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The next morning, Li Xin woke up early. When I was at Li's house, I had already developed a habit, and at this time, it was about six o'clock, and the sky was gray.

The pair of red candles were still burning, and the bottom of the candles was left, and the candles on the bedside table were a big puddle of tears.

The man beside her let out a steady breath, one arm around her shoulders and the other around her waist. Neither of them was wearing an inch, and their legs were tangled under a quilt.

Li Xin blushed suddenly, carefully removed his arm, and Guan Wen woke up as soon as he moved.

Looking at each other, the charm of last night resurfaced in the minds of the two, both of them dodged and avoided, or Guan Wen opened his mouth first: "Awake?" ”

"Well, yesterday's banquet shouldn't have been cleaned up yet, I'll get it, and I'll have to give tea to my father-in-law and grandfather later."

Li Xin pretended to move quietly and was about to find her own dirty clothes to put on, but Guan Wen hugged her. Li Xin was shocked, why is it so strong in the morning, and he has to fight again?

Guan Wen just hugged her waist, gently stroked her back with one, and said softly: "Daughter-in-law, thank you......"

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "What is there to thank for, marrying you will naturally be a member of your family." ”

Saying that, he gently flicked his hand, Li Xin smiled and said, "You can sleep for a while, the stove is not a place where you men can stay." While dressing, he said to Guan Wen: "When did the father-in-law and grandfather get up?" ”

"There will be a while." Guan Wen didn't sleep anymore, and consciously took the initiative to pick up the clothes and put them on, the outermost shirt was more complicated to tie, and Li Xin went up to help after getting dressed.

Guan Wen looked at the woman in front of him, although he was petite, he was not a cowardly person. He is a man, and there has never been a woman around him to take care of his food, clothing and daily life, and it is the first time that a woman has helped him sort out his clothes so carefully......

Li Xin patted his clothes and smiled, "Okay, since you don't sleep, then take me to know our future home first?" ”

Hearing the word "we", Guan Wen's heart warmed, bowed slightly, and took Li Xin's little hand out of the house. Li Xin blushed slightly, but she didn't struggle.

The Guan family was still quiet at this time, and the Guan family was tired from entertaining guests yesterday. Guan Wen walked very lightly, Li Xin walked lightly, but Guan Wen felt that she didn't want to wake up her family, and it was a heartwarming.

After a brief wash, the two of them went into the stove.

Compared with the Li family's stove, the Guan family's stove is larger, but it is very dirty and messy. Of course, this is because the family was busy yesterday and didn't have time to clean up, but Li Xin still felt that the cleaning work between the stoves was not much better.

Fortunately, after I came over, most of the three meals a day would fall on me. Take your time and renovate well. Now the top priority is to clean up the leftover leftovers from last night, and then wash and dry the pots and pans that the Guan family borrowed from the villagers, and send them back. It is also about the family's food in the morning, and it is also necessary to hurry up the time.

Just do it, Li Xin rolled up his sleeves, put the bowls and basins that had been vacated in one place, and then looked at the leftovers, took them to his nose and sniffed, and felt that the taste had changed and poured them into the bucket, and the same vegetables that had not changed were poured together.

Guan Wen saw that she scooped up water to wash the dishes and dishes, and hurriedly rubbed her hands and asked her: "Daughter-in-law, the well water is cold, do you want to boil water to wash it?" ”

"No, you can get some more water to wash it twice." Li Xin is 1,000% willing to wash dishes with hot water, and it is better to remove oil for sterilization and disinfection. But boiling water costs firewood, so it is better not to waste it before coming to close the house.

Li Xin washed the dishes and plates, took a cloth to absorb the water, folded them together, and asked Guan Wen which things belonged to which family. Guan Wen said it one by one, Li Xin took the bamboo basket and put it aside, took a broom and swept the ground, and the vegetables and meat that fell on the ground were all shoveled with a dustpan.

"Do you have chickens and ducks at home?"

Guan Wen shook his head, "I only fed four big pigs, and I have raised chickens, but they can't raise much." ”

Hey, it seems that the Li family has no women, so they really don't know how to live. Pour the contents of the dustpan into the bucket, and these things can only be cheapened for pigs.

"What does the family rely on?" Li Xin is purely curious, raising four pigs alone, killing them during the New Year, and having two taels of silver is at most. In these days, a tael of silver is equivalent to 2,000 yuan in modern times, and the purchasing power of money is quite high. She shook her hand and gave the Li family twenty-five taels of silver, which was almost fifty thousand cash in modern times! And those gold and jade ornaments, one piece also has two or three taels of silver, right? Guan Wen earned a few taels of silver at that time, which can really be called an absolute high salary.

Guan Wen put away the bamboo basket, listened to Li Xin's question, and was silent for a moment before saying: "Before I left, my family fed two more pigs, and my family has six points of paddy fields, one acre of mountainous land and two acres of sandy land [Note 1], all of which can be planted with grain. I live on these every year. After I walked the darts, most of them lived on the wages I earned, and the mountains were abandoned because they were not good for growing things, and the sandy land was not cultivated because it was far away, and only the paddy fields were still planted. Afterward...... I came back, and these were picked up again. I still live on these two things today. ”

Li Xin nodded happily, and there was still some guilt in his expression, after all, he inadvertently mentioned other people's sadness.

But I heard Guan Wen say: "Daughter-in-law, marry me, I have wronged you......"

