The husband's son-in-law

The noodles are not the taste in memory after all.

The owner of the noodle shop wiped his hands uneasily, and said, "This is the prescription left by my father. I haven't reduced it at all. Is there something wrong?"

"It has nothing to do with the meeting, boss, go get busy." Li Zhouzhou said.

The boss didn't understand, but it had nothing to do with his shop, so he went into the shop and went to work.He was young, and had never seen any important people in the world. As soon as he saw the clothes of the grandparents and grandchildren sitting on the table, especially the jewelry worn by the child, he knew that they were not cheap, they were people of gold and jade.

"What's the matter? Don't hit our shop in a wrong way, right?" The proprietress also asked in a low voice worriedly, her voice was so small that she could hardly hear it, for fear that the nobles sitting outside eating noodles would overhear it.

The boss didn't dare to say it loudly, so he chased it with his hands, and finally said: "It has nothing to do with our noodles, but I stopped the chopsticks after taking a bite, and I couldn't hold it."

"Since it's okay, then, let's not go outside..."

If you don't go and get people's faces, you won't do wrong things or say wrong things. The three nobles can leave safely after eating. The couple dare not accept and ask for money.

On a table set up outside the shop.

"Father, you and grandpa must have put filters on this side." Li Zhaoxi knew it after one bite.

Li Zhouzhou laughed, Fu Bao learned these words from his husband, and couldn't help saying: "That's right." He picked up the chopsticks to eat the noodles again, the taste was indeed not as rare as the rare delicacy in memory, but the more he ate the memory The thicker it is, the better the taste.

"It's delicious, it's delicious." Li Dakou picked up the noodles and finished eating in a short while, "Little boss, have another bowl. Do you want more Fufu?"

Li Zhaoxi shook his head quickly.

Li Da just laughed and said, "Grandpa is teasing you, look how scared you are."

Li Zhaoxi giggled, and said to Dad: "Grandpa is very happy to be here."

"It's natural to be happy to go back to my hometown."

Li Zhaoxi finally finished his bowl of noodles. He ate slowly and tasted carefully. The noodles were different from the noodles he ate at home before. This noodle was yellow and tasted a bit rough——

"That's because sorghum noodles are mixed in it. It's not strong, but I haven't eaten this for many years. The more you eat, the more delicious it is. It tastes like grain." Li Da said.

Li Zhaoxi: "Then I'll come back tomorrow and have a good taste of the food."

Li Da laughed, patted his grandson's head with his big palm, and said, "Let's go back to the village tomorrow. Every household in the village has food, such as soybeans, peanuts and taro..."

The nobleman has gone far away and disappeared.

The boss just came out to collect the bowls, thinking that if he didn’t need the money, he didn’t want it. A bowl of five cents would be considered as spending money to avoid disasters. Who knew that as soon as he came out, he saw a tall man with a knife in his waist coming forward, scaring the boss. His legs were trembling, and he saw the guard put a handful of copper coins into his hand.

"There's no need to look for more."

The boss only started counting the money when the people left completely. The old man used two bowls of noodles, the young master and his father each had a bowl, and the total amount was twenty Wen. In the end, it turned out that this person gave him almost fifty Wen. .

Eh, I earned it.A nobleman is generous.

That night, every household in Ningsong Town was talking about what those nobles did, some said they were merchants, some said they were not like officials, look at the guards with knives on their waists, but what if they were officials? so deserted?Not even a receptionist.

This is the question.

In the end, after thinking about it, I had to say: Maybe the official is not very big.

This is true.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, the inn left some guards to look after the belongings and packed up a cart full of gifts. Li Zhouzhou and his father took Fubao back to the village under the protection of six of Meng Jianyun's personal soldiers.Su Shiyi and Liu Tao also followed, and happened to go back together.

"Yue Niang is still young, it's not easy to go over the mountain, so I have to take a detour and drive back." Li Zhouzhou told Su Shiyi, don't torment Xiaotao and the child.

Su Shiyi understood, and smiled happily, "Cousin, let me go back to the village with you to have a look, everyone has settled down, we will go back in the afternoon."

Li Zhouzhou nodded and said nothing, now it is convenient to have a car, not like before.

