Chapter Forty-Eight: The Unexpected
"Alas," after listening to Wang Guizhi's comfort, Fan Xiuman felt a little better, she thought that after all, it was Deng Lingchun who provoked them first, so she didn't feel guilty, "What you said is also true, she still scolds my daughter, and you must not spare her at this point!"
"Mom," Wang Guizhi was also moved when she heard Fan Xiuman say this, "Isn't she angry with you? Don't be angry, it's not worth it." ”
Fan Xiuman remembered the picture of Wang Guizhi standing up to defend her just now, and suddenly felt that this child was not in vain, so filial.
A few people talked and laughed, and the previous unhappiness was swept away, and another day passed.
The next day, the Li brothers were invited by Li Haoqiang and came over to help kill the sheep.
After all, they are brothers, and they have come through so many years of ups and downs, and the relationship is naturally very good, and the tacit understanding is also very good.
"Fourth, your sheep is good, where did you buy it?" The boss saw this sheep, fat and thin, and knew that it was very good.
Li Haoqiang replied with a smile: "I asked them to buy it in the vegetable market next door." ”
"How much is that? Such a good sheep should be quite expensive. The second child also asked.
"This sheep is three catties in total," Li Haoqiang honestly said the price, "I spent sixty yuan." ”
"Sixty yuan? It's so expensive," Brother Li looked at the sheep enviously, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva when he thought that he was going to have a mutton feast later, "Fourth, you've had too much of a rich year." ”
Li Haoqiang touched the back of his head embarrassedly, and smiled: "Our family has made some money recently, and I thought that it was the New Year, so I bought a sheep to celebrate." ”
"You make money from selling milk bars, to be honest, this milk bar tastes really good," the second brother of the Li family remembered that his child couldn't put down the milk bar, and was very satisfied, "Thank you for bringing us such a large number of milk bars, if you sell them, you will have to make a lot of money." ”
Li Haoqiang gave all his brothers a bag of milk bars.
"I heard that the attention of this milk bar is still from your daughter," the boss pushed his elbow against Li Haoqiang's chest, and there was a sour meaning in his tone, "You girl is really good, you really picked up a treasure!"
"It's just that, it's like the bastard boy in our family, who knows every day to ask us for money. The second brother of the Li family thought of his unsuccessful son, and his face became bitter.
"Fourth brother, how do you want us to help?" it was Li Zhiye who interrupted their conversation.
He felt that he was really ashamed of Li Haoqiang's younger brother. Li Zhiye didn't expect that he looked like a daughter-in-law who was quite well-behaved but a little lazy, but in front of his brothers, he looked arrogant and commanding, and he didn't take Li Haoqiang and them seriously at all, not to mention taking a lot of advantages, and bullying their wives and daughters.
Li Zhiye trembled with anger when he thought about it.
"Let's divide the labor and cooperate," Li Haoqiang knew that yesterday's incident made Li Zhiye very uncomfortable, but Li Zhiye was a man after all, and it was not easy to say this clearly, so he could only pat him on the shoulder, "Let's cut the sheep first, one person will handle the wool, one person will handle the blood, one person will deal with the mutton, and I will deal with the internal organs." ”
As soon as these words came out, the Li brothers all agreed, after all, it takes half a day to clean a sheep!
Just do it, several brothers of the Li family began to move, some were removing wool, some were washing sheep's blood, some were making mutton, and some were washing the internal organs, they didn't talk for a while, they did their work seriously, and there was also a smell of sheep in the yard.
And Fan Xiuman and Wang Guizhi also worked in the house, but they were both women, and Fan Xiuman was not in good health, so they only asked them to do some work that was not heavy, such as boiling water and mixing sauces.
Rao is Li family brothers division of labor and cooperation, the efficiency is much higher than one person, and it took them about four hours to clean the sheep.
Fan Xiuman and Wang Guizhi got the cleaned sheep and immediately made a whole sheep feast. What kind of lamb chops, mutton hot pot, roast mutton, all done. Wang Guizhi also fried a few vegetarian dishes that she was good at, all of which were ingredients she took from the family's fields.
Due to the large number of people, they ate at separate tables. There are several brothers at one table, while Wang Guizhi and Fan Xiuman are at one table with children. As soon as they brought the food to the table, a small hand began to pick up the mutton.
"Xiaolong, have you washed your hands," Wang Guizhi was about to stop when he saw this, "You have to wash your hands before you can eat!"
Deng Lingchun didn't come over because of yesterday's incident, but the two children came. Li Song is more honest and well-behaved, and it is understandable that he was brought over. And Li Long is also there, thinking that part of yesterday's incident broke out because he casually used his hands and feet to take their family's things.
