"Hehe, isn't it ugly?"

Li Yuan saw Lou Xiao'e standing next to his sister-in-law, looking at the baby in the quilt in his sister-in-law's arms with a confused look, and he couldn't support it.

Lou Xiao'e was a little embarrassed, glanced at Li Yuan complainingly, and said, "It's ...... It's pretty good. ”

This is obviously a lie, the newborn baby has been soaked in the amniotic fluid for more than half a year, the skin is wrinkled, and there is a layer of vernix on the body.

In addition, when the child comes out, the head is squeezed, so sometimes a pointed head is formed, which is called an ugly ......

It's a pity, within five minutes of the name of the eighteen Arhats of the third generation of the Lao Li family, another ugly boy came.

Mother Li patted Li Yuan and said to Lou Xiao'e: "Ignore him!" This is how a child is born, and it is the same when Genko was born, and it looks good after half a month. ”

Li Yuan said: "Ezi, you stay here for a while, I'll go find a crucian carp, pregnant women can't drink crucian carp soup." ”

The second brother Li Jiang was stunned: "It's going to snow now, where do you get crucian carp?" ”

Li Yuan smiled: "You don't care, I'll get it and I'll be back in a while." ”

Saying that, he went out and left.

Li Jiang joked to Lou Xiao'e: "The old man is so capable now? ”

Lou Xiao'e smiled dryly, not knowing how to answer.

Mother Li looked at her second son and frowned, "Why do you have so many mouths?" Got you? ”

Li Jiang was wronged, and said: "It's all a family, just tell a joke......"

Mother Li said angrily: "I think you are a big joke!" ”

The sister-in-law also scolded: "When the uncle is telling a joke? Mother-in-law's mouth! ”

Li Jiang: "......"

Li Ha and Li Hai steal fun!

Lou Xiao'e hurriedly said: "Mom, sister-in-law, I can tell jokes, Yuanzi said, marrying into the Li family is the Li family." A few brothers are Genko's own brothers, and they are also my own brothers, so it's okay. After a pause, he said, "At home...... When I was at my mother's house, my brother and I also loved to joke. ”

Li Jiang was happy again, and said proudly: "If you don't say it, several brothers in our family feel that this Xiao'e was born to be our family." The family is so rich, but there is no problem with rich people at all! Xiao'e and Genzi, the best match! ”

Now Lou Xiao'e was happy and grinned.

Seeing her delicate appearance, Mother Li and sister-in-law also laughed.

The daughter-in-law here is good, uncaring, and caring.

After a while, I saw Li Yuan come back, and he was really carrying a big crucian carp nearly two feet long, a big pig's elbow, and a fat hare!

"Crucian carp stew, braised elbows, rabbit stir-fried mom, sister-in-law, you eat!"

Li Yuan handed over the things to Li Jiang.

Li Jiang was stunned and said, "This ...... When was this all this, and where did you get all this? ”

At present, the general brigade canteen can't even eat enough grains, Qinjiazhuang is because Li Gui was the front before, and he didn't report the harvest in the void, and there was not much grain collected above, so only by eating miscellaneous grains can he be half full......

Even so, Qinjiazhuang has been mobilizing, not to mention the hares in the mountains, the fish in the river, and the wild vegetables in the horns are all cleaned and stored.

Qinjiazhuang is still like this, not to mention other production teams that can't even eat miscellaneous grains, and those who swim in the water on the mountain will basically not let go of a single hair.

At present, there is no shortage of firearms in the area, and the militia even has machine guns, so how can people starve to death, and animals are running around the mountains......

So seeing the big fish and hare in Li Yuan's hand, the family was so surprised!

Li Yuan said with a smile: "You don't care about this, I asked the family to hunt and send things up earlier, do you really think it was given for nothing?" Although I sent more at the beginning, and now I come back less, but it is enough to survive the winter! In the future, you take turns to bring the children up and make up for it. When you don't have a commune canteen, you can send things home, and you can get them yourself. ”

The ration of grain in Qinjiazhuang is still enough to eat, but the oil and water are insufficient.

The family takes turns to go into the city every Sunday to eat a good meal, and the life can go on without dragging down the body.

Li Jiang hugged Li Yuan's neck and said happily: "Old man! Yours is it! ”

Previously, Li Yuan said that he could save meat, but the family didn't take it seriously.

It's difficult to store so much meat, it's so hot in summer, and there's no cold storage......

