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Jokes can't be made casually

In the evening, we went to a Miao family, and when we arrived at the door, we asked about the strong smell of Chinese medicine. When I arrived at home, the house where the Miao people lived was obviously more than one grade higher than that of the Li people.

The Miao people live in buildings, and they also have the luxury of the first floor, only living upstairs. I saw that there were a lot of decorations hanging on the side of their building, and when I got closer, I saw that it was full of betel nuts.

When we got downstairs, Li Jie told us that the proprietor of this house was also surnamed Li and called Li Shiqing. My wife died early, and I have been guarding my daughter alone for nearly 20 years.

I asked Li Jie, "Why didn't he look for one again?" ”

Li Jie said: "The divorce rate of our Miao people is zero, do you know why? ”

I shook my head, their divorce rate is zero, which is simply legendary in today's society. Li Jie smiled mysteriously and whispered to us: "Their Miao women have their own means, and men can only obey. ”

As we went up the stairs, the proprietor probably heard us going upstairs and came out of the room. The proprietor, Li Shiqing, is a man in his forties, dressed as a Han Chinese, and his clothes are a little old, but he feels very clean.

Li Shiqing stood at the top of the stairs and leaned to the side, just leaving a person's aisle. Li Jie went up first, and when he went up the last step, Li Shiqing patted Li Jie on the shoulder. Li Jie went up, stood behind Li Shiqing's side, raised his hand slightly about forty degrees, and waved his hand to Li Shiqing: "This is the object of our search today, Li Shiqing." ”

We all went upstairs next to Li Shiqing, Li Shiqing shook hands with our clothes, and I could feel that the skin on Li Shiqing's hands was very tender. We all went up, and Li Shiqing let us into the living room.

This living room is not big, about ten square meters. There is a couch in the door. In the middle was a low table, but not small, about a meter wide and two meters long, with two benches on each side, exactly about the same length as the table.

Near the middle of the inner wall was a long rural coffee table, about a meter high, with an incense burner and some messy things on it. There is a door on each side of the coffee table, probably the kitchen or bedroom.

There were already two dishes on the table, one was chicken, a big bowl, and the other was beef, a big pot. The chicken is braised in a braised color, and the skin of the chicken can be clearly seen to be yellow and translucent, which is obviously a rookie at home. The beef is also braised in a small fist, and each piece is about the size of a small fist, which is mouth-watering.

After Li Shiqing asked us to sit down, he went out, and soon came in with another basin, muttering: "This is a rabbit bought from a young man of the Li nationality, and I stewed it with Chinese medicine." ”

Li Shiqing put the dishes on the table, turned around and opened the cabinet under the coffee table, took out a jar of wine, and said: "This is my own wine, just keep this jar for a long time, and I can't save the wine now." ”

Li Shiqing took out a few pairs of chopsticks from under our table, directly tore off the silk cloth on the wine jar, and poured the wine into the bowl. Li Shiqing handed everyone a bowl of wine, and began to be polite again: "Today's preparation is relatively hasty, there are no dishes, so I can see a smile." ”

Li Shiqing spoke with an obvious Han atmosphere, and when he started drinking, we found that he was more Han bold: "Come, brothers, do this, Ajie's brother is my brother, when this is my home." After saying that, he tilted his head and did it.

My wine was still okay, I just looked up and dried, and then I immediately frowned, squeezed my eyes, opened my mouth, stuck out my tongue, fanned my mouth with my hand, and complained in my mouth: "It's too spicy." ”

I heard a silver bell-like laughter "hee-hee", and then all four of us turned to the door, and saw a girl of about twenty, wearing a Miao suit, but what people can't forget at first glance is that this girl's skin is white and a little red, and her skin is delicate and a little like a leather doll. She walked in with a bowl in her hand.

Li Jie said to the girl, "Come girl, sit next to your uncle." ”

Only Li Shiqing did not turn to the door, but took a piece of beef and put it in the small bowl in front of me: "Brother, don't you get used to it, in fact, this wine is not strong, but it is not blended, so it does not look soft." ”

I looked at it, except for me and Li Shiqing, everyone else just took a sip, and there was basically no movement in the bowl.

The girl put the bowl down, and I saw that it was a bowl of mushrooms, with soup. I can't name it. Then the girl took out a pair of chopsticks from under the table, sat directly under Li Jie's hand, and brought the wine jar and poured herself a bowl.

I looked, it seemed that it wasn't just me, Wu Di and the two of them were also quite surprised. Li Shiqing smiled: "You don't know, in our Miao people, women are in charge, and they are also in our family, and women sit at the table in other families, and we eat standing up." ”

I really can't accept this kind of life, the girl is done, so she said to Li Jie: "Uncle Li, why don't you dry the wine in your bowl." "I didn't expect her to speak such pure Mandarin.

Li Jie said: "I'm waiting for my daughter to respect me, I don't dare to do it if my daughter doesn't come." ”

The girl picked up her wine: "It's dry." "As soon as I looked up, I did it.

Li Jie greeted Wu Di and the others: "Come on, do it, the first one must be done, this is the rule." After saying that, he drank it with a long face, and the two of them also dried it with their faces.

