Bianshanhan [farming]

Generally speaking, more than two or three months after the new year, Bingzhou should start to pick up.But this year is the cold winter, and this season is still chilly.

Mrs. Zhang woke up from the cold, looking at the darkness outside the window, she touched the kang, it was cold.

After cursing a few words, Mrs. Zhang put on her clothes tremblingly, and walked outside while holding onto the door frame.

She has lived in this house for decades, and she can't bump into it with her eyes closed, and she can touch the stove without turning on the lamp.

I stretched out my hand to touch the stove in the east room, but there was no heat at all, and when I lay down on my stomach and looked in, I couldn't see any sparks.

The old lady moved to the west stove, the stove door was closed, she kicked it open with her foot, the inside was red, and half of the wood hadn't been burnt yet.

"Those who have suffered from a thousand knives are not afraid of burning themselves to death after burning so much!" Mrs. Zhang scolded at Westinghouse, "I have worked so hard to bring up your brothers, to marry you and have children, but now it's the same thing. You can’t even sleep on a hot kang! If you treat me like this, you won’t be afraid that your father will come to settle accounts with you in the middle of the night!”

Li Maogui and his wife lived in the Westinghouse. I don't know if they were fast asleep, or they pretended not to hear, but the house was quiet.

Mrs. Zhang kicked at the door twice, "If you don't want me to be well, you don't want to sleep well, get up, get up for me!"

Li Maogui was pretending to be asleep, but his wife twisted his leg hard and cried out in pain.

Mrs. Zhang's ears are so sharp, she heard it right away, and scolded: "Boss, you bastard, your mother suffers from the cold, and you hug your daughter-in-law to sleep on the heated kang, has your conscience been eaten by the dog? How can you be right with me, you..."

Zhang Maogui shrank his neck, "Mother, don't make trouble in the middle of the night, if you have something to say tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow? I'll freeze to death until tomorrow!" Mrs. Zhang shouted, "Get out of here, and get out of your wife too! I know you are cowardly, and it must have been done by that vicious woman, your wife. Damn, I didn't set the rules for her, and now she's riding on my head and shitting!"

Deng Shi, who was woken up by the sound, finally couldn't bear it any longer, sat up cross-legged, and said, "Bah! The shabby house doesn't even have three tiles, and you still have to follow the rules of a big family. It's really shameless!"

Mrs. Zhang was already angry, but when she heard that she rushed in with a broom and threw it on the kang without thinking, Zhang Maogui and Mrs. Deng screamed from being pierced.

With such a big commotion, Li Maosheng's family in the wing room was also woken up, and they couldn't sleep because of the squeaks in the room. Li Maosheng felt cold, so he kicked Pan's foot, "Go and tell them to stop and shut up." !"

Pan's pain from being kicked, she put on her clothes cursingly and went to the main room.

Deng's face was bleeding from the broom prick, if it wasn't for the man tightly hugging his waist, he might have jumped on him and bit off a piece of Zhang's flesh.

Zhang Maogui begged for mercy: "Mother, mother, it's not that we don't burn the kang, it's because there is nothing to burn at home. In the past, the third child chopped all the firewood in the family. This year, he quit the job, so he must be frozen."

Mrs. Pan didn't come here to persuade the fight, she looked at the two stoves, curled her lips and said: "Brother, what is your stove burning without firewood?"

"I brought it from my natal family!" Deng spat fiercely on the ground, "Go back and get it if you have the ability, just in case your natal family doesn't even have a fart!"

Pan's natal family is poor, and she hates other people talking about it. She said: "The sister-in-law has started planning territory before the family is separated. I really don't know who is in charge of this family!"

"You provocative bitch! See if I don't tear your mouth!" Deng broke free, threw Pan on the ground, pulled his hair with his dead hands, and slapped Pan.

Pan was hit a few times abruptly, not to be outdone, she turned back with her backhand, and the two wrestled together, evenly matched.

The quarrel continued until dawn, Deng and Pan were both embarrassed, their voices were hoarse and they continued to yell.

