The husband's son-in-law
Chapter 31
In the evening, I stewed a whole chicken, and it was delicious. I added sugar to color it when frying, and added aniseed ingredients when stewing. I stewed it in a firewood stove for more than 20 minutes. The chicken was rotten, juicy and tender.
It is the leftover soup base, which is the most delicious when mixed with rice.
Li Dayi ate three bowls in a row before stopping. Sitting on the stool, he looked relaxed and comfortable, with a smile on his face, humming a country tune.
Isn't this day better than Zhu Laosi drinking a little wine?
Most of the people in the village who have gained weight recently are like Li’s family. Even the stingy Tian’s Stove House also smells of meat. Aunt Wang’s next door also ate meat yesterday, but they are not as generous as Li’s family. They eat a whole meal in one meal chicken.Those who have not put on fat will not be peaceful at home, and there will be a few arguments and quarrels at every turn, nothing more than those few words.
When I said yes, you stopped me, let's see.
It's clear that you are timid and afraid of gaining weight, but now it's all my fault.
This day cannot pass.
The one who was beaten and beaten started to cry and make noise.
There's no way around that, can the village head scold him once, and still manage people's homes from time to time?
The millet at home is drying, and the dry fields have to be plowed, and then wheat seeds are sown.October is the busiest and most tiring month, but for this year's harvest, Li Da is full of energy, pushing the plow in front to plow the field, while Li Zhouzhou sows the seeds behind.
Gu Zhao took over the logistics of the family, cooking, washing, and feeding the chickens and pigs.
After the seeds were sown in the fields, the dried millet in the yard began to be pounded again and again, the millet husks were cleaned, dried and packed in sacks. At the end of the month, the village head smiled and registered from house to house. Many people who watched the excitement also came over.
The paddy fields of the Li family can't hide it this year.
The autumn was refreshing, and the table in the main room was moved to the yard as usual. The village head and Li Da Gu Shulang greeted each other with a smile, and the fellow villagers who followed were also very polite.
"What a bumper harvest, what a bumper harvest, our Xiping Village has done a good job." The village head happily praised Gu Shulang.
Gu Zhao replied that it should be.
Li Zhouzhou served tea.
Let's start talking about business, how much grain will the Li family pay for ten acres of paddy fields this year?
The villagers can guess very well, but they still want to hear from Li Da.Li Da was also happy, gestured with his fingers, and said, "43 shi is about the same."
"Good guy!" The envy of fellow villagers.
But he wasn't jealous either, thinking that Li's family would have this harvest this year, and next year his family would also be fertilizing, so they would have the same amount by then.
Gu Zhao helped to calculate the amount to be handed in, about 210 jin.
"The fertilizer application this year is a bit late. If we prepare early next year, we should have a better harvest when we find a good time." Gu Zhao told several uncles.
Village head: "More?"
"That's not enough, where can we get more? Is it possible that one mu of land can reach five stones?" The colleague casually said, how could there be so many.
Gu Zhao said with a smile: "I also launched it according to the harvest of wheat, and the experience that my father said. Originally, the wheat that was not fertilized would cost four stones per acre of land, but my family has four stones when it is fertilized."
The paddy field weighs [-] to [-] catties without fertilizer.
Li Da accepted the words and said, "It's all old crops. The fertilizer was added in September, and it will be harvested in October. It's a bit late, and it will be almost there by then." He gestured five fingers.
The one who just casually said five stones, listened to what Li Da Gu Shulang said, and thought it was right. Could it be possible that one mu of land can really have five stones?I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say.
"Yes, yes." The village head said.
Thinking about it this way, can I really get five stones if I get fat next year?
This, this is too much.Shocked, I don't know what to say, thinking in my heart.
The ancestors have been stuck in the fields for generations, and never thought that one day they would be able to grow so much food.Everyone couldn't believe it, but they were vaguely looking forward to it, let's hurry up next year.
I also talked about some crops, and asked Gu Shulang about dry fertilizer, water fertilizer, and carefully. I heard Gu Shulang said that I can buy stone powder early next year to make it. If the urine has been accumulated for a long time, it will smell bad and there is no place to put it. I added gypsum and dried it in the air. Fertilizer can be stored for a long time.
So everyone also has experience, otherwise they will follow closely when they go to Dazao Village to buy stone powder.The village head knew it well, and when he went to the town to buy the rice grains, he immediately bought stone powder from the stone powder family in Dazao Village, and kept burning like this, and the village moved back one after another.
The whole village is going to buy it next year, so it has to be booked this year, it can't be too late.
"Yes, yes, the village chief, I will give you the money in advance."
"My family has ten acres of paddy fields."
"The fertilizer from my [-]-acre paddy field."
Talking all over the place.
The village chief thought it was noisy, and said: "After the food tax is paid and the registration is done on the dam, don't worry about it, I bought it, and then go with me."
The matter was settled.
This year, at least [-] households in Xiping Village have been fertilized. Although the five-mu and three-mu farms are fertilized, the total is much more than last year. The grain tax of the Li family is particularly eye-catching.There is too much food, and the men in every household are on it, pushing the carts of the carts.
Li Da's food tax was still worth more than 200 catties to the ox cart of the village chief's house.
"I sold the grain this time, and bought a cow for my family." Li Da told Zhou Zhou Gu Zhao during dinner at night.
Li Zhouzhou has no opinion. There is a lot of food this year, so it is not easy to borrow the village head's ox cart every year.Li Da thought the same way, he couldn't do this all the time in case of emergency.
Gu Zhao asked the price.
"A calf is five or six taels of silver, and if it is bigger, two or three taels will be added to see the color of the teeth." Li Zhouzhou told the gentleman.
"Just buy a small one. You don't need it this year. You can use it when the rice is harvested in October next year." After Li Da finished speaking, he saw that his brother-in-law had something to say, "Zhaoer, what do you want to say?"
Gu Zhao and his father said: "I just want to buy a mule? It can plow the fields and pull goods." Another thing Gu Zhao didn't say is that if you go to a prefecture or county, it will be more convenient for your family to move a mule.
"Mules are also good, and the price is not far from that of better cattle." Although Li Zhouzhou didn't know why Xianggong bought mules, the villagers bought cows for more durability, and they were good for plowing the fields and pulling grain. Although he walked slowly, Xianggong So the appointment made sense, so he looked at Dad, "Dad."
It's still my father's decision to buy a big one.
Li Da thought for a while, the price of the mule is quite reasonable, but the work in the field of the mule is not as good as that of the cow.But thinking that my brother-in-law is a man with ideas in his heart, walking one step and watching three steps is like fertilizer in the field. The dry fields have been planted, and the paddy fields have also been figured out. He also bought stone powder with the village and it was [-] yuan cheaper, so he agreed : "Success, then buy a mule."
