Before the last ray of sunshine ended, Zhu Yuanyu and the others came to a small village.

Before entering the village, the intermittent barking of dogs and the shouting of people could be heard in the distance.

An old man in short brown clothes with a hat on his head drove an ox cart and slowly caught up, his skin was dark, his face was full of the vicissitudes of time, but a pair of eyes were bright, I saw that he was holding a straw in his mouth, and said with some vagueness in his mouth: "Who are you looking for?" He saw Zhu Yuanyu and their eyes, thinking that they were here to kiss, and thought to ask clearly to help them lead the way.

This is an enthusiastic old man, Zhu Yuanyu thought so, and said with a smile on his face: "Old man, it's hard to walk when it's dark, is there a place in the village where you can stay?"

The old man nodded suddenly, and said, "There is no inn, if you don't dislike it, you can come to my house, there happens to be a vacant room......! There seem to be a lot of people, and I'm afraid that a room will have to be squeezed to fit in. ”

Zhu Yuanyu smiled and said: "Look at what you said, it's good to have a place to live, it's better than sleeping in the wilderness, but will it disturb you?"

"What's this, since you don't dislike the simplicity of the house, then come with me. Old man Li nodded, raised his whip and lightly hit the ox, drove the ox cart to lead the way, pointed in one direction and said, "My house is not far ahead." ”

Li Zhuangzhuang slowly drove the carriage behind.

After entering the village, cross the main road into the small road, and occasionally meet three or two croppers carrying hoes and slowly walking home, at this time Old Man Li will greet him warmly.

"It's so late!!"

"But no, I've been working in the fields for a long time, and I'm rushing home to eat! Uncle, are you coming back from the city?" someone replied with a smile, saw the carriage and asked curiously: "Uncle, are you a relative here?"

At the same time, he said in his heart, this carriage is strange and magnificent, at first glance, it is a rich and powerful person who can afford to sit down, where did the rich relatives come from?

Old man Li knew that he had misunderstood, and explained: "No, this is a guest who is staying overnight. ”

"Oh!" the man nodded.

Make a few small talks, because the different roads will all be scattered.

Before he got close to Old Man Li's house, there was a cheer from afar - Grandpa is coming home!

Before the sun set, Zhu Yuanyu saw a bare little kid running over, fell halfway and didn't cry, wiped the suspicious snot on his face, and quickly got up and ran again, the pigtails on his head swayed.

Old man Li shouted distressedly: "Don't run away, beware of falling!"

"Hey, don't run, don't run!"

"Hey!"

When the dog baby came to his eyes, his little face was already dirty, and he wanted Old Man Li to hug him, and all the snot and dust on his face was pasted on his grandfather, and Old Man Li didn't dislike it, and smiled.

"This is my little grandson. Old man Li smiled at Zhu Yuanyu, and said to the dog: "Dog, call people." ”

The dog baby shouted unequivocally: "Brother is so good-looking!" The black bright eyes stared at Zhu Yuanyu without blinking, and his fingers were still in his mouth to suck.

Qi Ao was jealous, and when no one saw it, he quietly glared at the dog baby.

The dog baby is worthy of being a dog baby, she has been naughty since she was a child, and she is not afraid of Qi Ao, but she pulled out her finger and grinned, revealing baby teeth the size of rice grains.

Cui'er saw that her heart was soft as a puddle of water, and she hurriedly took out a sugar grain made of maltose from her purse, only the size of a fingernail, which is usually a snack she uses for sweet mouths.

Seeing that she was going to give the dog baby candy, Old Man Li didn't stop it with a smile, put down the dog baby and ran into the house by him, because of the sugar in his mouth, the dog baby, who was already biting her tongue and not clear, spoke even more vaguely.

"Stuffed-stuffed-meat-time-"

"Meat at the time—"

Cui'er reluctantly took her eyes back from the two bouncing clumps of flesh of the dog, and the dogbaby who ran into the house escaped without knowing it, so as to avoid the ravages of her buttocks.

Old man Li's home is a large compound surrounded by several gray tiles and earth walls, and because it is a rural place, the yard is also relatively wide, and it is more than enough after putting down the ox cart and horse-drawn cart.

Hearing that a guest was coming, almost all the people in the Li family came out of the house.

Gouwa's parents Li Daniu and Chen, Gouwa's second uncle and aunt Li Erniu and Tao, the same parent's brother Goudan, and cousin Gouyu.

Later, Zhu Yuanyu learned that the dog's grandmother was sick and lying in the house, and there was an old uncle at home, so it was inconvenient to come out to meet guests.

Zhu Yuanyu secretly sighed, no matter what era, people are proud of having more children, especially in ancient times, the more men in the family is equal to the more labor, even if they fight with others, they are not weak!

Old man Li touched the brains of his three grandsons one by one, and said to his daughters-in-law: "When guests come to the house, prepare a few more dishes to entertain." ”

Tao secretly looked at Zhu Yuanyu's clothes, stepped forward with a smile and said, "Ouch Dad, you don't have a guest to tell us earlier, the rice has already been cooked, if you do it again, I'm afraid you will have to wait a little longer!"

"It's okay, eat and wait first, let's go!" Old man Li waved his hand, turned his head to Zhu Yuanyu and said, "Come, go in and sit." ”

Then he said to Chen, "Go and clean up the empty room, and the guests will rest there tonight." ”

Chen answered, turned around and cleaned up.

Tao secretly pursed her lips, turned around and walked to the kitchen, she didn't dare to disobey her father-in-law's wishes, don't look at her father-in-law's good man who smiles all day long, who doesn't know that he was also a powerful character when he was young!

Most of the rural people eat early, and most of them put a food in the yard before the sun goes down, and everyone eats together, but now that it is getting late, Old Man Li ordered the food to be placed in the house, and he also lit an oil lamp.

"It's all wild game from the countryside, don't be surprised if you can't get used to it!" Old man Li warmly greeted Zhu Yuanyu and they ate vegetables.

Zhu Yuanyu also said politely, he was not a picky eater in the first place, besides, who said that the food in the countryside was not delicious? In order to greet them, Old Man Li had made a mistake, and he also slaughtered two full-term steers raised at home.

The countryside is large, and the steers are free-range, and they do not eat feed, so the meat is extremely tender, and the mouth is full of the sweetness of chicken in one bite.

Li Zhuangzhuang also took a few mouthfuls of rice, and the sweet appearance of his meal made people have a great appetite.

In addition to meat, pesticide-free vegetables are also refreshing and sweet.

Everyone rarely spoke, only buried their heads in the vegetables, and the meat on the plate quickly decreased, and when the dishes were gone, the meal was finished.

Li Zhuangzhuang wiped his mouth and burped, exclaiming: "It's delicious!"

Zhu Yuanyu nodded and agreed.

Old man Li said happily: "That's good! That's good! I'm afraid you won't be satisfied!" 166 Reading Network