Mrs. Deng is as tough as her mother, scolding people loudly, scolding her own man for being useless, scolding Mrs. Zhang for looking for trouble every day, scolding the second wife for being lazy and greedy, scolding Li Maoqun for eating and not working, Mr. They let their brother and sister-in-law take care of them, cursing and cursing, scolding the ancestors of the old Li family, and their voices became higher and higher.

Neighbors on the left and right were grimacing. They didn't know what bad luck they had in their previous lives. With such a family, there were quarrels every three days, and the children were scared to cry from time to time.

Li Qingyong was dragged out of the bed by his father to deliver things. When he passed by their door, he heard Mrs. Deng scolding the [-]th generation of their Li family's ancestors. He kicked the door open angrily, "Whatever your name is? Dare to scold the elders of our Li family?! They recruited you or provoked you, lying on the ground and still can't stop, listening to you, a shrew, spewing shit out of your mouth!"

The Deng family never messed with Li Benshan's family very much. Li Benshan was the elder, and he had been helping their family directly.

But she didn't sleep well, and she was in pain all over after being beaten for a long time. Li Qingyong, a child, pointed at her nose and scolded her.

Li Qingyong was at the age where he was not afraid of getting into trouble, he smashed all the bowls, and rushed up to do it.

Neighbors were afraid that things would become serious, so they rushed to find Li Benshan.

Li Benshan brought his sons over, and it took him a long time to pull them away. Without saying a word, he called everyone home.

All morning, the people who visited were talking about Li Maogui's family, there was nothing to do, and they were stunned.

"I don't blame Li Maoqun for running away. Who wants to stay at home like this..." The women sat together and sighed, "When Li Maoqun is not at home, his family is happy. Why, isn't it because of work? , there is a lot of trouble left. You push me, I push you, if you can’t push, then go to war.”

"His mother just pretended to be ignorant. Li Maoqun is more capable than his two elder brothers. Just like that, she was dumbfounded when her son Hanxin ran away."

"It's just that, at the beginning, I told others that I can't run away if I don't move. Li Maoqun didn't admit his mistake this time and would never let him in. In the end, he was dumbfounded. Years ago, he went to Li Maoxian's house to spoil his son. It was really funny to run away on abduction, there were so many people watching in the yard at that time, Li Maoqun chased Li Qingrui away, she was afraid that she would be blind and heartless."

"To tell you the truth, can she go to Li Maoxian's place to please her? If it wasn't for Li Benshan's face, Li Maoxian would have kicked her a few miles away!"

"She just relied on her status as a widow to play with Li Benshan and the others, and who would take care of her when she went to someone else's house..."

While talking, the family boy ran into the house and said, "Mother, there are two big horses coming to the village! They are majestic!"

"Hey, who's visiting?" The woman asked, "Which house is the car parked at?"

"They're not guests, they're all from our village." The child wiped his nose, "It's Li Qingfeng's eldest brother, his second brother, and Uncle Maoqun."

"Oh, people really don't stop talking, just say a few words, and people come back." The woman said: "But it's not the right time to come back. Their family's affairs haven't been resolved yet."

Li Maoqun walked to the familiar door and asked Li Maoxian to go back. He didn't go in immediately, but stood outside for a while.

Just now I sat on the hot kang at Li Maoxian's house for a long time, and after eating a whole meal, I was still sweating a little, and it was completely cold when I came here.

Pushing open the door and going in, Li Maoqun walked in without stopping when he heard the familiar annoying cry from inside.

Li Qingyong's mother opened the door and was about to come out to splash water. When she saw him, she was taken aback for a moment, and then she said happily, "Oh, Maoqun, when did you come back? Have you eaten yet? My sister-in-law will cook for you!"

"No need, sister-in-law, I just had enough!"

Li Qingyong's mother pushed Li Maoqun inside, "It's cold outside, go in quickly, oh, your uncle has been talking about you, but you are back..."

Just now on the road, I heard Li Maoxian talk about the family affairs. After Li Maoqun entered the house, he saw his mother and elder brother and sister-in-law were there, and he was not surprised. gone."

As soon as he came in, the originally noisy room was silent for a moment, Li Benshan stood up, "It can be regarded as coming back, have you eaten yet, and the way back and forth is going smoothly?"

