Chapter 193
On the first day Li Junran returned to Lijiatun, the meal in the evening was eaten at the Seventh Uncle Zu's.
In the Apocalypse Dynasty, except for the busy farming season and the New Year's holidays, the villagers only ate two meals a day on weekdays, and most of them were soup and water, such as vegetable porridge or multigrain porridge, and then accompanied by corn steamed buns, bran steamed buns or sweet potatoes. For those with more difficult family circumstances, it is not impossible to eat only one meal a day.
In addition to a grocery store in the downtown area of Yuezhen, there are dozens of acres of high-quality fertile land and paddy fields near Lijiatun. After the daughters got married, the seventh uncle and ancestor guarded their frail and sick sons. After his son and daughter-in-law traveled, he guarded his youngest grandson Li Zhengyuan.
Although Li Zhengyuan doesn't like to read much, he is very interested in opening a store and doing business. Although the seventh uncle was reluctant, he still handed over the grocery store in the downtown area of Yuezhen to Li Zhengyuan early. Although the grocery store is a modest business, it can make a lot of money all year round. At the beginning, Li Zhengyuan went out early and returned every day to go back and forth between Yuezhen and Lijiatun. Later, the seventh uncle felt sorry for his little grandson who was too hard, so he asked Li Zhengyuan to live in the small courtyard behind the grocery store, and went back to Lijiatun every few days to eat with him.
As a result, on weekdays, only the Seventh Uncle Ancestor is left in the Seventh Uncle's family. For this reason, Li Zhengyuan, who was very worried about the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, came to cut first and then played, and quietly bought a family of four who fled to Yue Town with Ya Po to take care of the daily life of the Seventh Uncle Ancestor. The Seventh Uncle Ancestor was not used to being served at first, but for the sake of his own precious golden grandson, he acquiesced.
On weekdays. The housework at home was handed over to Mrs. Pan, who was over forty years old, and Mrs. Pan's daughter-in-law, Xiao Pan, and the work in the field was handed over to Mrs. Pan's son, Pan Dong. As for the nine-year-old Pan Lu, he spent most of his time talking with the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, occasionally doing what he could.
When Li Junran followed Li Zhengyuan into the yard, he happened to see Xiao Pan sitting in the yard picking out those soybeans. Because of his age, the seventh uncle is not very good, so he can only eat some soft and glutinous food on weekdays. Soybeans are undoubtedly a very good choice for an old man like Seventh Uncle Zu.
"Ah, the young master is back." When Xiao Pan saw Li Zhengyuan, he immediately stood up from the small bench and stepped forward to take the wine jar in Li Zhengyuan's arms.
"Aunt Pan. Didn't I tell you? In the future, just call me Xiaoyuan or Ah Yuan. ”
"No, no, no, the young master is the young master." Xiao Pan waved his hand and said "no" again and again.
"Uncle, it's better for you to take a step back with this Aunt Pan alone. In the future, this Aunt Pan will call you 'far' brother. We also learn the names of the big families. Li Junran said with a grin.
"Okay." Li Zhengyuan did not object. Obviously, that's a little more acceptable than a title like "young master". Li Zhengyuan knew that Xiao Pan had never seen Li Junran before. He pointed at Li Junran and said, "This girl is my eldest brother's youngest daughter Qiliu, and you can call this girl 'Liu Yatou' in the future." ”
Xiao Pan quickly looked at the little girl standing in front of him. When she saw Li Junran's delicate facial features clearly, a touch of unknown love flashed. Where did Xiao Pan dare to really call Li Junran "Liu girl" in front of Li Zhengyuan, and in the end, he just compared Li Zhengyuan's title and called Li Junran "Liu girl" softly.
"Aunt Pan, where's Grandpa?"
"The old man is in the house, and Lu Hua is talking to him." Xiao Pan went straight to the windowsill and shouted softly into the room, "Old man, Brother Yuan is back." ”
Although the Seventh Uncle Ancestor said that his teeth were a little loose, his eyes were not dazzled or his ears were deaf, and he heard it clearly in the house from the moment Li Zhengyuan and Li Junran walked into the courtyard and Xiao Pan's made a sound.
"I'll come back when I'm back, it's not like I haven't seen you for a year and a half. Didn't you just leave yesterday, why did you come back today? Is that grocery store closed because of your stinky boy? If you want me to say it's off......"
"......" Li Junran, who was standing in the courtyard, listened to the still neutral voice of the seventh uncle, and couldn't help but look at Li Zhengyuan who was standing beside him, and gossiped curiously, "Uncle, are you sure you didn't pick it up?" ”
Li Zhengyuan stretched out his index finger angrily, flicked Li Junran's smooth forehead, and said, "It's not big, it's not small!" ”
"Grandpa, uncle bullied Liu'er, hmm~~" Li Junran covered his forehead with one hand and shouted loudly at the house unceremoniously. Hmph, if you bully the little or something, so will my sister.
Even Li Junran herself didn't notice that since she left Cheng Mansion before noon, her temperament has suddenly lived a lot. In a trance, it seems to be back to modern times, when the eight bad King Kongs in the family bullied her, she also complained to her elders without any worries.
