cried poor, no one in the village would believe her, and she would joke behind her back.
In the end, under Gu Zhao's playfulness and coquettishness, Li Zhouzhou listened to his husband and brought some dry goods, preserved fruit and caramel, feeling a little owed, and brought some pigs into the water.
"Is it a good match?"
Gu Zhao was dying of laughter in his heart, and said seriously, "Sure, anyway, my mother likes to eat offal."
The Gu family in Dongping Village.
Li Guihua sat on the kang with a big belly, the room was burning warmly, with melon seeds and peanuts on the side of the kang, thinking that Gu Zhaoli would go back to her mother's house every week, with a piece of sugar, a piece of meat, and a jar of wine.
"Mother, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are back." Hutou shouted.
Li Guihua stood up with her waist supported, with a smile on her face, she was sincerely waiting for the sugar and meat.After she became pregnant, she didn't raise pigs last year, and she couldn't take care of them. She only raised a dozen or so chickens. One was killed during the Chinese New Year, and now there are half of them left. Originally, she bought two catties of pork to eat at home.
This wasn't the case years ago when Li Da came into the water with his hands, Li Guihua was about to come just by talking about it.Later, when I thought about it, Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao came back to get some meat in the second day of junior high school, so I didn't buy any meat at all.When the sugar she got this time, Li Guihua didn't want to give it away, she saved the confinement to make sugar water eggs and drink it by herself.
Make up for it.
Li Guihua walked out of the room with a smile all over her face, and looked in Li Zhouzhou's hands first, why did she only carry a basket?Meat in the basket?
"Happy New Year, Ma'am." Gu Zhao greeted his stepmother with a smile all over his face.
Li Guihua smiled politely and said, "My good boy, come in and sit down, it's cold on the road?" While talking, she picked up the basket in Li Zhouzhou's hand.
Li Zhouzhou thought the basket was not heavy, so he handed it over for his mother-in-law to hold.
Li Guihua took a look at the basket, a handful of candied melon seeds, preserved peanuts, and a bag of frozen pigs into the water.
no?
That's it?
What about sugar?What about meat?
Li Guihua couldn't laugh anymore.
"I know how hard it is for my mother to have a big belly. It's not easy to make my mother cook. Zhou Zhou and I didn't eat at home after New Year's greetings. I heard my father said years ago that my mother likes to go into the water. This time I brought it specially. Me and Zhou Zhou As soon as Zhou Zhou's wishes are delivered, mother, go inside and sit down, don't get tired." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
Li Guihua: ...
Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou really didn't have dinner at Gu's house, they returned after the gift was delivered.
The main reason is that Li Guihua is too tired to cook, and the food is not delicious.
Later, when Gu Si came back from a stroll outside, he heard that his son Gu Zhao had brought Li Zhouzhou here, took his things and left without eating, without saying anything.Last time he said it all, let Gu Zhaoshao come back and embarrass him.
Now it's fine to just give gifts and not eat.
Saved him to see Huo Da.
"What did you take, there's not even a piece of meat in the water..." Li Guihua complained in front of Gu Si, wishing she could throw the basin and the bowl, someone went back to her mother's house to get the water.
Gu Si felt that his ears were bothered, turned over and said, "Didn't you say that it tastes delicious fried in water, but now I bring it to you and I don't like it."
Can that be the same.Li Osmanthus fragrans got it for nothing on New Year's Eve. Can something that doesn't cost a penny be delicious?
Li Guihua relied on her big belly, Gu Si couldn't do anything to her, and kept talking about it over and over again.In the end, it made Gu Si annoyed, saying that 18 taels of silver are kept with you, and that the water is not tasty, so I will go to cut three catties of meat and bring it back.
Now Li Guihua has no voice.
In the third year of junior high school, Wang Shitou held Yuan Yuan, who was tightly wrapped, and Xing Geer took the gift to Li's house to pay New Year's greetings to his uncle.Earlier, when Brother Xing was not married, Liu Huaxiang said that the family had separated, and what kind of year would you like to pray for, and he was not a big family, you come and go, if you don’t have money, you don’t have manners.
Brother Xing is a child, he can't move around, so he can only listen to the arrangements.