"The meal at Brother Maoxian's house." Li Maoqun said, "I left in a hurry a year ago, so my uncle and my uncle missed it."

Before the uncle and nephew could say a word, Li Maosheng, who was standing against the wall, interjected, "Third brother, you are really capable. You can run around for months without even returning home. You are happy outside. I don’t know what happened to our family, do you have a mother in your heart!”

Li Maoqun has been fighting with his two elder brothers since he was a child, and he knows what kind of guy his second brother is, and said: "I am too lazy to look at your stinking faces when I go out, and I have to bother you at home to look at me as a house thief. Don't you worry about going out?" Yet?"

Mrs. Zhang raised her eyes, "Third brother, why are you talking to your second brother? The more you go out and go, I think this family won't care about you."

"Mom, it's not that the family hates me, it's that they can't tolerate me." Li Maoqun said: "After you have quarreled, go back quickly. Next time, don't scratch your hair and scratch your face, just take a knife and stab one to death. It's nothing to grind your mouth every day. ability."

Li Maogui said to Li Benshan: "Second Uncle, look, he's just talking nonsense!"

When Li Benshan saw his third nephew, he didn't talk to him, but said: "The last time I came back from Fucheng, I didn't say a few words to Maoqun. It's been several months. I'll let him sit for a while. If you have nothing to do, go back first." Bar."

Li Maosheng squinted and said: "Third brother, if you really have the guts, don't enter our house in this life."

Seeing his grandson's appearance, Li Maoqun clenched his fists, and Li Benshan's sons came up to stop him, "Maoqun, Maoqun, it's not worth getting angry about this when you just came back."

Knowing that everyone in the second uncle's family favored Li Maoqun, and there was no benefit here, Li Maosheng spit on the ground, turned around and left, and his wife followed closely behind.

Li Maogui was always afraid of his second uncle, so he dragged his daughter-in-law away when he saw this, and Mrs. Zhang sat still.

Li Maoqun only said: "Mom, I won't stay long this time, I'll leave soon, and I may not come back soon, you don't have to worry about me fighting those two bastards again."

Mrs. Zhang stood up anxiously, pointed at his nose and cursed: "What do you mean by that, you don't even want your mother anymore, it's a pity that I still wonder if you are doing well outside, you unfilial dog! "

He had heard these words countless times in the past 30 years, and Li Maoqun nodded in agreement, "Yes, I am not filial, I have to avoid rain and thunder, and I deserve it if I am hacked to death."

Li Qingyong's mother hurriedly said "Bah bah" twice, and patted Li Maoqun's back, "Maoqun, how old you are, don't talk nonsense."

After all, it came out of his own stomach, Mrs. Zhang knew, if the boss and the second said it, it might be out of anger, Li Maoqun said this, then he was determined, and he panicked, "His second uncle, did you hear, this beast Mother-in-law will leave it alone..."

Mrs. Zhang has been doing nonsense for most of her life, but she knows in her heart that among the three sons, only the third is reliable. He actually wanted to flap his wings and run away!

The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more frightened she became. She immediately sat on the ground, slapped her legs and cried, "God, what the hell have I done? Such a hard life, men and men die early, sons and sons are not filial, my daughter-in-law hates me Die early..."

Li Maoqun was tired of hearing these rhetoric, squatted in front of Mrs. Zhang, and said, "Mother, when I came back last time, I originally wanted to separate the family..."

"Separation? You think beautifully!" Mrs. Zhang stopped crying immediately, and said with a straight neck: "Don't worry about the few acres of land at home. You three have already said that you have given up this heart. As long as I live, the land will You don’t even think about the house.”

For so many years, Mrs. Zhang has relied on her two biggest sources of support for her life, one is the three sons of Lao Li's family, and the other is the few acres of land in the family. As long as she holds these two things in her hands, she will not be afraid.

His mother has always only planned for herself. Li Maoqun knew it a long time ago, so he won't be sad if there are too many times. He pressed Zhang's shoulder and said seriously: "I will definitely leave. It will be less, but if you bother my uncle and uncle in the future, I will be the first unfilial son of our old Li family."