In early November, Xiping Village went to the town to deliver food.
After queuing up for a long time, we finally arrived at Xiping Village. The village head handed in the registration book, clasped fists and bowed to the grain officer, with a restrained smile on his face, "Master, this is the paddy field grain tax we paid in Xiping Village this year. yes……"
The literate grain officer took the booklet and began to extract and register, the autumn of 48 in Kangjing, Xiping Village, Ningsong Town, the grain harvest in the paddy fields, the name of the male head of each household in the village, the mu, the harvest, and the amount of grain tax.
When the registered person reported the name of the family, the grain officer untied the sack to check the grain, and after confirming that it was correct, the registered grain officer drew a circle with a Chinese ink brush on the last column.
It went smoothly at the beginning, the more the registered food officer read down, the voice gradually stopped, the grain officer who was inspecting did not hear the sound, so he looked sideways, what's the meaning?
The village chief also became nervous, and said cautiously, "My lord, I have checked all the food in our village, and there is only enough that there is no shortage. Is there something wrong?"
The inspecting food officer: "I let you speak, and stand aside."
The village chief was too frightened to speak, and stood obediently by the side.
"No." The grain registration officer frowned, "It's not less, it's more."
Why did you check it? It’s not good if there are too many.
"It's too much, this Li family, the ten mu of paddy field has been hit by two stones and two buckets."
Everyone Li should have weighed 210 and 240 catties, but actually got [-] catties.
This is the case with the grain tax nowadays, the tax rate is low, but when the people hand in the grain, it is impossible to give it just enough according to the village's scale. Usually, they will give an extra bucket to prevent it from being sent to the town. The grain official's scale is different from theirs.
Would rather have more than less.But the general error is not particularly large, there are ten catties, and the number of hundreds of catties is too exaggerated.
The grain registration officer looked over the grain tax paid by the previous village. The ten mu of paddy fields yielded a total of 21 shi, and one stone and one bucket of grain were paid. Got 43 stone.
"Come here." The grain registration officer called the village head over, and pointed to a column, "Is there a mistake in my memory?"
The village chief was so frightened that his forehead was sweating, he read it carefully three times in his heart, stroked his words again and again, and said cautiously: "Master Huiguan, Li's ten acres of paddy fields will harvest 43 stones per bucket this year, register That's right, little ones dare not fool adults."
"His family harvested 43 shi from ten acres of paddy fields?" The grain registration officer didn't believe it, and said with a serious face, "Tell me honestly, are the bullies in the village deliberately oppressing Li Da?"
The village head was so frightened that he knelt down and said again and again: "Don't dare, the villain dare not, Li Da is here too, the official will know when he asks."
"Get up." Seeing that the village head was so frightened, the grain registration officer still said the same thing. He believed it a little bit, but can there really be 43 shi in ten acres of paddy fields?He has registered for more than ten years and has never seen such a harvest.
Li Da stepped forward.
The food officer saw that Li Dasheng was tall and strong, even stronger than the village head next to him, and he didn't look like someone who was being bullied. After careful questioning, Li Dasheng said that the harvest in the family's field was very good.
"Is this fertilizer real?" the grain official asked the village head.
The village head bent down to wipe his sweat, nodded and said, "Yes, I dare not lie to the official. This fertilizer was figured out by Li Da's son-in-law, Gu Shulang, from a book. Because it was the first time this year, other people in the village only dared to use it." Of the paddy fields of three mu and five mu, Li's family has fertilized the ten mu of paddy fields, so this year's harvest will be good."
The grain officials checked one by one that they had just registered, and indeed there were more of them than in previous years. Is the 'fertilizer' that the village chief Li Dakou talked about really so miraculous?If it is true, then report to the Shangguan, this is a great contribution.The grain official was very moved, but he didn't show it on his face, saying that he knew.
Afterwards the registration went smoothly with no errors.
It's finally over.The village head was sweating coldly from shock, wiped his sweat, and said: "I was scared to death just now. I didn't expect to be asked too much. Fortunately, the officials in our prefecture and county are clear. Let us go."
"Go back, go back." The village head was startled, and he didn't want to stay in the town any longer.
Because they wanted to buy mules, Li's family kept six shi of the rice this year to eat for themselves, and sold it at the official price of 37 shi, earning 14 taels to eight hundred wen.The mule was bought by the Animal Husbandry in Upper Town of Li Da. It was about two years old, with good teeth and smooth hair. Li Da looked good and the price was reasonable. It cost eight taels of silver.
After buying a mule, I went through the formalities and registered it.Li Da led the mule, and went to buy wine, sugar, and big stick bones. The pharmacy took out a note written by Gu Zhao and handed it to the clerk. The stewed chicken at home was filled with ingredients, and Li Da thought it tasted good.
After loading a basket, Li Da didn't get up on the mule on the way back, so he took the rope, let the mule carry the basket, and walked slowly back to the village.
Everyone in Li bought a mule.
Everyone in the village saw it, but there were few who spoke bitterly.
"Why don't you just buy cattle? Isn't it better to use cattle to cultivate land?" The villagers wondered about this.
But everyone in Li can buy whatever they want, and it's not their family that buys it.
In mid-November, I was completely idle, and the village became lively. The woman, Uncle, was able to visit the house to gossip, and Brother Xing, who was holding Yuan Yuan, also fell in love with Li’s family to play. His family has done a lot of paddy fields this year——
The eldest brother's family is not happy and is afraid of danger, but the father-in-law makes decisions about the work of the family's crops.Because it was Li Zhouzhou's son-in-law Gu Zhao's idea, Brother Xing'er's father-in-law carefully asked Brother Xing whether it would be possible.
How could this Xingge dare to promise, he only said that Li Zhou and Zhou's family had ten acres of paddy fields. He and Zhou Zhou grew up, and they knew Zhou Zhou's character. Well, both father and son agreed to use ten acres of paddy fields for top dressing, so it should be fine, right?
Originally, Xingge's father-in-law was also entangled in fear, thinking of trying to use five acres of paddy fields.Hearing what Brother Xing said, especially Li Da’s farming is good, thinking about it carefully, it is true.Back then when the old man of the Li family separated his family and gave Li Da the fields, he couldn't be partial. He really hated Li Da. The ten acres of dry land and five acres of paddy fields that were allotted were terrible.
Especially the dry land was planted by Li's family every year, and the field was exhausted. There was not even a single stone of such easy-to-grow grain, so the dry land was given to Li Da.
