Chapter Seventy-Two: Li Zheng Visits
"Well, according to what you said, then I'll have to wait."
"Just look at it!"
Ning Ning is full of confidence, and what he said is called a full. So You Quartet was so persuaded. Waiting to see Ning Ning quietly enter the greenhouse, You Lao Liu was dumbfounded.
"No, Dad, that's what you just do? Doesn't that mean nothing is asked? ”
"Okay, Lao Tzu has eaten more salt than you have ever eaten rice, don't worry so much, just wait and see. I'll tell you, if you dare to secretly open that black cloth to look at it, I'll break your legs! ”
“…… I knew I wasn't favored in our family. Behold you are going to break my leg all day long, is my leg wheat straw? Do you have to be interrupted?! ”
"I think you kid just owe a beating!"
You Sifang pulled his legs and walked to You Lao Liu, You Lao Liu has been a leather since he was a child, and when he saw his father's action, he ran away in a hurry. The hero doesn't suffer the immediate loss, so he won't stand stupidly and wait for his father to beat, and the small staff will be taken away by the big stick, and in his place, the small stick will not want to suffer.
Looking at You Lao Liu's hurried back, You Sifang couldn't help but smile, he knew that this lazy boy was not cleaned up, but he was indeed very curious about what Ning Ning and their children came up with. However, he is already a mature adult, but he can afford to wait for another day.
In fact, not only the father and son, but also the others were really curious, even the old man You, who has always been mature and steady, couldn't help but run around the greenhouse several times today, and his eyes looked at the things covered with a layer of black cloth there. It's just that in the end, because of the face of the elders, I didn't do anything.
The time was close to noon, but the You family ushered in a rare guest, who was Li Zheng of Qingshui Village. He has always been a bold and generous person here, and at this time, too, before people enter the house, they have already heard his hearty laughter.
"Hahaha! Brother You, I haven't seen you for a few days, how do you feel that you are strong again? Look at your body, it's really different from when I first met. ”
"Lizheng, what kind of wind blew you here? Hurry up and I'll pour you a cup of tea. ”
You Sifang used to be a character who traveled south and north, and he was both affectionate and not flattering to Li Zheng, which is very suitable for Li Zheng's temperament from a military family.
However, Li Zheng refused the suggestion to enter the house and sit down.
"It's just the right day, just sit in the yard and bask in the sun, stay in the house all day, and feel like people are getting moldy."
"That's too."
So You Sifang beckoned his sons to bring a table, and soon brought a few coarse porcelain bowls and a pot of boiling hot water.
"There's nothing to entertain, it's just these brown sugars I bought a few days ago, and I'm trying them."
Looking at the light brown tea in the coarse porcelain bowl in front of him, Li Zheng couldn't help but move his eyebrows, and then took a sip of it gently, well, it's quite sweet. It seems that the days of having a family are indeed getting more and more prosperous. Even his brown sugar is a precious thing, not that he can't afford to entertain guests, it's just that his mother-in-law is reluctant to put so much brown sugar.
You Sifang knew that there must be something wrong with Li Zheng coming to his house at this time, but Li Zheng didn't speak, so he just sat together and drank sugar water slowly.
After a while, Li Zheng finally couldn't hold back and opened the conversation with a smile.
"Brother You, in fact, I came today to trouble your family for something."
"You're polite, just open your mouth if you have something, we will definitely help if you can."
"It's tomorrow, it's my eldest grandson's first birthday. There are not enough people in the family, and I want to ask your aunts and sisters-in-law to help. I wonder if they're free? ”
"Of course I'm free. It's impossible to go out to work on such a cold day. It's all a small matter, and my mother must be very willing. Mother! You say yes, right? ”
In the last sentence, You Sifang raised her voice, and Grandma You, who was in the kitchen, heard talking about herself, and answered heartily in the kitchen. When a family has a problem, other families in the village go to help, which is also a common practice. It's just that who is Lizheng? He is the village chief of Qingshui Village, and he is also the leader of the surrounding villages, to put it mildly, he doesn't need to greet his family when he has something, and some are people who are willing to help him.
In this case, Li Zheng also came to their house to talk about it, which is worth looking for.
After saying this, the scene was a little quiet, and Li Zheng touched the coarse porcelain bowl in his hand, looking at him left and right.
"Why don't you see Uncle You? Lady Wu is not here? ”
"Oh, you know my dad is an idle man, so I'm sure I'm going to see it in the field now. I just asked the kid in the family to shout, and I guess I'll be back in a while, as for my father-in-law, I should have gone into the mountains to collect medicine, right? I haven't seen him for two or three days. ”
"Oh, I've collected medicine, Lord Wu really likes to collect concocted medicinal materials......"
At this time, even the other people in the courtyard who pretended to be busy could see that there was something difficult to talk about. It's just that for their family, what is so difficult to say? There are smart ones, and they have already understood by this time. There must be a request from their family.
At this time, Ning Ning, who had just entered the conservatory, opened the curtain with a smile and came out. She was still humming a song in her mouth, and she seemed to be in a good mood, but when she took two steps, she felt that something seemed to be wrong with the air around her, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Qing Shui Muramasa staring at her.
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However, the upbringing in his bones still made Ning Ning stop and give a salute to Qingshui Village.
"Uncle Lizheng, auspicious New Year! All the best! ”
"Oops! How can Ning Ning be so sensible! The children in the family didn't even think of getting up to give me a New Year's greeting. Brother You, you are really blessed, you have such a sensible and lovely daughter as Ning Ning, which makes me envious. ”
"Where, where? It's just that this child is used to learning from adults, and he always wants to pay a New Year's greeting to his elders, and parrot him. And I've seen those children in your family, all of them are polite and polite, and they are very scholarly. ”
The phrase "You Quartet" can be regarded as scratching the itch of Lizheng, these years, everything is inferior, only reading is high. Families who can afford to read must have a lot of wealth, and there are only a few families in Qingshui Village who can provide for their children to study. Especially the Lizheng family, those little grandsons are all studying in private schools one by one, just waiting for which one of them will have a chance one day, and the middle show can also be exempted from the field tax of 40 acres of land.
To say that the descendants of this military household are generally also military households, but Li Zheng is quite brave in killing the enemy in the same year, so General Xie specially asked for these soldiers who have made great achievements in war, allowing their descendants to no longer need to be military households. This is also one of the reasons why the Northern Desert Army supported General Xie to death. If there is a better choice, who would want to let their descendants face a cruel battlefield where they may be killed or maimed?