Zhang's eyes rolled around, "Let's talk about the amount of money and food first. In addition to food, I also have to wear clothes. I need two new clothes every year!"

People in Li Benshan's family have long known that Mrs. Zhang is shameless, and they couldn't help but click their tongues when they heard this. They have never worn a decent new dress since they were young, and they still wear it twice a year. Bar.

Li Maoqun laughed back angrily, "It seems that I am sure about this unfilial son, mother, I am not afraid of my father coming to me, nor afraid of thunder, at worst, being a lonely ghost is more comfortable than being buried in our cemetery."

Knowing that the youngest son's stubbornness was frightening, Mrs. Zhang immediately changed her words, "I don't want the clothes, let's convert them into money, four hundred catties of grain every year, five hundred dollars."

Li Maoqun straightened up, and said coldly, "150 catties of grain and [-] yuan per year, you are not the only one who gave birth to me!"

In fact, this number is much more than those in the village who provide for the elderly after separation. Mrs. Zhang has always been greedy, and wanted to add more if she was not satisfied. , can't get anything."

Mrs. Zhang stood up muttering dissatisfiedly. Li Maoqun took a deep look at her, "Mother, don't you want to know where I went?"

"You run around every day, I don't bother to think about that." Mrs. Zhang snorted.

Seeing that Li Maoqun's face turned pale, Li Benshan couldn't help but tighten his heart, and said: "Okay, you go back and clean up quickly, I have something to tell Maoqun."

Mrs. Zhang patted the dirt on her buttocks, and while walking outside, she still kept nagging Li Maoqun that he should also make up for last year, no, the year before last, the year before last, nothing can be left behind.

Li Qingyong's mother closed the door with a bang, not listening to her writing.

Li Benshan dragged Li Maoqun onto the kang, poured him a bowl of hot water, "Your mother is just like that, don't get angry with her, it's not worth it."

Li Maoqun nodded, "Second Uncle, I've heard her pissing off for decades, and getting angry with her is because I think my life is too long. This time I went to the border town with Qingrui and the others, and I really learned a lot, although it was cold and far away. , there is no shortage of land and water, the big ones can't see all around, there are pheasants and rabbits everywhere, and you can catch several fish in the river..."

Li Benshan and the others were dumbfounded, and said in disbelief, "Is it true?"

"I'm not lying." Li Maoqun scratched his head. "I'm not very good at hunting and fishing. Qingrui and Jiang Cong are very good. I just follow them to fight against something..."

As he spoke, he dragged his luggage roll up, untied the string, and took out a roe deer skin and a stack of thick snow rabbit skins from inside the quilt.

The fur shop in Fan Yangcheng is an expert in cooked leather. Although these few leathers did not charge money, they were made with great care. The leathers of different sizes are clean and smooth, especially the snow rabbit skin. With such fine fluff, I couldn't help but want to stick my face in it.

Li Qingyong couldn't hold back, rubbed his bloody face against the rabbit fur, and said intoxicated, "This fur is really nice..."

After rubbing it twice, his mother grabbed her neck and pulled her up, "Don't put your dirty face on something so clean."

Li Benshan and the others carefully took a piece of leather to look at, and couldn't help saying: "That's great, this is rabbit skin, it's much thicker than the ones I've seen before, ouch, it's so soft!"

"If this thing is made into a hat, I'm afraid you'll have to sweat your forehead when you wear it in winter!"

"Such a good leather should be worth a lot of money, and it is only serious to sell it."

While responding, Li Maoqun took out a cloth bag from his close-fitting clothes, opened it in front of everyone, and soon there were exclamations in the room.

"This, so much money!" Li Qingyong covered his mouth after his mother shouted.

"Couldn't it all be obtained by selling leather?" Li Benshan was also surprised. His family has many descendants, and it seems that life is better, but in fact, people eat more, and there is a blood-sucking person next to him. , They saved it in the box at home, and they don't even have a fraction here.

"There are also those who sell medicinal materials." Li Maoqun never concealed from his uncle and second uncle, and said: "Qing Zhuo also went with him, he knows those medicinal materials, second uncle and uncle, you don't know, the forest we went to, there are so many trees Ganoderma lucidum, I can't finish picking it..."