Li Da had just separated from his family and brought his five or six-year-old brother with him. In the first few years, he couldn't even fill his stomach, and he didn't dare to rush to plant. Let the land slow down, take a rest, and his stomach will be hungry.
Brother Xing, mother-in-law and mother-in-law all have to say behind their backs, how can parents be so cruel, Li Er and Li Zhengren are the sons of the old couple in the Li family, so it's hard for Li Da to succeed, isn't it?
Li Daleng planted such a bad dry land.
How much harvest is there this year?
Brother Xing knows, so he quickly said that this year Li Zhouzhou's family has four stones per acre of dry land.
So Xingge's father-in-law smoked dry tobacco all night, gritted his teeth, and applied ten acres of paddy field fertilizer.His paddy fields total more than 20 mu.
So worried, I went to the fields every day to see, and finally the harvest came.
Of course there is no need to say much.Now Brother Xing'er's mother-in-law pays special attention to Brother Xing'er, and praises Brother Xing'er for being courageous and able to speak up. She didn't dare to say anything when the old man asked her about the crops in the family.
Now Brother Xing's status in the royal family is a thumbs up.
"If you have nothing to do, go to visit Zhou Zhou and play with Yuan Yuan. The family is free now and there is not much work." Xing Geer's mother-in-law said.
Brother Xing was not polite, and happily responded, and took Yuan Yuan to find Li Zhouzhou to play.
"This year, my hands are looser at home. I want to go to the town to pull some red cloth to buy some new cotton in a few days, and make new clothes for Yuan Yuan. Although he is small, he looks different every day. He grows fast." Xing Xing The elder brother put his son on the ground and supported him with one hand.
Yuan Yuan can walk now.
According to the saying at this time, Yuan Yuan was two years old after the Lantern Festival last year, but he was actually one year old. Now he is actually one year and eleven months old. The old people would say that the child will be three years old after the new year.
In ancient times, many children died young, especially those in the village, so they were given cheap names. When they were one year old, they wanted to coax the little ghost, which means that this is an older child, with a strong body and less pestering.
"Let's go together then." Li Zhouzhou agreed.
Yuan Yuan walked unsteadily and wobbled, and Brother Xing followed behind to support him, fearing that his son would fall, and said, "What do you want to buy?"
"Buy a piece of candy, my father-in-law's family is building a house, and I guess the good news will come soon." Li Zhouzhou wanted to prepare in advance, so as not to be in a hurry.
Brother Xing finished, then remembered something, and said: "My parents are going to take Guangzong to the prefecture to deliver food."
"Did my second uncle and aunt Guangzong go this year?" Li Zhouzhou asked.
Last year when Li Zhouzhou got married, it was only a few days after Li Er finished delivering food from the prefecture and county.Every year in November, when the farming is slack, Li Er's family doesn't sell the rice, so they pound it clean and send it to Li Zhengren, Shangli San, Li Zhengren in sacks.
All rice, no wheat.
Liu Huaxiang said that her younger brother and sister are from the prefectures and counties, and they are extremely delicate, and they are not comparable to their peasant family. They seldom eat miscellaneous grains on weekdays. Bowls become...
This is when Liu Huaxiang took Xingge'er Guangzong to go together earlier, saw the world, and came back to learn from the villagers. People in prefectures and counties can talk about what to wear, what to eat, and what bowls they use for a day. I haven't seen it before.
Li Zhouzhou heard Brother Xing learned it, but he only remembered that the prefecture was so big.
Li Er's family didn't send food for nothing, and those who received the money would pay eight cents per liter according to the official price.He drove the ox cart to Fu County, and set off before dawn, because the ox cart was loaded with grain, the only time Xing Geer went was when he and his younger brother Guangzong took turns. Guangzong sat a lot, and he mostly left.
It was already night when they arrived in Fu County, the city gate was closed, and they had to sleep outside overnight, and they could only enter when the city gate opened in the morning.
When Brother Xing came back that time, he didn't mention the hardships he suffered on the road and the cold he endured, he only picked up good things about the prefecture and county.Now that he is old, married, the harvest at home is good, and he has money in his hands, he is much more frank when talking about the trip to the prefecture in the past.
"It's tiring. Guangzong is 14 years old this year. I don't believe that my parents let him sit all the way."
"Actually, it's not much fun to go to the county. I'm tired from walking all the way. My feet are soaked and I sleep outside the city wall at night. Fortunately, my father has the experience to get the bedding, but it's also cold. I finally went in and walked. My uncle's yard It's also small, it's not as good as the open yard in the village, I eat an extra bowl of rice, and my aunt coughs..."
Brother Xing recalled, and felt that time was more and more bitter.
"Everything in the prefecture and county is expensive. My uncle's house doesn't have a well, so I have to spend money to buy water. If I poop, someone will come to collect it at midnight the next day. My aunt said what it's called Yexiang, and does it smell good? Nonsense."
Brother Xing has a deep memory. They stayed in the same room for two days. They couldn't sleep well, and they didn't dare to eat enough.
"Do you know how much a liter of rice is in the prefecture?"
Li Zhouzhou: "Thirteen essays?"
When the rice in the village is sold, the grain merchants offer high prices, but the requirements are high and harsh, and it is easy to delay the money. The agreed price must be deducted in some way in the end.Li Da has a stubborn temper, and since then he has sold the official price, which is eight cents less, which is neat.
The price of rice sold by grain shops in the town is usually eleven or two yuan. If it is more expensive, the townspeople might as well go to the village to buy it in person. Wen also becomes.
Li Zhouzhou thought about the prefecture and county, and reported an extra penny.
"Less." Brother Xing snorted, "I heard from my father that a liter of rice in the prefecture costs fifteen cents."
Li Zhouzhou was surprised, "It's so expensive."
"That's right, so Grandpa and Grandma urged my family to send food to my uncle every year." Brother Xing said.
Li Zhouzhou couldn't help thinking that the second uncle and aunt are pretty nice, and they have given them to him for so many years, but—it's not that Li Zhouzhou thinks badly about the second uncle and aunt, but that Brother Xing'er and his parents really don't care about it like this. People who don't take advantage of their advantages and let others take advantage of their family.
It's Feiniu and tossing, why sell it to the younger brother's family for eight cents?There is nothing to look forward to, Li Er and his wife are not Bodhisattvas, they say they have separated, their father and mother live in the prefecture, they live in the village, if they really don’t want to send them off, it is possible that their parents can come back and personally Pull food?
I have given Li San food for these years, Li Er complains every time he goes there, the old couple is also soft-hearted towards the second son, and every time they will make up some money, it is only eight yuan for a liter of rice, and finally it becomes nine yuan Less than ten words.
