After breakfast the next day, Li Qiang carried a flat pole, and several newly woven bamboo baskets hung on one end of the pole, standing with Li Wu and his son.

"Third, where are you going?" Ho asked.

"Mother, I want to try my luck and see if there is anyone in the town to do the work, so I won't go to the second uncle's house to help today." Li Qiang smiled and said, "You can help me bring a message to the second uncle and let him not be angry." ”

"Daddy-" Dashan shouted weakly, and quickly lowered his head and didn't dare to look into the eyes of others. He didn't sleep soundly last night, and he also made up his mind on the fly, only later that he made up his mind to fight for a different future for himself. But he never admitted that deep down in his heart, he faintly looked down on his father, and he looked happy and contented if he was not motivated. It would be great if this kind of mentality rested on an old man, but now it is not his father's turn. The three of my brothers and sisters are still young, and their self-protection ability is insufficient, and they must rely on their parents in the next few years.

After so many years of living under the same roof with several other uncles, watching the life of other people's families get better and better, but the life of his own family is still hungry and unable to die, if he has no resentment against Li Qiang, the head of the family, it is a lie. But if he opened his mouth to scold his father, Dashan couldn't do it, and he was worried that last night's actions would make several uncles look down on him, and he wanted to defend himself but was afraid that the description would become darker and darker. The little boy was also anxious in his heart, but he couldn't come up with a charter, so he tossed and turned for half a night, and there was a dark shadow under his eyes when he got up today.

Wen sighed in his heart, except for the iron pillar that had nothing to do, no one in his room slept soundly last night. Husband and wife for many years. Why did she forget what kind of person Li Qiang was? Men have a good face, and last night they uncovered the secret wounds in their own room in front of so many people. Even if someone was really kind enough to stuff the silver into his hand today, Li Qiang would not ask for it again. Look at this picture. Li Qiang really listened to what she said last night, but why was she so uneasy in her heart?

Wen Shi looked at Li Qiang carefully, and finally found that something was wrong, Li Qiang was very energetic except for looking a little haggard, and his eyes were also very calm and firm, and he seemed to be normal, if it wasn't for what happened last night

"Daddy, now is the time for farming. I'm afraid there are no important people in the town, and the work at home is still urgent, so let's go two days later. ”

"Didn't I say try my luck? It is precisely because they are all harvesting wheat and planting rice at home that there are fewer people and it is difficult to find. If there is a job, the wage is not cheap. Li Qiang smiled: "I didn't pay attention to it before, isn't it time to make money now?" Let's go and see first, whether it works out or not, I will definitely go home in the evening. Go and find out the situation now, and you won't be in a hurry in the coming year. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Shi didn't want to speak again, and said two more words. Li Qiang and the three of them went on the road.

The three of them were not in a hurry, so they walked to the town and parted ways at the town gate.

When it was still a dozen steps away from the gate of Shanghao Rice Shop. A sharp-eyed guy nodded and trotted out with a smile: "Shopkeeper, you're here." And the little boy. Have you returned to school? ”

Li Wu let out a "hmm" and handed over the burden in his hand to his henchman Xiao Er. casually asked, "I didn't have anything to do in the store during the time I was home." ”

The young man put the burden on his shoulder, and reached out to help the dog carry the schoolbag, but the latter shook his head and refused, and when he heard Li Wu's question, he hurriedly stepped forward and walked a few steps quickly, and replied, "No." It's just that every family is busy cutting wheat these days, and business is not as good as a few days ago. ”

"That's natural." Li Wu raised his feet and crossed the threshold, and asked again: "How is the mill, tell them to be free to grind, as soon as the new wheat is harvested, grind some new flour, and then send it to Master Zhang and Master Liu's house." ”

The guy answered yes.

Goudan was not interested in listening to the conversation between his own Lao Tzu and the young man, so he put the bookbag and baggage in Li Wuxie's room in the backyard of the rice store, and asked Li Wu for dozens of dollars to visit his classmates and friends. Although Li Wu and Goudan are biological father and son, Goudan was naturally frightened of Li Wu, and he didn't want to stay longer for a moment, so he ran away when he got the money.

Li Wuzheng was holding the account book and dialing the abacus, and two figures appeared in front of him, and his professional habits were together, and he opened his mouth and said: "Two guest officers, please take a look, our store operates famous rice from all over the country, and it is definitely worth the money." Xiao Er, don't come over to greet the guests. ”

Poof, a crisp female voice, Li Wu looked up, and saw Li Zhuang and Du Shi standing side by side, Li Zhuang raised his hands slightly as if ready to help Du Shi at any time, and Du Shi covered his lips with a silk handkerchief in one hand and smiled: "The second brother is worthy of being a shopkeeper, and this mouth is not ordinary." ”

Li Wu arched his hand: "It turned out to be the fourth brother and the fourth brother and sister, why do you have time to sit here with the second brother today?" As he asked, he led the two of them to the back room and sat down.

Because of the kinship of the two families, the Du family often goes to the rice shop to take care of the business, which is not a big family but is very stable. In this case, it must not be to buy rice, do you still have to talk to him, who is the second brother? Li Wu thought to himself.