It can only be smoked, but how many pieces can be smoked by bacon alone?

Unexpectedly, it was not bacon, but fresh meat!

Li Yuan hehehe, he said: "The confinement will be forty-two days, but don't rush back after the confinement, the child is too young, and there is no pot at home when I go back, and I can't stew soup." The five sisters-in-law still live here, quietly steam some sugar nest every night, brother and they come to bring back, adults and children can eat some tonic at night. ”

Mother Li couldn't help but ask, "Old man, how much grain and sugar do you have?" How many times can we eat these mouths? ”

Li Yuan shook his head and said, "It's definitely not enough to let go of eating, it's not enough." Just try to make sure that our family is not hungry. Looking at this dry day, I saw that not a single snow star fell in December, and it is estimated that it will be enough to choke next year. Therefore, we have to save some food and make long-term plans. But we can't let other families starve to death at home, our family is still fat and fat, and we will be hated.

Now that there is still food in the brigade canteen, let's forget it first, and when the commune canteen can't even be half full, it will start to be launched here.

Everyone in the family is guaranteed a coarse grain sweet nest every night, so that even if they are hungry, they will not be hungry. ”

It's really not much, in a normal year, countrymen have to eat three catties of coarse grain a day, because there is no oil and water, and they are hungry fast if they eat less.

There is only a lot of one nest, even if it is bigger, it is only two taels.

Of course, if you put sugar on it, it's another matter, sugar is much higher in calories......

But no matter how it is converted, it is equivalent to half a catty of coarse grain.

Fortunately, there is not a grain of grain in the countryside, in the end, Yanjiao, the root of the imperial city, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, everyone always has about half a catty of rations a day.

Moreover, most of them can also allocate a batch of relief food.

In this way, the Li family can basically survive safely.

The sister-in-law reminded: "One nest a day, our family has to steam dozens of sugar nests a day, how much grain and how much sugar do we get?" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, what have you been busy with for most of the year as our eight brothers?" I can't afford rice and white noodles, and I can't even afford to eat coarse grains, so what are the Eight King Kongs? Sister-in-law, when the days in the village are difficult, you and your mother will live here, and you will steam at home without doing anything every day. ”

Not to mention that it was more than half a year, he began to prepare since he got the 8,000 yuan manuscript fee at the end of May Fourth.

By this year, it's almost five years of preparation.

Fortunately, at the beginning, the supply of materials was not restricted, and he spent a month and a half alone running through the grain stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in Sijiu City.

Hearing him say this, the crowd laughed.

But in fact, it will not stay for too long, because two months later, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the boss will make a speech when he inspects the commune canteen in the suburbs of Beijing, and from that day on, the peasants in the rural areas of Beijing have not been explicitly relaxed, and the commune canteen is still there, but the members can go home and cook for themselves.

Other places are not good, the farther away from the capital, the later it will be unlocked. Those people relied on corn coops, corn stalks, cotton husks, sweet potato seedlings, elm bark, and elm leaves to grind into flour and survive until 61 years......

……

"If you have anything to say, say it."

After having dinner with his family in the evening, Li Yuan and Lou Xiao'e pushed their bicycles home.

Because he wanted to take a walk, he was not in a hurry to ride, and seeing that Lou Xiao'e looked a little speechless, Li Yuan said with a smile.

Lou Xiao'e said seriously: "Yuanzi, why do you only eat coarse grains for your family?" I can go home and ask my dad to borrow money, let's give my mother and sister-in-law a white flour steamed bun, okay? They're so good. ”

Li Yuan smiled, glanced at his wife gently, and said, "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I'm stingy, it's just that this matter is very complicated." I can't say it clearly, you just have to think about it, I was rumored everywhere by Jia Zhang's and Jia Dongxu because I sent a few bowls of rotten meat noodles to the deaf old lady, and then someone reported it, so you should understand that people's hearts are unpredictable. But rest assured, the tough days won't last long. In the next few years, I promise that my family will be able to eat white flour steamed buns every day, and I can't finish eating them! ”

Lou Xiao'e is the best on this point, she believes Li Yuan, whatever Li Yuan says, she believes it, and then she won't bother anymore, the two got on their bicycles and went back to the courtyard together.

……

"Genko is back? Come in, come in, you're in for a guest! ”

As soon as Li Yuan and Lou Xiao'e entered the gate of the courtyard, they saw Yan Bugui wearing a broken velvet hat and greeted him, and shouted urgently.

