Chapter 8 Sons and Fathers
Feng's old house is a zigzag, one side is the door, the remaining three sides are the house, similar to the courtyard, but not as big as the regular courtyard, a fence in front of the door, the fence is not high, the short person can see the inside on tiptoe, and there are four hens free-range after entering.
Li Lichuan followed Liu Cunzheng and a few people through the courtyard and entered the lobby, the door on the left side was closed, the kitchen on the right should be the kitchen, and there was cooking smoke rising from the roof, where the middle-aged man was going just now.
There was already a plate of peanuts on the table, and two plates of cold vegetables, Feng Lao pulled Li Lichuan to sit next to him, and the middle-aged man also walked in at this time, holding a plate in one hand.
"This big rooster crows every day, but it's annoying. ”
The middle-aged man smiled innocently, and then placed the plates in his hands separately on both sides of the table.
"Last time your brother came back from the city, I didn't see you kill that big, I don't know if it's really annoying or fake. Liu Cunzheng also smiled and answered, obviously this man was not really annoyed by the crowing rooster.
The middle-aged man's yellowed face showed a slight flush, and he didn't defend himself, turned his head and walked out of the lobby quickly.
Li Lichuan laughed secretly as he watched from the sidelines, but this man was naïve, and several old people were also happy.
"My youngest son is too naïve, his brother said last time that he would take him to the city to find a job, but I didn't agree, for fear that he would be bullied. ”
"Oh, Uncle Feng still has a son in the city?"
"But no, Lao Feng's eldest son is really clever, he learned kung fu from a blacksmith master in the city for a few years, and the old blacksmith felt that this baby had the right temperament, and married his daughter to her, and he confiscated a penny of dowry. ”
An old man on the side who didn't lose his teeth said sourly.
"Go and go, don't talk about that today, come to pick up Li Xiaoyou today. Uncle Feng diverted the topic and shouted, "Little second son, tell Xiaoqin to hurry up and bring the food and eat." ”
"Daddy, come on. ”
A rough female voice came from outside the door, and a rather fat woman walked in with two plates of steaming stir-fried vegetables, put the dishes on the table and went out. This should be Lao Cunzheng's second son and his daughter-in-law, Uncle Feng and his son came in with five sea bowls, put them on the table one by one, and then followed the woman out.
"Come, come, eat. ”
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Some people have said that if you have nothing to do, you will be a traitor or a thief, although it may be a bit excessive, but in general there is still a certain amount of truth.
"Li Xiaoyou, actually, I called you over today to discuss something with you. ”
"Huh?" Li Lichuan was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that it would be over when he said something about tomorrow's sacrifice, but he didn't expect that Uncle Feng still had something to discuss with him, so he said in surprise.
"This ...... The village is poor, I believe you have seen it today, although there have been no military disasters in these years, and the situation is slightly better than in previous years, but they are all croppers who watch the sky and eat, and they really can't pick out too much silver...... Let's see if this can be ...... a little bit."
"It doesn't matter, the so-called encounter is fate, but it's not entangled in money, haha. Li Lichuan didn't take it too seriously when he heard it, and came out of the mountain for the first time, and it didn't take much effort to sacrifice this thing, and he was really not prepared to make something.
Originally, I didn't think about what I was going to do or where I was going down the mountain, and as for who can guess in the future, let's take one step at a time.
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"Little Fairy Li, don't take it to heart!"
After eating, Li Lichuan remembered that there was a little girl in the water there, so he refused Feng Lao's retention, and came out with a full bowl, and Liu Cunzheng chased Li Lichuan out.
"Oh, what's wrong with my heart?" asked Li Lichuan with a smile and turned his head.
"This old man is this virtue, no matter what he says, he is an elder, I don't talk about him on weekdays, Feng Lao has also looked at it for decades, and he said that he doesn't know how many years, there is no change, don't mind too much, if you want to blame it, blame his son who lacks heart. ”
"What son?"
"Li Xiaoshenxian, don't you know, there is also a mess of bad things in this village, Feng Lao, doesn't he have two sons, the eldest son is called the pillar, the younger son is called the second pillar, the pillar is the pillar, the second son responded to this name, he is really like a pillar, he can't say a few words to people, he is red-faced when he is in a hurry, and he is easier to be ashamed than a big girl, so he simply found a daughter-in-law with a strong temperament, and there is not much grievance outside on weekdays. This eldest son is different from the younger second son, since he was a child, he has been ghostly, smart, can speak, can look at people's faces, dare to say and do, and was sent to the city by Feng Lao to learn the craft from the blacksmith master, you see...... This daughter-in-law was sent by others...... , as for Lao Zhao......
"Alas, this person, I don't have to look at it, do you think this is the reason?"
Li Lichuan thought thoughtfully, didn't answer his words, and walked ahead unhurriedly, and Liu Cun was walking side by side.