As soon as he sat down, Li Zhuang hurriedly asked, "Second brother, are you still busy at home, is the wheat finished being cut and the water poured into the field?" My mother, brother and sister-in-law are all fine. ”

Li Wu's eyebrows frowned and loosened slightly, there were two chairs on the main seat facing the door of the small room, and two chairs were also placed side by side against the wall. Li Wu was not angry but couldn't say anything, yes, what is wrong with the identity of the fourth brother's son-in-law?

"It's all good." Li Wu nodded and answered carefully one by one. He personally poured two cups of tea, landed on the main seat on the other side, and asked Li Zhuang, "Is the grocery store very busy?" ”

Li Zhuang knew that his brother was alluding to the fact that his family didn't go back to see, he glanced at Du Ruojin, and saw that she was skimming the tea foam on the top with the lid of the tea bowl, and she was not ready to talk, so he said: "I haven't been very busy in the past few days, and I originally planned to go home to take a look, but Jinniang's body is not very convenient." ”

Li Wu raised his eyebrows, thinking of Li Zhuang's cautious actions just now, and suddenly realized: "Is there a younger brother and sister?" Oops, that's a big bang. ”

Du Ruojin put down the tea bowl and dipped the corner of her lips with a silk handkerchief before replying: "A few days ago, the fetus was still unstable, so I didn't say anything, plus I was not feeling good and didn't want to move, so I didn't go home to take a look." I just heard from the people in the family that I saw the two elder brothers at the gate of the town, so I came over first to ask about the situation at the second brother's family to see if we could help. My baby has just sat down, and I won't go back because I will cause trouble to my mother, and I ask my mother and sister-in-law not to blame. ”

Li Wu hurriedly waved his hand: "It's important for you to have a safe baby, where to blame or not, there are us at home, you and the fourth brother don't worry." ”

Du Ruojin shook her head: "That's not what I said, those of us who are sons and daughters-in-law can't say a word, and we don't even show our faces." It wasn't like this when I was pregnant with Zimo and Zixuan, and it was also my squeamishness, I guess I was a girl. ”

Li Wu was a little embarrassed, what did one of your younger siblings and your second uncle say about pregnancy, so he had to laugh dryly: "Good girl, you just have a son and a daughter, make up a good word." ”

Du Ruojin also noticed that something was wrong, and quickly changed the topic: "I seem to have seen the third brother pick a few baskets to go to the south of the town just now. Isn't it busy at home? ”

Li Wu originally didn't plan to say it, after all, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, although the Du family was actually the daughter-in-law of their old Li family and gave birth to two babies, but I am afraid that even she herself does not think so, let alone the people on the Li family's side. Thinking of the matter of the third family again, Li Wu sighed: "It's not that Dashan is studying and making trouble." As he spoke, he recounted the events of last night.

After hearing this, Li Zhuang choked up a little: "Third brother, he"

Li Wu sighed and said, "We are also powerless." ”

Du Ruojin glanced at Li Wu with a smile, it's nothing for others to say this, isn't it a joke for you to say that you are a dignified rice shop shopkeeper in front of me? She didn't believe that Li Wu had been a shopkeeper for a few years and still had a clean breeze on his sleeves, but there was not much oil and water on the surface, and he was shoddy in secret, and he sold expensive rice cheaply, and then made some fake accounts on the books to deal with the people sent to check the accounts, could he have no money? However, Du Ruojin also knew that Li Wu was deliberately testing himself, and there was a little sympathy on his face: "It's all about money." Second brother, what do you think we can do? ”

What else can you do but give silver? Li Wu was annoyed in his heart, but Du Ruojin also made an appearance of humbly asking for advice, and waited for Li Wu's next words.

"Let's help the third brother and lend him some silver, and I will be the guarantor." Li Zhuang opened his mouth to solve the game, but he didn't dare to say it directly, and the curve saved the country.

Du Ruojin secretly glared at Li Zhuang, turned her head and smiled again: "I don't know how much the eldest brother is going to make, it is not good for us to be younger brothers and sisters-in-law than the second brother." ”

Li Wu laughed: "Each according to his heart, each according to his heart." ”

Du Ruojin was unequivocal: "There are big and small minds, but there are a number of sizes." "I have to ask Li Wu to say a number.

Half an hour later, Li Wu sat behind the counter, looked at the two taels of silver in his hand, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, they are all human spirits." ”

Say that it's not good to cross yourself, and finally take out two taels of silver for yourself to hand over, and specially asked the third child not to have to pay it back, so he said that he would not let the fourth child be difficult to do in the Du family, and the third child had silver in his hand, can he not pay her back first? After such a big circle of co-authoring, they didn't lose anything, but they fished a bunch of good.

The young man didn't hear clearly, and thought that Li Wu had something important for him to do, so he hurriedly came over: "What do you have to tell the shopkeeper?" ”

Li Wuyi hit the young man's head with an account book, and shouted: "Go and give me every inch of the store to wipe the highlights, even if there are no customers, you can't make the store look sloppy. (To be continued......)

PS: The computer has a convulsion, and commas keep appearing automatically, and I've been playing for a long time, forgive me