After decades of friendship, Old Yuan couldn't help laughing when he heard Old Deng's words, but he still said: "This work lasts a whole day, how can I still help? I don't care about your food, you are happy for me
I’m still not happy! Okay, it’s settled, I won’t ask you for help every day! Just for these two days, I will pay you sixty yuan for one day of help. Get up early tomorrow, and you will bring
Just come here with Hugua and Lihua!"
Old Mrs. Deng had never been able to talk to her, so he had no choice but to agree, "Okay, I'll get up early tomorrow!"
After asking for help, Song Qiu was not idle. He took out the rag and calculated it carefully, and finally came up with a general ledger. Not counting Song Wenzhi's reservation, there were as many as many reservations that they would hand over in the future.
Hundreds of rice dumplings.
Among them, there are 71 skewers of nine-zi zongzi and 320 large zongzi.
A rough calculation shows that at least fifty kilograms of glutinous rice is needed.
So, she bought a hundred kilograms of glutinous rice, which was enough.
Song Qiu soaked the glutinous rice first, about seventy kilograms of glutinous rice.
Red beans, mung beans and red dates are also soaked in similar amounts.
There were also bamboo shells. All the piles piled in the house were soaked in water and weighed down.
While it was still early, Song Qiu immediately took the straw rope and headed for the mountain.
She has to pick up some more bamboo shells and bring them back.
At this point, Zhang Lihua was still collecting mushrooms on the mountain, and Song Qiu also had plans to go and whisper to her.
So, as soon as I got to the mountain, I looked around and searched for Zhang Lihua. When I didn't see anyone, I just shouted.
After this shouting, before Zhang Lihua could say yes, Zhou Shitou came out from the other end.
"Aqiu, are you looking for Lihua? I'm looking for her too! Didn't you pick up mountain mushrooms together today?"
Zhou Shitou came out of nowhere, with one end pricked with pine needles, and it looked scary.
"Are you rolling the stone in the grass?" Song Qiu couldn't help laughing at him, and then he continued to call Lihua around.
Zhou Shitou was laughed at, so he touched the top of his head and removed a handful of pine needles. He didn't say anything more and started shouting.
The two of them shouted to the mountains for a long time, and then Zhang Lihua's voice came from the mountain col in the north.
After a moment, the person stood up and waved his hand from a distance, "I'm here!"
Then, he ran this way in twos and twos, and when he got close, he said: "I just met a fat rabbit, and I'm chasing it away! I'm going to chase it over there!"
Where's the rabbit?
My hands were empty, and I wanted to throw them away.
Song Qiu breathed a sigh of relief, "Next time, don't run so far alone. That area is close to the official road outside the mountain. What if there is any danger!"
Zhang Lihua stuck out her tongue, happy to be told, and did not refute, she just said: "Hey! I know, I know! I can't help it because I'm looking at the rabbit! I'm also scared! Fortunately, I didn't encounter that one either.
Who are you looking after?"
Seeing that Zhang Lihua was fine, Zhou Shitou breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Lihua, I have something to tell you."
Zhang Lihua looked at him, "What are you talking about? Shitou, you can tell me."
Zhou Shitou suddenly became nervous and glanced at Song Qiu, like a mosquito buzzing: "Can we go over there and talk?"
When Song Qiu saw Zhou Shitou like this, his heart skipped a beat and he felt bad, so he rushed to say: "Shitou, I also have something to tell you! Let's talk first!"
After saying that, she looked at Zhang Lihua and said, "Lihua, go over there and wait for me first. We will go to Ershan Mountain together later."
Zhang Lihua didn't notice Zhou Shitou's coquettishness, and didn't think much about it. When she heard what Song Qiu said, she was immediately distracted, thinking that today was the first sale of the new food, and she didn't know whether it would sell well or not.
She was so excited that she wanted to know, so when she heard what Song Qiu said, she agreed without thinking and walked over there.
Zhou Shitou wanted to catch up, but Song Qiu reached out to stop him.
Seeing that Zhang Lihua had gone far away and could no longer hear the sound from here, Song Qiu got straight to the point and said: "Shitou, I heard that your mother told you to kiss you?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shitou immediately slumped his shoulders and looked frustrated, "That's all what my mother likes. I don't like it."
"So, what do you want to tell Lihua?" Song Qiu stared at him.
Zhou Shitou quickly glanced at Song Qiu, as if he realized just now that Song Qiu had always known what he was thinking.
"I-I want to ask Lihua if she is willing to marry me."
"Then what?" Song Qiu said calmly.
Then……
Zhou Shitou sighed heavily, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment, he clenched his fists as if he had made up his mind, "I will not marry that girl from the Liu family. In this life, I only want to marry Lihua!"
Song Qiu looked at him carefully and knew that he was not telling lies, and he must have thought so in his heart.
But in the current situation, Lihua didn't know what he was thinking, and she was still ignorant. She didn't want to do this at all, so she would not allow Zhou Shitou to come to Lihua and say anything at this time.
She paused and said: "Let's wait until you can talk it over with your mother. I think you can also see that Lihua doesn't know your thoughts and only treats you as a little friend. In this situation, you
Why add trouble to her? You also know the situation in her family. It’s not certain whether your mother will be willing to ask for this daughter-in-law. I hope you know what you are saying and don’t involve Lihua casually. The girl’s family
Your reputation is very important."
Zhou Shitou was stunned for a moment, and then he came to his senses.
He was too anxious. Who would have thought that his mother would be so anxious that she would get married without saying a word and then tell him that she wanted to propose marriage to him.
God knows how much he couldn't help but want to tell Lihua when he heard it was another girl.
Fortunately, he wasn't stupid yet and held back. What he originally wanted to do was to ask Lihua about her intentions. If Lihua was willing to marry him, he would go back and tell his mother that he would marry Lihua and never marry anyone else.
But, yes, he was not sure whether Lihua had this intention for him, so speaking out rashly would not be good for either of them.
And, indeed, what if his mother doesn’t like Lihua as her daughter-in-law?
What he said impulsively would also have an impact on Lihua's reputation.
He is not afraid, but Lihua's reputation is important.
Zhou Shitou's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't figure out what to do for a long time.
But when Song Qiu stared at him so calmly, he felt his mind became much clearer.
After a long moment, he nodded, "I will deal with my matter first and then talk about it."
Song Qiu felt relieved when he saw that he could listen and at least have a clear mind.
"Go back and talk to your mother. When you make sense, I won't object to it here in Lihua."
Song Qiu is Lihua's best friend, and Lihua likes to listen to her in everything. She has no objections, and she thinks she is optimistic about him.
After listening to this, Zhou Shitou felt a little calmer and a little more determined.
He would not marry another girl. If his mother couldn't make sense, he would have no choice but to secretly show her cards to his father.
According to him, his father probably likes pear flowers very much.
After watching Zhou Shitou go down the mountain, Song Qiu walked towards Zhang Lihua. Before he could get closer, Zhang Lihua came up to her with an excited look on her face, "Ah Qiu, how are you today?"