Chapter Twenty-Three: Worry
Li Niang, who has only drunk water and medicinal juice in a day, is holding the rice bowl at the moment, trying to control herself not to be too ugly.
On the side, Shubai hugged the sleepy Qingyuan, his mouth opened and opened, and he wanted to say to Li Niang not to go to Xianzhuang to work at night, it was too dangerous, but he also understood that he could only think about it and not say it, and the gods carried the work, only people dismissed and did not resign themselves, alas......
Brother sighed, Li Niang heard it, and knew what the brother was worried about as soon as her mind moved, so she quickly swallowed the food in her mouth, and said with a smile: "Brother, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm strong enough to kill a tiger, I'm not afraid of a small insect, and there is a thick cloud wall around it, it's not easy for insects to come in, you can rest at ease, tomorrow will be the annual exam." ”
Shubai smiled, "Look at your little arms and legs, you don't even dare to kill a chicken, and you even kill a tiger." ”
"That's when I was young, but now it's different, I have a lot of strength, I don't believe that when my brother passes the exam, I will kill a chicken to comfort my brother." Li Niang picked up the rice bowl again, she was really hungry, she felt that she could eat a whole tiger, well, you can't tell my brother this, otherwise I will be laughed at again.
Tomorrow is the annual exam, in order to let my brother get enough rest, this night Li Niang took Qingyuan back to her room to sleep, placed the baby well, closed the door, Li Niang turned around and went to Xianzhuang.
She's in a hurry, she's not in Xianzhuang all day, I don't know if there will be any more bugs.
The small world of fairy rice is quiet, the wind comes from nowhere, it is very cool on the face, or the green rice waves are undulating, and there is an attractive fragrance in the air.
Li Niang swallowed her saliva, her wildly beating little heart slowly calmed down, there were no insects, everything was the same as before she left, the water level in the field had dropped again, pick up water, don't think about anything, work is important.
After picking up the water, the insects didn't come, and when Li Niang was flipping through the dried fish and vegetables, she suddenly thought, could it be the smell of these things that attracted the insects?
Once this thought was born, it lingered in my heart, and it could no longer linger, but fortunately, the dried fish and vegetables were also dried, so they all packed up and went home, and everything that might attract insects was removed, except for Xiandao.
Xiantian was severely short of water, and the workload increased, and when Li Niang finished everything, the sky was bright, and she hurriedly lit a fire to cook.
The two noodles mixed with cornmeal and gray flour were sent last night, steamed steamed buns this morning, and I had to prepare my brother's meal in the examination room, and the side dishes were stewed cucumber strips and fried dried fish, these foods were either raised by Tianting water, or soaked in Tianting water, which was particularly delicious and not easy to spoil.
Boiled ten more eggs, left two for Qingyuan, and the rest for the elder brother to take away, the water bladder was also filled with pure Heavenly Court water, today is a special day, we must let my brother keep his vigorous energy all the time, and the effect of Heavenly Court Water to refresh his mind is particularly good.
After the book got up, I found that everything was ready, that is, the steamed buns were too big, and the water bladder was not very compliant, and there might be some trouble in dealing with the inspection in the examination room, and the steamed buns would be broken by the yasmen, which didn't matter, it could be eaten if it was broken, and the water could not be poured, and the water prepared by Li Niang must be good water, which had to be replaced with a bamboo tube.
Shubai took a covered bamboo tube from his room, cleaned it and poured the water in the water bladder, and that's it, the official generally ignores you at a glance.
Brother said in detail, Li Niangchang has seen it, it turns out that the examination room is so strict, and I will know how to do it next time.
Today is still renting Li Daniu's car, he came to pick up people early, Li Niang opened the door and invited him in to have breakfast with Shubai, he resolutely refused, saying that he had eaten at home, and eating again would break his stomach.
When it came to this, Li Niang had no choice but to give up, so she poured a bowl of cold white for Li Da Niu to drink, and the book white was three times five divided by two and ate eight points full, so she hurriedly said goodbye to her sister, and carried the exam basket to the ox cart to the town, the county government of Jinshui County is in Jinshui Town, and the examination room is also there, which is still more convenient.
Thinking of her promise to her brother, she locked the door and took Qingyuan to the village, looking for Li Daniu's daughter-in-law Jiang to buy a chicken.
Tomorrow is the festival, the atmosphere in the village is also up, the air is wafting with the fragrance of zongzi, as well as the smell of fried meat, the little babies are very excited, play at the door for a while and then run home to steal some food.
Qingyuan also began to bite his fingers, and shouted glutinously: "Second sister~~~"
"Qingyuan also wants to eat meat?" Li Niang pulled Qingyuan's fingers out of her mouth, saw him nod vigorously, and smiled, "Let's buy chicken, and eat fragrant chicken legs for Qingyuan at night, eat two, okay?" ”
"Good!" Qingyuan responded loudly, in fact, he didn't know what the chicken leg tasted like at all, he hadn't eaten chicken leg when he was so big.
Li Duoer took her five-year-old brother Li Xiaofu to play at the gate of the yard, and Li Niang called her from afar, she hadn't seen her for two days, and she was weird.
"Li Niang? Isn't Brother Shubai an exam today? How do you have time to hang out? ”
"You also said that it was my brother's exam, so why am I not available."
"Ouch, look at my brain."
Li Duoer has the demeanor of a sister, and ordered Li Xiaofu: "You take Qingyuan's younger brother to play, you are not allowed to bully him, if you make him cry, I will beat you." ”
Li Xiaofu's little face suddenly collapsed, and he looked very reluctant, Qingyuan's eyes were dripping, and he took out a sugar ball from his pocket and gave it to Li Xiaofu, "Li Xiaofu, this is what my second sister bought for me from Beijing, please eat." ”
Li Niang frowned, "Qingyuan, you can't call your brother's name directly, you have to call Brother Xiaofu, or Brother Fu." ”
Li Xiaofu stuffed sugar in his mouth, sucked sweet water, and waved his hand with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, he's still young, you can shout as much as you want, go, Brother Qingyuan, brother will take you to play horseback riding." ”
The two little babies rode a bamboo branch and went crazy on the street, Li Niang and Li Duoer explained their intentions, and went to see the Jiang family together.
Jiang Shi fried the meat in the kitchen, and had already fried a large pot, and when he saw Li Niang coming, he stuffed a large piece of fried meat into her hand without saying a word, and Li Niang hurriedly threw it back into the basin, how much does it cost.
"Auntie, I'm here to buy chicken, not to eat meat, you keep it for guests."
If you don't make it clear, Li Niang doesn't want to give people the impression that she is greedy and loves to take advantage.
"Oh, you kid, what's wrong with eating a piece of meat, your family takes care of Duo'er's father's business every day, and you don't want to thank you, auntie? Take it quickly, or the aunt will be angry. ”
Jiang deliberately straightened his face and had to give it, Li Niang had no choice but to take the piece of meat, Li Duoer also reached out and took a piece, and the two little ladies looked at each other and gnawed on each other.
Grab the chicken to dirty hands, the meat is about to be fried, Jiang asked Li Niang to wait, Li Niang asked about Li Xiaoniu's engagement, I heard that the woman's family will come to leave in the afternoon, so I said hello to Jiang.
The so-called leaving the family means that the woman comes to the family, observes the man's family conditions, and if he is satisfied, the family affairs are basically decided, and he will officially enter the procedure of marrying.