Chapter 123: The Banquet
Qishan turned over the soil with a hoe, and his six-year-old sister helped by picking up the grass roots he had turned out and putting them in a basket, which he had to bring back and burn, and then scatter the burned ashes into the ground to fertilize the land.
There are no adults in the two of them, but fortunately, there are no fierce and evil people in the villagers, although the two of them are slow to turn the ground, but no one comes to rob them of the land.
This also made them full of hope for the future, and they were also grateful to Bai Xia and Li Xiuyuan for leading them here.
Although Qishan is young, he has a lot of strength.
It's just that work is no faster than running, and his speed can't be faster.
He straightened up, wiped the sweat from his head, and said to his sister on the side: "Erni, it's getting dark, you go home and cook first, and my brother will come back after a while."
After saying that, Erni didn't move.
"What's wrong, Erni?"
Seeing that she was still holding her head down to pick up grass roots, Qishan frowned, took two steps forward, but saw water droplets dripping down the ground, obviously, Erni was crying.
Qishan was anxious all of a sudden, and hurriedly squatted down to support Erni's shoulders and asked, "Why are you crying?" Is someone bullying you? Tell my brother, and my brother will teach them a lesson."
As he spoke, he clenched his fists.
He also knew that he and Erni had no adults, although the villagers were all good, but some children were naughty, and they bullied Erni when he was away.
"Brother, it's not ...... No one bullied me."
The little girl grabbed her brother's hand and lifted her little face.
"Yes...... It's that our family has no food, I ...... I can't cook when I go back," the little girl began to cry again, and Qishan's face stiffened, and she sat down on the ground and was silent.
Grain?
Who doesn't have a shortage of them?
Looking at his yellow and skinny sister, he scratched his head hard, and some dirt was also stained on his hair.
"Strange Mountain"
Li Xiuyuan went out, didn't go anywhere else, and looked for Qishan first.
Qishan was worried, and when he heard Li Xiuyuan's shout, he didn't care about anything else.
"Don't cry, it's getting dark, you go back first, and my brother will come when he goes"
As he spoke, he walked towards Li Xiuyuan with a hoe.
"Young Master Li"
Qishan is also familiar with Li Xiuyuan, and he doesn't understand why he suddenly came to him.
"Qishan, I have something for you to do"
Li Xiuyuan beckoned to him, Qishan squatted down, Li Xiuyuan whispered in his ear, and after finishing speaking, he saw Qishan's face showing brilliance, as if he had smelled something, and nodded again and again.
After speaking, Li Xiuyuan went back to his house and waited.
Bai Xia's room is newly renovated, there is a big living room in it, after Li Xiuyuan went home, he didn't care about dinner, so he took the book and wrote and painted, and improved Liu Yunzhai's management plan little by little.
"Young master, dinner is ready, do you want to bring it to the reception room?"
When Li Xiuyuan came back, he told the bolt mother to let her do more, he wanted to feast guests.
Hearing the banquet, the bolt mother was still a little flustered for a while, but fortunately, after Li Xiuyuan said that she was just feasting on the people in the village, she was relieved.
They are all from the village, and everyone is having a hard time, even if they eat poorly, they can understand.
So she cooked a big pot of porridge, fried a large plate of tofu according to what Bai Xia taught, and when it was ready, she came to ask Li Xiuyuan's opinion.
"Set the table and bring it to the living room"
The bolt mother took the order, and soon, the bolt and the bolt father all helped to bring the food out, and as soon as it came out, the gate of the yard was knocked on, and the bolt put down the things and went to open the door.
"You're here? Young Master, I've been waiting for you for a while."
Outside the door was Qishan, as well as Li San'er and others.
There are four people who came: Qishan, Yu Dashui, Yu Dahai, and Li San'er, and if you add the plug, it is five people.
"Sit, eat first"
When everyone arrived, Li Xiuyuan naturally sat in the main seat, and the bolt's father and mother went down very consciously, the bolt hesitated, and when he was about to go out, he was stopped by Li Xiuyuan.
"Plug, you sit too"
"This ...... Master, isn't it okay? I'm a subordinate" The bolt knows his identity, and he has signed a deed of sale, so he is the subordinate of the Li family, since he is a subordinate, how can he sit with the master's family.
"Let you sit and sit"
Li Xiuyuan had a straight face, and the bolt was one of the few people he could use now.
In this case, it is natural that there will be no distinction between master and servant.
Before coming, Li San'er and the others didn't know what Li Xiuyuan was looking for them, they would look at the porridge on the table that was simple but full of weight, and a plate of dishes that looked a little dark, and they didn't know what it was made of.
A cup was placed on the table, and boiled water was poured.
Tea is not available.
Li Xiuyuan raised his glass and stood up.
"First of all, thank you uncles for your support to the kid recently, I will toast you with water instead of wine"
He looked solemn, but Li San'er and the others were confused, especially Yu Dahai and Bolt.
They are all members of Li Xiuyuan's escort team, and their relationship with Li Xiuyuan is one level worse, where can they afford him to be an uncle.
"Young Master Li is serious"
Li San'er was the first to react, and hurriedly picked up the water cup on the table and stood up.
The others also subconsciously picked up the water cup and touched a glass with Li Xiuyuan.
After all, Li Xiuyuan is young and can't drink alcohol yet, and there is no wine here now, so he can only bring water to salute.
After drinking, Li San'er and the others finally had a chance to speak.
"Young Master Li, I don't know if you came to us for something?"
It was Li San'er who took the lead.
He didn't dare to underestimate the little doll in front of him, and suddenly called them over solemnly, and invited them to dinner, always feeling that something big had happened.
"Let's eat first, eat"
Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry to say, let the big guy eat first.
Li San'er frowned, glanced sideways at Qishan, and saw that he lowered his head and was eating happily, as if he was not curious at all about what Li Xiuyuan asked them to do.
There was no way, Li Xiuyuan obviously didn't want to say it, and Li San'er could only eat first as he said.
took a bite of the black dish, which was slightly bitter, and Li San'er's brows furrowed even tighter.
"What kind of dish is this, and how does it taste like this...... It's so ...... "unpalatable."
Li Xiuyuan looked embarrassed, and when the dish was served, he knew that it was bad, because this tofu was completely incomparable to the white summer fried in the afternoon, and it was fried on both sides.
It's a bit embarrassing to entertain guests with such a dish, to be honest.
Li Xiuyuan was pondering how to explain it, when he smelled a rich aroma, which was very similar to the tofu he had eaten in the afternoon.
"This thing is called tofu, but the plate on the table is already fried, why don't you try the plate in my hand?"
Bai Xia walked into the house with a plate, and there were pieces of fried golden tofu with aroma in the plate neatly stacked, and before he entered the door, he smelled the aroma, and when Bai Xia put the plate down, the aroma was even stronger.
"White Girl"
"White Girl"
……
Seeing Bai Xia, Li San'er and the others all stood up and saluted her.
When Li Xiuyuan saw this scene, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but smiled and said, "Bai Xia, you're here."
With that, he moved a chair over and made way for her.