The husband's son-in-law

"Did you listen to what Feng Pingping said today?! Pooh her!" Mrs. Li first scolded her daughter-in-law, then sat in her room and said to her wife: "My second child gets six stones of rice every year, and the asking price is eight cents a piece. Sheng, it’s cheap, and you can save less than half of the money to buy rice every month, how can you be rich before, but now it’s been more than half a year and you’re complaining all the time?”

"That bastard thinks our old couple is a burden because of our age, so he found an excuse to talk about things with Mi, don't think I don't know what she's thinking, my son can be fooled by this fox?" Mrs. Li knew it all.

I have never seen white rice every day, beans and yellow rice porridge in the morning and evening, pasta every few days, pancakes, steamed buns, etc. How can it cost so much money to buy food for a month?

Old man Li sat calmly, "We are Zhengren's parents. It's only natural for sons and daughters-in-law to take care of their children. She is an outsider, what can she say! Let her make trouble, and Zhengren will have to teach her a lesson sooner or later."

"That's right." Old lady Li nodded and said, "Listen to today's accounts, what kind of tricks are you playing with me, Erniang eats and drinks at home every month, and I am not short of them, why do I need thirty or fifty yuan to buy them?" Hair rope? Whose family buys hair ropes and flowers every day, isn’t it because the mother wants to buy it herself, and put it all on Er Niang’s head.”

Old lady Li could see clearly that Feng Pingping wanted her to be the villain of the second mother, and old lady Li did it, and she didn't care. If a girl hates her in a film, she will hold it. Anyway, she is not from Li's family if she is sent out in a few years.

"It's Yaozu's Mo who is reluctant and coaxes me to buy it. The three-month Mo is only a tael of silver, but there's nothing to spend on it for the eldest grandson."

"That bastard is full of intestines. He didn't tell the truth. Zhengren's two taels a month is not enough to spend? Bah, I used to save one tael a month, but now I don't believe it."

Mrs. Li talked about it and felt that it was not possible, "Feng Pingping can't manage the house. From then on, the money will be in my hands, and I will be in charge of the house."

"Don't be in a hurry, wait for the daughter-in-law to quarrel a few times and Zhengren gets annoyed, then I'll take it." Old man Li suggested.His son, he knew, was arrogant in his bones. Feng Pingping talked about money like this all day long, and it didn't take long for Zhengren to get annoyed.

Just as Mrs. Li guessed, Li Zhengren's life is not as tight as Feng Pingping said, and everyone will settle the score.It's just that I was used to cheap food in the past, but now I feel unhappy when I pay more for it. In addition, in recent months, Li Yaozu has started to compare ink ingots in the school, so the cost has increased.

In the past, the members of the Li family bought noodles and yellow rice every month, which were cheap, and mixed with the rice sent by Li Er, as well as vegetables and meat. Mrs. Li also raised chickens, and they didn’t need money to eat eggs, and they could sell them for money. Buy a caramel candy sweet mouth for the child, so the daily expenses of the family are about half a tael, and the remaining half tael is Li Yaozu's ink sticks, pens and paper.

The ink ingots are not one piece a month, almost one piece every two months.

Da Lang of Youjia said at home: "In May of this year, a newcomer named Huang Erlang came to the private school. His family is rich, but his knowledge is not very good. Erlang took the ink ingot for the emblem, as well as a pen and paper to show off, Li Yaozu changed the ink ingot not long after."

"Brother, there are still plenty of Li Yaozu's original ink ingots. I saw that Li Yaozu broke it on purpose and threw away half of it." You Sanlang added.

The ink ingot of the emblem is half a tael of silver, the three hundred wen of Xu Ji, and the two hundred wen of Chu Ji.The two Erlangs of Youjia used cheap ink ingots, and they used it sparingly. When they came back to practice calligraphy by themselves, they would practice on the sand table on the ground at home, and then copy them on paper. With more than two months.

On weekdays, it is more than a month faster, and two months slower.The one who saves is Youjia Erlang.

"You can't compare this with others. Half a tael of ink ingots can only be bought by rich officials, and Li's family is not a wealthy family, so what's the point of talking about these things." Mrs. You said to her son.

You Dalang nodded and said he knew.

Second Sister You said: "Da Lang is good, he won't do this kind of behavior of swollen face to pretend to be fat. I am used to half a tael of good ink ingots, and the Li family will let the children go. Let's see if I can't exchange them for cheap."

