Chapter 5 Going to Town

"Third uncle, third uncle, and us!" Li Chengqiang and Li Chenggang, who were naughty in the second family, saw that Li Yangming praised Li Wendong, so they eagerly begged for praise, followed by Li Wenqiu, the only girl in the family.

"Good, good, good, everyone has worked hard today, you are all very capable, today your sister-in-law also found a wild vegetable that can be eaten, and your sister-in-law and I have also made tonight's dinner by the way, you can give everyone a taste of this houttuynia as a reward." Li Yangming couldn't help but smile and praise everyone.

Li Yangqing stood aside and looked at the energetic nephews, who also looked proud, with a big smile on his face.

"Okay, now my sister-in-law is going to cash out the reward for you, everyone come here, I'll feed you a taste of this wild vegetable you found today, see if it's delicious?" Li Yangqing raised the chopsticks in his hand, and the children immediately surrounded like a group of little swallows waiting to be fed. Isn't it chewy? It's different from your usual dishes, isn't it? Li Yangqing asked the juniors who had tasted the taste three times in a row, and hoped that everyone would like it.

"It's delicious, sister-in-law's wild vegetables are very delicious, grandpa, grandpa, the third uncle and sister-in-law made delicious dishes, everyone is washing your hands and eating, I'm so hungry!" , Li Chenggang stepped on some broken straw sandals, and was eager to run out of the kitchen to share them with the rest of the family, but unfortunately the shoes fell off a little unobediently, so he quickly staggered and stuffed his two little feet into it, rubbed to Li Tingyuan's side outside the door, and shook his big hands away from Tingyuan.

"Grandpa, grandpa, did you hear what I just said? My sister-in-law found delicious wild vegetables today, grandpa, you must try them later. ”

"Hear it, Cheng Gang, don't shake grandpa, let's quickly clean up the table and set up the dinner! The little baby is probably hungry. Li Tingyuan lovingly took his little grandson's hand and said.

"Hey, father, mother, younger brother, younger brother and sister also quickly finished washing their hands and eating, the big guys are tired today." Li Wenshi turned his head and walked to the kitchen to help bring the dishes and chopsticks to the table in the hall and set them up, scooped a few spoonfuls of porridge into each person's bowl, and saw that the elders and juniors in the family were sitting in their respective seats, and then sat on the table where the women in the family were sitting.

"Little sister, what kind of dish is this? We haven't eaten it before, so there's no problem, right? Li Yangde was still a little worried about the wild vegetables he hadn't eaten, but he didn't want to waste a piece of his little sister's heart, so he touched his head a little crampedly and looked at Li Yangqing in a sneering manner.

"Big brother, don't worry! This is called Houttuynia cordata, which has both edible value and medicinal value, can clear heat and detoxify, and is very refreshing to eat with corn porridge. Li Yangqing looked at the adults on the table with a nervous expression, after all, the people here have never eaten, and if they want these adults to accept it immediately, they are still reckless, and they can't help but bow their heads.

Seeing his sister's lowered head, Li Yangming cleared his throat and solemnly said to his family: "Father, brother and sister-in-law, don't worry!" My little sister and I have already eaten it in advance, and there is no problem so far, and the reason why my little sister knows this thing is because my little sister is a person from Xiangji that day. Li Yangming explained in detail the situation of Li Yangqing's encounter with the dream of the gods helping each other, hoping that the family would be happy to hear it, and at the same time told the family to keep it a secret.

After hearing this, Li Qiu cried with joy, looked at Li Yangqing, and his voice was a little choked: "That's really God bless!" Knowing that our family is having a hard time, good fortune has come to our family! You don't know that in fact, your sister was born with a weak body, I went to the temple to worship the Bodhisattva and gave your sister a hexagram, saying that your little sister is a blessed person, as long as you raise it well, you will have great achievements in the future! I thought about what a daughter's family could do, so I never told you, and it seems that now this is the manifestation of the Bodhisattva. ”

"As the saying goes, good things don't make a noise, about the little sister's matter, the old and young in the family must keep their mouths shut, don't make a noise everywhere, for fear of disaster, I hope you will remember it firmly today, if anyone in the family talks nonsense, it can be dealt with according to the family rules when the time comes."

"Don't worry! Dad, we remember. "After all, it is a matter of gods and Buddhas, and the ancients were very in awe.

"Grandpa, we are all obedient, grandpa, you can try this dish soon, it's delicious, my aunt fed us just now, it's delicious." Li Chengqiang was a little anxious to help Li Yangqing clarify, his head kept nodding and saying that it was delicious, and he said with a small mouth.

"Okay, let's eat, everyone can try this dish." Li Tingyuan spoke.

"It's delicious! Little sister, there are such delicious wild vegetables at this time, and I can finally change the taste, hahaha! ”

"Second brother, you can eat more if it's delicious, I see that this year's harvest is not good, this thing is also easy to plant, I still have some left today to finish digging, I can still plant a season at this time, I think can I go to the town to sell it for money?" If not, this can also be used as a variety of food storage at home. ”

"Then little sister, how about I take some to town tomorrow? Let's see if anyone wants it. ”

"Second brother, me and the third brother will also go tomorrow, after all, I know this thing, the third brother can read and write, if you meet a good customer, you can sign a contract on the spot, Dad, what do you think?"

