Li Qiao listened to these words, and even her hair was satisfied.

If it had been put aside, there would have been pink eye and scolding Tao Zhu for being unfilial.

But now, hehe, in fact, Tao Zhu is very filial and kind, and the villagers are not wrong!

It was not yet nine o'clock when the husband and wife returned home, Li Shu was sitting at the door sewing clothes, and Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao were learning needlework with her.

As for Li Dashan, he followed Wang Guihua to Dahe Village.

Li Chuntao didn't go to her relatives, and her family and the Zhou family had a complete falling out.

But she didn't want to stay in her own home, after the New Year, she was a year older, and eighteen years old was a proper big girl in the countryside, afraid of being nagged by others, and afraid of being nagged by her own family, so she came to Li Qiao's house as usual.

Li Qiao didn't arrange a job for her, so she took out the account book used to record the thank-you gifts given to Li Qiao by each village and family, and she sat at the door of the front yard hall, holding a branch and practicing calligraphy on the ground.

It's not that she loves learning much, and she can't take the imperial examination, her literacy is mainly to help Li Qiao.

Now there are too many people who give Li Qiao thank-you gifts, and Li Dashan can't remember it at all, so she must be literate.

"Why did you come back so early?" Li Shu saw that Li Qiao and Tao Zhu were back with snacks and pork, so they hurriedly put down the sewing basket and got up from the small bench.

Li Qian briefly explained the situation, and Li Shu was very angry when she heard it, but after all, she was Tao Zhu's father, and she didn't say much, but said: "It's enough to be a man." ”

But if the Tao family is willing to say a good word to Tao Zhu, with Tao Zhu's kindness, it is not a matter of minutes for the Tao family to eat and drink spicy food.

"That's what the third sister said." Li Qiao nodded, he touched Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao's little head, and said with a smile: "Third sister, why don't you take Zhaodi and Xiaocao out to play, when I came back with Brother Zhu just now, I saw several merchants." ”

In the past few months, the number of people in Sanliu Village has increased a lot compared to before, and people from other villages come over every day.

Some came to sell sweet potatoes and starch, while others wanted to go over the Moon Tower and go directly to the sweet potato workshop to get the goods.

When there are many people, the merchant will be diligent.

Now for the Chinese New Year, the daughter-in-law and husband who marry abroad return to their parents' homes, the children also have New Year's money in their hands, and the merchants in the surrounding villages are even more diligent.

At this time, there was no commissary in the village, let alone a supermarket, and the burden of the merchant was a colorful world.

Yesterday, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Qiao gave the children of the Li family New Year's money, and she had never seen Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao before before her, so this time Li Qiao made a big one and gave her money directly.

And he also clearly told Li Shu that the two children are older, and they can keep a few pennies in their hands.

Li Shu listens to him in many things now, so he left ten cents for each of the two children.

"Now there is nothing missing, clothes, you gave new cotton, you eat, you make snacks better than the merchants. As for the maltose, the eldest brother sent a few catties and ate it casually, so there was no need to go to the merchant. ”

Li Shu immediately shook her head.

This answer was expected by Li Qiao, he directly squatted down and asked Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao: "Do you want to go to the merchant to buy something?" ”

"I don't want to." Song Zhaodi immediately shook her little head: "Uncle, I want to save money." ”

"Uncle, I also want to save money."

Song Xiaocao whispered.

"You have saved yesterday's New Year's money, and now you can spend the money in your hands as you like."

Li Qiao smiled and persuaded.

"Uncle, can I not spend it?"

Song Zhaodi grabbed the corner of her clothes with her small hands, a little nervous.

She didn't want to listen to her uncle this time......

The children of poor families have long been in charge, and she is now eight years old, and she does all kinds of work like her mother in the Song family.

She understood the importance of money.

She finally had money, and she didn't want to spend it at all.

Li Qiao: "......"

Seeing the little guy's apprehensive appearance in his eyes, he raised his hand and pinched Song Zhaodi's little face with chilblains and bruises, and nodded lightly: "Of course you can." Since I gave the money to your brothers and sisters, it will be at your sisters' disposal. ”

"Thank you, uncle." Song Zhaodi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and a smile immediately appeared on her little face.

Her uncle was so nice that he allowed her to dispose of those ten cents at will!

As if remembering something, she immediately looked down in the sewing basket, and then quickly took out a pair of gloves.

The gloves are the same as those made of pottery bamboo, the kind with the thumb and four fingers separated.

She handed the gloves to Li Qiao, and said a little embarrassedly: "Uncle, this is the glove I made, do you look suitable for wearing it." I don't have a good needlework, not as good as Uncle Bamboo. ”

"Hey, did you make gloves?!"

Li Qiao was surprised and took the gloves over.

Because Song Zhaodi and Song Xiaocao both had chilblains on their hands, Tao Zhu gave the gloves he made to the sisters and brothers, and asked the sisters and brothers to put their little hands in the gloves and cover them after applying chilblain cream, so as not to make their little hands too cold.

But I didn't expect Song Zhaodi to make a pair of gloves made of Tao Zhu.