The most important advantage is that the old couple draw big cakes for Li Er and his wife. Every time they ask how old Guangzong is, they say that Guangzong is smart, and when he is a few years old, let the couple send their children to prefectures and counties, and let his uncle take care of them. I also learned to calculate accounts, and when I stopped farming for a year, I would have more than 20 taels of silver.
When Brother Xing was at home, he didn't fall asleep at night and eavesdropped on what his parents had said, but it was difficult to learn from Li Zhouzhou.
This time the parents took the younger brother there, probably to send Guangzong to the prefecture to be an apprentice to the younger uncle.
Guangzong is 14 years old.
Let's talk about it when we come back this time and things are settled.
"By the way, why did your family buy a mule? It's better to use cattle in the field, and everyone in the village says so." Brother Xing changed the subject.
Li Zhouzhou didn't ask any further questions, and simply replied that Mr. Xiang said that it would be good to buy a mule.
"I listened to your husband again." Brother Xing made trouble with Li Zhouzhou.
Li Zhouzhou smiled and didn't answer.
Two days later, Li Guihua's eldest son, Tiedan, came to report that the family was building a house and grandma was having a baby. The father, mother and uncle said that the two happy events happened to be together, and a banquet was set up. .
Li Zhouzhou grabbed peanuts for Tie Dan to run errands and said he knew.Fortunately, he and Xing Geer were not in a hurry to go.Go back into the house and discuss with your husband.Gu Zhao patted his forehead, "I forgot Grandma's birthday."
This year is Grandma Gu's [-]th birthday.
"It's my fault. I forgot to visit grandma at my uncle's house during Chinese New Year last year."
In the entire Gu family, the one who really loves Yuanshen is Grandpa and Grandma.Grandpa Gu passed away a few years ago, and his father passed away. The brothers naturally discussed the separation of the family. Grandma Gu lived with Uncle Gu, and usually moved around during the New Year and holidays.
After the separation, Gu Sigai's house was completely settled, and the original body went back from the uncle's house. At first, he went to the uncle's house to see grandma's hard work. Later, she studied every day, and only went to the uncle's house to ask grandma for a red envelope during the Chinese New Year. money.
There are fewer people who go later.Gu Zhao came over and picked up the memory of his original body, his mind was full of entering the Li family ahead of time, how to empty out the Li family, how to start from the beginning, to make a fortune early, to make people who underestimate him look good, and to hate his parents and stepmother. of.
I don't have much memory of Grandma Gu.
Gu Zhao naturally forgot about this.Now that Zhou Zhou mentioned it, he shouldn't be in love, reason, or filial piety.At the beginning, Yuanshen went to Li's family to recommend himself as a marriage partner. After talking about it, he turned around and told the family that it was a mess. Father Gu almost made a move, but was tricked by Gu Zhao, and his stepmother Li Guihua made it happen.
In the entire Gu family, Grandma Gu was the only one who really didn't want Gu Zhaofu to be the son-in-law. To Grandma Gu, it was a pit of fire. Which man would be the son-in-law?
Gu Zhao still remembers that when Zhou Zhou came to welcome his relatives, when he arrived at the entrance of the village, Grandma Gu cried and said that Zhao'er would not marry and would not be the son-in-law, and scolded Li Guihua to return the money.Gu Zhao immediately said that he was willing, and Li Zhouzhou had already arrived at the door. If he suddenly refused, then Li Zhouzhou would really become a joke in Dongxiping Village.In this era, after the horoscope, the matchmaker is engaged, the marriage is temporarily regretted, and Li Zhouzhou can be buried with spitting stars.
Maybe it was that time that broke the heart of the old man.
Later, when she bid farewell to the Gu family, Grandma Gu was unwilling to accept the gift and went back to her uncle's house angrily.
"Sanggong, don't blame yourself, it's also because I forgot to remind you." Li Zhouzhou felt that he shouldn't, he should remember.Even if grandma is angry with him, as a junior, she will suffer.
Gu Zhao can't laugh or cry, the two of them are really different, Zhou Zhou may not have been loved by his grandparents since he was a child, and he was brought up by a single and rough man, so Zhou Zhou didn't know what gift he would bring when he got married .
Common sense in this area is lacking.He forgot again.
"I don't blame myself, and Zhou Zhou doesn't blame myself. Looking back, I acted like a baby with grandma. She loved me before. If she saw that I had grown taller and stronger, Zhou Zhou treated me well, and the designated meeting would calm down." , if you are still angry, let's grind it out every year, and it will be fine." Gu Zhao said.
Li Zhouzhou hummed, and went to Wang's house to find Brother Xing that afternoon.
Brother Xing's mother-in-law saw that Li Zhouzhou was very warm and polite, and even grabbed a handful of dried red dates for Li Zhouzhou to eat, "I heard from Brother Xing that you like to eat this, it will nourish your blood."
He pointed the way again and said that Brother Xing was in the house, and let Li Zhouzhou treat him as his own.
Li Zhouzhou thanked him, and instead of looking for Brother Xing, he asked, "Auntie, my grandma is about to pass away, and I want to make her a jacket. I wonder what color the old man likes? What style? I can't handle my figure either."
Brother Xing's mother-in-law didn't react, Li Zhouzhou was going to the prefecture to deliver clothes to his grandma?
"It's my husband's grandma." Li Zhouzhou added.
"Oh, it's the old lady of the Gu family, how old is she? How about fat and thin?"
Li Zhouzhou replied that he was [-], looking for the memory of meeting when they got married, "Not fat or thin, about the same height as your aunt."
Brother Xing heard the sound, and was surprised to see that what Li Zhouzhou and his mother-in-law had said was just right.
Li Zhouzhou can still chat with his mother-in-law?It's not the kind of polite reply, it's really chatting!
After passing by, Brother Xing finally understood that Li Zhouzhou wanted to make a quilted jacket for his husband's grandma, and his mother-in-law was also enthusiastic, saying: "...you bought cloth, bring it over and I'll give it to you. You teach how to do it."
"Success, thank you, Auntie."
"You're welcome. If you want to go, go early tomorrow. I'll take Yuanyuan with you tomorrow..." Brother Xing'er and mother-in-law made arrangements.
After sending Li Zhouzhou away, when I came back, I told Brother Xing that Li Zhouzhou was good. I didn't get along well with chatting before, but now I found out that Li Zhouzhou was filial, and the filial one was also the old lady of the Gu family. The old couple of the Li family in the prefecture and county regretted it go.
Brother Xing told his mother-in-law that he didn’t have any objections to grandpa and grandma. Anyway, grandpa and grandma didn’t like him since he was a child. Of course, the one he disliked the most was Li Zhouzhou. Who made them brothers, not babies Valuable boy.