Li Jie finished drinking and said, "Let me introduce you, Ma Ming, Wu Di, and Wang Yuankun from our Jiangsu Pengcheng Public Security Bureau who came to handle the case." Then he pointed to Wu Di and said, "These two are very young and promising, and they are already cadres in our system at a young age. He pointed to Ma Ming again, "This has been my friend for decades." ”

We all stood up and shook hands with Li Shiqing, and the girl looked at us stupidly.

Then Li Jie began to introduce the two of them, and Li Shiqing was taken by him. When Li Jie called the little girl's niece, I knew that she was Li Shiqing's daughter, but when Li Jie introduced her, he said: "This is a talented girl of our Miao nationality, proficient in the languages of several famous ethnic groups, and now she works in our service area. Don't ask, in our Li District and Miao District, there is no one who doesn't know our Li Mingzhu. ”

Li Shiqing then took advantage of it: "People know Li Mingzhu because of her drinking." Spoke with obvious reproach. I saw Li Mingzhu secretly sticking out his tongue.

In the end, the status of women in the Miao family is relatively high, although Li Shiqing is very uninterested in Li Mingzhu's drinking, but he will not directly ask his daughter not to drink, and Li Mingzhu still drinks unscrupulously.

A few of them should be my good drinking, and Li Mingzhu seems to have seen this: "Come, Uncle Wang, let's drink two bowls." ”

I looked at Li Jie, Li Jie nodded, and I picked up the bowl: "Come, do it." ”

We drank one first, Li Mingzhu poured it himself, and then handed me the wine jar, I took the wine jar, and said while pouring the wine: "Li Xiao, no, Ah Mei, don't call me uncle, just call me brother." "I was going to call Miss Li, but I remembered what Li Jie said, this is called Ah Mei, so I changed my mind.

Li Shiqing answered: "How can I still call it uncle, we are brothers, you call me brother, Mingzhu calls you brother, then what does she call me." ”

I immediately continued: "Brother Li, we are called by our own relatives there, not as much as you said, besides, I am about the same age as Sister Mingzhu, and he is called old." ”

Li Jie said: "Today's young people, we can't accept it, come, Lao Li, let's drink two of them." ”

Li Shiqing also stopped talking. Li Mingzhu and I had a drink.

Originally, the five of us were drinking, and there was a bye, and as soon as Li Mingzhu joined, it was just two pairs of three.

After Li Shiqing and Li Jie finished drinking, Li Shiqing took a cup to salute Ma Ming, and Wu Di took a cup to salute Li Jie, and it became me and Li Mingzhu idle. I looked at Li Mingzhu, she also happened to look at me, and the two of us looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time we both picked up our cups.

We drank another one, and we couldn't keep drinking, so I started chatting with Li Mingzhu: "How about Ah Mei working there, it should be quite easy, right?" ”

Li Mingzhu said: "It's easy, but there is no money, and it's not enough to spend." ”

I said, "You know so many languages, it shouldn't be difficult to find a job that suits you." ”

Li Mingzhu shook his head, picked up the cup, and we did it together again, Li Mingzhu shook his head while pouring wine: "This place is like this, they are all poor, and there is no good job there." ”

I asked her again: "Then why don't you go to the mainland, there must be more opportunities to go to the mainland than here." ”

Li Mingzhu sighed: "To the mainland? I don't know anyone, where to find a job. After a pause, he looked at Li Shiqing, and then said: "You Han people are not like us, you have too many bad people." ”

When Li Shiqing heard his daughter say this, he immediately reprimanded: "Mingzhu, how did you speak." ”

Li Mingzhu rolled her eyes and looked at her father: "This is what you sued me, did you say it." After saying that, he pouted. Then he said to me, "Brother, come, let's drink." ”

I picked up the cup in embarrassment, I couldn't always drink alone with her, I drank this glass, and said to Li Mingzhu: "Sister, you don't see that my brother is a bad person, there are good people and bad people there." We'll drink it later, we've all drunk five or six, and the next time we have a chance, you come to us, and I'll accompany you to have a good drink. ”

Unexpectedly, Li Mingzhujing grabbed my words: "Brother, why don't you take me away, anyway, I've had enough of staying here." ”

I thought she was just joking, so I said, "Okay, you come with me, I'm worried that no one will drink with me every day." ”

Li Mingzhu said: "Okay, you help me find a job, and I will drink with you every day." As he spoke, he raised his glass again.

Li Mingzhu and I did another one, and I really felt that I drank a little too much with her, so I said: "That's it, you will go with me tomorrow, and we will not get drunk every day in the future, and we will not drink today." ”

I saluted Li Jie twice, Li Shiqing twice, and Ma Ming twice, and I drank a little too much. In fact, I can feel later that the degree of wine is indeed not too high, and pouring wine into the bowl with a jar will not be too full, or it will not come out. But it's a lot to drink.

Li Mingzhu came to me with a wine glass: "Brother, my future depends on you, you must help me." ”

I was dizzy: "Sister, when you come to me, you will wrap it on me, if you can't find a suitable job, I will support you for the rest of your life." ”