"Brother Xin, Si Dan will sleep with you two tonight. If he is willing to step on the quilt, just wrap the quilt around his belly."
"I understand, Auntie." Yan Yixin nodded, stood up and took two heads of garlic.
After the beef and mutton skewers were all threaded, he naturally started to thread the skin and garlic cloves.
Cheng Xue raised the corner of her mouth and pulled Li Tian, who was in the way, to wash his hands and prepare for a nap. Li Yue likes to eat roasted garlic, but this kid is very attentive and always remembers it.
The two people in the yard talked occasionally, but most of them were quiet. In addition, there was no sound from the two rooms next door, so Cheng Xue also fell asleep.
She vaguely felt someone pushing her, and when she opened her eyes, she saw it was Li Hui.
"Puleng" sat up and asked——
"When is it?"
"Shen Shichu, I'm going to burn charcoal. You wash your face and refresh yourself. They'll be here when we fly next week."
Cheng Xue nodded, looked at the sleeping siblings beside her, covered them with a thin quilt, put on their shoes and came out.
The dinner table has been set, and Li Hui lights a fire and burns charcoal beside the dinner table.
After washing her face, Cheng Xue mixed some side dishes to relieve greasiness, then went to the warehouse to bring out the cool green plum soup.
Use a scoop to scoop it into a cup. After a taste, he felt the sweetness was good. Then he fed it to Li Yue and asked:
"What do you think?"
"It's very good. Just the right amount of sour and sweet. No need to add honey." After Li Yue finished speaking, he drank it all in one gulp.
I cooked it in a big clay pot, but I didn't know if it was enough to drink. Cheng Xue dug out a plate of watermelon with a spoon, which can relieve the tiredness when eating meat.
There was a sound outside the hospital, and Zhou Fei and his wife each carried a food box into the hospital.
When I opened it, I saw that one box contained fruits and the other contained snacks.
"I told you not to take anything from me when I came to eat. Why are you two disobedient?" Cheng Xue said as she scooped green plum soup for them. "Drink some to relieve the heat."
The couple sat side by side on a small bench, and Zhou Fei couldn't help but nod while taking a sip.
"It tastes delicious. Did your sister-in-law make it yourself?"
"If you like, drink more. There's plenty." Cheng Xue scooped him another cup.
Zhou Fei took the cup with both hands.
"Sister-in-law is really good at predicting things. Fortunately, we entered the city yesterday. If we had been delayed for an hour on the way, we wouldn't have been able to get in today."
"Yes, sister-in-law, we as a couple don't know how to thank you and eldest brother."
While talking, Lian took out a green bracelet and was about to put it on her, but Cheng Xue quickly retracted her hand.
"No, our relationship is not like this. What did you two mean by what you just said? What do you mean you won't be able to get in if you delay? What happened?"
When Li Heng heard this, he hurriedly opened his mouth to explain;
"Mom, Uncle Zhou's family's entourage has gone to the city gate, and the Pingyang County road has been closed since this morning."
"Ah——" Cheng Xue exclaimed.
Looking at them in disbelief, the two of them nodded together and said quietly:
"No way. We went shopping on the street in the morning and didn't see anything strange."
"The city will definitely not be affected, but the outside will be affected." Lian explained, "I heard that there were 800 more troops at the gate of the city, so I was afraid of causing trouble. They blocked many students from Pingyang County who came to take the provincial examination. So, sister-in-law,
You must accept this bracelet."
"Please don't. If this happens to our two families, there will be nothing we can do." Cheng Xue hurriedly refused.
One size fits all, Liaodong Fucheng is one size fits all, this is a bit too much.
Lian continued to persuade her to accept it, but Li Hui tried to dissuade her with a smile:
"I have to buy your sister-in-law's first piece of jewelry for her, so don't take the job away from me."
Zhou Fei happily took out twenty taels of silver and put it on the table.