Of course, grandpa and grandma's favorite is uncle.
Looking at the time, the father, mother and younger brother should have arrived in the prefecture.
It is the leftover soup base, which is the most delicious when mixed with rice.
Li Dayi ate three bowls in a row before stopping. Sitting on the stool, he looked relaxed and comfortable, with a smile on his face, humming a country tune.
Isn't this day better than Zhu Laosi drinking a little wine?
Most of the people in the village who have gained weight recently are like Li’s family. Even the stingy Tian’s Stove House also smells of meat. Aunt Wang’s next door also ate meat yesterday, but they are not as generous as Li’s family. They eat a whole meal in one meal chicken.Those who have not put on fat will not be peaceful at home, and there will be a few arguments and quarrels at every turn, nothing more than those few words.
When I said yes, you stopped me, let's see.
It's clear that you are timid and afraid of gaining weight, but now it's all my fault.
This day cannot pass.
The one who was beaten and beaten started to cry and make noise.
There's no way around that, can the village head scold him once, and still manage people's homes from time to time?
The millet at home is drying, and the dry fields have to be plowed, and then wheat seeds are sown.October is the busiest and most tiring month, but for this year's harvest, Li Da is full of energy, pushing the plow in front to plow the field, while Li Zhouzhou sows the seeds behind.
Gu Zhao took over the logistics of the family, cooking, washing, and feeding the chickens and pigs.
After the seeds were sown in the fields, the dried millet in the yard began to be pounded again and again, the millet husks were cleaned, dried and packed in sacks. At the end of the month, the village head smiled and registered from house to house. Many people who watched the excitement also came over.
The paddy fields of the Li family can't hide it this year.
The autumn was refreshing, and the table in the main room was moved to the yard as usual. The village head and Li Da Gu Shulang greeted each other with a smile, and the fellow villagers who followed were also very polite.
"What a bumper harvest, what a bumper harvest, our Xiping Village has done a good job." The village head happily praised Gu Shulang.
Gu Zhao replied that it should be.
Li Zhouzhou served tea.
Let's start talking about business, how much grain will the Li family pay for ten acres of paddy fields this year?
The villagers can guess very well, but they still want to hear from Li Da.Li Da was also happy, gestured with his fingers, and said, "43 shi is about the same."
"Good guy!" The envy of fellow villagers.
But he wasn't jealous either, thinking that Li's family would have this harvest this year, and next year his family would also be fertilizing, so they would have the same amount by then.
Gu Zhao helped to calculate the amount to be handed in, about 210 jin.
"The fertilizer application this year is a bit late. If we prepare early next year, we should have a better harvest when we find a good time." Gu Zhao told several uncles.
Village head: "More?"
"That's not enough, where can we get more? Is it possible that one mu of land can reach five stones?" The colleague casually said, how could there be so many.
Gu Zhao said with a smile: "I also launched it according to the harvest of wheat, and the experience that my father said. Originally, the wheat that was not fertilized would cost four stones per acre of land, but my family has four stones when it is fertilized."
The paddy field weighs [-] to [-] catties without fertilizer.
Li Da accepted the words and said, "It's all old crops. The fertilizer was added in September, and it will be harvested in October. It's a bit late, and it will be almost there by then." He gestured five fingers.
The one who just casually said five stones, listened to what Li Da Gu Shulang said, and thought it was right. Could it be possible that one mu of land can really have five stones?I was so shocked that I didn't know what to say.
"Yes, yes." The village head said.
Thinking about it this way, can I really get five stones if I get fat next year?
This, this is too much.Shocked, I don't know what to say, thinking in my heart.
The ancestors have been stuck in the fields for generations, and never thought that one day they would be able to grow so much food.Everyone couldn't believe it, but they were vaguely looking forward to it, let's hurry up next year.
I also talked about some crops, and asked Gu Shulang about dry fertilizer, water fertilizer, and carefully. I heard Gu Shulang said that I can buy stone powder early next year to make it. If the urine has been accumulated for a long time, it will smell bad and there is no place to put it. I added gypsum and dried it in the air. Fertilizer can be stored for a long time.
So everyone also has experience, otherwise they will follow closely when they go to Dazao Village to buy stone powder.The village head knew it well, and when he went to the town to buy the rice grains, he immediately bought stone powder from the stone powder family in Dazao Village, and kept burning like this, and the village moved back one after another.
The whole village is going to buy it next year, so it has to be booked this year, it can't be too late.
"Yes, yes, the village chief, I will give you the money in advance."
"My family has ten acres of paddy fields."
"The fertilizer from my [-]-acre paddy field."
Talking all over the place.
The village chief thought it was noisy, and said: "After the food tax is paid and the registration is done on the dam, don't worry about it, I bought it, and then go with me."
The matter was settled.
This year, at least [-] households in Xiping Village have been fertilized. Although the five-mu and three-mu farms are fertilized, the total is much more than last year. The grain tax of the Li family is particularly eye-catching.There is too much food, and the men in every household are on it, pushing the carts of the carts.
Li Da's food tax was still worth more than 200 catties to the ox cart of the village chief's house.
"I sold the grain this time, and bought a cow for my family." Li Da told Zhou Zhou Gu Zhao during dinner at night.
Li Zhouzhou has no opinion. There is a lot of food this year, so it is not easy to borrow the village head's ox cart every year.Li Da thought the same way, he couldn't do this all the time in case of emergency.
Gu Zhao asked the price.
"A calf is five or six taels of silver, and if it is bigger, two or three taels will be added to see the color of the teeth." Li Zhouzhou told the gentleman.
"Just buy a small one. You don't need it this year. You can use it when the rice is harvested in October next year." After Li Da finished speaking, he saw that his brother-in-law had something to say, "Zhaoer, what do you want to say?"
Gu Zhao and his father said: "I just want to buy a mule? It can plow the fields and pull goods." Another thing Gu Zhao didn't say is that if you go to a prefecture or county, it will be more convenient for your family to move a mule.
"Mules are also good, and the price is not far from that of better cattle." Although Li Zhouzhou didn't know why Xianggong bought mules, the villagers bought cows for more durability, and they were good for plowing the fields and pulling grain. Although he walked slowly, Xianggong So the appointment made sense, so he looked at Dad, "Dad."
It's still my father's decision to buy a big one.
Li Da thought for a while, the price of the mule is quite reasonable, but the work in the field of the mule is not as good as that of the cow.But thinking that my brother-in-law is a man with ideas in his heart, walking one step and watching three steps is like fertilizer in the field. The dry fields have been planted, and the paddy fields have also been figured out. He also bought stone powder with the village and it was [-] yuan cheaper, so he agreed : "Success, then buy a mule."