The country road is a dirt road. We set off early and the weather was cool. Li Zhaoxi was riding a horse, and Wang Wang ran beside him. After a while, he ran away, and Li Zhaoxi called out on his horse: "Wang Wang is back."

Wang Wang came back obediently.

After running for a while, Li Zhaoxi got off the horse, took a rest in the car with Wang Wang in his arms, kept pampering Wang Wang, plucked Wang Wang and got covered in grass, and stuck out his tongue to get close to his master.

Li Da was anxious not to take the car, so he walked, humming, Li Zhaoxi opened the curtain to learn from his grandfather, and came down to walk with his grandfather after a while.

Stopping and stopping like this, the sun got higher and hotter, and finally I saw golden wheat fields and patches of short and scattered farm yards.

Arrived at Xiping Village.

The villagers who worked in the fields in the cold, those who rested on the ridges, and those who went out from the yard to deliver meals to the fields, the children who accompanied on the dirt road were shouting loudly, having fun, seeing strangers, especially Look at the 'mules' - really handsome mules.

"Which family do you belong to?" Li Da's face was wrinkled into a deep smile, and his voice was lovingly looking at those little dolls.

"The Zhang family's."

It was close to the entrance of the village, Li Da knew which one he heard, looked carefully at the little baby's eyebrows, and said, "Is your father's name Daniu?"

"No, big cow, my uncle."

"It turned out to be from the cow's egg." Li Zhouzhou also came down, and there was a smile in his eyes when he heard the words. When he was in the village, the stewed meat at home, and the cow's egg was still at the age of wearing open crotch pants, so he couldn't come to his house knocking on the door to ask for meat. Eat, now there are cow egg dolls.

"How old are you? Who is the first in your family? What's your name?"

The cow egg doll was drooling and her face was dirty, she sniffed her snot first, and was about to reply, when a voice behind her called, "What are you doing, Maomao? I told you to call daddy back for dinner, are you playing again?"

"No, sister, someone asked me something."

"Whoever can ask you a question must be running around and playing around, see if I don't deal with you." Sister Maomao came out from the courtyard gate, and when she saw the real face, she froze in fright and went dumb.

"grandmother."

call adults.Then came Tian's voice, which was still high-pitched, "I'm screaming in broad daylight, one or two owe you, what a fart."

Tian cursed and cursed. After scolding her granddaughter, she scolded her son. After scolding her son, she scolded her daughter-in-law.

Li Zhouzhou listened to the familiar scolding in his local accent, and also felt kind. When the family walked back, they just had a face-to-face confrontation with Mrs. Tian, ​​and Li Zhouzhou smiled and said, "Hello, Aunt Tian."

"...You, you—" Tian couldn't believe it and didn't dare to admit it, "Zhou, Zhou Zhou? Uncle Li?"

"It's us, our family came back to have a look, Xiaotian, your grandchildren are all hugged." Li Da also chattered.

Tian yelled loudly, "Oh my god, it's really you guys, Zhou Zhou, why hasn't your appearance changed, it hasn't changed much since you came back from before, but you look more expensive, I dare not recognize you..."

It used to be for every family to eat and rest, but now they all go out to watch the excitement.

Li Dali Zhou Zhou is back!

What else do you eat?

Li Er was resting on the ridge of the field to drink water, when he heard running over in a hurry, shouting, "Second Uncle, why don't you rest, your eldest brother, Uncle Li is back, he brought a lot of things..."

"What? Are you really back?" Li Er didn't have time to clean up, and ran back with his foot on the muddy ridge.

The yard of Li's house is old and dilapidated, but the weeds on the roof tiles are new, green and shiny, obviously they are cleaned up every year, and new ones grow out.The paint on the door was completely chipped off, and the lock was a little rusty. When Liu Huaxiang heard the news while eating at home, she hurriedly took the key and ran to unlock it.

"Brother Zhou Zhou, you can stay at our house when you come back." Liu Huaxiang didn't open it for a long time, so she was in a hurry.This lock has been locked for more than ten years, and it is exposed to wind and rain. Her husband said to change a lock. Liu Huaxiang thinks it is expensive, so she goes there more frequently during the Chinese New Year all year round, sweeping snow on the roof, weeding, and sometimes leaks. If it rains, tiles need to be repaired, so which one doesn’t cost money?Why spend money and buy another lock.