Li Yuan looked sideways and said, "Distinguished guest? How kneeling, can you kneel past the three masters? ”

Yan Bu smiled and said, "Huh! You're ...... Why are you still joking with your three masters at this time? It's a real guest! Of course, it's not about how noble the status is, it's a university scholar! The intersection of South Street, which is connected to the south of our alley, the one who lives in the backyard of the old monk's mansion in the second alley Banchang Hutong, do you know who it is? ”

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Mr. Zhu Jiaming? ”

Yan Bugui clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Ah! If we don't say that we are cultural people, others don't know this master at all! Hurry up and get in, they're sitting in your house. ”

When Li Yuan heard this, he said to Lou Xiao'e: "This is a real scholar, and he really can't be neglected." Ezi, you go to the third master's house to borrow two yuan, and then go home to me to get the non-staple food book, and go to the supply and marketing cooperatives to see if you can buy some candy. Hurry up, don't slack off the guests! With that, he took a step first.

Later generations knew this person, mostly through Ma Weidu's round table pie, saying that Mr. Zhu Jiapu and Mr. Wang Shixiang ate Caoyu fish fillets, and felt that the fish in Fengze Garden was not crispy enough.

In fact, it can be said that Mr. Ma Weidu, an old cannon in the Beijing circle, can be respected, which shows the great knowledge of his knowledge.

Lou Xiao'e couldn't help but smile and looked at Yan Bugui, whose expression had condensed, like a basin of cold water poured on his head, and said, "Third master, I will borrow two yuan." ”

Yan Bugui's mouth twitched, and after the muscles of his face trembled slightly, he gritted his teeth and said, "Borrow it!" But then he whispered: "Xiao'e, do you have to tell Yuanzi to think about the three masters, and pay back my family's money first, ah?" ”

Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Cheng! ”

Li Yuan told her that she must stick to the true character of the poor to the end.

She is the daughter of a rich family, and she is not miserable, and other people will inevitably feel unfair.

When life is good, it's okay, but when life is difficult like now, everyone is miserable and you are not miserable, or if you are not more miserable, they will feel uncomfortable and will help you miserable.

If you don't lend them money, they will lend you money, and if you don't lend it, it's a sin.

In this absurd era that is not very friendly to the rich, and even bizarre, all this is just for self-preservation.

Yan Bugui's heart was dripping with blood, and he went home and took two yuan, his eyes were a little moist, and he was reluctant to hand it over to Lou Xiao'e, and suddenly said: "Xiao'e, can you lend me your bicycle to ride?" ”

Lou Xiao'e said: "Okay...... But the third master, you go and ride Genzi's one, I'm a women's one, you ride it out and make people laugh. ”

Yan Bugui hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, you can do this, I'm short, Yuanzi's bicycle is too tall, and it's not easy for me to pedal." ”

Lou Xiao'e was so generous that she gave the bicycle to Yan Bugui and said with a smile: "Three masters, go and make it." ”

Yan Bugui was happy now, and felt that at least he didn't borrow in vain, so he would take it as interest, and he also promised: "I'll send it back after a few laps, and I'll wash it up as soon as I get it!" ”

Lou Xiao'e smiled: "Thank you, the third master, you are busy, I'll go inside and take a look." ”

Yan Bugui agreed, and after seeing Lou Xiao'e enter the second gate, he pushed a women's phoenix bicycle, held her head high, looked forward to herself, got out of the courtyard gate, and rode straight to Qianmen Street......

You have to go to the crowded place at the train station!

West Wing of the Middle Court.

Li Yuan said hello to many old ladies who were sitting outside listening to the radio along the way, pushed the door and entered the house, and saw a middle-aged and elderly man with his back combed and a straight appearance standing there, looking at him gently, and said, "Doctor Li is back, and he took the liberty to come to the door, which is really abrupt." ”

Li Yuan took a few steps forward and smiled: "Where is it, Mr. Zhu's visit to the Humble House is really a blessing for Pengwan." ”

Zhu Jiajun, this is the first celebrity of the era that Li Yuan has seen up close in time.

He is the twenty-fifth grandson of Zhu Xi, and his father, Mr. Zhu Wenjun, is the first generation of publicly-funded students in China, studying at the Department of Economics of the University of Oxford, England, and is also a famous goldsmith.