Later, Brother Xing married the Wang family, returned to her natal family in the second year of junior high school, and came to Li's family in the third year of junior high school.I didn't come last year because I gave birth to Yuanyuan confinement.
For this matter, Liu Huaxiang also said Brother Xing, meaning to turn his elbows outward, I am your mother, if you carry that thing to me, what are you doing for Li Da?
Brother Xing knew his mother's character long ago, and didn't want to dispute and distinguish, so he shirked it all on his mother-in-law, saying that the Wang family has good manners, and he should go to pay New Year's greetings.
Every year when he returns to his natal home, he brings a big gift, otherwise he will be raised for nothing.
Liu Huaxiang looked down on those small gifts, and said that Brother Xing was only because Brother Xing and her were not of the same mind.Everyone in the village knew that Li Da and Li had separated, and their family didn't go to Li's gate, but Brother Xing went there, making people laugh at her, Liu Huaxiang.
Candy candy for your brother Guangzong to eat?
Originally, Brother Xing was still listening, but when it came to this, he couldn't help but refuted: "I went to the uncle's house because Li Zhouzhou boiled two medicines for me back then, otherwise I don't know if I can live to this day."
Liu Huaxiang choked, and then cried hard for a while.
It means that I am your own mother, how can I harm you, the medicine your brother drank is only decocted once, and it still has medicinal properties. I raised you so much, Li Zhouzhou just took two pairs of broken medicine and bought you...
Since then, everyone has been cold with Li, even Li Zhouzhou is a guest when he gets married, and he doesn't care about anything.
The wife who taught Gu Zhao was surnamed Zhao, who is now the uncle of the village head of Dongping Village. Because of his fame, he was exempted from fifty acres of land tax. , exempt from taxation.
Mrs. Zhao has a son and a daughter under her knees. The daughter has already been married, and the son is also studying, but it is not material for studying. Now Mrs. Zhao concentrates on nurturing his grandson.
"...When I was studying, I read it with my master's son. He was eight years older than me before he was admitted to Tongsheng. When I took the college entrance examination for the first time, he had already given up the exam."
"Master Zhao's family only has ten acres of land, and his son Zhao Ming takes care of it, which is enough to feed a few members of the family for a year. The living expenses all depend on the Shuxiu that Master Zhao received. But now that he is getting older, the village Few children are sent there to study."
Gu Zhao held Zhou Zhou's hand, the snow covered the road, and the two walked slowly, just in time to talk about the master.
"Did Xianggong get a child at the age of ten?" Li Zhouzhou figured it out.
Gu Zhao hummed, the original was a child prodigy at the age of ten, and he had a good time in the village at that time, and the name of the little child prodigy was called out.It may also have something to do with hurting Zhongyong. Later, Yuan himself neglected to learn.
When we arrived at Dongping Village, Master Zhao's house was inside, and the location was quiet and remote.Gu Zhao deliberately made a detour, entered from the other side of the field, directly avoided the entrance of the village, and detoured to Master Zhao's house.
The yard of Mrs. Zhao’s house does not look much different from other yards in the village.The yellow mud courtyard wall, two black wooden doors, couplets pasted on the doors, black characters on a red background, and the font is slightly straight.
It should be written by Master Zhao's eight-year-old grandson.
Gu Zhao raised his hand and knocked on the door, a woman's voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
"Master, it's me, Gu Zhao."
Stepping from far to near, the door creaked open.The woman wore her hair in a bun and tied a silver hairpin. She tidied up very neatly. When she saw Gu Zhao, she smiled and said, "It's Zhao'er." Her gaze turned to Li Zhouzhou who was beside Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao immediately introduced: "It's Gu Zhao's wife, Li Zhouzhou."
Although Zhou Zhou is a brother, but in formal occasions, it is more respectful to introduce his wife.
Zhao Shiniang also understood when she heard it, she smiled in relief, and greeted the two of them to enter.When Li Zhouzhou came, he was a little nervous. He heard my husband say that my master is a serious person, but my wife is kind and easy to talk.
"Hello, mistress."
"Okay. Come in and sit down, why are you still taking something, please be polite." Mrs. Zhao didn't refuse, took the basket and put it in the stove, and came back with a teapot and cup, and poured tea for the two.
