Li Qingzhi was attracted by the fish, and then without paying attention, Jin Xiaoshu was already gone.

But my brother-in-law is really a good person! It's a fish! Three-pound fish!

Li Qingzhi looked at the fish and couldn't help but start swallowing again.

The two children were also greedy, looked at the fish and said, "Dad, can we eat fish later?" ”

Li Qing insisted: "Yes! Let's eat half of the noodles today, and the remaining half of them will be salted and eaten tomorrow. ”

Li Qingzhi went home and got a knife, and went to the river to deal with the fish.

People generally don't eat offal when they eat fish, but he didn't want to throw it away at all, and the fish intestines and fish bubbles were washed and kept, then smeared with salt, and steamed on the steaming rack when cooking.

When Li Laogen came back and saw Youyu smiling, Jin Xiaoye was much calmer, and as for Li Qingzhi......

With such a full amount of protein, it is impossible for him not to like it!

As for the fishy smell...... Neither of the two children cares!

Today is another delicious day, thank God for the day!

Jin Xiaoye and others do not squint.

They are accustomed to Li Qingzhi no matter what he eats, it looks like he has eaten delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they don't know when he will be better......

While eating, Jin Xiaoye said: "I have to be busy for a day tomorrow, and I have to go to the county seat the day after tomorrow." ”

She used to go to the county seat every ten days to meet with people she knew to get in touch with her feelings, but this time because of Li Qingzhi's return and busy farming, she hasn't been to the county seat for 20 days.

Now that she's finally free, she wants to check it out.

Li Qingzhi immediately asked, "Can I go?" ”

Jin Xiaoye looked sure: "You can't walk." "They are ten miles away from the county seat!

Li Qingzhi really can't walk: "You don't take a boat?" It's a bit dangerous to walk...... "The original owner was walking alone to the county seat, and when he was passing by the river, he was caught on a boat and taken away.

Of course, it's quite peaceful now, and I usually don't encounter this kind of bad luck.

Jin Xiaoye said: "It costs a penny to take a boat...... I went with my dad, and the two of us were fine. ”

In the past, Jin Xiaoye would also take a boat, but now the money is not enough!

As for Li Qingzhi wanting to go, if Jin Xiaoye had money, she wouldn't mind taking Li Qingzhi to the county seat by boat, but she didn't have any money!

Jin Xiaoye said to Li Qing: "You bring Da Mao Ermao at home, and I'll buy you something delicious to come back." ”

Li Qingzhi could only nod: "Okay." ”

His body is still recovering quickly, and he can walk and exercise more, and after half a month, he can go to the county seat to find a job.

Thinking about it carefully, he is still a little thin and out of shape, and when he goes to the county seat like this, others dare not use him.

But after half a month, he shouldn't be fat......

Secretly sighed, Li Qing didn't chew the fish bones and swallowed them.

After eating, Jin Xiaoye went to get busy again, and Li Qingzhi did not delay, pulled Li Damao and Li Ermao, and walked to Hebutou, where the people in the village loved to stay.

There are many aunts who get together every evening to chat and gossip, and he has to listen to it too!

Chapter 14 Borrowing Books

Li Qingzhi really likes the living people in this world.

When he was younger, he didn't like to mix with people, but after living alone for a long time and having no one to communicate with him at all, he now likes it when he sees crowds.

Some time ago, his physical condition did not allow it, and he didn't even figure out the situation in the village, so he didn't run to a crowded place, but now...... He had already gotten a rough idea of what was going on in the village.

How could he not participate in the villagers' evening group activities? Definitely going to participate!

So many people! Even if he just watched from the sidelines, he would be in a good mood.

And one more point...... In the evening, the people in the village will go to the river port to enjoy the cool chat, and the children will also go, so that Da Mao Ermao can play with other children in the village.

He likes Da Mao Ermao very much, and he wishes that these two people would always be by his side, but children of Da Mao Ermao's age like to play with children and like to run and jump...... Nor can he hold them back.

Li Qing led Da Mao Ermao to the vicinity of Hebutou, and Da Mao Ermao immediately went to play with his friends.

The two of them don't have a father, so it's inevitable that some people gossip, but because Jin Xiaoye is a native of Miaoqian Village, and half of the people in Miaoqian Village are surnamed Jin, they still have playmates.

However, the children in the village are also divided into factions, so there are also children who don't deal with them, Li Qingzhi talked nonsense in front of Li Damao and Li Ermao on the day he came back, and the boy who quarreled with Jin Xiaoye had a grudge against Li Damao and Li Ermao.

This man's surname is Yao, his name is Yao Zuming, and Yao Zhenfu is from his own family, but the relationship between the two families is far away.

Yao Zuming was the one who instigated Li Laogen to gamble and lent money to Li Laogen.

Li Laogen has indeed been gambling for money, but he is timid to play in the village, plus he is very poor...... He used to gamble with people, which was to bet on soybeans, fertilizer, firewood, and so on.

For a long time before Li Qingzhi didn't recognize Li Laogen as his father, because Li Laogen's younger brother and nephew treated him badly, he couldn't even take out a handful of soybeans, and he could only stand by and watch others play dice every time.

No one in the village will lend money to Li Laogen, and everyone knows that he can't do it!

Li Lao himself will not borrow money from others, since he was a child, he has never had more than ten yuan in his pocket, and there is no concept of borrowing money at all.

At that time, Yao Zuming clearly saw that Li Qingzhi was gone, and thought that their family had two acres of land, so he had bad thoughts, so he took the initiative to lend money to Li Laogen.

