Wu Cuihua'er was so angry that she was about to scold Tao Hongying when she heard Mrs. Li's voice coming from the hall.

"Wu Er, did you come all the way back from the county seat, did you know that your nephew was going to study, and sent him silver to buy pen and ink?"

Wu Er was so blushing and thick in neck that he dared to say that he came back to take advantage, and then looked at Li Laosi, who had a big pottery bowl in his fist at the door, and he was stunned for a long time, and finally walked away.

Wu Cuihuaer still wanted to catch up, but she was coldly watched by the whole family, and she also shrunk her neck...

In a blink of an eye, when Jiaren went to the academy, Tao Hongying got up early to cook.

When the sky was bright, Li Lao Er took Jiaren with him, and Li Lao Si set off with the futon and luggage.

The whole family stood at the gate of the courtyard to see them off, and the reluctant appearance made Jiaren's nose sour.

"Ahh Jiayin was in Tao Hongying's arms, and she struggled to beat Jiaren with a small fist.

Jiaren leaned over and pasted Jiayin's little face. Jiayin wanted to touch his eldest brother's handsome face, but he couldn't control his strength and hit a little loudly. She blushed, but the family was used to it, and they all laughed, and the sadness of parting was much lighter...

After Jiaren went to study, the life of the Li family continued as usual, Li Laosi did what he said, taking the young people in the village up to the mountains to hunt every day, and almost every time there was a harvest, but it was not easy to find the big beast.

However, Li Laosan took the children to repair the houses for the old people from house to house, which was very effective.

The house to be repaired today is a family near the entrance of the village, Li Laosan stood on the roof, and Jiayi took his two younger brothers to help hand over the grass.

"Hansheng, take a break." The village chief happened to come and walk, and when he saw Li Laosan sweating, he shouted.

Li Laosan slipped down from the roof, pulled his sleeves and wiped two handfuls of sweat beads indiscriminately, smiled honestly, and greeted, "Uncle is here!" ”

"Yes, there's nothing going on at home, come and go. Thanks to you in the village this year, otherwise, I am afraid that I will take away two or three old brothers this winter. The village chief looked at the half-repaired roof, and his eyes were full of gratitude and joy.

Li Laosan waved his hand indifferently, "They are all neighbors, and it is appropriate to help each other." After speaking, he hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Uncle, I don't know if I should say something or not?" ”

"Say, do you need manpower, or is there a lack of wood and bricks?" The village chief hurriedly answered.

Li Laosan shook his head, "Uncle, I have been repairing houses in the past few days, and I found that the houses of several families have been broken and unpresentable, even if they are barely repaired, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the heavy snow in winter."

I wondered if I could gather such dilapidated and lonely old people into one family and spend the winter together. Not only can you save firewood, but you can also take care of each other to relieve boredom, how do you say? ”

The village chief's eyes lit up when he heard this, this is indeed a good idea, in previous years, he only cared about the difficult winter, why didn't he think about reporting to the group to keep warm?

"It's a good idea, I think it's feasible, but after all, it's everyone's business, wait until I go door to door and ask." The village chief was in a hurry, turned around and left after speaking, and really asked the families of several old brothers who beat the singles, and none of them objected.

The last family is the lame Uncle Zhao's house next door to the Li family, his yard is the most spacious of several families, the house is quite neat, and then five old brothers live, just two houses and two shops, completely open.

Uncle Zhao is also a bold one, and he let the old brothers move in at that time.

The village chief is even more satisfied, these old brothers guard the Li family, the Li family has a large population, and it is convenient to take a hand when there is something.

When the people in the village heard about it, they all helped several families carry luggage, pour firewood, transport food, and moved the veterans to one place in a lively manner.

Tao Hongying and Zhao Yuru were also diligent and enthusiastic, and helped clean up the house, even the kang mats were brushed and dried.

But the veterans did not have wives and children, so the bedding was inevitably dirty, and they helped to dismantle and sew them.

In this way, it took three or four days for the courtyard of the Zhao family next door to be quiet. The three main rooms of Uncle Zhao's house have also become neat and bright.

The veterans slept on the hot kang and covered with clean quilts with the scent of soaphorn, they were happy and moved, and they were very close to the Li family when they saw them.

From time to time, they would run over to tell the veterans stories about the march and war, pestering them to cut wood carvings with small daggers and shoot birds with slingshots, which made the quiet yard a lot more lively.

On this day, Zhang's second sister-in-law came to Li's house to make sauce cubes with a pot of soaked beans.

When the other women in the village heard this, they also came to help, and they also soaked beans at home, so they brought them along to make them.

The Li family's two large iron pots can be regarded as handy, and they are not idle to cook beans all day long.

When the women get together, there is little gossip. Someone saw that Tao Hongying was diligent, so they praised it.

"Hongying is really virtuous, cooks deliciously, and has a good temperament. It's not like my mother's brother and daughter-in-law, who is lazy all day long, and when she gives birth to a son, she can't wait to ride on my mother's head......"

The other woman had a quick mouth and said with a smile, "Don't say it, just your mother's brother and daughter-in-law, who is famous for being lazy and spicy in ten miles and eight villages, you still dare to compare her with Hongying?" ”

The woman who spoke first made a fuss, laughing and turning her companion's elbow, but her hand continued to work.

"Catch Ming'er, my son marries a daughter-in-law, just look for it like Hongying and Yuru, and the life will be prosperous!" The woman who had a son in the house also sighed.

"You, you don't necessarily have a good life like Aunt Li."

"You dead mother-in-law, what are you talking nonsense!"

"Hahaha, you see she's so angry..."

The women talked about making trouble, and they didn't seem to be tired of working.

Tao Hongying is scooping up the boiled beans, placing them in a large clay pot, and after the beans are cooled, they are mashed into a puree, and then broken into a square shape.

Mrs. Li came out of the house with Jiayin in her arms, and when the women saw it, they were all rare white and fat little girls.

Jiayin is not afraid of life, yawning softly, his big eyes are foggy, and he looks more and more cute.

"Oops! Fu Niuer is so cute, I want to be hungry again. ”

Everyone stopped working, coaxing and teasing around the good news, and everyone was envious.

"Sister-in-law, your little girl is about the same age as my boy, why don't we order a baby?" A young daughter-in-law came to Tao Hongying's side and squeezed her eyebrows.

didn't wait for Tao Hongying to speak, the woman next to her was unhappy, "Come on!" That kid of your family followed your man, he looks like a black monkey, and he still wants to marry Fu Niu'er? ”

"My kid Bai Jing'er!"

"Don't be ashamed! Your boys are all nine years old, and Fu Niu'er has just turned 100 days old! I really want the old cow to eat the tender grass! ”

The woman who has become a relative, she has no scruples when she speaks, and she laughs from time to time haha, how far it spreads.

Jiayin also listened to it with relish, giggling from time to time, the women didn't think anything, but Mrs. Li was afraid that her granddaughter would be taken away, so she took her back early...