Jiang Xiaozhou was not at home.

His daughter-in-law, Li Hongying, said that she would go down to the river at noon.

Jiang Xiaobai held Jiang Shan and frolicked all the way towards the river.

"Baba, hurry up!"

"Baba, there's a sheep top in front, it's so beautiful."

"Baba, we're chasing sheep."

“……”

The little guy had a lot of fun and really rode Baba as a horse.

Not long after, the father and daughter arrived at the river, only to see a sampan boat parked on the riverbank, and a young man in the boat was collecting nets with bare arms.

"Second uncle!"

Jiang Shan shouted loudly.

Jiang Xiaozhou turned around, answered, and said to Jiang Xiaobai: "Why are you bored?" ”

"Come and see if you caught a fish?" Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile.

Jiang Xiaozhou smiled and said, "Today's luck is not bad, there are dozens of catties." ”

Hearing that there were fish, Jiang Xiaobai said happily: "Sell me a few." ”

There are not many fish in the Qingjiang River, and there is only such an old sampan boat in the bay, and there are usually no people fishing.

Only Jiang Xiaozhou loves to fish, and his skills are also the best.

"If you want the fish to take it yourself, it's worthless."

Jiang Xiaozhou pointed to a large wooden barrel in the cabin and said.

Jiang Xiaobai carried Jiang Shan onto the sampan, and the hull of the boat shook for a while, so frightened that the little guy hugged Jiang Xiaobai's head tightly.

Jiang Xiaobai took her off the top of her head and put her on the boat that was still shaking.

"Come, let's see if the second uncle catches a fish."

The little guy staggered to the wood, grabbed the edge of the bucket with his two little hands, stretched out his head to look into the bucket, saw dozens of fish jumping in it, and said happily: "There are a lot of fish." ”

Jiang Xiaobai looked over and saw that the fish in the barrel were not big, most of them were crucian carp and white stripes.

He wanted to buy a grass carp, but he didn't.

But thinking about it, the crucian carp is easier to taste when marinated, so he said: "Brother Xiaozhou, all the crucian carp in it is sold to me, and I will go to your house to get it when you get it back." ”

Jiang Xiaozhou said: "It's okay, I'll send it to you after I get it back." ”

Jiang Xiaobai thanked him, took Jiang Shan to play on the boat for a while, and then left first.

He was not in a hurry to go home, but took his daughter's little hand, and the father and daughter walked along the riverbank, and soon arrived in front of the earthen bag of the cliff.

"Baba, it's such a big tree, let's go play over there."

Jiang Shan saw the big nan tree and exclaimed excitedly.

Jiang Xiaobai touched her daughter's head and said, "It's full of rocks and grass now, I'll take you to play after a while, okay?" ”

"Okay!"

The little guy agreed without thinking, and asked in a daze: "After a while, will there be no stones and grass?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai smiled, children's thoughts are always so simple.

"After a while, Dad will build a big house next to the big tree, and we'll live there from now on, okay?"

"Okay!"

Jiang Shan nodded again and again.

Jiang Xiaobai was happy, it seemed that whatever she said, her daughter would say "okay".

However, he could feel that his daughter loved the place too.

didn't stay long, Jiang Xiaobai beat his daughter again and returned home.

At this time, Jiang Xiaolei had already returned, and when he saw Jiang Xiaobai, he said ostentatiously: "I bought three catties of beef." ”

Then he reached out to hug Jiang Shan, "Shanshan, come down and let your father make beef." ”

Jiang Xiaobai rolled his eyes, daring to love this guy like his father, he was counting on himself to cook food.

He put Jiang Shan down with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll go get some food, and you go to light the fire." ”

Yes?

Jiang Xiaolei's face was bitter instantly.

He would rather dig a field than go to a stove house to make a fire.

Every time I light a fire, my face is either a flower cat, or my eyes are smoked with firewood.

However, the second brother spoke, and he didn't dare not listen.

I had to hang my face and obediently go to the stove house.

Jiang Xiaobai pretended not to see it.

As the saying goes, a poor son raises a rich daughter, although Jiang Xiaolei is a younger brother, but he was reborn for a lifetime, and he is not only determined to change his fate for this younger brother, but also has great expectations for him, and he has long had the heart to take care of him.

Just take this opportunity.

Shi Shiran walked into the stove house and saw that there was not much water in the water tank, Jiang Xiaobai picked up the flat pole and bucket, and greeted Jiang Xiaolei directly.

"Don't light the fire yet, go and fill the tank with water."

Jiang Xiaolei was stunned for a moment, "Ah, second brother, isn't it, I'm going to fetch water?" ”

"What's boring, can't you?"

Jiang Xiaobai asked lightly, not angry.

"Okay!"

"I'm going to fetch water."

Jiang Xiaolei took the flat burden, hung the two wooden barrels on each end, and said helplessly.

Although Jiangwan is on the side of the Qingjiang River, everyone does not use the water in the river, but eats the water from the well.

Well water is cleaner and cleaner than river water.

There are more than 100 households in Jiangwan, there are four or five wells of all sizes, and the nearest well to Li Jiangxiaobai's house is behind the bamboo garden, about 200 meters.

This is the largest well in the bay, and the people of the bay call it the big well.

Although the big well is not far away, it is necessary to pick four or five water to fill the water tank at home.

There are 100 catties of water for a handful, and ordinary fourteen or fifteen-year-old children really can't afford it.

However, Jiang Xiaobai was not worried about Jiang Xiaolei at all.

If the guy made a mistake before, Dad punished him for carrying water.

In the past two years, Jiang Xiaolei has picked up a lot of water.

After picking four picks in a row, Jiang Xiaolei filled the water tank, and he was out of breath when he was tired.

"You scoop up the rice and cook it."

"Then wash the beef and cut it into shreds."

Before Jiang Xiaolei could take a breath, Jiang Xiaobai arranged it again.

As he spoke, he also fished out a few sour radishes and some pickled peppers from the sour jar, and said, "Shred the sour radish and pickled peppers." ”

Jiang Xiaolei was completely dumbfounded.

"Second brother, didn't you just let me burn the fire, didn't you cook?"

Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile: "Yes, you have done the preparations, I will just burn the wind pot." ”

"Second brother, you're too much."

Jiang Xiaolei said dissatisfied, looking aggrieved.

If I knew what was going on, it was better to let my mother make the rice, and my mother would never call for doing this and that by herself.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled and said, "Xiaolei, you may think that I deliberately made things difficult for you. However, if you want to be a man, you have to start with these small things and trivial things that you neither like nor want to do. ”

Jiang Xiaolei's immature face was full of disbelief, and what he had always wanted in his heart was to do big things and make a lot of money, instead of carrying water, washing rice, burning fires, and cutting vegetables.

The gentleman is far away from cooking.

It's all written in the books.

Jiang Xiaobai looked at the expression of the fifth brother and knew that a few words could not change a person.

However, he is not in a hurry.

It takes time, patience, and methods to truly change a person.

"I know that you envy me and want to live the life I used to have." Jiang Xiaobai said suddenly.

Jiang Xiaolei was surprised and looked at the second brother in a daze.

"I used to think that kind of life was the most enjoyable."

Jiang Xiaobai said with a smile, as if there was a memory in his heart.

The best way to communicate is not to refute, but to agree and build empathy first.