Chapter 67 Clearing the Wasteland
(Yesterday's chapter was a minor revision)
Li Yihe naturally didn't know that Zhang said this, but it was only because she saw Li Xuefeng and Li Xuejian, brothers, carrying farm tools and walking to the wasteland, that the idea that popped up in her mind wanted to deceive him.
Li Laoshi heard Zhang's question, the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground in surprise, his mouth opened slightly, opened and closed, and finally held back the discomfort in his heart and asked: "Second brother, what your sister-in-law said is true?" Did you buy land? β
Li Yihe didn't plan to hide it, so he said "um" and then ate with his head bored.
Li Laoshi was a little angry, this son is really stiff-winged, and if he doesn't discuss such a big matter as buying land, does he take him as a father in his eyes.
"Second child, you really hide your heart from your father, and you don't rely on your father to buy such a big thing!" There was anger and disappointment in his words, and the second son's family gradually drifted away from him.
"Dad, it's not that I don't tell you, we went to the county, and we only planned to buy one or two acres of land, but it was Brother Changsheng who borrowed my silver, saying that the land was favored by other families, and I didn't buy more than five acres of land." Li Yihe explained: "It's not something I can't say, I came back late yesterday, so I haven't had time to say it yet!" β
The obvious displeasure on Li Laoshi's face was seen by Zhang, a trace of schadenfreude flashed in her eyes, and she leaned over and asked, "When you went to the county, didn't you bring anything back to your father and mother?" β
The more the old couple doesn't like the second child, the more property they will occupy in the future.
Zhang is not like those fools. I thought there was really nothing at home, but when she first got married, she saw the old lady with a lot of gold jewelry in her hands.
Li Yihe ate with his head bored. It wasn't until the last bite of food entered his stomach that he said: "This time I went to the county, something happened, and several children were almost abducted, where do I still have the heart to buy things." Yu'e was worried about her father and mother, so she bought a few feet of cloth for the second elder, saying that she had made the clothes and sent them over. β
He didn't say anything about it. can't hide it for a few days, and Li Yiyuan will definitely tell the people of the SΓΉ family when he comes back. They just need to hide the fact that Ye Zishu is also missing.
"What, the child was almost abducted? Feng'er, are they alright? These conscience-losing things should be cut with a thousand cuts. Tian listened to the resentful scolding.
Li honestly also said, "Why did this happen." Don't take them to the county in the future, there are many people, and there are many bad people, it's too dangerous. β
Zhang hurriedly asked: "I only make clothes for my father and mother, the clothes of several of your nephews and nieces in my family are short, let my younger brothers and sisters make them together!" β
The three of them had six eyes glaring at her in unison.
Only then did she realize that she should show her concern at this time.
She was disdainful in her heart, feeling that the second old man was too hypocritical, and what she said was a little worse. Isn't that nothing, you need to be fake!
However, almost being trafficked? Why don't you really kidnap them? Especially that damn girl, if she is sold, she will never see her!
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Li Xiaoran didn't know that someone hated her so much that she was only happy when she was sold.
She and Li Xuesi packed the chicken soup and pancakes from the previous night and sent them to the eldest brother and second brother who opened up the wasteland. Chicken broth with cabbage and potatoes to borrow the umami. It tastes just as good.
Watching the two of them gulp down the sweetness, she quietly walked to the side. I chose a mother-in-law with flower bones, and quietly reached out and landed on the flower bones, the yellow flower bones slowly bloomed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and a small yellow flower full of wild fun swayed in the spring breeze
Li Xiaoran's smiling eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, although the ability was not restored to the best state, but it was no problem to use it to get rich and make a fortune.
Li Xuesi ran over, squatted beside her and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?" β
Li Xiaoran plucked his mother-in-law Dinghua to him, "Look, isn't it beautiful?" β
"Pretty." Li Xuesi said honestly: "My sister likes flowers, so I'll pick them for you." β
This meadow is full of all kinds of wild flowers dotted among them, and seeing that his sister likes it, he ran to pick flowers.
Li Xuefeng's brothers are still young, and they haven't done much work in the morning, and their hands are worn out, but they are very strong and silent, which makes her feel very distressed.
There are many weeds and wild vegetables in the field, so she picked a weed, rubbed it and walked to the two of them, "The eldest brother and the second brother stretched out their hands. β
Li Xuefeng stretched out his hand very obediently, and asked, "What are you doing?" β
She wiped the juice of the weeds on her hands, and a cool feeling hit her, Li Xuejian's eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "My sister still understands herbal medicine, it's amazing." β
Li Xiaoran said: "This is a prickly vegetable, my father told me that this is a wild vegetable, which can be eaten or stopped bleeding, and my father said that he sometimes scratched his hand or something on the mountain, so he pulled this and crushed it and rubbed it, which is very useful." β
After this is clear, many things can be pushed on Daddy, presumably he is very willing to lie for himself.
"I'll pick more in a while, and let's eat cold wild vegetables in the evening."
