After resting at home for a while, Liu Rui loaded another bucket of rice wine, tied it to a bicycle, and sent it to Xialiang Village.

Shangliang Village and Xialiang Village are two natural villages next to each other, each with a similar population, about 2,000. It is named because one is on the ridge of the verdant mountain and the other is at the bottom of the mountain. In general, the naming of villages in the mountains is basically similar, either according to the terrain or according to the surnames of the people who live in them.

Liu's Wine Shop has been in business for decades, and the nearby villagers are accustomed to having Liu's family deliver to their homes for any happy events or dinners.

In rural areas, due to limited economic conditions, beer and bottled rice wine are relatively too expensive, and most people drink home-brewed rice wine, nicknamed 'Tu Moutai'. Most of the 'Tu Moutai' is made from rice or corn as raw materials and koji made from Chinese herbs, which is mellow and delicious, and the aroma is overflowing. Liujia Distillery can sell hundreds of catties of rice wine every day, excluding costs, and the meager profit can be regarded as a small income in the countryside.

If it weren't for the support of the wine shop, where would the Liu family be able to afford three children to go to school in the county seat?

After returning from the delivery from Xialiang Village, the sun was already blocked by the high verdant mountains, and the shade made Liu Rui feel much more comfortable.

Walking into the courtyard, Liu Rui smelled a strong aroma in the air, and heard the sound of Tongtong chirping.

On the stone table under the osmanthus tree, several steaming dishes were already on the table, and Tongtong was arguing with Liu Zhi while taking out the dishes and chopsticks and stools from the kitchen.

Liu Jiahong sat on a wide bamboo chair, smiling and looking at a pair of children who were noisy, a bright smile blooming on his wrinkled face, like a blooming chrysanthemum.

Zhang Guizhi cautiously walked out of the kitchen with a porcelain basin filled with loofah lean broth, and said to Tongtong: "Don't make trouble, don't you see the eldest brother coming back?" Go, fetch water for the eldest brother, wash your face and hands, and get ready to eat! ”

Although Zhang Guihua is only forty, her hair has turned a little gray after long-term hard work, and she looks like a person in her early fifties.

Tongtong turned his head to look at Liu Rui, who was pushing the cart into the yard, stuck out his tongue, ran to the well to press the water, and saw a bright line of water flowing out of the pipe, splashing crystal water in the basin.

"Brother, wash your face first!" The little girl obediently took Liu Rui's towel and handed it to him, and said in a coquettish voice.

Tongtong naturally knew that the eldest brother had paid a lot for this family, for her and Liu Zhi, and respected him very much.

Rubbing the little girl's head lovingly, Liu Rui smiled and washed his face and hands, the cold well water washed away his day's heat and refreshed.

The marble round table, which is five feet in diameter, is already filled with steaming meals, emitting an enticing aroma.

This stone table Liu Rui listened to his father, and it has been passed down from his grandfather's grandfather for more than 100 years. This marble table is delicate in stone, the carving is excellent, and what is even more rare is that the natural black stone pattern on the table constitutes an ink painting of the moon under the tree, which can be described as a rare treasure.

At the beginning, the ancient tea horse road passed by Liu's house, with the help of those merchants and horse gangs who came and went endlessly, Liu's winery created a lot of brilliance, and built five blue brick houses before liberation. It's just that, like the vast majority of people in Qingyun Town, after the decline of the trade route, Liujia Distillery inevitably fell into trouble.

This dining table carries too many good memories of the three brothers and sisters of the Liu family, and Liu Rui took a nap on it during the hot season when he was a child.

On the table, steamed black fish, braised rabbit meat, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried water spinach, cold eggplant and loofah lean meat soup, five dishes and one soup, there are meat and vegetarian, and the match is reasonable.

If you are in a restaurant in the city, you can't get it without a hundred yuan, but in the countryside, you can't actually spend much money.

The black fish was caught by Liu Zhi, the rabbit was sent by Liu Rui's brother-in-law Zhang Zhenzu yesterday, and the vegetables were picked in his own vegetable garden, except for the pork that Zhang Guizhi bought at the market for ten yuan.

In the countryside, this is good, you can eat fresh and healthy green food without spending a lot of money, as long as you are not lazy, you will not starve to death.

Seeing that the family had already arrived, Liu Jiahong picked up the chopsticks, nodded and said, "Let's go!" ”

The two little guys had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and they picked up the chopsticks and launched an attack on the delicious food on the table.

"Mom's cooking is so delicious, a hundred times better than in school!" The little girl's mouth was stuffed with food, and she didn't forget to admire.

"Little girl, can't you stop your mouth when you eat?" Zhang Guizhi smiled and sandwiched a piece of rabbit meat for the little girl, and said, "When I go back to school next week, I won't have a chance to eat it." ”

As soon as she heard that school was going to start, the little girl's originally elated face suddenly collapsed, frowning her little brows, desperately trying to deal with the plate of rabbit meat in front of her.

The Liu family is just an ordinary peasant family, there are no strict rules, and the kind of serious scene of eating and sleeping without saying anything is naturally not visible, but replaced by laughter.

Often, at dinnertime, when the family gets together, they will discuss the farm work that should be planned for the next day and make arrangements accordingly.

As the saying goes, if you can't eat poorly, you can't wear poor, and if you can't plan, you have to suffer poor.

In the rural areas, those families with relatively good family backgrounds have plans quite in place, and all kinds of arrangements have been made the night before, and they will not hesitate to get up the next morning, and they will be efficient in doing things.

"Boss, there are a lot of weeds in the field, after brewing wine tomorrow morning, you can go and take a look." Liu Ruicai took over the family's farm work for a few months, and many things still need to be reminded by his mother Zhang Guizhi.

"yes, I see!" Liu Rui nodded and said, "Mom, if you don't have good legs and feet, don't go to the field, just leave it to me." ”

Zhang Guizhi has a serious rheumatism, usually does some light work on dry land, and it is okay to do housework at home, but if he goes to the paddy field, it will be aggravated, Liu Rui does not dare to let his mother go to the field easily.

"Alright, I'm measured!" Zhang Guizhi knew that her son cared about her, but now that she was in this situation at home, she was also anxious.

The two younger ones are in the second year of junior high school in the county No. 1 middle school, and they need more than 300 or 400 yuan of living expenses every month, and the cost of going to high school next year will be even greater. In order to treat the head of the family, the family has borrowed a lot of debts, and all this can only be pressed on the slightly immature shoulders of the eldest son.

After eating, without the urging of adults, the two little guys began to cooperate to collect and wash dishes, and they also cooperated very well. Although the Liu family spoils these two little guys, they will not be too doting, and let them do the housework they can. Because of the good discipline since childhood, the two little ones did not behave too outrageously even when they reached the time when the rebellious psychology of adolescence was serious.

After eating and drinking, sitting under the osmanthus tree and chatting with his parents, watching the two little ones laughing and playing on the side, Liu Rui felt a warm atmosphere lingering in the whole yard.

This is my home, I must do my best to protect it and create greater happiness, Liu Rui thought secretly in his heart.

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