They didn't even see many piles of mushrooms, and they had never seen Ganoderma lucidum. When they saw Li Maoqun take out the crushed white Ganoderma lucidum from the oiled paper bag, they didn't even dare to breathe for a while.

Li Qingyong jumped down from the kang and shouted: "I also want to go to the border town with Uncle Maoqun, I want to pick Ganoderma lucidum and catch rabbits!"

His mother slapped him on the back of the head, "Shut up, dare to go out and be silly, and see if I don't smash your ass!"

Li Maoqun pushed things towards Li Benshan and Li Benxi, and said, "Thanks to Qingrui and the others, it is the first time that my nephew can earn so much money. For so many years, uncle and uncle have helped my family a lot..."

Before he finished speaking, he was so choked up that he couldn't make a sound. Li Benshan grabbed his shoulder and shook, "Maoqun, you are a good boy. When I see your uncle, I think of your father... these things I and your second uncle We don't want it, if you can do well, we can rest assured..."

Li Maoqun wiped away his tears, "I bought everything I needed to buy, and when I go to the border town, there are no people in the area for thousands of miles, and there is nowhere to spend the money. Why don't you keep it, uncle and uncle, in case there is something urgent."

Li Maoqun insisted on staying stubbornly. After thinking about it, Li Benshan gave him some money, "It's okay if you don't have any money. I'll save the whole thing for you, and I'll marry you and build a house for you later."

When it comes to this, everyone asks him when he will marry a wife. He used to talk about earning money, but now he is rich.

"I want to stay there forever." Li Maoqun said, "That place sounds good, but it's too far away. I can't bring my daughter there to suffer."

Everyone didn't know whether to persuade him to marry a wife first, or to stand firm now, no matter what, now is much better than before, and that's enough.

At this time, Li Qingwen's family was also talking about the matchmaker's marriage.

Originally, Mrs. Chen didn't want to say it. After all, it's not a good thing. It would make the child feel uncomfortable if he said it, but Li Qingfeng's mouth was quick, and he bald all of a sudden. He couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.

Li Qingzhuo is good-looking, literate, and medically skilled. He is almost the most outstanding of the same age in the nearby villages. Over the years, the matchmakers in this village and other villages have inquired about him a lot.

Li Qingzhuo is not young, his marriage has not been settled because he has made up his mind long ago, not to talk about marriage before he has completed his medical skills.

Li Maoxian felt that his son had great ambitions, so he persuaded Mrs. Chen not to rush, and has been delaying until now.

Because Mrs. Chen had already talked about this to the outside world, those matchmakers didn't waste their saliva.

But there are always people who still want to try it. No, there is a family in the northern village after the year, and there is a girl who is about the same age as Li Qingzhuo. I don't know when she met Li Qingzhuo, so she secretly promised her aunt to come over. Get a message.

This family has [-] to [-] mu of land, and they are well-off. The little girl is said to be handsome, and her aunt thought that if her niece married, the marriage would be sure.

When she sat down at Li's house and opened her mouth, Mrs. Chen said bluntly that the girl's aunt did not give up, so she said that her family could pay more dowry, and Li Qingzhuo would study medicine for ten or eight years and ignore family affairs without worrying about his livelihood.

Chen didn't know whether to be happy or angry, it was still the same rhetoric.

The girl's aunt came here steadfastly, but hit a wall, and complained a lot when she went back.

Coincidentally, on the night she went back, the girl slipped for some reason, fell on a stone, broke her head, and fell into a coma for a long time, but woke up in a trance.

The family was angry, so they turned their anger on the Li family, saying that Li Qingzhuo ordered his wife to be hard-pressed, and whoever marries him would be in trouble.

Chen almost vomited blood, obviously her family took the initiative to ask for marriage, and she didn't agree, their daughter fell down by herself, but she was relying on others, isn't it just looking for trouble.

Thinking of his girl's serious injuries, Mrs. Chen held back her breath. Unexpectedly, the news spread more and more widely, and all the acquaintances in the village came to ask her what was the matter.