For Li Zhengren's family affairs, it's enough for Youjia to watch the excitement.

Not long after, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the small courtyard of Li's family also had the right to earn housekeeping. Those who didn't know thought that Li Zhengren could earn ten taels a month, so they kept making noises about two taels of silver.

In the blink of an eye, it is November and the temperature has dropped a lot.The stewed cooking business is getting better. When the weather is cold, things can be stored. Some people line up in the afternoon to make two spoonfuls of marinated water, and then buy some pork head meat. The pork head meat is eaten at night, and the marinated water can be stored at noon the next day. Mix noodles to eat.

Li Zhouzhou finished his work today, told his father, took the money and went to the street shop to buy things.

Dad is going back to the village to collect food soon, Li Zhouzhou still remembers to buy things for Brother Xing.

I have been in the prefecture for so long. Before doing business, I have visited all the stores near the restaurant. I know that there are a lot of fabrics and jewelry in the shop near the restaurant. Jewelry is too expensive. Li Zhouzhou didn’t plan to choose too much. Dear.

Favors, it's better to have a reciprocity, what he got was expensive, and Brother Xing was afraid that he still had a heavy burden in his heart, thinking about how to repay the favor, but he couldn't stand it.

Li Zhouzhou had almost suffered a lot in the past few days of making a living, and figured out a reason, he still has to be bored to make money, and he is always worried about people who are afraid of jealousy.

After walking for less than two minutes, we arrived at the cloth shop.

Li Zhouzhou chose a medium-priced piece, which was a piece of imperial concubine red, which seemed lighter than red, and it was introduced by the boss, who said that it was the best seller at present.The top of the cloth is dyed with a peach blossom pattern, with clusters of petals, very beautiful.

"...This is a product from the south. The cloth is dyed with patterns. Fulang, you look good in red. If you buy it for your husband-in-law, you should choose this color." The boss took out another horse.

Li Zhou Zhou shook his head and said, "I have it at home. This color is too deep. Is there a more elegant one? My husband is studying in the academy."

"Yes." The boss didn't expect that the husband in front of him was still a scholar, so he took one, "Look at this one, it's the color of bamboo, and it's still dyed with bamboo leaves. Scholars and scholars love these. One of the four gentlemen of bamboo."

Li Zhouzhou liked it when he saw it. It should look good to make a robe for Xianggong.

When asked about the price, the price of Zhuqing and Feihong was the same, but it was still worth it.So I bought two yuan, the one for Feihong was smaller, and I gave it to Brother Xing. It was enough for Brother Xing to make his own jacket or make clothes for Yuan Yuan. The bamboo green one needed more, and the robe needed to be longer. .

Dad and he didn't buy it. Last year, they spent money to make new clothes. They used the old ones to work at home all day. The new clothes were still new, and they were worn when they returned to the village during the Chinese New Year.

I bought fabrics and a box of hawthorn cakes. Now that the hawthorns have come down, this thing is not expensive. They also sell some in the town, but I have never seen hawthorn cakes made small and petal-shaped. It tastes better than the ones in the town. eat some.

These two things are enough.

Li Zhouzhou was walking back with cloth snacks wrapped in oily paper, passing Jinyu Restaurant, and happened to bump into shopkeeper Xu who was seeing off customers outside, he paused, because shopkeeper Xu had seen him.

They are all matched, so naturally it is not easy to pretend not to know each other.

Shopkeeper Xu was very enthusiastic and greeted him, "Where is Boss Li shopping? I have some free time today, too. The business at home is good, so I should come out more to have a look."

Li Zhouzhou first greeted shopkeeper Xu, and then said: "The weather is getting cold, buy a piece of cloth to make clothes for my husband." He didn't say a word about his father going back to the village.

"Yes, the weather in our prefecture changes rapidly, and there are several autumn rains in a row. It's okay for us to run back and forth and work in unlined clothes. If Gu Xiucai sits and reads and writes all day, it may be cold. Qingping Academy is in the mountains. When it rains, it will be very humid." Shopkeeper Xu smiled and talked about his experience.

Li Zhouzhou could hear Shopkeeper Xu's kindness. Although the 'Qingping Mountain' didn't look like a mountain at all to him, Shopkeeper Xu was right, "Thank you for reminding me."