After Li Laogen borrowed the money, he quickly lost all the money to Yao Zuming and them......

The money lent out was won back, and he could still ask for debts, Yao Zuming really made a lot of money!

Jin Xiaoye knew this at the beginning, so she took Li Laogen to Yao's house to theorize, and said that if someone lent Li Laogen money in the future, she would not pay it back......

She made such a fuss, it is true that no one has lent money to Li Laogen in recent years, and Li Laogen no longer dares to borrow money from others, but she and Yao Zuming's Liangzi have also formed a relationship, and the two have not been very good at dealing with each other.

Yao Zuming's son Yao Yuanbao is slightly older than Li Damao and Li Ermao, and Li Damao and Li Ermao have two more people, and the two sides are constantly conflicting.

In the case of grabbing firewood, it was in the previous winter, Li Damao and Li Ermao knew that their family was short of firewood, so they picked up some dead grass and put it at the door of their homes.

As a result, Yao Yuanbao came out to cut the grass with a basket on his back, saw it, and took it away.

Of course, Li Damao and Li Ermao later snatched the firewood back.

Yao Yuanbao is not here today, Li Damao and Li Ermao are playing with their familiar friends, and they also point to Li Qingzhi to show off: "That's my father!" ”

"I know, my mother said, the thinnest person in the village is your father."

"I heard that your father loves to eat grass, is it true?"

"Why does your dad eat grass?"

……

Li Ermao said: "I don't know why my father likes to eat grass, I have tasted it, and those grasses are not delicious at all." He thought his father's brain was really broken, but his mother wouldn't let him say it.

Li Damao is more reliable: "My father eats not grass, but wild vegetables, my father has read books and understands a lot!" ”

The friends didn't seem to understand, and soon forgot about it, and began to play with officers and soldiers to catch robbers.

Li Qing saw that there was nothing wrong with the child, so he sat on the small bench he brought and watched the uncle and aunt in the village chatting with a smile.

At this time, it was still the busy season of farming, and the young men in the village were busy, and the young women had little time to raise silkworms, but the old people only had to do some chores on weekdays, and they were all idle at this time.

It's just that Li Qingzhi looked at them like this, and they were embarrassed to chat.

Originally, there was an eldest lady who wanted to say that she saw Jin Xiaoshu send a fish to Li Qingzhi...... Now that Li Qing is persistent, what is she going to say?

And also...... Why is Li Qingzhi looking at her so enthusiastically? It's as if she's Li Qing's mother......

In the end, it was Li Qingzhi who spoke to the eldest lady holding a baby next to her: "Auntie, your granddaughter is so handsome!" ”

This aunt is also a member of the Jin family, and when she heard Li Qingzhi say this, she said: "I also think that this child has white skin!" ”

"The eyes are big, too!" Li Qingzhi said immediately.

"That's it!" This aunt is very happy: "Your big hair and Ermao are also handsome, so follow you." ”

As soon as the chatterbox opened, everyone started chatting, and in this chat, the uncles and aunts suddenly found that Li Qing was not normal, but he was likable!

Li Qingzhi five years ago was actually very far away from the people in the village, although he didn't show it, but the people in the village could feel it.

Now Li Qingzhi is different, look at Li Qingzhi's eyes, listen to what Li Qingzhi said...... Li Qingzhi really likes them!

While chatting, Li Qingzhi also told them some things outside, such as how people in the city live...... That's all they haven't heard of!

Although they have been to the county seat, they don't dare to look at it indiscriminately, and they only go to a few fixed places, and they don't know many things at all.

Some of them have not even been to the county seat for more than ten or twenty years, and have only been there when they were young.

While they were chatting happily, they saw a small boat come over and stop at the head of the river.

"Yao Gonggong is back!" There is humanity.

Li Qingzhi looked over and saw Yao Zhenfu and his father, Yao Zhenfu's father has been rocking the boat for more than 20 years, and the people in the village have been calling him Yao Gonggong.

The men in this village are quite short compared to later generations, and Li Qing is already the tallest person in the village.

Yao Gong is slightly shorter than ordinary people, and his height is only 1.6 meters.

But his shoulders are broad and his arms are thick, and he is very powerful at first glance.

I think it is also, he rocks the boat all day, and it is impossible for his arms to be weak.

Yao Gonggong wore a sleeveless cardigan on top, hanging loosely on his body, and a pair of knee-length shorts underneath, which was no different from the men in the village, Yao Zhenfu next to him was different, he was wearing the shirt worn by a scholar, and it made people feel hot when they looked at it.

He was indeed very hot, the square scarf on his head was soaked, and his oily face was covered with sweat.

Yao Zhenfu is a little shorter than Yao Gonggong, and his body is also fatter, he has been covering his mouth and nose with his sleeves, and as soon as the boat docks, he can't wait to jump off the boat, and said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, your boat is too smelly!" Can't you wash it? ”

Yao Gonggong looked helpless: "I have already washed it." ”

Yao Zhenfu said: "That is, it was not cleaned...... I'll come back tomorrow on someone else's boat. ”

"You come back on someone else's boat and ask for money." Yao Cheng is fair.

"It's just one or two articles," Yao Zhenfu didn't care, and complained about Yao Gonggong, "In the future, if you want to transport people to Zhonghuang, you should not take it." ”

Yao Gonggong didn't speak, if they pick up the work in their business, who will ask them to hire a boat in the future?

The point is, he needs money.

He made more money in the village, even a little more than he revealed to others, but the family's expenses were still tight, after all, he provided for a scholar.