What? What is she wronged about! Li Xin was inexplicable, turned his head to look at Guan Wen, and suddenly realized that he was talking about their poor family. Li Xin smiled lightly: "What do I have to be wronged about, the days are getting better and better, and if there is no money now, it doesn't mean that there will be no money in the future." As he spoke, he discarded the broom, brushed the pot, and said while brushing the pot, "What are you doing for breakfast?" Is the rest of yesterday to eat in the morning or again at noon? ”

"I'll get it last morning, although the weather is not hot, but the things will not be left for long, and if they are broken, they will be used to feed the pigs."

Poor pig!

Li Xin cleaned up the pot quickly, there was no dish soap, and he could only use hot water to go through it.

The stove room of the Guan family is on the far left facing the house, and there is a chimney erected on it, and there are two large pots under the chimney, one to cook the three meals a day of the Guan family, and the other to cook pig food, and the two pots are still side by side. The stove is dark, and behind the stove is a small cabinet with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and other spices. In front of the stove is the place where the fire is burned, a row of benches made of wood, and behind it is firewood.

There was a vacant lot on the stove in the past, and Guan Wen said that generally Ah Xiu and Ah Mei, as well as the original Sun family, ate in the stove, and they only ate in the hall.

I looked at what was left of yesterday, nothing more than two large pots of fried cabbage, some bits and pieces of chicken and chicken bones, and a small plate of fatty meat. The chicken soup is enough, and the taste has not changed, but the cooking level is not to mention.

Uncover the rice bowl, there are only about ten bowls of rice left, count the Guan family, six men and three women, the woman eats a small amount, but the man eats a large amount! Or the man who goes to work in the field......

Li Xin was a little worried, and thought about how to clean up all the ingredients, and to ensure that the whole family had enough to eat, which was really a bit troublesome.

At this time, Guan Wen had already started to burn the fire, Li Xin scooped the water and scalded the pot again, then poured water into it and brushed it again, and asked Guan Wen: "Do you have taro at home?" ”

"Yes." Guan Wen hesitated: "But the taro is too hard to cook, and grandpa can't eat it." ”

No matter what, just cook more. Li Xin poured the chicken soup into the pot, "Find me some." ”

While the chicken soup was hot, Li Xin cleaned up the "seasoning cabinet" behind him, and when he saw that it was all dirty, he couldn't help but sigh again.

Guan Wen brought back the taro, followed by his fifth sister Ah Xiu. Li Xin smiled and said to Ah Xiu: "Woke up so early? ”

"Sister-in-law!" Ah Xiu's sister-in-law is called willingly, and as soon as she enters the stove, she obviously feels different, too clean! Coupled with the previous impression of Li Xin, Ah Xiu was not ambiguous at all when she called her sister-in-law.

"I've found the taro, I'll wash it." Guan Wen took the taro and went to wash it on the water platform outside the stove, and his heart felt warm.

Ah Xiu came over to help Li Xin, and Li Xin said, "Then you can sit and help me watch the fire, it will be fine in a while." ”

Ah Xiu smiled and nodded, and said shyly: "Grandpa and Dad are almost up at this time, and when they get up, sister-in-law will give them tea, right?" ”

"Well, after the tea, I can be regarded as the daughter-in-law of the Guan family." Li Xin smiled softly, "In a few days, I will have to find Axiu's mother-in-law's house." ”

"Ah...... Sister-in-law! Ah Xiu blushed and buried her head.

"Don't be shy, when the time comes, my sister-in-law will help you Zhang Luo, and she will definitely ask your opinion first. Marrying is a woman's lifelong thing, and even before I got married, I came to see your eldest brother. ”

"Huh?" Ah Xiu was curious, "When?" ”

"Coincidentally, that day was the day when your second brother was making trouble about your second sister-in-law, and I was watching from the crowd." Li Xin stirred the soup, scooped a spoonful and tasted the taste, felt that it was light, and put a spoonful of salt into it, "I see what your eldest brother says and does, that is, because I saw it with my own eyes, I can marry with confidence." ”

"Sister-in-law is...... Married by yourself? ”

Ah Xiu raised his head, puzzled and surprised, Li Xin put aside the cutting board and washed the knife, and then nodded slightly, "I agreed, and then my father and brother also agreed, so I should marry over." ”

Ah Xiu blinked her eyes, "The eldest brother's life is so good, why is the sister-in-law willing to marry the eldest brother?" ”

"Huh?" Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and showed a smile, "Saying that you like something, that's too fake." Your eldest brother is a very stable and trustworthy person, I just think that living with him must be very reassuring and down-to-earth. ”

Ah Xiu laughed out loud and laughed: "Big brother, big brother, how long do you have to hide and listen?" ”

Li Xin hurriedly looked back, Guan Wen was standing on the edge of the threshold, neither advancing nor retreating. Li Xin's surprise flashed, and he smiled: "It's all washed?" ”

"Well, it's washed."

Li Xin took the basin he served, cut the taro into small pieces and threw them into the chicken soup, mixed some water into it and covered the lid, and waited for the taro to cook. Ah Xiu asked curiously, "Can taro be boiled in chicken soup?" ”

People here don't know why, they don't eat mixed dishes. For example, braised pork is just a lump of meat, chicken soup is just a soup made with chicken, and the dish is just made with the same dish. Didn't the chicken soup she made with mushrooms and red dates last time be praised by Aunt Li?

Li Xin said while cleaning up the things used on the stove: "Why can't you cook it?" It tastes even more beautiful that way. ”

Ah Xiu still didn't believe it, and Guan Wen wanted to say and stopped, but he didn't stop it. After all, taro can also be eaten, and when the time comes, it will be good for a few of their brothers to solve it.

[Note 1]: In this article, 1 hectare = 100 mu, one mu is equivalent to 666 square meters.