In early November, Xiping Village went to the town to deliver food.
After queuing up for a long time, we finally arrived at Xiping Village. The village head handed in the registration book, clasped fists and bowed to the grain officer, with a restrained smile on his face, "Master, this is the paddy field grain tax we paid in Xiping Village this year. yes……"
The literate grain officer took the booklet and began to extract and register, the autumn of 48 in Kangjing, Xiping Village, Ningsong Town, the grain harvest in the paddy fields, the name of the male head of each household in the village, the mu, the harvest, and the amount of grain tax.
When the registered person reported the name of the family, the grain officer untied the sack to check the grain, and after confirming that it was correct, the registered grain officer drew a circle with a Chinese ink brush on the last column.
It went smoothly at the beginning, the more the registered food officer read down, the voice gradually stopped, the grain officer who was inspecting did not hear the sound, so he looked sideways, what's the meaning?
The village chief also became nervous, and said cautiously, "My lord, I have checked all the food in our village, and there is only enough that there is no shortage. Is there something wrong?"
The inspecting food officer: "I let you speak, and stand aside."
The village chief was too frightened to speak, and stood obediently by the side.
"No." The grain registration officer frowned, "It's not less, it's more."
Why did you check it? It’s not good if there are too many.
"It's too much, this Li family, the ten mu of paddy field has been hit by two stones and two buckets."
Everyone Li should have weighed 210 and 240 catties, but actually got [-] catties.
This is the case with the grain tax nowadays, the tax rate is low, but when the people hand in the grain, it is impossible to give it just enough according to the village's scale. Usually, they will give an extra bucket to prevent it from being sent to the town. The grain official's scale is different from theirs.
Would rather have more than less.But the general error is not particularly large, there are ten catties, and the number of hundreds of catties is too exaggerated.
The grain registration officer looked over the grain tax paid by the previous village. The ten mu of paddy fields yielded a total of 21 shi, and one stone and one bucket of grain were paid. Got 43 stone.
"Come here." The grain registration officer called the village head over, and pointed to a column, "Is there a mistake in my memory?"
The village chief was so frightened that his forehead was sweating, he read it carefully three times in his heart, stroked his words again and again, and said cautiously: "Master Huiguan, Li's ten acres of paddy fields will harvest 43 stones per bucket this year, register That's right, little ones dare not fool adults."
"His family harvested 43 shi from ten acres of paddy fields?" The grain registration officer didn't believe it, and said with a serious face, "Tell me honestly, are the bullies in the village deliberately oppressing Li Da?"
The village head was so frightened that he knelt down and said again and again: "Don't dare, the villain dare not, Li Da is here too, the official will know when he asks."
"Get up." Seeing that the village head was so frightened, the grain registration officer still said the same thing. He believed it a little bit, but can there really be 43 shi in ten acres of paddy fields?He has registered for more than ten years and has never seen such a harvest.
Li Da stepped forward.
The food officer saw that Li Dasheng was tall and strong, even stronger than the village head next to him, and he didn't look like someone who was being bullied. After careful questioning, Li Dasheng said that the harvest in the family's field was very good.
"Is this fertilizer real?" the grain official asked the village head.
The village head bent down to wipe his sweat, nodded and said, "Yes, I dare not lie to the official. This fertilizer was figured out by Li Da's son-in-law, Gu Shulang, from a book. Because it was the first time this year, other people in the village only dared to use it." Of the paddy fields of three mu and five mu, Li's family has fertilized the ten mu of paddy fields, so this year's harvest will be good."
The grain officials checked one by one that they had just registered, and indeed there were more of them than in previous years. Is the 'fertilizer' that the village chief Li Dakou talked about really so miraculous?If it is true, then report to the Shangguan, this is a great contribution.The grain official was very moved, but he didn't show it on his face, saying that he knew.
Afterwards the registration went smoothly with no errors.
It's finally over.The village head was sweating coldly from shock, wiped his sweat, and said: "I was scared to death just now. I didn't expect to be asked too much. Fortunately, the officials in our prefecture and county are clear. Let us go."
"Go back, go back." The village head was startled, and he didn't want to stay in the town any longer.
Because they wanted to buy mules, Li's family kept six shi of the rice this year to eat for themselves, and sold it at the official price of 37 shi, earning 14 taels to eight hundred wen.The mule was bought by the Animal Husbandry in Upper Town of Li Da. It was about two years old, with good teeth and smooth hair. Li Da looked good and the price was reasonable. It cost eight taels of silver.
After buying a mule, I went through the formalities and registered it.Li Da led the mule, and went to buy wine, sugar, and big stick bones. The pharmacy took out a note written by Gu Zhao and handed it to the clerk. The stewed chicken at home was filled with ingredients, and Li Da thought it tasted good.
After loading a basket, Li Da didn't get up on the mule on the way back, so he took the rope, let the mule carry the basket, and walked slowly back to the village.
Everyone in Li bought a mule.
Everyone in the village saw it, but there were few who spoke bitterly.
"Why don't you just buy cattle? Isn't it better to use cattle to cultivate land?" The villagers wondered about this.
But everyone in Li can buy whatever they want, and it's not their family that buys it.
In mid-November, I was completely idle, and the village became lively. The woman, Uncle, was able to visit the house to gossip, and Brother Xing, who was holding Yuan Yuan, also fell in love with Li’s family to play. His family has done a lot of paddy fields this year——
The eldest brother's family is not happy and is afraid of danger, but the father-in-law makes decisions about the work of the family's crops.Because it was Li Zhouzhou's son-in-law Gu Zhao's idea, Brother Xing'er's father-in-law carefully asked Brother Xing whether it would be possible.
How could this Xingge dare to promise, he only said that Li Zhou and Zhou's family had ten acres of paddy fields. He and Zhou Zhou grew up, and they knew Zhou Zhou's character. Well, both father and son agreed to use ten acres of paddy fields for top dressing, so it should be fine, right?
Originally, Xingge's father-in-law was also entangled in fear, thinking of trying to use five acres of paddy fields.Hearing what Brother Xing said, especially Li Da’s farming is good, thinking about it carefully, it is true.Back then when the old man of the Li family separated his family and gave Li Da the fields, he couldn't be partial. He really hated Li Da. The ten acres of dry land and five acres of paddy fields that were allotted were terrible.
Especially the dry land was planted by Li's family every year, and the field was exhausted. There was not even a single stone of such easy-to-grow grain, so the dry land was given to Li Da.
Li Da had just separated from his family and brought his five or six-year-old brother with him. In the first few years, he couldn't even fill his stomach, and he didn't dare to rush to plant. Let the land slow down, take a rest, and his stomach will be hungry.
