In the countryside, there is a habit of helpers, and relatives will come to help when a family does a happy event, but friends just give a gift, come to have a meal, and the main family only needs to be responsible for the food, and even the accommodation is for the relatives to go home by themselves, or borrow from nearby people.

Usually if people do red and white happy events, it is all lively and lively like the New Year, but the fourth uncle made a three-story small bungalow, but the scene was somewhat deserted. This is also something that can't be helped, the grandfather and mother-in-law of the Li family fled from Xiushui, and the three mothers-in-law married back from Xiushui, and the relatives are far away and move around less, even the clansmen on the Taigong's side rarely come and go, let alone the mother-in-law's side. Although several aunts are locals, and each family has some local relatives in the past ten or twenty years of weddings and funerals, but there are still fewer relatives than the authentic locals who have lived here for hundreds of years.

If there are fewer relatives to help, there will be fewer people, so the mother's family of the seven concubines will come to help, plus Uncle Chuanmeng, who rushed back from Xiushui all the way, they will do it together. To make a three-story brick house, there are four masons, two carpenters, and two steel master and mason, plus a dozen people who help pick bricks and mix mortar, not only a lot of manpower, but also a surplus.

Li Jiaming's uncle would kill pigs, and the people in the village would ask him to kill pigs during the New Year, and the matter of killing pigs naturally fell on him. But after the uncle disemboweled, he didn't take the pig into the water as usual and let the person who helped him clean it, but took out his cigarette, went to the thatched house, and motioned to Li Jiaming, who was passing by, to follow.

The two nephews entered the thatched house, and the uncle whispered in Li Jiaming's ear: "Let your second aunt call Kai Chengqiang's cousin, and then call your fourth uncle and Ye Ye (Dad)." ”

Chengqiang's cousin is the younger brother of the aunt, and he is also the uncle in charge of Zhang Luo, so he specially arranged for the uncle to help. Li Jiaming, who was awake, sighed in his heart, answered in a low voice, and hurriedly walked out of the thatched house as if nothing had happened, and went straight to the kitchen of the second uncle's house.

The second aunt was busy in the kitchen with a few aunts, Li Jiaming went over and pulled her sleeve, and said with a smile: "Second aunt, tell you something." ”

"What's the matter?"

The aunts who were busy all looked over, and Li Jiaming smiled as if he was inviting merit: "Good thing, you can just go and see it?"

The second aunt thought that it was the full sister who did the paper and got a full score, and scolded with a smile: "Don't you see that I'm busy?

Aunt Lianying, who was chopping vegetables next to her, quarreled with her second aunt, but she liked Li Jiaming, who was usually polite, very much, especially when he taught Mao Tong's grades from failing to 70 points, and he liked this sensible cousin even more. Seeing that Li Jiaming was so childish, Aunt Lianying joked: "Just take a look, if he teaches Man Mei well, you will give him a slap on the back of the head." ”

"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you!"

The second aunt's hand wiped a few handfuls on the apron, and followed Li Jiaming out of the kitchen, he saw that he avoided the eldest aunt, and continued to whisper with a smile on his face: "Second aunt, don't be silent." My uncle asked me to tell you that if you let your cousin Chengqiang go, it may be that there is something wrong with the pigs in the uncle's family. Well, you just tell Uncle Chengqiang and ask him to help you go to my house to get the cage window (drawer) to steam things. ”

"What?"

The second aunt's face immediately darkened, and Li Jiaming hurriedly whispered: "Second aunt, this is an ugly thing, you can't make a noise! So many relatives are doing happy things again, if my uncle makes a mistake, it will be even worse!"

Yes, the second aunt held back her anger and squeezed out a smile and walked to the place where the pig was killed, and Li Jiaming also turned around and ran towards the construction site. When he, his father, and the fourth uncle arrived at the barn where the pigs were killed, the cousin Chengqiang who had started the fight had already been separated by the second aunt, leaving only Mao Tong and their group of half-grown men who watched the excitement.

