"It smells so good! Mom, I'm hungry! Tao Tao ran into the house with a cigarette, sniffed, yelled loudly, and circled around the big table where the dishes were placed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Go, wash your hands!" Li Manman grabbed the little dirty hand that was about to catch the braised pork, and slapped it in disgust, "Look at your dirty bala, it's like a flower who wants to eat!" ”

"You have to take care of it!" Taotao rubbed her beaten hands and complained in her throat, "Mom, my sister beat me!" ”

"Da Hong, what are you bullying your brother again?" Lin Xiujuan reprimanded in the kitchen, and didn't even stick her head out of the kitchen.

"Why!" Li Manman glared at the complainant with hatred and retorted, "He didn't wash the mud in his hand, so he reached out to grab the meat!" I told him to wash his hands, and he was still arguing! ”

"Xiaotao, go wash your hands! You go down to the ground and dig the eel cave again, right? There is a snake in that cave, and if you bite it, it will not be light! Lin Xiujuan walked to the living room with a plate of dishes, counting Taotao.

"I'm going to wash my hands!" Taotao hurriedly ran to the washbasin.

"Taotao, where's my dad?" Li Manman asked strangely, it is said that when Taotao comes back, Dad should also come back, there should be nothing to do this morning!

"Dad talks to the old lady in the west, I'll come back first!" Taotao washed his hands and said casually.

"The old lady in the west is also pitiful, probably trying to pick up her grandson again!" Lin Xiujuan sighed and said.

Li Manman knows about the old lady's family in Xitou, a few years ago her family was still a happy family, the old couple was healthy, the son graduated from middle school, took a beautiful daughter-in-law, and gave birth to a big fat grandson in the second year, but the good times did not last long, just like hitting the evil, first the son had hemorrhagic fever, and died before he could be treated, and then less than a month, the old man also had the same disease, and went to find his son, and the good family was left with old and weak women and children, and the daughter-in-law who was in her youth guarded for a year, With the baby who still doesn't remember to remarry, a prosperous family is only the old lady alone, in recent years her only wish is to bring her grandson back, but the daughter-in-law is young and can't do without the mother as the reason for refusal, the brigade has also come forward for this, but on the one hand, there is a mother with the ability to work and good living conditions, on the other hand, the grandmother is old and has a low ability to work. So they all persuaded the old lady to wait for the child to be older, but maybe for the old lady, the grandson is the only hope in her later life, and she is very stubborn. However, Li Manman knew that at least the child named Li Yuanji would not come back in the past two years, and it was about the year after tomorrow that he came back to school, and he never left, married a wife in the village and gave birth to two sons, and the old lady could also live, until Li Manman went to college and basked in the sun with his little great-grandson on his back!

"I think the old lady in Xitou shouldn't be obsessed with her grandson now, but should get the family in order, and when her grandson comes back, she can live a good life!" Li Manman lowered his head and said with a plate of dishes.

"Isn't she afraid of coming back? That's the only seedling in his family! Lin Xiujuan rushed into the cabinet and took the cup out.

"Why don't you come back? Will be back for sure! Li Manman saw Taotao playing with water again, and the water in the basin was everywhere, walked over, took the basin away, and poured the dirty water that had been washed under the hibiscus flowers.

"How do you know you're going to be back?" Lin Xiujuan took the cup to the pressurized water well to clean it, and asked her daughter curiously.

"What do you think, Da Ji is a boy, not to mention that he will marry a daughter-in-law in the future, he will still go to school in two years, so does his stepfather have to pay for the tuition? I've heard that his mother has a son again! Li Manman looked at his mother seriously and explained.

"Oh, that's true! That's not a low tuition fee! Three dollars for the first grade! By the fifth grade, it will cost more than a dozen! Lin Xiujuan thought about it along her daughter's train of thought, muttered, looked at her daughter's smug face again, and tapped her daughter's head with her wet hand, "You can!" Go get the liquor and sherbet out of the cupboard! When your dad comes back, it's time to eat! ”

Li Manman wiped the water from his forehead, pouted, ran into the living room, and took out white wine and sherbet.

After sacrificing the prince of heaven and earth, the family sat around the big table, ready to eat, Taotao sat in his place early, his little eyes stared at the big chicken leg tightly, just waiting for his father to say that the banquet would start.