"A word of mouth is nothing to thank, now, next door there is a soup seller, and there is a heater, a small one, and the hand guard is not cold." After the shopkeeper Xu finished speaking, seeing that Li Fulang was not thinking about it, It was written on their faces that they were going to see the heater, so they smiled and said, "Boss Li, let's go, I'm busy too."

"Eh good."

Shopkeeper Xu returned to the restaurant.Li Zhou took two steps and went to the shop that shopkeeper Xu had just pointed out, which was the shop that sold Qingping College uniforms.

Li Zhou went in on Monday and saw that he was an old acquaintance, Tailor Zhao was there.

"Boss Li? Are you here to buy clothes for Gu Xiucai? If you want to measure and order, it will be quick."

"No, let me ask if there is a hand warmer."

"Yes, I'll bring it to you. This brass one is fine. You see, although it is bare and has no pattern, it can be used to warm your hands. It doesn't need to be carved, and it costs money." Tailor Zhao chose a practical one for Li Fulang. payment.

Li Zhouzhou nodded and said yes, and asked the price.

Tailor Zhao gave him three pennies cheaper, and also gave him a stove cover—a quilted one.These are all sewn with scraps of leftover cloth, and they are sold for two or three pennies on weekdays.

Tailor Zhao was willing to give a cheap price after eating Liji stewed rice for so long, and he didn't lose money, just earn more and earn less.

Li Zhouzhou paid the bill happily, thanked him, took the stove and walked back.

At the other end, shopkeeper Xu returned to the restaurant, saw Li Fulang go back with a copper hand stove in his hand through the door, he smiled and muttered: "I have been working as the shopkeeper for so many years, and I have met many people, and it is the first time See Fulang loves my husband so much."

There are no customers in the restaurant at this time, the waiter was lazy after clearing the tables, heard the shopkeeper's words, but didn't hear what he said, leaned over to flatter him and laughed and said: "The shopkeeper said Li Fulang, I saw it too, he is a brother, with- —" Before he finished speaking, he was patted by shopkeeper Xu.

"You know what, wipe the table quickly, don't play tricks, I won't listen to you bragging about this, he is Fu Lang who can support the business by himself, everyone outside calls Boss Li." Shopkeeper Xu taught the shopkeeper.

He was so embarrassed that he didn't want to compensate the Li family, right? The past is over, and the Li family doesn't care about it anymore, and this little bastard is still making trouble here for him.

The guy was scolded, but he didn't know why, didn't he just want to flatter the shopkeeper?Why is the shopkeeper not willing to listen?

Li Zhengren stood behind the counter and finished the calculation. Seeing the boy standing upright like a quail, he casually sold favors and said, "Uncle Xu, is that the Boss Li you always talk about? If he’s not there, talk about it in the restaurant and he won’t learn it, so don’t get too angry.”

"Okay, let's go to work." Shopkeeper Xu sent the waiter.

The boy replied loudly, but when he left, he glanced at Li Zhengren with gratitude.The shopkeeper Xu kept it in his eyes, Xiao Li easily won the favor of the buddy with a word, and he made a fuss about the rules behind his back, but it doesn't matter, some people are enlightened and some are not, and those who are not enlightened will be just a waiter all their lives of.

Nothing to do with him.

The shopkeeper Xu chatted and said: "Don't look at Boss Li as a young man, I hit a nail in the head once, and the restaurant owner has to look at it, you know it."

The past of the restaurant and Li Ji Luzhu is spread all over the restaurant.Li Zhengren naturally knew, but just by listening to his ears, he knew that his surname was Li, which was a coincidence. Besides, this Boss Li was young, in his early 20s, and he was still a brother.

To be honest, Li Zhengren felt that Uncle Xu was old and afraid of trouble, even a brother, but he said behind his back that he was originally a brother and husband, and it would be embarrassing for a small business to be called a boss. So what if you don't show your face?

The shopkeeper of Jinyu Restaurant is still afraid of a small shop owner?

"Little Li, don't take it seriously."

Li Zhengren said: "Uncle Xu, I heard you said that Boss Li is a scholar, but being a scholar is not a big deal, forget it, and save you from making you unhappy."