"Uncle Mother (the countryman calls it a relative, usually a child), thank you for your hard work. ”

The uncle, who had already begun to divide the pork, raised his head, pointed to the wooden bucket containing the pig's drainage, and said with a smile: "Chuantian, you came just in time, Chengqiang asked your second sister-in-law to call away, and you went with Chuanlin to help me wash the pig's belly sausage." ”

"Oh"

Li Chuantian, who was called over by his nephew from the construction site, faintly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly agreed, and walked away with Li Jiaming's father carrying a large bucket of pigs. The two came to the river, deliberately went to the remote river beach to clean the pig into the water, and looked at the dozens of catties of undigested pig (food) washed out of the pork belly, and the faces of the two brothers turned black.

Pigs sold in the countryside will be fed with water in advance, and the pig collectors will also delay the time, watching the pigs drain the manure before passing the scales, which is everyone's default convention. However, to do red and white ceremonies, the pig seller will not feed in advance, so as to facilitate the relatives or neighbors and acquaintances who buy the pig to clean the pig, which is also a tacit agreement that everyone has.

Who doesn't have a happy event? It is convenient for others today, that is, convenient for themselves in the future.

Dozens of catties of pigs were sold at the price of meat, and they were also sold to brothers of the same father and mother?

Li Jiaming's father is a calm person, and he is afraid that his younger brother will go back and make trouble with his eldest brother and sister-in-law on the spot, so he will let his relatives see the joke, and whispered: "Fourth, don't be silent when you go back, if you have anything to do after the house is finished and the relatives are gone!"

"I know, I only blame myself for not having a long memory. This is the last time to suffer, and in the future, my eldest brother's business, I will help Dog X!"

Li Chuantian also knew that the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so he replied in a muffled voice, and continued to wash the pork belly and intestines. Li Jiaming's father sighed and continued his work, no wonder the eldest brother arranged for his brother-in-law to help his brother-in-law.

When the two brothers returned home with the washed pigs in the water, Li Jiaming, who had a premonition, saw something strange on the faces of his father and fourth uncle, and also sighed secretly. If it weren't for the fact that he suddenly became excellent, and the fourth uncle promised to help his father pay off his debts first, maybe his uncle would not have made a noise, and this matter really made him unaware of it.

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There are many people, especially many masters, Li Chuantian's house was built very quickly, and it was completed in ten days, just waiting for the house to dry out in the next year. sent away the relatives who helped and the two steel masters, and the seven families ate at the second uncle's house as usual. Uncle and Uncle Chuanmeng are seven men, plus the eldest aunt and Aunt Hongying, and the second aunt is at a table with other concubines and a group of children.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was very weird, the full sisters and little sisters ate very sweetly, Li Jiaming and Mao Tong also talked and laughed, but several adults at the other table ate in silence.

The delicate Manmei, who is too reluctant to have the big fish and meat for ten days, and when she can't hold it anymore when she eats a small stomach, she may think that it will be difficult to have such a happy moment in the future, and begged the silent fourth aunt: "Fourth aunt, will you make a brick house next year?"

The eldest sister next to her glared at Manmei, and scolded loudly with a straight face: "White-eyed wolf with no conscience, is it easy for the fourth uncle and fourth aunt to make a house?

With a 'snap', the second uncle slapped the chopsticks on the table with a gloomy face, startling the aunt who just wanted to ridicule her, and the hall that was still lively just now fell silent instantly.

"Eldest sister, are you done eating?

"Ye yes (Dad)", the eldest sister just wanted to talk back, but Li Jiaming, who had already eaten and was about to get off the table, was in a hurry, grabbed a piece of fried tofu with his hand and stuffed it into the eldest sister's mouth, and said with a smile: "Second uncle, the eldest sister and we have all eaten." Big sister, let's go!"

'Ahem', the eldest sister who was swallowed coughed twice and just wanted to get angry, but when she saw the second uncle's gloomy face that could wring out water, she put down the dishes and chopsticks with a sense of humor, and hugged the little sister and the little sister who were scared white from the bench. Seeing this, the second aunt, Aunt Cha Ju and the fourth aunt also put down the dishes and chopsticks off the table, and even the hair and thin dogs who were usually used to the skin shrank their necks and put the dishes and chopsticks off the table, only the eldest aunt still had a 'sister-in-law like a mother', sitting next to the uncle without moving, and of course the eldest sister-in-law in the second room, Aunt Hongying.