Li Manman poured wine for his parents, poured sherbet into the cup for himself and his younger brother, took a deep breath, and looked at this big table of dishes with satisfaction: in the middle is the old rooster roasted dumplings in a large basin, the authentic farmhouse free-range rooster, which will be a famous dish "roast chicken" in later generations, the rooster in the overcrowded roast chicken restaurant is not necessarily the real farmer's free-range rooster, this table is a fake rooster with steamed dumplings, it is a custom here, The dumplings in the chicken are actually more delicious than the chickens, Li Manman's family are all goods who love to eat dumplings, and when they come back to eat up the dumplings, there are still a lot of chickens left! Next to the roast chicken, there are crucian carp stewed tofu, braised yellow eel, braised eggplant with pork belly, braised pork, fried chili pepper with small green shrimp, minced meat and beans, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, minced garlic water spinach, cucumbers, and steamed pumpkin with osmanthus honey. This table of dishes is not bad in the future generations, it can be seen that the economic conditions of their own family have really improved a lot in the past half a year, even the mother who has always picked the door has generously prepared such a large table of dishes, but speaking of this big table really didn't cost much, only the meat is bought, the fish and shrimp and yellow eels are caught by Li Manman and his younger brother, autumn is the time when the yellow eel is fat, the children in the village like to go to the field to lay the yellow eel cage, Li Manman's yellow eel cage is not much, there are only a dozen, but basically every day there is a harvest, There are also people who come to the village to collect yellow eels, and they can earn a little money.

"This is my chicken leg!" Li Manman was immersed in reverie, and suddenly his chopsticks were hit, and he saw Taotao pouting, staring at himself, his little eyes were full of condemnation, and he looked at his chopsticks again, and it turned out that he had stretched out his chopsticks to the chicken leg that Taotao had coveted for a long time. In fact, Li Manman doesn't like to eat chicken legs, she likes to eat chicken feet the most, but seeing that her brother has to let him all day long, she urged her to clamp the chicken legs together: "Whoever gets it first eats it first, I got it first!" ”

"Don't you like to eat chicken feet? Why are you eating my chicken legs! Taotao was reluctant and shouted loudly.

"Xiaotao, be polite! When eating, don't shout! Don't steal anything from anyone! Li Tianxue glanced at his son and said, "What about the two chicken legs, you can't eat them alone!" ”

"Da Hong, don't tease your brother! Don't make him cry for the holidays! Lin Xiujuan glared at her daughter.

Li Manman saw that Taotao's eyes were red, and he knew that if he was teasing, he might really squeeze the little fish roe, and when the time came, his parents would teach the two of them a lesson, and it would be worth the loss.

Pick up the chicken leg and put it on the plate in front of Taotao: "Here you go!" Teasing you, you're serious! Cheapskate! It's still a man! Next time, be a man in front of me, see if I don't laugh at you! ”

Taotao sniffled, looked at the chicken leg in front of him, and then looked at his father who was sipping wine, pouted, and said to Li Manman: "I don't eat alone!" You eat! I'll eat the other one! ”

Li Manman glanced at Li Tianxue, although his father was still sipping wine calmly, but the corners of his mouth were curved, Lin Xiujuan's performance was obvious, and she smiled and sandwiched a large piece of braised pork for her son.

"I don't like to eat chicken thighs, it's all meat, Bandengden, you like to eat it, eat it quickly!" Li Manman sandwiched a chopsticks and steamed dumplings, and said disdainfully to the chicken leg picked up by Taotao.

"Humph!" Taotao was unhappy, and her temper also came up, and she took a bite of the chicken leg, "Don't eat it!" Good intentions are not rewarded! ”

"That's it! Eat fast! Do you want to wear torches in the afternoon? Lin Xiujuan stopped the two children's bickering, and gave the two children a chopstick tomato scrambled egg, "This is sour, it's appetizing!" Eat more! ”

"After eating, Da Hong went to ask your grandmother, you can come here at night!" Li Tianxue instructed Li Manman.

"Got it!" Li Manman nodded, "By the way, Dad, do you want me to take Xiao Yongzi to make torches at night?" ”

Li Tianxue thought for a moment and said to his daughter: "Forget it, you can take Taotao with you!" Xiao Yongzi is too small, and the torch is too dangerous. You take the children of the village well at night, and you are not allowed to fight with anyone! Don't burn the weeds on the side of the road! ”

Li Manman nodded: "Got it!" We just played at the entrance of the brigade department, and we didn't go anywhere else. ”

Li Tianxue did not instruct his daughter in vain, because every year on the night of August 15, because the children were lighting torches, there were several fires, and the most serious one even caused severe burns to one child.