Mrs. Zhao came out after a while. There were more than 50 people, wearing a padded gown that was a little stiff after washing. They were thin, with a straight back, a serious face, high cheekbones on both sides, and sunken cheeks. expression.
Li Zhouzhou felt nervous just looking at it.
Gu Zhaoxian greeted Master, and Li Zhouzhou also called Master.
Master Zhao didn't look at Li Zhouzhou, but asked Gu Zhao what's the matter.Gu Zhao knew very well that this master was stubborn, even a bit old-fashioned, and he used to put on a straight face, but now that he has become the son-in-law, Mrs. Zhao looks down on the son-in-law, and he may feel that he has lost face as a scholar.
But no matter how much Mr. Zhao looks down on him, he still has to live.Zhao Ming manages ten acres of land to feed a family of six, so he can't sell much.Daily expenses depend on Zhao Ming's wife and mother-in-law to feed pigs and chickens, as well as the money saved by Shu Xiu from the past. Mrs. Zhao is obsessed with fame and fame. He knows he can't pass the exam, so he gave all his expectations grandson.
How can reading and writing imperial examinations be free of money?
Gu Zhaoxian said it was New Year's greetings.Mrs. Zhao's face darkened, and before he could speak, Mrs. Zhao cleared her throat and asked Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou to drink tea, and said that Gu Zhao brought meat, sugar and wine, which was really expensive.
Master Zhao swallowed the words with a dark face.
His teacher's wife looked kind and smiled when she saw everyone, but the housekeeper was sure that Mrs. Zhao was right.Gu Zhao smiled inwardly, and bowed to Master Zhao with a serious face, explaining the purpose of his visit.
I still want to continue studying for the imperial examination, and I want to ask my master about it.Now I live in Xiping Village, and it is inconvenient to come and go. In the future, if I don’t know how to save, I will come to ask, and I will still pay according to the previous bundle, one tael of silver every year.
"Success." Mrs. Zhao agreed straight away, and said with a smile: "The house is empty now, Zhao'er is here, and I happen to be with Ze'er as a companion, so I can ask whatever I want."
Zhao Ze is the grandson of Master Zhao.
Taking advantage of the slope, Gu Zhao took out his 'question book' from his pocket.
"I won't bother you anymore." Mrs. Zhao waved to Li Zhouzhou and said, "They are talking about knowledge, it will take a while, let's go to the stove to warm up..."
Li Zhouzhou and Mrs. Zhao went to the kitchen.
Mrs. Zhao opened the door of the kitchen, Li Zhouzhou, although he is a brother, is a man after all, he still has to pay attention.
It was noon after this question, Li Zhouzhou was hungry, he was too embarrassed to open his mouth, so he had to drink hot water.It wasn't until the afternoon that he looked at the sky, and it was time to make dinner on weekdays, when the husband came out and bowed to his master.
Mrs. Zhao stood up and said: "Come out, I'll take you out, walk slowly on the road, be careful on the slippery road in snowy weather."
Li Zhouzhou and Mr. Xianggong left the gate of the Zhao Family Courtyard, and walked around the field the same way they came. They couldn't see the Zhao Family Courtyard behind them from a distance. Li Zhouzhou really held back his words, but he felt that people were not good at talking behind his back, so he changed his words Cheng asked his husband, "Are you hungry?"
"Hungry." Gu Zhao touched Zhou Zhou's stomach, which was also deflated, and said with a smile, "I was hungry at noon, and my master was also hungry. I can hear my stomach rumbling clearly."
Li Zhouzhou said ah, then, are you hungry and won’t eat?
"Master Zhao's family eats two meals a day instead of lunch?"
The hot water in the stove kept burning, and my wife added hot water when she saw that the water in Li Zhouzhou's teacup had bottomed out.
The hot water pipe is full.
"I don't know how to eat on weekdays. I only know that I have been studying at Master Zhao's house since I was six years old. I have never had a meal at Master Zhao's house until now." Zhou said: "Once the master punished me for copying books. I just passed the Tongsheng exam at that time. I was dissatisfied and deliberately dawdled. It was getting dark and the master was hungry. He waved me back and came back tomorrow."
