Chapter 25: Hope
"Chirp, chirp!" "Squeak"
The two clever little guys immediately gobbled up, and Li Qimei and Li Bamei, who watched it, laughed for a while, and couldn't wait to come forward and pick up these two new members of the family.
"Seventh sister, bring this to the eldest brother first. Li Daihan smiled and put the other half of the grilled fish with the bones removed in the clay basin, and asked the salivating Li Qimei to send it over.
"Okay, Sixth Brother!" Li Qimei, who had already spoken with a mouthful, moved her throat slightly, but she still nodded sensibly.
"Dead Nizi, don't eat it halfway, you know!" Thinking of her eldest son Li Da lying on the bed, Li's mother, who was sad in her heart, said with a serious face.
"Mother, you're so annoying! Even if I eat it secretly, is the grilled fish made by the sixth brother too delicious!" Li Qimei coaxed Mother Li with a smile on her face.
"Fourth sister, go and watch the seventh child, remember not to let her eat secretly. Mother Li didn't worry about Li Qimei's little naughty, so she ordered to arrange a past responsible for supervision
"Got it!" Although Li Simei was very hungry, especially when she smelled the grilled fish grilled by Li Dai and the two little pets devouring it, she was even more hungry, but thinking that she would be able to eat grilled fish soon, she naturally did not dare to disobey her mother's will, and hurriedly took the order to accompany Li Qimei to deliver the meal.
"Wow, Fourth Sister, you won't really come along!" Li Qimei muttered a little rebelliously.
"Hmph, mother knows what you're going to do, can I not keep an eye on it! Besides, the eldest brother is in a bad mood now, it's rare to have such a delicious grilled fish, and you are embarrassed to grab it from him." Li Simei snorted arrogantly.
"Fourth sister, don't you want to eat? Why don't we two eat some secretly on the way......" Li Qimei smiled with a "giggle" on her face, as crisp and pleasant as a silver bell, and made people feel soft and glutinous and tempting.
"Sixth, this is the herb found by the two pets next to you, it can be sold for a lot of money!" Li San flipped through the medicine basket that Dumb put aside, looked at it cautiously, and said with some incredulity.
"Yes, third brother, I plan to go to the pharmacy tomorrow to sell it, accompany my father and eldest brother to Langzhong in the town to have a look, and if you are okay, come with us." Li Dai smiled and continued to flip the grilled fish briskly.
"Then how are we going tomorrow, are we looking for the donkey cart of Lao Zhangtou's family?" Li San nodded slightly, frowning a little solemnly.
"Yes, I told Lao Zhangtou that when the time comes, we will go to town together, and he can help us drive the donkey cart. Li Dai gave people a warm heart and smiled.
"Stab"!
Li Dai made several grilled fish in a row, all of which were distributed to the brothers and sisters in the family, although Li's father and Li mother also smelled the fragrant aroma, but they still swallowed the following saliva silently, and politely refused Li Dai's kindness, saying that the two had eaten.
"Sixth brother, will you take me?" Li Qimei also hurriedly came out after giving the grilled fish to Li Da, although in the end, under the supervision of Li Simei, she was not able to carve up the eldest brother's grilled fish, but she still thought about the grilled fish that Li Dai was roasting, so she naturally walked out quickly, and asked casually with some heart.
"Seventh sister, you and eighth sister are at home with your mother, this time you are mainly accompanying your father and eldest brother to see Langzhong, and next time your father and eldest brother are better, I will take you with me!" Li Dai had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and there was a thick smile in his eyes.
"Hey, it's boring, you don't take me with you every time you go to town. Li Qimei's two eyebrows were twisted into a pimple, and she was a little old-fashioned.
"Okay, this time the sixth brother will go to the town to bring you some delicious food. Li Dai said patiently.
"Really, but how do I feel that every time you bring back, the delicious fish you bring back is not as delicious as the grilled fish you made today!" Li Qimei was happy in her heart, her pink cheeks, her ruddy little mouth, and her "giggle" smile, like a silver bell, crisp and pleasant as a silver bell, recalling the delicious taste just now.
"If you think the grilled fish is delicious, next time I will ask the third brother and the fifth brother to catch it in the river for you, if you have the heart to learn, I will teach you how to grill the fish!" Li Dai still kept his hands on his hands, and he didn't have time to accompany her to be startled, and at the same time said with a smile.
"Can I learn?" Li Qimei said with a puzzled face.
You must know what she occasionally cooks and eats on weekdays, and the food she makes in the end is almost always the same color, and most of the time the food she makes is often charred black.
"It's okay, you can study with the second sister and the fourth sister when the time comes, if you don't remember, you can ask them. Li Dai shook his head slightly, and had no choice but to keep encouraging.
"Sixth, can I learn your grilled fish?" Li Ermei is a well-known handsome girl in the mountains here, and she is exposed to the rain and sun every day, but she is not drenched, she is not tanned, her face is white and clean, and her eyebrows and eyes are clear and bright. When he laughs, his mouth is like a quiet crescent moon, and when he speaks, his voice is like a yellow warbler beating his hooves.
