Chapter 44: The Li Family's Scheme
In the evening, the Li family shacked.
Mrs. Li said while drinking mush: "Dad, we don't have much food to bring, what can we do!" ”
Old man Li was stunned for a moment, "Aren't we able to receive some food from each family every day?" Didn't save your own food? ”
Mrs. Li pointed her finger at the man who had been to Zhiwen's shack, "You ask Dazhi." ”
Dazhi paused the bowl on the ground, looked at Old Man Li and said, "Dad, the grain collected in the past two days is not as much as a few days ago, and some people have run out of food, relying on wild vegetables and even grass cakes, how can there be food for us?" If we don't add some food we bring ourselves, we won't have enough to eat. ”
Old man Li looked at the spectacular scene inside and outside the shack where more than 20 adults and children were eating, and couldn't help but feel a headache, "You won't let your aunt take the girl to find wild vegetables?" With so many people, they don't want to find something to eat, and this food can't afford to be consumed. ”
Dazhi smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, you are a wild vegetable that we grow ourselves?" Where is so easy to find, if it doesn't rain, there are few wild vegetables, not to mention that there are so many people looking for them. ”
"You...!" Old man Li wanted to get angry, but he endured it again.
This eldest son has studied in a private school for a few years, has a brain, and the gentleman in the private school also gave him a big name Li Zhi, which is the brain trust of this big family, the family suffered from drought, and the old man Li originally wanted to endure again, but Dazhi said that it was necessary to escape the famine as soon as possible, and the family ran out, and now it seems that it is the right way, this rain has not fallen, if you stay at home and spend more food, and then escape the famine later, you may starve to death on the road.
Some time ago, he first helped maintain the order of taking water, and then came to the door to find each family to ask for food, which was the one he came up with, otherwise without this trick, his own food would only be consumed faster.
If we want to solve the food problem, we have to rely on great wisdom.
"Dazhi, you still have to think of a way," Old Man Li couldn't think of any tricks himself, "Daddy, please beg you, this big family, you can't wait for death." You've read books, you've got a good brain, huh? ”
"Alas," Li Zhi sighed slightly, and said, "There is a way, but it is a little lacking in virtue, this..."
"When is it? Can you still take care of the lack of morality? Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Old Man Li, "Tell me, what is the idea?" ”
"Call the whole family." Faced with the pressure of survival, Li Zhi finally ignored the condemnation of his conscience.
"Come here! Something to say! Old man Li yelled loudly.
"The babies come and listen, too." Li Zhi answered again.
"Huh?" Old man Li was a little puzzled, what do you want a child for? But in the end, he still believed in his boss's brain, and shouted loudly: "Did you hear that? Roll over here and take the babies with you! ”
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In the evening, as before, Zhiwen took Nannan, Xiaoying and Niuniu back to the shack, and handed the basket in his hand to Xiaoyingniang, which was still alfalfa, yam and a few wild vegetables, enough for eight people to eat, sorghum noodles had to be added later, and wheat noodles were completely uneaten.
Zhiwen's wild vegetable cakes are sufficient, and one for each person is enough for them to eat for the children and Xiao Yingniang, so Xiao Yingniang is still a little distressed about giving the Li family a cake every day.
Xiao Yingniang took the basket and looked at the things inside, except for a few wild vegetables to be cleaned, the others were clean, if it wasn't to be broken to make cakes, it could be directly put into the pot, such a good appearance, I don't know how Xiao Zhi got it.
"Aunt Song! Aunt Song! Xiao Yingniang had just picked out the wild vegetables when someone outside shouted at her.
"Well, here it is." Xiao Yingniang hurriedly walked out of the shack to greet her, and she couldn't let people see this kind of wild vegetables when she just picked them up.
"Yo! He's Uncle Li. Xiao Yingniang politely outside the shack, "Oh, this wild vegetable has just been picked back, and the meal is not ready yet, if you are too busy to come and get it later, why don't we send it to you?" ”
"No, no, no, it's too polite, Aunt Song." Li Zhi hurriedly said, "Don't you dare to make trouble for you, or... You can just give me the dish, and we will take it back and cook it ourselves, so that you don't have to worry about making it well. ”
"Huh?" Xiao Yingniang was a little confused, this was changed after the meal to before the meal, what is the situation?
"Aunt Song! Aunt Song! Li Zhi saw Xiao Yingniang in a daze and shouted on the side.
"Well, that's... Okay, wait a minute, ah! I'll go in and get it for you!" In the next few words, Xiao Yingniang's voice was very loud, for fear that Zhiwen would not hear what they said outside, so she turned around and walked slowly into the shack.
As soon as he entered the shack, Zhiwen handed over a cleanly washed yam and a handful of alfalfa, both stained with water droplets, and water waves were shaking in a wooden barrel next to him.
Zhiwen just heard this Li Zhi say that he wanted to take it back to cook by himself in the shack, and knew that it was not easy to refuse, so he hurriedly put water from the fish pond and washed a yam and a handful of alfalfa, anyway, it was just to wet them and make a appearance, as for the deep meaning of the other party's move, he didn't bother to think about it for a while.
Xiao Yingniang is secretly happy, this Zhiwen's ears are spirits, his brain is also good, his movements are fast, and he didn't say a few words outside, so he worked hard for a while, and he wiped out his worries.
"Yo, it's all washed?!" Li Zhi's voice sounded outside the shack, "Dazhu, their movements are really fast enough, and the water has come back?" ”
"Kid, your legs are fast, this is the second trip." Xiao Yingniang was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see the big pillar, and they would be suspicious.
"It's much better than those boys in our family." Li Zhikua quit after finishing the person.
At dinner in the evening, Zhiwen specially told Dazhu and Xiaojie, "From tomorrow onwards, rest down and go to fetch water first, you don't have to worry about the shack, if the water is small or there are many people, if you wait for a long time, then you two will come out of someone and come back with an empty bucket first." ”
"Oh!" Dazhu agreed to come down and didn't ask why.
"Huh? Xiaozhi, what is this for? "It's still Xiaojie who likes to ask questions.
"Then the boss of the Li family came early today," Xiao Yingniang explained to her son on the side, "I took the grain away just now, saying that I wanted to make it myself, so I don't bother us." The wild vegetables that Zhiwen found were so clean, but how could they take the water to them. ”
"That's right," Xiao Jie nodded, "This is not done, it is going to be born, what are they trying to do?" ”
Zhiwen was a little amused when he looked at him frowning, but this spirit was still worth encouraging, "Xiao Jie, think about it, tell us when you come up with something, so you can prepare, huh?" ”
Xiao Jie nodded, and meditated on the side.
"How's it going, old woman?" Old man Li looked at Mrs. Li with blank eyes.
"Well," Mrs. Li nodded, "there is more grain and wild vegetables than the previous two days." ”
"How much?" Old man Li asked again with joy.
Mrs. Li was suddenly annoyed, "Do you know how to count?" Come on, come on, you count, how much more. ”
"Hehe," Old Man Li was not annoyed, "If you don't count, don't count, I'll let Dazhi count." What about Great Wisdom? Great wisdom! Great wisdom! ”
"It's coming, it's coming." Li Zhi hurriedly walked into the shack with a few other brothers, "Let me rest for a while, Dad, after collecting my things, I will go to the puddle to watch." ”
PS: During the new book recommendation period, continue to be cheeky and ask for collections and recommendations.