The seasonings at home are all ready-made, and when she got home, she boiled some water and soaked the melon seeds, and Zhou Huilan began to prepare dinner.

It's the season of winter melon on the market again, I haven't eaten winter melon cup for a long time, she saw that the winter melon was very fresh in the vegetable market today, so she bought a section, and simmered it in the pot with fresh pork ribs.

The melon seeds were almost soaked, so I opened another stove and stir-fried them.

Stir-frying melon seeds is a slow effort, and you can't rush it.

The soaked melon seeds are poured into the pot and stir-fried back and forth using the heat of the iron pot to make each melon seed evenly heated and flavorful, but it is really tiring to stand by the pot and stir for an hour.

I haven't done such hard work for several days, poured the fried melon seeds on the bamboo grate to dry, and turned off the fire of the winter melon pork ribs cup, Zhou Huilan shook her wrist, it turned out to be unexpected soreness.

Lu Changqing hadn't come back yet, Yaoyao was still playing in the small garden, Zhou Huilan stretched, returned to the bedroom and locked the door, grabbed the safety buckle on her wrist, and a flash of thought entered the consciousness space in her mind.

Some days did not come in, Zhou Huilan was obviously shocked by the scene in front of her.

The tree, which was originally just bursting with buds, has grown lush and leafy since then.

The growth of this tree seems to be related to the irrigation of the ancient well water next to it, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with it, after all, he hasn't come in for a long time, so naturally he won't water the big tree anymore, so it was originally just the leaves of the bud, because what did it stretch out?

Zhou Huilan circled around the tree a few times, but she didn't see a reason.

The leaves of the tree were luxuriant, but there was not a single leaf under the tree.

The vegetables planted in the open space next to it did not wither due to long-term unmanaged, but grew taller than normal, the green vegetable leaves were bigger than the palm of the hand, and the garlic seedlings grew more than a meter tall.

Zhou Huilan took a cut in the past, and the dish was actually quite tender, which was really strange.

After turning around left and right, Zhou Huilan only felt surprised, but Yaoyao was still at home, and she didn't have time to take care of this vegetable patch today, so she fetched a bucket of water and soaked her hands in it, feeling the fatigue of her body dissipate little by little, and the whole person was much more relaxed.

As soon as it gets dark, the street stalls start to bustle.

The food stalls were quickly filled, but all of this seemed to have nothing to do with Li Man.

She just sits mechanically by the faucet, brushing the dishes in the basin that never disappear, like a machine.

Coldly, Li Man seemed to hear a familiar voice, she stopped the movement in her hand, raised her head in a daze, and there was a hustle and bustle next to her, and no one paid attention to her.

So Li Man continued to brush the bowl.

But before a while, a pair of rough hands reached under the faucet and grabbed her hand.

"Zhao Di, you can't ignore your brother!"

Li Man was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and saw his own mother, with a haggard and dusty face, and it could be seen that she had suffered a lot.

Li Man pushed away her mother's hand, put down the dishcloth and bowl in her hand, there was no stool here, she could only give her stool to her mother, "Mom, why are you here?" ”

Li Man's brother beat someone in the village, and when he was admitted to the hospital and called the police, the police arrested her brother.

The beaten family agreed to settle, but asked the old Li family to pay 1,000 yuan in compensation, saying that if they couldn't come up with the money, they would want Li Man's younger brother to go to jail.

caught up with his mother's expectant eyes, but Li Man was helpless.

Not to mention 1,000 yuan, she can't even take out a dollar.

But my mother didn't believe it at all, "Don't lie to me, you are such a younger brother, can you bear to ignore him?" That's the lifeblood of our old Li family! What about your salary? How much money have you earned working for so many years? ”

The mother complained while hitting Li Man with her hands, and the thin Li Man followed her slapping, step by step, and finally tripped on the stone steps without retreating, and the moment she fell, she covered her stomach unconsciously.

"What for? There? The proprietress shouted.

Li Man's mother immediately stopped, and greeted the proprietress with a smile on her face, but she didn't explain, "You are the proprietress here, right?" I'm her mother, something happened at home and I urgently needed money, can I bother you to advance a few months' salary in advance. ”

"Salary?" The proprietress looked at Li Man with disdain, "She has no pay for working here." ”

"No pay?" Li Man's mother shouted out all of a sudden, "If you don't have a salary, you dare to hire someone and bully my daughter, right!" ”

But the proprietress is round and tall, and she is not afraid of the thin Li Man's mother at all, "Her salary has been taken away by her man, you are such an old woman, don't mess around here, affect my business, be careful of beating you!" ”

Li Man's mother was so frightened by such an arrogant proprietress that she didn't dare to step forward again, and when she turned around and saw her daughter silent, she became more and more angry.

"I'm being bullied, and you're just looking at it? You're still not my daughter, are you? What the hell is going on with your brother? Li Man's mother said to push her daughter, but Li Man was like a puppet, pushing and moving, and there was no more word.

With this look, Li Man's mother became more and more angry.

"I'm going to find your mother-in-law, my big girl has been given to his family, I don't believe they won't save him when they die!" Although she said this, she was waiting for Li Man to stop her.

It's just that Li Man sat back on the small bench and continued to brush the bowl.

"You damn girl!" In the eyes of Li Man's mother, her daughter's dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, but she doesn't want to give money.

In annoyance, she kicked over the clean bowl washed by Li Man next to her, and made a big noise.

But Li Man was in a pile of debris, picking up the still intact things in vain, and still ignored her.

But the proprietress who heard the movement came over.

"This bowl is five cents, I won't lie to you, old lady, you settle the money and leave."

"What money! I don't have any money! Li Man's mother said as she wanted to grab the bowl on the ground and smash it.

Fortunately, Li Man's eyes quickly blocked her, so that things didn't get worse and worse.

But the proprietress still found a few people to twist the old lady, and by the way, she also stuffed a rag in her mouth.

Li Man hurriedly got up and explained, "Cousin, she is really my mother." ”

Liu Zhenkui was called from the wine table, and when he heard that Li Man was causing trouble here, Lao Yuan's pace became faster, and he rushed to Li Man's head regardless of it.

"You stinky bitch, you don't make money for Lao Tzu, and you make trouble, you really don't have a lot of money to spend!"

This blow was not light, and Li Man lay directly on the ground.

(End of chapter)