"Hey, hey, you're not ashamed." Li Zhengyuan hurriedly stepped forward to cover Li Junran's mouth. Although he has only been in contact with Li Junran for a few hours, for some reason, Li Zhengyuan has never really regarded the yellow-haired girl in front of him as a little girl. Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, this person was a big ghost, and the little girl with an idea made Li Zhengyuan see what it meant to be "Hades is better than a little ghost".
In all fairness, Li Zhengyuan has never encountered a young or low-ranking little ghost sued in front of his grandfather. There is no way, Li Zhengyuan, as the only bloodline in the seventh room of the Li family, has been held in the palm of his hand by the seventh uncle since he was a child. In that infant and toddler period, which was the most likely to die, the Seventh Uncle Ancestor did not dare to let his baby golden grandson out of the yard at all.
"Stinky boy, you're going to be able to endure it, aren't you?" With the roar of the seventh uncle, the door curtain was lifted, and a little girl walked out of the house, who should be about the same age as Li Junran, and she looked like she had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she was five or six points similar to Xiao Pan's family.
"Brother Yuan~"
This "Brother Yuan" called Li Junran's whole body crispy.
Some people are naturally charming, even if they have not been trained, this voice is also shy, and the sugar content is amazing. Li Junran had a college classmate in her previous life, and her voice was so sweet. It's just that Li Junran never thought that after coming to the side of the Apocalypse Dynasty, he would still meet someone who spoke so loudly. Pity. His classmates are all natural, and although the voice in front of him is two or three points similar, he is a little more deliberate. It's sweet, but it's greasy.
Could it be ......
In a flash of inspiration, Li Junran had a very bold assumption in his mind. It's no wonder that Li Junran thought about it a lot, and when the curtain was lifted from the door, the little girl named Pan Luhua came out of the house, just blocked at the gate, raised her head, and stared at Li Zhengyuan who was standing in front of Li Junran with bright eyes. Although Li Junran is only eight years old, he has a small body. But the altitude is more than one meter. It's just so alive and disregarded.
Although when watching the play, it was ignored by others, and Li Junran would not have the slightest opinion, but he had to find the best viewing position where the cold wind could not blow. Watching the play with a whirring cold wind. Li Junran said that he couldn't accept it.
Thereupon. Li Junran very kindly interrupted someone to continue to become Wangfu Cliff. Pulling the belt tied around his waist by Li Zhengyuan, who was standing in front of him, with an innocent expression, he pointed at Pan Luhua and asked, "Uncle, uncle." This sister calls you Brother Yuan, is she the sister-in-law of her aunt's family? ”
Xiao Pan's face was a little more scornful when he heard Li Junran ask.
"Liu'er, don't talk nonsense. She is your Aunt Pan's daughter Lu Hua, you can call her sister ......" Li Zhengyuan told Li Junran that he could call Lu Hua "sister", but seeing that Li Junran was looking up at her immature little face, she faintly noticed that something was wrong, so she twisted it around, "Call it 'Lu Hua' directly......"
"So your name is 'Luhua Chicken'. Liu Er likes (eats) Luhua chicken the most. Li Junran looked at Pan Luhua with a grin.
...... "You are the Luhua chicken, your whole family is Luhua chicken." Pan Luhua was angry, and looked at Li Zhengyuan with a resentful expression, "Brother Yuan~~"
It's a pity that Pan Luhua only finished saying the first "brother" sound, and then let the roar of the seventh uncle ancestor cut off Shengsheng: "Stinky boy, have you grown?" Have you learned to bully your little niece? Why don't you hurry up and get the old man in?! ”
Hearing the angry roar of the Seventh Uncle Ancestor, Li Zhengyuan dared to delay any longer, and hurriedly raised his long legs and walked into the house. Li Junran followed closely behind without any pressure against Pan Luhua's resentful gaze.
"Grandpa, Liu'er is back."
"Girl Liu, it's good to come back, it's good to come back."
Pan Luhua, who was standing in the courtyard, saw that laughter came from the house after a while, and instinctively pursed her lips. Xiao Pan, who witnessed the whole passing, sighed in his heart and ordered: "Hua'er, come, go to the kitchen with my mother." Look at it, maybe you have to add two more dishes at night, you come to help your mother pick vegetables. ”
What his daughter is thinking, how can Xiao Pan, who is his mother, not see it.
Back then, Xiao Pan followed his father-in-law, mother-in-law and man to flee to Yuezhen with his daughter to join relatives, who would have thought that his father-in-law would be infected with a serious illness on the road and could not afford to be ill. In order to treat his father-in-law, he not only spent all the money on his body, but also owed a lot of money to the loan shark. The worst thing is that the father-in-law died in the end. In order to repay the loan shark and bury the father-in-law, the family was forced to sell themselves into slavery......
To say that the fortunate thing in the misfortune is that the Li family, who bought their whole family, is a kind family, not to mention the family background, and the population is quite simple: there is an old man in the family, plus a little grandson who is only thirteen years old. As for the so-called eldest grandson who said he had already passed out. In the eyes of Xiao Pan, he is just an insatiable and greedy person who dislikes the poor and loves the rich, but he is also loyal and honest.