But at this time, rumors were spread that Li Qingzhuo's refusal to talk about his relationship was just because he was a nuisance, that studying medicine was all an excuse, and that his younger brother became a fool because of him.

This really made Mrs. Chen very angry, but these rumors were spread in other villages, and she couldn't blame each village. She was so angry that her chest hurt and she couldn't eat for several days.

After Li Qingfeng finished speaking, Li Qingzhuo didn't take it seriously, and persuaded: "Mother, those people are just gossiping, don't be angry, it's not worth it."

Mrs. Chen waved her hand and said: "Your father and your sister-in-law have already told me, and I don't get angry with those gossips. I'm just a little worried. You go to study in the capital this time. I don't know when the marriage will be delayed... ..."

"My second brother is only eighteen, don't worry, mother." Li Qingwen lay on the kang, tilting his head and said: "A man should start a career first, don't worry about starting a family."

"That's right, I won't get married early in the future." Li Qingfeng lay beside him, bouncing his legs and said, "I don't want to be like my big brother, thinking about my sister-in-law and children when I go out."

Li Zhengxing didn't know that fourth uncle had mentioned him, so he kept staring at his moving legs, and struggled to pass through the people lying on the kang, and lay down on Li Qingfeng's body.

Li Qingfeng put him on his lap and shook him up and down. Li Zhengxing was shaken badly and wanted to get off, but Li Qingfeng grabbed him and refused to let him go.

Chen Shi listened amusedly, "You two are only so old, it's too early to talk about this."

Li Qingwen was serious about this question, sat up, and said: "Mother, let's make it clear first, if I don't get married in the future, you and dad can't force me."

In his previous life, he advocated late marriage and late childbearing. Li Qingwen didn't want to be a father in his teens.

Mrs. Chen said to Li Maoxian: "I heard that all your sons want to be bachelors."

Li Maoxian said: "It's not true now, let's talk about it in two years."

Li Qingwen thought, in another ten or twenty years, he might not change his mind.

Speaking of this, Li Qingwen asked, "How is my aunt?"

Li Maoxian was silent for a moment, and said: "Your uncle did some wrong things while drinking. When I went, he also admitted his mistakes and said that he would never do it again in the future."

Li Qingfeng let go of his little nephew until he cried, curled his lips and said, "A dog can't get rid of eating shit, who knows if he will still get sick in the future, father, you should beat him up hard."

Li Qinghong couldn't help but said: "Don't talk about the elders like that... Dad and I also want to bring my aunt back, but she doesn't want to. She keeps saying good things for my uncle. There are old people and children at home, so I really can't leave."

Li Qingfeng sneered, "A man who hits a woman deserves to die. He is not worthy of being my elder. If I go with you, I will break his arm first and ask him if it hurts. If it hurts, he wants to do it later." I have to think about it from time to time, wherever he hits my aunt, his body will be broken."

If he said that normally, Li Maoxian would definitely teach him a lesson, but today he didn't say anything.

Li Qingwen also knew that this matter was difficult to deal with. When a woman marries and obeys her husband, her natal family is far away, so she can only take care of her very limitedly.

This matter is not over yet, if my uncle really changes in the future, that's okay, if it's still the same as before...

Li Maoxian didn't want to talk about this in front of his children, so he changed the subject and said, "I almost forgot to tell you that I received a letter from your Uncle Qin a while ago, and they not only squeezed sorghum syrup, but also made it Bring it along with the letter."

This news greatly exceeded Li Qingwen's expectations. He remembered that the process of making sugar syrup into lump candies was quite cumbersome, but Li County was able to make it so quickly?

Mrs. Jiang went to the wing room to bring the sugar and put it on the table on the kang. A piece of sugar the size of a red and yellow bowl was wrapped in oiled paper. It looked rough from the outside, but it was huge if it could be made into lump sugar. progress.

Carefully break off a piece of sugar and put it in your mouth. It is sweet, with obvious rough sugar sand, and the taste is not bad.

Before Li Qingwen could wipe it off, Li Zhengliang came over and licked off the sugar on his hands.

Li Qingwen wiped his mouth for him, "My dear boy, from now on my uncle will make more candy, you can eat as much as you want."

Li Zhengliang responded with a loud voice.

