CHAPTER XVIII

"Whew, it's so cold today, I knew I would come back first to warm up the house before I went to hug you." ’

Li Li put Li Xiao on the ground and rubbed his red hands. "Yangyang, you go to the inner room for a while, I'll clean up here, it's an old house, even if we don't celebrate the New Year here, we have to clean up."

Li Xiao sat obediently on the stool, looking at the bottle in his hand, he didn't like to drink milk, but Li Li forced it into him every time...... Looking at the busy figure of Li Li in the courtyard, Li Xiao secretly ran to the corner.

After a while, "Li Li, the milk is finished, I want to eat the crunchy stick." ”

Li Li turned to look at the empty bottle on the table, "Yo, why are you so well-behaved today, I drank the milk early, na, reward you" took out the crunchy stick from the space and handed it to him.

After washing the furniture and the like, Li Li took the basin to the corner of the wall and poured water, "This is?" ”

Li Li squatted and looked at the white water stains, "Lixiao!" I said why did you drink so fast today, the co-author is all poured out, you see I don't smoke you stinky boy. ”

Li Xiao saw that Li Li was really angry, and hurriedly ran out, "Li Li, you are bad, you have said that I don't like to drink milk and you have to let me drink it!" ”

"I'm hurting you by letting you drink milk, not to nourish your body! I really don't know the hearts of good people! Li Li took the mop and chased him out.

"Stop!"

"I don't, I don't! Stop and you'll hit me! ”

Li Li saw the trap in front of him, the hole dug before! "Lixiao, stop, there's a hole in front!"

"Huh? What the? Ahh ”

'Bump! ’

Li Li hurriedly ran over, the pit was not deep, and he was stretching his hand into the pit, ready to pull him, 'Poof. ’

Oh mom, I'm a professional, unless I can't help it, 'Poof, haha, you look like a little old man.'" ’

"Li Li!" Li Xiao grabbed the chicken feathers off his head.

Li Li saw that Li Xiao was angry, and held back a smile, "Okay, okay, give me your hand quickly, and I'll pull you up." ”

"Humph!" Then he grabbed Li Li's hand and borrowed his strength to go up.

"There seems to be pheasants in the pit." Li Xiao pointed down.

Li Li turned his head to look at the pit, and when he saw the pheasant in the pit, he finally smiled calmly, and squirted out again, "Poof, I said Lixiao, how heavy are you, you can smash the pheasant, I think if the chicken can speak, the last sentence before fainting should be, the chicken is difficult, poof, haha~"

Li Xiao pursed her lips, there was still a chicken feather on her head, and she looked at her with a depressed expression.

Li Li was embarrassed to laugh again, poof, the child should cry when he laughed again, "I don't laugh anymore, I really don't laugh." ”

Then he grabbed the chicken, "Let's go, just take the chicken and go to see the village chief." ”

Along the way, Li Li stared at Li Xiao, his face flushed.

"If you want to laugh, laugh。。。。。" Li Xiao looked at her helplessly, I really don't know why her laughter is so low, staring all the way, if she doesn't let her laugh again, she may suffocate to death...

"Poof, I'm serious, Li Xiao, there is no mirror now, otherwise you will hold back your laughter when you see your appearance, oops, Mom, I have a stomachache when I laugh." Li Li covered his sore stomach with a smile.

"Li Li, to make hemp, you must have the pressure to make hemp." Li Xiao looked at her seriously.

Li Li stopped laughing, looked at his serious bun appearance, reached out, and pinched his face, "Oh yo, baby, you are really cute." ”

Li Xiao rubbed her face, thinking that she was normal...

"Okay, okay, I won't bully you."

"The village chief?"

"Yo, it's Li Li, I haven't said I've been in the city for so long and won't come back to see." The village chief teased.

"Isn't this coming back~ Village chief, is my aunt here?"

"In the back room, come in when it's cold."

"Who?"

"It's Li Li."

"Li Li is back, come into the house." As he spoke, he came out of the house.

"Auntie!"

"Oh, Li Li, Yo, Yangyang has grown so big." took out a handful of candy from the cabinet and handed it to Li Xiao.

"Yes, this child is the same day by day, and he grows up without paying attention." As he spoke, he handed the pheasant in his hand to his aunt.

"Auntie, the chicken I just hunted in the mountains, I made up for my body or something."

"You said you, come here, bring something." The aunt shirked, it was not easy for her to be a girl with a child, how could she accept her things.

"Oh, auntie, you just take it, thanks to the care of you and the village chief, such a great kindness, just a pheasant, if you don't accept it, I'm not happy."

When the aunt heard this, she couldn't shirk it anymore, so she took out a handful of candy from the cabinet and put it in Li Xiao's hand, Li Xiao looked at it, didn't take it, and looked up at Li Li.

"Auntie, you can't ask for this." Sugar is very expensive these days.

"If there's anything you can't want, just a few pieces of candy, and besides, it's for us Yangyang."

"Then, Li Xiao, what do you want to say when someone gives you something? Why don't you say thank you to grandma? ”

"Thank you, grandma." Then took the sugar, Li Li rarely let him eat sugar, saying that he would have tooth decay.

Listening to this little milk voice, the aunt is even more rare at dawn, and it is rare to hold him in her arms.

After greeting for a while, Li Li looked at the sky outside, "Auntie, then let's go back first." ”

"It's still early, why do you go back so early."

"Isn't this coming back today to clean up the old house, there are still a lot of things at home."

"Then I'll leave after eating, the meal is almost ready."

"No, no, auntie, there's something going on at home."

"That's okay, pay attention to safety on the road, Dazhu, send your Li family sister quickly."