Tao Zhu squatted down, took a glove from Li Qiao's hand, looked at it carefully, and saw that the needlework was fine, and it was not lost to himself, he couldn't help but praise: "Zhao Di is really powerful, although she is young, she is as good as I do." ”

Li Qiao also looked carefully at this time, he put the gloves on his hands, and shook them at Song Zhaodi: "Zhaodi is really amazing, I will go to the county seat tomorrow, and I will wear this glove!" ”

He hadn't seen Song Zhaodi move needlework in the new house in the past few days, so these gloves must have been made by her lighting an oil lamp in the old house.

An eight-year-old child sits in front of an oil lamp sewing gloves with stitches and threads, and the image of that scene makes him feel distressed just thinking about it.

Song Zhaodi didn't know that Li Qiao was more distressed than happy at this time, she was praised by the two uncles, she was a little shy, and her little head was lowered.

Seeing this, Song Xiaocao next to him also stretched out his little hand to turn over the needlework basket, he also did it, but he was young and slow, and he didn't do it yet......

"Oh, did Xiaocao do it too?"

Li Qiao saw his movements and hurriedly asked.

"Not yet, it's not done yet...... It's for Uncle Bamboo. ”

Song Xiaocao stopped his hand, his little head hanging down, a little depressed.

Seeing this, Song Zhaodi was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, Xiaocao, he did it with me, and he originally planned to give it to you together, but as soon as I was happy just now, I took out this glove......

Her face was full of regret.

Could her uncle not like Xiaocao because of this?

"It's okay, it's okay, it's a small matter, you and Xiaocao are very powerful." Li Qiao looked at Song Zhaodi's uneasy face as if she had made a big disaster, and he hurriedly spoke to appease.

Tao Zhu hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed Song Xiaocao's little head: "Xiaocao also made it for me." ”

"Xiaocao is really well-behaved and amazing, but you are young and it is normal for you to do it slowly, I am not in a hurry, when it will be done and when it will be given to me."

"That's right, anyway, winter hasn't passed yet, don't worry, you can do it slowly, Xiaocao, your uncle Zhu will definitely be able to use it." Li Qiao also went to rub his little head.

Of course, he didn't miss Song Zhaodi's little head.

Tao Zhu also smiled and rubbed Song Zhaodi's little head: "Don't worry, Zhaodi, we know that you are too happy." ”

Feeling the tenderness of the two uncles, Song Xiaocao's frustrated mood improved a lot, he raised his red little face to look at Li Qiao and Tao Zhu, and hummed softly.

Song Zhaodi's heart fell back into her stomach, her two uncles were really good.

Li Qiao pinched the little faces of the sisters and brothers, and then stood up and said to Li Shu: "Third sister, Zhao Di and Xiaocao are both children of our Li family, they are well-behaved and powerful, in my opinion, it is better to change their names and surnames, the current names are not good, and the surname Song is not suitable." ”

"Huh?" Li Shu didn't expect Li Qiao to say this, she was stunned for a moment, and then nodded fiercely: "You're right, whether it's a surname or a first name, it's not appropriate!" ”

Although she has settled down in the past few days, there are many things every day, so she didn't think about it.

Now that Li Qiao mentioned it, she couldn't wait to change the names of the two children now.

Zhaodi?

Scold.

Grass?

Hehe.

It's all bullshit!

"Xiao Qiao, you are a scholar, so you can give them new names, right?"

"Okay." Li Qiao is the one who will not give in.

He also couldn't wait to change the names of the two children, so he thought for a while, and then said: "The two children are quiet and well-behaved, like beautiful jade, hmm...... Let's call it Li Yuning and Li Yu'an. ”

Yu, Meiyu, and there is also the meaning of advantages, there are too many advantages in the two children, and it is very appropriate to use this word.

Tranquility, which represents his blessing to the two children.

Li Shu and Tao Zhu listened to Li Qiao's explanation and were happy and satisfied.

Li Shu said: "This name is good, Li Yuning, Li Yunan, it sounds good and auspicious." ”

Tao Zhu read these two names a few times, and asked the sisters and brothers with a smile: "Yuning, Yun'an, do you like this name?" ”

The sister and brother are actually a little confused, are they going to change their names?

However, these two names sound so high-end, much better than their original Zhaodi and Xiaocao!

No girl wants to bear Zhao Di's name, and no little brother treats himself as a little grass, so the sister and brother smiled and nodded.

They love it!

"Thank you, uncle!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

The two little guys looked up and thanked Li Qiao.

"That's good." Li Qiao looked at their happy smiling faces and couldn't help but smile: "In order to celebrate Yuning Yu'an's new name, let's have a lively meal at noon." ”

Anyway, there is nothing to do today, and he doesn't want to study, so it's better to have a hot pot!

Since he crossed over, he has not eaten hot pot.

He immediately took out a small back basket tied with a long wooden stick and prepared to go to the river to catch fish.

Tao Zhu naturally wanted to go, and he also called Li Yuning and Li Yu'an's sister and brother.

But the four of them were about to go out, and Village Chief Zhu came.

During the Chinese New Year, Village Chief Zhu came to visit Li Qiao and carried a duck in his hand.