"Father, Uncle Qin is really amazing." Li Qingwen asked, "Did he say in his letter how he did it?"

"In addition to adding lime, they also added a kind of grass juice called Yingcao." Li Maoxian said, "Your Uncle Qin made white sugar in Jiangnan, and the juicer tools they made are very similar to what you said before. , can be pulled by animals, and people only need to stuff the straw between two logs."

"What is Yingcao?" Li Qingwen had never heard of it.

"It's quite unremarkable. We also have it here. It's called Xiaofanzicao. It's only eaten by livestock. Who knew it would be useful." Li Maoxian exclaimed.

"Did they report it?"

This was what Li Qingwen had been thinking about all the time. His father was unwilling to report the sugar production matter to the Liushan county government despite the risk, so he had to let it go.

"It's reported. The imperial court summoned you, Uncle Qin and County Magistrate Zhu, to Beijing for this purpose." Li Maoxian finally showed a smile, "Boy, you have done a great thing this time!"

"Father, I'm just throwing bricks to attract jade. Squeezing juice is the easiest way. Uncle Qin and the others are the best. They can make candy so quickly, so they deserve credit." Li Qingwen thought so from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that he is not complacent at all, Li Maoxian is even more happy.

Speaking of the joy, Li Qingzhuo did not forget to remind: "Father, I bought all the pens and inks, and it's time for my son to learn how to read and practice calligraphy."

Knowing that he couldn't avoid this, Li Qingwen pointed at Li Qingfeng and Li Qinghong, "Then the third brother and the fourth brother have to be together, we can't be partial, and there are two little nephews, it's best to start studying from a baby."

Li Qingfeng directly put his hand into Li Qingwen's clothes, and said viciously: "Zai'er, I found out that you have gone bad after going out, and you have learned to hurt brother!"

"It's so cold! Fourth brother, quickly take out your hands!" Li Qingwen shrank his neck and shouted while hiding: "Brother Jiang, save me!"

After shouting, Li Qingwen immediately had a bitter face. The person who can save him is thousands of miles away, and it may be too late to flatter him.

Li Qingrui said with a smile: "Zai'er has been spoiled by Jiang Cong these past few months, no one in that group dares to provoke him, he is a tyrant in the border town, I'm afraid he is not used to coming back suddenly."

"It's useless for anyone!" Li Qingfeng was very tyrannical, icing him and tickling him.

Li Qingwen rolled on the kang and begged for mercy, "I know, I know that I made a mistake, Fourth Brother, I beg you not to let you learn well..."

"It's late!" Li Qingfeng threatened, "Take me to the border town, are you listening?"

Li Qingwen burst into tears and nodded quickly.

Mrs. Chen pulled Li Qingfeng's hand out, flattened the youngest son's clothes, and said angrily: "Even if you don't tell me, you should learn it. Do you think you can hide?"

Li Qingfeng fell on the kang, "I don't want to read any books, I want to ride horses, shoot arrows, practice knives..."

Li Zhengliang immediately followed up and said: "I am also the same as my fourth uncle. I want to ride a horse. Can I ride that horse outside?"

Li Qingfeng sat up suddenly, he forgot that there is a horse at home now.

Seeing this, Li Qingwen immediately stretched out his hand to stop him, "That's the horse that Big Brother Jiang gave me, Fourth Brother, if you want to learn from me, can I buy you another one?"

Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Why, I can't compare to your Brother Jiang?"

"No..." Li Qingwen frowned, "Tianzao has walked so much and hasn't rested yet. When it recovers, I'll hold the reins and let you ride."

"What are sweet dates?" Li Qingfeng blinked and asked.

"Tianzao is my horse..." Li Qingwen whispered, "Don't you think her color is very similar to Tianzao?"

Li Qingfeng gave a "tsk" and said, "I think it should be called Thunderbolt, it runs as fast as Thunderbolt!"

Li Qingwen: "..."

Seeing their brothers playing around, Chen couldn't help but said: "Zai'er has made a living this trip, he loves talking and laughing, and his voice is louder than before."

"Really, mother?" Li Qingwen touched his face suspiciously, "Did I accidentally eat a thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum or something? It has changed a lot."