"I'm not unhappy. Do you think your Uncle Xu is a little bitch?" The shopkeeper Xu said softly first, don't think you didn't hear the yin and yang in Xiao Li's dialect, but it's enough to be soft, and you can talk about it : "By the way, Xiao Li, is your hometown in Xiping Village, Ningsong Town?"

Li Zhengren's face changed, and his smile faded. He moved his household registration to Ningping Prefecture a long time ago. He has been a native of Ningping Prefecture for more than ten years. Knowing that he is still a countryman, even if he knew, he would not dare to ask him in person.

Li Zhengren didn't want to answer, and his attitude became much colder, thinking that the shopkeeper Xu, an old bastard, would take Joe on him.

"I vaguely remember that when you came to the prefecture to learn to settle accounts with your master's subordinates, you were so tender, and you were from Xiping Village, Ningsong Town. I remember correctly, right?"

Li Zhengren saw that if he didn't answer any more, he would have to say something else after taking care of this old thing, so he said indifferently: "I remember correctly, Uncle Xu."

"That's a coincidence, Boss Li is also from Xiping Village, Ningsong Town, didn't he tell you before?" Shopkeeper Xu didn't even look at Li Zhengren, and said with a smile: "Hey, my brain, I remember I mentioned it to you, so I didn't Ah, this Xiping village is a good place, there are outstanding people, you don’t need to mention it, I found a good wife, Boss Li is good at business, his family’s husband is still a scholar, he entered a government school, or is a student.”

Li Zhengren had blue veins on his forehead. When he said that he married a good wife, did he mean to say that he was not a married man but was similar to a married man, and that he was eating from Yue's family.

How could Li Zhengren bear this kind of humiliation.But before he could open his mouth, Shopkeeper Xu walked away cheerfully, "Go and have a look at the back, Xiao Li, settle your accounts carefully and don't delay."

"..." Li Zhengren hummed.

Shopkeeper Xu turned his back and smiled even deeper. In the past, he spoke politely to Xiao Li because of Lao Feng's face, but Li Zhengren is a junior, but he just settles accounts, so he still wants to get on top of him?

In addition to the boss of the restaurant, the shopkeeper is the top leader.

What is Li Zhengren proud of?

After beating, shopkeeper Xu was happy, and felt at ease. He was not afraid of Lao Feng coming to the door. Lao Feng quit and went to his own business, and wanted to take care of him in the Jinyu Restaurant?Besides, Lao Feng would not say anything for this son-in-law.

Although the Feng family is only one girl, the water poured out by the married daughter, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and wife-in-law of the two sons in the house are in chaos, so there is no energy to take care of such trivial matters.

Besides, where did he say something wrong?Isn't Li Zhengren from Xiping Village? Although he is from the same village as Boss Li with the same surname, Li Zhengren is a accountant, and Boss Li built a shop and recruited a talented man. Look, this is a promising man. .

Comparing Li Zhengren and Boss Li together, Shopkeeper Xu shook his head. There is no comparison, no comparison.

When Li Zhouzhou went back to the yard, his father was cooking.

"I put the rice in the pot, and I also cut the pickles and braised pork head meat." Li Da said to his son.

Li Zhouzhou responded first, put the things in the main room, rolled up his sleeves, came out, washed his hands and started kneading the dough, the dough was fermented, and then mixed the stuffing, his father was going back to the village tomorrow, he wanted to steam a pot of meat stuffing Take the steamed stuffed bun for dad to eat on the way.

The meat was bought in the morning when the pig's head was pulled into the water. It was two catties of pork belly, fat and thin.

Now that the radishes have come out early, they are white and raw, and they are a bit spicy to eat without a mouthful. If the radishes are frosted, they will be crunchy, sweet and juicy.This radish mixed with cold dishes is not delicious, but it can be used as stuffing for buns.

Li Zhou washed the radishes twice on Wednesday and cut them into finger-thick slices. After the stove water was boiled, he threw all the cut radishes in and waited until they were almost blanched, then took them out and wrapped them in gauze. Squeeze out the water inside, then chop it up, mix well with the minced meat, and that's it.

"Father, I bought a piece of cloth and a box of snacks for Brother Xing."

"Understood, I'll bring them all tomorrow." After Li Da finished speaking, he told him again: "I've already told brother Zhu that I'm not at home for a few days, and the little six will come to deliver the goods."