"Before I went out, I heard my master tell my wife if there is any steamed buns to fill up first."
Li Zhouzhou's eyes widened, "Could it be that you've been hungry all day?"
"Master should have eaten in the morning, and it's not a day—more than half a day."
The situation was exactly the same as today, Li Zhouzhou couldn't hold back any longer, seeing that there were no one in the fields around him, he whispered: "Then why didn't the Master's family eat secretly? Could it be that there are outsiders around, so they don't eat and are hungry all the time?" is it on?"
People in the village value food, and those who save money will live on. Some people in the family don’t cook when they visit, or see off guests in a different way after cooking. meal.
Li Zhouzhou knew about this, so he didn't think it was a big deal. The situation of each family is different, so there's nothing funny about it.He doesn't drop by to chat easily, and when he has something to do, he picks the time when it's not the meal time, and leaves quickly after asking, which saves people trouble.
But today is different, they come to the door with gifts, logically they are guests.Just like the elder sister Zhu who came here before, if someone brought something, he must keep him for dinner.
Otherwise, it would be stingy, stingy, and not polite to spread the word.
"Stop cooking, that's Master Zhao's family skipping the noon meal. They really ate it secretly, but they just don't pay attention to etiquette and guard against others." After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he added, "I ran into it before. But Zhao Ze's mother secretly fed him."
After all, it's a child, so it's not good to go hungry.
Li Zhouzhou: ...
!!!
"I saw that Mrs. Shi is kind and polite, and she speaks nicely, but I didn't expect..."
Seeing Zhou Zhou in a daze, Gu Zhao held hands and said, "There is no difference between you and me. Although the master is famous, he is from the village, so don't be nervous. Their family's behavior is not as good as ours."
Pull slightly and step down.
Ever since Zhou Zhou knew that he was going to visit Mrs. Zhao, he became more and more nervous the closer he came. He got up early in the morning, washed in hot water, changed into new clothes, and double-checked the gifts he brought.Even though he said not to be nervous, and teased Zhou Zhou on the way here, it was useless.
There is a difference between a scholar and a scholar with fame.
Gu Zhao said that he failed to dispel Zhou Zhou's nervousness, as well as his deep respect for Mr. Zhao's family and his fantasies about scholars, which should be gone now.
"You can't say that." Li Zhouzhou wanted to make love to Mrs. Zhao's family, but his stomach growled just after he finished speaking, so he had to say: "Next time, if you want to learn more, you must eat first. If it doesn't work, I'll bring you some more." Have something to eat."
Gu Zhao responded with a smile.In fact, it is unbearable. Mr. Zhao is old-fashioned and pays attention to etiquette-it depends on the situation.Like Gu Zhao went to ask for knowledge, and the two of them talked about the contents of the book, they definitely couldn't eat.
It's not okay to eat secretly.
But being able to eat on the way back with him is Zhou Zhou's love for him.
As for the tael of silver for Shuxiu, Gu Zhaoxian thought it was expensive. Compared with Zhou Zhou in the town, he felt that one tael was cheaper, and he was afraid that it would be cheaper. Mr. Zhao was unwilling to teach, and he did not teach well.
Also, in the past, one tael of silver a year, but now it is half or five pennies. Although it is not unexpected, people will always compare it with the past in their hearts.Li Zhouzhou used Aunt Wang's purchase of a stove as an example to convince his husband.
"If Aunt Wang hadn't heard of our stove's [-] Wen, she thought it was expensive at first, but after seeing how it works, she probably would have bought it without hesitation."
"What Zhou Zhou said is true."
It was already dark when the two returned home.Li Da sat in the main room warming up by the fire, peeling and eating peanuts at the same time, and he was finally able to relax all year round.
Li Zhouzhou was about to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner, so Gu Zhaoxian put his 'homework book' back, and originally wanted to change into this new robe, but after thinking about it, he still didn't change, and then went to the stove to help.
The meatballs, fried chicken, and fruits at home were all made yesterday. Li Zhouzhou made the dumplings before leaving in the morning, stuffed with cabbage and meat, and put them directly in the steamer with a bamboo lid on the stone mill outside. This will come back much easier.
The meatballs and fried chicken nuggets are steamed in large porcelain bowls.