Who in the whole village dares to touch this yard?

Liu Huaxiang is not willing to spend money to change the lock, and now the more anxious it is, the harder it is to open it. She can't help regretting that her family has gone through the first 99 steps in the past ten years. What a waste.

"Second Aunt, don't worry, I can't see the lock anymore, just break it." Li Zhouzhou asked his personal guards to come.

The lock cylinder was slightly crooked.

Liu Huaxiang backed away in embarrassment, saying a lot of praise, your yard is swept every year, when it snows, Guangzong brings his children to sweep the snow, and repair the tile roof...

"I see, Second Aunt has watched more after years of hard work." Li Zhouzhou laughed.

The trees in the yard are already luxuriant and full of shade. Although it is noon, the old house that has not been lived in for more than ten years feels cool. Liu Huaxiang has to explain that the tree has not been repaired in time, who knows Why is it growing bigger and bigger.

"It's good to grow up. The tree fell in our house, and it has spirituality." Li Da saw that everything in the old yard was also good.

Su Shiyi said: "Cousin, I'll let someone tidy up, otherwise I won't be able to rest when it's late."

"Get busy." Li Zhouzhou ordered, "If you are short of water and firewood, ask your neighbor first—"

"Where is the neighbor, we have everything from our own." Liu Huaxiang took the first step, "I will ask Jiuyue Dongdong to bring things over in a while, and the bedding is new and hasn't been moved much."

That's right.

Tian sent the children to send chairs and a large pot of mung bean soup, which was cold and was supposed to be given to the family members who went to work in the field, but now it's time for Li Da's family.

After a while, they were all tied up in Li's courtyard.

"Why did you come back?"

"Are you still going?"

"Look at what you said, are you coming back to farm? The official and his wife are doing well."

"By the way, where is Master Gu?"

"That's right, why didn't you see Master Gu?"

The villagers asked curiously, and some murmured in their hearts, don't let the crow's mouth really hit the mark, Li Zhouzhou gave birth to a brother and was dismissed by Mr. Gu and rushed back—but thinking about the carload of things And the guards are not like that.

What's that like?

Li Daben was about to speak when he heard Li Er's voice at the door: "Brother? Zhou Zhou?" Li Er came in and saw that the creases on his face were deep, "It's true that you are back. This is our baby? Fubao, right? "

"I saw it right away. He looks handsome, just like his father." Li Da said.

Li Zhaoxi has been the subject of the protagonist Halo since he entered the village. He looks good and has a good temperament, and his skin is white and well-dressed. While teasing, even asking is a sentence or two.

"Yes, I'm Fubao. Hello, aunts and uncles." Li Zhaoxi smiled and refused to admit this sentence, and then Li Zhaoxi realized that the big guy heard it and smiled even more happily.

Listen carefully: "Hey, what he said is just like his father's."

"Isn't that right, sweet-mouthed and good-looking, and his father is also like this when he just married into Li's family."

Li Zhaoxi also laughed happily after hearing this, knowing what happened to her father again!

Now, Li Da said: "It's Fubao, and it looks like a sign."

"Hi, Second Grandpa." Li Zhaoxi called out.

The arrival of Li Er interrupted the curiosity of the villagers who had just asked, why did the grandparents and grandchildren come back, and why did they not see Mr. Gu?But there was no time to reply - the Gu family in Dongping Village had arrived.

Li Guihua hurriedly roared in before she arrived—like a little widow crying at her grave.

"My son, is it that Zhao'er is back? I miss my mother so much. All these years I've been outside thinking that I won't be able to eat well and sleep well."

Li Guihua began to sing.

If it weren't for the fact that the people in the two villages knew what was going on, they could have been fooled by Li Guihua's voice, why did they kiss like this?It wasn't like this when Master Gu was at home.When the big guys looked at Li Guihua, even Liu Huaxiang curled their lips. What good is this person really? He can run faster than anyone else, even rushing to eat shit!

"Hey, what's your in-laws calling? Zhao'er didn't come back, so we Zhou Zhou came back with the baby." Liu Huaxiang went to greet him affectionately, "I still thought that Zhao'er ordered to bring some food and drink, and agreed Welcome you up, don't respect your in-laws."