Li Da knew that after he left for the past few days, it would be very difficult to do business at home alone on Zhou and Zhou. When Boss Zhu heard that it was easy to handle, there happened to be a restaurant in the east, not far from your shop——

The meat of Jinyu Restaurant.

Boss Zhu said that two buckets of water in your house are not heavy, and a pig’s head is not heavy. He has sold meat for so many years, and he still has some face. He told Jinyu Restaurant to pull the meat, let Xiaoliuzi follow, and promise to deliver it to you as soon as possible.

Having said that, Boss Zhu was afraid that Li Da would refuse to bother him, and said: "When the time comes, I will ask Xiao Liuzi to send the pig's trotters over. If your family can help me to marinate them, it will be done."

It's like taking this back.

Li Da thought about it and agreed, otherwise it would really be impossible to push the cart in the morning of the National People's Congress on Monday.When I came back to talk about this matter, Gu Zhaoxian was the first to agree, and said: "I have already thought about it. If Dad goes back for a few days, we must either rent a car or I will take a few days off."

Li Zhouzhou naturally didn't want his father-in-law to ask for leave, saying that he could be busy.

In the end, not only did Little Six hitchhike a ride to deliver the goods, Zheng Hui heard that Mama Zhang would borrow it for a few days and wait for Uncle Li to come back before saying, "...you two brothers, you are welcome, and it is still soft to say this." Mother brought it up first, let Zhang Ma come over and help Li Fulang in an emergency."

Gu Zhao bowed to thank him and accepted.

Nowadays, the relationship between people is really strong. If we make friends with you, we will help each other when we have difficulties.

Gu Zhao was originally an orphan. He had few friends since he was a child. He was polite and indifferent in his bones. He died in Dali, and he never felt sorry for any friends in modern times. At first, he was not used to his living habits, such as lack of toilet paper. [-]. It is impossible to take a bath every day, and the hygienic conditions are backward.

Not to mention it now.

After marrying Zhou Zhou, he landed and took root and had a belonging.

Thinking back, there were many people who helped him, such as Zhu Xiucai, the owner of the study, Mr. Zhao's family in Dongping Village, not to mention Zheng Hui's rigorous trust.

It's good to be frank and open-minded to make friends.

Gu Zhao had a lot of feelings in his heart, and then he sorted out his notes and handwritten books, packed them together, and troubled his father to go back to Dongping Village this time and send them to Master Zhao's home.

Those were all the study materials when he took the exam for scholar.

Mrs. Zhao's grandson, Zhao Ze, passed the Tongsheng examination, so he will naturally be a scholar in the future, so he can use it.

Of course, I have to send it to Mrs. Zhao's house, and go to Dongping Village. It would be bad if I didn't bring a gift to my "natal family".

Didn't the stepmother say she wanted to send Gu Chen to study? This is good, there is a golden house in the book!

Early in the morning of the second day, before dawn, Li Da had already packed up, and put all the things that should be brought in the car. Don’t forget, the book was sent to the Gu’s family in Dongping Village. The ones are thick, and there are three copies.Sending Xing Geer is a piece of cloth with a box of snacks on it.

Li Zhouzhou steamed two baskets of radish and pork buns yesterday, each as big as a palm, and picked up ten of them in his food pocket for his father. If he gets hungry on the way, he can eat them, and the water bag is filled with hot water.There is also a copper hand stove bought for Xianggong. Xianggong said that he can't use it now, so he will bring warm hands for father first, and drive the mule to freeze his hands on the way.

In the morning, steamed buns were heated and porridge was cooked. The burnt carbon was put into a copper hand stove. The hand stove had a copper handle. smoke exhaust.

"Father, take this on, your hands are cold on the road." Li Zhouzhou put it on.

Li Da disliked it, waved his hand and said no, "It's only November and it's not snowing in winter, don't, I'm in good health, you can arrange it for Zhao'er." What kind of man would hug the stove in this weather?It's not a girl's house.

"Father, Zhou Zhou is all set." Gu Zhao said.

Li Da still didn't make it, so he took this one who was going to be laughed at, and said, "I have gloves sewn by Zhou Zhou, I'm neither cold nor cold, and I'm wearing a hat, so I'm gone."

I'm afraid that my son will stuff him with a hand stove, and the cloth of the outer cover is still flowery!