"Zhou Zhou, there are three grass carp in the bucket, make one and eat."
"I know dad."
Li Dajin traded the fish for pork, and the brave ones in the village went to the river to smash the ice to catch a bucket, and the fish weighed four to five catties and were plump.
Li Zhouzhou picked a big one, picked it up and put it on the chopping board, knocked the gourd ladle unconscious, put it in the basin and started slaughtering and digging out the internal organs. The movement was skillful, and it was done in three or two strokes. With fish scales on his hands, he said naturally: "Sanggong, take a ladle of water and wash it for me."
"Okay." Gu Zhao rolled up his sleeves to scoop up water.
After washing for the first time, the dirty water was poured into the pig food bucket outside the stove house. Li Zhouzhou took the basin and said that he came by himself.
The fish tastes best when it is cooked with soy sauce.
Cut the body of the grass carp with a knife, heat the pan, put the fish and a few slices of ginger when the oil is hot, Li Zhouzhou takes out a jar of soybean paste, put a tablespoon of soybean paste in it, add cold water, and put the tofu bought in the morning that has been frozen for a day in it , Cover the pot and cook.
After a while, the fish boiled, bubbling and bubbling.
"Xianggong's fire is a little bit smaller."
"it is good."
Gu Zhao took out a piece of firewood and put it out.
Li Zhouzhou took advantage of the time of stewing the fish, took the dumpling plate and put the dumplings in the pot of the main room. When the dumplings were cooked, the meatballs, chicken, and fish were also ready. Li Zhouzhou also fried another cabbage, adding I ordered a vegetarian dish.
The fish is served in a pot, which is very fragrant. The tofu is cut into large pieces, and the surface of the stew is honeycombed, which is full of juice.
This is Gu Zhao's favorite food.
The courtyard is closed, the stove in the main room is hot, and the family of three celebrates the New Year's Eve.In winter, cabbage and radishes are eaten all over the place, but now the table is full of meat. Although there are not many varieties, the amount is enough.
The staple food is meat dumplings.
Haven't eaten yet, let's pay New Year's greetings first.
Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou knelt in front of Li Da, and they kowtowed to celebrate the new year.Gu Zhao said auspicious words, happy new year, wishing his father good health and all wishes come true in the coming year.
"I wish you good health." Li Zhouzhou said earnestly.
The creases on Li Da's face stretched out, he took out the money wrapped in red paper, and gave one to each of them.
After paying New Year's greetings, Li Da moved his chopsticks first, took a bite of a dumpling the size of an ingot, and then a bite of a meatball.
The last bowl of cabbage was rarely moved, and the meat and fish were clean.Gu Zhao thought about saving the cabbage for tomorrow, Li Zhouzhou smiled: "Master, you can't save the food for the New Year's Eve for the next year, I will eat it later."
They are all particular, and the leftovers on the last day at the end of the year should not be eaten at the beginning of the year.
The bowl of cabbage was left in the main room, and it was kept in a clean bowl.
Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong cleaned up the pots and bowls together, boiled hot water and washed, but they couldn't go back to bed on the kang, because they had to watch the year.
Upon hearing this, Gu Zhao said, "Then the robe is for nothing?"
Li Zhouzhou even forgot what happened in the morning, and he was stunned for a while when he heard what Xianggong said, but soon he understood, his face was burning, "I, I didn't agree either."
"That's because I'm thick-skinned, I want to make such a fuss with Zhou Zhou." Gu Zhao leaned over and posted it shamelessly.
Anyway, the stove house is just the two of them.
Li Zhouzhou's face was burning hot, and finally he said, "I think so too."Xianggong is not thick-skinned.
Keeping the year old means not being able to sleep at the thirtieth year, sitting all night until dawn the next day.The oil lamp in the main room was on, and the three of them sat around the stove to warm up, eating melon seeds and peanuts, and drinking hot tea when they were thirsty.The bowl of cabbage was not long afterwards, Gu Zhao guessed it was ten or eleven o'clock, and he and Zhou Zhou ate it separately.
There is no timekeeping in the village, and everyone is guessing the time.
The sound of firecrackers came from the first house, and soon followed.