Li Guihua didn't take anything, and ran ahead empty-handed, followed by the Gu's family, while Gu Chen next to her bowed in a dignified manner and shouted, "Hello, Second Aunt Liu."

"What, Zhao'er didn't come back? Why didn't he come back?" Li Guihua was also stunned, regardless of Liu Huaxiang's run, even Uncle Gu Sigu who followed behind was also stunned.

Don't tell me what happened to Zhao'er?I heard that the war in the south was fierce, people would not--

Before Liu Huaxiang had time to speak, someone shouted from outside the door again: "Come here, the Fu, Fu Zun is here."

What?Are all the government officials here?

Now it was quiet and scared, and those who watched the bustle stepped aside one after another. Sure enough, they were riding horses and leading a carriage. They stopped in front of the courtyard of Li's house. An old man in robes of more than 50 got out of the carriage. The weather was hot and his clothes were gone. It was stained dark by sweat, but there was no time to rectify it, got out of the car, and without putting on any official airs, asked the villagers with a smile, "Is this the Li family's yard?"

"Yes, yes, my lord."

Li Zhouzhou got up to greet him, and the government official made a bow and said, "Your Majesty, Cui Zhimao, magistrate of Ningping Prefecture, please greet Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Li, and Young Master."

"Lord Cui, you are being polite." Li Zhouzhou returned the courtesy.

Li Zhaoxi bowed to his father and returned the salute, "Master Cui is good."

Li Da also smiled and asked people to sit down, and said: "Master Cui, you are too polite, I am an old man, I can't get such courtesy from you."

"Where is it, the old man was joking."

With Master Cui's attitude, all the people of Dongxiping Village, who joined in the fun, were taken aback. What's going on, why did Master Cui even come to say hello to Li Zhouzhou himself?

In the past, Li Da’s family also came back to the village. I heard that they were promoted and went to the south to do something or something——I can’t remember it, but there was no county magistrate who came to pay a visit in person at that time, let alone Mr. Gu didn’t come back ?

Li Zhouzhou said: "My family's father-in-law is highly valued by the Holy One, and he didn't dare to stay longer and go to Beijing to take up a post. I took my father and children back to my hometown to visit the grave and repair the old house at home."

It means that Master Cui made a trip in vain.

Unexpectedly, Master Cui didn't feel like running for nothing at all. Naturally, he was always a little regretful that he didn't see the new Pavilion, but it was also good to meet the old family of Pavilion - this is an opportunity that can't be wished for.

"Mr. Gu Ge has worked tirelessly to relieve the worries of the Holy Majesty. He is really the leader of all officials. Let me set an example."

Li Zhouzhou: ...Fortunately, I saw a lot of scenes like this and practiced it.

Afterwards, Master Cui said that he had prepared the other garden and had cleaned it, and asked Mrs. Gu to stay and rest. Li Zhouzhou said that he would like to live in the village when he returned home, and thanked Master Cui for his kindness.

During the two cups of tea time politely, Master Cui didn't send any money, he just said that if there is any inconvenience, just tell him, and asked Li Zhouzhou to thank him and persuade him to go back.Master Cui bowed and bid farewell, Li Zhouzhou got up to see him off, exchanged polite greetings again, and finally sent Master Cui to the car to go home.

As soon as the people left, the villagers were quiet now. They looked at Li's family as if they were looking at treasures, and they didn't dare to ask questions—how dare they ask.Why is the Lord Fu Zun who they want to kneel so polite to Li Zhouzhou?

It took a long time for Li Er to find his tongue, "Brother, brother, what, what, why is Zhao'er so old?" What a big official this is, why is he so scary.

"Zhao'er was promoted and transferred to Beijing. Our family will live in Beijing from now on. This time I came back to see you." Li Da said.

Li Kangdong and Li Jian'an have read books and know what kind of official the "Ge Lao" is.Li Jian'an said to his father: "Father, Mr. Ge is the honorary title of the first assistant, and the official worships the first rank—"

"It's the biggest and biggest official." Li Kangdong continued.

Li Guihua turned her head and asked Gu Chen, "Really?"

"Yes."

Now the big guy's legs are weak and he is about to kneel and kowtow.Li Da hurriedly said: "What are you guys doing, who are all fellow villagers? It is Zhao'er's ability that has been valued by the Holy One. I have to thank you guys for caring about me and protecting my yard all these years."