"Sister-in-law, it's okay to refuse the bracelet, but don't refuse this one. You and Yuran are all responsible for my being able to go to Fucheng to take the college examination. I'll pay for your rent. This is the personal money I earned from being a master and copying books.
I didn’t get it from home.”
Is he the only one who knows? He just says this because he doesn’t want Cheng Xue to refuse.
Cheng Xue had no idea for a moment and could only turn her head to look at Li Hui. When she saw Li Hui nodded, she accepted it.
"Okay, just this time, I won't allow it in the future. It will be very disturbing to your family in Shushan..."
"So we, husband and wife, are here for dinner." Lian answered calmly.
When the charcoal fire was just right, Li Hui put the beef skewers on, "Sizzling... sizzling..." his voice suddenly rang out. The aroma of the burnt meat wafted out, which tantalized the taste buds.
Zhou Fei swallowed his saliva and moved the bench to Li Hui.
"Brother, you really know how to grill skewers."
"Didn't you see it all last time? Besides, it's not difficult at all. You can read books, but can't you learn this thing?" Li Hui disagreed.
I still remember that I taught Xiao Qinglin the same thing last time.
I don’t know what’s going on in the village now, or what’s going on in the forest farm on the mountain.
Zhou Fei didn't notice anything strange about him, so he used a brush to gently brush oil on the meat skewers. Suddenly, "Whoops..." flames burst out, and he was so frightened that he almost threw away the brush.
After regaining consciousness, Li Hui hurriedly sprinkled salt into the stove, and after the flames subsided, he said:
"You dare to do anything. You have to wait until the meat is almost cooked with oil before you can brush it, otherwise it will catch fire."
Zhou Fei felt that he had lost face. When he turned around, he saw that his wife was chatting with Cheng Xue and ignored them, so he felt relieved.
"Then let me try it later. If I learn it, when we go to the capital to participate in the examination, I will take you to my Zhuangzi to grill skewers."
"Okay, I'll wait."
Li Hui was applying oil as he spoke, with a skillful technique that looked like he was used to it.
When the beef skewers came out of the oven, Li Hui left a few skewers to eat by himself, and turned around and put the rest on the plate.
Seeing the white-faced scholar climbing on the wall next door, he smiled and waved:
"Come over and have something to eat?"
"No, no, no." The scholar said as he shook his head, and then heard the sound of the door closing next door.
Wearing a student scarf, he must be here to take the provincial examination.
"Mom, meat skewers are still attractive. I always thought no one lived next door." Li Heng said while licking the skewers, his bold look was very funny.
There was a noise in the house, and Li Yue got up and went back to the house.
The more Lian looked at it, the more she liked it, and finally couldn't help but say:
"Sister-in-law, tell me the truth, I plan to keep Tangtang for a few years."
"What are you going to do?"
Just when Lian was about to speak, Yan Yixin handed two bunches of garlic cloves to Li Hui.
"Uncle, Tangtang loves this, bake her two skewers."
Lian's words were interrupted. Thinking about it, she still felt that she was too impulsive. She shook her head with a smile and took a skewer to eat the meat. If she hadn't been a matchmaker for her brother, she wouldn't have been able to be so coy if it were someone of the same age as Li Yue.
It’s really…a big difference in seniority!
Li Yue led his younger brother and younger sister out. As soon as Li Huai saw Cheng Xue, he ran over and acted coquettishly.
Li Hui felt it was irritating to his eyes, so he knocked on the table and said to Cheng Xueying:
"Pet him gently, but be careful to spoil him into a sweet boy."
Cheng Xue was stunned when she heard this word, then realized and shook her head.
"How old is he? He has to follow the rules when he is three years old. Pamper him more and he will feel safe. Isn't that right, Si Dan?"
"An...an..."
Li Tian looked at his brother's worthless look, leaned down next to his sister in disgust, picked up the meat skewers and started jerking off.
Li Hui and Zhou Fei were also very indulgent today. They will have to stay up late and read books tomorrow. The next three provincial examinations will be fatal...