Li Zheng is efficient, it is not dark yet, Cheng Qiyou has successfully moved next door to the Liu family, although the old house looks old, it is also a place to hide.

Yue Chungui put all the grain he got into the rice bowl, which was enough for them to eat until winter, plus a small bag of taro given to her by her daughter-in-law, three small stuffed corn, and eggs saved in the previous two days.

Save a province and survive the whole winter.

After putting the food, she boiled a large pot of hot water, directed a few small baths, and put the dirty clothes she had changed into a large basin.

There is enough food, Yue Chungui took the hare sent by Qi You and planned to eat it at night, and Zhiping immediately volunteered: "I'll help my sister-in-law wash it." ”

Zhimin also took a basin of clothes early, and was scrubbing seriously in the small pool in the yard at the moment.

Chun Gui's eyes were full of smiles, and after looking at it for a while, he went into the mountain again and picked a basket full of mountain bitter vegetables.

When she came back, Zhixing was helping Zhimin dry her clothes, and when she saw her coming, she hurriedly ran over and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go to Qi You's place to have a look." ”

Chungui poured a basket of wild vegetables into a pot and washed it: "It's all moved." ”

"It's done, Cheng Tianbao gave Qi You two acres of mountainous land last time, and this time Uncle Li Zheng came out and asked Qi You to come back with three acres of paddy fields, a small half silver."

"Three acres of paddy fields? The Cheng family has fallen? ”

She remembered that the Cheng family had a total of eight acres of paddy fields and four acres of mountainous land, and they didn't get half of them?

Zhixing smiled and said: "I also asked so, Uncle Li Zheng said that Cheng Tianbao took three acres of paddy fields in front of him and exchanged grain with the rich man in the town, and their family is now only five acres of paddy fields." ”

Zhixing took the mountain bitter herbs in her hand: "Qi You was supposed to get four acres of paddy fields, but now he has given three acres, and that one mu has been converted into silver." ”

"But there's not much silver."

Chungui nodded, isn't it, just after a great drought, every household has almost no money in their hands, doesn't their Liu family only have a dry penny of silver, and the little silver in Qi You's hand is also limited.

Chungui swept around the three skinny children distressedly, and when these children were fattened, she had to find a way to earn some money.

"You remember calling him over for dinner in the evening."

Zhixing's eyes lit up: "Sister-in-law, you're not angry!" ”

Chun Gui glanced at him angrily: "Do I have to starve him if I get angry again?" ”

Just moved, and was trained by her again, this child doesn't know how to be awkward, how can he be in the mood to cook.

Saying this, Chungui picked up the hare that had been cleaned by Zhiping, fished a large handful of wild vegetables and entered the house.

The oil, salt, sweet and sour in the house are complete, and the condiments such as onions, ginger and garlic are missing in relative modernity, but fortunately, the subdivided condiments such as ginger and garlic are medicinal materials here, and they can be bought in the future.

The remaining other old hen is stewed in the crockpot at the moment, sprinkled with a little rice wine like the previous two days, this rejuvenation will open all the doors of the kitchen, and the smell of the room is scrambling to drill out, she doesn't care, the chicken is hers now, how happy and how to eat!

The two rabbit legs were torn into strips, sprinkled with oil, smeared evenly, stir-fried, and the remaining skeletons were left to stew in the soup. I steam two eggs into egg custard, then stir-fry a plate of mountain bitter vegetables, pour a spoonful of chicken soup, and finally put out a crockpot of chicken soup and meat. Most of the rice noodles put down by the government are brown rice and incomplete cornmeal, so she boils it into thick brown rice porridge, otherwise it is really embarrassing.

After all the dishes were served, Chungui looked outside, and sure enough, Cheng Qiyou was already standing in the courtyard, and Zhiping was still holding the painting she had drawn in his hand, and pointed it out to him with a flushed face.

It was a good time.

Chungui raised his eyebrows and knocked on the table: "Come in and eat!" ”

Several of the children immediately looked up and ran towards her with grins.

Zhiping's little arms and legs ran slowly, Qi You simply picked people up, and the child was still restless when he was held, shaking his head and fluttering his arms, smiling like a flower.

