Chapter 14
"Grandpa and grandma!" the three siblings shouted in unison.
"Hey! I'm here, sit down! Have you finished your work at home?" Grandpa Li said.
"We're almost busy. Are you in good health? I brought you some food. You can tell me what else you need." Father Li replied.
"It's all pretty good. We'll have to go back for a while. You'll be watching at home."
"Who asked you to come? Don't keep a guard at home!" Grandma Li cursed angrily.
"I know, I'll go back later. If you want me to pick it up, I'll bring you a letter."
Li Ergu and Li’s mother were cooking in the corridor: “Sister-in-law, please help me watch the fish in the pot. I’ll go out to cook some meat and vegetables.”
Li Ergu went to the restaurant to make a pot of braised pork, and bought 15 steamed buns and a pot of rice.
Those who came back together were Hu Er's uncle, three cousins and one cousin.
"Fourth uncle and fourth uncle!"
"Second uncle, cousin, cousin."
After a rush, the cousins greeted each other and started setting up a table to have dinner.
A pot of pickled fish, a pot of braised pork, a pot of cold cucumber, a pot of egg soup, steamed buns, and white rice.
There was a very sumptuous lunch, and there was a full table of people. Uncle Hu Er, Grandpa Li and father Li poured a glass of wine in front of him, tasted it slowly, and chatted about homework.
Uncle Hu Er: "Fourth brother, how is the family's grain output this year? Look at you, you have sent my family food again. How many children do you have in your family? It's too much money to grow up!"
Father Li: "Isn't this your parents here this year? So I'll send more food. Besides, now the food is purchased with tickets, and you also have a fixed quota. Now, the public grain has just been paid in the countryside, and some families still have a lot of food. It depends on whether you want it? If you want it, I'll look for it for you."
Li Ergu: "I want 300 kilograms of wheat, 100 kilograms of rice, and 100 kilograms of cornmeal. Then I will get some defective products and wait until Xiaoyan is on holiday, we will go back together."
Father Li: "Okay, there is a fish for my elder sister. If you send it to her, I won't go."
When I got home, it was already the afterglow. I closed the door and started counting and harvesting: a bottle of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, a pound of lamp oil, a pack of candles, two toothpaste, six toothbrushes, ten books, ten pencils, two packs of white sugar, two packs of brown sugar, two lunch boxes, one clam oil, one iron alarm clock, one flashlight, two pairs of batteries, one cotton cloth, one hot pot, one ear-deficient iron pot, five towels, two washbasins, and two enamel cups.
Li Ma: "Don't there be a pot at home? Why did you buy it again?"
"I helped my colleague take care of it." After packing up the things, Li Xiaoyu remembered that the bucket and wooden basin at home were still in the space, so she quickly sneaked out and released it.
After dinner, washing and resting, before going to bed, he memorized three secret recipes, circled around the ground, patrolling the fish in the river, and Li Xiaoyu was satisfied and went out of the space to sleep in seconds.
When I exercise in the morning, I also follow the same method, but it is no longer awkward and has a sense of smoothness.
Li Jicheng: "Dad, I feel my strength has become bigger."
Li Chengyi: "So, I think I can lift a large bucket of water now."
"I also feel this way, maybe it's because of practicing martial arts! Practice more, maybe you will become a master!"
Li Xiaoyu said to herself: You are talking nonsense, it is clearly Jing Shui's credit, and I have hidden merits and fame.
When she got home, Li's father secretly gave Li Xiaoyu the pot and asked her to put it away.
Li Xiaoyu said to Li's father: "Old man, give me two more pots, and you need to make more snakeskin bags, chicken coops, and chicken pens. It's better to make some quilts or something. Anyway, you can get some things that can be used at home. And, let's have a few big jars and baskets! Don't forget my fruit trees and piglets."
Life passes through the trivialities of every day, and it enters the hot July. Li Ma sees the sky working in the ground without stopping.
Li Chengji officially became a primary school graduate. Since both brothers were on holidays, the housework at home was also taken over by his two brothers.
In July, the rice flowers are fragrant and the frogs are croaking. On a hot night, it is a good time to take a look at eels.
Li's father occasionally took the children to the ridge to take pictures of eels while enjoying the cool air. He also saw a few waves of other villagers on the ridge, and everyone tacitly avoided them in advance.
A flashlight, a tong, and a wooden barrel. Simple tools will always bring back a few eels, which will become a rare meat for the family.
Eel, also known as eel, lives in mud holes in paddy fields. The meat is tender and delicious, rich in nutrition, good taste, and has the effects of replenishing qi and blood, nourishing the liver and kidneys. It is a nourishing food that is very suitable for consumption in summer and autumn.
Li Xiaoyu sat bored at the gate of the yard. The weather was hot and she didn't like to go out. She didn't want to play with her friends. She really felt like an old aunt's heart. She looked at her friends playing hide-and-seek and playing house, and she felt so childish.
Can't afford to play! Can't afford to play!
A jeep drove into the village, attracting the pursuit of a group of children and attracting the attention of some adults. The car parked at the gate of the yard and was surrounded tightly before the people in the car got out.
If there are bold children, they will come forward and touch them a few times, and the timid ones will just look at them from a distance timidly.
Getting out of the car was Grandpa Li and Grandma Li, as well as Li Ergu, Hu Ergu, and Li Xiaoyan.
Several villagers greeted Li Ergu and Hu Ergu enthusiastically, chatting and laughing, hoping to make a familiar face.
Li Xiaoyu: "Grandpa and grandma, second aunt and second uncle, eldest sister!"
Li Xiaoyu ran up happily and supported her grandparents: "Grandpa and grandma, I'll support you."
Grandpa Li smiled, and Grandma Li glared at her: "Where is your mom? Come and ask her to come out to entertain the guests quickly."
"My mother is still working in the field and will come back later. Then I will call her back."
"Go quickly!"
Li Xiaoyu rolled her eyes to the sky. She was such an unpleasant old lady.
He called Li Ma back and found two brothers by the way.
Li Dada's family came after hearing the news, and Li's second father's family filled the main hall. When Li's mother saw it, she hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.
"Xuehua, go and boil some water, and then cook the whole family's meal. It's rare for the whole family to get together and we'll eat here tonight." Grandma Li shouted to Mama Li.
Li Ergu handed a piece of meat: "Sister-in-law, I'll bring a knife of meat, you can cook it."
Li's mother took the meat into the kitchen, looked at the empty kitchen with a frown, and sighed and ordered her two sons: "You go to your own land to see, pick up any food you can eat."
Li Xiaoyu: "Second brother, let's go get some fish. There is no food at home, otherwise my mother will be scolded again."
Li Chengji nodded in understanding: "Brother, go to the private area to pick some garlic sprouts, cucumbers, vegetables, and celery. My sister and I went to the river to see if we could get some fish back. Tell mom and we will be back in a while."
Li Xiaoyu and Li Chengji took the bucket and sneaked to the river to find a place where no one was. Li Xiaoyu released two five-pound grass carp and sat on the side of the road waiting for Li's father to go home.
"If you two don't go home, why are you doing this?"
"Dad, we are waiting for you!" Li Chengji replied.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong at home?"
"Old man, how do you know?"
"Haha, because I am your dad!"
Chapter completed!