In the end, Li Zhouzhou had no choice but to let go and send his father out of the alley.Li Da sat on the carriage frame, turned around and told the two of them not to send them off, but to go back quickly.

It's cold early in the morning, what to give.

Li Da drove the mule cart, there was no one on the road, the empty cart walked briskly, and waited for about a moment before opening the city gate.

Here, Li Zhouzhou and Mr. Xianggong went back to the yard to have dinner, and they cleaned up. Seeing that the hand stove was still on the table, Gu Zhao saw that the stove was still on the table, and Zhou Zhou thought of it, so he took Zhou Zhou's hand and covered it together, saying, "It's so warm. This thing is good, I can cover it for a while when my writing hands are cold."

"Can it really be used?"

"Of course, my Zhou Zhou is planning for a rainy day. It's not cold yet, so it's cheap to buy. If it really cools down and snows, if I buy it again, I might not be able to get it out of stock." Gu Zhao exaggerated. .

Li Zhouzhou laughed, "There was still a row when I bought it."

"Anyway, Zhou Zhou bought it well, and I can really use it. I'll bring it to school today." My wife has already packed the charcoal fire, so there's no need to waste it.

"it is good."

Your husband is so good.Li Zhouzhou thought with a smile.

Back to the village is an empty car, plus the road has been passed several times, and I am very familiar with it. Li Da sat in the car and didn’t have to go. The mule has grown up and is not afraid of the weight, so he drove the road quickly and arrived at Ningsong Town at noon. , Li Da thought for a while, went into the town and bought a jar of wine, some melon seeds and peanuts, and then went to Shili Village to send Zhu Laosi off.

After such a delay, it was already dark when we arrived in Xiping Village.

Li Da entered the village entrance, jumped off the mule cart, and led the mule back.A villager saw that it was an outsider, and took a closer look, "Li Da is back?"

"Hey, Uncle, it's me."

"This year's harvest is good, thanks to your family's blessing, guess what, my family has an acre of land with six stones."

Li Da exclaimed: "This is so much, it must be the meticulousness of my uncle's servant."

"Hahahaha, how can you talk now, kid?"

After a while, those who heard the movement all came out, surrounded Li Da, chatting with each other.

"I'll wait for you to come back to collect food when the farming is slack, and everything will be cleaned up."

This is what Zhong Li Jiatian said. After finishing the rice, he picked up the good and plump ones for Li Da. Knowing that Li Da came back, there must be no hot water or food in the house, so he invited Li Da to eat at his house. The man He also said: "Didn't I buy meat at home, first cut half a catty and cook it."

"Success, what's the matter." The daughter-in-law went back to roast the meat, she was really straightforward and didn't feel bad at all.

What's wrong with half a catty of meat?Her family has planted the fields of Master Li, and only needs to pay two fights. Her family has taken advantage of it, and it is enough to eat a catty or two catties of meat!

Another person also said: "Uncle, if there is no bedding in the house, come to my house to sleep for a night, I will make a room..."

Li Da's life went well when he came back. In October, every family collected grain and paid grain tax. Looking at the sacks piled up in the house, the harvest was good and sold for a lot of money. Now that they have free time, they rented the land of Li's family and got good from Li's family. It is also natural to give back to Li Da with enthusiasm.

People are poor and short-sighted, and their backs are straight when they are rich.

It's just that they didn't grow the Li family's fields, but the fertilizer method belonged to Li's family, so everyone was enthusiastic and didn't play tricks.

Li Da first told him to live there and said no, and he couldn't say anything about eating, he had steamed stuffed buns.

After talking on the phone, Li Daxian took the mule back to his yard, and the junior who told him to live there before came over with a bundle of firewood and said: "Uncle, if you go away for a few months, the house must be full of people. Don't feel sorry for the firewood, burn the kang to keep warm."

There is also someone who comes to clean up Li Da's house. This is an old man who Li Da wants to call his aunt.

"What's the matter, just a couple of sips. You are a big man, and Zhou Zhou is not in front of you. I don't know when you need to make the bed."

Uncle Wang came to bring hot water, along with a plate of tofu stewed meat that he could eat at home, and coarse grain steamed buns.Because of Li Da's unexpected return, he just took what he had.

For the man who just said stew, the man personally brought over a bowl of meat dishes.

In this way, Li Da's life went smoothly when he came back from the village, and he ate hot food directly, and some of them even listened to chatter before leaving.

