Chapter 43: Busy Day and Night
Li Jiye was hung alive by his mother-in-law and Li Jicai for several days. If you don't dare to eat at the same table, you can't even say a few words.
Because this time Li Jiye did too much, although he didn't have any problem going to a friend's house for dinner, but getting drunk was her problem.
Think about what Li Jicai is doing when he is enjoying himself?
Is it so easy to get up so early to dig vegetables in the vegetable field and then pick them up and sell them at the market? As sisters and brothers, don't you know how to support each other?
If Mrs. Fan knew that the two of them were not brothers and sisters at all, Li Jicai would probably be very surprised if she still treated him like this.
Li Jiye also felt very guilty, it was right that he went to a friend's house to eat at that time, and he was a friend he made in the book club, but he didn't expect that he couldn't stand the persuasion of others at the dinner table, so he drank a few glasses.
In the past, the family was also very strict, and he never gave wine to drink, so everyone said that it was a relief to worry and forget about worries, and he did go through a difficult time during this time, and he also wanted to try the taste of indulgence.
Who knew you would get drunk after drinking like this.
If he had known that he would get drunk and cause such a catastrophe, he would not have agreed to this friend to go to her house for dinner.
Alas, one misstep becomes a thousand hatreds.
Originally, I was not in a very good mood after I was drunk, but when I entered the door, I was frightened by Li Jicai with a kitchen knife, and she was rambling and talking, so she had a homeopathic attack.
In the end, he blames himself.
The two of them hadn't paid attention to him for a few days, and she had slept with Xiao Erhei for several days in a row.
Normally, when it was his turn, he would shout loudly to go into the house earlier, and then kick Li Jicai out.
Now because of the loss, he automatically doesn't dare to sleep in the house.
And in the past few days, Li Jicai has been busy trumpeting her osmanthus red bean Lantern Festival, and he has no time to take care of him.
And my mother-in-law is also very busy these days, as if she is choosing condiments for Li Jicai. Occasionally, you can hear a few nouns.
In fact, he also wants to care about how Li Jicai's business is doing.
I heard that the eggplant sold has been selling very well recently, and after going out for a while in the morning, the eggplant was sold out.
Li Jicai would get up very early every morning, and then rush out of the city, and she was among the first people in line.
After going out of the city, I picked up vegetables and came back, and then I sold them as I went.
The price she gives is lower than that of the vegetable sellers in the capital, but because she sells relatively little and is a small business, it will not affect the business of those vegetable sellers, so she will naturally not be suppressed.
The beggars in the advanced city smeared Li Jicai and Li Jiye from time to time, and the limelight has passed.
Now Li Jicai is diligent in carrying vegetables to sell, relying on his ability to eat, naturally he will not be said anything, and some are particularly praised, thinking that this little girl was a homeless before, but now she has already made vegetables to sell, I have to say that this day is getting better and better.
It's also a joy to watch.
Li Jicai was too busy to care about Li Jiye's thoughts, she was busy making money, and there were many bumps and bumps in the grocery shopping, and she couldn't solve them, where could she take care of Li Jiye's mood?
Now Li Jicai gets up the earliest in the morning, and then cooks breakfast, Li Jicai will come back to make lunch at noon, go out to do odd jobs in the afternoon, and come back to cook dinner in the evening, if it is too late, usually Mrs. Fan will help.
Li Jicai was busy going around, and Mrs. Fan never said anything in her eyes, and she didn't talk about it, so she was allowed to grow wild and free.
Whether it's making money or losing money, these are life lessons.
Li Jiye has become a little rabbit cub in the eyes of Mrs. Fan.
I go to the book club every day to study and don't study well, and I secretly learn to drink with adults.
was really dizzy, so she deliberately coldened her during this time and gave him a look.
Fortunately, Li Jiye also knows it in his heart and knows how to be a man with his tail between his legs. These days, I have been looking at my face and being a person.
On this day, Li Jicai came back in the dark sky, she didn't carry anything in her hands, she went to the back kitchen of the inn to work as a helper for others, in fact, it was to wash the dishes, and every time she came back after doing it, she felt like she was out of strength.
The door was opened and not closed, and it had become a habit to leave her the door every night.
When I entered the door, the courtyard was very bright, and the house was already lit with candles.
The dim light made Li Jicai's heart appear a trace of warmth.
It's nice to have a home.
Just watching, Li Jiye suddenly came out of the kitchen, holding a wooden basin in his hand, looking at Li Jicai's eyes without blinking.
"Coming back? Come, wash your hands and eat first! Li Jiye smiled at her.
Li Jicai's tired face showed a hint of a smile, and said to her, "I'm tired." ”
Indeed, when she came out of the back kitchen of the inn, she felt that she was covered in the smell of vegetables, and it smelled very bad.