"Sister-in-law! It smells so good! ”

Zhixing hurriedly grabbed a piece of shredded rabbit meat, and his eyes lit up: "Sister-in-law!" You're a lot better at cooking than before! ”

The speaker had no intention, Chungui listened to the hand holding the chopsticks and paused slightly, turned his hand and took a spoon and scooped a spoonful of egg custard to Zhiping bibimbap.

"If it's delicious, you can eat more."

The three children of their own family praised one by one, but Cheng Qiyou was a little restrained, and it was still awkward to think about it at the moment.

One bowl of chicken soup per person, when it was distributed to Qi You, Chun Gui glanced at him lightly: "I just heard Li Zheng say that you and Zhixing will move to the next door in Tianshui Village after the private school they went to before, and Lao Qi Xiucai will also serve as your master when he arrives." ”

Qi You had already drunk a mouthful of chicken soup, and the delicious taste made him a little stunned for a while, how long had it been since he had eaten a bite of food so seriously......

He was silent for a while, then raised his head to look at Qingqing, and then lowered his head to avoid the gaze of Chungui.

His voice was hoarse: "Thank you Sister Chun for reminding me, moving to the next village, it will be much more convenient for me and Zhixing to go to school in the future." ”

What used to be a mountain road to the town was now halved by two quarters of an hour.

Yue Chungui smiled at this time, if this child dared to reveal a little idea of self-destruction and breaking the jar at the dinner table at this time, she might be so angry that she would kick people out on the spot.

didn't want to appease one, and the one at home fell off the chain.

Zhixing swallowed a mouthful of food, looking a little uneasy: "Sister-in-law, I was about to talk about this." ”

Chungui turned his head: "Huh? ”

Zhixing was suddenly frightened.

Somehow, his sister-in-law has been showing a bad momentum since she fainted once, and he was a little stunned when he opened his mouth.

"That...... I just thought about it and I thought ......"

Chun Gui felt a little wrong: "What do you think?" ”

Zhixing touched his head and gritted his teeth: "I want to give it a try next year, and if I don't take the intermediate college exam, I will ...... Don't waste your family's money! ”

As soon as these words came out, Chungui immediately stopped his chopsticks, and the dinner table immediately fell silent.

A few small ones on the table didn't dare to squeak anymore, and they also stopped their chopsticks and looked at the spring return.

The two parents and brothers are not there, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, and she only took them back to get food back after returning from spring, and now she is the person in charge of their family.

Cheng Qiyou rubbed his fingertips and looked at Zhixing with some surprise, he was an outsider, he didn't know Yue Chungui's temperament, so he was reprimanded like this, but Zhixing is a family member who has lived with her for many years, why did he still hit the knife?

Seeing a trace of anger in Chungui's eyes, Zhixing hurriedly remedied: "If I can be admitted to Xiucai, I will continue to study!" ”

Chun Gui put the chopsticks down: "What's the matter, I just scolded Qi You, you don't have a long memory?" ”

Zhixing lowered his head, a little uncomfortable, "I understand what you said, it's just that the family has just passed the difficulty, if I can pass the best exam, I won't drag down the family if I can't pass the exam, I'm a child anyway, I can subsidize the family by copying books and selling words, and the situation will be better when the time comes......" He raised his eyes and looked at Zhiping: "Just send Zhiping to school, it's the same." ”

"What's more, the remaining land in the family also has to be planted, sister-in-law, you haven't woken up for a few days, your health is not good, our family can't let you suffer anymore......"

Chungui pressed his temples, and he was a little weak for a moment.

Glancing at Zhiping's ignorant eyes after being named, her nose was a little sour, after the original body was starved to death, Zhixing, as the eldest child in the family, only turned out a penny of silver, he knew the situation at home.

Now I think about it, these are all because of the lack of money.

Zhiping also put her painting of red pandas and simple figure landscape drawings on the table, the child obviously likes it very much and has always been with him, his small half bowl of rice has been eaten cleanly, Chungui raised his hand to pick up the bowl and gave him two spoonfuls of egg custard, Zhiping smiled and continued to eat.

Zhixing watched the spring return in horror throughout the whole process.

Chungui drank a spoonful of chicken soup, looked at the cute red panda on the rice paper, and finally opened his mouth.