Brother Xing, mother-in-law and mother-in-law all have to say behind their backs, how can parents be so cruel, Li Er and Li Zhengren are the sons of the old couple in the Li family, so it's hard for Li Da to succeed, isn't it?
Li Daleng planted such a bad dry land.
How much harvest is there this year?
Brother Xing knows, so he quickly said that this year Li Zhouzhou's family has four stones per acre of dry land.
So Xingge's father-in-law smoked dry tobacco all night, gritted his teeth, and applied ten acres of paddy field fertilizer.His paddy fields total more than 20 mu.
So worried, I went to the fields every day to see, and finally the harvest came.
Of course there is no need to say much.Now Brother Xing'er's mother-in-law pays special attention to Brother Xing'er, and praises Brother Xing'er for being courageous and able to speak up. She didn't dare to say anything when the old man asked her about the crops in the family.
Now Brother Xing's status in the royal family is a thumbs up.
"If you have nothing to do, go to visit Zhou Zhou and play with Yuan Yuan. The family is free now and there is not much work." Xing Geer's mother-in-law said.
Brother Xing was not polite, and happily responded, and took Yuan Yuan to find Li Zhouzhou to play.
"This year, my hands are looser at home. I want to go to the town to pull some red cloth to buy some new cotton in a few days, and make new clothes for Yuan Yuan. Although he is small, he looks different every day. He grows fast." Xing Xing The elder brother put his son on the ground and supported him with one hand.
Yuan Yuan can walk now.
According to the saying at this time, Yuan Yuan was two years old after the Lantern Festival last year, but he was actually one year old. Now he is actually one year and eleven months old. The old people would say that the child will be three years old after the new year.
In ancient times, many children died young, especially those in the village, so they were given cheap names. When they were one year old, they wanted to coax the little ghost, which means that this is an older child, with a strong body and less pestering.
"Let's go together then." Li Zhouzhou agreed.
Yuan Yuan walked unsteadily and wobbled, and Brother Xing followed behind to support him, fearing that his son would fall, and said, "What do you want to buy?"
"Buy a piece of candy, my father-in-law's family is building a house, and I guess the good news will come soon." Li Zhouzhou wanted to prepare in advance, so as not to be in a hurry.
Brother Xing finished, then remembered something, and said: "My parents are going to take Guangzong to the prefecture to deliver food."
"Did my second uncle and aunt Guangzong go this year?" Li Zhouzhou asked.
Last year when Li Zhouzhou got married, it was only a few days after Li Er finished delivering food from the prefecture and county.Every year in November, when the farming is slack, Li Er's family doesn't sell the rice, so they pound it clean and send it to Li Zhengren, Shangli San, Li Zhengren in sacks.
All rice, no wheat.
Liu Huaxiang said that her younger brother and sister are from the prefectures and counties, and they are extremely delicate, and they are not comparable to their peasant family. They seldom eat miscellaneous grains on weekdays. Bowls become...
This is when Liu Huaxiang took Xingge'er Guangzong to go together earlier, saw the world, and came back to learn from the villagers. People in prefectures and counties can talk about what to wear, what to eat, and what bowls they use for a day. I haven't seen it before.
Li Zhouzhou heard Brother Xing learned it, but he only remembered that the prefecture was so big.
Li Er's family didn't send food for nothing, and those who received the money would pay eight cents per liter according to the official price.He drove the ox cart to Fu County, and set off before dawn, because the ox cart was loaded with grain, the only time Xing Geer went was when he and his younger brother Guangzong took turns. Guangzong sat a lot, and he mostly left.
It was already night when they arrived in Fu County, the city gate was closed, and they had to sleep outside overnight, and they could only enter when the city gate opened in the morning.
When Brother Xing came back that time, he didn't mention the hardships he suffered on the road and the cold he endured, he only picked up good things about the prefecture and county.Now that he is old, married, the harvest at home is good, and he has money in his hands, he is much more frank when talking about the trip to the prefecture in the past.
"It's tiring. Guangzong is 14 years old this year. I don't believe that my parents let him sit all the way."
"Actually, it's not much fun to go to the county. I'm tired from walking all the way. My feet are soaked and I sleep outside the city wall at night. Fortunately, my father has the experience to get the bedding, but it's also cold. I finally went in and walked. My uncle's yard It's also small, it's not as good as the open yard in the village, I eat an extra bowl of rice, and my aunt coughs..."
Brother Xing recalled, and felt that time was more and more bitter.
"Everything in the prefecture and county is expensive. My uncle's house doesn't have a well, so I have to spend money to buy water. If I poop, someone will come to collect it at midnight the next day. My aunt said what it's called Yexiang, and does it smell good? Nonsense."
Brother Xing has a deep memory. They stayed in the same room for two days. They couldn't sleep well, and they didn't dare to eat enough.
"Do you know how much a liter of rice is in the prefecture?"
Li Zhouzhou: "Thirteen essays?"
When the rice in the village is sold, the grain merchants offer high prices, but the requirements are high and harsh, and it is easy to delay the money. The agreed price must be deducted in some way in the end.Li Da has a stubborn temper, and since then he has sold the official price, which is eight cents less, which is neat.
The price of rice sold by grain shops in the town is usually eleven or two yuan. If it is more expensive, the townspeople might as well go to the village to buy it in person. Wen also becomes.
Li Zhouzhou thought about the prefecture and county, and reported an extra penny.
"Less." Brother Xing snorted, "I heard from my father that a liter of rice in the prefecture costs fifteen cents."
Li Zhouzhou was surprised, "It's so expensive."
"That's right, so Grandpa and Grandma urged my family to send food to my uncle every year." Brother Xing said.
Li Zhouzhou couldn't help thinking that the second uncle and aunt are pretty nice, and they have given them to him for so many years, but—it's not that Li Zhouzhou thinks badly about the second uncle and aunt, but that Brother Xing'er and his parents really don't care about it like this. People who don't take advantage of their advantages and let others take advantage of their family.
It's Feiniu and tossing, why sell it to the younger brother's family for eight cents?There is nothing to look forward to, Li Er and his wife are not Bodhisattvas, they say they have separated, their father and mother live in the prefecture, they live in the village, if they really don’t want to send them off, it is possible that their parents can come back and personally Pull food?
I have given Li San food for these years, Li Er complains every time he goes there, the old couple is also soft-hearted towards the second son, and every time they will make up some money, it is only eight yuan for a liter of rice, and finally it becomes nine yuan Less than ten words.
The most important advantage is that the old couple draw big cakes for Li Er and his wife. Every time they ask how old Guangzong is, they say that Guangzong is smart, and when he is a few years old, let the couple send their children to prefectures and counties, and let his uncle take care of them. I also learned to calculate accounts, and when I stopped farming for a year, I would have more than 20 taels of silver.