A group of people went out of the hall and went straight to Aunt Cha Ju's house, even the usually stupid and bold Mao Tong and the thin dog followed the adults honestly, but the eldest sister wanted to stand in the sun-dried valley and listen to the movement.

'Ouch', the eldest sister's ears were twisted hard by the cold-faced second aunt, and after a painful exhalation, she became honest and followed her to Uncle Chuan's house.

"Such a big person, he is not sensible at all, it is better to be a fine man in Jiaming!"

The second aunt reprimanded in a low voice, which made the eldest sister aggrieved: "Ming Yan is called sensible?

'Hey, hey, hey', Li Jiaming, who was walking in the front and holding his two younger sisters, had no choice but to show a smirk that had become a signboard. When he smiled, the eldest sister felt even more aggrieved, walked a few steps and twisted his ears, and scolded: "Laugh and laugh, you are still laughing?"

The sharp pain in his ears made Li Jiaming shut up immediately, but the little hands that Man Mei and Little Sister were holding his hands tighter, which made him feel very warm in his heart, and he quickly clenched the little hands of the two younger sisters a little, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, the eldest sister is playing with my brother." ”

The moonlight was like water, shining on the little faces of the little sister who were a little scared, which made the eldest sister who was still scolding Huai scolding Huai softened just now, and quickly let go of the hand that was twisting Li Jiaming's ears, squatted down and hugged the two of them, and said softly: "Sister Man, Sister Wen don't be afraid, the eldest sister is joking with my brother." Mingya, laugh again!"

"Hey, hey", Li Jiaming laughed twice and whispered: "Is it good for us to tell stories, what stories do you want to hear?"

The two little guys hugged the eldest sister's neck without saying a word, and there was a look of fear on their faces, which couldn't help but make Li Jiaming's heart sour, and he talked about "Avanti" while walking.

"Once upon a time, there was a stupid emperor who dreamed that he was being ridiculed by the people, and when he woke up, he had three problems to prove that he was the smartest man in the world......"

The second aunt and the fourth aunt who followed behind didn't have the heart to listen, and the eldest sister who was holding the full sister and the little sister didn't have the heart to listen, only the two little ones were slowly attracted by the story, and the Jin Mei led by Aunt Cha Ju and the Gui Mei led by Aunt Lianxiang also listened attentively. When they got home, the four little ones had just finished listening to a story, and obediently followed him or their mother to brush their teeth, wash their faces, and go to sleep.

Li Jiaming also finished brushing his teeth and washing his feet, and when he arrived in the room where the full sister and the little sister lived, Jin Mei actually slept here. Regardless of the eldest sister's strange eyes, Li Jiaming pinched six small cotton balls and stuffed them into the ears of the three little ones, and sat on the edge of the bed waiting for the upcoming brothers to turn against him.

Hey, I'm about to participate in the competition, and I was too tired by Mr. Wang's question sea tactics some time ago. If I had thought about this, I would have told my uncle to drag it for two hours and then go to weigh the pigs. There is no big mistake in being careful, the uncle who is so deep in the city government can't be too careful.

Fortunately, the third brother and the fourth brother are both at school, and they can't see this ugly scene, otherwise how can they be embarrassed by the pride in their hearts?

Not long after, when the full sister and the little sister began to fight, there was a fierce quarrel from the second uncle's house. The eldest sister wanted to get up and go out, Li Jiaming grabbed her, and said in a deep voice: "Eldest sister, they are brothers and cousins, don't say it's a quarrel or a fight, and it's not our junior's business! Don't you have that qualification to go, don't you see that the second aunt and the fourth aunt are all at Aunt Chaju's?"

"You"

Regardless of the stupid eldest sister, Li Jiaming, who had a calm face, sat on the edge of the bed, guarding the three little ones who had begun to fall asleep, treating the growing excitement as floating clouds, and turning those quarrels, scolding, and persuasion as lullaies to sing to the three younger sisters.