Mr. Zhu Jiaming himself was influenced by this family education, and devoted all his efforts and wisdom to the Forbidden City and the national cultural and museum undertakings......

Because of his love of opera since childhood, he is still the artistic advisor of Mr. Mei Lanfang.

In short, the temperament of the whole person is full of ancient charm of Chinese culture, calm and wise.

There was a twenty-six or seventy-seven woman standing next to Zhu Jiajun, looking at Li Yuan and smiling: "Doctor Li, do you still know me?" ”

Li Yuan said with a smile: "Sister Chuanrong, looking at your complexion, your stomach hurts a lot, right?" ”

Zhu Chuanrong, Zhu Jiajun's daughter, once came to see Li Yuan, but did not disclose her background at that time.

She nodded and smiled, "Thanks to your medical skills, I'm much better." After you watched it a few times, after taking two courses of medicine, it didn't hurt again. ”

Li Yuan nodded and said, "That's good, pay attention not to get angry in the future, just ensure a regular diet." ”

Zhu Chuanrong responded, Zhu Jiajun finally spoke, his voice was very clear, and he felt a little playful, and said, "Doctor Li, can you treat chest paralysis?" ”

Li Yuan smiled and said, "I don't dare to be you, I'm a junior." Mr. Zhu, I've only been out of school for a long time, and I don't have that much ability......"

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Doctor Li! Treat us as outsiders, don't you? Although my family doesn't live in this yard, it's not far from here, just two alleys away, and we are also neighbors! How is Aunt Yi good, when I don't know? ”

Li Yuan shook his head and smiled: "Sister Chuanrong, you really misunderstood this, Aunt Yi is not good." ”

Zhu Chuanrong said angrily: "Are you still coming with me?" We asked Aunt Yi, and after she took the pills you made, her chest paralysis was much better! ”

Li Yuan patiently explained: "Sister Chuanrong, Chinese medicine is a big family, one person, one party, not the same. ”

As soon as the words fell, Lou Xiao'e came in from outside, she didn't know much about the Zhu family's father and daughter, she just smiled politely and nodded, and then took the money in her hand and said to Li Yuan: "Yuanzi, the third master has borrowed money, give me the non-staple food book, and I will buy sugar for the guests." ”

Li Yuan smiled awkwardly and said, "The non-staple food is in the big cabinet at the back, you can just go and get it, why are you still here?" ”

Lou Xiao'e smiled embarrassedly, showing her coquettish nature, sticking out her tongue and retiring obediently.

I was in a trance when I went out, didn't Li Yuan ask her to come to him......

But I didn't think much about it, and happily went to the backyard.

In the room, Li Yuan secretly praised it in his heart, close to Zhu Zhechi, and the edification and teaching were good.

Isn't the image of this virtuous gentleman erected?

Sure enough, Zhu Jiajun was finally a little moved, he looked at Li Yuan very puzzled and asked, "Doctor Li, since the family is in a difficult situation, why do you practice medicine for free?" ”

Li Yuan is not vain: "Not to mention the difficult family situation, the salary of fifty-six yuan a month is enough to support the family." It's just that he's still young and focuses on learning art. Others only saw me practicing medicine for free, but they didn't see that everyone also helped me improve my medical skills. ”

He spoke very calmly and with a sincere expression.

But Zhu Chuanrong knew more and revealed his glory.

Zhu Jiajun praised: "Today, I know that there is such a handsome man in the neighborhood, but it is really lonely and unheard. Dr. Li, I have a friend who is also suffering from chest paralysis, can you please go and have a look? ”

Li Yuangan laughed and said, "Mr. Zhu, it's no problem to go to the doctor, but I can't guarantee that I can be optimistic, I'm really a shallow learner." In addition, my level of Chinese studies is very poor, and I don't read much, so I can't bear to talk to you like this...... Do you usually talk like this at home? ”

Zhu Jiajun shook his head and said, "No, I'm also an ordinary person, how can I keep holding it, how tired I am." ”

Li Yuan was stunned: "Then ...... you?"

Zhu Jiawan smiled and said, "Saying this, it seems to be solemn and respectful." ”

Li Yuan was speechless, so he could only clasp his fists and salute, "I thank you, but you don't have to be too polite." You're tired, I'm even harder! ”

Zhu Chuanrong laughed.

"Please!"

"Please!"

"Please!"

……

(End of chapter)