Li Da also went to the yard to set off firecrackers, and Zhou Zhou and Gu Zhao gave him New Year greetings, but he didn't say anything about giving the red envelopes. He heard the firecrackers, and what he thought was: in the new year, bless Zhou Zhou and Gu Zhao to have a child.
At the end, I added a sentence, girls and brothers are all good, as long as they are healthy and born by Zhou Zhou.
After the firecrackers are over, go back to the house.
Brother-in-law Gu Zhao is peeling peanuts for Zhou Zhou.Li Da turned his face away, pretending he didn't see Gu Zhao touching Zhou Zhou's hand by handing the peanuts, it's a good thing that Gu Zhao likes Zhou Zhou.
In the second half of the night, I couldn't sit still, and I was really sleepy.Gu Zhao used to be a student in modern times, and it was no problem to stay up all night writing a thesis. When he first came here, he was not used to going to bed before seven o'clock in the evening. Now it's only a long time, and he won't stay up late.
Gu Zhao rubbed his face, Li Zhouzhou saw this and said, "Is your husband tired? You lean against me and squint for a while."
"Can't you sleep?"
"It's fine if you don't go to sleep on the kang."
Gu Zhao leaned his head on his wife's shoulder, but didn't fall asleep, and said, "Tell me, I won't be so sleepy."
Before his wife could think of a topic, Gu Zhaoxian said: "I plan to start the new year. After the Lantern Festival, I will go to my master's house every one, three, five every month. I used to study in the morning when I was in the village, and study at home in the afternoon after noon."
"Bring a gift during the New Year and holidays, it doesn't need to be as heavy as yesterday."
In the past, when I was studying in my own body, besides Shuxiu, I would bring two buckets of grain, one bucket of rice, and one bucket of wheat when the crops were ripe and harvested.The conversion is twenty catties of rice, twenty catties of noodles, and three catties of meat for the New Year.
Now the food is gone.
Li Zhouzhou listened to his father-in-law and agreed.
"Don't visit on the first day of the new year, and go to Zhu Xiucai's house after the fifth day."
"it is good."
The couple were talking.Gu Zhao opened the conversation, and Li Zhouzhou also talked about what to do in the next year. You can’t use a knife on the first day of the new year, and you still have dumplings that are frozen. eat as soon as possible.
"Braised meat?" Gu Zhao felt a little hungry when he thought of the braised meat.
Li Zhouzhou: "Salt? Did Mr. Xiang say it was cooked with soy sauce?"
"Is that the way to cook fish with soybean sauce? No, I mean—" Gu Zhao remembered that there is really no such thing as lo-mei now, so he changed his words and said, "When the next spring comes, let's go to the town together. The pharmacy should have."
Things like star anise, cinnamon bark, bay leaves, cumin, and cardamom should be used as medicinal materials now, and you have to go to the pharmacy in the town to see for details.
"Success." Li Zhouzhou responded.
After talking, Gu Zhao fell asleep on his wife's shoulders in a daze for a while. When he woke up, his father and Zhou Zhou were still sitting. He straightened up and squeezed Zhou Zhou's shoulders, "Are you tired? Are you sore? I Squeeze."
Li Zhouzhou was embarrassed, he didn't know where to look.
Dad is still here.
Li Da sullenly ate melon seeds and peanuts, drank water when his mouth was dry, and went to the backyard to relieve himself after drinking a pot.
Added two more firewood.
The main room is burning warmly.
Until the first rooster crows, the New Year's Eve is over.Gu Zhaoxian was happy and said happy new year to his father and Zhou Zhou.Zhou Zhou asked his husband if he was hungry or not. He went to order some dumplings, but Gu Zhao held his hand and said that he was sleepy and just wanted to sleep.
Li Da waved his hand, "You two go to bed, don't rush to eat." He also ate dry goods all night, and he is not hungry.
On the first day of junior high school, you can't use knives, scissors, or sweep the floor. The old man said that money will be swept away.
When you are hungry, eat dumplings.
Go back to your room and sleep for a while.Gu Zhao pulled Zhou Zhou to stop busy work, and hugged his wife when he entered the back room. He was almost half a head shorter than Zhou Zhou, so he simply bent his legs against his wife's chest muscles, and said, "Zhou Zhou will sleep with me, Otherwise I won't be able to sleep."
