Li Jiaming's father is tall and big, but one blow after another has made his back a little hunched, and there are gray hairs hidden in his unkempt hair, and he looks a little old when he stands in front of the older second uncle.

After the sweaty father and the fourth uncle, who were also sweating profusely, came back to see the three brothers and sisters of Li Jiaming who were telling stories (listening to stories) without scrubbing.

"Yes yes (third uncle)"

"Oh, how is Ming?"

"Okay, the skull doesn't hurt or dizzy. ”

The father carefully looked at the scar on the back of Li Jiaming's head, and heard him speak clearly, and then saw a clean and refreshing little sister, touched his head and breathed a sigh of relief, and finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

"The third child, wash your hands and eat with your hands. ”

"Oh", the father turned to wash his face, walked to the door and turned around, "Second sister-in-law, is there still wine in the house?" ”

"That's not, it's a happy event that Ming Yan is good today, and I've been ready for a long time. ”

After a while, after the scrubbing was served, the father and the fourth uncle had already poured the bulk wine, and Li Jiaming also helped the aunt and sister to serve the rare white rice, in addition to a few vegetables on the table, there were also meat dishes such as steamed bacon, scrambled eggs, and fried river fish.

"Today is a great thing, Ming Yan is finally in danger, and he is more sensible. Well, and our sister Wen also dares to call someone, the third and fourth, let's have a drink!"

The second uncle raised his glass, his father and the fourth uncle touched him, and after drinking a cup, everyone began to eat with chopsticks. The little sister and the full sister ate the fragrant white rice that can only be eaten during the New Year, and they smiled brightly, and Li Jiaming also ate with a warm heart.

Adults drink and eat slowly. After Li Jiaming's three children finished eating, Manmei pestered him to listen to the story, the second uncle and the father didn't pay attention to the children's affairs, and the fourth uncle, who was drinking, listened to a few words and interrupted curiously: "Mingya, where did you hear that?"

Li Jiaming, who was talking about 'Alibaba', hurriedly replied: "Oh, what our teacher Wang said." After the class, Mr. Wang would sometimes tell us stories. ”

As soon as he heard that it was the teacher, the fourth uncle muttered, "The current teacher is much stronger than we were then, and he can tell the story of the gringos." ”

After the adults finished eating, the half-drunk father drank tea, waited for the sun to be less fierce, and was ready to lead the two brothers and sisters home, but the full sister, who had been captured by the fairy tale, pulled Li Jiaming and didn't let go, "The fifth brother will talk about one more, just one." ”

"Okay, let's talk about one more thing. Manmei, I only know so much, once I finish speaking, tomorrow there will be no more. ”

Man Mei bit her fingers and struggled for a while, and finally agreed: "Well, that's one, you can talk about it tomorrow." ”

Li Jiaming finished talking about 'The Fisherman and the Devil' vividly, and Man Mei finally let go of her hand and stopped playing tricks, and repeatedly advised: "Fifth brother, remember to come early tomorrow." ”

The second aunt next to her saw that her daughter could hear a story like this, and said with a smile: "Stupid (stupid), don't you want to go with the fifth brother? ”

As soon as the second aunt reminded her, the delicate Manmei immediately pulled Li Jiaming and walked out, "Fifth brother, I'll be a guest in your house, you have to tell more stories!"

A family, there are actually guests to say this, and several adults can't help but laugh.

Children are always easy to coax, and when they got home, Li Jiaming told a fairy tale again, and they coaxed Manmei and Xiaomei happily. Li Jiaming said a few more nice words, and instigated the delicate Manmei to tell it to other little playmates, and the little cousin took the little sister to find other little playmates to show off.

When Li Jiaming coaxed away the two little ones, his father, who had already walked around the house, pointed to the house that had become tidy, and said with a complicated expression: "Mingya, this is really done by you alone, didn't the second aunt help you?"

"Well, I with Wenwen all morning. ”

"It seems that you are really sensible. In the evening, I took my sister to the second uncle's house for dinner, and I went to help the fourth uncle cut down the tree."

The father sighed and confessed, touched Li Jiaming's head, put on a straw hat and took the long saw that made him a carpenter. The fourth child has to do (build) a brick house, and the trees at the gate and window have not been cut, so he has to take advantage of the time now to help him cut and dry, so that he can help him make the gate, window, and new furniture in winter.

After his father left, Li Jiaming went to clean up the attic again, and he didn't have the strength to tidy up the large things, but the dust on the ground and the cobwebs on the wall were still within his reach.

After sweeping a room, Li Jiaming went downstairs to see his little sister. After looking for a while, Li Jiaming finally found a few little people who were listening to Manmei's story under the eaves of Uncle Chuanmeng's house, and there was a cousin who was doing needlework next to him.

Li Jiaming walked away lightly and went back to cleaning. That's good, as long as these little ones like to listen to stories, they won't dislike the little sister, and the little sister will have a happy childhood.

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Just as Li Jiaming was humming a small tune and happily cleaning, his father, second uncle, and fourth uncle went to the mountain and saw the eldest uncle and aunt chopping wood on their own mountain. The four brothers said hello, the uncle and the aunt politely said if they wanted to help, but the subordinates continued to chop their firewood, and the second uncle was also used to seeing their style, so after saying hello, they went to the fourth uncle's mountain to find wood.

The mountain looks lush and green, in fact, the price of wood has been good in recent years, and the good fir wood has been almost cut. People in the mountains attach great importance to making a house, even if it is to build a small kitchen, it is a serious matter, let alone a big thing like a brick house.

The fourth uncle wanted to build a flat-roofed brick house, but the gate was not sloppy, and the door of the house was a human face, and it had to be made of the best cypress. The fourth uncle got married the latest and split the family the latest, how could he still get a mountain with a lot of good wood, even if there was a lot of wood in the past, there are only big wooden piers left, and the three of them picked up all over the mountain, and they didn't find two good cypress trees that were suitable.

The father glanced at his own mountain in the distance, and said without hesitation: "Fourth, go to my mountain and cut two, anyway, it's just a matter of one door." ”

The second uncle also hurriedly said: "The third one is out, and I am out of one." ”

The father hurriedly said: "Second brother, I still go out alone, and I don't have any money to give gifts to the fourth child, so I will give gifts." ”

"Whatever you want"

"Thank you, Third Brother"

Although the two good cypress trees are not easy to sell, they are also worth a lot of money, and the fourth uncle thanked him twice, and said dissatisfiedly: "Second brother, third brother, you said that everyone climbed out of the belly of a mother, why is there such a big difference? After graduating from junior high school and going to work, I didn't use a penny from my family, and I sent some money back during the New Year's holidays, but in the end, all the trees on my mountain were cut down by my eldest brother!"

The second uncle sighed and persuaded: "Forget it, don't talk about it." Your family is divided, and it's no longer interesting to talk about this. ”

The young and vigorous fourth uncle does not have the calmness of the two elder brothers, the eldest brother and sister-in-law's firewood stacks are piled high, and today they deliberately went up the mountain to cut firewood, isn't they afraid that they will cut down the trees in his mountain?

"It's not that I'm talking about it, the eldest brother and sister-in-law just want money and shamelessness, let alone any brotherly feelings. ……”

"Fourth, don't talk about it!"

The second uncle scolded him, and the fourth uncle shut up, followed the two brothers with his head down, and went to the mountains to cut cypress trees.