The fruit seller was a country boy in his twenties, dressed in tatters, with a pair of clipping shoes showing his toes. He kept stamping his feet, his eyes looking at the people with pleading and longing, but few of them stopped. In these years, I can't eat enough, and who has spare money to buy fruits to eat.

Li Ziyu walked to the fruit stall with a bamboo basket on her back, and when she saw it, it turned out to be an egg-sized apple. Although he is small, he looks very smart.

"Little sister, buy some fruit, you see how watery, a bite of sweet, don't believe you taste it?" The young man picked up an apple, wiped it with his sleeve, and handed it to Li Ziyu courteously.

Li Ziyu took the apple and looked at it, but did not eat it. This apple is similar to the modern Guoguang, this kind of fruit has a lot of flesh, is crisp to eat, and has a sweet and sour taste. She didn't eat because she didn't like the apples for not being washed and clean, but because she wasn't used to eating in front of people. And then there is the fact that the price of fruit is not cheap at this time, and she does not want to take advantage of it.

"How much is a pound?" Li Ziyu thought about it or bought a little. Now the family has bought meat, vegetables, and enough food has been prepared, and if you want to talk about rare things, you can only say that it is fruit. Not to mention the younger siblings at home, even her, she has never eaten fruit in her memory. So decided to buy a few pounds.

When the young man heard Li Ziyu ask the price, his eyes lit up with excitement, and he talked more: "Little sister, how much do you want?" It's not that I said, this apple fruit is also in my house, and it is in the back mountain of my house. I found out when I ran far away chopping wood, and I didn't even want to eat it."

"How much is a pound?" Li Ziyuxin said that the original apple was called Pingpo fruit in ancient times, thanks to the name of the apple. Seeing that he didn't talk about the price, he just nagged and interrupted him.

The young man sneered, and said with some embarrassment: "Ten cents a catty, no, no, if you are too expensive, you will get eight cents." ”

Li Ziyu looked at what he was wearing, he was still wearing shoes on his feet on such a cold day, and his toes were exposed, and his family background was not good. So he said to him, "Ten wen, count it according to ten wen, and weigh me five catties." ”

The young man was overjoyed and nodded again and again: "Hey, little sister, you are really a good person, you saved your life." My grandfather is waiting to sell this apple to save his life, thank you little sister. Don't worry, I'll give you enough to make sure you eat this time and think about the next time. ”

Li Ziyu listened to his nagging and didn't say a word, and when he weighed the apples, he put the apples in the bamboo basket behind him, and left the vegetable market in a hurry.

Along the way, Li Ziyu couldn't suppress the joy in her heart, and she was completely relieved. She hasn't really had an easy time since she came here. Hunger, poverty, and the stress of raising her younger siblings took her breath away at every moment. In modern times, although she also has a younger brother, who is eight years younger than her, she also took her younger brother when she was a child, and she also feels sorry for her younger brother from the bottom of her heart. But since she entered the army at the age of seventeen, until she arrived here at the age of twenty-seven, she rarely saw her younger brother, and she didn't know if her parents and younger brother could stand up when they heard the bad news of her sacrifice. Fortunately, there is a younger brother by her parents' side, and this is the only place where she can comfort herself. Probably her parents can finally accept it, as a soldier, sacrificing herself for the country at all times, this is the sacred and necessary duty of every soldier, and she has no choice. She didn't know why she was here, and she was initially shocked and at a loss. In addition to training in the necessary subjects, she also studied university courses, but those courses were targeted. She didn't know if she would be able to survive in this Daye Dynasty with the little knowledge she had learned, but she knew that she had to live. Because she is not alone, there are five younger siblings waiting for her to raise her. How can she make her younger siblings survive, gain a foothold, and make a difference in this Daye Dynasty, she still has no plan. She can only plan slowly, step by step, step by step, not only to conform to the rules of the Daye Dynasty, but also to integrate what she has learned.

Li Ziyu walked very fast while thinking, and the snow on the official road had melted a lot because of the more people walking, and the rut marks were also obvious. Li Ziyu followed the rut mark and soon arrived at home, she was worried that He Shigui's father and son had already come, and she couldn't explain what she bought. Fortunately, when she got home, He Shigui's father and son hadn't come yet.

Li Ziyu pushed open the wooden fence door and entered the courtyard, walked to the door of the hall and knocked gently: "Xiaoshan, open the door." ”

Hearing her voice, the West House suddenly burst into jubilation, and the voices of Xiao Wu, Xiao Hu and Xiao Lan rang out one after another:

"Sister yes is back!"

"Second brother, wear shoes, fourth brother wait for me."

"The third brother hugs, no shoes."

Then there was a crackling of footsteps, and then the door of the hall opened. Xiao Wu rushed to the front, Xiao Hu stumbled and followed, Xiao Shan was protecting him beside him, and Xiao Wen was holding Xiao Lan at the back. In the past few days, Xiaolan has eaten and slept fragrantly, and she has grown a little meat, and her original dry little face has a luster. Therefore, seven-year-old Xiaowen had a little difficulty holding Xiaolan.

Li Ziyu looked at her younger siblings who warmly welcomed her, and the excitement given by the blood and family affection in her heart made her eyes moisten a little. She led her brothers into the hall door, and then closed the door tightly.

Xiaoshan looked at his sister's expression and knew that he had bought something, so he pushed open the door of the east house.