"The bed is so cold~"
Li Zhouzhou's heart softened, and he continued to say: "Alright, let's sleep with my husband."
As a result, on the kang, the position was wrong.
Gu Zhao was wearing that blue robe, his long hair poured down, his skin was fair, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he blinked and asked, "Will Zhou Zhou take off my robe with his own hands?"
This will not be sleepy.
Li Zhouzhou blushed, and the handsome young man obediently lay down and asked him to undress——
Still solved.
In the new year, the two completed what they hadn't done last year.After sleeping all morning, it was noon when I woke up. Li Zhouzhou was still wearing clothes, but his waist was still a little sore.
I ate the dumplings whole at noon, and I still slept on the kang in the afternoon.
Chinese New Year is all about eating, drinking and drinking. It is rare to be comfortable in the countryside. Even Tian, who is usually stingy and has a bad temper, is always noisy. The yard has been quiet these two days.
After the first day of the first day, the second day is to go back to my mother's house.
Mrs. Tian of Zhang's family carried chickens, sugar, eggs, and meat in a basket with no lid on it, and swaggered all the way, showing off the dignity of going back to her mother's house.Beside her man, Zhang Zhuzi, was silent, and Daniu walked behind with the cow egg on his back, and the family of four went to Datian Village.
Li Zhouzhou and Xianggong are also going back to their "natal home" today.
"Just grab a handful of candied dried fruit." Gu Zhao said.
Li Zhouzhou is still Gu Xianggong's face, how can this be achieved?Really don't give me any meat?
"She's already eaten our meat." Seeing his wife's hesitation, Gu Zhao immediately wrapped around Zhou Zhou in a lazy sticky candy, saying, "Just listen to me, Zhou Zhou~"
It's not that Gu Zhao is stingy, but that the stepmother Li Guihua really knows how to push every inch.Last time I returned home to get a heavy gift, if it was a heavy gift again this time, Li Guihua would pester her, thinking that Li's family has a solid foundation, she must think of a way to get something from Li's house.
No excuses.Li Osmanthus is about to give birth, is she not allowed to give gifts?
You don't have to cry and be poor after giving birth, will your in-laws help?
For people like Li Guihua, it's just to be careful not to give too much, and it's okay to miss a meal. Anyway, I gave face when I returned home last time, so no one will chew my tongue if I give less this time.
Besides, Li Guihua took 18 taels of Gu Zhao's 'betrothal money'.
She cried poor, no one in the village would believe her, and she would joke behind her back.
In the end, under Gu Zhao's playfulness and coquettishness, Li Zhouzhou listened to his husband and brought some dry goods, preserved fruit and caramel, feeling a little owed, and brought some pigs into the water.
"Is it a good match?"
Gu Zhao was dying of laughter in his heart, and said seriously, "Sure, anyway, my mother likes to eat offal."
The Gu family in Dongping Village.
Li Guihua sat on the kang with a big belly, the room was burning warmly, with melon seeds and peanuts on the side of the kang, thinking that Gu Zhaoli would go back to her mother's house every week, with a piece of sugar, a piece of meat, and a jar of wine.
"Mother, the eldest brother and sister-in-law are back." Hutou shouted.
Li Guihua stood up with her waist supported, with a smile on her face, she was sincerely waiting for the sugar and meat.After she became pregnant, she didn't raise pigs last year, and she couldn't take care of them. She only raised a dozen or so chickens. One was killed during the Chinese New Year, and now there are half of them left. Originally, she bought two catties of pork to eat at home.
This wasn't the case years ago when Li Da came into the water with his hands, Li Guihua was about to come just by talking about it.Later, when I thought about it, Li Zhouzhou and Gu Zhao came back to get some meat in the second day of junior high school, so I didn't buy any meat at all.When the sugar she got this time, Li Guihua didn't want to give it away, she saved the confinement to make sugar water eggs and drink it by herself.
Make up for it.
Li Guihua walked out of the room with a smile all over her face, and looked in Li Zhouzhou's hands first, why did she only carry a basket?Meat in the basket?
