Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

The two of them walked into the house arm in arm while talking.

When the old lady heard what Li Bowen said, she said, "Don't waste your money. Your grandfather and I both have quilts to cover ourselves with and cotton-padded jackets to wear. Just get some for Qiao'er!"

"Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it. What else does Qiao'er want to eat?" Li Bowen said as he walked to the stove, opened the lid of the pot and took a look.

Chen Qiao scooped some water from the water tank and added some hot water from the thermos: "There's nothing in the pot, wash your face first, I'll make something for you!"

After saying that, he walked to the noodle jar and scooped a bowl of white noodles, thinking of making him some hand-rolled noodles: "Bo Wen, light the fire and boil some water first!"

"Okay, okay!"

Li Bowen added water to the pot, sat in front of the stove and lit a fire, then lit a cigarette for himself with a corn stalk: "Grandpa, has the fox sent the rice I asked him to bring back home?"

"It's delivered! Grandson, I was just about to ask you, where did you get so much rice? That fox kid brought a whole bag of it in one go, it must be about 100 to 180 kilograms. Did you do anything illegal?" Before the old man could open his mouth, the old lady spoke first.

"How could that be, grandma? I know a friend in the south who can get rice from there. It's a good opportunity for us to cooperate and make some money!"

"Bo Wen, this is speculation!" Chen Qiao was a little worried. The old man and the old woman might not know the policy regulations, but Chen Qiao knew it. Being caught for speculation is a very serious matter.

"Don't worry, it's okay. We are being careful!"

The old man knocked on the pipe and said, "As long as there is food, I don't care about speculation. If something goes wrong, you can push it to me. I am too old to care about this!"

"Yes, just talk about your grandfather. We are both of this age now. We are not afraid of criticism or imprisonment!" The old lady also responded.

"Hahaha, don't worry, it's not as serious as you think. If I'm really caught, I have a way." Then he turned to Chen Qiao and said, "I have the title of purchasing agent in the factory. If I'm caught, I can just give some gifts to the leaders above. Someone will cover it for me."

Seeing Li Bowen say this, Chen Qiao said nothing more, but just reminded: "Then you just need to be careful, grandpa and grandma and I are counting on you!"

In her heart, men are the most important, and whatever her man says is the truth. Besides, Li Bowen has worked so hard that the family has everything they need. Not only can they have enough to eat every meal, but they can also eat some meat every now and then. This life is a thousand times better than before.

The noodles were quickly rolled out and put into the pot. Chen Qiao also added an egg to the original soup noodles.

After finishing his meal, Li Bowen put down his bowl and said, "I have to go out for a while. Wife, come with me. Let's go to Fox's house!"

"Then wait a minute, I'll wash the dishes!"

The old lady stood up and said, "Qiao'er, put it down. I'll take care of it. You've been staying at home all day long, so let Bowen take you out for a walk."

After wrapping Chen Qiao tightly, Li Bowen took her to Fox's house on his bike.

The fox wife was holding her child in the sun at the door. When she saw the two men coming, she stood up and greeted them: "Hey, you are willing to bring your wife out!"

"Look at what you said. You didn't take care of it before! Wife, this is Fox's wife, this is his son, and also our godson, what a fool! "

"Bah, you are the one who is confused about the car!" The fox wife spat and walked forward to hold Chen Qiao's hand: "Don't listen to his nonsense, my son's name is Hu Tao, he and Lao Zhu are just yelling nonsense, let me see, you know what, it's really good-looking, little mosquito, you really picked up a treasure!"

"Little mosquito?" Chen Qiao asked puzzledly.

"Yes, you don't know. The man in my family is named Hu Li, and they call him Fox. The one in your family is named Bowen, and his nickname is Mosquito!" The Fox Wife explained.

"Oh, so that's it! It's quite fun!" Chen Qiao smiled and picked up the child to tease him.

"There are so many interesting things between them. I will tell you one by one later! Let's go home!" The fox wife took Chen Qiao's arm and walked towards home.

Li Bowen pushed his tricycle and followed him in: "Where's your fox?"

"I went out to sell rice. I've been leaving early and coming back late these past two days. You'll have to wait a little longer!"

"That's fine. Let's wait a little longer. By the way, how is the rice selling?"

Speaking of this, the fox wife was full of excitement: "Needless to say, it's amazing, it's only been a few days and most of it has already gone down, and the family can finally have a full meal", then turned to Chen Qiao and said: "You don't know, my husband has a big appetite, one person eats as much as two or three people, if it weren't for your husband, we would still be hungry now!"

"They are brothers, right?"

Listening to the two women chatting was boring: "Okay, you two can chat, I'm going to go walk around the village!"

After coming out of the fox's house, Li Bowen went to the hunter's house. He had to quickly pass on the task assigned by the section chief yesterday. If the hunter could catch the prey, it would save Wu Lei the trouble.

He sneaked to the hunter's place, stood at the door and shouted, and the big yellow dog in the yard started barking.

Soon someone came out of the room: "Hey, Mr. Li, you're here, come in!" After the hunter came out, the big yellow dog immediately became obedient.

Li Bowen entered the house and the two sat on the stools in the main room. The hunter took the tobacco basket from the cabinet beside the wall and placed it between them: "Let's make a pot!"

Li Bowen was not polite either. He picked up the paper in the basket, put some tobacco in it and slowly rolled it up: "Brother Hu, I'm here to ask you for something again!"

"I know what you mean when you come here. How much do you want?" The hunter wet the edge of the paper with saliva, rolled it up and lit it.

"The more the better. New Year's Day is coming soon. The factory needs a large quantity. Wild boar, roe deer will do. I'll take whatever I can get! Do you think we can get it?" Li Bowen asked after he had also rolled it up and lit it.

"It all depends on God's will!"

Li Bowen looked over with some confusion.

Seeing that he didn't understand, the hunter explained, "It's winter now, and animals don't like to move around, so it's hard to find their tracks. If God is kind enough to send a heavy snow, as long as they come out to look for food, there will be tracks, and it will be easy to find them."

So that's how it is. Every trade has its own tricks and if you don't understand them, it's useless even if you work yourself to death.

"I hope so. There's no rush anyway. There's still more than a month until the Chinese New Year. As long as I can get it before the Chinese New Year, I'll leave it to you, Brother Hu! If you can get it, please keep it for me. If your family needs anything, please don't hesitate to tell me. If you can't get it this time, it doesn't matter. There are always other times. Please don't hesitate to tell me!"

The hunter nodded in satisfaction. He was naturally happy that someone thought highly of him and gave him face. "Okay, then I won't be polite with you. I'll ask my brothers to go into the mountains with me in a few days. If it's convenient for you, please bring me some floral fabrics next time you come. My wife is worried about making new clothes for the children!"

"Okay, no problem. I'll bring it to you next time!" Li Bowen agreed readily. It was not a difficult task.