"Yes, in a few days, when the conditions at our house are better, we will go to the town to find a shop for you and the fourth sister to cook and sell grilled fish in the kitchen." Li Dai planned the prospect road.
"Go to the town to open a shop to sell grilled fish, but where does our family get so much money?" Li Ermei said with some worry in her heart.
I feel that the matter of going to the town to open a shop is somewhat fantastical, at least she still knows a little bit about the situation at home now, not to mention that it is difficult to open a grilled fish shop in the town, even three meals a day are difficult, and most of the time she can barely guarantee two meals a day.
"Second sister, these are the three high-quality herbs that the sixth child picked today, and they should be able to sell for a lot of money. Li San smiled mysteriously.
"But isn't this for my father and eldest brother to show Lang Zhong's money? Besides, I don't know when I will find such herbs when I will go into the mountains next time. Li Ermei's face turned cold and she groaned.
"This is what Xiao Yi and the mountain rat found today, and after a few days into the mountain, let them help find it, and they should be able to find some other good herbs." Li Dai's smile is like a spring breeze, easily blowing away the haze accumulated in his family's heart.
"You mean the herbs that this little eagle and the mountain rat found?" Li Ermei was surprised to show a mouthful of neatly arranged teeth, as white and flawless as pearls, and her expression was extremely surprised.
Looking at the golden eagle and the white-gold mountain rat in front of him under the firelight, these two little guys still have such ability.
"Yes, don't look at the two of them, they are not big, but they are clever, the herbs in the mountains are not easy to find for them in the sky and underground!" Li Dai's smile seemed to be a steady stream of sweet springs, which could give his family unlimited strength.
"So that's the case, then I can really open a shop, and then I can let the third and fifth children not have to go into the mountains, but run directly in the grilled fish shop. Li Ermei grinned with a sincere smile on the corner of her mouth, like a red pomegranate, and her face looked so natural and comfortable, under the firelight of the barbecue, it seemed like a jade lotus blooming in the moonlight.
Her heart gradually became active, and even after she had a grilled fish shop in the future, even the third and fifth children began to plan for them.
"Yes, Adai! If you really want to be able to let the third and fifth children go to the town to run more steadily than anything else, every time you go into the mountains for your mother, you are worried about you, afraid that you will be injured like your father and eldest brother, when will such a worrying day be a head!" The bead-like wrinkles on Li's mother's face gradually deepened, and the knots formed by the two eyebrows were locked together.
"Mother, don't worry, as long as my father and eldest brother's injuries are better, let Xiaoyi and the mountain rats help find some high-quality herbs, and our whole family will move to the town to live. Li Dai's smile was so sweet, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he kept comforting.
"That's good, if you can really do it, the family can be regarded as having a hope!" Looking at the appearance of the four walls of the family, Mother Li felt very uncomfortable.
Although Li Dai was not able to eat the grilled fish he cooked, and only ate some dry food prepared by Li's mother, he was still very satisfied, at least there was hope in the family, which made all the brothers and sisters smile on their faces for a long time.
Perhaps this kind of enthusiastic smile was only there before Father Li and eldest brother Li Da had an accident, and then the whole family gradually became cloudy.
"It's delicious!" Li Bamei ate the fragrant grilled fish with relish, and after eating, she suddenly had an endless aftertaste.
"Little gluttonous cat, when you come back from town tomorrow, you will eat the sixth brother to make it for you. Li Dai said with a smile on his face.
"Really, you don't have to bring me anything back from town, you just make grilled fish for me to eat. Li Bamei's face has a pair of childish and beautiful eyes decorated with long eyelashes, like two crystal grapes, and her face is cute and happy.
"Okay, as soon as you come back from town tomorrow, the sixth brother will catch fish for you. Li Dai nodded slightly, and said with a smile on his face.
"Sixth brother, isn't the fifth brother at home, why don't you let the fifth brother go catch fish first!" Li Qimei always had two shallow dimples when she laughed, as beautiful as a blooming peach blossom, and commanded very naughtily.
"Seventh sister, I don't know how to catch fish yet, or let the fifth child teach me one day. Li Wu said with a wry smile on his face.
"No problem, when the third brother and I come back from the town tomorrow, the three of us will go to catch fish, and you and the third brother will worry about catching fish in the future." Li Dai groaned.
"That's nothing to say, as long as I can learn to catch fish, I will catch it every day, the grilled fish you made is so delicious, I feel like my tongue is going to swallow it." Li Wu nodded slightly, he felt that it was more reliable like this.
"Sixth brother, do you want to make food for us every day?" Li Bamei came over with a fart, she had a well-proportioned figure, neither fat nor thin, her black hair was combed into two slender braids, a ruddy melon seed face, big round eyes, and two deep dimples on her cheeks.
"Yes, when Xiaoyi grows up in the future, we will come back every day to grab some food, so that you can have delicious food every day!" Li Dai pinched her nose and said with a loving face.