In fact, speaking of it, it is thanks to Gu Zhao, who is an official.Conscription in the war was not forced, but the common people were so frightened that the yamen servants came, and their legs were weak. When they heard that they were going to fight, they dared not ask clearly, so they followed them in a daze.

I thought every household got a male.

There were no yamen servants in the east and west villages to ask.The village head later heard that many young people from Sunjia Village in Shili Village followed him, and he was sweating from fright. After thinking about it, there was nothing special about the two villages.

Who doesn't have a male in the village?The main force of working in the field is male dolls, so if they are really conscripted to go to war, it will be very painful.After closing the door, the villagers recalled it, and every time they passed by Li's courtyard, they were grateful in their hearts.

Sometimes when Guangzong cleared snow and repaired tiles, the young and strong boys in the village would go to help.

Therefore, the courtyard of Li Da is quite well maintained, although it looks a little old on the surface, but it can be used for people.

After talking about the conversation, the weather is hot, but every household can't stand to send mung bean soup and watermelon that has been iced from the river.

"...Xiaotian is in Zhaozhou, and he didn't come back this time. His family, An An, went to a government school and studied well. He opened a medical clinic there, and after thinking about it with his father, he wanted to wait a few years for An An to study. Let's talk when we come out." Li Da told the villagers.

That's how parents love their children.

The masters of Zhaozhou government schools are all Jinshi, and the enlightenment of little babies is basically taught by scholars in the Dali. Zhaozhou's educational resources are really top-notch in the country-Master Sun is also there.But as soon as the Li family left, Sun Mu and his old wife Bai Yin would return to Chuzhou after only a few years of teaching.

At present, I am staying there, thinking about finishing this year of teaching.

Everyone nodded their heads, they couldn't finish talking.

After Li Zhaoxi asked his father, he took Wang Wang to play with his cousins ​​in the village.Although Li Jianan and Li Kangdong are uncles and nephews, they are actually less than one year apart. They are more like two brothers. The Gu family is Gu Chen and Gu Yang. Gu Yang is younger. Yes, a string of younger brothers and sisters.

Now I went to play by the river.

It was too hot, Li Zhaoxi's eyes lit up when he heard there was a river, "Daddy said, he used to wash clothes by the river, let's go play?"

"That's fine, but don't fall into the water, and pay attention to safety." Li Jianan said.

Li Zhaoxi said, "Don't worry, I can swim."

"You are really good."

The children of Gu's family and Li's family followed, as well as those from the village. Everyone gathered around Li Zhaoxi and asked, "Is this your dog?", "Is that a big horse when you just entered the village? "

"Yes, it's called Wang Wang, and it's seven years old."

"I have a horse with a little white hair on the front of its head. It's called Xiaobaihua."

"Wow! You can also ride a horse!"

"Aren't you brother? Why can you ride a horse and swim, aren't you afraid?"

Li Zhaoxi: "Can you climb trees?" Seeing the child nodding, "You are not afraid of climbing trees, and I am not afraid of riding a horse."

But, but brother, shouldn't you be timid and afraid?

"Then can you climb a tree?"

Li Zhaoxi nodded, "I can climb trees, play football, swim, and make boats. What do these things have to do with boys and girls? Everyone is the same. You can learn it with your heart."

The children in the village were dumbfounded.

ah?Is that so?But isn't my brother going to embroider, make clothes and cook?

"Then can you embroider?" asked the little girl in the village.

Li Zhaoxi: "My father said that the teal ducks I embroider look like silly ducks, but my sister-in-law is very good at making beautiful clothes, and everything she embroiders looks lifelike."

"What happened?"

The children who are studying want to explain, Li Zhaoxi first said: "That is to say, what I embroider looks like. What I embroider is a stupid duck, but what my sister-in-law embroiders is a living duck. It looks like a smart duck."

The little girl covered her mouth and laughed, thinking that Li Zhaoxi is very interesting, and his words are so funny, "Li Zhaoxi, you know a lot."

"It's okay, I just love to play, and if you know it, I may not."

Li Zhaoxi waved his hands modestly and smiled, very much like Gu Xiucai Lang back then, but with a little less tea taste, more of an air of self-confidence.