"The prefecture and county have a lot of expenses, so Zhou Zhou did a small business, and he didn't stop day by day, so I would give a helping hand. Otherwise, Zhou Zhou would only go to buy water in the morning and go back and forth for two hours, and there would be no lunch. Empty to eat."

"But the expenses are covered, so it's okay."

What Li Da said was right, the big guy felt that life in the village was comfortable.

They went back after a while, and let Li Da take a rest if he had something to say.Li Da's meal was also finished, so the person who delivered the meal took it back, and Li Da didn't even need to wash it with his hands.

After lighting an oil lamp, Li Da scrubbed and went into the back room. Just now, his aunt helped him clean the room and there was no dust in the room, and the kang was on fire.

Li Da took off his clothes and fell asleep, still not used to it.

The next day, every household knew that Li Da had come back, and those who planted Li’s fields carried their things to the Li’s yard in person. There were peanuts, yellow rice, rice, and flour. They were not all ground into flour and rice because they were afraid of worms. shell.

Originally, it was said that it would be two fights, so naturally I gave more, and I also gave Li Da the vegetables grown at home.

It costs money to eat radishes in prefectures and counties. Who doesn't plant a few rows of radishes in their yard?How can I spend money to buy it.

"Uncle, this is my mother's pickled egg sauce, let me bring it here together."

"Two jars of pickled radish and sauerkraut." This is the person who gave the peanuts.I don't have much dry land, so I used to be reluctant to use it to grow peanuts, but this year I planted Li's field, and the peanut harvest is good, and selling it in the town is another good fortune.What's the point of sending two jars of dishes?

Almost everyone does.

Li Da was provided with food and drink in the village, Li Er also came to deliver things to his eldest brother, and Liu Huaxiang Guangzong followed, bringing a bowl of stewed chicken, at least half a chicken, and a large bowl of white rice.

"Brother, I know you don't want to go to my house to eat, I'll bring it to you, don't mind it." Li Er said beggingly.

Li Da said: "Understood." Without saying thank you.

Li Er was happy, the big brother said thank you to those who just delivered something, can the whole family say thank you?

Liu Huaxiang and Guangzong stayed here to help clean up, otherwise how would they load the mess into the car?Li Da then took the package and handed it to Guangzong, "Zhou Zhou bought it for brother Xing in the prefecture. It's a box of snacks and a piece of cloth. Guangzong, you can go and deliver it to your brother."

"Okay uncle." Guangzong took the package and left.

Liu Huaxiang is not greedy for Brother Xing's things, but just wants to see what the clothes in the prefecture and county look like. Her family Guangzong runs fast, as if she can catch Brother Xing's things.

When Guangzong arrived at Wang's house, he shouted for people as he entered. Brother Xing heard his younger brother's voice and came out to ask what's wrong, "What trouble did you cause again?"

"Why did I cause trouble again?" Guangzong didn't like it. He was already very sensible after he came back from the county. .”

Brother Xing was happy when he heard that, "Uncle is back? Is Zhou Zhou back?"

"No."

Brother Xing was a little disappointed, so he heard his younger brother say, "But uncle said, he will go back to the village for the Chinese New Year this year, saying that this is the root."

The elders in Wang's courtyard heard the two brothers talking, and now all the men are at home during the slack season.Brother Xing's father-in-law heard about it, and praised him: "Your uncle is right, he is from our Xiping village, and the root is in Xiping village, and he has not forgotten his origin when he comes back for the New Year."

Women don't care about what is worthless, they are all curious about what Zhou Zhou bought for Brother Xing.Brother Xing opened it and saw first a box of snacks, wrapped in a wooden box, it was a snack box, opened it to have a look.

Because Li Zhouzhou was afraid that the hawthorn cake would be smashed on the road, he wrapped it in cloth and put it on top of the cloth he bought.Although a few pieces were cracked and shattered, most of them were intact.

"It's still in the shape of a flower. I don't know how to do it. It's so beautiful." Xing Geer's mother-in-law said.

There are only nine pieces of cakes in total, and Brother Xing is happy to hold them in his hands, and let his mother-in-law and father-in-law taste them.This is for Brother Xing, the old couple are not greedy at this age, so they couldn't refuse to accept a piece and split it up for a taste, and gave the rest to the child's sweet mouth.