"Auntie, Brother Dazhu, I really don't need it, it's just a short way, I really don't need to bother."

"Okay, then."

It's not that she can't see what they mean, but she can only apologize.

Seeing that it's almost afternoon, let's go home, anyway, the old house should be cleaned up.

Passing by the cowshed, I thought of the old man from before, took out two chickens from the space and pressed them under the stones.

After the New Year, it will be seventy-five years, and if you persist for another two years, you will get through it.

"Li Li?" Bai Chenming came back from outside with firewood on his back, looking at the familiar back, very surprised.

"Li Li? Is that you? You're back? I heard you've moved......"

Li Li, who originally wanted to leave quietly, heard someone stop her and had to stop.

"Well, this isn't tomorrow's Chinese New Year's Eve, I'll come back and clean up the old house."

"Then are you spending the Chinese New Year in the old house this year?" Bai Chenming looked at her expectantly.

"Ah, no, it's just coming back to clean up, and I'm still coming over at home for the New Year......"

Bai Chenming was stunned for a moment, and saw the chicken in the corner, "This chicken ......"

Li Li saw that he saw it, and was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly spoke, "New Year's ceremony, New Year's ceremony, you don't have to run around during the New Year." ”

"Li Li, take it back quickly, we can't ask for this chicken."

Li Li took a step back, "It's said that it's a New Year's gift, a New Year's gift, you can't refuse to accept it." ”

"But...... But I didn't return the salute......" Bai Chenming bowed his head in embarrassment, he couldn't give her anything......

Li Li was stunned for a moment, looked at Bai Chenming's embarrassed appearance, and suddenly reacted, what kind of messy behavior am I...... "Comrade Bai, what are you thinking, how can there be a free lunch in the world?"

When Bai Chenming heard this, he was even more at a loss.

"I came this time, I specifically asked you for help, these two chickens are rewards, you and Uncle Ouyang are both cultural people, isn't Li Xiao two years old, I want to edify him with cultural literacy, I want to ask you to help me get a notebook or something, no, I brought pen and paper."

Li Li took out a pen and paper from the basket and looked at Bai Chenming as if he was a little embarrassed, "Comrade Bai, is there anything inconvenient?" ”

That's right, how old is Bai Chenming when he came to this place, it's just a few years of school before, and he should forget about it in the past few years, my brain.

Bai Chenming saw Li Li's expression and understood that she had misunderstood, so he hurriedly spoke, "Although I didn't finish the book when I came here...... But the old man and Uncle Ouyang taught me to read the rest of the courses, and I usually review them when I have time, so I will do those courses. ”

This is to be placed in the future generations, just rush this courage, it must be a great talent. Li Li looked at him with admiration. But he will, what's the difficulty...... Li Li looked at him suspiciously.

"That's it...... If you have a copybook, where will you send it? ”

Oh yo, I'm really a pig's head, "No. 2 Guangji Street, I live there, if it's not convenient, I can pick it up myself." ”

"It's convenient, I'll send it to you after I've written it." Bai Chenming smiled at her gently.

"Oh, okay, Comrade Bai, I'll go home first, I'll go back early to make dumplings. Bye. He shoved the pen and paper into his arms, turned and ran.

Wow, he really looks good when he laughs. Groundhog screams.

Li Xiao looked at her flushed cheeks and pretended to be puzzled, "Li Li, your face is so red, do you have a fever?" ”

Li Li's face turned even redder, "Ah, no, it's because you're too heavy and tired." ”

Li Xiao looked at her with a spring heart, and was helpless for a moment, "Then I'll come down." ”

"No, don't move, you move, I'm more tired, the ground is cold, I'm cold, I'm more troublesome."

Bai Chenming looked at Li Li's back hidden in the woods, pinched the pen and paper in his hand, how could he not see that Li Li was temporarily entrusting him, just to ...... Save some sad face for yourself, how can he meet her.

If you can have her, it seems that it will be good for the rest of your life. Bai Chenming, Bai Chenming, what are you thinking, your identity......

Ouyang Hua came over from the livestock pen just now, smelling bad, and hurriedly went in to wash, seeing that he was blocked at the door, he said, "Chenming, why are you standing here and not going in?" It's a cold day, an idiot? ”

"Uncle Ouyang." Bai Chenming came back to his senses and opened the door.

Ouyang Hua walked into the courtyard to wash, and Bai Chenming then walked in with a chicken, "Uncle Ouyang, Li Li came here just now." ”

Ouyang Hua was stunned for a moment, looking at the chicken in his hand, although he knew that this girl was kind, but she always ate her for nothing...... The heart is always ......

"She wanted to ask us to help get a calligraphy, saying that she wanted to teach Li Xiao to read and write. These two chickens, are paid. ”

"Pay!?"

"Hmm."

I don't know why, Ouyang Hua suddenly felt a little excited, at least the things he used to have were not really wasted.

For the first time in so many years, this is the first time that I have received something in a dignified manner, not a charity, but an upright person.

"Is it a copybook, half of us, we must write it well. Wait until tomorrow and send it to Li Li, but you can't make her wait. Ouyang Hua excitedly took half of the paper.

Bai Chenming understood Ouyang Hua's current mood very well, but no matter how big the matter was, he couldn't be so excited, and smiled, "Uncle Ouyang, tomorrow is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and you can't go to someone else's house." ”

"Tsk, look at my brain, I forgot everything else in a hurry." Ouyang Hua patted his head.

"Then it's just that we're resting for the past two days, let's write out the notebook well, and when the first day of junior high school, you can send it to her."

"yes, okay." Even if Uncle Ouyang doesn't ask him, he will write it seriously, after all, this is her business.