"Listen, you'll be funny now." Li Qinghong said with a smile, "Mother is right, Zi'er loves to joke more than before."

"It's strange to say that Zai'er and Jiang Cong really got along." Li Qingrui also said, "I won't talk about it in the past. Jiang Cong saved us and left. The total amount of time before and after is less than a day. We only left this way In a few days, Zi'er went to warm Jiang Cong's bed, and I, as the eldest brother, haven't had this blessing until now."

Li Qingzhuo was also merciless at this time, "On the way back, I slept with him, and he opened and closed his eyes and called brother, tsk tsk, he called our eldest brother and second brother, and the one who called him was Jiang Cong , called that is called a closeness."

"Call me little fourth brother, three words, that's farther away..." Li Qingfeng gritted his back teeth and looked at Li Qingwen.

Suddenly the spearhead was aimed at him, Li Qingwen was stunned for a moment, and immediately hid behind Li Maoxian, "Father, what's wrong with them..."

Li Maoxian put on a sullen face on purpose, and said: "I also want to ask, what's wrong with you, as soon as you got home, you shouted to go to the border town, so you don't worry about your parents."

Li Qingwen looked at Jiang Shi for help, "Sister-in-law, you are the only one who can help me now!"

Jiang covered her mouth and smiled, not intending to save anyone at all.

Li Qingwen looked at Li Zhengliang pitifully, "Eldest nephew..."

Li Zhengliang also looked at him eagerly, "Uncle, I want to ride a horse."

Li Qingwen raised his arms to hug Li Zhengxing, and said loudly, "Little nephew, only you and my uncle will depend on each other for life!"

Li Zhengxing was taken aback, and stretched out his hands towards his mother.

Everyone laughed.

It was getting dark in the blink of an eye, Li Qingwen had enough of lying on the kang, and went to the ground to make a simple stewed tofu and scrambled eggs with sauce, and Jiang made the best stewed sauerkraut.

Li Qingwen bought two iron pots, kept one at home, and prepared to take the other to the border town.

I was busy talking today, and I didn't have a safe pot, so I had to use a clay pot to make do with it.

At night, before going to bed, Li Qingwen took down the bag on the window sill and looked carefully. The things inside were all old items, which should have been used by Jiang Cong for a long time...

Li Qinghong saw him staring at the bag in a daze, and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Brother Jiang?"

Li Qingwen nodded lightly. No matter how easy they said, it couldn't change the fact that Jiang Cong was a sinner. What he was afraid of was not the snowstorm in the border town, but something else.

Still have to earn enough money early!

Li Qingwen put down the bag, lay back on the kang, and whispered: "Third Brother, if I grow up and go to the border town, won't my parents worry about it?"

"How is that possible." Li Qinghong said sideways: "You've got a beard, and they still miss you."

Li Qingwen laughed, Li Qingfeng got his head out of the quilt, and said, "Zai'er, don't say you won't go to the border town, this time I have to go if you don't!"

"I'll go." Looking at the blurred moonlight outside the window, Li Qingwen said, "I'm worried about Brother Jiang at home, and at home in the border town, and Brother Jiang can't leave there..."

"Then let parents go to the border town." Li Qingfeng said casually.

"How is it possible." Li Qinghong said: "This is our root, the root that our ancestors took down for many years. Not only our family, but also relatives, we are all connected together."

Li Qingfeng curled his lips, "Don't talk like your father! It's not rooted, the sixth grandfather told me that our older generation was not born here, but escaped from the famine."

Li Qinghong sighed, "It's because you can't live anymore, and those who are forced to go away. You don't know how many people will die. It's not so light."

"When our family didn't make candy, like many other families in the village, we couldn't get enough to eat, and there was a famine every now and then. I don't know what's so good about this place."

"I'm talking nonsense again!" Li Qinghong said a little louder, "You don't know that the ancestors were saved by the ground under our feet, without them, where would we come from, don't say such ungrateful words! "

"Fourth, why do you think the second grandpa cares about the trivial matters of our old Li's family every day? Is it because we are of the same origin, and people of the same clan have to hold hands to get along." let's say