If she was wandering, Li Jicai would have been fine, but now she was wearing a clean blue cloth dress from Mrs. Fan, which was very clean and decent, and she didn't want to get dirty. But you can't go out naked.
Every time she came back from running outside, she would go back to her room to take off her clothes, and then wash them carefully and dry them.
Li Jiye was a little flattered by Li Jicai's politeness, he put the basin on the ground and turned around and went into the kitchen.
Li Jicai glanced at him, a little strange, when did he become so honest?
After Li Jiye brought the food, Li Jicai happened to wash his hands and enter the house.
The porridge, water and vegetables on the table have been served, and they have all been served.
"Why are you so diligent today?" Li Jicai's words were said to Mrs. Fan, and her eyes glanced at Li Jiye.
Old Mrs. Fan didn't squeak, and Li Jiye, who was making vegetables, showed a few embarrassed smiles on her face.
Everyone knows it.
This topic naturally skips over.
Everyone had a meal without incident, and then they dispersed.
Two days later, Li Jiye invited Li Jicai to visit the Green Cloud Publishing House.
In fact, the book clubs are all open to the public, and there are no rules prohibiting them from entering, but the Green Cloud Book Club is different and needs to go through an assessment.
That's why a vegetable vendor like Li Jicai won't go in, not to mention that she doesn't even know a word.
Most ordinary people will not also go in, because there are a bunch of literati who dance and write, and they will laugh and be generous if they are not careful.
So easily, no one wants to go in and bring humiliation on themselves.
Li Jiye invited Li Jicai in just to let her in and have a look, because usually, Li Jicai showed great interest in books.
If it weren't for being a woman, Li Jiye would have no doubt that Li Jicai would take the imperial examination, and he would definitely take the exam.
In that case, then he would take her there, take her to see the place where he reads books every day, and experience the atmosphere there.
Li Jiye's starting point was good, and Li Jicai never misunderstood him, and Li Jicai agreed to Li Jiye's invitation without hesitation.
Anyway, after she sells vegetables every day, after doing things, there is nothing else to do, if you can go to the book club to have a look and listen to what people have to say, it is also great.
Just right, to learn about the customs of Chu State, after all, this is where she lives now.
Therefore, on this day, Li Jicai was busy with the affairs at hand, and then followed Li Jiye to the Green Cloud Publishing House.
She specially wore her best dress, the best of all the clothes given to her by the old lady of the Fan family, and the one she cherished the most, a white floral skirt.
Although Li Jixiang went out in a dress in autumn and winter, she might be thought of as a fool, but in order to save face for Li Jiye, she still didn't hesitate to wear it out beautifully.
But I clipped a few torn clothes outside, and I thought about taking them off to reveal my skirt when I entered the bookstore.
Mrs. Fan made autumn and winter clothes for Li Jiye and Li Jicai, which were very simple and warm.
Li Jicai wants to dress beautifully and go out, after all, she is also a girl, thinking that there may be a lot of them in the book club, young men, she will also feel a little embarrassed.
When the time comes, you can't embarrass Li Jiye, Li Jiye doesn't feel a little funny when she sees Li Jicai's solemn appearance.
It's just a book club, as for it?
But I also felt a little regretful when I thought that as a woman, she couldn't take the imperial examination, couldn't enter the court as an official, and couldn't do many things that women were not allowed to do but men were allowed to do.
If Li Jicai was a man, he felt that it might be more suitable for him, after all, they had encountered so many things along the way, and Li Jicai's thin shoulders actually took on all of them, and even took on the responsibility of protecting him, and of course, the task of supporting him.
Thinking about it, I also feel ashamed that as a dignified seven-foot man, I can't compare to a woman.
But Li Jicai didn't have such thoughts at all, and she was also happy that Li Jiye invited her to go out to visit the book club.
In fact, if it weren't for Li Jiye's invitation, she would have wanted to eat those free book clubs in private.
But every time she passed by some bookstores on the street, there was a man and not a woman in sight.
If she entered so abruptly, she would definitely not be able to do so, and she also thought about showing off in men's clothes, but if she entered in men's clothes, she would feel very embarrassed if she was recognized.
So she simply gave up this idea and sold her own dishes honestly, and the Lantern Festival she made by herself recently sold better and better.
At the beginning, the six bowls were okay, and one or two bowls couldn't be sold, but then they were sold and sold, and the old lady collected most of the bowls in her own house and asked her to pretend to be the osmanthus red bean Lantern Festival.
She had already explained that this osmanthus was a seasonal food, and she only sold it during this time.
Maybe saying this will stimulate people's needs even more, some people ask for an extra bowl or two after hearing this sentence, and some even want to take this Lantern Festival home to eat.