Chapter 136
Chapter 136
It's hot in the morning and afternoon, and it's only cooler in the morning and evening.
A lot of ice was stored on the mountain last year, and Mrs. Li decided to open an ice bank and put some in the house, so that she would feel very comfortable sleeping under the quilt at night.Brother Zhezi wished he could not sleep during the day and night, because he was afraid that Liu Yaoqing could not sleep well and would be disturbed by mosquitoes or something.
"Brother Zhezi, help me roll up my trouser legs." Liu Yaoqing wore a thin gown by herself, the material used was extremely thin silk, and it was extremely cool to stick to her body.
Brother Zhezi hurriedly put down his work and came over to help Liu Yaoqing roll up his trouser legs.
The originally slender calf could be grasped with one hand, but now it is swollen like a white flour steamed bun. A poke with a finger can make a small pit that heals quickly.
"My newly made shoes, try to see if they fit." Brother Zhezi took a pair of new straw sandals, inside were the inner lining that Li Shi sewed overnight, very soft.
It's different from what I usually wear, it's very loose, and there is a button on the top to hold my feet, so I'm not afraid of losing my shoes.Liu Yaoqing shook her legs, got off the kang and walked a few steps, "It's very suitable, brother Zhezi knows the size of my feet so accurately."
"I measured it with my hands." Brother Zhezi stretched out his hand to gesture, his hand was big, it looked like a cattail fan when he unfolded it, Liu Yaoqing put his hand on it, and it was a whole circle smaller.
The two of them went to the dining hall hand in hand to eat. The road was paved with stone slabs on the mountain. Someone had swept it clean and washed it with water. Liu Yaoqing didn't have to worry about getting his feet dirty when he stepped on it.
Mrs. Li got up before dawn, and specially made a table of Liu Yaoqing's favorite food, especially chicken feet, not to mention the trouble of removing the bones, and the cooking time is just right. , so Li's mother can handle it well.
The eggs are fried just right, and the yolk is still flowing, and it looks great when poked with chopsticks.
"I know you don't like egg yolks, so you can give them to anyone if you turn around." Mrs. Li pursed her lips and smiled, "I decided to set aside a place next to the shed and raised a dozen hens and one rooster. Brother Qing The eggs we eat are all brought from there, and this egg was just laid this morning."
"I don't like to eat egg yolks just now." Liu Yaoqing poked a little with chopsticks, but still finished eating the egg whites, and scooped the whole egg yolks into brother Zhezi's bowl with a spoon.
Brother Zhezi didn't dislike it, he swallowed it in one gulp, and gave Liu Yaoqing the egg white in his own bowl.
Liu Quanjin held back all morning and didn't dare to speak, if he did, it would make Liu Yaoqing unhappy, no need for others to rectify, even Mrs Li would have to rectify, he can't sleep on the kang at night.
It's nothing to work every day. The work in the greenhouse is actually not tiring at all, it's just a matter of getting through the day.When the family was not separated, Liu Quanjin was the strong laborer of the family, grasping the work in the field, exhausted every day, unable to breathe, and unable to eat good food, looking old and thin, now living on the mountain, eating food every day It's all good, I'm not tired from working, and I'm much younger again.
But even so, the Li family should rectify and rectify, no matter how many thoughts Liu Quanjin has in his mind, he can't resist.
Watching Liu Yaoqing take a bite here and there, and tell Brother Zhezi to eat the rest. In the end, he ate a bite of chicken leg meat, which Li Shi got up early to cook.With a cold snort, Liu Quanjin said: "Go and see your grandpa when you're full, I'll bring something over there."
"I have this plan." Liu Yaoqing took a sip of the soup and wanted to eat potato chips. He touched his stomach but didn't say anything. Otherwise, Mrs. Li would make it for him even if he didn't eat. "Bring some things from the mountain. Strawberries Bring more, my grandpa loves to eat, and send some pancakes and steamed buns..."
Liu Quanjin sighed, and he took care of the shed. There are special stewards at the pancake workshop, even if he can't go in and take it casually, it's up to Liu Yaoqing to decide.
Coincidentally seeing Liu Ergen and Liu Sangen, Liu Yaoqing asked them to help get things and go down the mountain together.
On the way, Liu Sangen looked excited, looked at Liu Yaoqing several times but hesitated to speak.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, how do you recognize the birth? What's the matter?" Liu Yaoqing said with a smile, "You two brothers have changed a lot, and you don't dare to recognize it even if you look blindfolded."
Liu Sangen was wearing the clothes uniformly distributed on the mountain. He was clean, his face was bleached, and his eyes were bright. He was a completely different person from the sad skinny kid from before.
"Brother Qing, there are many people who have promised me to kiss my brother." Liu Sangen said happily, "My brother said that we will kiss this year, and now he has been selected to practice as a steward... I am stacking pancakes in the pancake workshop, Su Big brother praised me for stacking well... My brother and I also planted a lot of wild raspberries this year, so we had no time during the day so we had to water them at night, and we went to the fields during lunchtime to have a look, and by the end of the year my family would be able to save a lot of money."
The little brother was chattering, and he didn't feel heavy while carrying the huge basket. He didn't shut up until he entered the gate.
"Just put it at the gate. Go back to work quickly, and I will give you bonuses later." Liu Yaoqing encouraged, "Work hard. If you can become a steward, the matchmaker must not break the threshold of your house."
Liu Ergen looks honest and honest, but he has a lot of eyes, and he can convince others in his work, otherwise he would not be trained in the direction of being in charge.
"Grandfather." Liu Yaoqing stood at the upper door and saw old man Liu lying on the kang.