"What Yang Qing said is right, tomorrow the three brothers and sisters will go to the town together, and there will be a good response, if you can sell it for money, you can sell it, if not, it's okay for our family to eat it ourselves."

"Yay! Daddy is the best. Li Yangqing excitedly ran to Li Tingyuan's side and hugged Li Tingyuan coquettishly.

Li Tingyuan rarely saw his youngest daughter make such a childish appearance, so he couldn't help but tease her, "You learned this trick from Cheng Gang!" Li Yangqing was proud for a while, so he made Li Chenggang usually look like a coquettish adult, and now when he heard Li Tingyuan say it in person, he was a little embarrassed, and everyone saw Li Yangqing's coquettish appearance for the first time, and they were all amused by her rare appearance that matched her age.

With the "clucking" of the big rooster in the house, Li Yangqing listened to the sound of the family getting up early to open the door, thinking about going to the town today, so he also packed himself up early, wore a yellow coarse kudzu cloth with the least patches, dressed it up as a top and bottom, and combed two bags of buns with two hemp ropes.

happily jumped to the kitchen, scooped a few gourds and ladles of hot water into the wooden basin, reached out to test the temperature of the water, and wiped his face with an old cloth towel.

Looking at the shadow in the basin through the morning light, the little girl has beautiful facial features, a pair of smart big eyes are spinning, and her complexion is much better than before, she is a beauty embryo who has inherited Li Qiu's beautiful appearance.

Li Qiu is a typical southern woman, with a delicate face, a goose egg face, curved eyebrows, a pair of bright almond eyes, a slender body, a soft voice, as gentle as her name, in her forties, except for a few extra wrinkles with traces of time, you can see the beauty of your youth.

Li Yangqing generally followed Li Qiu's appearance, but his eyebrows and nose followed his father, the bridge of his nose was straight, and his eyebrows were like a crescent moon.

"Second brother, third brother, you all get up! If we have packed up, let's hurry up and dig some houttuynia cordata, wash it by the river, and take advantage of the early time to bring fresh wild vegetables to the town as soon as possible, after all, we will have to walk a long way to the town. ”

"Hey, you girl, you're still worried about your brothers, don't worry! I packed it up early, and your sister-in-law also pasted a few cakes for us to take with us hungry on the way, all in the box on my back. ”

"Okay, second brother, third brother, let's hurry to the entrance to the mountain pass behind the village, I walked up the slope for a while to find it."

"What? You girl is so daring! Do you know how dangerous it is to dare to go to the mountains alone? There are wild beasts on the mountain! Next time, you are not allowed to go alone, and you will be asked to take you to the second brother if you have something. Patting Li Yangqing's shoulder, Li Yangwu said in surprise and worry.

Li Yangqing stuck out his tongue and pulled Li Yangwu's hand guiltily, "Second brother, third brother, I know, I won't dare next time, I'm thinking that there is not enough food at home, and I can't find anything to eat, I didn't think of so much." After speaking, I was also afraid for a while.

"Little sister, thank you for your hard work, you have to worry about your family at such a young age, you are all poor, everyone is hungry and scared, I believe that our family will work together to get through this winter."

"Yes, second brother, we must find a way to sell this today to supplement the family."

The three brothers and sisters said as they arrived at the entrance to the mountain pass at the end of the village, and Li Yangqing led the way to the place where Houttuynia cordata was picked last time, "Second brother, third brother, this is here, there is still a small piece, I don't see that it has been dug up by others, let's quickly dig it to the river to wash." ”

"Little sister, you rest, let's dig." The two brothers, Li Yangwu and Li Yangming, squatted down and took the lead in digging up.

"Brothers, it's better to dig deeper into this, there's still one down there! This is also easy to feed, if it sells well today, let's find a good place to plant it in a large area, how about it? ”

"Okay, it's easy to dig." After a while, the three brothers and sisters dug up the houttuynia to be sold, Li Yangwu lifted the basket and put it on his back, and hurriedly walked to the river at the entrance of the village.

When I came to the river, I looked at the small river that surrounded this Lijia village, the river water was crystal clear, the water was sparkling, and it was shining with a little starlight in the sun.

This river that raises Lijia Village, Wenjia Village, and Sunjia Village is called Sankou River, according to legend, a long time ago, there was a god in the sky who secretly went down to earth, married a mortal woman and gave birth to a child, and then was discovered by the gods, and the family was punished, and became three mountains across the river, and then slowly developed into three villages, and was named Sankou River by the big guy.

The three siblings found a hidden place and washed the houttuynia cordata, rubbed it for a while, washed it, packed it up and put it in the basket, covered it with some grass, and walked together to the village to the shore of the town to take a boat.

"Oops! Yang Qing hasn't seen you for a long time, my aunt misses you, when will I go to my aunt's house to find stones and apricots to play? Are you going to town today, too? "Sitting on the boat for a long time, a head wrapped in a handkerchief, a dark round face, a pair of smiling eyes accompanied by a mouth with the corners of the mouth curved upward, estimated to be in her forties, at first glance, there is a sense of affection The woman is the mother of the stone, and everyone calls her Aunt Lan.