At noon, Wan Niang pulled Li Mu up and drank a bowl of gruel, and after drinking, he lay down again and slept soundly.

Wan Niang is very busy during this time, some big girls and little daughters-in-law, there is nothing to run to her to pull home, the guests always have to prepare some food, at the beginning Wan Niang also took out the good things at home to entertain the guests, and over time she was not happy. Having a good man in the family who can defeat trouble is enough for her to have a headache, and she can't lose her family anymore.

It's rare to be free, so she wants to sew a pair of cotton pants for her husband. After lunch, Wan Niang just picked up the needle and thread when she heard a knock on the door, she looked at the sleeping husband who was not woken up and hurriedly got up to open the door. It was a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her fifties, with a very haggard face.

"Mother?" Wan Niang was a little surprised, and hurriedly let Yang Cai into the house. When asked if she had eaten, she said she did, but Wan Niang could tell that she was not full, so she went to the kitchen to take out the leftover white rice porridge and bacon for her to eat.

The bacon was made by Wan Niang for Li Mu to eat, Li Mu was too sleepy, got up and drank a bowl of porridge and fell asleep.

Yang Caishi looked at the food in front of him and worried: "Wanniang, you have to live a careful life this day, you can't eat fine rice at every meal." And this meat, how expensive. ”

Wan Niang took Yang Cai's hand, handed her the chopsticks, and said with a smile: "My husband doesn't eat coarse grains." Mother, eat quickly, if you have anything to say, you will talk about it when you finish eating. ”

Yang Caishi shirked several times before taking the chopsticks. She only drank a bowl of white rice porridge, and only ate a small piece of bacon, and Wan Niang was still worried about borrowing fish from her mother's house, so she got up and wrapped all the bacon left at home for her, and asked her to take it back later.

Yang Caishi took a closer look at the thatched house, although the house was a little dilapidated, but the things in the house were not old. Looking at the luxurious decoration in the house, and then looking at the delicate embroidered little cotton jacket worn by Wan Niang, and the two thick quilts on the kang, she had a bottom in her heart.

I heard from the people in the village that Wan Niang's family was too poor to open the pot, so she sold the two acres of land handed down by the Li family ancestor for five taels of silver, and bought a lot of big fish and meat. Now it seems that these are really rumors. Just talking about these decorations in the house, you can't buy them without a dozen or twenty taels of silver. The good days of my daughter's family have just begun.

Speaking of the decoration of the house, most of them were purchased by Wan Niang in the last month. There is no way, Li Mu is not only picky about food, but also attaches great importance to clothing and home decoration. Clothes, pants and shoes have to be worn new, and the tables, chairs and benches at home are also new, and Wanniang has been sad for a long time for the money spent.

"What's wrong?

Yang Caishi squeezed out a smile and said, "Seeing that you are having a good time, my mother will be relieved." ”

Wan Niang said: "Mother, depending on what you say, if you are okay, just sit down, let's talk." ”

The two talked for a while, and Yang Cai said, "Wan Niang, in fact, my mother came this time to ask you for something." ”

Wan Niang nodded and let her say, Yang Caishi continued: "You also know that there are three acres of rice at home, and they are replaced with coarse grains when they are harvested every autumn, which is barely enough for the family to chew for a year, this is not last year You rented two acres of land in the family to your eldest brother and second brother, and the life of the family is a little better, I heard that your husband is going to take back the land......

Wan Niang sighed and said, "Actually, my husband doesn't like to farm, and he doesn't necessarily plant when the land is taken back, but it's just ......."

Wan Niang was embarrassed to say: Who let the eldest brother and the second brother be idle and have nothing to do to hold them accountable?

The two of them looked at Li Mu, who was sleeping, and didn't say anything. Yang Cai knew that his second son's previous actions were a bit excessive, and he came to the door to ask for debts when Wanniang's family was in the most difficult time. If it is a simple debt, it will not make Li Muqian angry with the Yang family, the key is that the Yang family brothers still owe Wanniang's rent. They didn't say that they gave the rent when Wanniang was in difficulty, but they even came to ask for the account?

Li Mu's little temper became stubborn, who do you love, and you have no face.

Yang Cai sighed again, took out a handkerchief from his arms, opened it carefully, and there was a small piece of silver lying inside, which should be less than one or two. She put the handkerchief on the table and said, "This is last year's rent, in fact, it should have been sent to you a long time ago, your second sister-in-law is pregnant and wants to eat mountain goods, so it will be delayed." ”

Wan Niang saw the pity that her mother said, and hurriedly said that when her husband woke up, she would study the matter of the two acres of land with her husband, and as for the money, she said that she didn't want anything.

"Mother, I won't hide it from you, my husband has the ability to make money, I have all saved, you see that our life is not bad for this money, you still take it back, you and my father have bought it for yourself, don't just think about them." ”

After talking for a while, Yang Caishi got up to say goodbye, and when Wanniang sent her back, she saw her husband lying on the kang and looking at herself with a smile.

Wan Niang's eyes widened, "When did you wake up?"

Li Mu innocently covered his stomach and said, "I woke up when your mother first came, well, I woke up hungry." It's not easy for my son-in-law to get up and grab food from his mother-in-law, right?"