When Brother Xing was at home, he didn't fall asleep at night and eavesdropped on what his parents had said, but it was difficult to learn from Li Zhouzhou.
This time the parents took the younger brother there, probably to send Guangzong to the prefecture to be an apprentice to the younger uncle.
Guangzong is 14 years old.
Let's talk about it when we come back this time and things are settled.
"By the way, why did your family buy a mule? It's better to use cattle in the field, and everyone in the village says so." Brother Xing changed the subject.
Li Zhouzhou didn't ask any further questions, and simply replied that Mr. Xiang said that it would be good to buy a mule.
"I listened to your husband again." Brother Xing made trouble with Li Zhouzhou.
Li Zhouzhou smiled and didn't answer.
Two days later, Li Guihua's eldest son, Tiedan, came to report that the family was building a house and grandma was having a baby. The father, mother and uncle said that the two happy events happened to be together, and a banquet was set up. .
Li Zhouzhou grabbed peanuts for Tie Dan to run errands and said he knew.Fortunately, he and Xing Geer were not in a hurry to go.Go back into the house and discuss with your husband.Gu Zhao patted his forehead, "I forgot Grandma's birthday."
This year is Grandma Gu's [-]th birthday.
"It's my fault. I forgot to visit grandma at my uncle's house during Chinese New Year last year."
In the entire Gu family, the one who really loves Yuanshen is Grandpa and Grandma.Grandpa Gu passed away a few years ago, and his father passed away. The brothers naturally discussed the separation of the family. Grandma Gu lived with Uncle Gu, and usually moved around during the New Year and holidays.
After the separation, Gu Sigai's house was completely settled, and the original body went back from the uncle's house. At first, he went to the uncle's house to see grandma's hard work. Later, she studied every day, and only went to the uncle's house to ask grandma for a red envelope during the Chinese New Year. money.
There are fewer people who go later.Gu Zhao came over and picked up the memory of his original body, his mind was full of entering the Li family ahead of time, how to empty out the Li family, how to start from the beginning, to make a fortune early, to make people who underestimate him look good, and to hate his parents and stepmother. of.
I don't have much memory of Grandma Gu.
Gu Zhao naturally forgot about this.Now that Zhou Zhou mentioned it, he shouldn't be in love, reason, or filial piety.At the beginning, Yuanshen went to Li's family to recommend himself as a marriage partner. After talking about it, he turned around and told the family that it was a mess. Father Gu almost made a move, but was tricked by Gu Zhao, and his stepmother Li Guihua made it happen.
In the entire Gu family, Grandma Gu was the only one who really didn't want Gu Zhaofu to be the son-in-law. To Grandma Gu, it was a pit of fire. Which man would be the son-in-law?
Gu Zhao still remembers that when Zhou Zhou came to welcome his relatives, when he arrived at the entrance of the village, Grandma Gu cried and said that Zhao'er would not marry and would not be the son-in-law, and scolded Li Guihua to return the money.Gu Zhao immediately said that he was willing, and Li Zhouzhou had already arrived at the door. If he suddenly refused, then Li Zhouzhou would really become a joke in Dongxiping Village.In this era, after the horoscope, the matchmaker is engaged, the marriage is temporarily regretted, and Li Zhouzhou can be buried with spitting stars.
Maybe it was that time that broke the heart of the old man.
Later, when she bid farewell to the Gu family, Grandma Gu was unwilling to accept the gift and went back to her uncle's house angrily.
"Sanggong, don't blame yourself, it's also because I forgot to remind you." Li Zhouzhou felt that he shouldn't, he should remember.Even if grandma is angry with him, as a junior, she will suffer.
Gu Zhao can't laugh or cry, the two of them are really different, Zhou Zhou may not have been loved by his grandparents since he was a child, and he was brought up by a single and rough man, so Zhou Zhou didn't know what gift he would bring when he got married .
Common sense in this area is lacking.He forgot again.
"I don't blame myself, and Zhou Zhou doesn't blame myself. Looking back, I acted like a baby with grandma. She loved me before. If she saw that I had grown taller and stronger, Zhou Zhou treated me well, and the designated meeting would calm down." , if you are still angry, let's grind it out every year, and it will be fine." Gu Zhao said.
Li Zhouzhou hummed, and went to Wang's house to find Brother Xing that afternoon.
Brother Xing's mother-in-law saw that Li Zhouzhou was very warm and polite, and even grabbed a handful of dried red dates for Li Zhouzhou to eat, "I heard from Brother Xing that you like to eat this, it will nourish your blood."
He pointed the way again and said that Brother Xing was in the house, and let Li Zhouzhou treat him as his own.
Li Zhouzhou thanked him, and instead of looking for Brother Xing, he asked, "Auntie, my grandma is about to pass away, and I want to make her a jacket. I wonder what color the old man likes? What style? I can't handle my figure either."
Brother Xing's mother-in-law didn't react, Li Zhouzhou was going to the prefecture to deliver clothes to his grandma?
"It's my husband's grandma." Li Zhouzhou added.
"Oh, it's the old lady of the Gu family, how old is she? How about fat and thin?"
Li Zhouzhou replied that he was [-], looking for the memory of meeting when they got married, "Not fat or thin, about the same height as your aunt."
Brother Xing heard the sound, and was surprised to see that what Li Zhouzhou and his mother-in-law had said was just right.
Li Zhouzhou can still chat with his mother-in-law?It's not the kind of polite reply, it's really chatting!
After passing by, Brother Xing finally understood that Li Zhouzhou wanted to make a quilted jacket for his husband's grandma, and his mother-in-law was also enthusiastic, saying: "...you bought cloth, bring it over and I'll give it to you. You teach how to do it."
"Success, thank you, Auntie."
"You're welcome. If you want to go, go early tomorrow. I'll take Yuanyuan with you tomorrow..." Brother Xing'er and mother-in-law made arrangements.
After sending Li Zhouzhou away, when I came back, I told Brother Xing that Li Zhouzhou was good. I didn't get along well with chatting before, but now I found out that Li Zhouzhou was filial, and the filial one was also the old lady of the Gu family. The old couple of the Li family in the prefecture and county regretted it go.
Brother Xing told his mother-in-law that he didn’t have any objections to grandpa and grandma. Anyway, grandpa and grandma didn’t like him since he was a child. Of course, the one he disliked the most was Li Zhouzhou. Who made them brothers, not babies Valuable boy.
Of course, grandpa and grandma's favorite is uncle.
Looking at the time, the father, mother and younger brother should have arrived in the prefecture.
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