The mutton feast made the two children greedy, just desperately stuffing it into their mouths, eating and eating, Li Long held the leg of mutton in one hand, drank the drink in the other, and the corners of his mouth were stained with oil, he said: "It's delicious, but it's a pity that my mother didn't come, and she refused to come over for such a delicious meal." ”
When Li Song heard this, he opened his mouth and said, "I went to call my mother today, but my mother was lying on the bed and didn't speak, and I didn't know what was going on." ”
Li Long listened, paused, his face showed a look of "only I know", and he said: "Brother, you don't know, I saw my parents practicing in the room yesterday!"
"How do you know it's a practice?" Li Song thought it was a lie that Li Long had made up to deceive him.
"My dad told me," Li Long swallowed a mouthful of meat before continuing, "Dad and Mom used all kinds of martial arts in the room yesterday, and in the end my mom cried for a long time, I guess my dad is not reconciled to lose." ”
Wang Guizhi listened to the two children chatting and was very happy. She is not a child who is not so easy to deceive, she knows that Deng Lingchun and Li Zhiye are not practicing martial arts, but Li Zhiye is beating Deng Lingchun.
Wang Guizhi saw that Li Long was still eating in his mouth, and he still kept talking, so he frightened: "Your father just told me, if you eat and talk, let me tell him, he will find you to practice tonight!"
When Li Long heard this, he immediately trembled with fright, and didn't dare to speak anymore, for fear that he would be caught by his father and taken to practice. He knew he couldn't win against his father.
At this meal, Li Haoqiang and his brothers drank while eating, and talked about the previous troubles by the way. I ate this until the afternoon. After they finished eating, they all packed up and went home with a little mutton given to them by Fan Xiuman.
After sending off the Li brothers, Wang Guizhi and Fan Xiuman began to clean up the house again. It is said that cleaning can sweep away bad luck.
When Wang Guizhi was wiping the table, he heard Li Haoqiang's cries, so he called Fan Xiuman over. The two of them were stunned by Li Haoqiang's snoring, and finished cleaning while holding back a smile. Their house was not large, but it happened to accommodate the three of them.
None of the three of them spoke, but they could all feel how warm the house was. Since Wang Guizhi came back, he has added a lot of popularity to his family. Fan Xiuman only felt that she would not dare to imagine this kind of day in six years. But the thought that they would have a long, long time to spend with their daughter in the future, the corners of her eyes couldn't help but moisten a little.
In the blink of an eye, this day has reached the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and according to local customs, it is time for them to steam steamed buns!
Early in the morning, Wang Guizhi and Fan Xiuman began to get busy. One of the two women made noodles, the other boiled water, and there was talk and laughter.
"Let me tell you, there are still people ...... next street" Fan Xiuman hasn't chatted with others for a long time.
She can only say a few words when she goes to the vegetable market, and in recent years, her health has not been good, and she has gone less and less. And Li Haoqiang doesn't care about other people's affairs, and she can't say anything to Deng Lingchun and Fan Qiaohe.
Now that the girl is back, Fan Xiuman can talk to her about gossip.
"Mom, after the steamed buns are steamed, let's fry some more fritters," Wang Guizhi was also in a very good mood, "I want to eat that kind of crunchy!"
"Good, good. ”
How could Fan Xiuman not agree to her?
Wang Guizhi later made a lot of delicious food, such as fried dumplings, rice cakes and so on, all of which she learned in the south in her previous life, which surprised Fan Xiuman and Li Haoqiang, two northerners.
They had been busy for days, and they had another big meal.
After eating, Fan Xiuman and Wang Guizhi chopped dumpling stuffing in the house.
"Mom, you're not well, go and rest for a while. Wang Guizhi saw Fan Xiuman's tired expression, so she drove her to rest and started working alone.
And Li Haoqiang had nothing to do, so he followed Fan Xiuman to take a nap.
In the afternoon, Li Haoqiang and Fan Xiuman were woken up by a burst of fragrance.
They swallowed their saliva and got up to see what was so fragrant that it could wake them up. When they came to the kitchen, it turned out to be Wang Guizhi. She used the dumplings left over from last time, and as soon as they were cooked, there was a smell of mutton.
"Dad, Mom, you're up," Wang Guizhi was also very happy when he saw the two of them getting up, and let them taste the bowl of dumplings, "How about tasting this dumpling." ”
Li Haoqiang and Fan Xiuman both tasted one and found that the taste of this dumpling was unexpectedly good.
"My daughter is really capable," Li Haoqiang looked at his daughter with satisfaction and boasted, "This is even better than what a big restaurant makes." ”
After Wang Guizhi finished his work, he brought all the dishes, and when the three of them were about to have a full meal, the doorbell rang.
"Who? it won't be Deng Lingchun," Fan Xiuman felt bad when she thought of her, "Usually only she would come over at this point." ”
"I'll go and see, if it's really her, I'll just drive her away. Li Haoqiang got up and went to the door.
He opened the door, only to see an unexpected person.
"Xiao Li, long time no see. The old leader greeted him with a smile.