Now they live in the West House, and the East House has not moved in after it was cleaned up, and the East House has become an idle house. The bamboo baskets, pickaxes, hoes, sickles, hemp ropes, and various grains that were originally placed in the West House are now placed in the East House.

Li Ziyu put down the bamboo basket, first took out the apples and handed them to Xiaoshan: "Wash it, this is the apple fruit I bought, don't eat it now, eat it after dinner." ”

Xiaoshan said yes and took the apple out.

Immediately, Li Ziyu began to take things out of the bamboo basket, and every time she took out one, she could hear a few inhalations, and when she saw the fat meat, lean meat, liver leaves, cabbage and radish she bought, the room was quiet.

Li Ziyu turned her head and looked, good guys, including Xiaoshan, five pairs of wide-eyed eyes looked straight at her, which was full of shock, doubt, disbelief and other emotions, which made Li Ziyu couldn't help laughing.

Xiaowen, who has always been steady, took the lead in opening his mouth, and stammered a little when he spoke: "Eldest sister, how did this come from?" So much stuff."

Xiaoshan was pleasantly surprised and asked directly: "Eldest sister, what's the matter with this money?" How can you possibly have so much money? Is roe deer skin so valuable? "Don't blame him, the eldest sister went to the town and took a roe deer skin, which can only be worth a lot of money.

The three little ones just looked at the things they had never seen before, Xiao Wu knew that it was delicious, and the two little ones just watched, and they were excited when they saw their brothers, and they were also confusedly excited.

Li Ziyu didn't plan to talk about money in front of the three little ones, for fear that they would go out and say something wrong. Such a large sum of money, if it attracts thieves, it will be a disaster. Their family was originally on the sidelines, and if something really happened, they didn't need to alarm the village. Of course, with her, it is unlikely that something will happen, but it is better not to publicize it.

So, Li Ziyu smiled and said, "Okay, I promise that this money is justified." A lot of roe deer skins were sold, so I spent them all. Rest assured, you will earn it in the future. Now, I declare that we will eat dumplings tonight. ”

Suddenly, the room was filled with jubilation.

Next, Xiaoshan and Xiaowen helped Li Ziyu pack up all kinds of food, mixed with Xiaoshan's broken thoughts and constant gasping sounds. Li Ziyu didn't care about him, slipped the meat and liver leaves to the hall, and took two Chinese cabbages and two radishes. She is going to make more dumplings tonight, and ask He Shigui and his son to eat here. Call the old village chief over again, and Aunt Yang's family and Xiaohuaniang also plan to send some over. Other people will talk about it when they have a chance later, there should be a chance anyway.

Li Ziyu sent Xiaoshan to invite the old village chief Zhao Qing, and asked Xiaowen to invite Aunt Yang and ask her to help her cook. It's really hard to prepare so many dumplings by yourself.

Li Ziyu brushed the two pots in the West House, added water and lit a fire. You have to use hot water to make noodles, or the noodles are not good. was burning on the fire, Aunt Yang came, and greeted her in the courtyard:

"Xiaoyu, what are you doing delicious? Xiaowen didn't know what he said, I heard that it was dumplings? Really? ”

Aunt Yang said and entered the house. When I saw the pork, liver leaves, cabbage and radish on the pot table, I was speechless in astonishment.

Li Ziyu, who was squatting on the fire, hurriedly stood up and explained: "Aunt Yang, that's the case, didn't I beat a roe deer a few days ago and sold it for a few taels of silver." I happened to meet a buyer today for that roe deer skin, who gave me a tael of silver. In addition, I later caught a few pheasants and hares, and sold them for a few dollars, so I thought about inviting the old village chief and Uncle Gui to have a meal, so I bought some meat and cabbage and wanted to eat dumplings, I couldn't be busy alone, so I asked Xiaowen to call you. ”

Aunt Yang felt that it took a long time to find her voice: "You said that you just had a full meal" After thinking about it, she didn't know what to say, "Okay, I just took a few green onions, I know you didn't." When I planted the land again after the New Year, I thought about planting some green onions. I've said it a few times, you don't need to occupy a good land, and you can plant some in the corners and corners for a year. ”

Li Ziyu hurriedly agreed. Aunt Yang said earnestly: "Jade girl, don't be long-winded, you have to plan to live this life, you still have younger brothers below, this time it's all too big, you have to ask for money anywhere." ”

Li Ziyu knew that Aunt Yang was for her good, and she was busy remembering it seriously.

As he spoke, he helped Li Ziyu get busy. The two first boiled the pork fat in oil, boiled a full tank of oil, chopped the oil shuttle into a filling and prepared to put it in the dumpling filling, and then mixed noodles, minced meat filling, chopped cabbage filling, cut liver leaves, and cut radish, and worked together in an orderly manner. By the time the old village chief and Xiaoshan arrived, the two had already wrapped a curtain made of sorghum and a curtain dumpling.

When Li Ziyu saw Zhao Qing coming in, she hurriedly went to the west room enthusiastically: "Grandpa Zhao, is it cold outside?" Sit in the fast house. ”

Aunt Yang also greeted Zhao Qing with a smile: "Uncle Zhao is here?" Sit down quickly, it's warm in the house. ”

Zhao Qing entered the house with a cigarette pouch in his hand, and his mouth did not listen. Xiaoshan raised the grass curtain hanging at the door of the West House and greeted politely: "Grandpa, it's cold outside, let's go inside." ”

Xiaowen in the room took three small ones, and also greeted respectfully: "Grandpa Zhao!" ”

Zhao Qing wanted to say something, but endured it and swallowed it.