3. Under the turmoil of selling grain
At night, Lin Xue settled the two children, and then lay on the other side of the kang, the Li family's room was less and more children, so they were all a big family living in one room, the children slept on one side of the big kang, and the parents slept on the other side, separated by a curtain in the middle.
Lin Xue poked Li Qi's arm with her hand, "In charge, today, the second sister-in-law said that she would sell the grain separately, and the extra money will be divided into half of us." ”
Li Qi opened his mouth wide and said in surprise, "How could the second sister-in-law have such an idea, let the second brother know that she will definitely not agree." ”
Oh, if Li Gui didn't have this idea, how could he let the Zhao family come to her, just this fool believed his good second brother, "The second sister-in-law said that she asked the second brother, and the second brother agreed."
"This, this can't be, it would be terrible if my father found out."
Lin Xue rolled her eyes and said, "Could it be that you have to sue!" ”
Li Qi hurriedly waved his hand, "This is even worse, my father knows that he won't kill the second brother, hey, what are you doing." Li Qi closed his eyes, his heart struggling.
"Don't think about it, there are some things we can't stop, not only the second brother, I'm afraid the eldest brother also has this idea." If you want to change Li Qi, you have to let him recognize the facts and know who their family is.
"Xiaoxue, then what do you say we should do, you definitely can't ask for the money." Li Qi has no idea, it's okay to let him work, but he has never been able to use his brain.
If you don't want it, the second sister-in-law will definitely not be at ease, if you want it, it will become a handle, and it will be even more difficult to do this in the future, Lin Xue thought for a while and said, "Don't go tomorrow, you don't know what they want to do." ”
Li Qi nodded, "Okay, then I'll say that I'll go to the ground tomorrow, anyway, there are enough people to be enough for me." ”
The next day, when the sky was still bright, there was a sound in the Li family, Lin Xue opened her eyes and saw that Li Qi and Feng'er had already dressed and were waiting to go out, and the rural people got up very early, usually went to work in the field at five o'clock, and came back for breakfast at eight o'clock.
"Xiaoxue, if you sleep again, you won't have any work to do today."
Lin Xue turned over and sat up, "No, I've slept enough, my mother probably has something to order." "She doesn't want to be scolded, this old lady doesn't care if you get hurt or not, if that daughter-in-law dares to get up later than her, then wait for the bombardment!
"Brother and sister are up, my mother asked you to cook." Zhao's voice rang out from outside the door.
Li Qi smiled awkwardly and helped Lin Xue bring the coat and put it on.
Breakfast is very simple, it is porridge wowotou, Lin Xuemali grabbed a few handfuls of rice and washed the pot, wowotou was steamed yesterday and only needed to heat it up, and took out a piece of pickle from Weng Li and cut it into shreds, this is the only dish.
When eating, there is a table for men and a table for women, and the children eat with their mothers when they are young.
The old lady Wang looked at the rice in the bowl, glared at Lin Xuedao, "The third family, are you afraid that you won't eat enough, make a porridge and put so much rice, you don't need money to be rice." ”
Lin Xue looked at the rice grains that could be counted in the bowl, and said helplessly, "Mother, I know, I'll remember it next time." ”
Wang Shi achieved his goal, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Let's eat!" "The rules of the Li family are that if the elders don't speak, they can't eat.
Lin Xue took a nest head and shared it with Yunyun, Li Feng was already six years old, so he sat on Li Qi's side.
Zhao took a nest head for each of his two daughters, and another one for himself, and Zhang also took it for several children when he saw it, so there were two nests left on the table, and the two sisters-in-law and the old lady had not eaten yet.
"Why, I can't see that my old woman hasn't eaten yet, and I can't wait for me to die to save food for you!" Wang cursed.
"Mother, my younger brother and sister took it first." Zhang put the one in his hand back.
"Mother, aren't I hungry, Yue'er will give you this." Zhao handed the wowotou to Li Yue.
"What's the noise, it's not enough, there are a few more here, take them all." Old Man Li said angrily, not worrying about any of them.
"Dad, how can I want you, enough is enough." Zhang hurriedly excused himself and lowered his head to drink porridge.
Li Qi finished eating the nest in his hand and said, "Dad, I won't go to sell grain today, there is still work to be done in the field." ”
Old Man Li smoked a dry cigarette, "Okay, it's enough for the three of them, the boss should be able to sell ten taels of silver for five hundred catties of grain, if it is less than this amount, it will not be sold, you can pull the grain back." ”
A trace of disappointment flashed in the eyes of several people, Lin Xue secretly said that the old man was really fine, the amount of silver was stuck, and there was no use for any conspiracy.
"Big brother, then I won't go, isn't there still some work in the field, I'll also go to help." When Li Gui heard that there was no benefit, he immediately picked on him.
"Second brother, you ......" Li Fu was a step late, and could only stare dryly.
"Uncle, someone came to the village to collect grain." The pillar next door roared from outside the door.
Yes, there is no need to fight, Old Man Li hurriedly asked his son to move the grain out, and checked the scales one by one when he collected the grain, and it was just five hundred catties of ten taels of silver.
God, it's not bad, Lin Xue sighed, this old man really can't be underestimated.
The old lady took out a handkerchief, wrapped the silver, locked it in the cupboard, and hung the key around her neck.
"If my mother has the money, then my marriage." Li Ping hurriedly asked.
The old lady nodded and said, "Don't worry, my mother will invite someone to say tomorrow, and you will get married at the end of the month when you clean up the house in the next few days." ”
Li Ping got the letter and ran out to clean up the house.
Li Fu's eyes stared at the cabinet where the silver was placed, "Dad, a few days ago, Cheng'er said that you should buy books in the school." ”
"How much." Old Man Li asked.
"A tael of silver." Li Fushi opened his mouth, anyway, his father would not object to anything about Cheng'er.
"Big brother, any book costs a tael of silver, don't bluff people!" Li Gui retorted, why didn't he hear that he had to buy extra books when he went to school.
Zhang smiled, "His second uncle, this matter can still be used to deceive people, Cheng'er isn't about to take the exam, the master said to buy what test questions to do, if you don't believe it, you can ask the master." ”
"Dad, you also hope that Cheng'er can be admitted to Xiucai. When the time comes, our Li family will also be able to glorify our ancestors. Li Fu boasted, as if his son was already a talent.
A trace of joy flashed in the old man's eyes, "Old woman, take a tael of silver out, Cheng'er's matter is a big deal and can't be delayed." ”
Although the old lady was not happy, she still took the silver, counted out one or two and handed it to Li Fu, "Save some flowers, it's really terrible, if you spend so much money on a book, you won't be blind in vain." "For the Wang family, everything is false, only the silver in his hand is real.
"What nonsense are you talking about, this old woman, that's a big deal, a big deal for our Li family." The old man blew his beard angrily and glared.