"Happy New Year, Ma'am." Gu Zhao greeted his stepmother with a smile all over his face.
Li Guihua smiled politely and said, "My good boy, come in and sit down, it's cold on the road?" While talking, she picked up the basket in Li Zhouzhou's hand.
Li Zhouzhou thought the basket was not heavy, so he handed it over for his mother-in-law to hold.
Li Guihua took a look at the basket, a handful of candied melon seeds, preserved peanuts, and a bag of frozen pigs into the water.
no?
That's it?
What about sugar?What about meat?
Li Guihua couldn't laugh anymore.
"I know how hard it is for my mother to have a big belly. It's not easy to make my mother cook. Zhou Zhou and I didn't eat at home after New Year's greetings. I heard my father said years ago that my mother likes to go into the water. This time I brought it specially. Me and Zhou Zhou As soon as Zhou Zhou's wishes are delivered, mother, go inside and sit down, don't get tired." Gu Zhao said with a smile.
Li Guihua: ...
Gu Zhao and Li Zhouzhou really didn't have dinner at Gu's house, they returned after the gift was delivered.
The main reason is that Li Guihua is too tired to cook, and the food is not delicious.
Later, when Gu Si came back from a stroll outside, he heard that his son Gu Zhao had brought Li Zhouzhou here, took his things and left without eating, without saying anything.Last time he said it all, let Gu Zhaoshao come back and embarrass him.
Now it's fine to just give gifts and not eat.
Saved him to see Huo Da.
"What did you take, there's not even a piece of meat in the water..." Li Guihua complained in front of Gu Si, wishing she could throw the basin and the bowl, someone went back to her mother's house to get the water.
Gu Si felt that his ears were bothered, turned over and said, "Didn't you say that it tastes delicious fried in water, but now I bring it to you and I don't like it."
Can that be the same.Li Osmanthus fragrans got it for nothing on New Year's Eve. Can something that doesn't cost a penny be delicious?
Li Guihua relied on her big belly, Gu Si couldn't do anything to her, and kept talking about it over and over again.In the end, it made Gu Si annoyed, saying that 18 taels of silver are kept with you, and that the water is not tasty, so I will go to cut three catties of meat and bring it back.
Now Li Guihua has no voice.
In the third year of junior high school, Wang Shitou held Yuan Yuan, who was tightly wrapped, and Xing Geer took the gift to Li's house to pay New Year's greetings to his uncle.Earlier, when Brother Xing was not married, Liu Huaxiang said that the family had separated, and what kind of year would you like to pray for, and he was not a big family, you come and go, if you don’t have money, you don’t have manners.
Brother Xing is a child, he can't move around, so he can only listen to the arrangements.
Later, Brother Xing married the Wang family, returned to her natal family in the second year of junior high school, and came to Li's family in the third year of junior high school.I didn't come last year because I gave birth to Yuanyuan confinement.
For this matter, Liu Huaxiang also said Brother Xing, meaning to turn his elbows outward, I am your mother, if you carry that thing to me, what are you doing for Li Da?
Brother Xing knew his mother's character long ago, and didn't want to dispute and distinguish, so he shirked it all on his mother-in-law, saying that the Wang family has good manners, and he should go to pay New Year's greetings.
Every year when he returns to his natal home, he brings a big gift, otherwise he will be raised for nothing.
Liu Huaxiang looked down on those small gifts, and said that Brother Xing was only because Brother Xing and her were not of the same mind.Everyone in the village knew that Li Da and Li had separated, and their family didn't go to Li's gate, but Brother Xing went there, making people laugh at her, Liu Huaxiang.
Candy candy for your brother Guangzong to eat?
Originally, Brother Xing was still listening, but when it came to this, he couldn't help but refuted: "I went to the uncle's house because Li Zhouzhou boiled two medicines for me back then, otherwise I don't know if I can live to this day."
Liu Huaxiang choked, and then cried hard for a while.
It means that I am your own mother, how can I harm you, the medicine your brother drank is only decocted once, and it still has medicinal properties. I raised you so much, Li Zhouzhou just took two pairs of broken medicine and bought you...
Since then, everyone has been cold with Li, even Li Zhouzhou is a guest when he gets married, and he doesn't care about anything.
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