Wan Niang was a little shy by what he said, so she listened to Li Mu continue: "The land at home has always been taken care of by you, if you want to rent it to your mother's family, you can rent it, as for how much rent you will receive." When spring comes, I am going to find some labor to open up the wasteland and buy more land for our family. ”

Wan Niang's eyes were shining, and she was a little excited: "Why didn't I expect that, our family now has so much money, can we find labor to open up wasteland? Great! Husband, how much land do you want to open up?"

Li Mu nodded the tip of her nose: "Wan Niang said as much as she wanted." ”

Wan Niang was silent in the little sweetness in her heart and couldn't extricate herself, Li Mu was about to go out with her clothes on, Wan Niang hurriedly took out a new cotton jacket from the box and put it on him. This is what Li Mu had just sewn when she was in retreat.

Li Mu left the village and got on the fishing boat directly, set sail, he wanted to go to Phoenix Island to have a look.

As early as last night, when he went out to sea, he had paid attention to Phoenix Island, which was an isolated island with no people. If Phoenix Island is developed and enclosed as a fishing ground, it must be a good choice.

He first controlled the fishing boat to circle around Phoenix Island, and then ran aground and landed. Phoenix Island has nothing but large rocks and is bare. The area is about the size of two football fields, and it would be nice to convert this place into a private resort.

If you have enough labor, you can polish all the stones on the island and build a house, and then circle a yard to plant some flowers and plants, and raise a few pets.

The most important thing is to build a luxury yacht, the outside world is so big, Mr. Li really wants to go out and have a look.

When I got home, the village chief and Erxi's two families arrived, and Wan Niang and Erxi's mother-in-law, Wang Sun, and Tian Zhuang's mother-in-law, Xiao Wang, were chatting. There is no way, Erxi and Tian Zhuang's ladies are from the same family, in order to distinguish the little Wang Sun family, who is usually called Tian Zhuang.

Erxi's son led the son of Tian Zhuang's family to run all over the yard, stupid and stupid.

The village chief personally slaughtered the sheep, and Erxi helped Li Mu put the yard back together, and it was very tidy. Tian Zhuang chopped back a lot of firewood, which was enough for his family for ten days and half a month. Li Mu took a look, and yes, he was an idler in this family.

Seeing her husband, Wan Niang jumped over to sell cuteness, "I want to bring my mother over to eat mutton together, okay?"

Li Mu has no good impression of anyone in Wan Niang's mother's family, but Yang Cai's family is not included here. He didn't even have any impression of Yang Cai's family, the only impression was that Yang Cai's family came to the house as a guest today, so of course he wouldn't refuse, Wan Niang cheered and ran back to her parents' house.

Li Mu found Erxi and told him his idea of building a house, Erxi looked at the house he lived in, nodded and said, "It's time to rebuild." In this way, let the village chief take the lead early tomorrow morning, find more labor, and build the house before winter. ”

He knew that Erxi had misunderstood his thoughts, but after looking at his house, it was indeed time to rebuild, and there was always a strange feeling to live in this thatched house. What should I do when the snow falls heavily in winter and it collapses?

But where is this new house built?

He was troubled again.

Or Erxi gave him a solution: open up the wasteland!

Erxi said, "What do you think of my house? ”

Erxi's family did not live in the village because they had no land in their early years, and his family lived alone on a wasteland in the west of the village. That was when he got married, and the villagers helped clear the wasteland.

The more Li Mu thought about it, the more he felt good, so he nodded in agreement, and said, "Okay, when the time comes, please ask Brother Xizi to help me pull some labor, tell me how much money I need, and if it's not enough, I'll go to sea to fish." ”

Erxi looked at him like a fool and said with a smile: "Do you think it costs a lot of money to build a house? I know your family's background, so much money is enough to build a village." Okay, I'll leave this matter to me, you don't need to pay for it, just take care of the food. With your food, you don't need me to shout, some people break their heads to help you clear the wasteland, haha. ”

Li Mu smacked his tongue, the housing prices here turned out to be so cheap, no wonder no one is engaged in real estate.

After a while, Wan Niang picked up Yang Cai's family, and Wan Niang also led a four or five-year-old girl in her hand, and when she asked, she knew that it was her eldest sister's child. After Li Mu officially worshiped his mother-in-law, he stared at Wan Niang. This girl is now slim, especially in the recent past, the food is good, and her skin has begun to shine.

Isn't it time to talk to Wan Niang about having a child?

"Alas, let's wait another two years, how can you say that Wan Niang is only thirteen years old now-" Li Mu muttered a few words to himself, and went to help the village chief.

The village chief picked up the sheep and the sun had set, and it was already past the time to eat, so Li Mu proposed to make a bonfire party in the yard and make a big pot of mutton shabu. There was no doubt about it.

The firewood that Tian Zhuang chopped back happened to be used. Three large stones were brought in, the pot sat on it, water was poured on it, and after a while it was boiling. The bonfire on the other side was also lit, red and warm, and the mutton chops, lamb thighs and the like were skewered with wooden sticks, brushed with a layer of oil and roasted on the fire, making a sizzling sound, and after a while, it began to drip oil, and the village chief hurriedly took a bowl to catch it.

Oil is very precious, most people don't put oil when cooking, only a little during the Chinese New Year.

The lamb chops and leg of lamb have not been roasted yet, and the mutton shabu on the side of the women's army has entered the stomach.