Mrs. Li was still doing needlework in the house, and no one else was there.
"Brother Qing is here." Old man Liu got up slowly, looking much older than before going to Zhou's house, as if he had lost energy, and the clothes on his body were not new, they were still patched.
"I just came back yesterday." Liu Yaoqing helped Zhezi brother slowly enter the door, pointed to the gate and said, "I brought some things for grandpa, and you can ask grandma to clean up later. The strawberries are fresh, God It’s not easy to keep it hot, so I’ll eat today and tomorrow. What about Uncle Xiaobao and the others?”
"Not here." Old man Liu drooped his eyelids again.
In the past, there was always a plate of peanuts in the house, and Xiaobao ate it every day, but he had it every day.It was Liu Quanjin who worked so hard to squeeze it out between his teeth. Now that Liu Quanjin is gone, the work in the field can't be kept up. In addition, Xiaobao spent a lot of savings of the old couple on getting married. Now there is nothing on the table. Peanuts, and there are no snacks on the cabinet.
Originally there were a few good cabinets in the house, which used to be Li Shi's dowry, but were hinted by Li Shi, Liu Quanjin moved them here, but now they have been replaced with crooked crooked cabinets, which should be moved to Xiao Bao's house.
After looking around, the decent upper house has changed, not the ordinary poor.
"Grandfather, rest, I'm leaving." Liu Yaoqing sighed.
I live my life by myself, and I am what I want to be.
Old man Liu thinks every day that Liu Quanjin and Li's family will be treated like cows and horses, as if they are inferior to others at home, providing for him, Li's family, and Dafang's family. Becoming a big family is probably a dream for thousands of years.
"Call Xiaobao back, and make a meal at noon." Li put down her needlework and said.
"En." Old man Liu also got off the kang.
Mrs. Li was visiting outside and heard that Liu Yaoqing and brother Zhezi were going down the mountain, so she knew that they were appointed to deliver things.Guessing in his heart, Liu Yaoqing didn't need to see him when he left, so he came back in a hurry, saw Li Shi packing up his things, and hurriedly said: "Mother, I'll help."
"Go and call Xiaobao here." Li Shi said.
Seeing Li Shi's gloomy expression, Xiao Li rolled her eyes and withdrew her hands.
But before going to Xiaobao, Xiao Li went to Liu Quanfu first and told him to go home and search for something in the upper room.
Liu Yaoqing could have guessed these things without seeing them, and went to Uncle Liu's house with Brother Zhezi.
"Fifth Uncle." Liu Yaoqing also took some popcorn with her empty hands.
Fifth Uncle Liu didn't refuse to accept it, and greeted Liu Yaoqing to enter the house, hurriedly asked the woman at home to boil water, and said cheerfully: "Brother Qing came back yesterday, and I knew that he would definitely come today."
"That's right." Liu Yaoqing said with a smile, "Brother Shui is still outside, so I knew that Uncle Wu was worried. Now Brother Shui is in charge, and he is in charge of the number one person under his command, who has a reputation. This time, Brother Shui asked me to take care of him I sent the letter back..."
Uncle Liu Wu is Li Zheng, he can read a few words, and he can read letters without any problem.
"Fifth Uncle, I also want to ask, how is my grandpa's house?" Mrs. Li said inconveniently, and Liu Quanjin didn't know when he was on the mountain again. When he asked Old Man Liu and those people, there was no truth in his mouth, so Liu Yaoqing could only ask Liu. fifth uncle.
It's not a matter of showing family ugliness to the outside world, Liu Wushu has long regarded Liu Yaoqing as his junior, at this moment he sighed, a little hated that iron can't be made into steel.
"Your grandpa was a good farmer when he was young, and your grandma is good-looking, and she is one of the best in the village, but why are you getting more and more confused?" Uncle Liu sighed, "Recently... "
The old man Liu came back from Zhou's house, it was a big embarrassment.
The carriage broke down, and Mrs. Li didn't say anything, and it wasn't old Liu who could accompany her.But after returning, Mrs. Da Zhou had to quarrel several times a day. She didn’t want to eat whole grains and rice, but she liked to eat meat. But how could Mrs. Li cook meat for her? .
Xiaobao was also confused, and made a fuss with the Da Zhou family, and the two of them also made a big fuss, but they slept on the same kang at night, and they were all right again in the morning.
The Zhou family brothers kept saying that they were helping old man Liu, but they just said that they hadn't seen any action, and there was something else that old man Liu didn't know.He made the decision to ask Xiaobao to marry the Da Zhou family, which is a burden that cannot be shaken off.
It was Liu Quanfu who came up with a rogue way, instead of telling Da Zhou and Xiaobao to make trouble at home, tell them to go out to make trouble.
Everyone looked at Da Zhou's as a fool, unreasonable, and refused to let him in.
Fortunately, Xiaobao still has some playmates. Li Shi is afraid that he will suffer when he goes out, so he will always bring some good things for him, and he can also ask Xiaobao to have fun with others. Da Zhou sees that Xiaobao has delicious food, so he also follows. It's noisy outside.
Just like that, Old Man Liu was still asking around to see if there were any gentlemen with less Shu Xiu, and he also wanted to ask Xiaobao to study.
The villagers didn't say anything in front of their faces. After all, Old Man Liu was old and an elder.But behind his back, he almost laughed his teeth out, the old man Liu became more and more confused.
"Grandpa." Liu Yaoqing also sighed.
After leaving Fifth Uncle Liu's house, Liu Yaoqing went to several houses again, just to move her body, send all the letters there, and also take a look at the wild raspberries, whether they are well-raised or not, Liu Yaoqing will inevitably have to say something.
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