"Don't talk about dropping out, you two will prepare for another year, take care of your body and then take the test, and if you don't pass the test, you will take the test again."

Zhi Xing: "Can ......"

Chungui looked up at him calmly: "Sister-in-law will save enough money, you don't have to say anything else." ”

Zhi Xing: "Can ......"

"Again, don't eat this meal, go and stand by the wall."

Zhi Xing: ......

Zhixing wiped his forehead in fear, he finally understood that his sister-in-law had been stimulated by Liu Quan to change her temperament, gentle and gentle for a quarter of an hour, and changed her face the next moment to stand at the root of the wall.

"Daddy and mother just left, if you pass the old Qi Xiucai, you don't have to go there, come back to keep filial piety for three years before you can take the imperial examination, these three years are enough for my sister-in-law to save money, and then find a good teacher for you."

He is seventeen years old after keeping filial piety, and if he is lucky enough to go to high school, it is the best age.

Chungui continued: "As for the fields, you don't have to worry about it, when the grain was just released, the village chief said that some people in the village sold their land for grain during the dry season, and when the time comes, my sister-in-law will find a family with a stable character, and when the time comes, we will have seven acres of paddy fields, and we will only collect 60% of the rent if we sell it well to the villagers." ”

After speaking, he looked at Qi You: "If you think it's okay, you can also pick a family to rent out when the time comes." ”

Cheng Qiyou obviously didn't expect to have his own share, so after thinking about it, he nodded: "Sister Chun has taken it into account." ”

Zhixing obviously didn't give up, and opened his mouth again with the determination to be scolded: "Sister-in-law...... You have to tell me, how do you save money? ”

Chungui glanced at him, looking at him like a puppy, she was a little helpless, raising a child is not good, she scolded and scolded, and she couldn't start.

She had no choice but to click on the painting in Zhiping's hand.

"When all the people in these four towns and eight villages have recovered, I will go to the town to see if anyone has collected the paintings."

These children didn't praise her for painting better than the fan picture on the fan of the old Qi Xiucai in the village, so she tried to make money with this painting skill.

"It doesn't matter if it's a fan or an embroidered picture, I can draw new patterns, and see if anyone accepts it when the time comes."

"Absolutely!" Zhixing immediately shouted, hurriedly unfolding the picture, and his face was radiant: "Sister-in-law, I really didn't lie to you, the picture you drew must have been unseen by others, and I saw it and asked for it!" ”

Chungui couldn't help laughing, she didn't dare to say too much, but Zhixing was full of confidence in her.

The picture was spread out on the table, and the cute red panda was vivid.

"Sister Chun, Zhixing is right."

Cheng Qiyou looked at the painting and said sincerely.

Chungui raised an eyebrow and motioned for him to continue.

"Sister Chun's paintings are different from others, although I haven't seen them, but I was reluctant to take my eyes off them when I first saw them from Zhiping's hands, this painting has its own place."

Chungui couldn't help but "pounce": "Okay, okay, let's borrow the auspicious words of the two future champions." ”

The meal went on lively.

After eating, Cheng Qiyou said goodbye and walked into the next room with a hard-boiled egg given by Chungui.

This old house was where his father and mother lived when they were young, and the smell of the house was scattered all afternoon, and there was still some musty smell left in the house.

Lighting the lamp and closing the window, he sat alone on a stool and suddenly fell silent.

The house has long been cleaned up, the bedding and utensils are all available, and life can be lived, but it is ......

He looked down at the hard-boiled eggs in his hand, which were returned to him after dinner, and said that he didn't fire today, and that he could fill his stomach if he was hungry from studying his homework at night.

He was suddenly a little stunned, he had no feelings for his brother and sister-in-law, and it was not surprising that he would be kicked out. I thought that I would live on my own for the rest of my life, and I even had evil thoughts, hoping that this drought would not pass. Unexpectedly, someone secretly gave him a head, and then clicked his mind through from beginning to end, and it didn't take much effort to wake him up.

He burst out laughing, and turned his head to look at the next room, where there were a few laughs, presumably talking about something interesting.

He stopped laughing and laughing, somehow...... He was a little envious.

After waiting a little longer, he finally opened the book that he hadn't opened for a long time.