Now the people in the whole Tunzi, who don't know the roots, know it in their hearts, that guy named Li Zhengming is the third son of Li Pinghai, the fourth branch of the Li family. Because he disliked his own father's preference for his other sons, he first let his eldest son pretend to be sick, and then deliberately broke his leg while hunting in the mountains, so as to separate him from the family. After separating the family as he wished, he sent his little girl to the Chengfu as a girl, and this qiē has only one purpose, that is, to be able to succeed to the second room and be the heir of Li Cui's family. After a hundred years of Li Cui's family, he will be able to take all the qiē in the second room as his own. It's a pity that everyone is now deceived by Li Zhengming's deeply rooted image of a stupid big man.
Xiao Pan, who was busy in the kitchen, began to wash rice and prepare for dinner, while slowly recalling what had happened in the past few years, and was a little worried about the fact that the old man of the Li family was deceived by Li Zhengming. Xiao Pan also tried to comfort the old man, but he never thought that it would have no effect at all. As for Li Zhengyuan's little grandson, Xiao Pan has always only regarded him as a child, and he has never thought about reminding him.
Xiao Pan, who was a little entangled in his heart, looked up at his daughter, and saw that Pan Luhua was obviously not in a state, so he threw those yellow cabbage leaves into the pot, but discarded the good Chinese cabbage leaves on the wooden table on the side, and he was very distressed.
If that hadn't happened, none of their families would have left home to join their so-called relatives, and a kid like Li Zhengyuan would indeed be a good candidate for a son-in-law. The family is well-off, not only has a large courtyard with white walls and blue tiles and fertile fields, but also has a shop in the prosperous area of the town. I'm smart, capable, and good-looking.,The main thing is that I have a good temper.。 The most important point is that except for an old man who is already old, there are no parents-in-law in the family, not even brothers and sisters. At most, there are a few aunts who have been married for many years. If you can marry into the door, I am afraid that you will be able to be the master of the house the next day after marriage. Such good conditions are really not easy to come by. It's a pity that now......
"Flowers, don't pick vegetables." Xiao Pan stopped Pan Luhua from continuing to waste, "Let's help my mother burn a fire first." ”
"Oh." Pan Luhua threw the cabbage in her hand on the table, slowly shook it to the stove, and after a long time, the fire that had not been extinguished was burned.
"Hua'er, listen to my mother's advice, if it was in the past, my mother would definitely help you set a distant brother. But now ......"
"No, mother. I don't want anyone but my brother! Pan Luhua saw that Xiao Pan had told her thoughts so clearly, so she no longer hid it.
"What do you want?" While talking, Mrs. Pan walked into the courtyard from outside.
"Mother, are you back?" Xiao Pan hurriedly put down the cabbage that was still being sorted out in his hand, and stepped forward to take the small bamboo basket in Pan Pozi's hand.
"Isn't the old woman coming back? On a cold day, I don't know how to pick up my wife and son! If the old woman doesn't come back, you don't know that your unfilial daughter-in-law is abusing the old woman's good granddaughter! Pan Pozi didn't speak loudly, but the speed of her speech was amazing. After saying a lot of words in one breath, without ventilation.
Mrs. Pan didn't like Xiao Pan's, she felt that her waist was too thin and her ass was too small, and she looked like she was difficult to raise. In fact, Xiao Pan's got pregnant and gave birth to her little granddaughter Luhua two years after she got married, and there was no movement in her belly for a few years after that, but it just verified the assertion that it was difficult to give birth and raise back then.
The only child is a granddaughter, doesn't this make the old Pan family cut off the incense. Thinking that the old man refused to close his eyes with peace of mind until he died, the anger in Mrs. Pan's heart rose in bursts.
"Grandma~~" Pan Luhua, who was unwilling because of her own mother's opposition, looked coldly at Mrs. Pan counting Xiao Pan's there, not only did she not comfort Mrs. Pan, but she tasted a little down, "My mother didn't agree that I was with Brother Yuan." ”
After listening to Pan Luhua's words, Mrs. Pan raised her hand and slapped Xiao Pan's in the face: "Put P!" ”
Li Junran, who was hiding in the dark and eavesdropping, was also startled by this loud slap, and then lightly touched Li Zhengyuan beside him with his elbow with malicious intentions, lowered his voice and joked: "Uncle, the peach blossoms are blooming." ”
Li Zhengyuan's face was gloomy, and he didn't understand why Li Junran suddenly made an excuse very casually and dragged him out of his grandfather's place. Now follow this little girl and overhear that the Pan family has such an idea in private, it is basically impossible not to be angry, but it is actually okay to say how angry you are. However, let his little niece be so gloating and ridiculed, Li Zhengyuan also realized that there was something wrong inside.
"Girl Liu, in fact, ......"
"Shh~" Li Junran pulled Li Zhengyuan back into the corner and pointed to the gate of the courtyard, "My mother is here." ”
"Sister-in-law?" (To be continued......)