Brother Xing gave one piece to his sister-in-law and one piece to his younger brother.Keep the rest.

This flowery shape is matched with the production of the prefecture, and the Wang family is boasting to the sky.

However, the hawthorn cake in Fu County tastes better than those sold in the town.

After collecting the snacks, this is not on the cloth.Brother Xing unwrapped the wrapped paper, and just saw a flower, he couldn't take his eyes off, and said: "There are flowers on this cloth."

The cloth sold in the town is all the same color, and there are only a few kinds of dark and light ones. The jacket that Li Zhouzhou gave to Grandma Gu in Dongping Village was considered unique in color, but the one in Xingge’er’s hand is even more beautiful. .

It's not bright red or red, it's an indescribable color, a soft red, with darker peach petals on it, the five petals are gathered together and spread out, looking festive and beautiful.

Not to mention that Brother Xing hadn't seen it before, he couldn't take his eyes off of it, and so did Wang's mother-in-law and sister-in-law, who didn't dare to touch it, for fear of getting it dirty.

"That's a lot of money, right?" Although the cloth doesn't look like much, it's enough for a coat or a suit for Yuan Yuan.

Brother Xing doesn't know how much it is, he feels heavy and warm in his heart, he always felt that Zhou Zhou was not close to him, but he rushed to talk about it, but now he knows that's not the case, Zhou Zhou hasn't forgotten him, and he still thinks about him Think about him, and that's it.

People are complicated. At that time, Brother Xing was also bitter about Li Zhouzhou, but Li Zhou left on Monday and thought about it again. In the end, his friendship with Li Zhouzhou accounted for the majority.

Brother Xing didn't move this piece of cloth, he was not willing to sew anything for Yuan Yuan, and he was not willing to make it for himself. Later, he heard that Zhou Zhou was pregnant and had a body, so he moved to make it for Zhou Zhou's unborn baby. After wearing a small dress, the rest of the cloth started to move.

This matter is not mentioned now.

Li Da took his things and went to Dongping Village. The two villages are close. He walked quickly and walked there in a while. First, he went to Master Zhao's house and knocked on the door. A young woman opened the door, probably Zhao Ze. mother.

"you are?"

"I'm Gu Zhao's father in Xiping Village." Li Da was not polite, handed over the things directly, and said, "Zhao'er is studying in the prefecture and county. I know that your Zhao Ze is going to be a scholar. This is something he learned before. I'll come back this time to send it off."

Without waiting for a reply, Li Da left and knocked on the door of Yue's house.

When the people disappeared, Zhao Ze's grandma in the room asked loudly, "Who is it?"

"It's Gu Xiucai's father, here to deliver books." Zhao Zeniang handed the package to her mother-in-law.

Grandma Zhao Ze also muttered: "What is Gu Si doing here? You say the father of that family in Xiping Village."

Mrs. Zhao who came out of the room hurried over when he heard "send the book", opened it and saw that his eyes were moist for a while, "I didn't expect Gu Zhao to remember it, he still remembered the Zhao family."

Reading is not easy, not to mention paper and pen, the most expensive and rare resource is books.

Mrs. Zhao is old, and he knows that he cannot keep up with his knowledge, but his family is not rich enough to support Zhao Ze to study in the town. Now Gu Zhao sent books from outside, and some notes and theories that Gu Zhao himself copied. For the Zhao family, it is the treasure.

All internal organs now tell of 'moving', 'Gu Zhao is a good man', 'the benefactor of the Zhao family'.

Li Guihua at the other end was not like this. After receiving the package from Li Da, she couldn't help being overjoyed when she heard that it was from Gu Zhaorang. The Li family was still thinking about the Gu family, and it was not in vain that she gave money when the family left.

Then when you take it apart, a thin book?

Li Guihua didn't know any big characters, so she flipped through a few pages, "Is this gone? Just this one?"

Suddenly I felt angry, but Li Da had already left, and Gu Zhao was in the prefecture, so he couldn't hear the scolding, so he could only hold Gu Chen and gritted his teeth and muttered: "I knew that kid couldn't have any good intentions. Playing with me, it's better to have a son, Xiaochen is smart, and she will be promising in the future, so let your mother show off!"

As for the "Three Character Classic" enlightenment reading material, Li Guihua didn't know where to throw it out of sight and out of mind.