When he just ate, the toothless old man ate ugly tight, a mouthful of teeth were almost gone, and he also tried to put the chicken in the bowl, although he didn't have much idea about eating, he came over like coarse tea and light rice in Qingcheng Mountain, in fact, I really want to say it, Qingcheng estimates that half of the Zhengyi Sect, the rules are not as many as the rules of the Quanzhen Sect, and the Zhengyi Sect has to fast at some important times, such as sacrificial or something, and the abstinence is only the four major meats, cows, fish, geese, dogs, of course, this is the rule of the Zhengyi Sect, to Qingcheng Mountain here...... He, Li Lichuan, dared to bet on his wine gourd, except for the third senior brother, no one remembered how many rules there were!
"Lao Zhao's old man also has a son, when he was a child, he played with Lao Ma and Feng Lao's son, but this person, they all look at the sky, and their temperament is the same as that tree, they can't get it back if they are crooked, the same is a person, Feng Lao's two sons put aside the younger son is a little silly, and the others are obedient to his father's words, that Lao Zhao's son has a lot of ghosts, and he didn't know how to get mixed with those little ruffians in the city after entering the city once, the first two years were fine, not too presumptuous, but now it's good, he won't come back for a year or two, if it weren't for the news that often came, I'm afraid they all thought they were dead outside。 Lao Ma's son is not much different, quite similar to Erzhuzi, but since he married his daughter-in-law, even his father can't be called, this mother-in-law is not a fuel-efficient lamp, if it weren't for Lao Ma to have some face in the village, I'm afraid that his daughter-in-law would have broken up the family long ago. ”
"If the son does not teach, the father is guilty, there is some truth in this. ”
"It's good that Fairy Li doesn't go to his heart. ”
Li Lichuan let out a sigh, shook his head, and didn't think about it anymore, anyway, he wouldn't stay long before leaving, and he didn't want to think about it anymore.
Walking to the door of Jiu'er's little girl's house, Liu Cun was stopping at the door, but he didn't step in, after all, he handed the knife to the top of the child's head, sighed and walked away.
"Absent?"
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"I'm in!"
Unexpectedly, no one in the house replied to him, but the small sound from inside still told him that there were people inside, Li Lichuan waited until it was quiet again, and pushed the door in.
A small shadow wrapped in a quilt shrank in the corner of the wall, only one head was exposed, his face was better than just now, but it was still a little pale, the package that Li Lichuan put aside was still in place, there was no trace of movement, the only obvious difference was that there were two more wet clothes on the side of the kang.
"Are you hungry?"
In the deathly silence, Li Lichuan stood by the kang with a bowl, and suddenly thought that he might be hungry if an adult didn't eat a meal, and when she was a child growing up, where would she not be hungry, maybe she subconsciously wanted to hear this little girl reply.
Rubbing his nose helplessly, he was about to say something more.
"Goo-"
"Poof, haha!"
Li Lichuan couldn't hold back for a moment, laughed, and brought the bowl to the side of the kang.
"Eat if you're hungry. ”
The little girl also realized what was happening, a touch of red appeared on her pale face, and she quickly buried her face in the quilt.
"Uh...... If you don't eat it, it's cold!"
Li Lichuan saw that the little girl didn't mean to raise her head at all, so he was stunned for a while, and vaguely guessed that it might be because he was here, so he withdrew from the door and closed the door again.
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On the second day, when the fourth watch was ugly, Li Lichuan woke up, to be precise, he didn't sleep all night, and meditated on bed at night, this little girl called Jiu'er was talking nonsense, and only after lighting the oil lamp did she find that the little girl had a fever, her forehead was hot, and her face was no longer pale, but an unnatural flush appeared, and she made a wet cloth and put it on the little girl's forehead with a little water, but it still didn't have much effect, but the little girl's movement was a little smaller, and Li Lichuan, who was blind in both eyes, had a headache, after all, she didn't have much experience, and it was better than nothing, so she had to keep changing the wet cloth, looking forward to being useful。
At the end of the fifth watch, there was a knock on the door.
"Bang bang!"
Li Lichuan pulled the bolt of the door, and saw that it was Liu Cunzheng, and Liu Cunzheng smiled.
"Immortal Li, this sacrifice has been prepared, I don't know if I want to prepare anything?"
"Liu Cunzheng, come and take a look, how do you get this?" Li Lichuan pulled Liu Cunzheng into the house, and pointed to the little girl lying on the kang, like catching a savior, on Qingcheng Mountain, he Li Lichuan had never seen anyone with a cold and fever, at most he had a snot, and most of them were dealt with by the third senior brother, and he didn't know anything about it.
"This ......" Liu Cunzheng also smiled bitterly, "On weekdays, no child's child has ever been infected with a cold, it is as usual, and it will be fine after a long time, this trip to the hospital, even if it is a minor illness, it can empty the money in your belt, our small village is left alone, who has spare money to go to the hospital." ”
Li Lichuan took down the wet cloth on the little girl's hand, reached out and touched the little girl's forehead, it was still very hot, changed the wet cloth again, and had no idea.
"Where is the medical hall?" Li Lichuan pondered for a moment, and then added, "The nearest ......"
"The nearest one is going to walk more than twenty miles, and I want to go to Jincheng!"
"More than twenty miles......" Li Lichuan squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, muttering to himself.
"Now let's start preparing for the sacrifice, let's go, go to the river. ”
"Okay!"