After resting for a while, the two continued to work, Li Xiaoran picked up wild vegetables nearby, and after a while, the small basket was filled with a basket, mother-in-law, koji hemp cabbage, spiny cabbage, carrot cabbage, purslane, no matter what wild vegetables they were, but what she knew, they were all picked into the basket.
When Li Xuejian was resting, he sat down and chose these vegetables, "Sister, you know quite a lot of wild vegetables." β
"Of course, I've grown up." As you grow up, you will understand more and more things.
The sun was setting in the west, and Li Xuefeng greeted his brother and sister who were playing happily, and the four of them walked home together.
On the way, I kept greeting the villagers who came home from the field, "Xuefeng is really capable, have you gone to open up the wasteland?" β
"Well, second uncle, there is too little land at home, and it is a little bit to be able to help my father."
"Several children in this Erlang family are sensible, and they know how to help his father work in the fields at such a young age. I see that the old people are learning martial arts, and they are still running crazy in the village today! "The second uncle's surname is Jiang, he lives in the west of the village, and he grows good crops.
It's not easy to answer, Li Xuefeng and Li Xuejian didn't speak, they just smiled, but Li Xuesi shouted angrily: "Second brother hasn't worked at any time!" β
Li Xuefeng shouted in a low voice: "Si'er! β
Then he looked up and smiled at the second uncle and waved his hand, "Second uncle, I'll take my younger brothers and sisters home first." β
Jiang Er looked at the backs of several children, and said to another cousin who caught up: "The old man of the old Li family is really incomprehensible, such a good child has been thrown out, alas! β
"I said second brother, what do you care about so much, if you want me to say, Yihe is right to move out, look at these children, their faces are much better-looking, and they are all drawn, which is like the original, that face is not full at first glance, and it can't be compared with their old family at all."
His wife also said in a loud voice: "When you are an old man, your heart is boundless." β
Jiang Er shook his head and said, "Who said it wasn't, it was quite reasonable to look at him before, but who knows how it has changed now." As he spoke, he turned to his house.
After Li Xiaoran arrived home, he took the wild vegetables that he had selected and washed in the river to Fu Shi, "Mother, let's blanch these vegetables and eat them!" β
Fu Shi added a fire to the stove, "Cheng, my mother cooked millet porridge and pasted a few more cakes, your father will definitely be hungry when he comes back." β
"Dad went to work at my grandmother's house, didn't he eat at night?" Li Xiaoran took a pot, divided the wild vegetables according to the variety, and prepared to eat them at night.
"If your grandmother cooks at home, she will definitely be able to do his share, but if your grandmother goes down to the field with you, your aunt cooks, but not necessarily." Fu Shi washed his hands, scooped up water and poured it into the bud grain noodles, ready to mix the noodles.
Ye Zishu came over with a basket from the main room, and came out with a bowl of braised pork and stewed potatoes from it, as well as two large steamed buns the size of a basin, "Auntie, my mother asked me to send it to you." My mother said, don't be in a hurry to open your few acres of land, wait for my family to be almost here, find a few people to go over, and it will be opened in half a day. β
Fu Shi said embarrassedly: "Why do you send this again, there are so many people in your family to eat, it's not enough, keep it for your own food, I did it too." β
"Our family cooks a lot, and these are for my aunt and younger siblings." Ye Zishu put down the bowl, took the basket and said to Li Xuejian: "My brother said, don't forget to go over to study at night." β
Li Xuejian agreed and sent her out.
Now, the east wing and the west house have long been cleaned up, and several children live in the west house, and the east house is not where Li Yihe and his wife live.
Although Ye Changsheng grows vegetables at home and sends them to the county, he has a total of more than 50 acres of land in Erdaogangzi and Sandaoling, and now that it is the spring plowing season, he naturally has to be busy with the work in the field for a few days.
Fu Shi saw that it was already dark, and several children were out of energy, so he hurriedly beckoned them to eat, "You eat and sleep first, I guess your father should come back too." β
Li Xuesi jumped up from under the kang happily and shouted, "It's time to eat, mother, I'm going to starve to death." β
Fu Shi touched his youngest son's head and said softly: "It's not good for my mother, I'm hungry, let's eat now." β
A few people were eating, Li Yihe came back, after a day's work, his skin was red, his lips were chapped, he came in, he didn't care about talking, he took the big steamed bun directly, and ate it with a gobble.
When Li Xiaoran saw him like this, he knew that he was hungry, so he hurriedly brought his bowl of porridge over, "Daddy, eat slowly, don't choke." β
Li Yihe ate a few bites, and the feeling of being hungry and flustered in his stomach was better, he took the bowl handed over by his daughter, drank a large mouthful of porridge, and then sat down and let out a long breath.
Fu Shi threw a handkerchief over and said angrily: "Wipe your face first, my father and mother didn't leave you for dinner today?" Seeing how hungry you are, you don't know how early you come back. β
"I stayed, but it was just the rice cooked by my sister-in-law, and when I saw it, I couldn't get my share at all, so I came back." Li Yihe said it lightly, but Fu and several children were very angry when they heard it.
How can there be no one to leave no one to eat, this is really to want the horse to run, but also to the horse not to eat grass. (To be continued) R655